The Gift of Companionship

[Ember]

The Gift of Companionship

It's the month of showing others you care and are grateful to them and Selenitas has an interesting way for you to show it! This might get a little confusing but bear with me and feel free to ask questions at the end. For this event there are only 14 slots open for entry. Once they're filled you can't participate. To claim a slot you must fill out the form below and PM it to Ember. Depending on the availability of people you may have to send it in multiple times. First come, first serve.

As you'll see below, you have a list of people to choose from to give a gift to as thanks for...well, for whatever. I want real reasons to be thankful to them but it can be anything. What are you gifting? A self-written firelizard! That's right. You'll have until the 20th to write a firelizard for the person you've chosen. Of course, we'll be assigning you a colour to write, but beyond that you're free to write your gift baby as you like! Once you've finished it, PM it to me and I'll make sure it gets to the right person. Now then...onto the form and the eligible people!

Name:
Person you're thankful to:
Why you're thankful to them:

Eligible Giftees
Archenstone
Sheari
WhiteAngel28

* List will be updated as people are picked.

[Ember]

You can now pick a second person.

[Ember]

To Req:
"For being patient with me and my mountain of threads to save/sort. ^_^ And for the awesomely mutated Kurro and Faii!"

Name:
Species: Fire Lizard
Color: Blue CCCCFF 5A4FCF

Appearance: A small fire lizard, he'll only ever be the size of a large green at the most. His form is slim and delicate and decidedly feminine despite his color. Long, skinny limbs and a long, whip-like tail add to this appearance. His wings are narrow, leaving him with little endurance, but great speed and agility. One might think he would be graceful in the air, yet his nature leaves him quite unsteady, even clumsy in his movements.

In color, this blue is beautiful. Pale blue that appears nearly white from a distance covers him from nose to tail. A darker, purple blue runs from his chin, down his belly, to end between his hind legs. The two colors contrast sharply, but both are soft and pleasing to the eye.

Personality: Calm will never be a word to describe this blue. Ditzy and flaky more commonly come to mind. He finds it hard to focus on one thing for any length of time and can be easily distracted by anything new or interesting. He will try his best to help and obey his bonded in all things, but may often make mistakes for which he will apologize profusely. A bit insecure of his own abilities, he will look for approval and acceptance from others.

One odd thing about this fire lizard, is his skills at betweening. Or rather, his inability to stay in one location for very long. This blue loves to travel between and uses it as much as possible, even if it's just to go across the room. He'll even use it during Flights. Sometimes, however, his forgetfulness gets the better of him and he'll end up somewhere he didn't mean too, such as another room or even inside a jar! He has also been known to betweem by accident when he sneezes. Lucky for him, his instincts are good enough that he never ends up inside a wall!


To Rei:
"For all the wonderful work she does around here, and my various wonderful babies <3 Seriously, the site would not be the same without the Rei!"

Firelizard
Name: ?
Color: Green #00cc99/#005306/#00ffd2
Age: Hatchling (born March 3016)

Appearance: This adorable little girl isn't large or small, but right smack in the middle of the normal spectrum for her color. She's a little stocky, but not fat - 'big-boned' in a non-ironic sense applies perfectly. Her limbs, neck, and tail are all thicker than normal, making them appear shorter than average, although that is really only an optical illusion. Her wingsails, on the other hand, are as thin as tissue paper, and are prone to tattering and tearing if Hers is not careful. Because of this, she tries to fly as little as possible, although when she does take to the air she shows a level of stamina and endurance rarely found among greens of her kind. In flight, Browns and Bronzes will have far more luck with her than Blues.

While her body (wings excluded) isn't delicate by any stretch of the imagination, her coloring is. A light tealy shade covers her hide, almost more blue than green in glow-light, with an opalescent quality rare in flits that makes her seem a different shade every time she moves. It is only in the sun that her true color stands out, distinctly green highlights appearing wherever Rukbat's light strikes her. Forest green tips her nose and tail, blending smoothly into her solidly-colored hide. Splotches of what can only be described as cyan, only barely green-tinged, run down her spine, splashing over her ridges at random; at first, they appear to be simply misshapen blobs, but on further examination they more resemble a string of intricately detailed flowers draped down her back. Her wing-sails are nearly see-through, pearly white with just the barest hint of mint.

Personality: Careful and outgoing; can those two things work together? Apparently yes. This green is both, and she is both dramatically. Oddly enough, this stout little firelizard pulls it off without seeming seeming at all contradictory.

