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Post by The Chosen on May 3, 2017 15:50:47 GMT
As James walked down the road he took notice of the cherry trees now in full blossom as the petals flew by through the breeze. It was a bit of a walk until both James and his new friend Zephilies arrived but much worth it as the heat from the forge was what helped make it known that they were there. A black haired man with a light beard took notice of the two as he was working on a long-sword for a client. The man smiled at the two as he continued his work as James and Zephiles approached. "Well it seems you made a new friend there James." Charlie said as he placed the steel long sword in the water to cool. "Yeah he stayed over for dinner last night and we let him stay the night in our guest room." Charlie just smiled at that. "My brother always was a little strange but you take after him a lot James, you both are so charitable and kind. So what's he up to these days? Also what is your name young man?" Charlie referring to Zephiles in question.
James smiled back as he nodded at Zephiles. "Being his usual weird self Uncle Smithy! Just yesterday he was pretending to be chosen again." Charlie laughed a bit as he placed the steel sword on the rack to dry and solidify. "Yep that sounds like Ben alright! So what can I do for you two today?"
"Mom and Dad told me and Zephiles to come here to get equipped for our Journey. But first can you give us some training like you used to?!" James said eagerly
"I don't do that anymore James. I prefer to work here now."
James felt a little down at that but hyped back up again as he told Zephiles about it.
"Hey Zephiles, my uncle used to be captain of the royal guard back in the day! Did you know he saved the duke's life from an assassin?!" Charlie rolled his eyes as he knew it would be a long day. Charlie began sharpening the sword against a grindstone as James continued.
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Post by Neo-Devil on May 3, 2017 18:41:43 GMT
Zephiles stayed silent as they spoke to eachother, but at the same time thoughts clouded his mind, Horach was back apparently...which wasn't good at all. he'd heard from his mother that the bastard actually annihilated armies for sport, it made him wonder just how in the hell they were supposed to defeat such a thing...he clenched his fist at the thought, no, he can't afford to think so negatively, it would only affect them badly. he listened to their conversation, and then james told him how his uncle apparently used to be captain of the royal guard. that is impressive to say the least, the fact the guy saved a duke was just icing on the cake. he watched charlie sharpen the blade silently. the humor was...refreshing. he brought out all three of his special original weapons. the yin yang dual longswords, and the large Wolf Greatsword, he proceeded to put each on separate tables in the room, with the yin yang dual longswords swords together on the same table. "a former captain huh.." he muttered, when the captain asked for his name. "I'm Zephiles, so...what do you think of these blades?" he asked with a curious gaze from his yellow eyes. wolf sword Yin-Yang blades
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Post by The Chosen on May 4, 2017 17:42:50 GMT
Charlie looked over the swords the boy Zephiles presented him admiring the craftsmanship of them. "Very impressive work. Though these look a little worn, would you like me to sharpen them for you?" Charlie offered to Zephiles.
James on the other hand was in total awe about the swords and stared at the swords intently.
Charlie smirked a bit knowing that it would be a long story to explain about his former job. "James you were only partially right about what happened. The part I didn't tell you was that in my effort to save William from that assassin I nearly lost my life when they attacked." Charlie went to work on some armor while he waited for Zephiles' response. "I took a blow meant for William that day." Charlie lifted up his shirt briefly to show a huge gash across his chest then put the shirt back down. "Had that assassin got any closer to the left I wouldn't be alive today to tell about it."
Charlie hammered the armor to make it more strong as he went on about it. "That's also one of the reasons I decided for an early retirement." he said as he continued to hammer the armor.
James hadn't seen that gash before and was a bit shocked as he looked back at his uncle.
"Oh so that's why you won't train anyone anymore." James said in realization as his uncle nodded at that.
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Post by Neo-Devil on May 4, 2017 17:58:46 GMT
a small smile formed on his face when Charlie offered to sharpen his blades, "sure." he replied to charlie. then he listened to his story about the assassin thing, he lost his smile when he saw the scar, "they always did say that scars come with interesting stories...." he muttered with a slight grimace at the factor of how lucky they got. he sat on one of the chairs with his arms crossed, clearly trying to think. yeah, his weapons will indeed need to be fixed up and sharpened for the journey ahead of them. its going to be difficult if what James's companion said was true...to think that Haroch has returned...
