#985 Solar Koi - Koi Pond / Can only be caught during the day: 6am - 6pm
Their appaerance change according to the time of day
- 6am - noon
- noon - 6pm
- 6pm - 6amThis egg shimmers in the sun's light
(no dimorphism)Hatchling:
Spoiler
This small koi hatchling is hard to spot in the water. When it isn't moving it's translucent, and when it does it looks like the sun's rays reflecting off the waves. These koi aren't very active during the night, opting to stay near the bottom of their watery home, but when the sun comes out they dart and jump as best they can to enjoy its warmth.
- 6am - noonMale // Female
- noon - 6pmMale // Female
- 6pm - 6amAdult:
Spoiler
Solar koi love leaping from the shining, warm shallow waters of the pond to enjoy the sun in spring and summer. With their speed as they rocket from the bottom of a pond or stream, they can achieve incredible height on a jump, the sun shining off their shimmering scales. Solar koi will often leap from the water when their magi gets near, showing off their talent and perhaps inviting their magi into the water. If a magi swims with their solar koi, they will be able to swim incredibly fast, covering leagues and leagues in minutes that would take a boat or canoe hours. Of course, one will have to return before the sun sets, because the koi will lose its power without the sun's rays.
Spoiler
Solar Koi are incredibly energetic during the day. Young magi will sometimes race their water creatures to see who is the fastest, and when the noon sun is highest, no other water creature, magical or not, can beat a solar koi in pure speed. They can swim the length of the stream as fast as a blink. They are nimble and lithe, their thinner bodies letting them fit through tiny underwater cracks in the stone of the Keep as they seek out algae to eat. Solar koi are common, as their speed makes them difficult for predators to catch and even when young they can outswim any predator - at least during the day. At night, they hide out of sight, waiting for the sun to return their power.
#986: Lunar Koi - Koi Pond / can only be caught during the night: 6pm - 6am
Their appaerance change according to the time of day
- midnight - 6am
- 6am - 6pm
- 6pm - midnightThis egg glows in the light of the moon.
(no dimorphism)Hatchling:
Spoiler
This small koi hatchling is hard to spot in the water. Lunar koi hatchlings are pale and translucent, and they only emerge at night, swimming close to the surface. The rest of the time, they stick close to the floor of the pond or stream, avoiding the harsh light of the sun and hiding from predators. They are happy to nibble at the fingers of their magi at night in greeting, their movements so smooth they barely disturb the water.
Male // Female
Male // Female
- 6pm - midnightAdult:
Spoiler
Lunar koi love swimming just at the surface of the shallow waters of the pond to enjoy clear, starry nights. They sometimes swim in groups, moonlight shining off their shimmering scales in strange, but beautiful patterns. Lunar koi will often poke their heads from the water when their magi gets near, perhaps inviting their magi into the water. Swimming with a lunar koi instills a person with a sense of peace, and is a good way to meditate if one wishes to. A lunar koi's true power, though, is their ability to vanish from one body of water and reappear in another. They can only perform this feat at night, and only a few days of the month when the moon is mostly full. They can even take their magi with them, although the experience is said to be disorienting. But if the time is right and someone needs to get somewhere quickly, a lunar koi is sometimes the fastest way.
Spoiler
Lunar Koi only emerge at night, and are stately and serene. Their scales reflect the moonlight, with lighter colorations reminding one of a full moon and the darker variations reminding one of the shadow one sometimes sees when the moon is new. Some varieties look like a red harvest moon. Lunar Koi are slow-moving and relaxed, happy to slowly nibble at algae that they find glowing in the moonlight or in the deepest crevices in rocks beneath the water. When the sun is out, they can dive so deep they seem to vanish, and no magi has ever been able to dive deep enough to follow them.
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