(SP-F1) Tempered Smithing <Earning a Living>

[GreenBlade 0]

Kotone had finished her usual daily training and was already tired out for the day. It was just past afternoon, and the sun was still in the sky, but Kotone had just about had it. It took her so long to finish off monsters with her weapon. She wanted to get a better rapier, but they were just too expensive for Kotone to buy. It would take at least a month for her to get her hands on an even somewhat powerful weapon.

Then the idea popped into her head. She could just make her own weapons and become a blacksmith! It wouldn't be too difficult right? Kotone had heard about the Earning a Living quest that gave you a profession, so that seemed to be her best route and method of getting her hands on a better rapier. As they say, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself! 

[GreenBlade 0]

Kotone walked through the streets of the Town of Beginnings looking for the quest NPC that would let her start her quest to become a blacksmith. She was looking for an old man in particular, since that seemed the most likely to be the quest NPC. It was hard to pick anyone out of the crowd of the seemingly always busy Floor 1 streets though. 

Kotone was getting a bit frustrated since she was having so much trouble finding the quest NPC in the first place. If this rate kept up, she would be starting the quest at night. But Kotone kept walking through the streets, looking around near the blacksmith shops in particular, since the blacksmith NPC would most likely be around those shops. Kotone still had no luck in finding them, the streets still just as crowded and blocking most of her view. Kotone kept looking up at the sky out of worry, but the sun hardly moved.

[GreenBlade 0]

It had only been about twenty minutes of searching and Kotone was almost already willing to give up. The sun was still the same, yet Kotone just couldn't drop her worries. She had a tendency to get concerned over little things like this. It was around 5 o'clock and Kotone still had plenty of time, but she was almost done taking a complete circle around the town's border and still no quest NPC was to be found.

Kotone was walking past some restaurants and was just about to give up when she noticed someone standing in the alley. It was what looked like an old man, so Kotone thought she had finally found her NPC. She walked up to the old man NPC and listened to what he had to say. It went through the normal lines of dialogue, then it gave Kotone the option to start to the quest. All she had to do was gather some materials and make a basic weapon to become a blacksmith. It seemed easy enough, so Kotone clicked accept and the quest began.