Leave Past, Begin Future

Coke was walking to the lake with a piece of plywood under one arm, and a tackle-box in the other. It was quite a sight, seeing as the plywood was nearly his size, but the goblins face was calm. He always liked being outside when he needed to work on scenery, and that was why he was heading out to the lake. The newest play the theater department was putting on needed a background of a lake.

The goblin inhaled deeply, enjoying the fresh scent of the wind. It was certainly a nice change of pace from the smoke and fire he woke up to today. The memory of his morning pulled the smile from his face as he sighed, remembering how his sister had managed to get yet another hair dryer to spit flames again. He thought he'd hidden the last one well enough, but ah well. He was pulled from his thoughts by movement near the lake.

A girl, human from the looks of things. Golden blond hair shone with the lake, but her stance was anything if beautiful. Coke watched as she hurled the rock into the water, the water splashing up violently from the force. She was angry, that much was obvious, but what at?

He approached, and cleared his throat.

"Pardon me, Are you alright?"

@ThornDestinee ((Hi there! Hope this is alright~))

Coke raised an eyebrow as the girl spun, glaring at him slightly. Yup. Definitely angry. She smiled and responded to him, though he could tell she was forcing it. The goblin did a lot of people watching, and he could tell when someone was trying to force a smile.

Not that it was too difficult. The girls smooth skin make emotions shine through much easier. Sometimes beauty came with a price, and emotions were always more visible on someone whose face was as unblemished as this girls.

He tried to smile back, looking up at her with a reassuring grin. "That...Doesn't really answer my question. But, hello. It's nice to meet you. Would you mind if I sit here and paint?" He continued to smile, speaking calmly. "I'll be quiet, promise."

@ThornDestinee

Coke smiled and waited patiently as the girl bit her lip, obviously thinking. His smile brightened a tad as he noticed her own grin fade quickly, a nice soft smile replacing her angry forced one. He nodded as she agreed to let him stay, obviously wanting some conversation due to her words.

The goblin moved forward and took up a seat next to her, setting his plywood down in front of him. He focused his power on the wood, making a portion of the wood peel off and reshape into a small stand to prop the board. He sat in front of it, using a decently sized rock as a seat while he opened up his tacklebox to reveal it was full of paint.

He pulled out a small Painters Pallet, and begin to put some paint on it as he spoke up.

"I'm Coke, by the way. Coke Hackworth. It's nice to meet you."

@ThornDestinee

Coke turned to smile at Thorn, enjoying seeing a true grin on her face. She looked much better like that, he mused as he turned back to his paint, finally finding the colors he felt he'd be using. The goblin turned his attention to the water, getting a mental picture before he started to dab paint on his plywood canvas, his hands moving fluidly over the wood as he began to paint.

"Thank you, i'm quite fond of my name as well." He smiled, his eyes soft and friendly. "It's nice to meet you Thorn. I'm going to assume you prefer it to your given name?" He asked, dabbing his brush across his board, the lake quickly taking a base form in front of him on the canvas. It wasn't looking good yet, but it was starting to take shape.

@ThornDestinee ((Sorry! I was on vacation and I just got back.))