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If I was the owner of this eggu, I would name him Kinnara, which means Celestial Musician in Sanskrit. Fitting, I thought, of a blind kitsu who speaks for his sister.

Around his sisters, Kinnara is what you expect of a brother, protective, loving and kind. Kinnara doesn’t mind talking for his sister, nor depending on his other sister to make his way about. He accepts that it is a reliant relationship and sees it as an opportunity to develop strong sibling bonds, as he loves them a lot, them being his only family.

He speaks in lilting tones and his voice is melodious and pleasing to the ear. He can be often caught humming a pleasant tune, an upbeat one in the day, and a slow soothing one at night. His personality changes according to the shifting colors in the sky. When the sun lights up the sky, he is playful, cheerful and outgoing and loves to have a friendly match of wrestling with his sisters. He is more boisterous in hot afternoons. As the sun sets, he is more introverted, and does not talk as much, preferring an idyllic time alone to rest. When the moon is in the sky, he is peaceful and relaxed, often wearing a calm smile on his face.

Kinnara does not show any annoyance towards his disability and accepts it, trying to adapt to his world of darkness. He will be quite clumsy as a kit but as he grows, he will be more graceful and not as accident prone. Although blind, Kinnara will learn how to make his way around alone as he is connected with the skies, and can sense the constellations, whether it is day or night. He uses the stars as guidance and knows their locations to a deadly accuracy.

Around others, Kinnara is a mysterious individual that does not seem to be either good, or bad. He is a surprisingly neutral party and speaks for both sides.

My name for this star-themed kit would be "Vesperis" ('the evening star' or 'the west' in Latin). I find him to be something of an intermediary between his two sisters. He is not as headstrong and rough as tomboy Solar, and also lacks the certain kind of finesse and grace that marks Lunar. Instead, he is a mix of both; confidence and power tempered with a polished, tactful attitude. In some way, his personality is reflective of how the celestial body possesses both Suns and Moons.

As such, I feel that Vesperis would be obligated (out of love, loyalty, and a plethora of other reasons) to stay near his siblings. He knows that they must rely on one another, and not just in the ways of seeing, hearing, and speaking. As the only male of the trio, he takes it upon himself to be responsible for his sisters, and does a careful job in acting out the "protective big brother" role (although it is unknown to him who is actually the eldest). Perhaps he is not always the leader, but it is his job to be there, to care for, Lunar and Solar. Subconsciously, he has a driving need for them to be near; without their presences, he would be empty, lost, and truly blinded to everything in the world.

If awarded the Celestial male, I would name him Albedo, which is a term in the field of astronomy that describes the reflectivity of objects in space based on incident light. It is derived from a Latin root meaning "white."

The skeleton of a personality I've worked on for this boy follows as thus: He would be a rather unstable character around others, save for his siblings who manage to balance him somewhat with their twin domains. Otherwise, he can be loud and churlish around company, very opinionated and unafraid to interject his own feelings into whatever is being said. His voice is a leveling force, a way of recognizing what others may overlook with functioning vision. Even so, he loves description and detail very much, and may become agitated if his sight-gifted sister fails to translate his surroundings to his specified liking. Alby's disability is something that he tries to take in stride, but he often becomes embittered about it, certain that it is the most debilitating of the three ineptitudes shared by his tight-knit family. He is capable of being sweet-tempered and steady, but for the most part, his character is that of a nova burst, always spewing something and perhaps even tip-toeing the boundaries of violence if necessary.

Heightened senses, if we're allowed to consider more than one, could be audition (hearing) and gustation (taste). The first one is pretty self-explanatory, seeing as many individuals that suffer blindness compensate for it with an amazing ability to detect their environment through their ears. The taste phenomenon would be more for fun, and Alby could potentially learn a great deal about the setting he is in by sampling a breeze, licking the ground, a wall, or another kitsu, and basically doing a multitude of other curious things to better take in what is happening around him. Because he is rarely shy, the more physical approach would suit him well, and he would try to embarrass anyone who spoke against the technique rather than feeling humiliated himself.

