[Carlie]

Alice was sitting by herself, having found a less-crowded area of the park. With her, she had a collection of various art supplies: a lot of paper, some pencils, and a few tubes of paint. They were all spread out around her on the ground, a few pieces of paper scattered around, some of which had globs of paint on them. In front of her, she had her drawing, which looked like she hadn't been working on it that long. So far, it was a rough sketch of some trees and benches, just a drawing of her surroundings.

She had come to the park not too long ago, just for a chance to come relax. Usually she wasn't much of the 'relaxed' type, and much preferred running around, talking to others and such, but the one exception was when she was painting. Then, she was very much in her own world.

[Sarah]

(I hope you don't mind me joining you)

Amber skipped though the large park, her paws covered in soft booties to protect her pads from the frozen ground. She looked all around at the different Evelon pets and their trainers. She was on her own today, after visiting a few shops for toys that could not be found in Barakka, her home city she decided that it would be good for her to see some of what Lambastia had to offer. The park seemed like a good place to start. Her eyes sparkled with pure joy to be out of the stuffy pen she was kept in, she padded around the park, looking at various vendors goods. Many food carts held their ground at the edge of the park, and as she got further to the middle there became less and less people trying to sell her things.

She spotted another Kuhna out of the corner of her eye. This Kuhna look peculiar to her, its fur was covered in paint! “How odd...” Amber giggled, turning sharply towards the stranger Kuhna, who seemed secluded from other Lambastia citizens. She padded around the Kuhna, curious to see what she had been painting. “I hope you don’t mind my looking, but I just love art.” Amber smiled warmly at the Kuhna hoping that she didn’t come off as a creep or something.

[Carlie]

(I don't mind at all. (: )

Alice looked closely at the park in front of her, and then all concentration was back on her picture. With the outlines she wanted done, she had began the painting. She took her brush, and began to paint. She added colors without looking up, since she had a very clear mental image of everything.

As she began to paint one of the trees, she barely noticed the sound of someone approaching. Too caught up in her work, she thought nothing of it. Then, the other kuhna spoke. Alice jumped, sending a glob of paint from one of her many papers flying into the grass nearby. "Oh hi!" Alice said. She glanced at the glob of pink in the grass next to her, everyone did always call her clumsy..."It's no problem! I'm Alice, by the way."

[Sarah]

“Oh no, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to scare you.” Amber apologized frantically, she hadn’t noticed how caught up in her work the Kuhna had been. “I’m Amber; it’s very nice to meet you.” She said throwing Alice’s name around in her head, hoping she would be able to remember it, she wasn’t very good at remembering things. “Are you an artist?” she asked, it might be an obvious question to some but Amber always asked just in case… she glanced over Alice’s shoulder, the painting hadn’t hardly been started, only the outline of some trees where drying on the canvas. She wagged her tails happily, “that looks like it’s going to be a very nice picture.” She commented, unsure if she was interrupting the Kuhna or not.

[Carlie]

"Oh don't worry!" Alice reassured her. "I kinda...always do stuff like that," she said, with a small laugh. She began to pick up her supplies, making them a bit neater around her. No need for that to happen again.

"It's nice to meet you too! Yes, I guess I am an artist. I'm not that great or anything, but I love art," she answered. She didn't mind Amber approaching her at all, she very much enjoyed having some company. She looked down at her painting, and thanked Amber for the compliment. It wasn't her best, but she supposed it was alright. She was usually rather modest when it came to her paintings.

[Sarah]

“I love art too! Though I am no good at Drawing or sculpting or anything like that, I just appreciate it.” Amber said happily, still worried that she had made Alice annoyed with her. She watched the people walk back and forth around the park, and she thanked the gods that the snow was not falling. Still the sky was pretty thick with clouds, she liked winter, but she was ok with not having to run errands in the snow. She sat next to Alice, not wanting to leave just yet. “Are you from here? Lambastia I mean.” she asked trying to start a conversation, she was not very good with strangers, but she felt like she needed more friends and acquaintances so she had made it a point to start up a conversation with people whenever she could. Her tails rested neatly on her paws as she studied what Alice was painting.

