Dayspring

[Syani]

"Huaaarrrhh.." Syani yawned with a stretch at the first light of day. Ever since she discovered the Aquair Lake, the half-vampire had taken a liking to visit the place every morning by the means of teleportation. She's able to pinpoint the general location she wanted to go now whenever she teleported, so it's not really that difficult for her to visit the wondrous Aquair Lake so early in the morning every day.

Having slept somewhere presumably more decent than the outdoor campings she usually would by her choice of clothing, which happens to be a long white night dress, the half-vampire doesn't look the least bit prepared if some random wild animal were to attack her right on the spot. Then again, Syani is able to pull out random contraptions out of thin air for defense anyway. Barely.

"Mnyaaann.." The black-haired yawned again as she took a seat on a granite rock conveniently beside the cool lake and gently dips one of her toes in the morning water. By the trekking she did in Sougen, her skin had tanned a slight bit thanks to the striking sun there.



"Aaaaahhh, this is nice...." Syani smiled to herself, now settling both her feet in the water before bending down to take a scoop of the fresh lake and splashed it on her face. It's such a pleasure to her, the half-vampire laughed a bit by the tingling coldness. She then raise her head in the direction of the rising sun with her eyes closed as if to let the morning warmth dries her dripping face.

[Open]

[Maki]

Maki had morphed into a black puma as she headed into the woods in search of some ingredients for rare potion recipes that she couldn't find in stock at Bone Healers. She charged around the forest, sniffing out scents of wildflowers and mushrooms and examining them in passing to see if they were what she was looking for.

She eventually emerged rather swiftly around a lake, still in her puma form, sniffing the area and moving around it a bit before her eyes rested on the girl about ten feet away whose scent she had finally noticed. The one major oddity about this puma's appearance was a bag around it that she had carried to hold ingredients should she find any.

She watched the girl sitting there for a moment, standing tall on her four puma legs before lowering her head and morphing back into her human form. When the transformation was complete, she sat back on her knees and looked over at the girl there. She then slowly stood up and looked around the lake, taking in the atmosphere and looking around for possible ingredients.

She bent down next to some weeds around the edge of the lake and picked them, putting them in a small baggy to keep them separate from other ingredients then put them in her bag. She looked around and continued the same thing with some mushrooms she found by a rock.

[Syani]

It's a good thing Syani's eyes are closed. If she were to saw the black puma appearing, she would most likely scream, slipped and fell into the lake with a magnificent splash. And then drown.

It's until she heard the ruffling of grass and faint sounds of her footsteps did she open her eyes and saw the form of a woman, picking up several things growing around the lake. Syani watched her for a moment, until she decided to speak up.

"Good morning," the half-vampire greeted, still half-sleepy, "You're up early." Whether she knows or not of this woman, she still greeted as if she had known that person for years. Even though in truth, they have met once back in the school.

Perhaps it has escaped Syani's memory.

"What'cha doing?"

[Maki]

As she collected the wildflowers and mushrooms, she heard a voice greet her. As she finished putting away the mushroom, she heard the voice of the girl ask her what she was doing. when she was done, she stood up and faced towards the girl with a blank face.

"I am collecting ingredients." She said plainly to the girl then continued looking around the lake for things to collect. She bent down next to a little snail and put it into a small container with small holes in the lid for air and put it into her bag.

[Syani]

"Ingredients for what?" Syani tilted her head slightly as she asked, still relaxed sitting where she is. Watching the expresionless girl rounding the lake again to collect things, the half-vampire wondered how she got so much energy so early in the morning.

"What are you looking for, anyway? I can help, if you want~" Plus, it reminded Syani of her school years when she's out hunting inredients for random potions.

[Maki]

Maki knelt next to a special kind of weed that grew right at the edge of the lake and carefully cut the parts she needed off with a small knife then put them in a safe little baggy and back in her bag.

She stood again and looked at the girl once more who had asked her what she was doing and offered to help. "I am looking for ingredients. I don't have any specific ingredients in mind at the moment, just anything really that could be used. I have enough potion recipes that I could gather almost anything and have a recipe to use it for."

She watched the girl a moment longer then continued her search around the lake. There was a patch of dispersed, small blue flowers, almost like blue clovers. Maki knelt down and carefully picked about twenty of them, placing them in a baggy and back in her bag again before continuing to look for more things to collect.