There had been no time wasted since she’d set on Tendaji, Kaikamahine had gotten to work right away finding out where she would be able to work to really make some good money. It obviously had to be near a body of water and so far, she stayed in Edrao, but she had ambitions and she wanted to make the most of her time here. She wouldn’t be going back home, so she wanted to make sure she was properly set for life here. Of course, that hadn’t taken long, as a performer and because of her looks, she stood out and was picked up for an act not long after arriving.

And now she was learning about all that was Tendaji and their ways, harvest season was upon them. There were less customers interested in seeing shows since most were so busy, there was less traffic, but she still managed to do okay and couldn’t complain about it. It left Kai way too much time on her hands, time that she spent plotting against the other show members. Not in an evil way of course, but in more of a plotting to do tricks against them out of pure amusement kind of thing.

It started out small. Changing someone`s clothing foe a size too small or too big or changing out someone’s cleaning products to another smell. She especially liked to hear the others when they angrily came back from a bath and said they smelled like flowers; the men were especially irate about it. They hadn’t figured out who was doing it yet, but Kai had managed to raise everyone’s hackles thoroughly. When they begam suspicious of her, she did a small prank on herself just so they wouldn’t figure out it was her. She’d never do anything dangerous though, she didn’t want to ruin anyone’s careers.

Kaikamahine did want to do something big though, she just wasn’t sure what. Did she prank a whole group at the same time or just one person? It felt a whole lot more productive to prank a larger group than just one person. That meant the task would be much more difficult to perform and would require much more planning time than any of her previous pranks. However, what could she do?

Kai spent a few days plotting, looking around and trying to decide what exactly she could do. Everything seemed too dangerous to do and while the idea of pretending to die had popped into her head, it had seemed too extreme. She liked drama, but this was overboard even for someone with her flair for the dramatic. So finally, she settled on something a little less crazy.

She found some plants which dyed the skin blue, crushing it and mixing it with a bit of water to make a paste. Then she got to work, sometimes she would pass someone and give them a tap on the back leaving behind a mark. Sometimes she would just swipe them. People began to wonder why they were showing so many bruises, it got to the point that the manager decided to give everyone a break thinking they were pushing themselves too hard during practice and was afraid that the customers would start to notice.

Eventually however, Kaikamahine was found out since her fingers had grown so blue from all the smearing she was doing. The manager was furious s they had lost some days of practice, but the other performers laughed it off, more than happy to get a few days of free time during the harvest festival.

It wasn’t the biggest prank, but Kai had been more than happy to laugh with the others about the incident. The manager made her swear to stop trying to prank them and advised her not to start over the following year. They’d had more than enough of her shenanigans for the year. Kai swore she would not do any more pranks but didn’t say a word about next year. She didn’t know where she would be and if she would still be with the same performers next year. She still wanted to grow after all, which meant bigger clients all over the place.

Still, this year had been some good fun and games, and she certainly would not be deterred from next year. Maybe she’d start planning earlier this time and do something a lot bigger for the following year. She hadn’t given herself much time this turn but with proper planning she could do some great stuff.