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Blog Post 51: Chapter two of the Aronat Saga
Posted 4th September 2009 at 09:55 PM by MichaelSomething
Updated 23rd September 2009 at 02:22 AM by MichaelSomething
Updated 23rd September 2009 at 02:22 AM by MichaelSomething
Even though I should be writing more productive things, I’m short on blogging material at the moment, so it’s time for more character fiction! This fiction is designed to supplement a campaign so don't be suprised if you're wondering what's going on.
Aronat walked into the blacksmith’s area. Despite the fact that he walked through those doors a thousand times, he felt as if this was the first time he entered it. In stead of the well organized blacksmith’s shop, it was where a battle has taken place. Blood stained the wall and debris was scattered on the floor.
“Some of the Orcs must have made it here.” Aronat thought to himself as he surveyed the area. He was the only one here. Normally the master blacksmith would be advising the cleanup after an event like this; but not today. Today he was in mourning. Aronat knew that Sunlance has died in the attacks. Although Sunlance lacked the eyes of the master and technical expertise Aronaut had, her lost was still quite painful; for Sunlance was the shop’s heart.
“Time to clean up,” Aronat said to himself as he grabbed a broom and placed Ichigo next to an undamaged part of the walls. The first step was to sweep up the place. As Aronat sweep a voice called out to him. “What are you doing?” it quietly asked. Aronat ignored the voice and continued sweeping. A couple of minutes later he heard “What are you doing”, but it was a bit louder this time. Aronat kept sweeping. After a while, the voice had enough of being ignored. It shouted with all it’s might, “WHAT… ARE… YOU… DOING?!?”
“Oh, Ichigo, it’s you,” Aronat quietly acknowledged. Normally Aronat was more then happy to converse with Ichigo but not today.
“I can’t believe you,” Ichigo said in disgust. “So many people are dead! So many lives are lost! So many hearts are broken! Yet all you can do is SWEEP THE STUPID FLOOR!?!”
“Of course not,” Aronat responded, “I’ll also need to clean the blood off the walls.” Ichigo screamed in frustration.
Aronat grabbed a bucket and walked towards the small water reserve that was held in the shop. As he looked over the water, he saw that it was contaminated with blood. He grabbed another bucket and headed over to the well. A short while later, he returned to the shop with two buckets full of clean water. Hopefully, it would be all he needed to clean the shop.
“What is wrong with you?!?” Ichigo screamed. “Of all the things to do now, you’re Frak’in (I use a curse word here but you all know about Eric’s Grandma) cleaning! Those monsters must be stopped before they can hurt any more people!”
“So what would you do if you were the one in control? Run off and single-handily take on an entire encampment by yourself? Do you honestly think you can take on a hundred orcs by yourself?”
“Anything has to be better then staying here and sweeping the stupid floor!”
“Yet the floor needs to be swept.”
“Screw the floor! Worry about it later!”
“This could be the last time I can worry about this floor.”
“Good! Let someone else worry about the floor.”
“But you see, no one else will. Times are changing, Ichigo. We are entering an age of darkness. I have no idea when we will see the light but I know this; to see that light we must do our part. It is obvious I will be in active service from now on. The Master will have to run the shop by himself until new appertenices can be brought in or trained. With things heating up, he’ll be busier then ever.”
“We both know if anyone can handle, the Master can.”
“He wouldn’t have to if it wasn’t for me.”
“Huh?”
“I should have said no to Captain Leafrunner. I should have never volunteered for that mission. I should have done my duty. If I was here I could have protected SunLance. I could have saved her! Instead I went on some dumb adventure. I killed her!”
Aronat collapsed to the floor as he began to cry. “Oh SunLance!” Aronat cried, “You were truly the brightest light in the village! You were always the most popular. Your smile was as warming as the sun. Everyone loved you. You were pratically the Master’s adopted daughter! Even my stupid sword likes you more then me! Why did you have to die.” Aronat sopped as he punched the wall in anger and pain.
