A bell is heard in the early morning, Kitty is pulling on its chain to wake everyone up for the day. Some of the residents are yawning joyfully, fully prepared for a brand new day, and some of them are groggily getting out of their tents, very much not excited to be woken up early.

Everyone goes about their day as usual, whether they have a job or not. Lumme is slumped against a boulder, thinking of lyrics for a new song and singing them out loud, while Annie is laying next to her, combing her mane and happily listening to Lumme. Latte, Lavender and Macchiato are spinning in a circle singing songs like a bunch of children, avoiding work. Lotus decided to sleep in today.

Meuphyr was roaming the outskirts of the colony, he looked around while walking, throwing quick glances with every step - looking for someone -, after reaching a big rock wall on a slope he heard high pitched voices chanting something unintelligible. It was the trio, still at their childish fun, Lavender was forming balls out of moss that was growing on the rocks and was tossing them towards Latte and Macchiato who were trying to hit them with their tails. They noticed Meuphyr standing there after a while and froze up, worried they would be reprimanded for not working.

Meuphyr assured them he didn't want to cause trouble and that he was there just to call Lavender, the trio was relieved and accompanied Meuphyr back to the center of the colony.

They arrived at the main tent - where their researcher stayed -, Midnight was lounging next to it on a patch of grass, she liked tidying the ground wherever she went so she could lay on it. Apparently she had been called just like Lavender and also Meuphyr, they waited a minute and out stepped Kitty with a folded paper in hand, she began explaining, "Each month I figured some of you could complete Crucibles to become stronger, this month it will be you three, I think wisdom would be a good one to start with!". Midnight winced, then chimed "Are you calling us dumb?!" Kitty scrambled to her feet and started excusing herself, after the kerfuffle, she unfolded the paper and showed a list of things that they could do to become wiser, each of them chose one - though they were all a little reluctant - and embarked on their journey.

Meuphyr decided to travel to Rekes to walk among some entin packs. Kitty was nice enough to walk with him all the way over to Port Celeste, upon getting there he assured her that he could make the rest of the trip alone, he actually really wanted someone to go with him but chose not to. This would be a huge step for him as he's usually very scared of everything, Meuphyr wanted to be less of a coward for once. Kitty stayed at the port waiting for him and chatting up the locals.

He took a boat and navigated his way over to Rekes, he caught a glimpse of some fishes and felt daring enough to stick his hand out into the water, it was cold and comforting, a light breeze gently licked the tips of his mane, when the boat hit the shore he didn't even notice. His calm moment was over and now he needed to hunt for entin.

He searched far and wide on the mountainous peaks and from up top he spotted a pack socializing in a small field below and began carefully descending.

Upon reaching the bottom, he carefully scouted his way over to them, crawling below vegetation and softly stepping on some crunchy leaves that almost gave him away multiple times.

He peeked his head out of some foliage and began eyeing the pack anxiously, they were still wild animals after all and Meuphyr was worried to how they would react, his biggest fear was them scurrying away afraid of him as that meant he would have to search for more.

His steps were planned carefully until he eventually decided to just lay down and let them approach him. Every once in a while he would do something to attract their attention and after the third attempt it worked! The entin were aware of his presence but did not run away, instead one of them began approaching Meuphyr in a playful manner - much like a curious fox - and sniffed his arm, the rest of the group approved it and all started to swarm him, he was licked, sniffed, climbed on and even nibbled. But he did not mind, all the creatures around him and on him felt very snuggly and friendly, he would take this experience as advice on how to charm future critters.

Meanwhile, back at home, Midnight has left the colony in order to visit the Thieves' Guild, she wishes to become a very specialized thief and this is a good opportunity for her to learn, on the way there she spots another tsabhua in the distance, making their way through a line of mushrooms near a stream, they rub some sweat off their face from the steamy vapors coming from the water, Midnight presumes they must be a traveling merchant or collector of some sort due to the loaded backpack and multiple fanny packs on their arms and legs, a grin slowly builds on her face.

