[heirtothemonado]

Therider

In the alleyways of the Black Market, an unassuming warehouse stood. A little decrepit, but what wasn't nowadays? To the normal passerby, it wouldn't seem like anything too important. Just a empty, rundown, old warehouse. However, as with most things on this planet, things are rarely what they seem from the outside.

This was something Shulk knew. Something else he knew was the old warehouse's true purpose. The run-down building hid in its walls the greatest honeypot of spare parts and scrap in the entire Life Sphere. They had almost any kind of part you could ask for, and a few you couldn't. Shulk stopped by there as often as he could, part-time tinkerer and mechanic that he was. Of course, sometimes he had to come here for a part or two for the Life Sphere's defences, but more often then not, he came just to browse the shelves and see if anything caught his fancy. Which is what he had come to do today.

Shulk wandered up and down the aisles of the warehouse, occasionally picking something off the shelves and looking it over, before putting it back. There were so many parts from so many different worlds, Shulk didn't know where to turn first. Of course, an employee would approach him every so often with a greedy glint in their eye. And why wouldn't they? Shulk had the Monado with him. It was probably an attractive prize for anyone trying to turn a profit. Not that it was for sale though. No amount of money could get Shulk to part with the weapon. Not now...

[Therider]

"Yes, a desk fan. I know it sounds odd, but the screws... Oh, and if you have any dinner trays..."

The poor employe. Working in the best parts warehouse in the Life Sphere, and this chick has been asking for the strangest parts. Fusion Cores? Microfusion Cells? Asking for models of cameras and sensory modules that not a soul has heard of. Who was this lady?

Nora sighed, before dusting off the Plasma Pistol and emptying the cartridge chamber. Flashing the glowing green casing, Nora watched the warehouse worker's face slowly shake no, before sighing *again* and holstering weapon and ammunition. To think, this place is eons beyond even Pre-war Tech, and she couldn't even find a simple Pre-War Desk Fan without getting odd looks and road blocks? Come on...

That's about when she noticed the blonde boy with the bright red object on his back. Nora was sure, this kid knew what he was looking at; in fact... Was he holding what she thought he was? A quick glance to his wrist revealed no Pip-Boy, but Nora knew the way this kid held the Fusion Core showed he had some idea of what it was. And that object, on closer inspection... a blade? Some kind of Shikebob? Nora wanted to know... And hell, maybe he had a spare. Something to hold over Six, at least.

"...Excuse me, kid. Two questions; Do you know if this place has more of those?" Nora tapped the Fusion Core in his hands, before producing one just like it out of seemingly thin air. Pip-Boy tech is incredible. "I've been running low, and my Power Armor runs on these Fusion Cores. Would like to know if I can resupply."

[Blacksmith Perk] "Second question, that some kind of laser sword on your back? Blade seems too dull to be... well, more useful than blunt trauma."

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Shulk inwardly sighed as someone tried to get his attention. Really? This was the third person to stop him today, and it was always for the same reason. "You willing to part with that?" Irritated, he turned toward the potential employee "I told you it's not-" He stopped short. Not only was this person obviously not an employee, she wasn't looking at the Monado, at least not at first. She was more fixed on the part that was in his hand. It was some sort of reaction core, he knew that, but he didn't know the specifics of it. He'd never seen this particular kind before, at least

"...Oh, sorry. I thought you were one of the salesmen trying to pester me again. As for the core.....I'm sorry, but I haven't seen any like this around here before." Shulk thinks for a moment, before handing Nora the Fusion Core. "Maybe if you should someone this, they might know what you're looking for" Shulk would have been more surprised about Nora pulling something out of thin air if he wasn't used to the fact that High Entia technology did that a lot already. He was more mildly interested in Nora's Pip-Boy if anything.

Shulk's expression flickered a bit. It always came around to that, didn't it? "Yeah, it's a laser blade" Shulk said, sounding a bit weary. like he was tired of giving this explanation. "It's light is actually pretty sharp. And before you ask, no, it's not for sale. I've told two other people the same thing already"

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"Heh, thanks for that. Truth be told, I'm no nuclear scientist, so making anything close to this is... well, I don't suppose you have an available source of nuclear material?" Nora caught the Fusion Core with her free hand, and in seconds both were registered and stored in the Pip-Boy storage. More Cores, more mobility in her Power Armor, more protection and more time filtering out this new disease and any radiation. However, the kid seemed tired and worn when he mentioned the odd blade on his back. Seems the blade had more than a few buyers, and this kid wasn't selling.

[Charisma 5] Easy, kid. I don't have the Caps to buy a weapon like that. If anything, I'd pay to see you work on it, get some schematics, build one of my own." Nora scoffed lightly, her arms folding as she leaned against the wall. Maybe this guy has some tips or special materials to work with? Seems like someone nice to work with "Name's Nora. You seem like you know this shop pretty well. Mind showing me around? I may have some caps and scrap to trade for your 'generous service'."

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"Well, if you want blueprints, I'm afraid I can't help you. I'm not even sure how the sword works, to be honest" Shulk answered with a small chuckle. "Anyway, my name's Shulk." Shulk held a hand out for a handshake, before turning to the rest of the store. "Yeah, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a regular here, so I do know where a lot of things are. Although.." Shulk looks around the large warehouse "...There are things here that even I've never heard of. I can show you around the areas I know, sure, but that's not exactly the entire warehouse."

Without wasting any time, Shulk began to wander back down the aisle he was in, making his way toward the back of the warehouse. "The front of the store is where they keep all the bog-standard parts. Nuts, bolts, screws, things like that. Useful for when you just need to grab some extra things quickly and leave again. However, if you go farther back, you start getting into the more complex and interesting stuff."

Shulk stopped in front of a crossing, took a second to get his bearings, then went left, before he continued talking. "Where we were is where they keep reactors of all kinds. Nuclear, like the one I gave to you, while others run on solar or lunar energy, or magic, or other types of energy I'm not familiar with. Where we're headed now is where they store wiring, of all different strengths, sizes, lengths, and materials. You need a circuit made, there's where you should look" Shulk looked back toward Nora, making sure she was keeping up with  him, both physically and in regards to what he was talking about.