David and the others have already gathered at the table near the fireplace. Sunny and Annoce join them. Once everyone is there Ember walks over to the group. “Today is the last day of the tournament. Do you mind if I ask how many computations your lot entered?” David chuckles, “Our group only did three. We were here more to sell goods than test our strengths.” Zane chuckles at this. “True but I had a fine time playing with a dragon shifter.”
She looks at him puzzled. “Our kind normally stay away from this. We are not ones to want to put ourselves in the spotlight. It has never ended well when we are in that light.” She shudders and sighs. David nods. “I understand. It may have been a fledgling that took part. I hope he or she did not win. I know you want to remain out of the line of sight.” She nods. “Well I will let you enjoy your meal. Please let me know if you have need of anything.” They wave her off and start to eat as she heads back to her mate. He takes her in his arms and kisses her forehead.
After they had finished eating they left. David and Sunny heading for the shop. Annoce takes Latsol with him to explore. Jess and Zane heading out for a run. They had all agreed to meet up when it was time for the award giving ceremony. David and Sunny look at the orders left and smile. “There are a few more we can do here. However, the rest we will have to finish at the home forge. We will be finished today with these orders well before we need to be where we said. What are your plans when we are done?’ David asks.
Sunny smiles and starts to work on the blade that is ready to be sharpened. “I will find Annoce and walk around with him. Maybe you can take over watching Latsol so we may plan our wedding. Though we will wait until we are back home to have this.” David smiles and laughs before saying, “So the boy finally asked you did he? I am happy for you. Are you wanting to make his ring?” She blushes and nods. “I would like to make his ring from the dwarven ore we have at home. Though I can not do the finer workings on something so small that I would love to have on the ring.”
David smiles and nods. “I will go see if one of the two shops has some that I may buy. This way when we are finished with the last three orders we may start on that ring you want.” She smiles and nods. “I will work on the next order until you come back.” He nods and heads out whistling softly. He is happy to know she will be in good hands after the wedding. He knows Annoce will be a good man to her.
He goes to the first one but has no luck. They have used all the ore they brought with them. He thanks them for their time and walks to Ragonier’s shop. Ragonier had not spoken one word of whom the token belonged to. The others in his group had asked. He simply shook his head and went back to work. When David showed up the group was shocked. They turned to Ragonier and looked as if they were betrayed.
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Ragonier looks at David and shakes his head. “What have you shown up for? I know what I have promised, however they did not know you were still alive.” He looks over his group with a glare. “We will not speak of whom is before you. The rest do not need to know he is alive and well.” His men nod their heads. “Thank you for agreeing to this. I have come to see if you have any dwarven ore left. Mithril if you have any. I wish to help Sunny make a wedding ring for her betrothed. She wishes to make it herself however the details she is wanting on it are troublesome on this scale for her.”
Ragonier smiled at hearing the news. “I have some on hand. I always carry enough for a ring or three when we travel. We do not often handle rings. I will give you enough to make the ring. I will also send Vokherlig over when the day is half done. Does this sound agreeable?” David nods and shakes hands with Ragonier. “How much do I owe you for the ore and the help?” Ragonier shakes his head and chuckles. “Nothing. This is our wedding gift to your daughter. Your mother would want us to help.” David smiles and laughs, “What you say is true though I did not think you would. I was willing to pay.”
They laugh at what he is saying. Vokherlig chuckles and says. “I will see you in a bit. Go help your daughter get ready. Should I bring my special tools for the ring making?” “I will and I would say yes. I did not think to bring ours with us on this trip. As Ragonier said there is not much work for rings here.” Vokherlig chuckles and nods. “I will bring mine then. It is not a bit of trouble. I prefer working with my own anyways.”
David waves and walks back to Sunny with the mithril ore in hand. She had just finished the second order when he came back. She looks up and sees him smiling as he walks up to her. “I will take that smile to mean you found the ore you were looking for and we can start the ring?” “That we can, my dear. We will even have the help from an old friend of mine. Do you know what you wish to be on the ring?” David says.
She smiles softly and nods, “I wish to have the meleth symbol and the silver oak leaves as well.” David chuckles and nods “This will make a lovely wedding ring. How many more orders do we have that need doing?” “One more that we are able to do here. The rest we do not have enough ore for.” He nods and sets to work the last order. Sunny starts working on sharpening the other two orders.
She finished those and sets them to the side ready for the customers. She looks at the order for the last one and notices that the customer does not want the blade sharpened. She smiles and waits for David to be finished with the blade. She takes out a piece of paper and charcoal to start drawing the ring. She sits and draws this out in an hour. By the time she is done David has finished the order and Vokherlig is walking up to their shop.
She does not know he is there to help with the ring. “Hello how may I help you?” Vokherlig chuckles, “I am here to see David and help with a ring.” David chuckles as he walks over, “I see you are early. That is fine, we just finished our orders. You can set up on the table near the forge. Sunny have you finished the design for the ring?” She shows him the drawing she had made. Vokherlig takes a look and smiles.
“This will be a beautiful ring when all the work is done. I will put together the pot we will need to melt the ore.” David nods, “Sunny I will need you to keep Annoce away awhile he and I work on this. I know you want the ring to be a surprise for him. The award ceremony should be starting in an hour or so.” Sunny chuckles, “There are a few shops I wished to look at. I will have him accompany me to them. Though keeping Latsol from pocketing items may be a challenge. We should be able to manage.” David waves her off. “Have fun and give us till nightfall. I hope we are finished by then.”