It had been several days since the creature known as Tag-und Nacht had emerged from their chrysalis of rainbow obsidian. They had quietly stalked the massive caverns that they had been born into for a few days now, quietly observing. They already had learned that they could, in fact, live off of rocks. That was good. Their first attempt at hunting had not gone well. The lizard was far too quick to be caught in juvenile paws and chomped on by still-yet dull teeth. Tag-und Nacht had ended up with their nose stuck in a crack in the wall.

Not their best moment.

"Sköll?" they quietly thought, and then a second voice seemed to answer, far more distant-sounding in their ears, "Hati?" It had been like this for the celestial chaser since they emerged, the constant calling between two voices in their head. They never said anything more. Simply their names. Well, they also said "Sol and Mani", a name that had stuck. Tag-und Nacht dubbed the voices Hati Sol and Sköll Mani.

Ratlike tail flicking back and forth, the galahound watched the shadows through two eyes, one painted blue and the other painted fiery yellows and oranges. The pelt of the creature was dominantly blue at the moment, but at least a third was hues inspired by the flames of a faraway, perhaps nonexistent, sun.

Ears swivelled forth at a sound, and they called out, "Hello? Who's there?" Tag-und Nacht had yet to notice that they had just spoken in two vastly different tones.

HATI - BOTH - SKOLL

@Imperia

Imperia had been traveling for a bit ever since they began to burn some of Eridanus. Their paws were sore and red, cracked even, and still warm to the touch. But they ignored it and continued walking, still feeling the satisfaction of what they had done. It had felt good to burn things! They wanted to do it more, but their paws hurt, and they didn't want to risk injuring them even more.

So, for the time being, they walked. Not much later, a voice reached their ears. Pricking theirs up, they began to look around, and eventually came upon an interesting sight. They couldn't tell what animal it was. It likely didn't help that they themselves didn't know very many creatures either. Their fur was blue, but had an orange tint to it. Unsure of what else to do, they called out, "I'm here!"

They walked over to them, head and tail high and observed them once more, now that they were closer. They still didn't know what to make of them. "What even are you?" they asked, a scornful tone evident.

@Tag-und Nacht

The Galahound lowered its head, staring at the source of the sound, a cut with a body and paws that seemed almost entirely too large for their head. Or perhaps their head was too small for their body? The approaching Gembound seemed perplexed with Tag-und Nacht's appearance as well. Perhaps they were both oddities. They hadn't met many greater Gembound in their (currently) short lifespan.

The kitten approached, and so did the pup, lurching forth on gangly limbs. At the moment, they were definitely not very graceful upon stilts for legs. What were they? That was a question that they had yet to ask. Were they something? The name of a species? Slowly, thoughtfully they said, "A Galahound. Celestial chaser. Himmlisch Verfolger." Yes. That was satisfying. "We—I am Tag-und Nacht," Tag-und Nacht nodded and rumbled out, "who and what are you?"

@Imperia

Imperia scowled. What even is a Galahound? A Celestial chaser? They flicked their tail. At least they got a name from the...the creature. Gembound. And what were they? Well. Surely they knew what they were, right? "I am a caracal, by the name of Imperia," they grunted. A caracal. Imperia. Honestly, they didn't even know where those words had come from. Oh well. At least they knew what they were.

Now they didn't know what to say. Or what to do, for that matter. After some time of just standing there for a moment, they thought of something. "What brings you here anyway?"

@Tag-und Nacht