Good Steel, needs good minds and good hands.

[Takahashi Aki]

"As you progress in your training, and have unlocked a ... relationship or bond for a better word with your weapon you can will it back to you."<i></i> He didn't laugh as Zashi. He merely wanted to show just how much augments meant in the field of battle. To demonstrate his new point he held his hand out and motion for the blade to come to him. The blade wiggled a bit before breaking free and then flew out from the dummy and back into Sousuke's hand. "Good sword."<i></i> He then patted it on the pommel. He then handed the weapon back to Zashi. Sousuke offered the grip to Zashi as he held the blade. Not many people believe their weapons to be alive, or truly living either. Hopefully the Steward had gotten his point across to the two before him. "Some weapons chose to speak to their owners. Some don't. Sometimes one requires something ... special to happen to him or her to have their ability become apparent. You may be dealing with an animal spirit, the spirit of a family member... or perhaps you might create something from your head."<i></i> He explained. There was a darker element to this being that you could bind a demon's soul or mind to the weapon. You could trap a human soul there for that matter too. This topic was a bit too much for the students, and if they knew that now, it may result in them taking a darker path down along the road.

Rioya had requested about giving the new augment he had just introduced a moment before a try. He removed the augment from the Black Blade and tossed it at the boy. "You give it a try too Zashi."<i></i> He encouraged as he tossed a copy of the augment to the other student, in fear of him feeling left out. "The first phase shift is always the worst. You may upset your stomach, so I warn you of this now. People do get used to it in time... but even I had a rough time with mine."<i></i> Sousuke released the Black Blade allowing it to return to the realm from whence it came and held his hands at his back. He was going to watch the two boys and how they would relate to his first phase warp. "When the two of you have had your fill, let's go about making a new weapon for the both of you. There are certain tricks you need to know when making your very first weapon."<i></i> Sousuke would take a step back and then snap his fingers twice. The forge he had from before would flip around and reveal an even larger forge with much more room to be had, and even more blacksmith tools.

(MFT 465)

 

[Arawe Zashi]

Zashi’s face turned bright red. He scowled at Riyota. ”I-it was the dummy’s fault, being all made of rock and junk!” He huffed, catching the warp seal augment and taking the sword back from Sousuke. Weapons and augments were a difficult system for Zashi to grasp. He had never been familiarized with shinobi in his homeland, let alone their weapons, and the complexities of these weapons. Before today, Zashi assumed steel was steel. Weapons were tools. But he was beginning to get the idea that there might be more to it than that – a lot more to it. But Sousuke seemed to have an excellent grasp on weaponry. This was obvious by now. That being said, the young man felt relatively encouraged. If someone could master weapons with such dexterity, he could at least grasp their simplest subtleties. ”Alright, sir, I’ll give it a go...”

”Warp seal, huh?”

He oafishly augmented the weapon with the warp seal, then entered his usual stance: one foot in front of the other, poised to strike. With a loud cry, Zashi lunged forward at the dummy, teleporting to the side of it. Sousuke wasn’t kidding about that nausea; it actually threw off his inner balance, causing a bit of a stumble. Fortunately, the blade still made contact with the dummy, leaving a small (but noteworthy) cut.

”Ha. Too easy for me!” ”Deities of the Solar Court, please don’t let me throw up in front of my instructor...” Zashi straightened his posture, suppressed his nausea, and moved along, gawking at the forge.

He turned his head to Riyota, excitedly grinning. First day, and they already got to make weapons!

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[Miroku Riyota]

Riyota apologised to Zashi, stating that he hadn't meant to laugh at the other boy, hoping he hadn't taken offense to the small outburst of giggling. As he tuned into their sensei's speech about weapons and how they were more than objects, Riyota took another heavy look at the giant axe he had with him. Voices huh? that doesn't make much sense, weapons don't have mouths. He tilted his head left and right, trying to make sense of what their teacher had said. He listened and watched him talk about recalling your weapon, he outstretched his hand and closed his eyes Come to me weapon He attempted to will it with his mind, yet nothing happened.

After catching the augment that was tossed to him, he examined it before eagerly attaching it to his axe, he steadied himself and took a large swing with it, warping forward and rapid speed, a bit of stone crumbled off the dummy after he made impact Oh man, feeling sick now. Their teacher really hadn't been joking, he managed to keep his lunch down but just barely, he was extremely dizzy and the overly heavy axe wasn't helping his balance much. After a few seconds of stumbling he collapsed onto the floor, his eyes practically rolling around in his head.

