Tinkerson sat in his favourite spot in the little cafe. He couldn't say why he liked this place so much. Maybe it was a resonance from his old life? He contemplated his spoils from the last few weeks.

He had made out surprisingly well over the last few months. While he had not made a lot of profit on the demi side, he had managed to get his hands on plenty of rarer material and funnily enough had even expanded on the rare coins that people were collecting, which he hadn't intended to do. He had found himself fascinated by them however. Again, he had plenty of mortal coinage and decided to keep hold of it for now rather then convert it to demi. He had sold the materials that he deemed that he would not need for his plans to Hepht who had been most happy to get some of the rarer ones he did not want.

It was now time to start to use another of his skills that he had not used. Elemental craftsman. He was planning to churn out some basic stuff, that might sell well to the people who visited him and get a feel for the skill. Maybe create some tools that be useful for himself. Then, he would make some equipment that would be suitable for the young epic. This would hopefully give him enough experience to craft something that would be useful for now, for himself. First however, he was going to have to find somewhere to craft. He focused a look on the cafe owner, who upon feeling his look, paid his attention to Tinkerson.

"Hey Henare. Do you know somewhere I can craft at? I am looking for a multicraft space really, so that I can craft all manner of things." Tinkerson knew from my book knowledge there were places like this. He did not know where or which would be good ones. Most of the shops were easy to look at and decide. The craft rooms were hidden away. he suspected it was another part of the academy testing.

"Hepht likes you. I think I send you to his uncle. Grane has a room that he rents out for this purpose. He will give you a good deal. Go two rows over and look for a weapons shop. There will most likely be a man sleeping in a chair there. Speak to him." So saying, Henare bustled Tinkerson out of the cafe and set him off in the right direction.

I found the shop in question and fortunately I didn't have to wake anyone up. I spoke to the older looking demigod there and told him who sent me and my name and why I was bothering him. He nodded and asked me how long I wanted the place for. I had three months before the team I spoke to would be back, and I had plenty to experiment with. He named a price for the three months. 6 demis was a bit pricey but I paid. As soon as I got into the craft section tho, I understood. Everything here was the best tools and such to use. By using this equipment I would probably be able to create better equipment then I expected. I sat down at the bench that was in the middle of the room and began to write down some ideas for equipment. Some of it was even going to be ideas I had from reading fantasy books in my old life. If they sold, fantastic. If they didn't, the practise would be good. For a good month I just churned out various bits and bobs and got used to the equipment I was using. There were some magical workaround for stuff. I was glad for that as I didn't fancy curing leather the old fashioned way. There were even some supplies I never even got but was able to use courtesy of Grane. I was going to be responsible for paying for them to be replaced but I was fine with that. Between that and soliciting advice from Grane, I was getting more then my money worth.

Grane at first just let me get on it. After a couple of days he asked me about a couple of the things I was making that were from the fantasy books I had read and thought them damn good ideas. As a result he had warmed towards me and gave me some practical advice towards making. I felt in my soul that there was serious progress being made on my skill list due to both making and the advice, But I held off looking for now. I even made a toolkit that could be lugged around and might come in useful. I doubt I could make quality products with them, but repair work was definitely a service I might be able to supply at a moment notice. I then spend a month making armour and weapons of all sort. Most of them varied in value, but since at the moment I was just trying to practice and figure out how to use different materials and how they reacted to being used the way they were, I was fine with this. I also found something out about myself.

I loved the complexity of it. Simple items did not interest me. Oh, for equipment that could be mass produced and was useful, I did not mind making a batch of here and there, but making basic stuff, did not interest me that much. For example, this sword I was making. Most of the swords I seen so far from the people who sold them me were basically hunks of metal given form. Oh sure, most of them were gotten from monsters who made it basically that way, just hammering it out. Those did not interest me. With the sword I was making, using the equipment in the room, I had blended two metals together for the blade, making it durable but ever so sharp. I had also made a handle out of what had looked to be some bone from a monster and a scabbard to go with it, made from the leather of a monster. I had melded the bone to the sword so it all looked to be one piece and then magically connected it to the scabbard, so that the sword would reappear in the scabbard. That was a brainwave I managed to do with dimensional construction. It end up with a status page like this.

