You squint and shade your eyes as you peer through the trees, trying to make out the shape before you. It's glowing intensely, spraying the forest with golden light and pronouncing every shadow with harsh, accusing outlines. It seems to be some sort of equine, but as it shifts its form it could be anything; it's impossible to distinguish between the pure light and the beast.

But then it seems to sense you there, peering at it, and the light begins to dim. As the shadows reclaim their territory, the creature comes into view.

It is an equine, as you'd suspected, and its coat is of a pure golden color that reflects even the tiniest ray of light.

Bright

Beside him, a white mare with rainbows adorning her stands surveying you. Her coat shows the same attributes as her companion's, only every bit of light that hits it splits apart, into brilliant colors that spark into random places on the forest floor.

"Err, hi," you say, with a tentative wave. Swiping your hair out of your face, you glance back and forth between them and ransack your brain for words. "Um, how... how are you?"

The golden stallion throws an amused glance to the mare, before responding, "Fine, thanks. What're you doing out here? Most wanderers never come across this place."

"Just exploring," you respond. "I, err, make it a habit to wander into odd places. What about you? Why are you here?"

The stallion snorts, and the rainbowy mare speaks up. "We live here," she says flatly, ruffling her wings. "Or, more, I live here; he lives wherever. Last night he slept in a tree, I believe... The night before that in a stream a mile off." She sighs and shakes her head in annoyance, sending colors bouncing around the area.

The stallion snorts again in laughter. "Yup. And the night before that I didn't sleep at all," he pronounces, grinning. "I was chasing pack rats, I believe."

Uncertainly, you grin as well.

The mare scowls. After a moment, she asks, "Who are you, anyway? I'm Iridescence, and this is Bright. But what's your name?"

You quickly introduce yourself, and she nods. You get the impression that she doesn't really care who you are, but she just wants to get the necessary introductions over with so you can leave. Taking a last look around, you decide to oblige her; there was stuff you had to do, anyway. "Well, thank you," you finally say. "I've gotta go now... Maybe I'll see you again sometime."

Bright watches you go with a friendly smile and good-bye, but Iridescence observes in silence. Rolling your eyes at her - with your back turned, of course - you continue on your way.

Name: Iridescence
Gender: Female
Age: Adult
Altar: Eternal Sun
Circle: Circle of the Sunlit Night
Special Stats: Elemental (Prism)