James
*Katachan would be at one of the many market places within Salvainia's city overlooking of the metal vendors examining over the materials for sell. The oriate would be looming over a pile of iron ingots around that time considering the purchase along with some other materials for a shield that she was wanting to build.*
Cora
*Hitoshi is wandering the marketplaces and trying to look for a semi-decent blacksmith.

Trying to find anyone who knew their shit is harder than it sounds when your style of weaponry and combat is so fundamentally different to what Salvania is used to. And it's especially hard when you're sort of in a rush. Hitoshi could just go to the New Sunlight base, but that's... Eh. They were alright. Nothing amazing, though.

Hitoshi wants something... Better. And he just so happens to bump into Katachan as he looks at the vendors, getting a little desperate.*
Anastacia
"Do you know where to find a blacksmith that can make something like this?"
Cora
*He holds up a drawing of an Irunian blade. It's a decent drawing, actually.*
James
"Hm?" *Katachan stopped observing the iron ingot pile for a moment and turned her head to face the drawing. She only had the most cockiest of grins on her face after just a few seconds of looking it over.* "I can without a doubt, an Irunian straight shortsword if I'm not wrong. I normally see people wanting the curved blades, but that one is actually easier to make then you would expect. Just let me buy some iron and we'll bring it by one of the forges here in town."

*She turned her attention over to the merchant and bought a hundred pounds of iron ingots and several straps of good quality leather and handed over seventy silver to the individual operating the stand. She'd then haul the ingots into a provided crate over her shoulder with ease.* "Shall we get going then? It shouldn't take me long if you just want the sword."
Cora
*Hitoshi laughs. Curved blades are awful. They're good for drawing the blade... And that's it. In hindsight, Hitoshi wonders why he ever chose the katana.*
Anastacia
"Yeah, everyone wants a curved blade but they are so awful... That would be nice, thanks."
Cora
*Hitoshi really likes the other Oriate's confidence. And the fact that she appears to be someone who at least has a connection to Irunian culture is even better.*
James
*Katachan just nodded and went toward the forge that she did most her work at during her off time.* "By the way, don't worry about my skills, I've been doing this type of stuff for roughly forty years of my life and I've been traveling across a lot of the known world during that time working at different forges." *She reassured Hitoshi as they would eventually arrive at a modest shop with large smelter in the center of it and multiple vents and flow points across it. She then lay the crate down and loaded the smelter with a hefty amount of ingots, at least twenty pounds of it.*

"By the way, it's cheaper to buy iron and make it into steel for the record, especially if you know how to get it just right. It's a unique process that's been developing over the years, but I rather keep my way under wraps."
*She'd ignite the coals under the smelter and went over to a strange set up of pipes and a large bellow device meant to heat up the fire under the smelter along with pumping oxygen into the molten iron.*

"This might take a while so have a seat just anywhere." *She stated as she started to pump the bellow putting air into the coals causing the temperature to raise and the flames to soar. Additionally, another one of the pipes leading into the molten iron started to pump in air causing a chemical reaction of carbon dioxide to be vented out of the iron gradually removing the impurities within it through the reaction itself.*
Cora
*Hitoshi does as he's asked and finds somewhere to sit. He's obviously seen a forge before, but is still engrossed every time he watches someone do their work. It's a truly enchanting thing, no pun intended, to watch someone truly skilled create a work of art. 

He begins to look at Katachan some more, and his eyes widen with embarrassment. Wait, she's the woman with the club who helped them on that mission with the vines!*
Anastacia
"Oh! Sorry, I-I should have remembered you. We were clearing out the vines together. With the Fire Macen and the... Elf? I think?"
James
"Aye, I'm surprised you didn't recognized me sooner, you don't really see many oriates my height around these parts." *She was at least a few inches above six feet and had a rather tuned build for a woman. After a good while of heating up the iron she'd step to the side and took out a mold set for the blade, guard, and handle of the blade to be assembled apart at the start. Along with this she laid out a mold for the frame work of a kite shield for herself and then raised a small gate to let the molten steel pour out into each of the molds one at a time, then closing the gate once enough of the material was inside.*

"Now, this in my opinion is the funnier part of the whole process." *Once the metal had cooled enough on the blade, she'd put on a pair of thick leather gloves and took the smoldering blade over to an anvil and started to hammer away at it straightening out any bubbles or excessive metal that packed up. It took some time, but then she'd toss it into a square like stone filled with water with a satisfying whizzing steam coming off it and then she went over to do the same to the guard and handle with almost the exact same process, but with the guard she would be adding delicate cuts for a bit of design and as for the handle she'd be simply adding in grip linings.*

*After it was all said and done she went over to the water and removed the blade. She would sit down at a grindstone and shaved down the metal carefully to contain a fine cutting edge with it's slashing side and then focused on the tip to create a near perfect thrusting point. Once it was said and done, she reheated the remaining parts together and took a bit more selective tools to fully wield them together into one fine Irunian shortsword. Then came the final process of wrapping the blade together with several strips of leather in different angles to create a comfortable grip site.* "Finished, now, was there anything else you wanted?"
Cora
*Hitoshi tilts his head and seems a little... Reluctant? He wants to enchant the weapon, but maybe asking that is a bit much.*
Anastacia
"Can you enchant weapons?"
Cora
*Hitoshi has an idea of the enchantments he wants. Making the weapon incredibly capable of damage was a given, but...

