"I am a mage, Atsuma, I don't need weapons like this, I can efficiently defend myself with my magical knowledge. But, the blade is pretty, I like it, I think I will keep it."
Atsuma nodded at her, then knelt in front of the pile and grabbed a sword that laid there. "Not a bad piece of work but not my style," he said and put the sword aside. "Too heavy."
"I see why, you are too frail," Lexi joked and Atsuma couldn't contain a chuckle. He was frail looking that was for sure, so Lexi's joke hadn't hurt him.
Atsuma headed to another pile a few minutes later. There were just too many things he could choose and yet he could not, he was having a hard time choosing something. On the other hand, Lexi was already done making her selections, and she had decided to stay with him. She had chosen the thunder blade, a nifty looking satchel that apparently she had liked for the many compartments it offered and a beautiful necklace that had a red gem hanging from a golden chain. All magical items, she had informed Atsuma.
"Maybe you should get a necklace too," Lexi teased from her spot, eyeing the young warrior as he rummaged through the pile. "And give it to that beautiful dragir, I can tell she likes you."
Hearing that, Atsuma turned around but did not stand up. "What beautiful dragir?" he asked as he stayed on all four, like a canine, which made Lexi laugh.
Lexi replied then. "That female from house Manthys," she said. "What other beautiful dragir is there to see in our group, huh? Yosh and Axle are handsome, not beautiful."
"I don't know, maybe you?" Atsuma eyed the dragir and watched in satisfaction as her smile vanished.
"Don't be silly, I am not beautiful like that Manthys female."
"Oh, ever the victim," Atsuma said and grabbed an amulet that held some sort of carved being from a green gemstone. "You both are pretty young ones, I am sure...like this amulet."
Lexi could of had made Atsuma say more, but she noticed how his attention was on the amulet he had found.
"Let me see," she went to him. Atsuma stood up and held the amulet out to her.
"Oh, it's so pretty," she said as she took it from him. "What manner of being is this, anyway? Has wings and holds some sort of sword..."
"Beats me," Atsuma sighed. "Well, can you tell if it is magical?"
"Of course it is, silly," Lexi eyed him briefly, then her eyes went back to the amulet. "I can just feel its magical energy flowing...it's some sort of summoning piece...but it wont obey my command."
"What?" Atsuma asked. "Are you trying to summon it forth? Give me that." And he reached for it but Lexi was too quick, spinning herself a bit so that Atsuma just grabbed air.
"Wait," she pleaded. "Stay put. Go find your other two items while I find out more on this one...I know it belongs to you if you want it...but let me hold it for a few minutes more, okay?"
"Alright," Atsuma said, then went back to the pile. He digged in and removed some heavy armors and items and his eyes suddenly came upon an object he had never seen before. He quickly grabbed it with trembling, excited hands and then stood up as he held it. Lexi noticed him and saw that he held a weird item, or weapon, or whatever it was that he held. She headed to him right away. "Now what have you found, At?"
"At?"
"Short for Atsuma, hope you don't mind. I'd call you it, too, but I am afraid you will mind."
"I won't," Atsuma said, his voice charismatic. "What is this, Lexi? Do you know?"
"Never seen such thing before," Lexi said, observing the object with her dark orbs.
"It looks like some sort of weapon," Atsuma pointed out. "Look, it's got two long barrels and holes at the end, a sort of trigger, a pink gem stone and it is...heavy."
"Heavy?" Lexi laughed. "Then put it back down, I thought we had agreed that heavy objects were too much for you."
"Not that heavy but heavy nonetheless, feel its weight." Atsuma offered her the piece and she took it with one hand. She knew it was heavy alright, though she could still hold it aloft. She knew if she held it out like that for a minute her arm would tire and possibly go numb.
"It is heavy," she said, handing the object back to him. "But the magical gem is not the cause."
"Then what is?" Atsuma took the object back.
"Maybe the Zora will explain? She did say she would... Anyway, I just know that it is magical, you'd do well in keeping it."
"I think I will," Atsuma said, eyeing her. "I've never seen anything like this before. Anyway...we've been here like ten minutes already. I better get that third item and be out of here."
"Yes, we should. So I will help you find that third item if that is okay with you."
"It is," Atsuma said. "So help me find something where I could keep or store this heavy thing, I don't want to be carrying it around all the time." He blurted out laughing and so did the female dragir.
"I can easily make you a holster for it," she said. "No, Atsuma, my best advice to you is that you seek something else that is magical. You are a warrior, not a mage like me."
"And what is that suppose to mean?" Atsuma glanced at her as he started back for the pile.
(Continues)