He made out a few words that their Sensei said after that Something about "New weapon" and "Making" that was all he had heard, he turned his head to see Zashi looking at him excitedly, glancing past him, he saw the large forge. Sticking his arm in the air and giving a thumbs up, he smiled Sounds good...just...just give me a second.

 

[Minako]

Minako sighed softly and gently knocked on the doorway, interrupting the class. "S-sorry I'm late.. I overslept sensei.. I am Minako, your new student." A soft blush crossed her cheeks and she lowered her teal-icy eyes to the floor. She gulped softly and quickly scurried to an empty place and began paying attention to the man that was mentoring the class, well paying as much attention as possible, when some has overslept and they are just so tired, the bags under her eyes made that much clear to any who looked close enough at her, and she kept yawning. She tried to shake it off but it would seem her body just wasn't going to let her.

 

[Aoi]

Seiryuu Aoi had stopped going to the ninja academy for awhile, haven't enrolled in quite a while. Its been at least a year since he last stepped foot in here but now here he is again. The boy settled for a pair of light blue trousers and a similarly colored shirt finished with a pair of white sandals. He decided he should just dress comfortably knowing the possible stress this next trip might do for him. Besides, he doesn't see the point in dressing in anything other than comfortable clothing since he feels only needs special clothing when he is either on the graduation ceremony or on missions. Walking as silent as he can, the boy's pretty face showed itself on the door as he walked in from the back.

"I'm sorry for the intrusion, sensei, classmates. I just finished enrolling and am told its okay to enter your class sensei." he softly muttered, taking the nearest available chair near to the door.

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Sousuke began to pull various levers, more and more of the room transformed. "My forge was destroyed, but I still have a few placers hiding to make weapons... and more importantly to teach the techniques to make them."<i></i> He watched as both of the two boys managed not to throw up. "Impressive. Many, myself included, didn't end the first phase shift so well, and so... cleanly."<i></i> Two new students had entered the room. Aoi caused Sousuke's expression to go deadpanned. "Apologies for my grandmother's teaching methods. She is of an older ... way of teaching."<i></i> He had heard some complaints. The fire alarm going off and the sprinklers going on. Her harsh and rude nature. Sousuke motioned for the two of them to join me and the two boys at the forge. "We had been going through augments on weapons. You just joined us in time for next we are going to begin making weapons."<i></i>

Sousuke placed on his gloves and retreated from the room for a moment. He brought out a very large block of what seemed to be like black ice. "Weapons can be made from elemental metals. My Clan, the house Takahashi is known for Fire Forged Steel. Today we're going to do something a bit more simple than work that. We're going to work on Frost Iron. Imported. Difficult to smelt, if you don't know the proper temperatures. Two low and you spoil it. Two high and you ruin it."<i></i> Sousuke's gloves were frosting up as he placed down the cube of Frost Iron. He removed the gloves, and then placed on rubber ones. He again retreated and this time brought out a cube that was surging with electricity ever so slightly. "Thunderanium. Contained and slightly refined. If it wasn't there was the possibility we'd be having power surges."<i></i> He removed the rubber gloves and placed them next to the other ones. The last metal he would bring out was sparkling. It was bright and seemed to radiate. "Photontin. Very light, as in not heavy... photontin when worked on needs to have goggles worn. The bright light can be blinding. Can't have that happen."<i></i>

He surveyed the class. Hopefully the sleepy one would wake up given the show she was going to see. Hopefully Aoi wasn't too scared from being taught by his grandmother. "Now class. Rank the metal you want me to work on first. Whichever metal gets the highest rank, I will smelt and make a weapon first. I will show you how to make the weapon easier to wield but not as damaging, or you can hit harder with it at the cost of making it slightly unwieldy."<i></i> He paused for a moment. "Now... you will have to listen to me very carefully. There is a small danger, that can be contained when working with these metals. Is that understood?"<i></i>

 

[Miroku Riyota]

Riyota eventually got himself up and gazed in awe at the many different metals their sensei was bringing out, he had never seen metals like them before. He looked over each one as Sousuke-sensei went over the lesson and his descriptions of the metals being involved at the moment. He was so enthralled he didn't even notice the entrance of the two new students.

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Now class. Rank the metal you want me to work on first.​

<i></i>

Riyota glanced at Sousuke-sensei There's a lot of stuff I need to talk to him about, but I guess it'll have to wait till we get through all these metals. He grinned and raised a hand <COLOR color="#4080FF">I vote for the Phou- The Phoo-...um, the Photuntun? The bright one was what he eventually settled on. He nodded his head, satisfied with his vote.

