As the night slowly dawned, Nirra lay down, leaning on a wall. She managed to finish setting up the furnaces with their vents going through the hole in the roof while she laid the bricks and concrete on what was about to become the forge. She just needed to wait till it hardened. She also managed to set up the anvil and arrange the tools on the wall via pegboard. The desks were set up and ready for crafting in front of the pegboard, which was located on the east side of the room beside the grinding wheel. The center has the anvil, and the west portion houses a furnace and a forge. While neat, the entranceway had storage for different metals, charcoal, and some wood. The casting sand is also stored in a small box underneath a desk. The room was still cluttered with many chipped rocks and debris from moving the heavy equipment around, so she needed to sweep it up later on.
As she gazed at her soon-to-be finished personal smithy, Mofu rubbed his head on her sides, also visibly tired. After all, he assisted Nirra with dragging the furnace and anvil into place while helping her build the forging station. She smiled as she gave the small fox a head pat and said it in a tired voice. "Thank you, Mofu."
"Mofu…" she heard him mumble while he slowly fell asleep beside Nirra.
"Good, boy. You deserve all the garlic bread and naps later." She patted his head again before falling asleep herself.
When she woke up, she found herself on the bed in her room, with Mofu sleeping on her stomach. She looked outside the window only to see that the sun was nearing noon. She already assumed that working through the night hauling equipment around tired her out, but who moved her body to her room? The door opened to see the culprit holding a plate with one of her hands.
"Ellie?" Nirra wiped her eyes and yawned as she slowly moved Mofu on her bed to not wake the sleeping fox. She then got up to meet her sister.
"Good morning, sis," Ellie said as she walked up near her bed. "Me and Ameria found you laying asleep in your smithy." She kneeled near her bed and placed the food on her lap. "I decided to drag you to your room while Ameria volunteered to clean up your smithy, which she noticed was very dirty."
Nirra looked at her breakfast with hunger because on the plate were two sausages and a sunny side-up egg. Once she finished eating, she thanked Ellie and got up from her bed.
"Me and Ameria are going to do a quest later. Since you're really tired right now, I guess we have to cancel it," Ellied said with a sigh.
"I'm sorry, I really just need to finish my smithy so I can finally continue to learn more things about blacksmithing." Nirra walked up to the bathroom to take a bath, but before she could enter, Ellie stopped her. "Sis, you don't have to do this alone, you know?"
Turra turned to face her sister and said, "I know; that's why I'm trusting you to buy the metals needed for it. The list is on the nightstand along with a bag of gold coins to pay for it. I could use the break from almost dying of exhaustion earlier."
Ellie smiled before she saluted by placing her fist in front of her chest. "Leave it to me then; you can rest here while me and Ameria get you those metals."
"Thanks, Ellie. I know I could count on you." Nirra entered the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
Ellie then oicked up the list of metals that her sister had requested she'd buy. Each metal was listed with the amount of ingots needed, so she rolled it up and grabbed the small bag of coins on the table and left, but when she did, she accidentally slammed the door, waking up the sleeping fox on the bed in the process.
"Mofu!?"
Ellie went to pick up Ameria, who was still in Nirra's smithy, cleaning up the rubble. When she arrived, she was surprised to find that the whole room was clean. No traces of Nirra's painful excursion of moving heavy equipment can be found, and in the middile stood Ameria, sweeping the floor while humming a song.
"Whoa… you work fast," Ellie said as she gazed around the room.
Ameria noticed her presence and placed the broom on the wall. "Thank you, though this is just a simple job to do." She walked up to Ellie afterwards, noticing that she had something written on parchment paper and that she was holding a small bag of what she presumed were coins.
"What's that?" She asked, pointing at the list Nirra gave Ellie.
"Oh, just some metals we need to buy from the shopping district." Ellie showed her the list. Ameria squinted her eyes to get a better look.
"Zinc, brass, copper, steel, iron, lead, and tin. This shouldn't be that hard." Ameria guessed.
"Yeah, let's go now so that we can rest early later." Ellie left the room with Ameria afterwards and out of the cathedral.
Eventually, they arrived at the market district, the same place they were yesterday, only this time they were buying ingots.
Some hours passed, and almost all of the money Nirra gave them was depleted.
"Alright, was that everything?…" Ellie eyed the sack that housed everything that was on Nirra's list.
10x Copper Ingots
20x Steel Ingots
10x Lead Ingots
5x Tin Ingots
8x Zinc Ingots
20x Brass Ingots
20x Iron Ingots.
"I can't believe these things cost a whopping 500 golden coins in total… How did Nirra get all this money?" Ameria said in a slight shock as she remembered how expensive some ingots were, especially the lead ones.
"I think she's been taking on some quests on her own. She did say that she had saved a lot of money back at Aeris, probably after training with Raffen when we're busy on our morning jogs." Ellie guessed after counting all the ingots that were in the sack.
"That reminds me… How are we going to carry this all the way back to the cathedral…? We don't have Nirra's god-given strength…" Ellie asked Ameria, the latter just shrugged without giving anymore input.
Ellie's eyes scanned the surroundings until they lay on a wagon that was waiting for customers to ride on and take them somewhere else in the city.
"We still have those extra gold coins from my sister, right?" She asked Ameria, the latter checking the small bag that Nirra gave Ellie earlier.
"About 7 or so more coins left." she replied, following Ellie's gaze to the wagon. "Ah, I see what you're thinking."
