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Episode
4: Part 1
The sun rose high
in the sky and turned the castle surrounding
Gippal a beautiful golden white. He walked
through an archway with the wooden double
doors leading into the castle behind him.
"I'm standing at Limberry Castle.
Once a base for Marquis Elmdor, a famous
swordsman of Nanten, it was recently used
as the third pit stop in a race around
worlds. Teams raced for flights out of
Rocket Town in the Fantasy 7
verse and teams let their true colors
show. Dona and Barthello bypassed the
very obvious order set up by other teams
to see a travel agent and earned some
enemies, only to find that Reno and Rude
had already bought all remaining seats
on the fastest flight to Goug Machine
City in Fantasy Tactics and had
given them to presumably weaker teams.
A slip on a rooftop later led to an injury
for Freya that among other injuries, also
resulted in some amnesia. Teams raced
hard, and the supposedly weak team of
Brahne and Garnet tricked Reno and Rude,
causing them to fall behind. More cruelty
by Dona and Barthello allowed them to
surge ahead while Cecil and Rosa were
stuck at the detour where they would not
be able to catch up, making them the third
team eliminated. Will Freya and Fratley
overcome their injuries and stay in the
competition? Will Dona continue to be
a bitch, and will it help or hurt them?
Faris and Reina, who were first to arrive
at 3:13 pm, will depart at 3:13 am.
<Reina & Faris: Sisters, 1st to Depart: 3:13 am>
Faris and Reina
stood on the pit start mat outside the
entrance to Limberry Castle. Torches on
either side of the door highlighted the
two women as Reina ripped open their clue.
"Travel by chocobo carriage
to Nelveska Temple," Reina read.
<Announcer Gippal>
"Teams must
now travel to Nelveska Temple by one of
the chocobo carriages waiting just outside
the castle. Once they reach a location
called Zeltennia Castle, there will be
chocobo ferries to take the chocobo carts
to the island holding Nelveska Temple.
Beside the large temple entrance will
be their next clue."
<Reina & Faris: Sisters,
Currently in 1st Place>
"You have 200 gil for this leg
of the race," Reina added.
"Let's set sail," Faris
said. She and her sister headed out to
the nine chocobo carriages waiting outside
the castle. Each had two chocobos pulling
it and a driver, who was dressed as a
chemist. Reina and Faris chose the carriage
closest to the front and slid into the
seats behind the driver. The seats were
just wooden benches, but the girls did
not seem to mind.
"Ah, first place," Reina
said. "I like it."
"Aye. Tis a great feelin',"
her sister replied. She looked to the
driver. "Sir, ter Nelveska Temple
if ye don' mind."
"Heeyah!"
the driver barked at the chocobos as he
snapped the reins. The chocobos began
trotting forward, away from the castle.
<Brahne & Garnet: Mother/Daughter,
2nd to Depart: 3:18 am>
Brahne ripped open her clue and immediately
handed the money to Garnet to count. "Travel
by chocobo carriage to Nelveska Temple.
You have 200 gil for this leg of the race."
"170, 180, 190, 200," Garnet
counted. "Let's go."
Brahne and Garnet made their way
to the chocobos, where Brahne began admiring
all the yellow birds before finally pointing
to the carriage she determined to be the
best. She and Garnet hopped aboard and
headed to Nelveska Temple.
<Reno & Rude: Partners,
3rd to Depart: 3:20 am>
"Okay, this
has gotta stop," Reno said as Rude
ripped the clue open. "We've gone
down a position every leg so far. I am
not coming in fourth, y'know?"
"Better than last," Rude
said. Reno nodded his agreement as Rude
read the clue to him.
"Okay, let's take back our lead,"
Reno said.
They jogged to the chocobo carriages
and headed north to Nelveska Temple.
<Biran & Yenke: Comrades,
4th to Depart: 3:25 am>
Biran tore through the clue and pulled
out the remains. He read it to Yenke slowly,
once again showing the Ronso's poor reading
skills. "Travel by chocobo carriage
to N... Nelvs..... Nelvs-ka Temple."
"Yenke does not know where that
is," Yenke said. "Hornless chocobo
driver better know or Yenke will have
to break his horn off in driver's ass."
"Yenke!
Ronso never joke about breaking
horn unless horn belong to someone else!
Like little Kimahri!"
"Yenke is sorry."
The Ronso found the chocobo carriages
and chose one before starting their journey
to the north.
