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Pov Tortuga:

I felt the warmth of the sun against my skin, letting me know that a new day began. I pulled the blankets off, relaxing from the warmth that sat inside the room, I stood up and walked to the cabinet I used to store food. I stretched my arms feeling the joints in my body pop, I reached for the handle and opened the cabinet, through hooded eyes, I looked inside finding only four slim jims, grabbing the slim jims closing the door, I opened one, and chewed on it without fully biting on it, making my way to my desk, 'I need to go out and restock, I should see if I need anything other than food'.

I sat in the chair and closed my eyes, basking in the heat of the room, 'I wish I could do this all day'. I opened my eyes, deciding to be productive today, I reached inside the desk grabbed one of the CDs that CJ gave me, placed it inside the radio, and skipped to my favorite song in the album playing it out loud for me to jam to.

~Hayloft II by Mother Mother~

I sat there and tapped my finger to the beat of the song.

Whatever happened to the young, young lovers?

One got shot and the other got lost in

Drugs and punks and blood on the street

Blood, blood on her knees

Bloody history (yeah)

I sat in my chair looking up at the ceiling, 'Okay what am I going to do today, Ooh I should make a melee knife, in case something happens to my normal weapon, I should probably also train as well'. I smiled at the idea of making something new, thinking over what design I should go with then an idea came into my mind. I ran over to the bookshelf looking for the book I needed, 'Engineering, no. Chemistry, no. Pop culture, no. Ah Ha, here we go Native American History', I grabbed the book from the shelf, opened it to the index, and looked for the section about weapons finding the knife I was going to create.

I brought the book placed it on my desk, pulled out my notepad and pencils, sketching out a design that would fit me but is still similar to the knife in the book. I looked at the design and smiled, happy with how it looked, I placed the sketch on the desk and grabbed my brace, tying it onto my leg, moving my leg always making sure it wasnt tight. I grabbed my sketched design and the radio, walked down the steps to the metal table, and taped it onto the wall.

I began walking over to the crate, that contains all the metal materials, I looked inside noticing that I had a good amount of steel, 'Okay so steel isn't needed for restocking', I grabbed a few small sheets of metal along with a thin copper wire,...

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I began walking over to the crate, that contains all the metal materials, I looked inside noticing that I had a good amount of steel, 'Okay so steel isn't needed for restocking', I grabbed a few small sheets of metal along with a thin copper wire, 'This should work as the binding to hold the handle and blade together'. I walked to a pile of broken wood and inspected the wood pieces, I dug through the pile more and found a piece that work with my hand size. 

I carried the materials to the table, then placed them down deciding to start with the handle, I pulled out the small pocket carving knife CJ got me from the tool bin, and began shaping the wood to fit my hand. I slowly scraped pieces of wood off, then gripped the handle trying to make sure it was as comfortable as possible, I was content with the way the product ended. I put on a semi-thin glove and grabbed a sheet of sandpaper, even though I hated the feeling of sandpaper, I used it to smooth out the handle, ridding it of all the splinters. 

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