A Present and a First Weapon [ Ean Vanguard ]

Ean was washing soot off his face when he heard the bell that signified the door opening. About ten seconds later he heard a girl yelling. Ean paid attention to what she was saying as he splashed water on his face and wiped himself down with a towel before heading out front. She sounded like she had no idea what she was talking about. She wanted a katana, simple enough. She also wanted something, icy? That was the worst definitive word he had heard in a long time from an obvious newbie. It was almost so bad he was ready to kick her out and have her look someplace else. One of Ean’s rules was to not sell weapons to novices who absolutely couldn’t handle what they were holding. He held that rule as an absolute to avoid people hurting themselves because they poked their eye out with the sharp metal stick made to hurt people. It was always such a pain throwing people out though. They never left quietly.

Ean walked toward the front before she gave a better description. From the sound of things, the weapon she wants for herself seems to be something simple enough. Also seems she’s picking something up for someone else. Perhaps her father ordered something and is rewarding her by letting her pick something of her own out.

Ean reached the front from the back and walked behind the counter. “You here to pick something up for somebody?” He asked bluntly before pointing her in the direction of the more basic weapons with his finger. Her eagerness was an issue but Ean doubted she would swing a sword in the middle of the street and cut a dog’s ear off. Fortunately Sola was asleep right now so she wouldn’t be playfully assaulting this woman.

The direction of Ean’s finger pointed to a display rack with a few basic weapons that were easy to use for rookies starting to learn weaponry. Behind him and the counter was an array of fantastic weapons that his late foster mother had forged and he had yet to sell. These were a different kind of expensive though, with the cheapest of the bunch being in the 100 thousands of jewels.

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