<Reina & Faris: Sisters,
Currently in 1st Place>
Reina and Faris rode their chocobo
carriage to the ferry at Zeltennia Castle.
It slowly approached an island with a
small temple on it. There were two freestanding
columns out in the front. The temple itself
was built into a small hill and the temple's
entrance could just as well have been
a large cave opening. There was a cast
iron gate barring entrance into the temple.
Reina and Faris reached the island
and disembarked from their carriage. Faris
gave her thanks to the driver as Reina
gave her thanks to the two chocobos. She
pet either of them and fed them a small
plant she'd found the prior leg.
"Don't worry, it's safe,"
Reina assured the driver as the chocobos
finished the plant.
The sisters then
jogged to the entrance, where they were
met with the dreaded 'hours of operations'
sign.
"Hours of operation, 4:00 am
to 5:00 pm," Reina read.
"At least mos' teams aren't
leavin' until after four," Faris
said.
<Brahne & Garnet: Mother/Daughter,
Currently in 2nd Place>
Brahne and Garnet's chocobo carriage
waited at the edge of the water for the
second ferry, whose driver was running
late. He finally showed up and loaded
Garnet and Brahne's carriage just in time
for the next team to arrive.
Reno and Rude's carriage came from
around a corner and started racing for
the ferry. Brahne urged the ferry captain
to leave without them, but he refused.
"Bet you're glad
to see us," Reno taunted Garnet and
Brahne. The ferry captain began loading
Reno and Rude's carriage onto the ferry
as well. Just as they were about to depart,
the Ronso's carriage rounded the corner
and headed for the ferry.
"We can go without them,
right?" Garnet whined to the
ferry captain.
"Heh, sorry, ma'am," the
ferry captain said as he beckoned for
the Ronso to join them on the ferry.
"Oh goodie!" Brahne cheered.
The Ronso joined the other two teams
in floating across the water to Nelveska
Temple where all three teams sighed as
they read the 'hours of operations' sign.
"Well, we still have some
lead, y'know?" Reno said. He
flopped into a sitting position and leaned
against the temple.
<4:00 am: Temple Opening>
A man disembarked
from his own ferry ride and walked up
to the gate with a key out. All teams
were already standing and facing the gate.
The man opened the lock and swung the
gate open. All teams rushed inside to
a clue box located barely inside the gate.
Biran was the first to the box, but he
was the last to finish reading the clue
to his partner. Reina took the lead behind
him.
"Use the temple to enter Dwarf
Village in the Seiken 2 verse,"
Reina read.
<Announcer Gippal>
"Teams must now enter the temple
where they will be instantly transported
to Dwarf Village in the Seiken 2 verse
in a secret place known as Mana. Just
inside the cave they will find their next
clue."
<Reina & Faris: Sisters,
Currently in 1st Place>
"Okay, we
need to use this to enter Dwarf Village,
I guess," Reina said. "Let's
look deeper in the cave!"
Faris and Reina ran ahead in the
cave. Everything suddenly went dark. When
light returned, they found they were inside
a large cave. Shops and an inn were built
into the walls and rock stairs led people
to different levels. Small men with beards
and viking helmets walked through the
various stalagmites that littered the
bottom floor. Directly in front of them
was a clue box.
As Reina and Faris looked around
to regain their bearings, the other three
teams suddenly appeared beside them.
"Biran... Biran is confused,"
Biran said.
Rude quickly
jumped on the opportunity to take the
lead and ran to open the clue box and
grab his clue. He read it to Reno. "Detour:
Forge Ahead of Forge Axe."
<Announcer Gippal>
"A detour is a choice between
two tasks, each with its own pros and
cons. In this detour they must decide
between Forge Ahead and Forge Axe. In
Forge Ahead, teams must use the main exit
to Dwarf Village and navigate through
a series of cave tunnels to find the exit.
Outside the cave will be their next clue.
The task is not physically demanding,
but some paths lead to dead ends and navigating
them all could take a long time. In Forge
Axe, teams must find the local blacksmith,
Watts, and together learn how to upgrade
an axe. The task requires a critical eye
and a fair amount of strength to pound
the axe into the same shape as the model
provided. Working in these tough conditions
with fire all around them could wear teams
down, but if they are able to forge correctly,
they could finish quickly. Once completed,
Watts will show them a secret exit to
the caves and they will be able to go
outside where they will find their clue
in the same clue box as those doing Forge
Ahead."
<Reno & Rude: Partners,
Currently in 1st Place>
"I'm hot enough already. Let's
do Forge Ahead," Reno said.
