(Note: Archa is pronounced (ar-ka))<br/><br/>[Sakura]: "Her body is a mountain, her voice an inferno, her footsteps an earthquake, steal your courage Zephyr, personally I'm terrified", *We proceed down a tunnel with a small lava flow to the right which seems almost as if it was carved by hand, for a good two hundred yards then exits into a much more cavernous tunnel with a much larger lava flow far below the path, the heat rising and lifting my main in a hot wind which ruffles my petals, and sends my coat into a billow, as we continue though, it seems to get cooler, and cooler until at long last we come to a floor, the great lava flow gushing out unto a lake of fire encircling an enormous lake of boiling water that stretches to the edge of the horizon, in the center of the lake a small island of jagged black stones covered in blazing marks...just as Zephyr is about to question about the room, the island...began to move.*<br/><br/>*The great stones lifted from the water, twisting out, rising, and the steam clouds lifting from the lake billowing up like great fountains of white smoke. A name in Zephyrs list of creatures, beasts, and monsters, instantly pops into his head. "Dire Miralis" but larger than any on record at the hunters guild, its head rose nearly a hundred feet out of the water, an elogant yet terrifying head, mounted on a neck as thick as a castle tower, Wreathed in steam and heat, with horns like chimneys billowing flames and embers from the top, a pair of similar smoke stacks sprouting from its back like great wings. With every breath the red hot cracks lining its body blazed white hot, then as it loosed the breath as smoke and flame*.<br/><br/>*It spoke with a voice like the roar of a great fire, but also feminine, with a slow speech pattern*, "This is a surprise, the lumber walked to the fireplace for once"<br/><br/>[Sakura]: *I bow with one claw on the ground the other resting on my leg*, "I am here to pay tribute mighty Archa, but also a request", *the great dragon seems to scoff but flicks her head to continue and begins to approach the shore, the earth shaking with each footfall*, "I bring two offerings, the first is this axe of ice and the dragonwood staff I have been developing over the course of several years, as well as the armor of the patty walker I slew this day with the aid of the young one behind me...and....all of my fruit, to aid your aching stomach, my fruit make for fine medicine".<br/><br/>[Archa]: "Hmm...you know what you offer...clearly...so what do you want in return?", *the great dragon settled her forelegs at the edge of the shore, most of her colossal body now exposed myself as barely a mouse before a lion, kneeling before her*<br/><br/>[Sakura]: "I desire a weapon, and armor of my own, but finding them by normal means has proven futile, as any weapon crafted for a young one does not fit my claws, nor any armor...in return for my offerings, I wish only that you would bless me with weapons forged in the might of your raging belly, I offer relief, and take pain to ease your burden".<br/><br/>[Archa]: "Hm-hm-hm...your body will become ash within me...but the offerings should prove sufficient to temper my flame...and should you survive, you will be bound to me as my daughter...fail and, well, you'll make some nice lumber anyways", *Archa leans forward with her maw agape as I raise the axe up as if it were a shield before she snaps my whole body into her mouth at once, her cheeks filled with my form...the heat is terrible and I scream from it....but she is merciful, and promptly swallows me down, sparing me much agony before sitting back and turning her attention to Zephyr*, "You would hardly make a mouthful", *addressing Zephyr with a sarcastic expression as my bulge sinks into her blazing chest, and out of site*, "Tell me, how goes the land of the young race? I see you have inherited my gift of fire forging well", *she lifts her nose upwards and eyes his weaponry over*, "what can you tell me of your forge masters child?"