???: Even if you worked together. There's worse than slimes, tiny mechanical robots and weapons possessed by evil energy. The further you go, the bigger and more deadly they get. And as for why not, well, do you think we have the magical ability to sense you're in trouble to come and save you?
Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.-Kris gets one of the Partners there to smelt the iron for him, then starts forging the blade himself. He follows a set pattern that takes roughly two seconds to go through, and repeats it over again.-
Kris: Strike, two, three, four, strike, two, three, four...
-This continues until he gets a matching sword for his first blade.-
And it's so easy when you're evil... This is the life for me, the Devil tips his hat to me...-Kris might or might not come across Cyan, who's near a forge she's got for herself-
-And by forge, I mean small space where there's a blazing campfire, a rock that's been pummled and flattened to form a flat surface, a small pool full of water that was drained from the fountain, and another rock for Cyan to sit on-
We Are Our Avatars Forever (Now on Discord by invitation, PM)Cyan:-Waves hi to Kris while still pounding on the ore. It seems to have taken the shape of a blade, if not the sharpness of one just yet-
Thanks! I had this kind of setup back home, too! It ain't the best, but it's economical! How're you doing?

Cyan: Why not?
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