Rude nodded.
"Okay," he said, looking back
at the clue.
<Reina & Faris: Sisters,
Currently in 2nd Place>
"I could maybe help you figure
out how to forge the axe, but I don't
have the strength to physically help.
You'd be working by yourself I think,"
Reina said.
"We be gettin' better with our
navigation anyway. Let's Forge Ahead,"
Faris said.
"Okay!"
<Brahne & Garnet: Mother/Daughter,
Currently in 3rd Place>
"Ooh, I'd love to make a weapon
myself!" Brahne stated. "We're
doing that one!"
"But I-" Garnet started.
"Come on, Dearie! Don't waste
time arguing. Let's hurry!"
"As you wish, Mother."
<Biran & Yenke: Comrades,
Currently in 4th Place>
"Ronso love making
weapons," Yenke said to Biran.
"As if Biran didn't know!"
Biran yelled at him. "Do you not
see Biran's horn? Biran is best
Ronso ever!"
"Yenke is sorry. But Biran
is wasting time. Biran and Yenke
must hurry to hornless blacksmith!"
Reno, Rude, Faris, and
Reina quickly ran toward the cave's exit
somewhere behind them, while the other
four started climbing the stairs to the
blacksmith's shop near the top left of
the cave.
Reno and Rude were first out the
entrance when they were immediately faced
with a choice. There was a path to their
left and another to their right.
"Pick," Reno ordered.
"Right," Rude said.
The Turks ran to the path to their
right while Reina and Faris passed through
the entrance and were faced with the same
decision.
"Do we follow 'em and try ter
beat them later, or go left and hope fer
the best?" Faris asked.
"The only way to beat those
two is to hope they're wrong," Reina
said. "Let's try the left path!"
Faris and Reina ran through the cave
and followed a path up some stairs to
their left. They soon found themselves
in an area where the path circled around
a large hole and led right back the way
they came. Through a couple of stalagmites
much too large to climb through, they
could see the Turks continuing on through
the cave.
"No time fer tears, let's go
back b'fore it's too late," Faris
said.
Reina nodded and spun around to go
back the way they came.
Inside the blacksmith's
shop were several tools and weapons along
the walls. There was a large pit of fire
that almost looked like lava. Around the
fire pit were several workstations made
from stone with one large slab of stone
covering the top. On each of the slabs
was a large, dull, one-sided axe. It was
green in color and had a copper handle.
The butt of the axe was rather fairly
large. Beside it was a sharper, lighter
one-sided axe. It was a dark gray color
and had a wood handle. The butt of the
axe was much smaller than the first axe's
and the blade itself was much more slender.
"Make the first axe look like
the slim, sharp axe," Watts the Blacksmith
ordered the two teams as they walked in
the door. Watts was not the typical blacksmith.
He was a dwarf, but instead of wearing
their viking helmets, he wore the skull
of a bull, which completely concealed
his face.
"Biran, look!"
Yenke said, tapping Biran on the shoulder.
He pointed to Watts the Blacksmith's skull
mask. It had two sharp horns on either
side.
"Two
horns," Biran said with much surprise
in his voice. "We must respect powerful
blacksmith."
Yenke nodded.
Biran picked up the dull axe with
a pair of clamps and dipped it into the
fire. After a few seconds, he pulled it
out and Yenke hit the butt incredibly
hard with the hammer. Then again and again
until chunks of the axe started to fall
off.
Behind the Ronso, Watts the Blacksmith
was making axes as well.
"I think we should watch the
blacksmith for a few minutes," Garnet
said.
"Oh relax, Sweetie. Just watch
your mom work." Brahne picked up
the hammer and hit the axe with it. There
was a very loud ringing throughout the
shop.
"Do what you will, Mother,"
Garnet replied with her hands over her
ears, "but I'm going to watch him
for a while."
<Zone & Watts: Resistance
Fighters, 5th to Depart: 4:15 am>
Zone ripped open his clue and read
it to Watts.
"Okay, let's
go!" Watts said. He and Zone started
running for the chocobo carriages that
were waiting by the castle's entrance.
They boarded the nearest chocobo carriage
and proceeded to the north.
<Fran & Balthier: Sky
Pirates, 6th to Depart: 4:22 am>
Balthier and
Fran read through their clue together,
with Balthier reading it out loud.
"Two hundred," Fran said,
stuffing the money into the Amazing FF
Race striped pack.
