KRILL ETIE 💥💥 i am fixating on the firene fellas atm ermmm so kinsona infodump <333 - Firenese are just Bioluminescent people(they r referred to that in-kinsonaverse bc they kinda vary in motifs aside from them all being related to light motifs of some sort) - Generally have two appearances per individual: pre-pupation n’ post-pupation: Pre-pupation is basically their birth form, they look more humanoid and are physically more vulnerable(they also resemble their canon designs much more), usually wear clothes in this form, usually this form is a symbolism of youth but people can use this form if they choose so when they undergo a moulting process, usually only used for international events in Solm to appear more presentable. Post-pupation is a more advanced and developed form which can be achieved later in one’s life(bar Alfred due to a genetic malfunction as a symptom of his illness). This form can be influenced depending on one’s environment(ie. cave/forest centric areas having insect motifs, coast/oceanic areas having sea creature motifs) but generally follow a motif of real-life bioluminescent or at least light-focused animals Bioluminescent people generally operate in deep dark places, sometimes theres more open space areas but mostly function at night or are underwater, they have cities and towns but those act as more of places of residence and do a lot of outside work - Due to working in the dark and having this part of their biological functions, they mainly communicate via the light that radiates from their body(not in a morse-code way but more in a visual way/subliminals/optical illusions, like those light based microscopes or x-ray but with a larger range and much more complex) and can adjust brightness and hue(even towards certain light types that the human eye cannot perceive but they can) They paint walls and signs with algae that also have glowing properties to make stuff like book-adjacent things and what not They also have photographic memory and generally navigate via visual clues which information can be readjusted by assigning different visual lights to various landmarks(usually with algae) - the light spectrum for area navigation is different from the light spectrum for interpersonal communication and “dialects” are different from each other which is influenced by what light communication is effective for each habitat(ie. ones living by the coastal/ocean use light signals similar to those of deep sea creatures because of how light is affected in water compared to light used in a cave) This language is more efficient in dark areas where light is more detectable but during the day they have to use spoken languages to communicate especially with the other countries, however they can faintly communicate to Brodians for example: like when u close ur eyes and see like this rainbow noise that’s kinda like an optical illusion right? So Firenese can also use their light communication to trick brains into giving certain visual imagery as a way to communicate so they are vv good at seeing through optical illusions and using those as a way to send signals to others if needed though its very watered down for other countries to even perceive and doesnt relay much information - Firene is on alr terms with Brodia, Solm and the Somniel and most would love to take the opportunity to go to a Solmic festival! Its just thats its very hard for other countries to get used to Firene’s culture and dark crevices even with aid due to the lack of light perception that matches a Firene but Lythos has applications and devices that can read the cues and translate them(which is why androids can sense them but due to semantics have a little trouble catching up with all the dialects) Since the extermination event in Lythos, Firene is adversed to androids but Celica is in Firene, while being heavily supervised by Celine by orders of the queen YEAH ANYWAYS kinsona moment fr