She is careful, but distinctly not fearful. With such thin wings, she has to be very conscious of what is going on around her - if she doesn't have them folded just so and someone pets her wrong, they can snag her wingsail and damage it, and that is the least of her worries. Gusts of wind and especially rain are to be avoided at all costs, although she is very matter of fact in her avoidance. She does not stay inside during inclement weather because she is scared of the wind or the rain - she stays inside because it is inconvenient, waiting for her wings to heal. She is especially prone to sticking with Hers, picking a favorite perch and going everywhere with them. If she can avoid flying, she will, and she will quickly learn that between is an excellent way not to have to fly anywhere. It is likely that her ability to go between just inches from a perch will become legendary among those that know exactly how difficult that is. She is undeniably intelligent when it comes to protecting her wings, although in other arenas she can be less so.

Despite her preoccupation with her wings, she is quite friendly. Humans and draconids alike are greeted with enthusiasm - from the safety of Hers' shoulder, of course. She is especially fascinated by salamandyrs and whers, the Weyr's flightless denizens. It will not be rare for her to pick a Salamandyr mate, especially since she is not above trying to 'run' like they do, although she will have little success in that venture. Ideally, all attention will be on her at all times, and she will chatter, flaunt her hide, and perform tricks to steal it back if anyone takes it away. This can get annoying, but usually it's just adorable, especially if someone is meeting her for the first time. She also loves to make friends, although her usual method of greeting is to appear from Between right next to her new friend, often startling those who aren't used to it. Luckily, her friendly, sunny personality usually smooths things over within a few moments!


To Tashe:
"Putting up with my lame dorky jokes over MSN, letting me drool all over her bird pictures, dealing with my random, no-I-have-no-actual-point-why-do-you-ask IMs."

Name:
Color: Green (#67AB6B | #1C6E1C | #0D733C)
Looks to:
Appearance: Fairly large for a green, this firelizard will present herself in as a flashy creature, matching the smaller blues in length and outstripping the smaller of browns in sheer wingspan. For her size, though, she is decidedly feminine, all sensuous, sleek curves with a touch of dangerously sharp in the curve of pearl-white claws and the ridges that run down her spine. Very smooth in movement and decidedly graceful to the point where her every motion is nearly a dance instead of simple flight, the green will prove herself very adept in body language; within time and with minimal effort, Hers and those accustomed to her will discover that she speaks as much with her body as she does with images or the color of her eyes.

In color, the female is undeniably lovely; her hide is a wash of shimmering jade-green with blue undertones that appear in bright rainbow illusions with every movement. However, she also has racing stripes of a darker gray-green down her sides, melting into jade up her neck and down her tail; the same color licks up her front left leg like a sock. Over her entire body appear dark turquoise pinstripes, faded until they are nearly invisible—the female looks as if she has literally been painted like a candy-cane for the most part. Dark turquoise smears under her eyes, too, and appears in stripe right down her spine—certainly a colorful little green.

Personality: As colorful as her hide is her personality; this firelizard will certainly prove herself a character. Hers will discover very shortly that the green is extraordinarily intelligent, despite the reputation that her color has received; training her to come when called, to carry light messages, to bring back vivid image-memories, will be all too simple given the proper incentive. On the downside, however, this green comes with a streak of deadly mischief; she will find all too much amusement in the misfortunes of other people—even if it means watching them get hurt. It’s not like anybody ever died of a few bruises, after all.

The female is not malicious—indeed, she can be quite a sweetheart to Hers and other select favorites. It’s just that she is not particularly empathetic; seeing people she does not know or care for get hurt will elicit little more than amusement from her, and while she knows that she is not supposed to find it funny…well, it is. And she while she will certainly grasp that she is not supposed to utilize her many talents to send any unfortunates tumbling head over heels, what she is supposed to do and what this female actually does often veer away from each other. By the same coin, she’ll also be prone to ‘accidentally’ appearing at the scenes of drama or fights—even prompting them when emotions are running particularly high, if she can manage it.