"No better
way to start a day than with a morning
carriage ride," Balthier said. He
and Fran ran to the carriages and approached
the one in front. Balthier held his hand
out and helped Fran into the carriage.
Once she was in, he hopped into the carriage
and they headed to the north.
"We been this way
yet, Rude?" Reno asked. He pointed
to a staircase to the left. There was
also a path to the right.
"No, we haven't been here yet,"
Rude replied.
"Well I say left. My intuition
tells me left."
Reno ran to the
staircase on the left and Rude followed
him. They ran up the stairs and through
a passage, where they were met with three
solid walls of nothing.
"My intuition tells me you have
no intuition," Rude said snidely.
"Yeah yeah, let's go the other
way. Y'know, you're crude and kind of
a jerk."
Biran delivered a strong
smash to the axe with his hammer and the
butt of the axe broke off into a shape
similar to the sample axe. He and Yenke
admired their work, then presented it
to Watts the Blacksmith.
"Not sharp enough," he
replied. "And you need to replace
the handle with a wood one."
"Yenke has failed!" Biran
scolded his partner.
"Yenke has not even held hammer!"
Yenke yelled back. "It Yenke's turn
now. Biran has failed."
Across the room, Brahne
was pounding away at the axe, trying to
sharpen the dull blade, while Garnet continued
to look at Watts' style. She returned
just as Brahne had hit the axe and bent
it into an awkward shape.
"I think you broke it,"
Garnet said. "Mind if I try?"
"Oh Dearie, you're not suited
for this," Brahne said. She picked
up the hammer and held it with both hands.
She came down at the blade with incredible
force, but hit nothing since Garnet had
already moved the axe out of the way.
"Try this, Mother," Garnet
said. She held the axe over the fire for
a short time, then put it back on the
stone. "Hit it now, but not so hard."
Brahne started
smashing down on the axe. Much to her
surprise, the axe started taking shape
much more easily. She looked up at Garnet
and smiled happily. "Oh, Dearie.
Look at me! I seem to have suddenly gained
immense strength! It bends so easily now!
It must be all those crunches!"
"You do crunches?"
"Oh no, silly girl. But Nestle
Crunches are so good!"
"Of course," Garnet said.
"I'm going to grab the wood handle
and start attaching it."
"Good luck, Dearie! Tell me
if you need my super strength!"
Reina and Faris continued
through the twists and turns of the cave.
They soon found themselves with a choice
between up a staircase to the left or
through a path to the right. Faris looked
to Reina to make the call, but then they
noticed the Turks walking back from the
left path.
"Now's our chance at the lead!"
Faris shouted. She and Reina quickly ran
for the path to the right.
The Turks, having seen Faris and
Reina were so near them, also began running
for the path the girls had just run down.
<Dona & Barthello:
Summoner/Guardian, 7th to Depart: 4:35
am>
Dona ripped open the clue and read
it to Barthello. He and Dona walked casually
to the carriages and Barthello picked
Dona up and placed her in the carriage
gently. He entered the carriage as well
and they started off toward the temple.
<Freya & Fratley: Reunited
Lovers, 8th to Depart: 4:39 am>
Fratley smiled
happily as he watched Freya open and read
the clue. They reached the carriage and
both smiled at the chance to ride in one
together.
-------------------------{Freya
& Fratley: Interview}-------------------------
Freya and Fratley sat
on a bench with several trees behind them.
Limberry Castle could be clearly seen
in the background. Fratley had his arm
around Freya.
"During the time at the pit
stop," Fratley began, "they
gave Freya and I some much needed medical
attention. Physically we're doing much
better, but we've both been advised against
jumping like we used to. Otherwise we
should be okay. Oh, also my sweet Freya
should be careful to not hit her head
on anything since she still has a head
wound that has not fully healed."
"I have also recovered from
the temporary amnesia," Freya said.
"With all of this, I believe we are
contenders in the race once again. With
our injuries and position at the back
of the pack, it was only by God's graces
that we survived. But now, though without
our leaping advantage, I believe we are
on level footing."
-------------------------{End
Interview}-------------------------
"Okay, let's cool it for a minute," Reno said
as he broke off his jog. Rude did the
same, but still stayed a step ahead of
Reno. They watched Faris and Reina, who
were still running down a straight, narrow
tunnel about twenty feet ahead of them.
"Why?" Rude asked.
"Because what's the point, y'know?
So they beat us to the clue box. We'll
pass them soon enough."
"I want the first place tag
though," Rude said quietly, but sternly.