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Post by The Chosen on May 4, 2017 18:13:28 GMT
"Alright then lets get to it." Charlie said as he took apart the twin swords and sharpened each one separately. "Very good point there Zephiles, just don't let it happen to you." As he sharpened the twin swords he placed the two back together and began on the two handed sword which for the most part was cracked and in disrepair. The blade itself was dull and cracked so it seemed he would need to make a new one for the sword. "I'll have to reforge this blade, do not worry about it, this one is free of charge." He hammered the dull and cracked blade off the hilt and began to smelt it into melted metal to form back into a new sword. As he fixed up the hilt he would then pour the melted metal into the a mold for the blade then after a while he would start hammering the mold so it began to take shape then placed the shaped blade into the water to cool. "This will just take a moment." He placed the cooled metal onto the rack as he then fitted it back onto the fixed hilt and then sharpened the sword against the grindstone. "And that should do it! Here you are young man." Charlie saying as he handed the weapons back to Zephiles.
During the time it took Charlie to remake the sword James told Zephiles more about Cherryton Village and what they could do before they left for their adventure. "....and the general store is run by my mom so she lets me help the customers sometimes!" James said as he went on about it.
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Post by Neo-Devil on May 4, 2017 18:35:20 GMT
Zephiles listened to what James had to say, while also smiling at the fact that his dual blade creation is repaired and sharpened. he has a bit of an attachment to all three of his swords, he could sense that the blades are happy about the treatment they just got. he got a good amount of information about the town, rather interesting. he supposes that its nice to know the town is well run. he just hopes it never gets attacked while they are away on their journey. when the wolf greatsword was fully repaired and sharpened, a grin formed on his face, his mighty wolf blade had held out well in many battles in his past, and it served his father well against Haroch. the wolf blade may not be well known these days, but it has slain countless monsters in its long history. the blade seemed to brim with a hidden, sleeping power that had yet to be awakened. the only question was how to wake the power within it as for now, its just a normal, if very well built, greatsword.
"thank you, tell me, do you by chance know the story about just who this blade once belonged to?" he asked the smith with a curious gaze, his father was a demon knight, who wore armor that had wolf designs on it. the man may be dead with his name forgotten with time, but his title certainly lived on, the demon wolf knight that betrayed Haroch and helped the good people against the demon lord's evil.
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Post by The Chosen on May 9, 2017 22:47:57 GMT
As Zephiles asked about the sword that he had reforged about its origin Charlie raised an eyebrow in confusion. "I am afraid I do not young man and I'm afraid I don't have time to hear about it." Charlie then placed a bag of metal objects near them. "If you could I'd like you two to deliver this bag of metal to Abby for me. I'm sure she will pay you for your trouble and tell her that any supplies you need from there is going on my tab."
James nodded and looked back at Zephiles. "That's fine we needed to get supplies for the trip anyways." James said as he tried to pick up the bag full of metal and tools and nearly fell to the floor. Had it not been for Koa' who grabbed him with a ray of light and floated him before the fall James would have gotten hurt. "Phew! That was really close!" James got back up in a standing position to let down the bag of metal and tools. "Can you carry this Zephiles? I'm not really that strong." James said as he handed the bag to him.
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Post by Neo-Devil on May 9, 2017 22:59:27 GMT
it seemed that the sword isn't known here, shame, he'd hoped that charlie would know considering his current occupation. either way it seems that time had run out and they'd need to bring the bag of metal to the store. still he supposed it'd be useful to go there considering the journey. he looked at James and agreed on the gathering supplies tid bit. he smirked in amusement as he struggled to get the tools, when he asked him to carry them he chuckled "its alright man." he put his weapons away and then picked up the bag, slinging it over his shoulder. he decided to tease "I'm sure your twigs will get some muscle on them during the journey." he stated with a smirk with amusement in his eyes as they walked out of the blacksmith building.
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Post by The Chosen on May 12, 2017 6:58:01 GMT
James just stared in frustration at Zephiles at that comment and proceeded to walk down the road towards the general store. "Good point I guess." James said as he guided Zephiles down the road. James walked a bit more carefully hoping he wouldn't fall again and did so in a slower pace. As he walked down the road he turned around and waved back at Charlie goodbye. (End of thread)
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