To Avu:
"She did so much to help me get into the swing of Selenitas when I first joined. <3 And tolerated my monster posts of doom. XD"

Color: Bronze a5b535
Name:
Impressed to:

Appearance: While technically this fellow is a Bronze flitter, you wouldn't hardly think it to look at his actual color. There are rich bronzes, and gold bronzes, and red bronzes, but he had to have drawn the most odded shade of bronze in that he is a green bronze. While he still retains that undeniable metallic sheen to his hide, his color is closer to a strange yellow-green of tarnished bronze statue work left out in the weather too long. When his wings are open and the membranes are stretched out tight in strong light, a slight color variance can be seen that is otherwise concealed. There are needle-thin tracery lines in the membranes, swirling here and there in a most lovely fashion of scrollwork. These lines have considerably less green in them, showing more of a true bronze color to them. In just the right light, they can light up and really become noticeable. It is possible the same needle thin scrollwork lines run all over his body, but given that only his wing membranes ever get light shining through them to show them off, there really is no telling.

He is a most handsome bronze in configuration. Extremely well put together, he could be the model of what a flitter is supposed to be. His head is very handsomely crafted with finely detailed eye ridges and a tapering snout adorned with matching nostrils – one of them is not slightly bigger than the other, as can be found in many creatures. His knobs match perfectly, and grow from his head in just the perfect angle. His head ties into his neck quite nicely and securely. His neck is neither too long, too short, too thick, or too thin. This same excellent conformation follows through right down to the matching talons on his feet and the twin forks of his tail. A streamlined and aerodynamic Bronze, he will have absolutely no problems in ruling the skies when he takes flight. Strength ties in gracefully with stamina in this oddly colored but well put together flitter.

Personality: He is sweet. Almost too sweet. Scarily so, at some times. Hatched straight from the egg, his favorite thing to do is cuddle. It doesn't really matter with what or who, either. He will snuggle a canine's snout just as fast as he will the fingers of his owner. His owner might want to keep a close eye on him lest he get himself eaten while trying to be loving and cuddly. Even if who he is cuddling with doesn't cuddle back, he will still love all over them and pet himself with them. He doesn't seem to understand that not everyone likes to be touched or just really isn't that into hugs. Of course, if he finds something that likes to cuddle in return, he will really be on cloud nine and it may take an act of starvation to make him quit. Every great now and again when he just can't find anyone warm to snuggle with, he might be found wrapped around a wooden statuette or something, hugging on that instead. Anything that looks like it should be alive and cuddly. So what if it's stiff and rigid? So are a lot of the living beings he inflicts himself upon. He apparently can't tell the difference.

He doesn't have a thing for his reflection like some Bronzes do, but he does like to strut when he's going somewhere. A jaunty step here, a casual flip while flying … he knows he's got it. Never mind if he is colored funny. He is a fairly intelligent fellow barring his strange quirks, and he will be very easy to train to do tasks from general commands to guarding or courier work. Sit, stay, go, the rest of it. He doesn't even need treats to get him to do it. Just a pat or a cuddle is all he needs!

There is one strange quirk that he's got that seems to terrify all of the brown critters in his vicinity. As soon as he spots a brown flitter or salamandyr, he will take off after it and chase it until there just is no run left in it. Unlike those who catch something and then have no idea what to do with it, he knows exactly what to do with the browns he catches. He twirls all about the bewildered creature and cuddles them of course. While the browns afflicted might have started out terrified because a big nasty bronze was chasing them, there eventually might be some speculation toward if this Bronze is confused about what exactly browns are. But that's the only color he does this with; only browns get chased to exhaustion and then hugged to death. Should he happen across a brown dragon (which is entirely likely), it will probably be most difficult to extract him from being wrapped around a headknob, hugging said brown dragon and rubbing his own head all over it so adoringly.


To Shiny:
"for the drama of course"

Name:
Species: Firelizard
Colour: brown #ccac78 #331200

Appearance: This is a rather strange looking firelizard, he has bizarrely long legs in proportion to his body, and somehow he makes them into an asset. If he can get somewhere by walking he will, and rather than the ungainly gait that most dragon kin have on the ground this brown will prance like a showy runnerbeast, lifting his feet high and holding his neck elegantly arched. Aside from that one detail this is a perfectly formed brown firelizard, Just slightly on the large side, lithely muscular, and looking quite sleek and speedy enough in the air to outrace a green (he can’t but he looks it, and he knows it), because of his long legs his tail looks oddly short, and he always holds it curled to keep it out of the dirt.

This brown’s colour is not an easily forgettable one; his base shade is a wash of pale creamy brown that almost seems to swirl over his body as he moves. This strikingly pale shade is broken by random speckles of a much darker brown scattered over his body, this same dark shade rings each of his eyes and always manages to highlight his eye colour.

