Fire and Steel

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Who: Open, so Ginia and you!
Where: A smithy in Virgo District.
Summary: Come bother a blacksmith at work!
Warnings: None.

This place was so terribly strange to Ginia upon her arrival, and it proved to be even stranger the longer she stayed. Strange creatures coming out at night, that mess with the scorpions, and all the strange objects. The peculiar wristband and headpiece, especially. She had initially dismissed them as something not worth figuring out, but given how much others she saw seemed to use them, she had started having second thoughts about it. For now, though, they could wait. The first order of business was...well, to get down to business.

She'd seen weapons of various kinds used here, and while those she was used to seeing were in somewhat of a minority, that didn't mean that there wasn't a use for a proper smith. Her search for a place to work her craft turned fortuitous, and after a demonstration of her skills, she was hired on. Apparently being one of the visitors made the proprietor rather excited, but she thought little of it.

Today, in that particular area of the Virgo District, among the usual hustle and bustle, there's a periodic noise ringing out - the steady clank clank of a hammer on heated metal, periodically interrupted with the hiss of steam, or the whooshing noise of bellows being used to stoke the forge's flames. The forge and various other tools of the smithy are out in an open area adjacent to the shop building, free for customers and visitors to approach.

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[aworldwithoutyou]

Sora had already been here for a couple of days, and yet he still hadn't completely learned his way around - and that went just for a few parts of the city. There were some places he hadn't even been to yet! As curious as he was about seeing the rest of it, he kept finding himself going back to placing he already explored, trying to make a mental map of the area...though it had less to do with that and more with just wanting to make sure that he saw everything.

Though, to anyone else, it's probably pretty obvious why it's been taking him so long. Whenever something catches his eye he has to stop, take a look, maybe even talk to some people before he finally moves on to something else. This looked like it would be one of those times.

When he sees the woman outside working he stops, watching for a few minutes with interest. He had never actually seen someone make swords or anything before, and it looked pretty tough, even though he couldn't really figure out a lot of what was going on.

"That looks like a lot of work!" he comments, never one to stay quiet for long, especially when there was someone to talk to. Even if that someone was...you know, working.

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The question draws Ginia out of her focus, and she looks up at the boy. There's a moment of pause, almost as if she's dazed. Whether it was her being in the zone so well, or just shocked by Sora's hairstyle, that remains to be seen. After that moment passes, however, she smiles and nods. "It is indeed," she answers, holding the long piece of steel up. It was vaguely shaped, and clearly had a long way to go before becoming a sword.

"I'll likely be working on this one for a week at least before it's finished."

[aworldwithoutyou]

"Really?" he said, taking another look at the result of her work so far. "I had no idea it took that long to make a sword."

Of course, Sora had never even thought about it before, except maybe when he was little. Back then, though, his only points of reference were old stories and fairy tales, and those were never all that concerned with technical details, so it was a guessing game. Even what he and his friends knew about fighting before they learned about Keyblades and other worlds had come from trial and error, after years of sparring with wooden swords on the beach.

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"Aye," she answers with a nod, laying the piece of metal back on the anvil. "Quality work takes a great deal of time to do, and metal is a tough material to work with and shape. Of course, that's assuming I don't do any decorative work to it."