A Day of Swords and Hammers [Pyre]

[bunji]

The forest was alive with the rustling of the branches above which caused the leafs to brush against one another, sitting down under one of these trees using the shade as cover was a young man wearing a dark cloak, and a leather armor that was fitted to his body nicely. He was waiting here for someone to arrive to meet with him, that someone was Pyre the blacksmith he had met a few days ago now the man was someone he had invited to his soon to be guild. Bunji was meaning to keep true to his word he had promised this man they would both set out to fight, so they could get some level ups Pyre seemed to be a bit irritated at the fact that he was unable to wield his own weapons that he crafted. A feeling Bunji could understand as a warrior, he had for the longest time remained using this very same katana with which he had started over with. He would soon receive a new blade though, with that thought aside he waited for Pyre to return quietly wondering where he was he was positive he had sent the message.

Looking up at the tree tops he would smile as he thought back, remembering that his first mission ever was with his sister in these very woods the duo fought together to take down a group of Slimes. He would shake his head lowering his gaze from the marvelous green tops, "It's a weird world..." he commented to himself looking down at the ground,his mind registering the many adventures he had shared. Now he was going to make more memories with another warrior, someone else he was going to fight back to back with, another bond would be forged and continued to strengthen. The red eyed samurai would only chuckle at the thought as he waited for Pyre to arrive.

[Pyre]

Pyre was working doing some maintenance on his own equipment when a message came through his interface. For a moment the blacksmith considered ignoring it and just continuing on as he had for the last few weeks refining his skill at his forge. Though when he saw that it was from the fox-tail that had come into the shop just a few days back he opened the message. “Pyre, I plan on keeping my word of helping those in my future guild become stronger. Meet me at the edge of the forest outside of the city. - Bunji” Pyre scanned the rest of the message and found the coordinates of the location and pulled up his own basic map.

It's going to take me a while to get there but, if it helps me become stronger I guess it can't hurt besides if I someone as strong as that fox tail with me I don't have to worry about dying right out. Setting his hammer down across the anvil; Pyre picked up the chest piece that was freshly oiled and cleaned and walked over to the cabinet that held the rest of his armor and weapons. He kept them out for fear that if he carried them in his inventory he would be tempted to go and do something brash that would have him waking up in the cathedral at the heart of the city.

Even though it had been proven by the others that dying here meant you just awoke at the cathedral Pyre had no love for that idea. His mind constantly wondered what happened to the body that had just been slain and if you died did you lose a piece of your self on the battlefield? With a shake of his head the blacksmith pushed those thoughts out of his head and started to pull on the metal boots of his heavy plate armor. The weight wasn't too taxing it was more like a comfortable pressure that his body had missed in the weeks that he had been denying himself the adventure.

After pulling on the grieves and chest piece Pyre pulled his heavy tower shield out and looped both arms through it so that it was mounted on his back like a backpack and slid his sword into it's sheath at his waist. Finally all that was left was the metal gauntlets and Pyre pulled them on with a sense of purpose, it was that gesture that sealed everything in his mind; there was no backing out now.

Heading out towards the coordinates that Bunji had sent him had taken him a little longer than he had anticipated and by the time he was coming up on the clearing it was mid-afternoon. He found the red-haired samurai sitting at the base of a giant tree enjoying the shade as he watched the clouds drift lazily through the sky. When Pyre approached him a chuckle escaped the fox tail's lips.

“What's so funny? Did you not think that I owned a suit of armor?” Pyre smiled, “Sure it's just the one I started with as are my weapons, but I think they still will kill a beast or two; though this sword might break if I have to parry anything strong with it.”

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[bunji]

Bunji would hear the familiar stone slip into his ears, the fox tail would twitch his ears at the sound looking up he would let his red eyes settle upon the familiar towering figure that was Pyre, the smith he had recently recruited into his soon to be guild. Bunji would push his back from the tree approaching the man as he stepped closer, a hand came up from his side to meet with a handshake if Pyre would give him such, afterwards the male would look over his fellow adventurers uniform."Well for what we have to deal with it will work out just fine, having just to deal with Slimes isn't very tough" he said to Pyre as he turned away from him, his attention now faced towards the direction in which their quest would lead them. "The jobs a simple one, we have to venture deep into the forest find the small group of Slime a specific one. Turns out some foot messenger lost his package when the slimes surrounded him..." with a pause he would cross his arms over his chest the gentle breeze causing his cloak to dance at the ankles as it usually did. "We head in there, and we will make our way to the spot that the messenger gave in the coordinates, we take the slimes out. I'll let you deal with the bulk of them, so yo can get some practice in..." he said turning over his shoulder towards the other player he would motion with his head for him to follow.

Bunji would head off into the forest starting to push his way through the wilderness, with the coordinates already set in his mini map which he studied earlier he was pretty much well aware of where he was heading. Eventually Bunji would break through the wilderness to lead them to a large clearing, standing there he would smile as he looked around "Big open space...typical spot for them to...oh there they are" he commented as he chuckled watching the bushes rustle, and the slimes appear. "Not many know this, but slimes are naturally attracted to those who have a natural affinity to magic. Us Fox Tail we have a natural affinity to magic, so I am sort of a...giant lighthouse for them out here" he commented to Pyre as he took a few steps back. With his arms crossed over his chest he motioned at the three slimes that had shown, "Have at them friend" he commented wanting to watch how Pyre conducted himself in battle.