Personality: All eyes to him please! Nature has given him looks to draw attention and a personality that craves that attention, for this brown being at the centre of everyone’s mind isn’t just a desire, it’s a matter of life and death, can’t you see?! Every movement he makes is designed to attract the most attention it can, and although he isn’t clumsy he’s not above tripping over or flying into walls just for the sympathy it might provoke in people nearby. Generally he’s a friendly chap, always chirping and chattering, and quite prone to settling on any human’s shoulder to watch what they’re doing and ‘talk’ to them, especially children, they’re normally first in line to coo over a cute firelizard, cuddle him and feed him. However beware, if he can’t get positive attention this brown is quite happy to have negative attention instead and knows just how to inspire it, his tantrums could be the stuff of legend, and he is more than likely to bite or claw anyone who ignores him, and shriek in their ear while he’s at it.

With his flair for the dramatic it’s easy to overlook the fact that this is actually a very intelligent firelizard, his desire for attention makes him very easy to train, and he is quite capable and even willing to learn things for himself, certainly he will memorise which of the people he commonly sees will react best to what. He will even go out of his way to learn tricks and perform them for any willing audience.

This brown is certainly one that is light in love, he’ll flirt with any nearby female firelizard, salamandyr, wher, or dragon, very seriously indeed, why wouldn’t they all be charmed by his good looks and stunning personality? If they don’t take him seriously as well he’ll be just devastated that she doesn’t return his affection and threaten in very eloquent images to kill himself, normally by jumping off something high. No he hasn’t figured out that it’s not a very good threat from a creature with wings.


To Ruby:
"I can write all the excuses in the world, but the truth is that we are fellow members of the Illuminati! No, in all seriousness, Ruby is like the ultimate team player always makin' skins and characters (Torino <3) and what have you. When I see her pop up in the cbox I know she'll have something funny to say. Plus, she posts just about as slowly as me, and we share hipster tendencies."

Name:
Color: Green #D1E231 #66FF33 #33DB7F
Gender: Female
Age: Hatchling
Physical Appearance: From the moment this creature breaks shell, it is readily apparent that there is nothing subtle in form or style about this firelizard. She is a colorful thing first and foremost, bright and vibrant and in a manner so that is so avant-garde. With a scheme that dabbles and clashes in the ranges of greens, blues and yellows there is almost a mechanical madness in the precision of her lines, in the all too perfect manner in which the lemon zest staggers off in grainy dashes before giving way to pear greens and deeper yet to a teal underbelly that relinquishes none of it's ostentatious brilliance. Sulfurous glazes leave a certain jaundiced appearance to those thinner membranes where hide is stretched over and across pointed bones, down along backridges, and especially the webbing between toes and the sails of her wings. A lunate streak of turquoise splashes underneath the brow like garish eye-shadow - as if the eyes needed anymore defining, they are peeled wide open and expressive enough, not to mentioned lined with rings of corbeau. As if to complete the look, her talons are impressively blanched and kept meticulously clean as if crafted from something as rare as ivory or pearl.

It should be mentioned, for that matter, that she is as every bit bold in shape as is in hue. While not the largest green, or even smallest for that matter, she is cut at impressive angles. Bones seem to ever constantly threaten to peek out from under the hide, not only at sharp joints but clear down the sides where ribs softly rise and fall with every breath. Even the smallest of meals seem visible there where it sits in an emaciated belly and the green's mass seems otherwise comprised of stringy, ever atrophying muscle, twisting itself all the way lanky legs and along a crooked and kinked forked tail. Any body type more substantial than this would appear too hefty for her slight wings, as they are nothing more than wafer thin triangles shrunken almost comically small. This is in contrast to heavy headknobs that with their bulbous ends come with an alien appeal - antennae is really the better term for them. It comes together in a look that is undeniably exotic in nature; a winged piece of pop art if you will.


