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Seeing as there was not much more for him to do in the office, Arken set off to pack for the trip. He had some time. As it was still rather early in the day. Arken first made his way back to the kitchen to grab himself a slice of toast. Biting onto one corner of it, he made his way back up into his room.

[color=BFA658]"Right. Road trip, but with more vampires. What do I need..."[/color] He thought to himself, idly chewing on small bits of toast. First thing that popping in his mind was clothing and toiletry. Sure, they were going to stay at a decent place, so packing towels and washcloths was probably not necessary. But he obviously needs to pack and bring personal items. He was not planning on sharing things like that... He dug through his belongings that were about three quarters of the way unpacked. He dug out his waxed canvas dopp kit and unzipped it. Of course, the contents inside had been emptied. He shuffled over to where his personal items are kept and grabbed them. [color=BFA658]"Skin care, toothbrush, toothpaste, hair gel, deodorant, and...a small bottle of cologne. Ok, thats that sorted."[/color] He thought again. Setting the dopp kit on his bed, he sat down on the floor, staring at an empty duffle bag. [color=BFA658]"Well. Clothes. I'll pack enough for a week I suppose."[/color] 

Rummaging through his dresser, he haphazardly tossed bits of clothing in the general direction of the duffle bag. Undergarments, t-shirts, and jeans made up most of the items. A couple of sweaters (Jumpers for your British folks among us, kinda sus tbh), a water-proof wind jacket and socks rounded out the rest of the selections. Towards the bottom of his dresser, he noticed an unassuming leather pouch. [color=BFA658]"Ah. I'll bring that too. Mom would kill me if I told her the mission and also forgetting to bring [i] that [/i]."[/color] With a small sigh, he took out the leather pouch and carefully opened it. An well-weathered, but clean, handle inlaid with trims of gold, silver, and a small blue gemstone can be see. Gripping the handle, he drew out the eight inch bowie knife. The blade itself was mad with obsidian, causing it to be pure black, with small shimmers of gold flakes that seem to reflect the sunlight. Arken gently brushed his thumb against the blade, almost as if he is confirming the blade to be still sharp. If one was to closely examine the blade, they can see some very old runes seemingly carved into the interior of the blade itself. Setting the pouch into a backpack, instead of the duffle bag full of clothing, Arken started to gather some of the non-clothing items he would need. Things like a small jar of red ink, a fountain pen, notepad, parchment paper, a small felt bag that held a handful of small bamboo talismans, charger brick and a small bundle of various cables, his laptop, his canteen, sunglasses, and earbuds. [color=BFA658]"Hm. I think that is about it. Maybe I'll head to the armory to check out the vast selection of vampire slaying tools the coven is sure to have."[/color] He thought, chuckling inwardly.

Slinging the backpack over his shoulders, and picking up the duffle bag, he made his way into the armory, which was unusually quiet for the time being. There were a few coven personnel shuffling around, doing things. Arken offered them a small bow/nod as he made his way into the actual armory and took a look. [color=BFA658]"Welp. This is sort of outdated. It'll have to do I suppose..."[/color] He thought, idly browsing and picking things up to examine as he tried to discern which tools might work for hunting vampires. [color=BFA658]"Silver and things like that ought to work, right? So, lets see if there is anything silver here..."[/color] He thought, continuing to browse and walk around idly...


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So, yes. His bowie knife is made of obsidian, a volcanic glass. Obsidian hold an absurdly sharp edge, and has been used to create surgical tools apparently. Keeping on with the theme of the RP, the blade itself has the following runes inscribed into it, as to not have it be chipped off or smeared or otherwise altered. How? Magic, thats how.

-Rune of Strength, to strength the material against blunt trauma/breaking
-Rune of Sharpness, because sharpness
-Rune of Night, to make it so the blade appear pure black, purely aesthetic.
-Rune of Golden Dawn, imbues the blade with an 'holy' aura. Has to be invoked through an incantation to which Arken will absolutely butcher and cause comedic effects. At this stage of his career, Arken isn't able to wield/utilize this rune effectively. I'll think of/post the incantation when it is needed I suppose lol.
-Rune of Stone, makes it so anyone Arken regards as an enemy to literally not be able to pick up the item itself. Thankfully, anyone in the coven, thus far, are considered friends :)
-Rune of feather, makes the item much lighter than it's normal counterpart, almost comically so.
The blue gem and the metal inlays are purely decorative. Though the silver might hurt if a vampire tried to grab and pull the blade out of themselves.

Regarding the talisman bag, I don't know what is all in there yet. I haven't thought that far. I just posted it here because I thought it was a cool concept lol.

Also, please refer to [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numismatic_charm#Taoist_charms]this[/url] for a idea of how I'm imagining the actual talismans to look. Made of bamboo, instead of metal, of course.


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