5th Aura | Text

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[Anonymous text.]

Weapons experts.

Kind of without a weapon right now and not even sure if I should get it out of the stupid rock.

[His poor family heirloom. Even if it's probably safer in there than in his hands.]

I'm looking to build my own. It's a tradition where I'm from. I'm also wondering what made you choose yours? If it works for you, there must be a reason.

[Maybe not one of the more hopeful reasons he would have believed in the past. He's done with that. But one that makes sense.]

Stay on topic.

[Private text to Weiss, not anonymous.]

My answer is yes.

Comments

[Anonymous Text]

[enchantressofore]

Most weapons take a lot of practice to use effectively. You would just need to keep trying.

Learning to parry with them, using both hands to give increased strength, block fatal blows, use them to counterbalance should you lose footing. It can be reliable in ways one would not think with enough practiced skill behind it.

Perhaps even moreso for me than for most.

[Anonymous Text]

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Okay.

Not sure if I want to limit myself to one weapon. But I didn't know they were that adaptable.

[He remembers using it one-handed for the most part in his battles. That might be partially why he didn't think about it much before.]

[Anonymous Text]

[enchantressofore]

I suppose most people would think of it as a simple weapon, but one only needs a creative mind to make the most out of a weapon.

I would agree that having more than one with you would be wise, to give yourself more options. If you would use a sword mostly, having a knife or bow and arrows would give you more options at least.

[Anonymous Text]

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[...He feels like this person he's talking to would be the kind of person to start drooling over weapons and name all their features and probably talk about them for hours. Like Ruby. But right now that kind of works to his advantage.]

What about a bow that shoots knives.

[Anonymous Text]

[enchantressofore]

[ Sounds about right. ]

I have no idea just how you would make that work, but if you could manage it it might be interesting.

[Anonymous Text]

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I have no idea either.

[He doesn't find it interesting. Not enough to try and pull it off.]

[Anonymous Text]

[enchantressofore]

Is there anything you would wish to try that you could think of? Perhaps you could find someone to help you design and build it.

[Anonymous Text]

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I don't know. I'll have to think about it.

[He won't ask any of the people he'd actually trust to help him with that after everything they've been through. He wishes he knew. Using a longsword doesn't feel the same anymore, and he doesn't think it's just because it was a cheap practice sword.

He knows he's doing to a terrible job of being helpful in this conversation. But it's just something he's recently accepted and chosen to do, and on top of that he's still struggling with everything else.]

[Anonymous Text]

[enchantressofore]

I wish you luck in whatever you choose, then.

[Anonymous Text]

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Okay.

[He should probably say something like a thank you or whatever. But he doesn't even know who this anon is and it seems pointless to.]