Royal Knight Quest - Armor - Hui
The weather was usually hot for spring as Hui's knight class, lead by Captain Yuu, walked through the outer streets of Moonreach Castle.
Hui's best friend Shadow was quiet but but Hui knew that if it was just them, he'd be complaining about the heat. Hui bumped his shoulder into the grey vexyn and winked "You know the weather pixyns in Elysium Heights say the weather down here is gonna cool off by the end of the week. As the two walked with their group they admired all the flowers gathered or magically grown and decorated throughout the Capitol. Every xyn they passed was wearing flower crowns or corsages. Hui felt a pang of jealously as he also loved to dress up, but today was an incredibly important day as a knight-in-training, Captain Yuu was taking them to meet Samar, one of the contracted royal blacksmiths.
Hui spotted the smith's shop and started to vibrate with excitement. Finally! After months of training and wearing stinky hand-me-down armor they were going to be fitted for their custom gear.
Hui stopped daydreaming as the captain stopped in front of the stone building. the hexagonal bricks had various celestial motifs carved into them, they slightly glittered in the sun due to the mica content in the brick.
"Attention!" the feisty captain barked as the class milled about the front door, the class froze into a proper squad formation. Hui and Shadow were in the second row, Hui was vibrating again, but not noticeable to Yuu's perception.
"It's cramped inside so we'll split into groups. Purple team, you first" Yuu barked.
Hui popped up, that was him and Shadow's group!
Yuu held open the door with her wing as six of the xyns walked into the workshop. There were kilns and hearths, tidy sheets of iron and steel lined up, and locked in a cabinet was bars of mythril and other precious metals. Xyns of all kinds worked here, using their fire magic to stoke the hearths, water magic to cool the worked materials, and in the middle was a massive black vexyn striking a very large sword with their mallet.
The black vexyn looked up, eyes glittering, and placed the mallet down. Their voice reverberated in even this noisy workshop as he boisterously welcomed the group.
The blacksmith strode over to Yuu and they bumped shoulders, and then the black vexyn slapped Yuu a few times with his wing, "Captain!! Great to see you! And look at this group of recruits! Fantastic! I like the look in that one's eyes especially" He narrowed one eye at Shadow who still maintained his cool despite the discomfort in the heat.
"You ready to give these 'xyns the rundown?" Yuu turned back around to find her group of recruits lined up in two rows, Hui and Shadow in front.
"Well of course! Alright you bunch, before we take measurements for the armor we have a few basics to go over!" Samar went off on a speech that they've been over many times over many years. Yuu leaned back and relaxed for a moment and Hui was in complete rapture as he learned all about the armor, the traditions and the magic that goes into donning the gear.
