Forging a Friendship {Kate Bell}

[cloudman]

Vingnir sat down in the park, having had enough of his walking for the day. He looked up, and as he did so the dangling parts of his headgear brushed against his shoulders, eliciting a small smile from the demon weapon. Vingnir had pushed his hat all the way down, and so the lenses he currently had installed - which were the radiation detecting ones - transformed the image of the bright blue sky into that of a swirling mass of colours and dots; not dissimilar to a kaleidescope. Vinny's smile grew into a grin as the wonders of nature were splayed out in front of him.

It was a nice day.

That was the lone reason he had come to the park today. And wasn't it good enough? What happened to the good times wherein sunshine and nature were enough to force oneself out of the comfort of one's drab box one called a home and really become immersed in the world in which one lived?

...or at least, that's what someone with a little poetic appreciation would have been thinking. Vinny, on the other hand, was not thinking such sophisticated thoughts. Rather, the demon rocket hammer's thoughts were more focused on things such as the feel of the grass against his arms, or the sight of a bird teaching its chicks to fly. Vinny's thoughts were more focused on the people also partaking in the mutual enjoyment of Death City's park, of what nature herself had plonked right here in the middle of the Nevada Desert.

Vinny's thoughts were more focused on the simple things.

And that suited him, really. Not everyone had to be Einstein-level intelligent. Not everyone had to be clever. Vingnir was fine being simple.

He tinkered with some scrap metal as he rested; a pastime that had become almost instinct for his slender fingers. Vinny mentally assembled a blueprint for a sculpture of a woman. All he needed to do was find a model...

"You'll do nicely." He murmured to himself, selecting a girl with orange hair dressed in robes in the vicinity. Model selected, Vingnir set about putting the pieces together. With timed partial transformation into his demon weapon form - a rocket hammer - the Shibusen student easily welded pieces together. Within minutes he was finished. It was an almost like for like replica of the stranger. Happy with his work, Vinny got up with the intention to show it to her.

"OI! MISS!" He shouted. Vingnir was never one for tact. Immediately most of the eyes within his proximity were on him. The demon weapon was always one for attention, although on this occasion it had been garnered unintentionally. Oblivious to this fact, Pulometis ran over to the subject of his sculpture.

"I'm Vingnir, but you can call me Vinny. Uh...I made this for you...person..." He trailed off in his introduction. The demon rocket hammer was just lost in the girl's eyes. She was pretty, there was no doubt about that. The one time he had read a poetry book came to mind as he observed the girl's reaction.

When I saw you, with smile so tender
My heart was captured, my soul surrendered..

"Uhm, I'm sorry; I never caught your name. What was it again? Snapping back to the real world, Vinny realised that he wanted to get to know the stranger. Someone that nice-looking had to be awesome to match!

[sowilu]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #ffffff; opacity:0.7; border: 3px solid #fd813b; color: #000000] Everything else would dry and die on one of the hottest place of the earth: The desert. But this was not just an ordinary place with some normal conditions. This was Dead City and it was located in the middle of a desert, while there was a green park with species and races of animals and plants that would normally not live under this conditions. Everything really was extraordinary about this place, but still it was too warm. Every day was the same: Hardly any rain made the air dry and warm and she was dressed on the warm weather. Again also in her normal style of dressing: Kimono’s and other oriental clothes. Kate was at the park, because she had no school this day and she enjoyed the looks and sound of the environment. It was a good moment for her hobby: Drawing. She sat on a bench with a sketch book in her hand where she was drawing all kind of fast sketches of everything she was seeing that was interesting. A flower was in black pencil line with many details on her paper, and a bird was flying above it. Animals and Flowers where the things she could draw well, she however did not was able to draw humans and landscapes properly, also she just did not liked that. Now it was time to color the flower, and next to her she had a bag. She reached to it and out of it she picked a few colored pencils and started to color the flower as good as she could from what she was seeing from the real flower. It was a pink flower, with small petals but a heart that was dark purple of color. The female Weapon did not notice that a male was watching her, and most of all crafting something that would look exactly like her. She was too concentrated on her own piece of art that she was creating. She only noticed something when a male next to her was shouting. Not sure if it was for her, but automatically she looked up. There was a male looking at her, so it must have been him who called her and there was something in his hands that was pulling her attention. It seemed to be a piece of art from metal, and from what she was seeing it was a female, and it did looked quite a lot like her. Surprised she stared at the metal art for a moment until the men started to introduce him self and told his name. Vingir, but preferred to be called Vinny. She smiled at him and looked at the piece of art. She really was curious how he made that, when it was made and how long it did take. “ That is.. Just amazing.” She said as she pointed to the little replica. Kate really liked it and she always admired people that where good at a thing. She liked art in any style and that’s why she liked drawing allot too. Then he said he did not knew her name and Kate blushed a moment because she noticed she did had not the manners to introduce herself when he had done that and she smiled a bit shy. “Oh yes, I’m sorry I was surprised by you that I forgot. My name is Kate.” She said as she smiled at him and raised her hand to him. “What you have made is so beautiful, it is exactly looking like me. When did you made it and how?” She asked curious, trying to get into a conversation with the male. He was quite attractive and she sure would not mind to know him better.