As the night slowly dawned, Nirra lay down, leaning on a wall. She managed to finish setting up the furnaces with their vents going through the hole in the roof while she laid the bricks and concrete on what was about to become the forge. She just needed to wait till it hardened. She also managed to set up the anvil and arrange the tools on the wall via pegboard. The desks were set up and ready for crafting in front of the pegboard, which was located on the east side of the room beside the grinding wheel. The center has the anvil, and the west portion houses a furnace and a forge. While neat, the entranceway had storage for different metals, charcoal, and some wood. The casting sand is also stored in a small box underneath a desk. The room was still cluttered with many chipped rocks and debris from moving the heavy equipment around, so she needed to sweep it up later on.
As she gazed at her soon-to-be finished personal smithy, Mofu rubbed his head on her sides, also visibly tired. After all, he assisted Nirra with dragging the furnace and anvil into place while helping her build the forging station. She smiled as she gave the small fox a head pat and said it in a tired voice. "Thank you, Mofu."
"Mofu…" she heard him mumble while he slowly fell asleep beside Nirra.
"Good, boy. You deserve all the garlic bread and naps later." She patted his head again before falling asleep herself.
When she woke up, she found herself on the bed in her room, with Mofu sleeping on her stomach. She looked outside the window only to see that the sun was nearing noon. She already assumed that working through the night hauling equipment around tired her out, but who moved her body to her room? The door opened to see the culprit holding a plate with one of her hands.
"Ellie?" Nirra wiped her eyes and yawned as she slowly moved Mofu on her bed to not wake the sleeping fox. She then got up to meet her sister.
"Good morning, sis," Ellie said as she walked up near her bed. "Me and Ameria found you laying asleep in your smithy." She kneeled near her bed and placed the food on her lap. "I decided to drag you to your room while Ameria volunteered to clean up your smithy, which she noticed was very dirty."
Nirra looked at her breakfast with hunger because on the plate were two sausages and a sunny side-up egg. Once she finished eating, she thanked Ellie and got up from her bed.
"Me and Ameria are going to do a quest later. Since you're really tired right now, I guess we have to cancel it," Ellied said with a sigh.
"I'm sorry, I really just need to finish my smithy so I can finally continue to learn more things about blacksmithing." Nirra walked up to the bathroom to take a bath, but before she could enter, Ellie stopped her. "Sis, you don't have to do this alone, you know?"
Turra turned to face her sister and said, "I know; that's why I'm trusting you to buy the metals needed for it. The list is on the nightstand along with a bag of gold coins to pay for it. I could use the break from almost dying of exhaustion earlier."
Ellie smiled before she saluted by placing her fist in front of her chest. "Leave it to me then; you can rest here while me and Ameria get you those metals."
"Thanks, Ellie. I know I could count on you." Nirra entered the bathroom and closed the door behind her.
Ellie then oicked up the list of metals that her sister had requested she'd buy. Each metal was listed with the amount of ingots needed, so she rolled it up and grabbed the small bag of coins on the table and left, but when she did, she accidentally slammed the door, waking up the sleeping fox on the bed in the process.
"Mofu!?"
Ellie went to pick up Ameria, who was still in Nirra's smithy, cleaning up the rubble. When she arrived, she was surprised to find that the whole room was clean. No traces of Nirra's painful excursion of moving heavy equipment can be found, and in the middile stood Ameria, sweeping the floor while humming a song.
"Whoa… you work fast," Ellie said as she gazed around the room.
Ameria noticed her presence and placed the broom on the wall. "Thank you, though this is just a simple job to do." She walked up to Ellie afterwards, noticing that she had something written on parchment paper and that she was holding a small bag of what she presumed were coins.
"What's that?" She asked, pointing at the list Nirra gave Ellie.
"Oh, just some metals we need to buy from the shopping district." Ellie showed her the list. Ameria squinted her eyes to get a better look.
"Zinc, brass, copper, steel, iron, lead, and tin. This shouldn't be that hard." Ameria guessed.
"Yeah, let's go now so that we can rest early later." Ellie left the room with Ameria afterwards and out of the cathedral.
Eventually, they arrived at the market district, the same place they were yesterday, only this time they were buying ingots.
Some hours passed, and almost all of the money Nirra gave them was depleted.
"Alright, was that everything?…" Ellie eyed the sack that housed everything that was on Nirra's list.
10x Copper Ingots
20x Steel Ingots
10x Lead Ingots
5x Tin Ingots
8x Zinc Ingots
20x Brass Ingots
20x Iron Ingots.
"I can't believe these things cost a whopping 500 golden coins in total… How did Nirra get all this money?" Ameria said in a slight shock as she remembered how expensive some ingots were, especially the lead ones.
"I think she's been taking on some quests on her own. She did say that she had saved a lot of money back at Aeris, probably after training with Raffen when we're busy on our morning jogs." Ellie guessed after counting all the ingots that were in the sack.
"That reminds me… How are we going to carry this all the way back to the cathedral…? We don't have Nirra's god-given strength…" Ellie asked Ameria, the latter just shrugged without giving anymore input.
Ellie's eyes scanned the surroundings until they lay on a wagon that was waiting for customers to ride on and take them somewhere else in the city.
"We still have those extra gold coins from my sister, right?" She asked Ameria, the latter checking the small bag that Nirra gave Ellie earlier.
"About 7 or so more coins left." she replied, following Ellie's gaze to the wagon. "Ah, I see what you're thinking."