Blade of Return

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Made by Tinkerson

This sword was created as a result of the demigod first crafting session. Due to his distaste of making it simple, he created out of multiple materials. As a result, the quality is lower then it could have been, but the effects drawn from the materials make it formidable.

Legendary quality

Effects

Return - Blade is connected to the scabbard. As a result, whenever the sword is willed by the owner back to the scabbard.

Sure Grip - This blade will never slip out of it owner's hand.

Ever strong, Ever sharp - This blade will never need sharpening. It will also never shatter unless the blade it is up against is higher then Epic.

All in all, I was pleased with it and thought it the best out of what I had made, weapon wise. as I stored it away, I realised I only had a month left. I used the first week to prep all the materials I was planning to use for Franky's stuff. I had come to realise, that I would hold off on mine. There had been a couple of things that I wanted to that I realised I did not have the materials for and also needed to study a bit more. As I could not go anywhere, it would not bother me to wait a while. The second week, I spent going over everything I had done over the past two months and a half, then studied some books on parts I thought I had been weak on. I discovered that I could have affixed elemental effects to what I had made as a finished effect but I shrugged thinking I would do that with my own, as that part seemed easy to do. It was the source materials that was hard to get hold of, but I was fortunate in that I had access to the city of the demigods. I could get hold of nearly most common elements.

When I had looked at Franky, I had gotten a status page like this.

Name: Franky Lerd Rank: Epic Class: Wood Warden Affiliations: Usiage's Adventurer Guild, Sario Iceshard's group Affinities: Flame/wood Game of Gods status: Unclaimed 34 years Bound equipment: Ring

Short and sweet, it told me all the information I needed to know about him. I had to look up his class, turned out it was a starter class that could be evolved, but was only used as a starter class for legendaries and above. While he was vulnerable to ice, his leader's main element, earth and fire combo meant he was hard to take down, with some nice offensive skills. I had also read his skills, but since I was only interested in weapons to use, I just browsed that. Axe and Crossbow were his two main weapons, with the crossbow being the main one.

I thought a while on armour. He would not want a all metal setup like the big guy he was with. But he certainly wouldn't want the light equipment the other man was carrying. Medium. Leather pants with toughened pads. Boots the same, but with thin metal soles and caps. An armoured shirt though, of lighter design then the big guy. Gloves that could take a beating but supple enough to pull a trigger on a crossbow along with vambraces. For a helmet however, viking style designed from his world with the flaps to help protect his ears and side of his face. This should enable him to be armoured where he needed to be, but able to take some punishment.

For the axe he was thinking a two handed battle axe. The shaft of the axe would be quite long to give him some reach if he needed to stay out of the close up. For the crossbow, He thought a cross between a medium and heavy would be best. The heavy was a bit unwieldy, but thanks to the materials he was using, he could scale it back to a medium sized one, without losing the power. He rubbed his hands together here. This would be a fun one to make.

For equipment, He would make a necklace with some protective effects and a belt that infused some speed and strength. He then finished off with two bands that could fit on his arm between the armored shit and the vambraces. He rooted through his box trying to get an idea for a ring when he came across a particular material that he had intended to play with, trying to figure out what he could do with it. He stared at it and grinned. If he had time, he would do that too.

The next two weeks went by, and all the equipment was made, including the mystery ring. Everything had turned out better then he had expected, although he had nearly fumbled the ring and just managed to finish it. It turned out ok, but he was a bit disappointed. When he had told Grane however, Grane had read him the riot act. Apparently, what he had done with that, if it had gone wrong, could have ruined the workshop and killed him. Grane was ok once he calmed down, but had said if Tinkerson was going to muck around with stuff like that one, best he do that in a specialised room. He then gave an address for where to do that. Grane had said elemental effects were best done in a damn enchantment room, with finished equipment, or at least the fiddly bits done there if it wasn't finished. He went back to his room to sleep. Ready to meet the team refreshed, the next day.