A Legendary Date - A Short Story [#25]

Here's a short, but sweet, story to start off the week.

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            "Was that an old picture on your profile?" I asked my date over the background noise of the restaurant.

            "Oh yeah," they confirmed, "it's from about 200 years ago."

            "So, um..." I struggled to find the right words, "Gaia, The Earthsinger..."

            "Just call me Gaia," they responded, "It's embarrassing to hear my full name."

            "Right, Gaia," I nodded, "How long have you been in your...trade."

            "Well, I was forged about 1,000 years ago by Elven blacksmiths to be the world's finest rapier and slay all evils," my date explained. "I retired from the saving the world thing a century ago, now I'm just looking for a good time." The crimson tinged blade glinted as she described her origin. The blood-red leather wrapped around her hilt contracted and relaxed with each word. Yet, the voice seemed to emanate from the silver embroidered hand guard. It was marked with an ancient, elvish crest.

            "Tea for the sir and...madam?" The waiter came by with a silver tray of hot drinks.

            "Yes please," Gaia answered. The waiter poured us both a small cup of black tea before he sprinted away.

            "Are you going to drink that?" I asked softly.

            "No, I just like the smell," they chirped.

            "I see," I sighed. This is what I get for not reading her profile thoroughly. I thought the profile picture meant it was some girl really into swords, not that they actually were a sword. "Um, what's it like being a magical sword?" I made small talk.

            "Oh it's so fun," Gaia became elated. "I got to stab so many orcs and monsters, and when I was thrust into the ground I caused earthquakes. Oh, but I can't do that anymore, might cause property damage and stuff."

            "Okay..." I sweated, this'll be a long night.

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Online dates am I right? Just kidding, this was a silly idea that came to mind sometime last week. No I don't know how a sword managed to set up an online dating profile, let's just assume she had help.
Regardless, I'm still working on those sweeping alterations to the blog. I don't want to give it a set date, because then I'll discover a way to fail to meet it. It'll be soon though.
Until then Read, Comment and Enjoy.