He was in his little corner of the ship, separating some plants he had collected around the pines and found in small jars around the ship. He didn't know what most of them were, but they sure smelled nice and some of them were colorful. He broke open a jar to reveal a stash of dried red berries, and he had absolutely no idea where they were. He sniffed them, noting they smelled pretty sweet before setting them aside next to a couple of other herbs. He got up and moved to his little shelf of other berries and herbs, picking up a small satchel of another berry he had collected the other day and carrying them back to where he was sitting. However, as he made to set the berries down, the satchel tie slipped off and the bright red berries tumbled out, rolling across the ground and mixing with the ones that he had previously put there.

"Uh oh..." Crap. The berries from the jar and the berries from the satchel looked almost identical and he wasn't sure now which was which. He hovered his nose over them to try and see if he could pick them out that way, but they both smelled sweet and the herbs he was surrounded with made it difficult for his unskilled nose to determine what scent belonged to which berry. He looked between the two, wondering if he could figure it out but...ultimately...gave up. Oh well. It's not like he planned on feeding them to anyone until he knew what they did.

Concocted a poison: 1/3

She was exploring the ship in the pack they were staying at for a little bit. Everyone here was nice so far, or at least that's what it seemed like. She poked her head into each room, looked around for a moment, then moved onto the next one. She did this for a few minutes before finally coming to one that had someone in it. Another kid! He was black, and she couldn't tell if he had stripes or if it was just the shadows, but she didn't focus too much on that and instead, spotted the berried on the floor! "Are you having a snack? Can Saga have some, too?" Without waiting for an invite, she let herself in and plopped down in front of the boy before reaching for a pawful of berries. Before she could scoop them though, Phantom stopped her by smacking her paw away. "Wait! I gotta mix em up into something better, then you can have some with me!" Saga nodded as she rubbed the paw he had smacked and waited (im)patiently. "I'm Saga! Who are you, shadow boy?" "Saga"

He was focused on his task in trying to figure out which berries were which when he heard a shuffling down the hall. His ear twitched to acknowledge the sound, but when someone poked their head in and asked him if he was having a snack, his head jerked up to find a young polar bear approaching him without even being invited in! Rude! Not only that, but she had the audacity to sit down with him and tried to take some of the berries! "Wait! I gotta mix 'em up into something better, then you can have some with me!" Er...wait...he breathed a heavy sigh. Well, he was much smaller than the polar bear cub, so there was no trying to shove her out of his room. He returned to his task of staring at the berries as she introduced herself, asking who he was and calling him a shadow boy.

Without looking up again, brows furrowed as he studied the berries, he responded. "Phantom." He was growing frustrated that he couldn't figure out which was which, so he shrugged and resigned himself to the fact he simply was too inexperienced to figure it out alone, and he had a feeling this bear cub wouldn't know, either. Oh well. He supposed he'd just have to try his luck. They were berries...what was the worst that could happen? Scooping them up, he placed them in a bowl and started to mash them in a wooden bowl, dropping in a small bit of snow to add moisture to them as he worked. "Are ya hungry? I'm makin' something, wanna try it when I'm done?" He didn't know what he was making. But the cranberries and whatever the other red berry was sure smelled good! He just had to add a couple more things and it would be ready!

"Speech"

He introcued himself as Phantom, and she'd commit the name to memory. He was certainly interesting. And very, very small! She watched as he started to mix the berries into a wooden bowl and started mashing them. Her tummy growled as she watched. She could feel the drool pooling in her mouth, eager and ready to chow down the moment she got a chance! "Is it almost done? Saga is hungry! Can she help?" Would her helping make it be made faster? She hoped so! He didn't answer her verbally, but as he worked, he nodded and pointed at a jar just above her head, then pointed at the bowl. She turned around and grabbed it for him, uncorked it, and poured the contents in the little jar into the bowl and watched as he fervently mashed it into what looked like some sort of jam to her. It smelled so good! She couldn't wait! "My mama's name is Bellamy. She's a pretty wolf! Who's your mama? Is she pretty too?" She was eager to make a new friend, after all, and was happy to have found someone to talk to! "Do you play with plants alot? Saga doesn't know anything about 'em. A lot of them taste yucky! But these smell good!" "Saga"

He briefly glanced at her, a brow raised as she asked if it was ready and if she could help. He bit back a sigh. Why, out of everyone in the pack, did he get someone that talked so much? He just wanted to work in peace! He swore he couldn't concentrate enough for this! So instead of saying anything, he pointed to a jar above her head, then pointed at the bowl. Hopefully, she'd get the hint. And to his surprise, she did. She poured the contents of the jar into the bowl for him, and he mashed it up faster now. Though he paused to sniff it for a second, debating whether or not this would be a good mix, but it had to be. Berries were always good, and ginseng was good for the body, too. No way this would come out terrible! He added a couple more things to thicken it up a little.

As he was finishing it up, she tried to make small talk, telling him who her mother was, and then asking about his mother. "Her name is Voodoo. And yes she's pretty. And I don't play with plants, I work with them. It takes time to learn." He responded. Trying very hard to keep the irritation out of his voice. Finally, he finished, and he sat back and started to wipe his paws on an old cloth. "There, it's done." He wanted to taste it first, but as soon as he went to try it, Saga had swiped it up and started practically inhaling it! "Hey! Not so fast! You might get a stomachache!"

"Speech"