Iron Greywood
I looked around the dorm. It was a stone room, shaped like a square. It had two small beds, one in each far corner. One for me, and one for Finnian. There was a coffee table and two chests. The chests also had two shulker boxes in them, for more space. A sofa stretched across the wall the door opened into.
I had to share a room with Finnian, but I wasn't too disappointed. He had a few pets, but he seemed relatively easygoing, and probably wouldn't mind me working on the project. I pulled it out of my pocket and fiddled with it. It was a small iron plate with a disk on the front. I flicked it, and the disk spun automatically. When I stopped, the redstone shut off.
I walked over to my bag and removed the set of diamond armor. I set up an armor stand a delicately decorated it with the armor. Then I took out a map of the area and hung it on the wall. It showed Mineplex, and a couple other major cities, like Hypixel. It also had small outpost towns, like Pig and Tulip Woods.
The door opened, and in came Finnian. He passed me a schedule, and kept a duplicate for himself. Looking down at it, I realized it was time for breakfast. This would be the first time I'd have a chance to get to know my allies, making this a key moment.
We walked down the corridor in silence, neither of us wanting to make a conversation. The corridor was long, though, and eventually I felt too awkward. “So...”
He kept walking, and I kept up the silence.
We eventually reached the dining hall. It was a large room built to fit the curvature of the huge cavern. A massive glass chandelier hung from the ceiling, shining a warm yellow light throughout the room. The seven tables were mostly for display; only about six people sat at each. I saw a mostly empty table and located myself at it.
Out of the corner of my eye, I glimpsed Ryder gesturing for him to come over. He was standing before a table filled entirely with the descendants. I approached.
“Mornin',” He said casually. “I thought it'd be best for you descendants to get to know each other. After all, you'll be training together.”
“What?” Finnian said, astonished.
“Yeah, you guys will be training together. Eva'll lead you to combat training after you're all done with breakfast.”
Ryder walked away, clearly not willing to continue the conversation. We all sat in silence, too awkward to converse. It was intended that we got to know each other, but we did nothing of the sort. Just as we were finishing, Eva came and led us down another corridor.
There were many doorways throughout the corridor, but we went through the first on the left. It opened into a large bowl-shaped room. Eva sat herself down on a wooden chair. She gestured to the weapons along the wall, but we all had our weapons anyway. I don't think many of us ever went somewhere without them.
“This is the training room, but it also serves as an arena, should we ever need one,” she began, “Its also where we hold the executions.” Shock rippled through the group. “I'm only joking. Combat training is essentially a free-for-all. Practice what you need to. Have fun.”
We all went over to a seperate part of the room and practiced our training moves. We swung our blades and fired our bows alone. “Why don't you guys pair up? Fight each other. Let's do a tournament style. You,” She said, pointing to Finnian, “and you,” She pointed to me, “You two fight. Everyone else, grab a seat and watch.”
The circle cleared as everyone sat down to watch, and I drew my blade. Finnian pulled out his epee and lunged at me. I averted his blade with a swift stroke, knocking it to the side. I tapped his chest with my blade. Annoyed that I had tried so hard in the first bout while he clearly didn't, he jumped back and lunged again. I could tell there was more effort to this slash, and I blocked. Flinching under the strength of his attack, I slid backwards and prepared for another attack. Looking up, I noticed with a jolt of surprise that Finnian wasn't in front of me.
Feeling a small change in the wind on my back, I jumped forward and twisted mid-air. He had poked the spot I had been seconds before with his blade, standing behind where I had stood. Crap. He's faster than I gave him credit for. Guess that's the only reason you'd use an epee anyway. Realizing that I needed more power, I flipped the switch and my blade came to life. Electricity sparked from it.
I lunged forward on offense, and Finnian, realizing what was happening, went on defensive. He hopped sideways as I slashed, barely dodging. I directed my sword at him, and he blocked it. His arm flexed under my blade, and he pushed the weapon away. We began to slash at each other in a flurry of metal, and I glimpsed that Ryder had walked into the room.
We continued to clash until I felt contact. I heard the shock, and Finnian jumped back, grasping the arm I had lightly cut. He pushed away the pain and attacked again. Shocked, I stumbled backward. He slashed at me, and I had too short of time to block. Guess I gotta use it. I tapped my chest plate, and a disk emerged from the surface, spinning. His epee bounced off the defensive tool, and he fell backwards. I cut a small part of the other arm, and the shock kept him on the ground.
Ryder, amazed at what just went down, rushed forward as Finnian got up. “What just happened?!”
I pointed to the chestplate, which was no longer spinning. “Its my new device. I'm gonna hook it up to a BUD switch so when it gets hit, it immediately begins to spin. Spinning disks deflect attacks better than anything. I'm working on a full suit right now.”
He stared with his mouth open. “How long does it take to make those? Can you make more?”
“I can, since it doesn't take long, but it probably won't work well for most people. If you want, I can make a unique weapon and armor set hooked up with some redstone device for everyone that matches their style.”
He looked so excited with the idea that I assumed he meant yes. I began, right then and there, to plan for the tools.
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