The rest of the day, as well as the entirety of the next day, were spent in preparation of the opening of Ariel's shop. Just as Ariel predicted, it was quite a bit of work to get the empty shop into an acceptable state. It was easy enough to find a woodworker's shop to purchase the furniture, but moving it all took the better part of a day. At the same time, Ariel had to find someone from which to purchase ingredients, but with the pack's help, progress did move steadily. All of the pack helped out at some point, even Ahnasha when she was feeling up to it. Other than Ariel, only Janius had any real knowledge of proper interior design, but despite a few mistakes, they were able to finish moving and arranging all of the furniture by the end of the next day. Meanwhile, Ariel was able to brew at least some of her stock. True to his word, Rukeewei assisted her in testing the cosmetics she was trying to create, thought it would take more time than just a day to work out the exact right formula. Fortunately, nothing she applied to him was hard to remove...yet. 

Given how much they had been working, most of the group fell asleep early and woke up around dawn the next morning, on the day of Feasting. As usual, they started out with breakfast, which Ahnasha was particularly enthusiastic about. For today at least, she seemed to be in an exceptionally good mood for no particular reason. It would likely change by the end of the day, though, as it was the last day the pack would be in the city. In what extra time she had, Meesei had been inquiring about where to find an Argonian village, and was reasonably certain she had a lead. It would likely be a while before they could find a village, in any case, but the sooner they started, the sooner they could help Sabine. 

As Ariel and the pack were collected around their table, Rukeewei brought them the breakfast they had ordered one by one, with his usual friendly smile. "So, do you think today will be the day you open your new shop?" He asked as he served Ariel the stew she requested.