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"So why do they call you Sooty? . . " I asked curiously as he began rumbling through his display, his face suddenly turned to me .
"You haven't heard of The great Sooty Balefire? . . . " He said looking extremely excited .
"Wait the Sooty the Famous inventor who helped develop the weaponry for the War machines of Xoria???!!!" Jay and Helen gasped in shock .
"Yup that's me!!!" He said standing proudly .
"What do you mean? . . . " Daisy and I asked slightly confused why the individual in front of us seemed like a renowned hero .
"To be honest . . . . it wasn't all me, my Son did most the work he has a greater mind then even me . " He smiled with so much glee like the proudest parent in the world .
"That's weird there was no mention of your son in any of the stories and recounts . " Grace asked .
"Ahhh that's because he's lazy and doesn't want to be well known . " He replied chuckling shaking his has in disagreement .
"Is this your son? . . . " I asked noticing a picture of two male and male gnome with a slightly taller male between them with a completely bandaged arm .
"Yes yes . . . like his late mother he had a brilliant mind . . . . . Sadly she up in the heavens now . " He answered with a giant sigh .
"So why are you nicknamed Sooty? . . " Daisy asked .
"Well this great man somehow managed to forge weapons that shot what could only be described as Hell flames . . . . . " Grace explained .
"Hell flames? . . " I asked in shock at the horrific name .
"Yes . . . . the flames would carry on burning till there was nothing left . . . " Helen added .
"Yes despite the enemies best efforts they weren't able to extinguish it . . . . " Jay also added .
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"That sounds horrible . . . " I replied in shock .
"Yes . . . . . Sadly it was one of the very few things effective against the invaders . . . . they all had incredible regenerative abilities . . . . . " Jay explained .
"Yes . . . . those were very dark times . . . " Balefire replied looking as if remembering a nightmare causing me to remain silent unable to even comprehend what everyone went through .
"Yes so after the war, I now reside in this small little shop following my love and dreams, to make small inventions for the everyday folk . " Balefire smiled taking out a pair of goggles from the shelf . "These are one of my personal favourites . . . . no very important for you Elves and Tieflings, but you two might find it very useful . " He said pointing at Jay and I . "Catch!" He smiled chucking it to me .
"Okay? . . . " I hesitantly agreed holding it in front of my eyes trying to see what they do .
"This is what I call . . . . Goggles of Dark Seeing!!!" He said smiling issuing me to try them on .
Putting them on I instantly recognized this as some sort of thermal goggles as all of use appearing a mixture of green and orange . . . . and inorganic objects a pale grey and dark grey with everything we've touch glowing a dark blue momentarily as we passed on some heat .
"Woah . . . . how did you make thermal goggles? . . " I asked in complete shock .
"OHHH my that's an amazing name for them!!! 'Thermal Goggles . . . . ' . " Balefire replied in awe waving spreading both is hands in the sky .
"Thermal goggles? . . " Everyone else asked confused .
"Yes yes . . . the materials the lenses are crafted from . . . . . A special compound of materials that can sense different temperatures in objects . " He began to explain .
"Yeah!!!! . . . And because everything loses and gains heat at different rates . . . . . it basically allows me to see in zero light!" I replied in amazement .
"Ohhhh aren't you the brainy one!!!!!" Balefire replied in amazement and began shuffling more into a shelf .
"Wow . . . . " I said in wonder how he managed to imitate technology from back home as I carried on looking around .
"Ohh can I try? . . " Helen asked completely fascinated at them .
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"Sure I said taking them off and passing them to Helen blinking my eyes to adjust to the colour change .
"Ohhhh this is amazing!!!!" Helen instantly beamed looking around frantically like a child . "This is way better than our dark vision! We just see normally in day and night . . . but this reveals thing that might otherwise be invisible… . . " She explained still smiling from ear to ear .
"Ahh yes yes this is great!!!! . . . . I know another thing that will peak your interest!!!" Balefire said quickly running to get a ladder to reach one of the higher shelves .
"Have you ever heard of Artificing? . . . " Jay asked inspecting small gadgets on another shelf .
"Artificing? . . . is that when you youngsters infuse Arcanum or spells into objects, no? . . " Balefire replied still rummaging deep into a shelf .
"Yes I believe so . . . " Jay replied to him .
"Ahhh Artificing was kinda my son's thing . . . . . How do you say it? . . . . . You can't teach an old dog new tricks . " He chuckled to himself . "Ahh here it is finally!!! . . . . . " He said struggling to pull out something .
"Need some help? . . " Daisy asked with a giant smile .
"Yes dear . . . . please take this . . Be careful it's very heavy!" He said struggling to move a large heavy suit case .