 

[Aoi]

"I see." The boy replied, not knowing what else to say without feeling rude. He doesn't really know what is really going on so he just decides to smile and nod.

Apparently, the class is about weapons and weapon creation. The class was being about weapon augments and was just about to start on weapon creation. Seems interesting enough, although he wanted something from his old sensei back one year ago. Anyway, the teacher brought out a block of black ice. He doesn't know what kind of weapon could be made for that but it was interesting. As the class went on, the boy found out it was called Frost Iron, if he wasn't mistaken. He hasn't heard of it but it sure looks interesting. Talks of proper temperature and smelting made the boy confused as he didn't know anything about smithing but he assumed those had something to do with weapon creation and let that be enough for him. After the Frose Iron, thunderanium was brought out and he didn't like it at all. After the incident of the old lady, he wishes he could just avoid harming people altogether but he knows that wish is too idealistic. Still, he doesn't like that metal. And then came photontin. It looks very light and bright. It would serve a better purpose if it could just be hung on posts on the street at night. He laughed at himself realizing how silly his idea was.

Shaking his head, he got his mind working when the teacher asked them which one they would like to work on first. There was no hesitation in his mind, heart and voice.

"Photontin. But I wonder why don't they just turn that metal into light fixtures for streets at night, sensei."

And then, with little surprise, came the warning of possible dangers. But he, as a fragile person, knew of how dangerous everything could be and how pointless his life would be if he just backed out from everything dangerous. He would just have to be more careful.

"Understood sensei. I know a little bit of first aid but I won't be of much help if something burns their entire arm off though."

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Man I suck

 

[Arawe Zashi]

((My precious posting order... So dawn goes down to day, nothing gold can stay.))

”Well, maybe I’m biased, but I agree with the new guy and Riyota. sir. Light is the most powerful element. I mean, I think so anyway. It’s what I wanna learn when I become a ninja!” Arawe Zashi, the Photon Shinobi. That’s a title he could get used to.

”I’m Zashi, by the way, of Arawe! Remember it.” He felt a little more comfortable now that things weren’t one on one. When it was just Riyota and him, he felt kind of competitive. Not that he bore any animosity towards Riyota – quite the contrary, he thought he was pretty nice, if not a bit of a goof at times. But they were kids; this was natural.

Minako seemed pretty nice too. He was still getting used to people without brown eyes – teal eyes were certainly new. In fact, she seemed certainly new. Something about here was off – no, not off, just different. There’s something to her, and if Zashi wasn’t already engrossed in the class, he’d want to find out what.

New guy seemed kind of brainy. He appreciated that. Being powerful was all well and good, but a world without creators is a world without jutsu. They were assembling a pretty solid class here...

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Phototin had the lead, therefore as this was a democracy, it would indeed work out. Sousuke proceeded to hand out goggles to the students. "Goggles on everyone."<i></i> He instructed. Sousuke placed the metal on a heating plate. He turned the dial, and the metal began to glow brightly as it began to melt down. Aoi had asked a question as to why the metal was not used on street lamps. "Phototin is not cost effective. Chakra crystals while difficult to work with at times, are far more cost effective. This block of Phototin is ... worth half of a down payment for a house in Desert Crown."<i></i> He explained. Basically what Sousuke chose not to mention was this was worth more than his humble family house in the residential zone. The room was quite a bit hotter now by the time the block had completely melted. "So. This is the dangerous part. No goggles and... you're blinded for a few hours. So. Phototin. Legend says that ... people of absolute purity can bring out the metal's truest potential. Sullied hands ... or people of ill repute are supposed to have difficulty in weilding this weapon because you're being burned by your sins. It's a legend. I suppose, technically speaking, it's an attempt to mold us members of society into good people. Usually stories have a way of morally enforcing us to be good people. Some people are morally insane of course... meaning that they are ... for a lack of a better term, evil."<i></i>

Sousuke next would poll the class again. "What kind of weapons do we want to make? Swords? Halbeards? Staves? Axes? Daggers? I have molds to work with... and should you surprise me then I'll make the mold anyways."<i></i> Sousuke folded his arms. "Light is powerful yes, but as Guardian Protectorate of the realm... photonic usage is just outside of my skill set for now. That's not to say I can't work with it due to my ... inherent skillset with shadows or plasma. Shadows being the natural opposite, and I suppose one could argue plasma being a less religious-oriented version of light."<i></i> Sousuke keeping it on the low of who he was in terms of rank. It would come in time, but he wanted his students to piece it together. Bright minds needed to be honed and focused.

