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Knowing what to get someone and actually being able to get it were two very different things. Nykinae was frustrated because she knew exactly what she wanted to get for those she held dear. Her family was very important to her, even if the younger siblings were somewhat of a handful and often times got on her nerves. But she always wanted to get them the best of the best and this year, for some reason or another, she couldn’t find what she was looking for.

Honi was easy. Her triplet sister was too kind to say no to anything. But Kina always got her some new and fancy hair accessory to wear whenever she felt the need. Of course she would try to coax her sister into wearing the things more often than normal, but who wouldn’t? Her sister was beautiful and the hair accessories usually brought out her eyes or the color of her skin just right.

Thall was another one that was easy. Being that he was her triplet brother she took the time to get him something he liked. Typically his gifts were easy to come by as well. Kina never had a problem finding what she wanted to get for him. Though this year she had noticed that all of a sudden they were in short supply but at least they weren’t gone. Never mind that she’d had to go to three different shops to find it. The fact remained that it had been found.

Her dad was easy too. And yet again the item she’d wanted to get was easily found and in her possession in no time. It made her relax a bit knowing that her dad would have what she wanted to get for him. Especially since she was a daddy’s girl at heart. There was no getting around that. So her dad got the most thoughtful gift from her.

The one for her mother she was having troubles with. Why? Because none of the stores had it! It was like one moment they were stocked full and the next, because she had decided that was what she wanted to get, they were gone! It made Kina want to shank someone with the pointy end of her spear. Even if that was a bad thing to do. So she was being forced to rethink what her mother got this year. Which wasn't the end of the world but it still made her day upsetting.

So she just had to think of that while she got the gifts for her younger siblings. Ushi and Ein. Neither of which she really got along with enough to be close. Sure, she made sure no one messed with them. And she was the typical big sister in wanting them to stay clean and do safe things and all that. But she didn’t spend time with them like Honi and Thall did. So it made their gifts a bit generic.

Since Einsol liked to play with… dirt. Clay! It was clay! Nykinae had gotten the younger girl a set of potters tools so that she could put pretty designs in her mud cups. Or whatever she was using to make things with. For all Kina knew it could have been wet sand. Fact was it was dirty and she didn’t want to touch it. No thanks.

For Ushiwa she had just decided to get him a new set of clothes. Nice clothes. So a shirt and matching pants. That way he had something nice to wear if he ever needed to impress someone. Or go somewhere nice. Kina wasn’t sure what he’d use them for but at least he had something! Her younger brother was typically shirtless. Not a bad thing since they lived in Matori but it drove Kina absolutely nuts. Clothes! They existed!

By the time she was done getting the stuff for her younger siblings she still hadn’t thought of what to get for her mother. And that made her spirits go down even more. It made her question if she even knew the woman at all. For her to not be able to come up with something that she might like was unheard of. Kina was on the verge of screaming at someone for something when she passed by a stall and saw something. It was a small set of dishes. Normally she wouldn't have even looked at them but the design, the flowers, made her think of her mother.

A soft smile lit up her face and she decided that that was the gift she was going to give this year. Her mother would like it, she was sure, but the fact that it reminded her of her mother meant that it was perfect to give.