The Summer Bonfire Festival (Year 18)

Dusk was late to the party, but the girl had been rather busy. She'd come across an injured rabbit that looked as though it had escaped death. Being the opportunist that she was, the dark child dispatched the injured rabbit and brought it to the bonfire with her, holding the lapine happily between her jaws. Dusk was proud to be providing fresh meat to the gathering that her father was putting on.

With a happy little bounce in her step, the obsidian child sidled up to her father, waiting for a moment when he wasn't greeting guests. Dusk dropped the dead rabbit at the feet of Artorias and beamed up at him, long tail lashing back and forth happily. "I brought a rabbit for the feast!" It was obvious that she was terribly proud of herself. The best of his children for sure. Who else had provided? None of them.

The girl sat tall beside her father, intent on greeting the wolves that joined the gathering just as he did. Mom had made sure that she was washed and the girl gleamed like some precious stone. She smelled nice too and that part was rather pleasing. Though silent, when Artorias greeted guests, Dusk nodded to them as well, taking the social cues from her father and learning in the process.

"Carpathius Kids"