In Electri-City...
[This chapter was written by a friend of mine, Alex.]
(Alex POV)
I'm preparing new weapons in my workshop. for the resistance against the inevitable battle with Dark Knight when an unexpected guest shows up. "Tombstone?" I ask, confused. He almost never comes to my kingdom so it must be important. "I've come to ask you for something." He asks. "What is it?" I return. He seems to hesitate for a moment before responding. "I want you to make me a new weapon." I start wondering why he would ask me for a new weapon, did his crossbow break? "Why? Your crossbow seems to be in working order." I say inspecting the weapon. If you didn't know, I made all the elemental weapons that me and my allies use.
"No, my crossbow is fine, it's just that... I thought with the battle against Dark Knight and Seviathan getting closer, I'm gonna need something stronger." I ponder this for a moment, while yes, the elemental weapons are the best of my creations, his crossbow was always one that I was a bit iffy on. I'm not particularly good with ranged weapons. I take a moment to respond. "Well, if you want me to make you something new, I'm gonna need a description of what you want and your old weapon."
He seems confused by the last part. "Why do you need my crossbow?" He asks. "The metal I used for it is rare and having more than one elemental weapon bound to you can wear out your power, making you weaker." He (rather hesitantly) hands me his crossbow. "I want something that's still useful in ranged combat, but has a main focus in close-quarter combat." He tells me. I ponder what I could make for him before coming up with an idea. "Stay here I'm gonna melt this down." I say, holding up the crossbow." And get to work on your new weapon." I leave for the forge.
(Some Hours Later...)
(Tombstone POV)
Alex comes back with something glowing purple covered in ornate wrappings, I can also hear the jingling of chains. I can tell that this is made from my old crossbow because I can feel the same magical connection with it. "So, what'd you make for me?" I ask with anticipation. "It's one of my best works yet! I imbued cursed flames into them so they wither away your opponents with prolonged attacks. I also took into account your unique genetic makeup and made it so that you can pull them from your body from anywhere!" Them? He made me two? "Them? I thought you said that having more than one could wear out my magic?" He seems understanding of the situation. "They are technically two weapons, but they're bound together with ethereal chains to make them one whole weapon! That part, in particular, was tricky..."
"I give to you..."
He unwraps my new weapons
"The Claws of Parasite!"
I gape at the beauty of my new weapons before eagerly grabbing the handles of the weapons, the chains then automatically wrap themselves around my forearms and bind themselves to me. I feel my body start to change, my body become shapeless and inky black for a moment before returning back to normal. I feel different, like my body is more malleable as I touch my face and my mouth seems wider and my teeth have become sharp. It felt like the Claws of Parasite reformed my whole body. "So, what do ya think?" Alex asks me, wanting my opinion on the new weapons. "I think..." I respond, giving them a quick swing by the chains.
"They're Perfect."
(Alex POV)
As I watch Tomb admire his new weapons I get an alert from the front gates that Jordi, AJ, and Kris are back and that they've brought a guest! Interesting...
