[PRP] Paint me the heavens (Sugar Rush x Snickerdoodle)

[SilverLutz]

Doodle was spending the perfect evening by getting his paints ready for the next day. A lot of work went into getting the perfect mix of colors and he spent a few good hours on it, but he honestly enjoyed the process. He was letting a few mixtures sit and getting a new brush made when Sugar Rush appeared through the foliage.

"Oh, good evening," he said with a little smile. tilting his head a bit at her as she spoke. He had known her growing up although they never really had much one-on-one time. They both had a pretty big family and usually one of her siblings, parents, or one of his were around all the time.

"I've always got spare time for friends," he said, setting the makings of his brush aside. He had found that tying very delicate and new ferns to the end of a thick stick was the best, but he also enjoyed painting with thicker, coarser leaves and feathers. And, of course, sometimes his tail and paws got the job done.

"What can I do for you?"

AstoriaFallen

 

[SilverLutz]

"There's always time for friends," Doodle insisted with a smile. His father being the god of laughter had an influence over him, of course, but even if Iiro wasn't his sire he would have still been a smiley guy. The only difference was he'd snicker and chuckle a lot when other lions would just smile, and smile when they'd have a resting expression.

He tilted his head a bit at her request, ears flicking in thought. He did have some spare paints from the past few days that he was loathe to simply toss because they were running low. He had many brushes that were still working as well, so it really wouldn't be a bother.

"Of course not! What did you have in mind?" he asked, motioning for her to follow him around the small pond where he liked to work. He kept a small cave full of his supplies, whether they were hollowed out coconuts full of paint or just the empty shells.

AstoriaFallen

 

[SilverLutz]

"Hmmmm..."

Doodle rubbed his chin with his paw as he surveyed his canvas, pausing for a moment to pull out his paints and brushes. The little gourds and coconuts were pretty colorful themselves, having held lots of different paints over the months. Once he had all his supplies out he turned to look at Sugar Rush again, tilting his head this way and that.

"Well, the color of your pelt lends itself to the sea, or the sky at night," he said finally. "Perhaps some sort of ocean with the night sky?" He began to stir his paints with his tail, making sure to dip it into the pond to rinse it before starting new color. He didn't want to get the all mixed up, after all.

"Oh yes, although it's mostly cubs and adolescents," he admitted with a laugh. "That come for body painting, at least. Other things like leaves and rocks find new homes after a few days." He had painted a rather brightly colored thief the other day to blend in with the forest, and she had promised she'd be back for more.

AstoriaFallen

 

[SilverLutz]

"That's very true," Doodle said with a laugh. Cubs and younger lions were always fun to be around, and sometime his fellow adults would look at him if he laughed too loud or grinned too long. They were in a pretty liberal pride, that was true, but it was still a bit strange for an adult to be so free without having made a trip to the Dreamer's cave in the past few days.

"Hm...how about standing for now?" he said as he set up his paints. "And maybe later I'll need you to lay down, but standing works best for now."

He got to work after that, taking his time in laying his base paint down without covering up too much of her natural teal color. That would be most of the water with the darker purply paint he had made making up the sky.

"So how have you been? How's being a big sister again?" He knew the queen had just had another litter, but the cubs hadn't been presented to the pride yet.

AstoriaFallen

 

[SilverLutz]

Doodle stuck out his tongue in concentration as he started to mix the colors directly on her pelt, letting the water become more muted and smooth. He shook his head a bit at her question, the strange expression turning back into a smile.

"Oh, nothing new to report. I've been well, figured out a new way to make brushes...it's quite fun spending my time like this. I'm glad this pride is so open to letting those who don't care for hunting or fighting find their own niche."

As he moved to the sky he washed his paws in the lake, then began dipping them into the darker paints. He was always a mess, splotchy colored paws nearly every day, but he liked it this way. Being mostly white himself it was easy to tell where he had gotten paint that day.

AstoriaFallen

 

[SilverLutz]

"Oh, I could tell you, but it's rather boring," Doodle said with a little chuckle. "There's just lots of different plants, water, and the mud from the pond to hold it all together. The actual process takes a long time with a lot of tweaking. Maybe I could show you some day, it's much more interesting than just hearing about it."

He washed off his paws again before grabbing a brush between his teeth and dipping it into the yellow paint. Yellow was the hardest to make since there were very few berries or flowers that turned the pasty part of the paint the proper color. He began to apply little spots of color in the sky for the stars, and then mimicked them in the water. Once that was done he took his paw to the stars in the water, smudging them to make them match the ripples he had already made.

"There we go! All done."

AstoriaFallen

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