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(No worries, Yoshmi. I've had those times, too, before the hack. Then I figured out the dice seem to be time sensitive, or at least they are for me. And, because I didn't have a clue what to do for "gray with a tint of blue" eyes (much to my shame... I'm a make-up-aholic), I asked my fashion forward friend, Kelsey (also known as my little bringer of doom), and she suggested the Bring Out the Blue make-up collection by Almay, so that's what I'm basing Naoki's choices off of.)

"My n-name is Naoki," the little girl said with a shy smile, unable to help the slight stutter. She really felt out of place here... Digging through the make-up kit a little, she thought over what would compliment the other girl's gray eyes with their hint of blue. She layed out a warm shade of brown to start with, then bit her lower lip in thought, Perhaps a sapphire blue in the crease to accent the blue? With a lighter blue to blend into the rest of the lid? Laying those out, as well as a pearl-like color to serve as a highlight, she asked her partner softly, "D-do these look r-right to you?" Giving her partner a chance to consider the options she had laid out, Naoki took the time to try and find a brush in the make-up kit. She had seen the other girls using their fingertips, but she had wondered if a brush or a small sponge would allow more control over the powder, so was taking the time to look.

Cosmetics
Learning how to properly apply make-up and do your hair!
DC: 15
1d20 (18 )+ Charisma (0) + 3 = 21
Train: 3/5

Serena continued to apply the gold until she reached the tips, then as she had said, she let the rest of the gold on her fingers trail off of her partner's eyes to the side. When it was all complete, the Raiken let out a breath. "There, I think your eyes are completely done. What do you think? Oh wait, I still need to outline your lips and apply the mascara. I almost forgot! Just a few more minutes. You can open your eyes now, though." She told her partner as she wiped off her hands. Then she took a peachy lipliner and carefully began lining Hanabira's lips. Once that was done, she picked up the mascara and untwisted the top, revealing a weird..brush thing. 'This thing is for eyelashes? How am I going to do this without messing up?' Serena thought to herself. It was hard for her to find out how to use it. In the end, she just carefully brushed Hanabira's eyelashes on the top and bottom twice. It seemed like all of this would have been easier if they did it to themselves. She sighed, then leaned back and smiled. "Alright, it's all done!" All in all, the Raiken felt like she had done a pretty good job!

Cosmetics
Learning how to properly apply make-up and do your hair!
DC: 15
1d20 + Charisma[2]
Train: 5/5 COMPLETE!

Upon discovering that a golden color might bring out the often unnoticed ochre rings around Tanu's eyes, the girl set aside the least used container. Chances were that the other colors were contaminated by a mix of colors or even just dirt and skin oils. But, she wasn't through just yet. Orika forced herself to look deep into Tanu's eyes while her hands moved around, trying to pick out colors that matched, but didn't bring out either of her eyes that much. Going with a mix of red and a dark green didn't work since those colors contrasted, making anyone who stared into the impulsive girl's eyes dizzy. The little bright spot of light almost completely hidden by the fiery red and broody green was difficult to work with, but couldn't be ignored. Orika decided she wanted more people to notice that subtle, kind of alluring characteristic. She considered using purple, but decided against it since that would make the controllable orange ring of fire erupt into a heathen blaze. Anything darker might clash with the scarlet. This was so frustrating, but at the same time, kind of fun. Wait, did she just admit that messing around with girly make up was anything but torture? Orika rested her chin on the desk, staring glumly at the mash of palm sized containers sprawled across the icy, wooden surface. Everything that she tried to make compatible with Tanu shirked far, far away! "Gah, how're we supposed to know what goes well with what color?" Orika complained. She almost considered just picking any eye shadow color and ending the frustration. It wasn't was if Tanu'd be able to tell the difference. Then again, did she really want to show her lack of knowledge so early in the school year? Orika puffed out her cheeks and chewed on a thumb fingernail, glancing from color to color.

Cosmetics
Learning how to properly apply make-up and do your hair!
DC: 15
1d20 + Charisma [0] = 19
Train: 3/5

"You're weclome," the blond nurse said. After Tenko gave the new creams to Akiko, she heard her name being called by a little fiesty voice. "Coming," she said, making her away across the floor to where Tanu and Orika were sitting. She listened to Tanu's question and smiled. "Nice start, Orika-chan," Tenko said to the girl who was moving her way onto Tanu's eyes while Tanu was stuck. "See, Tanu, Orika's eyes are a reddish brown and her skin is very tan, so you want to use a dark brown and then accent it with a mahogany color that will bring out the reddish tint in her eyes," Tenko explained to Tanu. "Do you understand?" she asked the girl, turning to her with a smile.

[+3 onto Orika's and Tanu's next roll.]

Kumiko had been standing silently by, watching the young Raiken girl work her magic on the quiet soft hearted Yamanaka. When she heard her announce completion, Kumiko was already smiling and clapping her hands. "You did a wonderful job, Serena-chan!" Kumiko said, leaning down to inspect. "We can barely see your freckles, Hana-chan," Kumiko said with a smile. "It'll be a shame to put your glasses back on to cover up your beautiful eyes... We should have Tenmoki-sensei look into some procedure to fix your eyes. I would imagine having glasses as a shinobi would be difficult," Kumiko said to the girl. "Let's see how you do on Serena, Hana," Kumiko said, having it picked out in her mind that Hana would need lots of help since she was so timid.