(elemental metal is more of an rp thing that my character specializes in, but when we get to the nitty gritty on weapon stats that stuff is for battle purposes)

 

[Miroku Riyota]

Riyota struggled at first to get his goggles on, his messy hair often getting tangled with them, eventually he was able to get them properly, which was a relief as he could tell his sensei was about to get started. He listened intently and excitedly as his teacher went over the properties of Phototin and it's opposites alike. He giggled apprehensively as he waited for the forging to start.

Personally Riyota wanted his teacher to make a halberd, but he saw Zashi's expression, and so how he was possibly even more excited about the Phototin. Maybe it'd be better to let him have this one...that is, if this weapon is going to be given to anyone. He stayed silent for now and allowed Zashi to choose from the variety of weapons. As he waited he listened to Zashi's opinion I disagree he thought, reminiscing to what little he could remember of his parents' teachings No matter how fast light travels, dark is always there to meet it? Something like that anyway... Riyota decided on waiting to see if any other weapons got made, and he hoped that the weapons would be given out to him and his fellow students. I need one of those halberd thingies, they're quick and I need something quick because my axe is really slow. He pondered.

To fill the space of waiting for the weapon's creation, he began to wonder what Zashi's suggestion would be.Then he had it.

Sword...I bet he asks for a sword.​

[MFT 251]

 

[Minako]

Minako smiled softly pulling on a pair of goggles that had gone unused. She bit her lower lip still a bit confused and sleepy but not as much as she had previously been, she was a bit more alert now. She rubbed her chin her eyes wondering over the object her teacher held in his hands, The variety of metals was just so wonderful. She could barely restrain herself from touching it, curious to see how the piece of metal felt. Her voice was but a soft whisper 'Whoa..' Her eyes behind the goggles had a hint of fascination in them.

"S-Sir...will we ever get to actual do this?"
She inquired a bit curious about whether the students would be working with the forge or not, the bit of information had seemed to elude her for some reason. She let out a soft sigh almost as if she had been holding her breath, for a second she felt as though she forgot to exhale.

Breath
She thought to herself, trying to calm herself, feeling stupid, not knowing why her breath was being held in the first place.

 

[Arawe Zashi]

”Hm... Some kind of staff would be cool, but then again, I already like using swords. After all, when it comes to light, I think I’d go with some kind of...”

”Sword! I mean uh. I think a sword could be neat, if everyone else is okay with that. Didn’t mean to blurt out.”

What with Riyota being a bit less outgoing, and Minako being notably quiet, it would have been polite to read the room and adjust – but nope, Zashi felt more outspoken than he usually did. All the talk of weapons and shinobi got him excited.

”Or uh... I mean, whatever Riyota, Minako, or Aoi wanna do.”

”Riyota’s probably an axe guy, what with the whole giant axe thing. I probably shoulda let him talk... I dunno about Minako. Maybe she uses axes too. That would be nice. She and Riyota could talk about axes, if that’s a thing that people do.”

He looked over at Minako, then back at his teacher. Okay, maybe she wasn’t an axe type. But he knew by now you couldn’t judge a book by its cover. Either way, she had a pretty valid question. Still, not enough to draw any conclusions about her.

Zashi figured he’d know more about his classmates later – his sensei was another topic. Zashi couldn’t really tell much about him save for the fact that, firstly, he was good with weapons, and secondly, he was a high enough rank to be teaching in the academy, and finally, he was adept in plasma and shadows. Both were pretty ambiguous bits of information.

”Sand villagers sure are weird... Well, I guess I’m one of them now. So that makes me weird too. But there are worse things to be.”