[Carlie]

Alice was smiling, glad to have the company. She decided to take a break from her painting for a while since she had found someone to talk to. "Well it doesn't matter how good you are as long as it's something you like doing," she said as she began to put the tubes of paint into the small purple bag she had with her, cleaning up the area a bit.

"I am from around here. Are you?" Alice asked. She placed her painting neatly beside her, so it could dry. She would finish it later. Now that she had found someone to talk with, she was instantly more in the mood to be social than work on her painting. She had a few friends in the area, but not nearly as many as she would have liked. She was a pretty outgoing kuhna, and always loved to meet new people.

[Sarah]

“Well, I’m ok with just looking at art.” She shrugged smiling. She always loved making new friends. She tried helping Alice clean up, but didn’t know where anything went so she left her things alone. She noticed that Alice seemed to ignore her question; confused she twitched her ears and said jokingly. “Hey! You have to answer first since I asked first, that is the rule.” She said giggling a little; she remembered someone telling her that before and thought it was pretty clever. “Anyway, no I am not from around here,” she flicked her tail a slight bit nervous. “I am from Barakka.” She mumbled, embarrassed, she had been told that the two places did not like each other, whether that was true or not she didn’t know.

[Carlie]

"I thought I did, Alice said, giving a small laugh. "My home isn't far from here at all." Alice had also heard stories of people from the two areas not getting along, but it was nothing she put much thought into. She never had much of a problem getting along with anyone- she was very open-minded and always able to see the good in others. Because of this, she got along with nearly everyone she met.

"So what brings you all the way to Lambastia then?" she asked, suddenly curious. It seemed a long trip just to come to this park.

[Sarah]

“Oh, I must have missed you saying it, sorry about that.” Sometimes she got distracted so easily.  Her tails flicked nervously.  “anyway, I’m here because I am supposed to be Christmas shopping, but none of the stores have anything in stock…” she sighed, her thoughts flew to her master, she would not be pleased if Amber came home empty handed, but Amber was sure that her master would understand. She looked around the park, “Besides, I could have gone shopping in Barakka I know, but I hardly ever get out of the house.” She said sadly, but pushed it away, she knew better than to push her life story on others. “So, if you live near here, have you ever been to Barakka?” she asked, tilting her head curiosity filling her.

[Carlie]

"It's not problem!" Alice responded cheerfully. She listened to Amber tell her about why she was here. Christmas shopping...maybe that was why Alice had that feeling that she was forgetting something. She hadn't even started. Oh well, she thought, she'd deal with that later.

"No, I've never been," she answered. "I don't really travel as much as I wish I did...what's it like there?" She had always been curious to find out more about other places, and now was the perfect chance!

[Sarah]

“Well…” Amber thought about her home for a long moment. “It is very thick with many different kinds of plants. There are a lot of jungles and a large amount of farm land too. From what I have heard there is supposed to be a large expanse of caves below most of the jungles. The coat line is warm, and the sand on the coast is black, I think.” Amber tilted her head and narrowed her eyes, trying to remember as much as she could. “It’s kind of embarrassing I don’t know more about it.” She laughed realizing how little she actually spent outside. “There are four cities that I know of; one of them is the capital of the Imperialists. It’s kind of weird that my master has land there, considering the side she takes to the war,” Amber meowed realizing for the very first time that they lived in an imperialist country. “There is a Buddhist temple in the jungle to I think, maybe they are monks…” Amber laughed again. “Honestly I haven’t even thought about where I live until now.” She said shrugging, kind of embarrassed at all of the things she didn’t know. “What about Lambastia?” Amber asked “there has to be some interesting stuff going on around here.” Hoping that Alice would not be as ill-informed as she was.