Serena: +1 Charisma, +10 Experience

Kumiko admitted to herself that she was honestly impressed by how well Hanabira did Serena's make up. The nurse knew she was shy and timid, which lead her to believe that Hanabira wasn't confident. However, she was very smart and picked up on things fast. "Nicely done, Hana-chan," Kumiko said to the girl as she finished up Serena's make up. "Seems like you two have done this before. How about we move onto hair? We won't be able to do much with your hair, Hanabira, but if we put some beautiful ornaments in it, it will bring attention to you," Kumiko said as she went back to her case of goodies and pulled out some hair pins, combs and other various acessories. "We're going to have fun with your hair, Serena," Kumiko said as she ran her hand through the hair being held up by Serena's pony tail. Also from her case, Kumiko pulled out some mirrors for the girls to work with. "Why don't we try some twists and knots with yours, Serena?" Kumiko suggested, taking out some hair pieces that would allow the girl to roll up her long hair into buns and knots.

Hana: +1 Charisma, +6 Experience

Serena: Doing Your Hair
You have a lot of hair that can be put up in many diffuclt styles. Try some of them out.
DC: 19
1d20 + Focus
Train: 5/5

Hanabira: Doing Your Hair
Your hair is very short and doesn't have many styles, so practice decorating it cutely.
DC: 15
1d20 + Focus
Train: 5/5

"Can you hold still for a minute?" the feisty girl asked her partner, holding the peach eyeshadow case up to the light. She was just checking if this was the right choice 'cause Tenko said she couldn't go back if she messed up. Orika also didn't want to mess up anymore. As far as she could tell, she'd been the most troublesome one in the class and that wasn't a good way to start out. Orika rubbed a little of the powder onto her fingers and reached up to Tanu's lids. Wait a minute. This didn't feel right. She could practically feel the other girls' eyes drilling into her back, shoving their hidden razor-sharp kunai in between her shoulders! Or, maybe it was just her consciousness telling her she was about to make a major blunder. That sounded better, but Orika peeked behind her just in case. Okay, good, no one was looking. Wiping the cool, powdery make up on a small hand towel, she sat back in her chair and tried to figure out what went wrong. Was it the color choice? Nah, she'd deliberated over that too much. Oh, duh! It was just like with the sponge. Orika saw Naoki fumble around and take out a small brush so she decided to try the same since Akiko's eyes were looking really cool! When she dug around in the make up bag, however, a wide variety of brushes greeted her, with everything from what appeared like paintbrushes to tiny sticks barely ten hairs across. Orika gave a small, almost catlike moan.

She was done wasting time. Real ladies didn't spend this much time on simple foundation and eye shadow everyday did they? They also had their hair, clothing, perfumes, and whatever else she never knew about to take care of, all before scurrying off to take care of early morning chores. There had to be a faster way to get all this done. Orika seized a small, red handled brush that looked like it would fit on Tanu's lids and dipped the first millimeter into the peach eyeshadow. She applied a layer on Tanu's closed eyes and then reached for the reddish orange eyeshadow. The container actually called it Citrus Sunrise, but the girl found that to be really dumb. Oranges didn't have anything to do with the sun coming up. Shaking her head, she brushed a thinner layer of the orange powder on both lids. Unfortunately, that didn't look right at all; It was as if Orika had merely smeared two random colors that clashed onto someone's skin. Light pink or salmon blotches showed through a caked fire. Orika tried to cover up the thin spots with her fingers and surprisingly, the colors blended together to reveal something half decent. In fact, if she squinted of course, the girl could almost see the way Tanu's left eye popped out, screaming to be noticed. She did the same for the other eye and scooted back in her chair to admire her work, thinking how great it'd be if Tanu could get the same result on her eyes.

Cosmetics
Learning how to properly apply make-up and do your hair!
DC: 15
1d20 + Charisma [0] + Tenko [3] = 21
Train: 4/5

Serena began to use the comg to neatly brush up bit of her hair into a nice ponytail so the bun would look pretty. While doing so, she overheard Orika and Tanu's conversations while she looked through the mirror. It couldn't be helped. Those two just seemed like an interesting pair, she just had to watch and smile..they didn't seem to be doing so bad, though, except for getting along. "There, a nice ponytail...now how do I do a bun?" She had seen someone do it somewhere before..maybe at a salon like place or something, but didn't seem to remember exactly how they had done it.

Serena: Doing Your Hair
You have a lot of hair that can be put up in many diffuclt styles. Try some of them out.
DC: 19
1d20 + Focus [7]
Train: 1/5

Orika nervously glanced at the assortment of powders and colours in Tanu's hands, making sure the girl didn't ask what to put on her just to go the opposite way, before obeying. While she waited for her adversary to finish, Orika thought more about the eyelashes. She wondered what it was about eyes that made people spend so much time beautifying those melon-shaped organs and on why darker eyelashes made the eyes jump out like people. Didn't people usually wear black to hide from others? Orika thought back to all those spy comics she read, especially the ones with women in them. For some reason, the ladies always wore sneak suits with midrifts exposed and low cut tank tops. That getup didn't seem like much protection from the light at all. But, the black did make their skin pop out and people tended to pay more attention to whatever wasn't covered up in fabric. It was like with the eyes; Who really wanted to look at eyelashes anyway? Or, was it all because wearing black in public made you look suspicious? All in all, it seemed make up was supposed to make people look at you. But then, why were they supposed to wear make up to blend in with other people? Orika squirmed in her seat, suddenly uncomfortable with all the questions and no answers.

Cosmetics
Learning how to properly apply make-up and do your hair!
DC: 15
1d20 + Charisma [0] = 2
Train: 4/5