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[Takahashi Aki]

Sousuke tapped his fingers together at the inquiry made upon him by Minako. "Yes, but under my strict instruction and supervision."<i></i> He answered not sharply, but sternly. He did not need students having burnt themselves on the first day. This was the sort of thing that concerned him, but ... a practical education did have its points. He watched the female student seemingly stop breathing for a moment. With a raise eyebrow he spoke once more. "...Breathing is required I don't know why you would stop."<i></i> He asserted. He waited his other students to input their requests. Seemingly no one was doing so...? Finally Zashi answered sword. Excellent. The Steward flipped a switch, and the table before them would shift slightly. Seemingly old stone panels would reveal the mold for a sword. Sousuke knocked the stone panel. "These have been used by my ancestors for a long time."<i></i> Slowly but surely, Sousuke's left hand would change as metallic plates slipped into view. He would hold up his hand, and point his palm towards the Phototin. During the time the class had interacting with him the molten Phototin had began to harden. Sousuke quickly shot a plasma blast to again return it to a molten state. The bowl containing the Phototin was now ready to be poured onto the mould. "Now. At least two of you, very very slowly tip the molten Phototin into the mold."<i></i> He instructed. "First we work on the blade, then we get into the parts of the blade. Doing it in reverse makes our jobs as smiths very difficult to project and calculate."<i></i> He explained. It was time to get the students to have their first hands on approach with the metal. "Once the metal is in the mold, we'll discuss the cooling process. Then we'll figure out what to do with the blade. We can make it strike ... for a lack of a better term truer or accurately, or we can make it strike harder."<i></i>

((When making a custom weapon you can have it at a +1 accuracy in exchange for -5% base damage, or you can do vice versa.))

 

[Miroku Riyota]

Riyota raised his hand How many weapons will we be making today sensei? He asked his teacher. After asking his question he would sit and wait for his teacher to finish explaining the forging process, as his teacher told them about how they could change the specifications, he looked over to Zashi After all, I'm pretty sure he'll want the sword, so he should choose how it's made Riyota smiled to his peer before peeking in for a closer look at the bright metal, he moved closer to his teacher and spoke. I'll hold one end. he grinned.

[Didn't really know what to say for this one, quick someone, make this interesting again!]

 

[Arawe Zashi]

Zashi stepped forward, as expected, being arguably the more boisterous of the students. He was a child, though. This was to be expected. ”Yes sir!” Zashi approached the bowl, smirking at Riyota in a childish “we’ve got this” way, and then grabbing the other end to pour it. ”Can we maybe make it a bit more accurate...? Like, make it hit the enemy easier?”

”So this should be able to work well with light jutsu too, yeah? So if I was gonna use that kinda stuff, this could make it easier to do while holding it?”

”I hope he lets me keep it when the class is over... I bet I could just bring it to the genin exams and they’d admit me right away. It’s not wise to turn down someone with a sword!”

((Sorry for the wait – I wanted to give Minako a little time before going ahead. Didn’t have much to say this post either, since it was just Riyota, Zashi, and Sousuke this time. Shruuuugs.))

 

[Takahashi Aki]

(*hits self on head* I did not realize that this had been a week, my apologies... I am not happy with myself)

Sousuke watched as the two boys poured the molten phototin. He would make a slight gesture for them to pour more into the mould or less. When they had finished he would tell them to stop. He would then clap his hands together. "Well done Zashi. Well done Riyota."<i></i> He would compliment them. The Phototin would require an elemental reaction for it to begin cooling. Sousuke would proceed with the next step. "You would need the augment to make it work with light jutsu. So a base mastery over the light element to channel the jutsu through the weapon. Both work."<i></i> He answered. He would then emit a plasma blast to begin the elemental reaction. Two forms of heat would clash here. Yet the plasma would begin to guide the molten Phototin into a more shaped nature and begin the cooling once the two warring heat sources ended. "Never underestimate the power of knowledge. I can channel elements I have a mastery of through my weapon but for a small cost of extra chakra. I can light my sword on fire, and swing it accordingly and have it channel fire jutsus. Sometimes though the augment pays off more... in terms of consumption."<i></i> He explained. "But yes... we will craft this weapon to be more accurate..."<i></i>

(So. The Phototin Blade is going to be a +2 accuracy, and -10% damage. With one Augment to be decided upon for later... or rather to be chosen. You'll need to rp the weapon in the dojo)

"Now. That Phototin needs to cool. What happens is when two heat sources fight off of each other, no matter whomever wins, the end result is that the winning heat source will die out immediately due to overexerting itself. The hilt and pommel will be made from different metals. It'll take a while. What metal shall we work with next? What weapon?"<i></i> He asked the two boys. He hoped that Zashi would maybe align himself with Riyota's decision. Would Riyota desire an axe? A polearm maybe? Halberd? Perhaps Riyota would surprise him. Kukuris? Sabre? Arakah?

