[ It seems that these body paintings are quite popular. The lines to the fae offering to make tattoos are long, but Akira accidentally manages to find a fae artist who can't really complain about having too much work. ]

How about a cat? I'm leaving it up to you.

[ After about fifteen minutes Akira ends up with a tattoo of a cat. Even if it might not be considered a masterpiece, it brings a smile to his face. After a few moments, the cat is gone from the back of his hand and appears on Akira's left cheek. ]

It's still here, right?

[ It looks like the cat tattoo decided to take a nap there, actually. ]

[ Equipped with a knife, Akira walks onto the arena after the announcer summons him. He doesn't look particularly strong and yet here he is, his fingers wrapped tight around the handle of his knife while speaking up to his opponent. ]

Loser cooks for the winner for a week.

[ An additional incentive might be nice. Definitely not as flashy as the prizes promised by the King, but still. ]

[ Akira hangs out in the food stands area when he notices a distressed man who apparently needs to hurry home immediately—at the same time there's no way he could leave his business unattended. Somewhat nonchalantly, Akira offers to help the man while he's away since making pretzels shouldn't be too hard.

And actually, it's not that bad, except he never expected that so many people would come to grab one. Trying to incorporate magic to make things faster turns out to be a bad idea, especially when one of the pretzels ends up flying right into a customer's face. ]

Hey, can you help me out here?

[ Whether it's a familiar face or not, Akira's a bit desperate. ]

[ Ironically, fire element is the one Akira feels most comfortable with now despite all the mishaps from a couple of months ago. Setting something on fire by accident used to be rather frequent, but after some practice, Akira's gained control over it. ]

If you're using fire...I guess it's going to be fighting fire with fire, then.

[ Hmu if you'd like to do something else, we can plot or yolo all the way. I can write custom closed starters too! Here's Akira's plotting comment, but feel free to either PM this journal or drop me a line on plurk at koohii! ]