Submission (#3158) Approved

To Minako's dismay this day felt as if there was no end in sight. All day she accomplished the errands her mentor had asked her. She had never walked around Silveil City so much in one day. Her hands were full of packages and Mina had no idea if she could keep carrying them around any longer. At this point the kittom had been used walking around in the dark alleys of the city and they didn’t bother her much anyways. Besides she always had her trusty pomu Crabby with her. Unfortunately the little pomu could no longer help her hide the hoard of items she had to bring as his little void was already full of stuff as well. 

Turning a corner in a shadowed alley she was used to going through she tripped over something on the ground and her packaged goods went flying. “Ow!” Having no idea what caused her fall she looked up into the shadows and noticed a figure. The fright set into her as she looked up at this creature she had no idea what it was. It was simply terrifying and had red glowing eyes. All Minako could think of was she was doomed for it, closing her eyes and trying to use her arms as a shield. That was not the way she wanted to go in a dark alley after having used up all her energy doing errands. 

Before she knew it she felt something lifting her up “ Hey little one want to go destroy some pots, looks like you are in need of it.” Blinking a few times as she took a closer look there was an elnin in front of her. Rubbing her eyes a few times with her paws as she blinked not really sure if she was dreaming or really seeing things clearly. After all, she had taken quite a dive on the ground. It’s eyes were really bright red and and its lonely gaze was unlike any elnin she had ever seen before. That’s when she saw it again looming over the elnin a petrifying figure. Minako closed her eyes again, not sure what would happen to her. Not really sure exactly what that elnin said to her, something about breaking pots ? What? “ Really please come with us and don’t worry my pomu won’t hurt you.” He said to her, dusting off some of the dirt that had gotten on her as she had fallen. Mina opened her eyes again “Huh?” she said to him with her eyes wide open. She couldn’t comprehend what he was saying and what was actually going on. 

Crabby appeared and she grabbed it with her hands looking at it and then looking back at that thing that was hovering around and about. “But this is a pomu” pointing at her companion “what is that thing” pointing over at what she couldn’t imagine. “It’s a pomu just a different kind” he said as he continued speaking, “ but really you should come have fun with us he’s really into that.” 

Uncertainty was settling in Minako but at this point she figured what could be the worst thing that could happen. She nodded and started picking up her items and piling them back into a neat tower. The elnin nodded to her in the direction of which he was heading “It’s this way”. She tried to form words as she kept her eyes on the creature she was told was a pomu but something made her unsettled. Its aura felt very chaotic to Minako. “I’m ummm .. My name issss.. Minaa” she said, her voice shaking. He introduced himself to her, maybe to make her more at ease “I’m Laurent nice to meet you.” Before she knew it they were already at their destination. Once the doors opened and they walked into the warehouse she noticed piles and piles of pottery. Putting down her load she looked around some more and wondered why there were just discarded mountains of breakable goods. 

From the corner of her eye she saw a sword and heard the crash of pottery breaking. Terrified, she noticed Laurent pomu had done the damage and was enjoying it as it was swinging it’s sword on and on destroying anything in its path. Before she knew it Crabby was trying to join in on the fun as it was jumping on a teapot, sadly though the little guy did not have enough force to break it. Laurent looked at the hesitant kittom handing her a saucer, “you try it you’ll see it’s fun”. Taking a deep breath she threw the saucer at the group and heard it crash and break in tiny pieces. It somehow felt very liberating and actually fun. Before she knew it, Minako was simply wreaking havoc with any pottery she could get her hands on, throwing things left and right.She had never had a chance to experience this wild side of hers and the adrenaline just kept pumping and she was having a ball. Maybe this was the stress reliever she needed, after all she had been hard at work for weeks on end and haven’t had the chance for much fun lately. 

The little kittom was finally out of breath as her lungs fought for air and she finally plumped to the ground and took a look around the storage room. So why were they destroying all this perfectly crafted pottery ? But the bigger question was would they get into trouble for it? Panic started to set in after she had realized that the fun she had might come at a cost. “ Will we… get into trouble for this?” Her eyes were brimming with worry as she looked up at the royal elnin. He laughed at her “ it’s alright these are discarded potteries that no one will be using again or that they will be making something new from it’s broken shell.” Laurent went on then explaining to her the art form of kintsugi and that a specific artist in Silveil often asked him to break apart pottery for him. He patted on the head the kittom “ I think that’s enough fun for a day, you look tired and I think it’s getting late, you should be heading home.” With a nod Minako agreed and picked back up her heavy load of packages. Heading outside the warehouse she wondered if she would ever see Laurent again and his strange scary pomu. But one thing was for sure she would never forget this day and the fun she had. Sometimes maybe it was worth letting yourself free and wrecking havoc. 

She had taken so many steps away from the warehouse and her usual walk , lost in her thoughts about the events that had just unfolded. Suddenly she snapped back into reality and realized she had no idea where she was in the city and how to get back to the atelier. Mina would surely be in trouble when she would get back and how would she explain where she had been all these hours with her delivery. Chuckling she thought even if she tried to explain what had happened she was sure that her mentor would not believe her. She was ready for the punishment besides this could be her little secret with Crabby. “Cross our hearts and hope to die… Right Crabby?” The pomu jumped up and down and nodded as he had fun as well. This would be their little secret.