For the Celestial male, I would name him Alnilam after one of the three stars in Orion's belt.

He is a calm, tranquil sort usually, eloquent in his choice fo words often when speak to others. It is disconcerting to him one of his sisters cannot hear him, but he does well despite this fact, relying on Solar to lsiten to him ramble on sometimes. His blindness leads him to judge things based on sound and smell, so many of his favorite thigns tend to be birds and flowers - and soemtimes foods. (Taste is a poor judge of character, to say the least!) He prefers any time when he can enjoy the subtle sounds of the world around him - nighttime for the crickets and soft winds, and daytime for the songs of birds, sound of rain, or other things. He cannot see the beloved things he has come from - the stars - and even discrptions sometimes fail him, unless the words used sound beautiful. He cna be a bit fickle at times in this regard because he has never known what something looks like, and can only go based on the sounds of the words. Things he can put something he knows to - like tastes or sounds, make him associate things differently - if one were to describe something as red, and as the color fo blood, he would think of the taste and smell of blood to try and imagine it, rather then 'seeing' a color he doesn't know - it would make him seem odd, but one would hope his siblings at least wuold understand. He relies on Solar to be the strength since she can see and lead them - but when it comes to speaking, he will not hesitate to speak up on their behalf, even if he doesn't know exactly what it is he's speaking to. He cares for his sisters dearly, although prefers solar a bit more because she can hear him talk, but relies keenly on Lunar to not lead them astray, either!

Lunar's prompt will be up soon =3

Response to Solar's Prompt

Devarsi rested on a mound of grass, letting the late morning sun soak through his fur. The warmth that radiated down through his skin, combined with the soft caress of the flower-scented wind, delighted him. His eyes gave him a world of darkness, but they also gave him a greater appreciation for the things he could perceive, and since his sisters had gone off on their own to explore, he was taking the chance to revel in the sensations and sounds of the summer day.

The wind carried the scents of various plants and animals to him, and he named the ones he knew within his mind, categorizing those he didn't according to what they seemed similar to. Then he made a game of mapping out where everything seemed to be, by where their sounds were coming from -- the calls of birds, the swishing of grasses, the creaking of tree limbs and the rustling of their leaves. It was all quite interesting, and he made a note to have Lunar tell him what a particularly sweet fragrance was when she returned.

His reverie was broken as Solar's silent cry for help lanced through his mind, tensing his every muscle and gripping his heart with an urgent fear. She was in trouble! But where? ~I'm coming!~ he shot back to her mentally, tracing the thread of connection between them. It wasn't as strong as when they were side by side, but her distance wasn't too great, so it was still discernable. He was able to determine the general direction she was in by that bond, and lept to his feet. He was a streak of pale fur among the grasses as he raced towards his sister, familiar enough with the immediate area to risk running. He clenched his teeth; his dear Solar was in danger, he could risk a minor stumble from a gopher hole.

His heart quaked as he drew nearer, picking up on her distress as their connection strengthened. The grass here was getting lower, and he could smell the berry bushes now. The edge of the little strip of forest was just ahead, and he slowed, feeling out for their telepathic connection, and adjusting his direction. The sun's warmth abruptly left his back, the sound of the tree leaves rustling overhead replacing that of the wind alone. He judged he was a few feet or so inside the forest's canopy, and tipped his nose up into the air, trying to pinpoint Solar's position more accurately by her scent.

He bit down on the urge to call out to her and ask her postion, knowing it would be futile and cover up any sounds that might help him find her. Her scent was growing stronger, and he padded forward, stepping high to clear any potential roots that might be looming behind the darkness of his eyes. If memory served him correctly, there should be a cliff up ahead. He shook himself, a grip tightening around his heart. That was where he felt Solar!