[cloudman]

“ That is.. Just amazing.” The girl complimented Vingnir on his statuette of her, and at this the demon weapon smiled. It was good that she liked it. The girl gave the same reaction as everyone else whenever he made things for them. Surprise, and then elation. Of course, Vinny wasn't one to go looking for compliments; rather, compliments seemed to go looking for him.

“Oh yes, I’m sorry I was surprised by you that I forgot. My name is Kate.” At this Vingnir chuckled. In hindsight, he guessed he had been a little loud. The demon rocket hammer handed the statuette to its model.

“What you have made is so beautiful, it is exactly looking like me. When did you made it and how?” A question? People never asked questions. They just took his little piece of awesome and doted over it. Vingnir's creations weren't awesome for a reason; they just were. He tried to answer as best he could.

"Oh, I kinda just took some scrap metal and welded it and hammered it into a basic female figure, and then made sure the temperature was just right for optimal bending capacity. After that, I just needed a model. And I chose you. The kimono was kinda challenging, but I think I pulled it off...I did it just know, over there..." Finishing the most technical conjecture he'd ever uttered, Vingnir pointed to the point at which he was previously sitting. Smiling a satisfied smile, the demon rocket hammer realised he was hungry.

"Uhm, Kate - d'you wanna grab a bite to eat? I'm kinda hungry! I know it's far and all, but I can just do this..." Trailing off again, Vingnir displayed his partial transformation. His right hand gave off a red light before becoming shrouded in it. When the glow eventually faded, in the place of his appendage was the damage end of a hammer, complete with wings. Vingnir jumped onto it, stumbling clumsily as he did so, but retained his balance. The wings pulled down by themselves, and instantly a rocket stream erupted from the bottom. A small black circle was left of the grass underneath Vinny's 'vehicle'.

Oblivious to Kate's probable surprise, Vingnir continued.

"Just hop on back, it'll be fun! I mean, we can take it around the park for a spin!"

[sowilu]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #ffffff; opacity:0.7; border: 3px solid #fd813b; color: #000000] He made it sound like it was so easy but Kate was sure she was not able to do anything like that. Yet the male explained how he did it, and even showed that he was a weapon, just like her. It surprised her, but it did not made her completely shocked as she was a weapon herself either. The difference between the male and the female was that she was not able to do a partial transformation. She smirked when he was talking about crafting a little piece of art like that was something he always did and that he always picked out random people as a model. Yet she felt flattered. Then he asked if she wanted something to eat because he was hungry and if she wanted to join him. Kate wasn’t really hungry but she sure wanted to go with him. The guy was quite interesting and they both seem to like art. Maybe a different kind of art, because she was more into painting and drawing and he into crafting metal: but the basic was the same: They did make something. The transportation vehicle, or how she needed to call it, was not quite the way she liked to travel. She was afraid of heights and it did not really looked quite safe. She herself was quite clumsy and she knew that so even if it was completely safe she still was able to fall off or do something stupid to harm her and maybe the male too. “No long ride please.” She said as she sat down behind him, folding her arms around his waist. “It looks really scary.” She said as she spoke against his shoulder. She did not really noticed that she was folding her arms around him tightly, scared of falling off. She did not even dare to watch. Meanwhile she was just mentally praying that it was save and that it was wise what she was doing right now and not some foolish mistake. Why did she even agree with it anyway? Oh yes, because she liked him and because he looked so friendly. She really hoped it was worth it.

