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Luxor sat at the edge of forest, a Lynx in his winter coat. He scanned the area and sniffed at the air, small plumes of frosty breath curled from his nose as he stood. He shook the snow from his back looked to the town and saw the the first few lights flickering to life. He began padding towards the village. His outline blurred as large flakes continued to fall. A flurry kicked up around him and he vanished from sight.

It had been several weeks since Luxor had gone to finish his Blending within the forest, he was ready in town for several months now. Becoming part human had gone better than he had expected. He had a different view on thing now. Magic was some much a physical thing to him anymore. He could pass through it as though it weren't even there. He could still see it, he just wasn't sure if it saw him anymore. He was gland that Grandmother was still with him though. She'd take him where ever her power touch if he needed. Kept him secret as he walked across her blanket of down. While making those who worked against him trend on harsh shards that crushed beneath their feet, warning Luxor of their presence.

Madeline smiled as Lenore spoke about the other shop owners. It was quite true, the humans were fun to scare. Fae, not so much. A Fae could -would- hex you if you made it too angry. Looking down at the dress that was being made around her, she was stunned by the intricacy of the lace that was facing her now. It was beautiful enough to actually compare with the cloth her dress was being made from.

"Wow." Was the only thing she could say.

James had kind of zoned out until he heard his name being shouted at him by the loud mouth tailor. He shook his head and focused his gaze to once again be observant of the current situation.

"I have the pins, don't worry they’re are safe." He shook the pin cushion in his hands and slowly strutted over to the counter to pick up the scissors in his right hand and snip them in the air. He rolled his eyes and with a very slow speed he walked back over and held them out for her.

"A gift from me to you." He said and smirked, his copyrighted half smile sly coniveing smirk. "Hope you like it." He chuckled and glanced over at the vampire.

"You look quite, beautiful, shame about your dress." His eyes danced with laughter and he glanced back at the tailor hoping she would not take it to seriously, but not brush it off all together ether.

"No, actually, I haven't heard anything about it. That's terrible!" Smiling, Madeline remembered what she had heard from people about Lenore. That she loved to gossip. "I have met the boy though, by the look of him you would've never thought that he could do something like that. How sad..."

Looking down at Lenore, she watched how the seamstress focused on her work now, still speaking about the murder. The man in the room was beginning to become a nuisance, he was just so boisterous. Madeline preferred at least some discretion in public, and this man... he just couldn't contain himself.

Madeline chuckled. "I was one of the first non-human creatures here. Other than the Fae tribes of course... But none of the original Faes are alive anymore. " She shook her head. "It's a shame, we were quite good friends. That was before the humans accepted us, all of the non-humans had to be friends so they weren't wiped out." Sighing, she reminisced about the past. "And before they could even think about letting us into the village, they had to bind us with all of these treaties." She finished with a disgusted look on her face.

With nothing else to do, Madeline stood there and continued to look around the room at all of Lenore's little helpers, and at the seamstresses hands as they flew around the needle, finishing every stitch perfectly.

Clang, Clang, Clang, the hammer struck the metal in a rythme that had for decades echoed throught the forge.

The man at the anvil swinging the hammer stopped and quickly stuck the metal into a bucket of cold water. Steam filled the area as the recently heated metal touched the freezing water. He withdrew the metal and studied it for a moment. Just not shaping today...gonna have too heat it again Dimitri thought. He put the peice of metal back into the forge and pumped the bellow abit more too increase the heat. He pulled out a different smaller peice, this was curved and small.

This peice was a horseshoe for A farmer's plowhorse, the peice he had just put back in was a new axe head for one of the village defender who had foolishly ignored a hairline break in the head and when he went too swing it at something hard, it had broken so, of course, the guy had come too him asking for a repair. Dimitri said he'd have too make a completly new head and he'd charge the guy extra, the guy demanded too know why, Dimitri told him "You ignored the break in the head, it would have cost you a quarter of the money and taken me half the time too repair it, but too melt two halves togeather...it would take me over a week too repair it, and of course I'd have other jobs too do, so the fastest would be too make a new one, now leave, I have alot of work too do".

And he did still have much too do...almost too much too do, not only did he have horseshoes and the axe head, but he had new tools too build and a rumor had started about a ore deposit deep in the woods that he was planning on checking out so he could determine what kind of ore it was, but if it got too late he'd have too wait for tommorow, He was not going out into the woods alone, even if he was armed and covered from head too toe in the best armor he wouldn't do it. He had heard about some of the creatures out in the woods, he chose avoid it when possable. But an ore deposit, if it was large enough he'd have enough metal too build full suits of armor for the defenders, but that would be their call, and it depended on the amount, he hoped it was a good size, and that it was carbon ore, If it was carbon he could smelt it with iron ore and make steel, that would make tools and things more durable and stronger, meaning he'd have abit more free time.

He shook the thoughts off and went back too work. He finished the last horseshoe and dipped it into the water then set it on a thick iron bar with three others, he needed too let the metal air cool before he could take them too the farmer too put on the horse.

Dimitri sat down on a stool, he'd been working all day and only had half of the orders complete. it's too late now...I'm not going too be able too make it up too that ore today...well it's not like it'll get up and move so their isn't anything too worry about He thought. He took off the heavy leather gloves he wore too prevent getting burns and wipped the sweat off his brow.
After another minute he got up and put his gloves back on. He pulled the axe head out of the forge then began hammering on it again, he began shaping the head, giving it a long edge. Shaping it too the length of the shaft that the man used so that it provided maxium leverage. He was trying too keep it light enough so it could be swung quickly and make it easier too travel, but thick enough that it wouldn't break after a few hits, it was a very fine line he was working on.