"Woah . . . you wasn't joking this is a little heavy . . . " Daisy said taking it from him grunting a little form the weight and placing it down on the floor with a huge thud . "What is this? . . " She asked utterly fascinated .
"This magnificent creation I call it!!! The 'Cold box!!!!' . " He said filled with excitement opening it up . "This magnificent creation!!! With the use of ice!!! It can keep the box at cold temperatures to keep anything in its contents from rotting!!!" He said extremely excited opening it .
We all peered into the large suitcase with a tiny compartment to store maybe one small items to be kept chilled . " . . . . . Ohhhhh we've seen something like this but much bigger and a lot more spacious . " We admitted to Balefire causing him to look slightly down .
"No way . . . . In all my travels I have never seen or heard of anything like this!!" He argued .
"Maybe we was mistaken . . . by any chance could you tell us a little more about this city?? . . . . why is everyone so crazy and drunk??? . . " Jay asked .
"Ahhhh you see . . . . everyone who works in the mines or smiths use the drinks and parties as a sort of escape . " Balefire answered packing away his mini fridge, after struggling putting it back on a shelf he pushed it to the side against a wall . "As for why they are so jittery . . . is because of this . " he said running behind his counter pulling out a case of vials .
"What's that??? . . . " We all asked, Jay and Grace picking up vial inspecting the light blue translucent liquid with speckles of silver and gold .
"This is called Phoenix blood elixir . . . . . " Balefire answered .
"They use Phoenix blood . . . to make these? . . . . . " I asked in shock .
"Phoenixs don't exist . . . . they are only legends . . . . " Jay answered me .
"No no . . . it's made from some plants . . . . it was given this name because it re-energizes the drinker making them feel refreshed . " Balefire answered .
" . . . . so everyone here takes it? . . . " Helen asked feeling worried .
"Yes yes . . . . . Well not me but almost everyone does . . . to meet quotas and increase productivity also, everyone drinks these to make more money . . . . and well… . To stay in the job aswel… . Kinda a vicious cycle . . . . " Balefire answered looking very grim .
"So I guess there's a very negative side effect?? . . . . " Jay asked noticing his reaction .
"Yes sadly . . . . it's very addictive and nothing can really replace real sleep and rest . . . . . " He answered Jay .
"Surly such a drug must be illegal in Aspa . " Grace asked looking completely surprised .
"Nope . . . . this drug is totally legal . . . . in fact it's heavily marketed to land cities of Aspa to increase productivity, giving the populace dreams of increasing wealth and standing . " He answered taking a seat on his high stool .
"But . . . I've never heard of such news . . . . . " Jay said in utter shock .
"Lemme guess . . . . you hear about all the glitz and glam of the sky cities and the Grand fleet??? . . . . " Balefire asked .
"Yeah . . . . . " Helen, Grace and Jay replied .
"Yeah . . . . . Sadly people only hear and see what they want to . . . . . No one cares about how Aspa maintains their production and the land cities that supply them . " Balefire answered .
"May I ask . . . why you decided stay??? . . . I'm sure you could be a lecture or even a teacher in Atlantis or even head artificer in Aspa . " Jay asked politely .
"I chose to stay because I met my late wife here . . . . . And this very workshop is where I taught and brought up my son . " He said proudly with a hint of sadness . "This is my town, I can't leave my town . " He added .
"So where is your son now?? . . . . He must be doing amazing things . " Jay asked .
"My son? . . . . he said he wanted to learn and experiment more in Artificing . . . . . Probably in the sky cities . . . . . Sadly I havn't seen him for a while . . . . . But he sends back plenty of money for me to have no worries . " Balefire smiled extremely proudly .
"Would it be too much to ask for you to come see out teacher??? . . " Helen asked kindly .
"Hmmm . . . . . what if you tell me the secret to your 'cold box', I'll come with you . " He smiled causing everyone to look at me hoping I could help .
"I mean . . . . . I kinda know how a refrigerator works and an ice box . . . . I'm sure I can . . . . " I replied trying to desperately work out how they work .
"Refrigerator????" Balefire asked looking confused .
"Ahhh I mean cold box . . . " I replied correcting myself .
"Ohhh so you can tell me???"He asked me looking extremely happy .
"Sure . . . . . " I hesitantly replied frantically trying to remember how a fridge operates
"Great lemme grab my things and close up . " Balefire jumped in excitement quickly sweeping some things into his pocket and went around the back for a minutes or two .
"Are you sure it's okay to tell him about Artificing from Emilia's home???? . . . . " Daisy asked a little worried
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"I'm sure it's alright . . . . . Besides this is only a hologram anyways . " Jay smiled .
"Ohhh true true . . . . . "Daisy nodded in agreement .
"Alright I'm all ready to set off . . . . . Balefire came walking out learning the way out his shop and locking the door behind us .