[cloudman]

Thankfully, Kate climbed on. She clung tightly to Vingnir's waist, which the demon weapon appreciated. There was barely enough room for them both, and he would hate to have to end this day in tragedy. Vinny grinned and she settled herself.

“No long ride please.” Said Kate. Vingnir could feel the girl's face pressing into his back. Poor thing; she was probably rather terrified. Of course, Vinny was completely oblivious to this. He took a glance at Kate and realised that she had shut her eyes.

Is she sleepy?

He thought, unaware that anyone could be scared of a rocket ride with a stranger. The truth was revealed to him, however, with Kate's next words.

“It looks really scary.” So she was scared, was she? Why? Everything was perfectly safe...

...kinda.

"No worries - just hold on tight and you'll be fine. Come on, let's take it for a spin around the park and then out for lunch, yeah?" Vingnir ended his speech with a question, although he wasn't really asking anything. The demon weapon leaned forward, and the rocket lurched. Suddenly the pair were sent at a brisk pace through into the more wooded area of the park. Tree after tree whizzed past, quickly becoming a blur as Vingnir became more daring. He started to link turns too, turning the park into a makeshift slalom course. After two minutes the demon weapon started veering towards the exit.

"Now, we can go eat!"

[sowilu]

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[atrb=style, font-family: Tahoma; word-spacing: 1px; text-align: justify; background: #ffffff; opacity:0.7; border: 3px solid #fd813b; color: #000000] He maybe said that she did not needed to be scared but that did not helped much for her. It was not the fact that she did not trusted him, because she did wanted to trust him, but it more was the fact that she did not trusted her own clumsiness. She probably would end up doing something stupid. Not that she would explain him that. So she just stayed quiet and kept her eyes shut. When they flew awat and nothing badly was happening she started to feel more relaxed, maybe this was not so bad after all. Her grip around his waist was loosen up a bit, but still secure enough to be save and not being able to fall down. For a moment she felt curious of where they where flowing now, and what he was doing. She was able to feel the movement, because the wind blew trough her hair, but she was unaware of what he really was doing. For a split second she opened her eyes to look and she already regretted it as soon as she even opened her eyes. They were going so fast, and sometimes the trees where so close that it was a miracle for Kate that they didn’t hit anything yet. Kate let out a squeal and closed her eyes again, making sure her warms where again tight around his waist. She then decided she would not open her eyes again until she would know for sure that they were standing still, close to the ground. She already did not was really hungry, she just wanted to be in his company, but now her whole appetite was gone. Not that she would blame Vingir for that. It was her fault for being afraid of heights. If she was not so damn afraid she maybe would have liked it. She maybe would have even considered trying again, but that would be if she was not scared of it. Now she just would be glad with some solid ground under her feet. At least the male had seemed to enjoy himself and that was something Kate was glad about.

[cloudman]

The ride ended rather abruptly, with Vingnir cutting the rockets and letting the hammer slide smoothly along the grass before coming to a stop on the pavement. The demon weapon ushered Kate off of the hammer-cum-seat, and ended his partial transformation. After waiting for his companion to rise, Vinny took Kate's hand in his own.

"Come on, let's go find a restaurant or something~" He said. He began to walk off in a random direction, tugging Kate along with him. It was nice, holding her hand; the girl had soft, lithe fingers that contrasted with his own more rugged hands. As they walked, the demon weapon mentally began his next statuette of his new friend. Only this time...he'd use much better quality metal...and maybe he'd paint it too!

As the pair left the park, Vingnir pondered his choices. Why did he choose Kate as a model? Why did he decide to take her for lunch - they'd only just met! To be honest, he didn't know. The rocket hammer felt some kind of attraction to her; as if being around her was somehow...right. He guessed that if he went with his gut, then answers would be revealed. So maybe that was his reason? Vinny was playing Sherlock?

Deep down, he knew that that was far from likely.