Walking as enthusiastically as she can, she walks up to the stranger and pretends to twist her ankle, tumbling over them and scattering all of their things, she helps them back up and gathers some of their possessions, continuing her journey afterwards. Little did the traveling tsabhua know, but Midnight stole a pocket watch and some snacks, she paraded around with her stolen goods, so full of herself that she forgot she didn't bring any bags or satchels or anything else, her victory now seemed hollow. She opted to bury the stuff to retrieve it later.

As she arrived at the Thieves' Guild, she saw two of them outside - a belemoid and a tsabhua - trying to sell goods to each other, Midnight creeped inside and walked among the many thieves there. ((She felt the floorboards creaking under her feet but didn't hear them because of the constant chattering of xunari, she looked up and saw strings of light coming down from holes in the roof. The air smelled of food and beverages which made her a little hungry. She she shook her head, that would have to come later, the sole reason for her being there was to learn.

Upon traversing through the guild some more and having to squeeze through crowds, Midnight noticed an elderly tark'ee, complete with greying and ruffled fur, sitting at a table and sipping some unknown beverage. She excused herself and asked if she could take a seat, the tark'ee simply nodded and she got comfortable, asking all kinds of questions like if they were a skilled thief, how to be stealthy, best techniques for stealing and an entire world more of questions. They grinned at her child like enthusiasm and started answering as best as they could, Midnight would for sure learn lots from this experience.

Back at the CinnamonGrove colony, Lavender has the list that Kitty had earlier in the morning on hand. She's furrowing her brow, unsure what to do to become wiser. Latte was pressed against her friend's side, just as puzzled as she, after staring at it for a few more minutes Lavender throws the paper aside, frustrated. Latte then gets up and starts comforting her friend, reassuring her that she will get it eventually.

Tears start forming on Lavender's eyes as she looks up and notices Macchiato on the ground below the steep cliff her and Latte were resting on. It seems Macchiato's tent's structure had collapsed and she was walking towards it with a box full of tools which she placed near a ladder. Lavender's eyes widened with fear, she knew her friend was much too inexperienced with those things and feared she might hurt herself. The tark'ee leaped into action, knocking Latte who was leaning on her off her feet and the adrenaline kicked in as she remembered she was on top of a cliff, thankfully she came sliding down the grassy hill sprinkled with little shrooms, but not until tumbling over a rock and rolling the rest of the way down, landing on her stomach.

Macchiato - who had partly climbed the ladder - was very still, watching her friend on the ground in shock, relief washed over her as Lavender opened her eyes and began slowly getting up, walking towards her with a light limp. "I.. let me help you with that" she said, tired, Macchiato refuted "No no!! You just got injured, I can deal with this! I've never used any of these tools before, but I can try!" Lavender took the box away with her beak and grabbed a hammer with her still functional paw. "Why don't we do it together? I can teach you as we go!" She said a little more full of life now, the two of them turned around to see Latte sliding down the hill - a little more gracefully than the one before-, offering to help as well.

In the end, Macchiato learned a lot from Lavender and Latte, especially the former, and Lavender felt a little wiser.

The day was reaching its end and most of the colonists were preparing for bedtime, Meuphyr arrived home with Kitty riding on his back as usual, he was full of entin fur and a smile on his face. Midnight also arrived with a small pouch in hand with the goods she stole, Kitty saw her when she climbed down from Meuphyr and was confused, "Oh I don't remember giving you a bag before you went out", Midnight froze in place and tried to give an excuse "O-Oh.. yeah, I uh- grabbed it before leaving!" And quickly disappeared into her tent.

Lavender was still limping, she was alone and had gone to see Lotus so she could take a look at her paw.

At dinner, Kitty congratulated the three xunari and hoped that they had gained some wisdom, now she would plan more crucibles for more of her colonists next month.