[H1][color=0072bc]Kest[/color][/h1]

DAMN!
Kest ran about his house, half dressed, half eating, half all around panicking. He had overslept! His sister sat at the table, drinking a glass of water with an amused expression on her face. She had been awake for a couple hours now.
[color=0072bc]"Why didn't you wake me?!"[/color] he stopped in front of her, shaking his fist at her with one hand and holding his pants up with the other. 
[color=f7941d]"You looked so cute dreaming, I couldn't bring myself to do it."[/color] she teased, [color=f7941d]"Were you dreaming about Veragwen again? She certainly is a spicy number!"[/color] Kest made a face at Mara and sat down to eat the rest of his breakfast. The mergirl giggled at her brother as she watched him struggle to put a shirt on between bites of egg, potato, and bacon.

Now properly dressed and groomed, Kest bid his sister goodbye and walked out of the house. He needed to get a gift of some kind for Vera. Flowers were great, but she was more special than a bouquet of fancy flowers that anyone could get. Plus, as a fighting woman, would she even like that sort of thing? What a puzzle! He would have to think real hard about this gift. It was his first one to her and it HAD to be special.
What to get her...
He was going to give up and go giftless when he saw it out of the corner of his eye. Yes... this was perfect! 

The merchant in the store looked surprised when Kest entered the store, and even more so when he picked up the item he had intended to purchase.
[b]"That is not something I would have expected a man to be interested in... is it for a girl?"[/b] He smiled as he placed it on the counter. [b]"I see, she is a very lucky lady, that has an interesting story behind it..."[/b]

Item paid for, Kest pocketed it. It was a little larger than he had anticipated and barely fit, but in the end, he was able to successfully stuff it in. Now to find his lovely warrior goddess.
It didn't take long for him to find her. He had assumed she would be in the square, helping set up tonights part of the festival. He watched her from afar for a moment. Did she...? She looked different.

[color=0072bc]"Hey, Veragwen!"[/color] Kest called as he approached her. As he got closer, he could see she indeed looked different. [color=0072bc]"Are... is that makeup?"[/color]