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That morning, Kadryn had decided to paint a picture of her baby brother. But as she was going through her paints, she noticed many of her paint bags were empty and others dried up. "Hmm, guess I need to go make some more," she muttered. So she set off with many small bags and a mortar and pedestal to grind some more colors for the paint.
A little after noon saw Kadryn on the edge of a small stream in the forest. After spending all morning wandering through the undergrowth looking for specific plants, climbing trees to get others, and trying to catch the many bugs she needed to make her paints, Kadryn was tired. To cool off and get some work done at the same time, she had sat on the rocky bank of the stream. Now she was almost done, and was grinding away at some slugs and leaves to make her last color, purple. Next to her sat many small plump bags, already filled with the newly made wet paint. There were as many colors as Kadryn could find the ingredients to. Wiping her brow, Kadryn set aside her mortar and pulled out her lunch. "Nothing like hunting and grinding stuff to make me hungry!"

As Kadryn munched on her lunch, she decided to fish some for more food. This small sandwich just wasn't filling her up. Pulling out twine and a hook from her bag, she looked around for a nice long stick to fasten it to. "Hmm, nothing flexible enough around here..." she muttered to herself. So, after stashing her paint bags and tools in her bag, she stood up and began to walk down the streams edge, keeping an eye out for a long thin stick. Since Kadryn was actually paying attention to her surroundings for once, she noticed a tall thin figure in the stream before she was seen. Kadryn quickly ducked into the brush underneath the trees. Then, quietly but skillfully climbing a tree, she peeked out from behind the leaves at the person. Noticing no real weapon beyond a walking stick, Kadryn decided to practice her stalking skills. Might as well right? She thought to herself. She began to creep towards the dark figure... Dark? Why would anyone want to wear such a long dark green cloak? It made a person stick out like a sore thumb against the bright foliage... Hmm, I wonder who it is.
As silently as she could, Kadryn slipped from tree to tree, slowly approaching the ... black skin?! And no eyes! Its.. is that an Oblivionite?!?!?
Kadryn's breath caught, an Oblivionite! It really was her lucky week! Those black pits for eyes look odd... but she's rather pretty. Not at all like what Miz Krel keeps telling us they look and act like. Kadryn smiled happily, maybe a new friend? She put one hand forward and leaned onto it to get a better look at this Oblivionite girl. Unfortunately for her, the branch she put her hand on broke, sending her tumbling down to the ground.

Kadryn hadn't meant to reveal herself in such a ... clumsy fashion... Oh well, at least I don't have to figure out how to approach her now, she thought. Standing up, she shook the water from her hair and attempted to brush it froom her clothes. The Oblivionite's words were so soft Kadryn almost missed them. " Hmm? Ah, yeah, I guess you're right!" She laughed at herself. "I wanted to improve my skills, but it appears that I've failed in that... I'm Kadryn, what's your name?" She held her wet hand out and smiled at the taller girl. "I've never seen an Oblivionite before. Are you all so dark?" Kadryn could barely restrain herself from asking more questions. She didn't want to scare the girl away after all... but still, a new person! She could hardly wait to ask what her people and continent were like! Kadryn was proud of herself, she was no longer too shy to talk to strangers, fighting dragons was a sure fire way to gain confidence!
Now that she was facing the girl, Kadryn took a good look at her. Long black hair, dark skin, black pits for eyes... more girly than me and tall, but thin. In fact, she looked kinda fragile... Was this really what Miz Krel had said was a heartless killer? Really? She looked like a dark eye-less version of some of the girly girls Kadryn had seen in the markets shopping for clothes.... Couldn't be. But then Kadryn wasn't really similar to the other crafty, studious, social, and more obedient Orderites...

Kadryn watched the quiet Oblivionite as she cautiously shook hands and primly folded them afterwards. Hmmm.. for a supposedly bloodthirsty monster, this.. Eanah was quite the lady. "Are they now? Us Oderites come in many colors, though we're always pale. And I was thinking of stal..er tailing you. I've noticed that dragons are easier to defeat if you surprise them.. so I thought that I'd practice my stalking skills....I mean tailing..... Er, yeah. Um, though that wasn't what I was doing here in the first place...." Looking down, Kadryn saw that her bag was wet.. which meant her paints would be ruined.... drat, all that mornings work wasted. Looking up, Kadryn got an idea. Her brother loved playing this game... but would this lady be willing to play a game? Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
"Hey Eanah, I was making paints, but since I fell into the river, they're ruined." She pulled out a small bag that was dripping a light green liquid. She sighed "It's a good thing I already ate lunch and that there's nothing important in here... The water's diluted them too much.. so .. You want to play a game?" She grinned. "I usually play this game with my baby brother. I call it paint tag. We split the paint bags, and after say, an hour, we end it and whoever is the least colored in paint wins. I promise to not use my wings since that'd be unfair and the only rules are no hurting and no washing off in the stream until after the games over. Do you want to?" She smiled winningly up at Eanah. I hope she says yes. Fallon isn't that much of a challenge.. and since we're in the woods there'll be more hiding spots and chances to practice a ranged battle! That and I can improve my hiding and dodging!

Kadryn smiled happily, game time! Handing half of the dripping bags to Eanah, Kadryn waited until she had turned to leave before bolting into the bushes. She grinned. It may be a fake fight, but this is still going to be a blast! Kadryn began slinking through the undergrowth towards where she thought Eanah was. As she saw some of the shrubbery shift like someone was moving near it, she quickly launched a bag of red paint towards the shrubbery.

Right after Kadryn had flung her bag and hit... she thought, reurn fire came her way. As she tried to duck, Kadryn was clipped on her shoulder, leaving it coved in a green splotch. However, Kadryn was impressed; she could see the red paint rolling down Eanah's back, yet the girl hadn't made a sound... too bad she was still standing! If Eanah had thrown then run, Kadryn might have missed which direction she'd gone. So Kadryn threw a bag at Eanah and scurried off behind and up a tree... Hmm, blue paint she thought as she saw the hand prints left on the tree from her ascent. As Kadryn peeked through the leaves, she saw her blue paint bomb dripping down a tree trunk... Blast, I missed!

Kadryn snickered as Eanah broke her paint bag in her hand. Then, leaning on a branch Kadryn started to throw her bag...and the branch broke under her weight. "Not again!!!!" She growled as she tumbled to the ground. She tucked and rolled as she hit, attempting to dodge any bags coming her way while she scrambled for another bag.

Kadryn was ducking and bobbing in the shrubbery trying not to get hit by any bags while attempting to see where Eanah was.. not a good combination. As she was looking over her shoulder and spotted a bag exploding on the ground near her, Kadryn ran straight into a tree, causing the bag in her hand to fall out of her hand and hit the ground. As she lay in the bushes, Kadryn took some deep breaths to calm herself down. This is not how one should treat a fight... even fake game fight like this. If this had been a real battle, Kadryn knew she'd be dead or badly wounded from her antics and silly mistakes. Time to calm down and take Eanah seriously!