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[Solaris 0]

The sun was shining over the starting city, a good day for a quest. Solaris's bright green eyes slid slowly and carefully over the empty streets, methodically scanning every single shop sign for what he was looking for. The majority of the shops here were unfamiliar to him, the untidy scrawls upon the signs almost illegible in some cases. The young man frowned when the place he was looking for did not appear. No matter, it had to be around here somewhere. Sol's hand reached subconsciously up to the sandy mess of hair upon his head and began to ruffle it up with slight bewilderment. He could have sworn- Ah hah! Right at the end of the windy street was a sign he had missed! SAI's FORGE. We're open come on in. A small satisfied smirk replaced the trade mark frown upon the player's handsome face as he began to stride purposefully towards the place he'd been seeking. 

 

A little bell tinkled as Solaris lightly pressed the flat of his palm against the door and gently pushed it open. It was a small, quaint sort of tinkle that reeked of cute but inexpensive, just like the rest of the shop he noticed. Behind the wooden counter was a sort of back area to the shop where the workings of a rather outdated looking forge was taking place. A young girl who looked about twelve or thirteen was hammering purposefully away at an iron hot blade with a rather ancient looking tool. SAI, he supposed. 

 

"Excuse me?" Sol prompted politely, his tone cool yet cordial. The young NPC looked up suddenly at the newcomer, clearly surprised by seeing somebody there. Her behaviour mimicked the stance of a person that had been so hard at work they hadn't heard the bell. "Well hello there! How can I help you?" SAI asked politely with a cute bubbly sort of smile. Sol considered turning on the charm for a moment for the interaction to improve conversation, but he then remembered that this girl wasn't real so he didn't really need to pretend to be friendly. "I'm looking for a sword. I heard you could help me out." The sandy haired boy responded, almost tonelessly now. "Well, I can certainly help you with that." SAI grinned innocently at him, but Sol had a nasty suspicion she was going to send him off to do something complicated. 

[Solaris 0]

Apparently his order was going to be a little more complicated than previously expected. Two handed great swords needed more metal than most one handed blades, so SAI had sent him out to go and retrieve ten lumps of metal of any kind so she could get to work on the weapon. Maybe he should have turned on the charm after all. No matter, he would get what he needed eventually. 

 

Solaris trekked quietly through the empty city streets and out of the city safe zone and began to make his way through the grassy landscape that covered most of floor one. Being only level one, getting attacked by any monster could be a death sentence out here, but this risk had to be taken. If he couldn't get a better sword then he was never going to be able to walk around anywhere and he'd have to stay in the safe zones for the rest of his time here. The sandy haired player equipped his large two handed great sword and began to get to work.

[Solaris 0]

ID: 23532

LD: 7

 

ID: 23533 [accidentally rolled as Thorrissia// meant to be Solaris]

LD: 1

 

ID: 23534

LD: 12

 

ID: 23535

LD: 20 [+1 MAT] 

 

Sol left his sword on a close by patch of grass just in case any monsters showed up even though the horizon was clear of them at the moment. He didn't want to be caught unawares by a boar and have no means of defence. He began to rifle painstakingly through the near by bushes, rustling through the dirt in order to find some scrap of metal that he could bring back to SAI. For a while his search yielded no results, but eventually Solaris was rewards with something and he placed the item in his inventory, feeling satisfied that his first search had been met with at least some success. Now, the trick was to repeat the process. 

 

[MATS NEEDED// 9] 

[Solaris 0]

ID: 23575

LD: 19 [+1 MAT] 

 

ID: 23576 

LD: 14

 

[dangit this happened again. Auto fill in info is irritating. Meant to be Solaris. for those two rolls] 

 

ID: 23577

LD: 13

 

ID: 23578

LD: 1

 

The sandy haired player moved on quietly from the shady patch in the bushes onto a much more interesting looking patch of ground a little further away, and once again managed to pick up some metal from the dirt. Things were going relatively well. No monsters had showed up to try and test him yet, which was certainly a positive thing. Sol sighed wearily and wiped a small bead of sweat from his brow. It was surprisingly warm for Floor 1 down here today. It was usually a little cooler. The boy began to whistle a mindless tune as he went about his business looking for more materials. 

