Chapter 2 Hephaestus

As Daedalus' consciousness left his body the world seemed to go dark.

After a moment of darkness the world around him seemed to relight with every possible colour. As he looked around he realised he was in fact inside of a blacksmith.

Continuing to look around, he realised that their was a man working away on a studded leather armour. The armour was so exquisite that Daedalus felt as though his very soul was leaving him.

Turning around the Craftsman in front of him said "Sorry I didn't give any warning when I brought you here, hahaha; but if I hadn't your very soul would have been destroyed." The Craftsman began to look serious "You, Daedalus, are a great craftsman and artist. So as a way of thanking you for inspiration, I will be sending you to a world of myth and magic!"

Daedalus mouth is slightly agape, but quickly came back to himself "I'm sorry I don't even know who you are, where I am or even what you mean. I very well remember, I just died, I was stabbed through the heart."

Daedalus takes a deep breath and sighs loudly "I couldn't keep my people with me and my work only became worse with time, so how could I have possibly given anyone any inspiration."

The Craftsman held up his heavily callused hand, that clearly had seen many days of work "You know who I am Daedalus, you just can't remember; My name is Hephaestus the God of the forge, and you Daedalus are currently standing inside my personal forge. Luckily it wasn't lit otherwise you would become a part of the next item I make."

Hephaestus begins to laugh uproariously, and Daedalus looks down and begins to sweat profusely, before saying "Couldn't you be a little bit more careful next time I am brought here I'd really appreciate it if you could."

As Hephaestus finally finishes laughing a few minutes later he continues saying "Yes, you did die, you are currently in your soul form; and finally I could gain inspiration from you work from your prime when you weren't as arrogant as you were just before you died, as they were truly good pieces of work."

Hephaestus pauses for a second allowing Daedalus to let it all sink in before continuing saying "Ok, now on to the main topic. I want to see more pieces of you work and of even better quality so as I said earlier I will be sending you, Daedalus to another world. Any questions."

Daedalus ponders quietly "So there will be magic their, if so what does it take to use it?" Hephaestus pauses then smiles happily "I knew you were smart, the best question right off the bat. It will be used through your control of emotions, lucky for you as due to your enlightenment as you died, you have a near perfect control of your emotions. Sadly I cannot tell you anymore as that would be too much information," Hephaestus pauses once more and looks to become as serious as possible "but be prepared for anything."

With that Hephaestus snaps his fingers and Daedalus' mind goes blank.