[private] family is who you set fires with

[Derelict]

Fiorina cares for her children, but in her own way. They are not coddled, she lets them explore - lets them make their own mistakes. She’s not particularly worried about her twins this season, not when one of the girls was born with soft armoured plates that are already hardening and a prehensile tail so much like her own. This freedom suits Derelict just fine as the bony girl extricates herself from her sleeping twin and wanders off before the sun has risen - flexing her black bone wings as she does and getting little relief from the action. In the blue, pre-dawn light the curling flames around her small horns are bright as a beacon, lighting up her blood-red eyes as they peer into the shadows that scatter and dance away from her moving, flickering light. Like her armoured sides, the softness to this young filly will harden - there is little option for her to do anything else. Still, there’s a jolt of excitement as she picks up her spindly legs and heads off. She’s not looking for anything in particular, just something new. Some wonderful story she can bring back to her family or keep in her heart just for herself. Movement catches her attention and instinct (and her mother's lessons) take over and she takes off after a chipmunk that definitely should have slept in. Her movements are awkward and she fumbles a lot, but she has fear on her side, and the small striped body is caught in her jaws when she hears a much larger body approach and turns to see who - or what - it is.

SEMI-open for fellow Ghaul babies! @[Sepulcher] @[Isotope] @[savage] and Laura and Avion if you want <333