SUNSHINE RIPTIDE — JOINING

[coldblue]

[align=center][div style="max-width: 600px; text-align: justify; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt;"][color=black]it seems that a great many people adorn their figures with some trinket or another, draping luxurious fabrics across their frames or simply donning things for utility. as surprising as one might find it, given the youth's poorly disguised penchant for hedonism, coldblue possesses no great interest in accessories. he has no need to tote around herbs like lilyspoise, nor is he particularly fond of wearing things around his neck. the reason is as simple as the fact that it is not his preference. of course, were anyone to ask him, the child would most likely claim that he is beautiful enough as it is; therefore, making  accessories of any kind completely unnecessary. why wear a scarf of shining satin when his pelt is already a luscious white marble coloring? why bother donning jewels when his brilliant glacial blue eyes already possess an otherworldly glow?

small paws traipse silently across the terrain, transporting blue's lithe frame from place to place with no particular destination. most days, he prefers to laze around in the sun, but today he is rather energetic. and energy means exploration. and exploration means wandering closer and closer to the border. luckily, before coldblue could get any bad ideas about sneaking into the outside territory, the sound of voices tickles his ear. distracted, he alters his course, searching for the source.

blue is not surprised to find lily and the giant lizard man--lucifer, is it?--addressing an unknown child on the border. the boy narrows his beautiful blue eyes, peering at the stranger with a haughty expression. the only children around are his sister goldie, his brother roman, himself, and some other small girl whose name currently escapes him. for some reason, blue feels oddly threatened by the arrival of a new youth. will father adopt this one too? and if that happens, will he and roman be forgotten? it's irrational, but to blue, it's entirely possible. his parents are not exactly the most affectionate people, so he feels like he has to defend whatever scrap of love he can. and if that means staring down potential competition, the that's just how it is. coldblue says nothing as he casually climbs up onto lucifer, and settling down atop his skull. the perks of being small.