 

[Miroku Riyota]

Riyota stayed silent for most of the process, pouring more or less when he was told. After they were done he listened rather excitedly as Sousuke-sensei went over the properties of photontin, weapon forging and what they needed to do next. He was developing a heavy interest in the subject, and the idea of learning more intrigued him. He watched the chakra flow through the metal and soon after watched the metal begin to cool. He almost didn't hear when his Teacher suggested making another weapon. Riyota thought for a few minutes, he wasn't sure, did he want another big thing to compliment his axe, or something smaller to contradict his fighting style, so that they could mix together. He gave it some thought before suggesting.

I...uh...C-could we make a Glaive? I just remember that when I was little, my Father always carried a glaive around with him. He thought a little more.

Also, it doesn't have to be too strong, just accurate.

He was satisfied with his suggestion, someone else might have a different opinion, and if his teacher decided on making something else, he wouldn't object, but Riyota had considered the fact that if they were allowed to keep the weapons that were forged today, he would want a medium sized glaive, something fast and accurate to give him an opening for his axe.

T-That's just my idea, I don't mind if we do something else. He stammered out, going slightly pale. B-but if we did do it, could we use Frost metal...or whatever it was called?
[A thousand apologies for the lateness, I have no excuse, I just hadn't done it.]

[MFT 259]

 

[Arawe Zashi]

”Thank you, sir!” Zashi grinned, admiring the shape of the mold, a bit distracted. ”So I could go in for a slash and maybe switch it around a bit. Fake ‘em out or whatever for my jutsu, like Mr. Sousuke said, and then I can just—“ Zashi, realizing he wasn’t paying attention, redirected his focus to Riyota and Sousuke.

”Oh, right, yeah. I’m fine with waiting a bit if it means the weapon will be good.” Riyota mentioned something about a glaive... where had he heard that before? He had heard of some shinobi using them: those polearms with the blade at the end. ”Glaives... That’s like the mainland’s version of a ngaw, isn’t it?”

”I think a glaive would be cool, Riyota!” Zashi snickered. ”Y’know, back in my homeland, we have things kinda like them. But, we used ‘em for elephant hunting. So if it can take down an elephant, I think it’d make a pretty good weapon!”

”Well, maybe Riyota’s not the elephant hunting type, but I bet he could take down a few enemy shinobi with something like that. Or one of those river crocodiles that used to hang around Port Melkor. Wait, did he say frost metal?” Zashi hadn’t really pegged Riyota for the ice type, but now that he considered it, he sort of fit the bill. Zashi still preferred wind and light to ice, but to each his own. That kind of thing really boils down to preference and the way one wishes to fight. Something like ice would probably be a bit complicated for Zashi, who obviously leaned more towards the “get in, get out, hit stuff” fighting style.

[Marked for Training]
[WC: 277]

((Eh, sometimes people lose track of stuff. It's cool.))

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Sousuke snapped his finger. "A Glaive? I haven't made one of those in ... a year now?"<i></i> It brought back bitter memories. Sousuke's mouth hung slightly open as he remembered his ward's ward. It was an awkward relationship. His adopted daughter, had adopted a boy. That boy upon a time used to test glaives for Sousuke. Sousuke's mouth closed. He left the room for a moment and acquired the moulds for a glaive. He returned with it and placed it on the table. "Moon Glaive. Standard weaponry... for well... legendary women who worship the moon. Hunters of a sort. The kind to keep demons at bay."<i></i> Zashi then referenced elephants. "Well. Elephants do have thick hides, this particular type of glaive won't quite penetrate their skins, it's more of a defensive design. Also. Yes. Elephants. I've heard that some people armour them up and use them as mounts. Actually. We need to do that. Yes. Armoured elephants, with cannons. Seige history in the making there. Well done Zashi."<i></i> Sousuke's eyes seemed to glow eerily with what was perhaps glee?

Sousuke would then remove his goggles and then placed on clothe gloves. They were mittens really. He placed his hands on the Frost Iron. The mittens were slowly getting frosted over as placed the iron on an element. He removed his mittens and then turned on the forge to begin the heating process. "So. We need to slightly heat the metal. When Frost Iron hits the correct temperature we can put it into the mould. In the case of this weapon we will need to build a handle of a different element so that when we're using the glaive we don't ... freeze up."<i></i> Sousuke eyes narrowed. "Also. I know some people lick weapons. Never lick a Frost Iron Weapon... or else your tongue might get stuck."<i></i> As the iron began to weapon, Sousuke again placed on his mittens he removed a panel from beneath and inserted the mould. "Now unlike Phototin we're not going to make contact with the Frost Iron. We're going to let it melt into the mould, and then reform."<i></i>