"The what?" Reno asked.
His face was contorted by his confusion.
"I want to get there first so
it says 'currently in first' by our names,"
Rude replied.
Both Turks were quiet.
"Good point, we should hurry,"
Reno finally said. He and Rude resumed
their running after Reina and Faris. Soon,
after running down a small flight of stairs,
they found themselves splashing through
a section of cave with about two inches
of water on the floor. In the distance
was a bright light coming from the cave's
exit.
"So close!" Reno said unhappily
as Reina and Faris ran out of the caves.
<Reina & Faris: Sisters,
Currently in 1st Place>
Reina and Faris
found themselves outside the cave in a
small pond. The water was only slightly
deeper than inside the cave and still
was not even higher than their shoes.
Beside the entrance was the clue box.
Both girls cheered when they saw it, then
Faris grabbed a clue from the box and
read it out loud. "Make yer way on
foot ter the Water Palace."
<Announcer Gippal>
"Teams must
now travel on foot to the Water Palace.
It is a moderate distance away and it
is easy to get lost, though there are
sign posts along the way that give helpful
directions along the way to the palace
should they follow them."
<Reina & Faris: Sisters,
Currently in 1st Place>
Faris and Reina waved to Reno and
Rude, who were taking their clue from
the box, then ran out of the small pond.
The surrounding area was very green.
Grass covered the ground and the occasional
trees were tall and healthy. The area
was like a canyon in a canyon. The pond
was the lowest point, with a staircase
leading to a second level that wrapped
around the pond. Then another staircase
led to a third level that was wrapped
around the second level. The dwarf's cave
was taller than one would expect for an
underground cave. It was built into a
mountain that made up one side of the
canyon and had a small waterfall that
dropped water into the pond.
"No signs, but only one way
ter go, and that be up," Faris said.
She and Reina made their way to the first
staircase.
<Zone & Watts: Resistance
Fighters, Currently in 5th Place>
Zone and Watts
hopped from their carriage and ran to
the clue just inside the temple. Watts
quickly opened it up and read it. "Use
the temple to enter Dwarf Village in the
Seiken 2 verse."
Watts put the
clue away and the boys ran inside the
temple. They reappeared in the Dwarf Village
cave and looked around for the clue box.
Watts found it and pulled the clue out,
then returned to Zone, who was hunched
over near where the teleportation left
them.
"What's
wrong?" Watts asked. "The teleportation
freak you out?"
"Sort of,
but-" Zone started talking, then
dropped down to a whisper. "There
are dwarves here."
"So?"
"So!? They're
my third biggest fear!"
"It's a
waste of time, but I have to know. What
are the other two?" Watts asked.
He slowly opened the clue while talking.
"Stampedes
and talking to women," he responded
quietly. He started to stand back up,
likely from realizing it was only dwarves
and not stampedes of talkative women.
"I get the
talking to women thing," Watts said.
"I've always kind of assumed that
was at least up the list if not the top.
But... Stampedes?"
"Mufasa..."
Zone mumbled with a trembling lip.
"I... See.
I'm gonna open the clue now." He
ripped the clue open and read it to Zone.
"Detour: Forge Ahead or Forge Axe."
After reading
the details, Zone responded. "Forge
Axe. It sounds like a skills detour. We're
good with hands-on activities. Like building
model trains."
"I sure
hope that's a detour someday," Watts
said. "Okay, we're doing Forge Axe."
They quickly
headed off in the direction of the blacksmith's
shop. They climbed up the stairs and pushed
open the door just in time to see Garnet
presenting an axe to the blacksmith. He
nodded and showed the two ladies to the
secret back entrance. The secret back
entrance, which they would be using more
as an exit, was a huge series of stairs,
which extended so far up that from the
bottom it was impossible to see the top.
"Yes!"
Garnet cheered happily, having completed
the detour. Her mother cheered even louder,
but said nothing directly supportive toward
her daughter.
"So many
stairs," Brahne commented of the
secret exit. "I'm losing so much
weight from all this activity! I'll be
able to fit into my cheerleading outfit
again at this rate!"
A series of "Oh
God"s and "I think I'm gonna
puke"s arose from the room of boys.
There was even a "Now Biran must
kill self!"
Garnet ran up
the stairs, though once reaching the top
of the incredibly long staircase, she
had to wait for her mother to waddle up
behind her.
They finally
both walked through the cave's exit and
opened the clue box outside. Garnet reached
in and tore the clue open, then read it
to Brahne. "Make your way on foot
to the Water Palace."
