He kept his scarf on despite the warm sunny day. He was used to being warmer now from his time at the forge. The beach was just as bright as the rest of the city and almost…bubbly as people strolled through their day.
“Excuse me,” he stopped a group of ladies walking towards an ice cream stand. “Do you know where I can find Jay Holiday?”
The ladies replied with enthusiasm, “Of course, everyone knows where Jay is. He’s over there lifting. Like always.” The women pointed him towards an area filled with weights on the beach and he could see a tall blonde man lifting to his heart’s content.
“Thank you,” he replied taking his leave and jumping over the railing to quickly make his way over. Jay had just dropped his deadlift when Kazimir arrived. “Are you Jay Holiday. I’m here for the request with the Rune Knights.” He felt as though he had said that same line so often that it was losing impact with people, but it never did.
“Yeah, I’m Jay. Thanks for coming. I need someone to sign me up for a competition but I’m just too busy to go.”
Kazimir got a fleeting annoyed feeling about where this was going, “Alright so I take it this competition is pretty far away. Where is it, another town?”
“No nothing like that, first you need to take my info though,” He flexed a little, showing off his physique before lifting the barbells. He handed Kazimir a notepad. “These are the questions.”
Kazimir didn’t bother asking how he got the questions but didn’t registered and just asked them, “Alright. What is your size?”
“Rippling with muscles?” He replied while curling the barbell in tight.
“Next question, how tall are you?”
“Tall enough to grab a pull-up bar without jumping,” he flashed a smile and there was almost a sparkle on his pure white teeth. He knew his answers weren’t helpful, but he gave them anyway.
“What category will you be competing in?” Kazimir asked as his energy for the task was fading.
“Being the best!” He dropped the barbells to the sand with a thud and flexed his arms to the heavens.
“Well, I think that covers the personal info. So where is this event at exactly.” Kazimir tucked the notepad away and was ready for the last segment of the quest. Eager to be done with Holiday.
“It’s right over there but it closes at sunset. You gotta hurry man. I can’t miss this.” Jay pointed at the far end of the beach.
Still keeping his calm demeanor, Kazimir replied, “You mean you had time to put in a request but not to walk to the end of the beach?” his tone was more of a temperate annoyance than anger.
“You gotta hurry.” Jay ended as Kazimir took off running toward the sign-up station.
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