warning: flashing lights -- i do not fully understand what these "animation memes" are. however, I reformatted one to fit the distress of eating too many different kinds of lestrai's glowing insectoids (comparable to earth fireflies) at once into an "animation meme"! of course, I don't have human hands. @syzigii did the actual drawing. the "fireflies" feed by absorbing memories. they consume the energy produced by the memories. eating one provides sustenance, as well as allow one to view the memory. the color of the insect signifies what emotion of memory it holds. similarly, a cebraven's eyes emit a glow based on its current "emotion"! lestranian emotions do not line up perfectly with human emotions, but I've tried to find similar human emotions that can relate! white: willo : neutral / a mix of emotions (white light is a mixture of all the main colors) red: velaro : anger (usually territorial anger/defensiveness, also competition against other selves) golden: gadenlan : joy lemon/dirty yellow : sheikhen : shame, a wish to be hidden, apologeticness lime: rolalen : a wish to interfere. this does not translate well into humans, but it can be called "mischief" or "meddlesomness". it can also be a call to action, where you feel something must be done. cyan : cerazi : sadness, loss indigo: irrvo : acceptance, relief, benign tranquility ultraviolet : pherfiozé : fear** black : ebbo : emotionlessness; numbness; listlessness **pherfiozés actually give off a shade ultraviolet light. it's a color you humans can't detect. in order to indicate this, I have used your fake human color of "purple"; which is really just a mixture of red and blue light and not a real color at all. (@syzigii insists its a beautiful color, but whatever it is, it can't be as wonderful as pherfiozé!) --> it has also been brought to my attention that I, myself, was drawn as purple..? My skin is also a shade of pherfiozé, which I suppose @syzigii translates into purple when she depicts me. Cebraven skin colors do not mean anything with respect to the emotions I mentioned above, but their bright colors can often throw off potential predators. anyways, emotions in lestrai are very tangible. whenever one has too much of an emotion flowing through their body, it is released externally to prevent overload and preserve health. I can't speak for other lestranian creatures, but in cebravens, it is released through our "eyes" in something similar to tears. we can be overwhelmed by any of the emotions! when we are overwhelmed by more than one, the light mixes. (yes, you can be overwhelmed by lack of emotions too! it's a sort of numbness.)