Ichigo was stunned into silence. He was always the loud, emotional one while Aronat was quite and thoughtful. To see his partner break down like that was an unusual event. Aronat was always clam and looking for the best way to solve the problem. Now there he was overwhelmed with grief and pain. All he could do was watch Aronat cry. After Aronat punched the door of the Master’s office; Ichigo noticed a small letter for Aronat from the Master.
“Hey Aronat, I think the Master left a letter for you,” Ichigo stated.
Aronat wiped the tears from his eyes as he grabbed the letter. He opened it and began to read from it…
Dear Aronat,
As I suspected, you are here cleaning up. As always, you are focused on ensuring things are working well. I thank you for taking the time to clean up after the attack. I can always count on you to get things done. However, there is one thing I would like for you to do right now. I want you to attend Sunlance’s funeral. If you hurry you can still make it. It is important to do things like that. I know that you are worried about how the shop will do. Well don’t be. I’ll be fine by myself. We must do what is most important. Right now the most important thing to do is say goodbye. You need to do this, even if you don’t want to. I’ll see you there.
With love and sorrow,
Master Blacksmith Moon Whispers
P.S. Sunlance had a gift for you in the third drawer on the left of her desk.
Aronat sprinted towards Sulance’s desk and pulled out the contents from the drawer. After a short but frantic search, he discovered an anklet with a sun emblem on it.
“Strange,” Aronat wondered, “It seems the sun emblem is forged from material coming from you, Ichigo. Why would she do such a thing? And how did she talk you into it in the first place?”
“Well she asked real nicely, okay! She said it was important and needed to be done! Now drop it!” Ichigo yelled.
Aronat knew not to press the issue further. He was still curious on why SunLance would pull a stunt like that. Giving Aronat jewelry made from Ichigo is like giving a guy a watch made his brother’s finger bones. However, they both knew that Sunlance would never act in malice. This must be a good reason for doing this, even if none of them knew it at the time.
“Come Ichigo, we must go,” Aronat quietly said as he put on the anklet.
“I thought you wanted to clean up the place.” Ichigo bitterly stated.
“That’s not important now.”
“So you finally agree with me on that.”
“Yes.”
“So let’s go prevent another tragedy like this from happening!”
“We will, but not today.”
“What could possibly be more important then that?”
“I must say goodbye first.”
“Oh, I see. I guess that is important too.”
Aronat picked up Ichigo and left the blacksmith shop. He began walking towards where everyone was mourning. Now it was his turn to mourn.
Aronat walked into the blacksmith’s area. Despite the fact that he walked through those doors a thousand times, he felt as if this was the first time he entered it. In stead of the well organized blacksmith’s shop, it was where a battle has taken place. Blood stained the wall and debris was scattered on the floor.
“Some of the Orcs must have made it here.” Aronat thought to himself as he surveyed the area. He was the only one here. Normally the master blacksmith would be advising the cleanup after an event like this; but not today. Today he was in mourning. Aronat knew that Sunlance has died in the attacks. Although Sunlance lacked the eyes of the master and technical expertise Aronaut had, her lost was still quite painful; for Sunlance was the shop’s heart.
“Time to clean up,” Aronat said to himself as he grabbed a broom and placed Ichigo next to an undamaged part of the walls. The first step was to sweep up the place. As Aronat sweep a voice called out to him. “What are you doing?” it quietly asked. Aronat ignored the voice and continued sweeping. A couple of minutes later he heard “What are you doing”, but it was a bit louder this time. Aronat kept sweeping. After a while, the voice had enough of being ignored. It shouted with all it’s might, “WHAT… ARE… YOU… DOING?!?”
“Oh, Ichigo, it’s you,” Aronat quietly acknowledged. Normally Aronat was more then happy to converse with Ichigo but not today.
“I can’t believe you,” Ichigo said in disgust. “So many people are dead! So many lives are lost! So many hearts are broken! Yet all you can do is SWEEP THE STUPID FLOOR!?!”
“Of course not,” Aronat responded, “I’ll also need to clean the blood off the walls.” Ichigo screamed in frustration.
Aronat grabbed a bucket and walked towards the small water reserve that was held in the shop. As he looked over the water, he saw that it was contaminated with blood. He grabbed another bucket and headed over to the well. A short while later, he returned to the shop with two buckets full of clean water. Hopefully, it would be all he needed to clean the shop.
