A few days after I was born, I happened across a cabinet in Ray's bedroom. It had a lot of little bottles with cork stoppers and I couldn't help myself. I didn't know she collects collections, so I had no clue that the little glass bottle with bright yellow scales could contain anything dangerous.

All I wanted was a sniff. Yes, I was stupid enough to mess with Ray's little collection bottles, I wasn't stupid enough to *drink* from them. but a sniff, apparently, activated the contents.

Originally the Keratin Curse had a flower as the carrier. When Ray sniffed that particular flower (in a boquet sent by ... a tricksome friend), her wings changed, from the fairly standard dragon wings into large feathered bird wings. However, the feathers were actually made out of keratin, the same stuff as fingernails. Now, among Ray's collections is a "curse collection," and after a few months with "Clatterwings"--nicknamed so for the clattering sound they make--she managed to reduce the curse to its original form--a scent--and captured it in a bottle.

So, upon sniffing the contents of this lovely bottle, my wings changed into large, feathery, keratin wings. I found I rather liked them, however, so Ray let me keep them.

Of course, it was still a curse. There were negative side effects. The wings required an obscene amount of care. And they were *heavy*. I couldn't fly that well in them.

LunarMystic drew this tiny pic of me!

Another beauty by LunarMystic!

I recently found out that I am what Ray calls "Psi." It means I have some mental powers. Not magic; I can't perform spells or create potions, and a "wand" is just another stick. I used to "hear voices," which is usually a sign of insanity. I suppose it's considered a sign of insanity in part because people with unrecognized psychic talents often go insane due to a lack of training.

Thankfully, Aunt Laouja (We call her Aunt Lue), recognized my small talent and kept it under control without me being aware of it until she could find the time to properly train me. She has been spending the past half year working extensively with Rhapscallyon, whose amazing mental powers came upon her completely by surprise. Now that Rhaps has firm handle on her abilities, Lue has found herself with two more students.

Draikeneko's owner drew this, forgot to tell me, and I forgot that I had asked for it! Silly us!

My strongest talent lies in mental communication; I can read people's minds, and I can talk to them without speaking. I have a "range" of about half a mile under normal circumstances, and can reach a bit farther if I want to communicate with another Psi. I also have a touch of telekinesis. I can't move big heavy things, but with some concentration, I can move grains of sand. I can move a lot of grains of sand at once, which Lue finds interesting, and Ray is looking into "glitter sculptures." As it is, Lue forbade me from entering family sand castle contests.

Aqua drew this just for me, wasn't that nice of her?

Working with the Third Moon Family is a lot of fun. There are three other Trainees, and even though they're not sure about me yet, I'm earning their respect on the obstacle course and in the weaposn training class. I have a different wing-type and body structure than they do, and once my wings healed up from the tattooing, I've demonstrated the small advantages I have over them in some areas. They're a lot better than me at some sorts of fancy flying, but I've surpassed them enough that they don't disregard me.

SailorNezumi drew this tattoo adoptable for me, I felt it was quite appropriate :D

By the way, Deakio means "Defender in the Shadows" in Ray's native language. My cousin deaKyiss, is "Moon-in-shadow." Those are the only two names so far that have some meaning in Ray's language. I think that if I could bring Deakio with me, that even though my name doesn't mean anything in their language, they'll recognize that I understand them enough to know the meaning of a Kio.

It has been brought to my attention that the excessively bright colors of my wings might ... prove a disadvantage to a courier in a warlike environment. Well, I considered that as I was choosing my colors, and I decided to follow the Poison Frog Example. Anything so obvious as myself could potentially be much more dangerous than the appearance suggests, and I'm sure word of me will spread. Couriers have a protected status among civilized beings.

Lindivor's owner, Twelve_52, made this as an adoptable. Wow.

Trathis's owner made these, they're so small! Find one of your own here!!

I'd like to take a moment to comment about tattoos. I got mine done by a professional, in a clean studio, and had Ray there holding my hand. Despite the studio's cleanliness, however, tattoo parlours are still highly suspect and thus having a recent tattoo forbids one from donating blood. There are a lot of risks involved in getting tatoos, including the possibility of getting a potentially dangerous disease. Even if you don't catch a bug, tattoos HURT LIKE CRAZY even long after they're done being put into your skin. I could hardly *move* my wings for three days afterwards!

And here's a cute widdle biddle from Tsuki_Doragon!!

I have a very large family! There are actually several other members of the family who don't have buttons yet; we're hoping to get them added to the official list soon!

Ever since the start of May, 2003, I've been a member of the Draik Clan. I've made some cool friends there, and I've adopted one of their traditions; the Clan Quilt. In the interest of Sharing Links, members of the Draik Clan are encouraged to make a 50x50 pixel image, and upload it to their image hosting service for other members to use as a link button.

Of course, I *had* to get creative.