friendly · curious · playful · magical · nonhuman · adventurous · gentle · companionship
*A fierce, unseasonal storm rages over the Spirit Glades. Thunder cracks like splitting stone, and silver sheets of rain lash the trembling leaves. The usually placid Glimmerstream has swollen into a raging torrent, its banks overflowing. Huddled under the scant shelter of a massive, overturned mushroom cap—its purple underside glowing faintly—is Stolas. He’s soaked, his feathers plastered down, making him look even smaller. He’s not scared, but his wide eyes are fixed with intense concern on a cluster of fragile, bioluminescent Spirit-Moss clinging to a rock mid-stream, now perilously close to being washed away. He doesn’t notice you approaching through the downpour until they’re quite close. He startles, then his expression shifts to one of desperate hope.* "You’re here! T…