I tapped a finger against my chin and asked, "You got any swords for sale that would benefit a Samurai?"
The Merchant chuckled a few times and said, "Aaahhhh.....I may have just the thing stranger..." He then pulled out a GLORIOUS looking Black-wood-hilted Katana from somewhere inside the confines of his coat.
My jaw dropped and I managed to blurt out, "I-is that a REAL forge-steel Katana?!" The merchant put a hand over where his heart would be and said in a affronted tone, "That hurts stranger...! Of course it's a real forge-steel Katana! I wouldn't sell fakes..."
I raised my hands up in front of me in a warding off gesture and said, "Okay okay...I was just surprised was all, sorry if I upset you..."
The merchant crossed his arms with a 'Harrump' and said, "Well...I was going to give it to you for free since you were a first time customer stranger...but now I'm going to want some money for it..." I sighed and shrugged, asking, "So...how much?"
The Merchant scratched the back of his head through the hood and said, "Well..I suppose 50 dollars will do..."
I gaped with my eyes wide in surprise and replied, "Wha- ONLY 50?! That's one hell of a bargain!" The merchant shrugged and said, "I suppose it is stranger...so, will you buy it?"
I was about to change my mind, thinking, "What the hell would I use a sword for anyway...?" But something stopped me. I shrugged again and pulled out my wallet, taking out a stack of bills. I sorted out 50 dollars and handed them to him.
He chuckled and said, "A good purchase stranger..hopefully it will serve you well..." I raised an eyebrow to the comment as he handed it over to me after pocketing the money. As I grabbed it I suddenly felt a pulse of energy over-take me, and I fell unconscious hearing his voice say, "A good deal indeed....good luck out there, stranger...."
*A unknown amount of time later...*
I groaned aloud at the MASSIVE headache I felt, and slowly cracked my eyes open to see green tree-branches hanging over my head, sunlight filtered through them. The air was filled with the chatter of animals as a warm breeze blew past where I was sitting. I sighed and leaned back, relaxing slightly, before my mind caught up to what was going on. I sat bolt upright and looked around in confusion and panic. I thought aloud, "A forest?! I was in a building talking to someone a moment ago!"
I stood and looked around, confused and a slight bit angry. I reached down, expecting to find my pocket just under my costume, but I felt metal instead. I looked down in confusion to see a HUGE change. I was wearing actual SAMURAI ARMOR, not just wearing a costume anymore. I then noticed something else, while I had been out I had somehow grown muscles. I slowly shook my head and muttered, "That guy must have hit me with some sort of knock-out gas..."
I tried to debunk my new muscles, but they certainly felt real enough. I looked around and was about to walk forwards when I noticed the sword I had bought from the Merchant leaned up against a tree nearby. I looked around again, and walked up to it. I hesitated before picking it up. I looked at it for a few moments before drawing it from the sheath, revealing (Of all things) a black steel blade.
I was about to re-sheath it when I heard a woman's scream in the distance. I flinched in surprise, and after a moment of indecision I heard another female scream of fear making me rush off in it's direction cursing myself saying, "Why the hell'm I doin this..?!"
A few moments later I found a clearing where a few child-sized figures were cowering behind a tree as some creature that looked like something out of a horror story stood there menacing them. I stood at the edge of the clearing, filled with indecision until one of the figures screamed in fear as the monster swiped at the tree with it's claw leaving a massive gouge mark on it.
I shook my head with a grunt of anger and rushed out into the clearing, sword held above my head as I ran at it with a roar. The monster turned and roared at me, almost making me stop. But as fear filled me I felt a rush of manic energy and I let out a answering roar and dropped downwards and slid underneath it, putting my sword above myself as I slid beneath it leaving a massive gash on it's belly, making it drop to the ground with a yowl of pain.
I quickly stood and turned, narrowly managing to block a bash from the beast's tail. I then spun the sword, cutting a slice from it's tail as it roared in pain. I stepped back, then in another rush of maniac energy, leaped forwards onto it's back, stabbing down with the sword into it's spine, giving the beast a mortal wound that would kill it almost instantly.
The monster then let out a dying gasp and fell to the ground with a dull 'Wumpf'. I pulled my Katana from the body and stood, wiping the blood on the blade off on my pants, then spun and sheathed my blade before turning to the figures hiding behind the tree.
I raised my hands in a placating gesture and said, "It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you, and this thing won't hurt you anymore..." The figures then walked out one by one, (There being 3 of them). revealing themselves to be....Anthro ponies?! My eyes went wide, and as I was abut to start panicking I suddenly felt an impact on the back of my head, with enough force to knock me out. Before I was fully out I couldn't help but think, "Well, this is embarrassing...."