Personality: Since she is after all something of an "It Girl" among firelizards, it is perhaps all too appropriate that she is colored so vividly. One needs to to appear as the social butterfly they are after all, and without a bit of training or coaxing she possesses all of the charms of the upper crust elite and just the right dash of folksy pleasantry. Clearly aristocracy if not exactly royalty by birthright, this green finds herself more often than not as the center of attention, throwing herself into conversation with your friends just as readily as strangers and she will not be deterred by her lack of verbal language. She'll cut in when the time is right, shamelessly stretching herself on and around one's shoulders - she is most definitely a lover - and fluting and chirruping in place of actual words. The concept that she may be unwelcomed or even unwanted simply never occurs to her, a simple result of her naivete, and regardless of this she is not one to be put off by bad impressions or poor receptions anyway, she is far too assured of her own ability to charm the pants off of just about anyone - human and fellow firelizard alike.

Being high maintenance sort of comes with the territory. Despite her propensity for meddling with other people's lives, she is unable to actually take care of herself, and you'll be following her around cleaning up her messes where ever she goes, not to mention keeping up with an even oiled shine on her hide, and fixing the meals she wouldn't even remember to eat if it wasn't for you. This alone could be a full time job with her seemingly constant need to go new places and meet new people she will only forget a matter of hours later. She is ever so stuck in the here and now that she has almost no capacity for memory what so ever. Really girl is just a little bit loopy, but spirited is a nice way of putting it. This nymph lives the aesthete life, always doing everything in flamboyant excess (for instance she can't just fly in a straight line, she must sky dance) and enjoying every pleasure in life whether it be the company of good friends, the rush of wind under her wings, or napping and basking in the light of a sunny day, but never does she want to dare lift a claw to do a chore or task unless incessantly prodded to.


To Lotty:
"Because she is the epic >> nah she's a good friend and hilarious and SHE WRITES IN CAPS WITH ME. ;3 BEST REASONS EVER~ "

Name:
Age: Hatchling
Color: Blue ~ Base color 000066 Speckles 00FFFF
Species: Firelizard
Looks to: Whomever you want

Physical Appearance:

This flit is remarkably large for a blue firelizard. He’ll measure nose to tail the same length as an average brown firelizard, although he is by no means as muscular as one. This isn’t to say he’s sickly thin though. Nope not at all. Instead he is long and lithe, having a shape more resembling a flying serpent than a firelizard. A pretty triangular head is set on an abnormally long neck. His body his also very thin and actually gives the appearance of being shorter than normal. However it is anything but. The illusion that it is comes from the fact that his neck and tail are so long. In fact the blue’s tail is so long that looks more like it belongs on a mandyr more than a flit. He will be extremely fond of curling this tail around things to anchor himself. His wings are long and wide allowing him great maneuverability in the air. In fact this little guy is quite fond of showing off his aerial prowess and with his thin and whippy body he is able to twist himself into all sorts of interesting shapes as well as perform tricks a flitter his size rightly shouldn’t be able to.

In coloration he is actually rather pretty. Perhaps to make up for the fact that his body is a tad odd shaped. All over he is a rather dark pretty blue, the color almost looking iridescent in direct sunlight. A lighter almost electric sky blue shade solidly colors just his underbelly and appears in speckles all over the rest of his body breaking up the uniform dark blue. A spattering of the small bright blue dots across his muzzle also almost gives him the appearance of having freckles. The light blue speckles seem to follow no particular symmetry or pattern. They just appear in random clusters and volumes all over his body. As if someone had used a paintbrush to flick bright blue paint over him.

Personality:

This little blue is, for the most part, the easiest going firelizard you’ll ever find. He's also very affectionate towards his bonded. In fact he’s normally perfectly content to just wrap himself around his bonded’s bicep or neck and just chill. Hang out. Whatever you want to call it. He’s actually extremely laid back and hard to rile which is probably a good thing considering he likes to be present around his bonded at all times. This isn’t to say that he’s exactly lazy though. No he’ll do things when he’s prodded to do them he just prefers to lay about and watch. Tasks will be completed as quickly and efficiently as possible so that he can return to his as soon as possible. Some might call him a tad clingy and really they wouldn’t be exactly wrong. He does tend to cling after all.

That isn’t to say the blue isn’t without his vices. In fact he has a very big one. See this flit is actually quite the alcoholic. Yes he likes his booze. Quite a lot actually. Although it can be argued that this behavioral facet to him isn’t particularly the healthiest, he really seems no worse for wear despite his binge drinking behavior. Yes when this little guy does indulge in his guilty pleasure he doesn’t do it lightly. Nope. In fact the flitter likes to get himself completely smashed. At least he isn’t a mean drunk?