~De-viii!~ Her mental voice entered his mind again, a frightened squeak compared to her usual confident tone. The strength of their connection shot up, indicating that she was very close, and had spotted him. Her panicked breathing came to her ears, along with the subtle creaking of a tree limb almost exactly overhead.

"I'm here, Solar... is it this one?" He paused beneath the tree she was in, feeling the dirt looser under his paws than it should have been. That made him nervous; was the tree unstable? His nose swung towards Solar, wishing he had sight of his own. Lunar was too far off to go to for help. He cursed mildly to himself that they shouldn't have split up, but the day had seemed so fine and safe, and the girls had been so eager to strike out on their own.

~Yes, yes, and it's FALLING!~ The wind took that moment to tease the weakened branch again, sending an unnerving creak to Devarsi's ears along with his sister's choked gasp of fear. ~And there's no grouuuund!~ He shifted his wings nervously, the ledge he'd been worried about was, indeed, where he remembered it to be. As pretty as his sisters claimed his wings were, they were still rather useless for getting him off of the ground, let alone making a heroic dash to snatch Solar to safety should the branch give way.

No time to go for help, he paced around the base of the tree, setting each paw down cautiously. He did this not just to be sure that his own purchase was firm, but his paw pads told him how dense the ground was around the base. It was somewhat firm towards the ledge, but he could feel that that wouldn't last, as it felt like it would be ready to shift over the side with the next strong gust of wind. The dirt on the other side was badly tossed up, broken by the roots as they rose into the air and sent the tree leaning. Coming back to the ledge-side once more, he slowly, gently leaned towards the base of the tree. His fur snagged on its bark, and his side told him the angle it was leaning at. A frown crossed his features as he tried to think, his sister's frantic thoughts and panic streaming into his mind and tangling up his heart. ~Just stay calm, love, I'll figure this out... stay where you are, and hold on tight!~

Solar nodded out of habit, then remembered he couldn't see, and sent an affirmative to him telepatically. Her claws digging into the bark, she did her best not to look down. The drop made her stomach spin, but the view of the cracks along the branch weren't a much better sight, not at all! She looked down, watching as Devarsi pushed tentatively against the tree trunk. She let out a silent cry as it sent the branch to trembling slighty, and gripped it with all her might. His ears swiveled down to his head in response to her apprehension, but lifted again to be on the alert for the slightest sound. His muscles were tense, his telepathic connection to her revealing that he, too, was scared, but he'd composed his mind and it eased her fears just enough for her to regain some calm.

"Okay, I'm going to try and knock this back into the forest. Please, please hold on tight, and if your branch starts to break off, dive this way as hard as you can, and land on me!"

The idea of having the tree shake even more violently than before didn't appeal to her at all. ~But what about you, you'll be--~

"I'll be fine, I'm all fluffy and cuddly, remember? It will be a softer landing for you." His voice held a great deal of urgency, with a hint of the wryness for how they sometimes teased him about how soft he kept his fur. He couldn't see it, but he could feel it, and took great pride in its condition. Apparently, that made him a little "floofy" some days, and his sighted sisters got no end of amusement from gently teasing their fluffy-tailed brother. Bracing himself and swallowing down his fear, he threw his weight into the tree trunk.

It rocked and creaked, sending leaves falling over the cliff edge with a gentle rustle that was covered by the sound of Solar's panicked breathing as she clung with all her might to the shaking branch. It cracked ominously, dropping her lower towards the fall below. Her mental scream had her brother wincing, but he launched himself against the tree again. This time, it budged farther, tilting away from the cliff edge. Thankfully, it wasn't a very old tree, and its trunk wasn't too large. His heart knotted up and tried to choke his breathing, as Solar's fear entwined with his own. Panic threatened to settle into his chest, making his limbs useless, but he forced himself past it and hit the tree again, crying out as his already-bruised side and right wing took the impact.

