"Lochan, Rakt! Come on," Ashamin said with a smile back to his two companions. His long tail waved behind him, beckoning the sleepy cerndyr forth. It was the middle of the day, long past all of their bedtimes, but Ashamin knew it would be the best time to find others to join in on his plan. He had spent the night gathering a collection of pine branches, berries, leaves, and more. Travels south earlier had afforded him a meager collection of quickly dying flowers; these and all the rest fell onto the ground in the center of the tent when he undid the knot of his sarong.

The tent was something Ashamin had discovered not long before, on one of his wanderings. It was pristinely white, untouched and perhaps beginning to gather dust in some corners, but it was beautiful. His every muscle twitched at the sight of it, his every vein pulsed with desire to fill it with history.

And so Ashamin had called upon Johnny. If no one else, Johnny would have the energy and excitement to help pull this off. He waited now in the center of the tent for the candyman, brimming with a fair amount of excitement himself. This was something to keep his mind off of the troubles he had faced and been a part of--a happy distraction, a chance to see those in his herd that he missed so dearly.

Piled in the corner, Ashamin had laid down his own items. There they were in a pile, ripe for decoration like the walls of the tent and the outlying caves. Lochan started towards the tent's entrance, looking back for confirmation. Ashamin needed only to nod and complete the command. Go, find Johnny and the rest.

Rakt, meanwhile, stood sleepily and swaying by his bonded's steady side. It would be a long day for the cerndyr, but as Ashamin looked down on him he hoped that Rakt would remember it fondly. The haruspex hoped, from the bottom of his heart, that the whole herd would. It was a time of change not just for himself but the whole Basin, and he could smell it on the wind. He hoped this would be a healing day.

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Ashamin

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Welcome all to the Aurora Basin's first ever painting lesson! This is a herd-wide gathering hosted by Johnny and Ashamin, and serves as a meeting for crafting and visionary rank (but all are welcome!) To keep this casual, light, and fun, there will be no post order or real rules. Similarly to the Giving Tree, if you wish to have private IC interactions or wnader elsewhere feel free to make your own thread from this. The only requirements are that @Johnny be allowed to post first, and if you don't have something you can paint with, you either write your character as gathering materials themselves or picking something from the pile that has been gathered. If you have painting materials but don't want to use them yourself, feel free to donate them to the pile (and then post in updates to have them removed from your records)

Painting material ideas:
berries (ground up--have extra? Give them to a healer for supplies!)
flowers (ground up--have extra? Give them to a healer for supplies!)
leaves (ground up--have extra? Give them to a healer for supplies!)
God's blood vials (this uses up the item and must be posted in updates--careful, it may burn!)
Ash from cave fires
God crystals fangs etc (ground up for glitter paint?)
Magic! (If your magic can make a mark without burning the whole place down, go for it!)
Feathers (make good paint brushes!)
Sticks/pine branches (paint brushes!)
Small Item Passes (can be used to make any of the above or something else!)
Other ideas? There are tons of options!

What you can paint on:
The tent cloth! Now that it is open to the whole herd and no longer just for the plague, it needs some good old Aurora Basin history in it.
The crafting cave, the caves by the hot springs, or your own home! Just not the Haruspex's cave, who knows if the Time God would consider that worship or graffiti.
Your own items (Don't have any items? Use item passes, or talk to someone with crafting magic, they might be able to help.)
Others' items (with permission only)
Yourself (Want it to be permanent? Use marking passes!)
A friend (Want it to be permanent? Use marking passes!)
Pretty much anything?

The goal of all this is to HAVE FUN! So do that. :)
Just remember to POST EVERYTHING RELATING TO AN ITEM ALREADY IN OR BEING ADDED TO YOUR RECORDS UPDATES. <3