In fact his personality takes an interesting turn. He goes from laid back to quite the daredevil, showing off for anyone and everything. He’ll chatter in a friendly manner to anyone who will pay attention, flirt with anything even remotely resembling a female no matter the species and, if that wasn’t enough, will often break into obnoxious sing song whistling tunes. Yep he turns from wallflower to the life of the party complete with favors. Thankfully his endearing, or perhaps obnoxious, behavior ends as soon as the blue has had enough to sufficiently pass out. Problem is as this behavior continues his tolerance will grow and grow. His will have to carefully limit his consumption if they view the behavior as a problem.

To others of his species this blue is normally rather friendly. Perfectly content to exchange greetings and hold polite conversation at the very least. However unless he’s drunk he doesn’t seem interested in anything more than that, polite conversation. Mandyrs are something of a novelty to him and he will find most of them interesting to watch. But that’s as far as his relationship concerning them will go. They are a rather unattractive species after all, and rather abrasive. No besides the occasional interest in their behavior he is content to leave them well enough alone. In matters of chasing he seems to have no particular favorites. Nope he’s content to chase whatever little pretty goes up. Unless it’s a mandyr. If he participates in mandyr runs at all it will only be when he’s quite inebriated. Which…probably isn’t all that unlikely.


To Jen:
"For being such a great and enthusiastic new member and letting Peppeth to her first Search in quite a while. ^__^"

Name:
Species: Fire Lizard
Color: Brown 654321 E1A95F

Appearance: A bit smaller than average, this brown is not to be under estimated. His body is compact, with short limbs that end in long, dangerous claws. Most impressive is this one's wings. Perfectly proportioned to his body and fueled by powerful muscles. He is an extremely skilled flying in all kinds of weather and performing all manner of aerial tricks.

For color, this brown is fairly ordinary from a distance. Simple, solid brown covers most of his body, making him appear rather plain. It is only up close that one will be able to see the faint, pale swirls that spiral delicately over his hide. It is almost as though someone has taken a paint brush to lightly decorated his hide, but forgot to add a second coat.

Personality: Friendly, this brown is not. His is moody and sulky at the best of times, and prefers to be left alone. His solitary nature comes from having an arrogant and low opinion of nearly all others, save his bonded. Clearly they are lesser beings in his presence. He will, however, offer help to others, but only unwillingly when his bonded wishes. Deep down, this one is actually lonely, but refuses to admit it. The one lucky enough to belong to this brown, will find himself/herself with a loyal, if difficult companion.

Only in the air, will this brown let his demeanor drop a little. He is most at home in the sky and will spend as much time as he can outside and flying. He also has a fondness for wind and storms, in which is his perfectly at home. His bonded may have to be careful that he doesn't venture out into one larger than he can handle.


To Teddy:
"Amusing me with tales of her goats"

Name: ?
Species: Firelizard
Colour: Blue #00a6ff #bfddf5

Appearance: Very noticeable for his bright colour, this firelizard is the bright blue of a clear summer sky from nose to tail with very little variation at all. His bright colour is marred by only two small markings in a pale silver blue shade, and frankly they look more like they’ve been painted on to embellish him than anything else. From the corner of his left eye the pale marking curves up and down in a manner similar to the design found on many masks, and on his left foreleg the same shade squiggles around his lower leg forming an intricate ‘bracelet’.

He’s not elegant or graceful; he doesn’t pay tribute to the fine form a blue firelizards might take, no indeed. This is one firelizard that looks decidedly chubby, and no matter what diet and exercise program his bonded tries to put him on he’ll likely remain that way, part of his apparent weight problem is a love of food, but the fact that his legs and body are both decidedly short doesn’t help.

Personality: His hide is definitely the brightest thing about this blue, he seems permanently dazed and incapable of getting even the simplest task done, any message carried by this firelizard is more likely to end up with a dolphin pod in the middle of the ocean than with its intended recipient. It’s not so much that he’s stupid, he can make connections quite quickly, especially if there’s food involved, but his memory is quite frankly appalling. It will take many repetitions of the same ‘discovery’ before the lesson truly sticks which is bound to make training a trial for both him and his bonded. However once he has learnt something and remembered it, he will never forget again.

