Song in the Sky

Chapter 1: Rivalry

Author's Note: Go easy on me, I'm gonna try to make these characters more fleshed out than Chara and Frisk. Each has a goal, wish, and personality of their own and I want to practice making characters enjoyable for more reasons than just being cute, despite that being a major positive trait for them both.

Anyway, let us begin.

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The sound of mechanical tools and metallic tangs rang throughout Silva's home. As she was in the garage working on her weapon, still driven by the goal of besting the Eternal in battle some day, her adoptive sisters Cucouroux, the middle child and Camieux, the youngest peered into the workstation, watching their adoptive big sister working away hard on her weaponry.

"She's been working on it for hours again..." Camieux, being 13, was the younger of the two adoptive sisters said. She was the only one between Cucouroux and Silva to not be a human, being called a 'Draph', which was a human-like creature with tiny horns growing from her head. 

Draphs are bovine-like humanoids well-known for the males being incredibly large, having long horns, and large muscles. The females of the race tend to be a bit bustier than the average human woman, and having relatively short horns. Apart from unusual bustiness and horns, Draphs are near-identical to humans.

"Silva really wants to beat that floaty girl. She's been trying for years, you know?" Cucouroux stated. Cucouroux, the 18 year old sister of the family, like Silva's gun obsession, was more interested in creating bomb-like weaponry, much to her protective sister's advisement. Explosive kegs and gunpowder are her love, and with Silva's aid she's put more gunpowder in customized weaponry than anyone.

Nearly muffled by the clanging of a hammer on the gun's metallic pieces, Camieux covered her ears while still talking with her sister.

"Has she at-least eaten? I don't want sis to starve, even if she's doing what she loves." But no Cami's dismay, there were no plates,  leftovers, or wrappers of any kind laying around, indicating that Silva was once again pulling all-nighters on this weapon, non-stop trying new things to best Tweyen, but yet to have any success.

As Cucouroux shook her head, the dismayed Cami went into the shop and worriedly tugged on Silva's shorts, grabbing her attention as she sat up, and looked down at her sister, putting on a gentle smile. She took her glove off and gently patted Cami's head.

"What's up, sis? Here to learn how to make big guns?" Silva offered. Her mood was entirely dependent on her level of focus. She would be nearly silent in an intense battle with Tweyen, but cheerful and encouraging for her sisters. Silva had good reason to keep them happy as well, not being blood related made her be heavily loving in the earliest years of knowing her sisters.

Cami shook her head at the gunsmith, gazing at the incredibly long, around 1.5 meter-long gun at the workshop table.

"Have you eaten, sis? I didn't see you at breakfast this morning, Cuco had to cook. Were you up all night working on the gun again?" Cami asked in a worried, almost motherly voice despite her youth. Her concern was cute to Silva, but it also was justified completely as the time snapped into Silva's head.

"...It's daytime?" She asked blankly, shooting her gaze to the opened garage. She got up from her chair and stepped to the entrance, gazing out at the nearly-endless sky that surrounded their floating island. The sun shone brightly upon it, few trees blocked the light near their house.

Silva shook her head, disappointed in herself for skipping breakfast with her sisters. 

"I'm sorry, Cami. Here, it's around noon, right? Let's have some lunch then. We can stop by Archipelago for some Olea wraps." Silva offered, gaining a bright smile from Cami's face. Seeing her younger sister happy, Cuco was equally as pleased, giving a thumbs up to Silva from the door.