Crashingthrough
Planetoid
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2017
Metal pounded against metal, sparks flying into the air and scattering against the steel mask and thick cured leather apron and gloves. Beneath the mask sweat beaded on the man's face as his eyes squinted against the bright light of the glowing iron. Slag was shaped, folded, and then shaped again. For an hour he worked, and for his time he was able to produce three rough axe heads in need of sharpening. But as thick skinned as he seemed to be. The heat was getting to him and the man needed a break. Throwing some coal into the furnace to keep it burning while he stepped out from under the covering, he walked towards his home.
Heavy boots crunched gravel and dirt, and the mask was removed to drop onto a barrel outside. His face was still youthful looking despite going towards his late twenties, and the apron was next to go to show his well formed chest and abdomen through the sweat soaked shirt. This too he removed, planning to rinse off in the river before stepping into his three room home. "Are you around?" Lugh called in through the back window, looking for the creature that lived with him. She was why he lived so far from the village, the other houses only specks in the distance. It had been almost eight years ago since he had found an adolescent manticore, and for some reason rather than slaying the beast like any soldier would have. He adopted her. Now she was growing and filled with a, desire of sorts, that was becoming difficult to deal with.
The first time Lugh had basically been attacked, though what he felt was far worth the experience. But there was still a worry. She was still learning, and he saw her more as a younger sibling, or even a pet, than the young woman she was becoming. And yet because of that he didn't have the heart right now to tie her to a post figuratively, even if it was for her own safety. And that of any of the villagers. "Hello? I'm going to bathe if you need anything you know where to find me!" He shouted, not seeing her in his quick glance. Before making his way to the river and stripping down.
Heavy boots crunched gravel and dirt, and the mask was removed to drop onto a barrel outside. His face was still youthful looking despite going towards his late twenties, and the apron was next to go to show his well formed chest and abdomen through the sweat soaked shirt. This too he removed, planning to rinse off in the river before stepping into his three room home. "Are you around?" Lugh called in through the back window, looking for the creature that lived with him. She was why he lived so far from the village, the other houses only specks in the distance. It had been almost eight years ago since he had found an adolescent manticore, and for some reason rather than slaying the beast like any soldier would have. He adopted her. Now she was growing and filled with a, desire of sorts, that was becoming difficult to deal with.
The first time Lugh had basically been attacked, though what he felt was far worth the experience. But there was still a worry. She was still learning, and he saw her more as a younger sibling, or even a pet, than the young woman she was becoming. And yet because of that he didn't have the heart right now to tie her to a post figuratively, even if it was for her own safety. And that of any of the villagers. "Hello? I'm going to bathe if you need anything you know where to find me!" He shouted, not seeing her in his quick glance. Before making his way to the river and stripping down.