 

[MATS NEEDED// 8] 

[Solaris 0]

ID: 23579

LD: 14

 

ID: 23580

LD: 11

 

ID: 23581

LD: 11

 

ID: 23582

LD: 19 [+1 MAT]

 

It took him a little longer this time to find exactly what he needed. Sol found himself turning over quite a few rocks before the metal presented itself to him. Eventually though, there it was, lying right in the open for him to find. Seeing as the heat was getting to him a little, the slightly exhausted guy decided to take a light break from his gathering. Sol ambled sleepily over to a near by tree and slid down into the comfortable shade underneath it, slipping into a peaceful slumber. 

 

[MATS NEEDED// 7] 

[Solaris 0]

ID: 23588

LD: 20 [+ 1 MAT]

 

ID: 23590

LD: 3

 

ID: 23592

LD: 20 [+1 MAT]

 

ID: 23593

LD: 1

 

After a nice long nap, Solaris was feeling considerably more refreshed. The boy stretched out his arms in a long sleepy yawn and shifted rather reluctantly from his comfortable position against the cozy warm bark and began to start his search up again. Sol was very pleased to find two items waiting for him to discover them next to the very tree roots he'd been resting under. Fortune appeared to be favouring him today. Alas, the time for resting was over. Time to go find some more stuff. He needed this weapon pretty badly. 

 

[MATS NEEDED// 5] 

[Solaris 0]

ID: 23603

LD: 3

 

ID: 23604

LD: 17 [+ 1 MAT]

 

ID: 23605

LD: 16 [+1 MAT]

 

ID: 23606

LD: 12

 

It seemed that luck was destined to be on his side. Solaris had been expecting his trip out into the wilderness to be exceptionally long and arduous, but he was finding what he needed pretty fast. He'd already picked up two more lumps of metal from SAI from around the grassy plains and now only needed three more. Maybe she didn't intend for this journey to be so hard after all. I misjudged how long this was going to take. The boy mused quietly to himself as he walked, wondering how much longer he would have to search.

 

[MATS NEEDED// 3] 

[Solaris 0]

ID: 23622
LD: 9

ID: 23623
LD: 8

ID: 23624
LD: 10

ID: 23625
LD: 4

 

Apparently he'd gotten cocky. The next hour of his searching brought nothing. Sol pushed back the superstition of having 'jinxed' his luck by thinking this was going to be over soon. He was a logical guy, but sometimes coincidences could be misleading. The sandy haired boy let out a long, tiresome sigh and once again ruffed up his hair, playing with a few golden strands of it as he went on his way. Sol had taken to carrying his great sword in one hand when not fighting in order to try and strengthen his arms a little. After every little while he'd switch which arm was carrying his weapon to stop himself getting tired. 

 

[MATS NEEDED// 3] 

[Solaris 0]

ID: 23626
LD: 17 [+1 MAT]

ID: 23627
LD: 7

ID: 23628
LD: 19 [+1 MAT]

ID: 23629
LD: 20 [+1 MAT]

 

 

Material gathering officially completed. Sol allowed himself a triumphant smile once all the materials that SAI had asked him to retrieve were in his grasp. The boy held up his great sword in front of him as if in a battle stance, and studied the slightly dull steel with interest. He tried to imagine holding his new sword instead, having a more powerful weapon to brandish. "Humph." Sol snorted at his own childishness and quickly deposited the sword back in his inventory. There were no monsters around so he may as well just travel back without it. 

 

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The journey back into the starting city was considerably uneventful and a little boring. Solaris was almost sorry that he actually hadn't run into a few angry boars to kill. It would have been a nice distraction, even if it was an unnecessary one. As soon as the sandy haired boy walked back into SAI's forge, he was surprised to see the girl repeating exactly the same movements that she had been earlier although he wasn't sure why he was shocked. NPC's couldn't think for themselves and had limited abilities. They only mimicked people as far as their programming would allow. "I have what you asked of me." The swordsman stated with a chilling lack of emotion to his tone. It sounded almost dead. As before, SAI didn't seem to care. "Brilliant, but that's not all you're going to need for this weapon." She explained light heartedly, still hammering away at the same old sword. Why was he not surprised. "​I'm going to need some gem stones to put in the hilt for you. So, I need you to go back out there and find two rubies and three garnet stones please." The NPC smiled at him sweetly, pointing towards the door as if to say So go gettum! Sol simply nodded and headed back out of the shop, a little disappointed there were more things he would now have to find.