“What is wrong with you?!?” Ichigo screamed. “Of all the things to do now, you’re Frak’in (I use a curse word here but you all know about Eric’s Grandma) cleaning! Those monsters must be stopped before they can hurt any more people!”
“So what would you do if you were the one in control? Run off and single-handily take on an entire encampment by yourself? Do you honestly think you can take on a hundred orcs by yourself?”
“Anything has to be better then staying here and sweeping the stupid floor!”
“Yet the floor needs to be swept.”
“Screw the floor! Worry about it later!”
“This could be the last time I can worry about this floor.”
“Good! Let someone else worry about the floor.”
“But you see, no one else will. Times are changing, Ichigo. We are entering an age of darkness. I have no idea when we will see the light but I know this; to see that light we must do our part. It is obvious I will be in active service from now on. The Master will have to run the shop by himself until new appertenices can be brought in or trained. With things heating up, he’ll be busier then ever.”
“We both know if anyone can handle, the Master can.”
“He wouldn’t have to if it wasn’t for me.”
“Huh?”
“I should have said no to Captain Leafrunner. I should have never volunteered for that mission. I should have done my duty. If I was here I could have protected SunLance. I could have saved her! Instead I went on some dumb adventure. I killed her!”
Aronat collapsed to the floor as he began to cry. “Oh SunLance!” Aronat cried, “You were truly the brightest light in the village! You were always the most popular. Your smile was as warming as the sun. Everyone loved you. You were pratically the Master’s adopted daughter! Even my stupid sword likes you more then me! Why did you have to die.” Aronat sopped as he punched the wall in anger and pain.
Ichigo was stunned into silence. He was always the loud, emotional one while Aronat was quite and thoughtful. To see his partner break down like that was an unusual event. Aronat was always clam and looking for the best way to solve the problem. Now there he was overwhelmed with grief and pain. All he could do was watch Aronat cry. After Aronat punched the door of the Master’s office; Ichigo noticed a small letter for Aronat from the Master.
“Hey Aronat, I think the Master left a letter for you,” Ichigo stated.
Aronat wiped the tears from his eyes as he grabbed the letter. He opened it and began to read from it…
Dear Aronat,
As I suspected, you are here cleaning up. As always, you are focused on ensuring things are working well. I thank you for taking the time to clean up after the attack. I can always count on you to get things done. However, there is one thing I would like for you to do right now. I want you to attend Sunlance’s funeral. If you hurry you can still make it. It is important to do things like that. I know that you are worried about how the shop will do. Well don’t be. I’ll be fine by myself. We must do what is most important. Right now the most important thing to do is say goodbye. You need to do this, even if you don’t want to. I’ll see you there.
With love and sorrow,
Master Blacksmith Moon Whispers
P.S. Sunlance had a gift for you in the third drawer on the left of her desk.
Aronat sprinted towards Sulance’s desk and pulled out the contents from the drawer. After a short but frantic search, he discovered an anklet with a sun emblem on it.
“Strange,” Aronat wondered, “It seems the sun emblem is forged from material coming from you, Ichigo. Why would she do such a thing? And how did she talk you into it in the first place?”
“Well she asked real nicely, okay! She said it was important and needed to be done! Now drop it!” Ichigo yelled.
Aronat knew not to press the issue further. He was still curious on why SunLance would pull a stunt like that. Giving Aronat jewelry made from Ichigo is like giving a guy a watch made his brother’s finger bones. However, they both knew that Sunlance would never act in malice. This must be a good reason for doing this, even if none of them knew it at the time.
“Come Ichigo, we must go,” Aronat quietly said as he put on the anklet.
“I thought you wanted to clean up the place.” Ichigo bitterly stated.
“That’s not important now.”
“So you finally agree with me on that.”
“Yes.”
“So let’s go prevent another tragedy like this from happening!”
“We will, but not today.”
“What could possibly be more important then that?”
“I must say goodbye first.”
“Oh, I see. I guess that is important too.”
Aronat picked up Ichigo and left the blacksmith shop. He began walking towards where everyone was mourning. Now it was his turn to mourn.
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