Kallera

The elezen took the sword, and, facing the door, replied softly "Yeah...I do." She gave the sword a few swings. It was moving as one piece, solid, confident! "Oh yes, yes!" There was a sense of control from the blade, and from it,the elezen felt in control herself. She gave it a fake hug. She smiled genuinely at the smith and, kneeling down, got her gilpurse, she couldn't thank the Lalafell enough. "Thank you so much for this! How much for your work?"

"No, I wouldn't recommend it either." The elezen said. As the sounds of work filled the air for a moment, she looked at the low table, wondering its significance. "I hope I'm not bugging you, but have you ever worked with friends before? I don't know if blacksmiths do that sort of thing in their work." The forge did look a bit small for that, but her mind was on more than the forge.

For a moment, she thought of the past as the Lalafell wondered about why she would be treated differently. Of someone telling her about how fish were only aware of the sea, how they couldn't imagine life on land. The smith was the same: the greatsword was just another weapon to him, and sure enough many have used it as such. To her it was a lifestyle, a rough hand that, however needed, is not desired, and she had come to view it as such. She relaxed, "No, I'm sure the lancers wouldn't mind the greatsword. But if I were to say, go around in a greatsword and pointy armor with a mean expression on my face, well, I'd have a lot of eyes on me, wouldn't I? I don't need that, I live there." She started to realize she wasn't getting her sword fixed without an answer, but just couldn't bring herself to spit it out. It was a habit, one born of necessity in her life. "What if I want to go home, and crash on my bed? Or just nip on over to the stalls for something sweet? I'd have a hard time doing that with such a dark reputation."

She averted her gaze to his frown. "Its not stolen, in fact I had enough material to make two. But..." Her gaze went back. "Its off putting. When people see that kind of sword, the temperature drops several degrees...suddenly everyone knows you, or thinks they do."she crossed her legs as she continued with a smile. "So I hide it. A little white lie that keeps people honest. Fighting is fighting and all, and I'm well honest enough when I'm going into it, but back home, amidst city guards and conjurers? All they need to see is another grey lass."

She jumped at the question, "Y-Yeah, I'm fine! I was just a little..." The Lalafell looked muscular, and with a hammer big enough she wondered if he wielded it two handed... She cleared her throught, this was no time to worry over appearances. "Shite, I'll just get to it. " She reached for and invisible handle on her back, and a shimmering glamour fell away on a item she pulled out. It was a greatsword, thick and plain, its only adornment being the gilt deer antler shaped crossguard. she offered it to the Lalafell, her pale hands handling the blade. "It's loose, like its about to come apart. think it needs some repairs, and I was hoping for some discretion..."

An Elezen walked into the building. She had on a concerned expression as she saw the forge, given what she needed to repair. She heard the sounds of a hammer striking from within. Her appearance was a scholarly one, at least at first glance. a long pink and black robe with the sleeves modified and the dress slit to tease the legs underneath. She took a seat by the bench, unaware of what the low table without chairs was for.

Thanks, ill take a look during some down time!

Hi, I'm new here, both to this forum and roleplaying. Unfortunately I'm on Excalibur, and not in any position to transfer to Balmung/Gilgamesh. Looking at the various communities I'm not sure I'll be roleplaying much in game unless I find a linkshell that does so on Excalibur. What did bring me here is the creative writing aspect. How to develop and write characters in a better manner. While I've played with ideas of developing a backstory for Kallera, I haven't solidified them yet into a full fledged character with a personality to write with. If im using the site wrong or perhaps should look for other resources for what im looking for, do let me know.