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-continue from Razor blades home-


After trotting for 15 minutes he finally reached the building. Walking in he gave a smile as he passed by 3 of the lower rank guards talking, one was a unicorn, while the other two consisted of an earth pony and a Pegasus. The group looked in shock at Razor Blade, andso gave salute, which Razor Blade returned. Finally he reached his office, he sat down, and began to sort through paperwork.

After several minutes of sorting the first recruit came in. "uh, is this were you go for recruiting?" The unicorn asked as he entered Razor's office. "yes, I'm commander Razor Blade, how can I be of service today." Razor said with a half smile, trying to sound official.
"oh thank Celestia, you have no idea how hard it was to find this place." The unicorn said in a regal manner as he trotted up to the desk and sat on the cushion laid out. Razor looked at the unicorn with no emotion and a raised eyebrow. "okay then, why don't we start with your name." Razor replied as he picked up a pencil and waited for the unicorn to speak. The unicorn gave a nod. "I'm sharp star..." The unicorn said. Razor of course wrote this down, but paused as he looked at the unicorn. "uh, that surely cant be it, I also need your talent and age." Razor replied, boy did he hate it when the recruits withheld information like that, it always made his job harder./83/ "oh, uh, I'm quite skilled in sharpening tools." The unicorn said, which made Razor roll his eyes. "ok, I'm going to be frank with you. Sharpening tools, is the work of a blacksmith, so why don't you go and get some tips from Iron Stud, the local blacksmith." Razor said as he tapped his front hooves together, leaning on the desk with an annoyed look.

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Just then the unicorn took on a face of anger and got up. "fine, I was offering my services but it seams your just selfish." The unicorn said. "Just hold on there, do you realize the physical training one would have to go through to be a guard..." Razor said as he step away from his desk, circling the unicorn. "boot camp would take 6 months, and in that time, you would have to go through a hell load of yelling, dirt, cuts and scraps, and humiliation before you were even ready to start remolding like a peace of clay." Razor stated as walked to the door. "it is my job, to see if each volunteer has the ability to make it through, and you sir, don't have what it takes, now you are dismissed!" Razor yelled, causing the unicorn to jump and run out of the office in a fright. Razor watched as the unicorn ran out crying, which made him sigh in annoyance. "great going Razor, you just made a grown stallion cry..." he said softly as he brought his left hoof to his face.

Just then he turned to see iron walking to his usual place, the repair shop. so letting out a sigh he trotted out of his room and over to him. "Hey iron, yea I guess you could say that..." Razor replied as he crossed his front hooves and leaned on Irons counter. "man I hate cry fillies, but I hate it worse when im the one that makes them cry..." He soon said letting out a mellowed sigh. the first recruit in well over 3 months and he ends up causing him to run off crying, then again, that unicorn wasn't what he was looking for.

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"yea, but the guard is no were for the weak as well." Razor said after nearly twitching when the blade stuck into the stone a mere inch from his hooves. " after all, that day, when the changelings attacked, the guard lost over half of there numbers." Razor said, suddenly reaching out and picking up the blade giving it a few swings before placing it back onto the stone counter. "once again, the balance is perfect." he said with a smile. "its just, I'm trying to save lives incase of another attack." he finally said to himself letting out a sigh.

he then walked over to the coffee machine and brewed a cup before returning to Iron. "if you were in my hooves, would you have sent him away, I just don't know, when it comes down to it, I'm just trying to do the right thing..." he said, taking a sip of the bitter coffee. he began to think of moving to the country side, maybe ponyville. but he didn't have enough bits to get the stuff to build a house down there. finally taking a third sip, he realized something. just what was the name of that staff with a sword at the end. "so about yesterday, it wasn't a scythe, its more of a sword at the end of a staff, gosh I just cant place the name..." he said as he swished his cup, staring into the black liquid.

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"ah, so its called a Naginata. So awesome!" Razor said looking at the picture more closely. weapons always was fascinating to him, he couldn't help but pick one up and try it out, he even had taken the time to study a little bit on human martial arts, thanks to celestia letting him browse twilights old library at one point. but nothing could compare to holding the tool in your hooves. "well, how about you make one with the blade longer, and ill pay yea the bits for both, besides I love collecting new weapons, I think I still have the first sword you forged me back when I first joined the guard, in fact, might as well say my house is an armory." Razor said giving a slightly embarrassed laugh. he then took another sip of his coffee.

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Razor gave a smile. "yea, then again, testing somepony to see how they handle pressure can make I difference. and that unicorn was to soft." he said taking another sip. his day was half over, and he couldn't wait to get off to start practicing with his new weapon. he really had the look of excitement on his face as he flipped through the book, looking at more weapons. it was rather amazing that Razor Blade DIDN'T talk about weapons all the time.

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Razor nodded. "yea, but that's why your the blacksmith, you know more about metal then I do after all." he stated giving a smile. that's when a lower rank guard trotted up. "excuse me, sir, you have another applicant waiting." they said in a mare voice. Razor gave a nod as he began to trot back to his office. he then placed himself back to his place behind the desk before clearing his throat. "come in." Razor said as a Pegasus trotted into the room. "permission to speak sir..." The Pegasus asked. Razor gave a smile, he knew that this stallion had guts, but now, to test his strength. "denied, ill be the one who shall talk, your job as of right now, is to answer any question I ask, is that clear. good, now, state your name and talent." Razor said seeing how the Pegasus would do under pressure. "I am Wild Slice, and I can handle anything you throw at me sir." the Pegasus stated, showing no fear. "impressive, tell you what, meet me at the royal gardens tonight, and we will see if you have what it takes." Razor said giving a smile. the Pegasus gave a nod as he stood there. Razor looked at him and gave a smile once more. "dismissed." he finally said as Razor walked to the door, allowing the Pegasus to exit.

once the Pegasus left, Razor returned to iron stud and watched him as he pounded away at the metal. "well, looks like I got plans to see what this Pegasus can do later." he said as he picked up the cup of coffee he had left of Iron's counter, taking a sip. "you wouldn't happen to have a few training swords, would yea?" razor finally asked. To tell the truth, Razor was looking forward to testing this stallion, he could tell he had much promise, unlike the unicorn.

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Razor rolled his eyes. "come on, everypony has to go through this, even I remember having to test my skills, don't worry though, ill go easy on the lad." Razor reassured Iron. he would never do anything somepony couldn't handle in combat, unless it was a changeling, but that was a different matter. "besides, all I did was defend myself when those bugs attacked, I had no intention of this..." he said waving at his shoulder armor. " happening, I mean, I didn't even have my cutie mark before the attack, I'm most likely the oldest pony alive who didn't get there's during a filly." Razor said as he downed the black liquid now that it was cool, causing him to shiver.