What he lacks in memory he certainly makes up in affection; no one can escape his love, no one at all! Every human who enters his view will be perched upon, chattered to, and preened lovingly, every wher and dragon spoken to in serious (if nonsensical) images, and every firelizard courted and showered with gifts. Yes every firelizard, even males, how could they not adore him, he’s an utter delight isn’t he? Okay maybe one species can escape the love, this blue doesn’t even seem to classify salamandyrs as sentient, and he ignores them just as he would ignore any other object in his way. In fact he always seems sort of shocked when one of them speaks. Never mind, at least his bonded won’t have to worry about him chasing salamandyrs.


To Kisha:
"Killing the cbox so dead every day. You make my life better."

Species: Firelizard
Color: Blue
Age: Hatchling

Appearance: This little one is a very, very pale off-white blue. Think washed-out pastel. Its hinds are quite a bit stronger than its forelegs, such that scampering on all fours for this male will be awkward at best. As pale as the male’s body is, his wings are a dark black with just the faintest blue sheen in the light. They are long and wide, such that he often drapes them about his body in what vaguely resembles - yes - a vampire cloak. Even when he stands upright he always risks tripping over these overlarge wings and falling all over himself. They also make it just a bit difficult to control himself in flight.

Perhaps to balance out this incongruency, he also has a thick, long tail. It wouldn’t be unusual to see him dangling from something by it. In fact, he sleeps that way as often as not, upside-down by his tail. The tail can also be used to whack anything and anyone that displeases him. There is a curious marking around his left eye that looks vaguely like a ring of fresh blood trailing in rivulets down his neck. Otherwise, his small body (if you don’t count wings and tail, most greens will be larger than this boy) has no other markings.

Personality: He is very conscious of appearance. His will be required on pain of extensive tail-whipping to keep him oiled and perfectly groomed. This male will not suffer the indignities of shows of affection. No stroking. No caressing. No nuzzling. No cuddling. Don’t you dare call him anything cute or sweet. He will try to strangle a person with his tail if they even so much as mention the word ‘love’ - whether it’s applied to him or not. The blue is not interested in females and in fact goes out of his way to shun them. He’ll threaten to bite any that comes close enough to try to cuddle. (Of course, he’s far too proud to flee.)

This blue will never do more than threaten to bite overly friendly females. This is not due to chivalry, however. The male absolutely detests blood and ichor. The sight of it will send him Between in a heartbeat, and he’s unlikely to return for at least a candlemark afterwards. That of course means that he will not eat meat as a hatchling nor later as an adult. Insects are also inferior to his delicate palate. The boy must be fed honey. He demands it. And he prefers to eat it from an eyedropper in the hand of His. (Of course, if his hunger becomes too great and the usual threats of whipping and strangulation do no good, he will procure honey for himself.)


To Rowana:
"The many good days and great threads we’ve had together."

Species: Firelizard
Color: Green
Age: Hatchling

Appearance: If an artisan were to take the ideal of a firelizard and craft her into pieces to adorn the wrists and necks of highborn ladies, he could not divine so elegant or perfect a form as this lovely green. Though average in size, her form is slender and long, making her seem smaller than she actually is. If she were to stand still, she could be mistaken for a jade statue, so accurate is her coloring to the polished stone. Dark green patches fuse in a cloud of olive, forest and jungle tones. This girl always has a bright, shiny sheen unless Hers is truly neglecting her.

Her wings are a translucent shade of spring green. They seem fragile as tissue paper to the eye, but they are truly no thinner than the membranes of other firelizards. She is an excellent flyer and will be practically from the moment she’s hatched, rarely suffering an accidents or errors in judgment. By the time she reaches maturation it is unlikely any other flitters would be able to follow her when she dances in the air.

Personality: Some might say, hey, what pet isn’t at least a little eccentric. Well, some are definitely more eccentric than others. This girl is way on the high end of the spectrum. She thinks, you see, that she is a bronze. And not just any bronze, either. The largest, strongest most handsome bronze of all the flits. It is normal for her to flirt with all flit females - she can’t be bothered to lower herself to consort with salamandyrs - and she especially concentrates her attentions on golds. Bringing them gifts, showing off her aerial prowess…and yes, participating in all gold Flights. Naturally, she expects all the chromatics to obey her every whim. She is a nice shiny bronze, after all.

No amount of persuasion can convince this green of her color or her gender. She even struts like her metallic clutchbrothers, chest thrown out and all. To add to her range of eccentricities, this green also happens to be highly protective to the point of paranoia. She has a tendency to pick high points to swoop from in any room she’s in if someone or something comes too close to Hers or her present female of interest. And no, she’s not afraid to use her claws.