<Ma & Zell: Mother/Son,
Last to Depart: 4:51 am>
"Back of
the pack again," Zell said. "And
this is our worst finish yet!"
"We'll improve,
Zelly," Ma said calmly. "Let's
just focus on this leg, okay? And no tantrums.
I can see one already forming in that
thick little skull of yours."
"Knock it
off, Ma," Zell said, swatting away
his mom's hands as she reached out for
his head to further playfully taunt him.
Ma finally ripped
open the clue and read it to Zell, then
the pair ran to the last chocobo carriage
and headed north.
Fran
and Balthier walked through the temple
and found themselves in Dwarf Village.
They moved to the clue box and opened
it. Fran took the clue out and read it
to her partner. "Detour: Forge Ahead
or Forge Axe."
"This is
our luck," Balthier said. "About
all we do is walk through long and winding
caves. Let's Forge Ahead, shall we?"
"Do not
forget the mines," Fran added as
she followed Balthier to the 'Forge Ahead'
area.
"Yes, those
too."
"Nor the
tombs."
"Indeed."
"Nor the
endless plains."
"That's
quite enough," Balthier said. "Yes,
all we do is walk through mazes. We've
got to be good at it by now, right?"
"Let us
hope so."
<Dona & Barthello: Summoner/Guardian,
Currently in 7th Place>
Dona and Barthello sat on their carriage
as it waited on the ferry. The ferry was
about to leave when a second carriage
suddenly rounded the corner.
"Go. Now!" Dona
shouted at the ferry operator. The man
shook his head 'no' and re-opened the
gate to let the next carriage board. That
carriage contained Freya and Fratley.
"Thank you for waiting,"
Freya said to the ferry operator. Their
carriage rolled onto the ferry and pulled
up alongside Dona and Barthello's carriage.
"Ugh, please," Dona whined.
She turned her head away from Freya and
Fratley and her palm toward them. "I
don't even want to look at them."
"What a diva," Fratley
commented to Freya.
"Indeed," Freya responded.
"And to make matters worse- a diva
with hairy palms."
"Excuse
me!?" Dona shouted at them.
She glanced at the palm of her hand, then
back at Freya and Fratley. "I do
not have hair on the palms of
my hands like you filthy flea-covered
rats!"
"But she looked," Freya
said to Fratley while laughing.
"Indeed she did. Good job,"
Fratley laughed and high-fived Freya.
Even Barthello began to chuckle,
but started clearing his throat when Dona
turned to look at him.
"I'm going to pretend I
didn't hear that," Dona said to Barthello
through clenched teeth.
The ferry reached the
temple and the four disembarked from their
carriages. Freya and Fratley trotted on
ahead, still laughing though not as hard
anymore. Dona and Barthello walked slowly,
retrieving their clue from the clue box
a good twenty seconds after Freya and
Fratley.
Freya read the clue to Fratley, then
the pair ran through the temple and appeared
in Dwarf Village. They quickly found the
clue box and took out their clue.
"Detour: Forge Ahead or Forge
Axe?" Freya asked Fratley. Dona and
Barthello came through the teleporter
and grabbed a clue of their own as the
rats decided their fate.
"I am thinking Forge
Ahead," Fratley said. "We can
navigate Cleyra's tunnels. I'm sure these
will be just as difficult."
"I agree. Besides, I know little
of axes," Freya replied.
The two ran off in search of the
tunnels of Forge Ahead.
"If
they're going that way, then
we're going this way," Dona
said, pointing to the blacksmith's shop.
"I don't feel like walking either.
I'd rather just watch you make an axe."
"Yes, ma'am," Barthello
said.
Dona and Barthello headed up to the
blacksmith's shop.
"I- I'm sorry,"
the blacksmith said nervously to Biran.
He held an axe in his hand with a blade
that curved sideways and a broken handle.
"This is nowhere near good. I think
you should start over, in fact."
"Grraah!" Biran shouted
just before punching a wall. The cave
rattled slightly and dust trickled down
from the ceiling. "Biran hates axes!
Axes are most un-horned weapon in universe!"
"Should Biran and Yenke switch
detours?" Yenke asked.
"No!" Biran shouted. He
took the broken axe back from the blacksmith.
"Dual-horned blacksmith is wrong!
Ronso can fix axe and bring it up to his
dual-horned status! Yenke just needs to
work harder!"
"Yenke will, but Yenke is scared.
Ronso is in trouble."
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