Sapnap and Karl lived happily together in the kingdom of Corinth until a war caused Sapnap to be banished. After 13 years, the two are reunited, and slowly realize that time has changed both them and the very nature of their friendship. They begin t...
Holy shit this castle is huge. Seriously how do people not get lost like wtf?
After we left the throne room, I followed the servant through what felt like miles of hallway. Along the way, they stopped and showed me what lay behind some of the doors. There were several sitting rooms, a library, and one massive kitchen. I wished that karl was here with me: I was sad to leave him the way I did earlier.
I hope he is okay, he kinda seemed mad at me. What did I do? Whatever it was I hope he'll let me say sorry :(
"Wow this place is huge" I said as they showed me around, trying to distract myself
"Yeah, it can take some getting used to, but you'll pick it up eventually!" they replied nicely
There soon was this long section of hall that had no doors and was lit by torch. As we walked, I noticed up ahead two guards standing against the wall. When we got close enough, I noticed that they were standing on either side of a door. I was expecting the servant to at least tell me what was behind the door as we walked past it, but they payed no mind to it at all; it was almost like they didn't even see it.
Something was wrong...this just didn't feel right
I could feel the icey stare of the guards as we walked by, making the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I felt better the father we walked from them, but as we turned the corner at the end of the strange hall, I caught one last glimpse of the guards. I was nearly startled to see that one had turned their head to watch me.
"Hey, what was behind that door?" I asked after we were out of sight
"Hmmmm? What door?" they questioned innocently as we began descending a skinny spiral stair case, growing darker as we went deeper.
"The one that had the two guards in front of it--" I was nearly cut off
"Oh that's nothing. We just liked to have some extra security in the halls, and they must have heard us coming and moved out of the way and just so happened to have picked to stand in front of the door. They are silly sometimes: there is nothing behind that door." they said in a rapid tone, speeding up a little.
Well if they only moved out of the way, then how come they stayed put after we past....and watched us walk away?
I kept my thoughts to myself as we reached the bottom of the stairs and came to a large door. The servant struggled a little to push it open, but I could feel the heat coming out of the room as the opening grew. As the room came into view I was blown away.
"Welcome to the Forge, Sapnap" the servant said, leaning against the door
The place was huge, almost as big as the throne room. It has 4 large furnaces that came down from the ceiling that pressed against one wall with piles of coal surrounding them. The light of the fires was bright and seemed to be the main light source in the room. In the center of the room were long tables where many men stood shoulder to shoulder hard at work, crafting swords and armor fit for gladiators. Strewn about the walls was anything from chest plates to swords to daggers to axes fit to cut diamond like it was paper. My mouth hung open: I had never seen anything like it
"So, what do you think?" the servant asked, smiling slightly from my surprise
"What do I think??!?!? THIS IS SO COOL!!! The metal shop is nothing compared to this!!" I exclaimed
"hmm: the queen keeps them quite busy OH- speaking of which: she has assigned a special task for you"
They smugly beckoned me to follow. We walked over to a smaller work bench that was off to the side and away from the action I walked in on. I watched as he pulled out blueprints from the door of the work bench and laid them out in front of me.
The prints were for a sword: a simple double edge blade, but with a special spiked guard and gilded handle. It was a very interesting design choice: I had made many swords before, but I had never seen anything like this. This was more than a blade to put on the wall, no this blade was made to kill.
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(This is what the battle stick looks like)
"Wow, that is some sword"
"mmm yes, designed it herself" they replied with a cheerful tone
"Wait: PUFFY designed this sword" I was shocked, I didn't know that puffy was interested in things like this, let alone designing something like that herself.
"The QUEEN...yes, she requested to have the best man charged with the task of creating such a weapon.
"What does puff-I mean the queen have use for such a sword" yeah why the honk would she need such an OP sword for????
"I don't know: all I was told is that it needs to be perfect. Everything you will need to construct the sword is here: should you need help finding something, ask one of your new coworkers to assist you. Now if you will excuse me, I have other duties to attend to elsewhere. I will see you around and lastly welcome back"
"Thank you" I replied. They nodded and walked away.
Okay: time to get to work.
(time skip a full work day)
I referenced the blueprints to measure my progress for the day: I finished molding and shaping the blade, but I still need to sharpen it before I could fit it with a handle. I decided I would call it a day, wrapping up the blueprints and cleaning up my space. Everyone around me started to do the same.
I was one of the last people to leave as I took a while to figure out were everything went. I made my way out the door I came through and up the staircase. Once I got to the top, I looked around and realized my problem: I have no idea where the fuck I am. I was alone since I was the last one to leave, so I started to blindly wander around the castle trying to find my way out, hoping to find something familiar or even someone to help me.
Maybe I could find karl and we could talk about earlier...why did he say that? I reached up to feel the pendant around my neck
Eventually I found the hallway that I had come from and started to retrace my steps as best I could. I passed by all rooms the servant had shown me earlier, and then by the kitchen, but as I walked past the library, I noticed the door was wide open. I slowed to look inside: it was pitch black in there, I couldn't see a thing. As I stopped to look deeper, a pair of hands came out of the darkness and pulled me in by the shirt collar.
I was thrown into the darkness as I heard the door shut. My fight or flight kicked in and I was ready to fight even if I was blind. I saw sparks, and then a flame grow from a torch in the floor, and then the torch levitate in the air. As the flame grew and gave off more light, I saw who I was with.
"Wha--" my mouth was covered before I could finish
