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[a_noble_flame]

[What comes first through the flung open door of Alice's communion is warmth. To some a warm spring day, to others an inviting hearth banked to a low, slow fire. Or maybe it's a campfire, a ring of bright light against the encroaching darkness. However it is viewed it's inviting, calling for rest and calm.

She's nudged her way into several communions by now but she's never opened herself up at large and it shows. Or maybe it's just that Alice is never one to hide much save the emotions she keeps buried away beyond the light of her fire and warmth.

Alice herself ... well, her image of herself is fuzzy. Ever present fire eats at her heels and in times of passion might silhouette her. She herself though is only as sharp as her mental image of herself and she's obviously not that great at conjuring it up.

At least she still feels warm though? And her tone of voice is the same even if her words are quite business-like.]

I apologize if I'm doing this wrong in some way.

[Apology given, she dives in.]

I would like to find someone to commission a sword from. I wish to be prepared for future fighting and in order to do so I really do need to keep up my training with my other weapons as well. My current weaponry can only offer so much in terms of weight and distance.

[... Should she give an example of what she wants to commission? She's drawn up something by hand, exact specifications given from memory and years of handling this particular weapon of hers.

Amusingly -- or maybe not -- Alice's mental image of the Mähne is much clearer than her mental image of herself. It's a good six foot in length, two longswords butted end to end with grips between them.]

I have saved up some for this and am willing to work off the extra should what I have not cover the cost fully.

[... How do you close these out? Just ... leave it open for communication? There's a sweep of heat as Alice flusters just a touch.]

Th-thank you. I appreciate any assistance that can be offered.

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[sheezit]

I wouldn't say common, but it was also... not uncommon? At least where I come from, I mean. It took a special kind of blacksmith and the right materials, but you could imbue any kind of weapon with magic, from swords to lances and even bows.

Aside from that, you have stuff like the Heroes Relics-- they're not exactly magic, and only people with Crests can wield them to their full potential, but they have all kinds of special abilities in combat. And then you have stuff like my sword, which not even the more scholarly people in Fodlan could explain beyond telling me it's definitely not like those Relics...

[ There's a bit of frustration at that last part, but he's quick to shake it off. No use dwelling on his personal mysteries now. ]

Honestly, just saying that all out loud just makes me realize Fodlan must sound real weird to any outsiders, huh?

[a_noble_flame]

[Watch as it just now hits her a good month later.]

Oh, that's what Dimitri meant by a crest? I ... well, my family sword has a crest too but it's my family seal and nothing magically special.

[His last question makes Alice pause a moment -- and then she outright laughs. Or her mental image of herself seems to? Maybe it's just flowing through the Communion, whatever. She's laughing like this is her first real one in a while.]

I don't wish to be rude but yes. Yes it decidedly does. At least it does to me, that is.