He also wanted the enchantments that can make the blade incredibly tough and capable of withstanding damage. The weapon style is usually quite brittle, so getting that enchantment is a must.

There was also an enchantment to prevent it from being knocked out of your hand, right? "Tethered", or something. He should get that for both his ninja-to and his naginata.

That Shredder enchantment would be something great. Combined with Shadow Strike and Blessing of Strength, this blade could cut through people like butter. Hitoshi is already aware of the power behind this combo.*
James
*Katachan only nodded to him as she did the same pinch of work on her kite shield while he spoke out.* "Aye, I can do the enchantments just tell me what all you want on the blade and I can hopefully do a bit of rune scripting and mana infusion to get the job done on it." *She'd then finish by attaching a hand grip to the shield and looked over to Hitoshi.*
Cora
*Hitoshi smiles giddily. Fucking great. This is gonna be fucking great.

He tries to scribble down his enchantment orders quickly before realising that if he wants to write quickly it will come out awful. He writes down the list in Silnari Standard. For someone who can barely speak it, he writes it well. When he actually knows what word it's meant to be.

It reads:
__Sword__

"Shredder"
"Always Sharp"
"~~Impur~~ ~~Impervee~~ Hard to break"
"Strong Grip"

__Naginata__
"Strong grip"
"Hard to Break"*

*Hitoshi winces as he looks at the part with the Naginata. Maybe that's asking a little too much.*
Anastacia
"Can you do two weapons?"
James
*Katachan only nodded to him and held her spare hand out for the extra weapon as she still had the Irunian shortsword at that time. She also took out a special kit with several engraving pens with a light tint glow to them with her other hand.* "I can, just pass it over and give me a bit of time to do it."
Cora
*Hitoshi unstraps the naginata and hands it to Katachan, looking pretty obviously excited. This is gonna be great.*
James
*Katachan took both of the blades over to a work table and begun to slowly and carefully carve in each of the required runes that he wanted for the weapons. It was time consuming and she had to literally stop mid-process sometimes just to tilt her head at what he written and consider what enchantment he actually meant. The process would possibly take at least a few hours and completely drain her of her mana at the time, but once she was done she presented the weapons to Hitoshi.* "The enchantments have a standard flat rate required by law, but the sword I made can be just simply be fifty silver if you have it."

```Used 25 mana for enchantments 0/25 remaining```
Cora
*Fifty silver!? Holy shit, what a discount! Now, Hitoshi isn't going to just... Deny a good discount, of course not, but he thinks that even the base weapon is worth more than that.

Not that he's going to say anything about it. Good deal's a good deal.*
Anastacia
"Okay... And I think it's 45 gold for the enchantments."
James
*Katachan nodded and laid the weapons down on a table for him.* "So your total will be fifty-five gold and fifty silver." *She nodded to herself, it seemed like a fair enough price and she was probably going to put the gold toward her own forge afterwords.*
Cora
*...Ah. Of course there's a catch. That... Is more than Hitoshi even had on his person. He wonders if he'd be allowed to pay monthly rather than a lump sum. After all, it isn't like he could weasel out of it. He's part of the New Sunlight. So if he was to try and weasel out of the payment, he'd likely be tracked down and arrested, and his membership would be revoked. Maybe.

Hitoshi sighs upon hearing the price and taps his fingers on his elbows.*
Anastacia
"Uhh... Sorry, uhh... Can I pay this per month?"
James
"I apologize, but, enchantments are required to be paid up front due to the laws set on them. It's more or so the fact it's increasing a weapon beyond it's normal measure and the local authorities would rather they be accounted for and be properly handled. But, for the sword itself, I'll give it to you for free, just remember to come back by once and a while and bring some friends too next time." *Katachan didn't want to break his heart, but the laws are what they are.*

"If you can't afford to pay off the enchantments then I would have to destroy the weapons or deposit them until you can come up with the money in sum."
Cora
*Hitoshi looks a bit disappointed, but nods his head. It's understandable that she doesn't want him to pay monthly, and the law's the law.

He's okay with destroying the blade, but his Naginata is capable of being paid for. Only 7.5 gold for those enchantments, and whatever asking prices she had.*
Anastacia
"How much for just the Naginata?"