The trunk gave way, creaking as it tipped away from him, unsettling his footing as the dirt he stood upon slipped away from the rising roots, towards the edge of the cliff. He scrambled back to firmer ground, ears frantically listening for the branch Solar was on. It responded with a crack, then a ripping sound as it began breaking free from the tree. "JUMP!" he hollered to his sister, turning his body so that it would provide the most surface possible for her landing.

Solar complied, using fear to propel her from her falling branch and through the air. She spread her small wings, hoping they would make her landing more gentle, more for Devarsi's sake than her own. The collision was a hard one though, and sent him sprawling back away from the cliff's edge. Their limbs and wings tangled together, both of them giving off slight moans, but Solar was intact as she stepped free of the fur bundle, licking her brother's face frantically. He was panting, finally releasing some of the fear that had tried to render him useless, and he tucked his neck and uninjured left wing over Solar, nuzzling her. Despite the pounding of his heart and the pain of his right wing and side, he'd never been more glad than at this moment.

Lunar's prompt

"Which one was it?" Percival asked, a bit discouraged at his sister as he moved closer to her. He heard her sniffled loudly before answering telepathically: ~It was the blue stone you found on the beach and gave to me.~
"What? You're making a fuss for something like that? I'll find you another one." Percival never liked to use his telepathic link with his sisters when he was near them. He always prefered to speak than send his thoughts but Lunar often scowled him for doing that, considering it was not respectful of their mute sister.
~Nooooo!! It won't be the same!!~ she said with a quivering lip.
"Fine, fine. Looks like this is a job for super detective Percival!! Take me where you used to kept it."

With a nod, Lunar guided her brother to her room and light the room. It was full of objects, one even more stranger and unique than the other, or at least, Lunar thought so. But for Percival, it was a room filled with rocks, leaves, colored glass, semi-precious stones and many other things her sister was collecting and thought was cute. He never saw any interest in those things.

~It was here. On my night table.~

The boy kit walked closer. Now with Lunar near him, he was able to use their link to see. It was a rather odd experience for him at first but he was now used to it. He was seeing with her eyes but not as if he could see. More like, he was HER so he was seeing things from where she stood and where you looked. He saw the night table. It was full of various items all barely remaining into place. A small shake could have made the whole thing fall on the ground.

"Geez are you sure? This looks like a real mess."
~Yes I'm sure! It was between my princess crown and pot of dirt Solar gave me!~
"Hmmm... Interesting," said the kit, imitating the voice of Sherlock Holmes. "We have a real mystery on our hands. Did you look everywhere?"
~Yes!! Under the bed, under the night table... It was no where!! It's not fair!!~
"No!! Don't start to cry! You'll blurr my vision!"

But that comment only made his sister cry. Percival whispered "Oh doo doo" which was his way to curse. He tried to calm his sister.

"Ok, I'm sorry. Cry all you want. But...it'll be hard for me to look for the stone. Please, stop?"

He had more chance with this attempt but he didn't understand why it worked this time and not the time before. Oh well, the most important thing was the vision was clear again.

"Much better." He told his sister how to move to see the room. Even if was seeing things through her eyes, his perception of seeing was different from her. He thought he could, maybe, find something she missed.

Then he saw it.

"Wait! I think I've found it!"
~Where?! Where!?~ asked an excited Lunar, moving her vision everywhere.
"Wouah! Stop that! I'm going to be sick!"
~Oh sorry... Where?"

Percival grinned.

"Go next to your night table and look behind it."
~I already did that.~
"No. You didn't notice the small blue sparkle I saw that was between the night table and the wall."

Lunar hurried there and let go a scream of joy: her stone was there, nicely put between the night table and the wall, waiting for her.

~Thank you, Percy!!~
"Not that again! Percival!"
~Percy!~
"Percival!"
~Percy!~
"Argh!!!" Percival sat on the floor, with a cute pouting face. "I give up..."