Meeting Mr. Tross and Ava

After Isaac finishes cleaning himself up in the bucket, his mother tells him to go give an invite that she forgot to give to Mr. Tross, the local smith, who forges and repairs the armors of wandering adventurers and hunters of the town. Isaac only met Mr. Tross once, but his impression of the man was very detailed, Mr. Tross was a muscular and big man, with fiery red hair for both his hair and his beard. Mr. Tross is very dedicated to his work, almost always working on his created designs and spending time in the forge for long extended periods of time. Isaac knocks on the door to the smithery with his small fist.

"Ava! Go get the door"! Mr Tross shouts from across the smithery. Isaac hears small footsteps begin to get closer and closer to the door. When the footsteps stop, the door begins to open slowly, and a small head pops slightly out the door, and a girl with berry red hair in a small red dress pops out.

"H..H..Hello!" She shrieks before dashing off from the entrance to the smithy. Isaac blinks twice at the reaction of the small girl who he assumes is Ava.

"I just took myself a bath, so it can't possibly be because I smell...right"? Isaac questions himself in his own mind, and even takes it upon himself to sniff. A few seconds after Isaac smells himself, Mr tross comes to the door with Ava, hiding behind his muscular leg, looking at Isaac like he is a monster about to eat her.

"Sorry Isaac for the young girl's manners, she is just very shy, even around kids her own age".

"It's okay Mr. Tross". Isaac replies a little absentmindedly for he is still staring at Ava who is still trying to hide her entire body behind Mr Tross' leg".

Mr Tross begins to smile cheekily as he views where Isaac's eyes are looking right now. "Not that I don't mind being disturbed from my work when its really down in the final phases, but surely you didn't come here just to stare at my daughter now did you Isaac"?

Isaac proceeds to get a tad bit red in the cheeks and shouts, "huh...WAIT, NO MR TROSS, THAT'S NOT IT". Isaac waves his hands in disagreement, and even Ava begins to get as red as her hair and dress.

"I only have an invitation for my birthday that will happen in 30 minutes Mr Tross". Isaac rubs the back of his head and says bashfully.

"Aw I see, well since I still need to finish up in the smith, Isaac, will you take my daughter over to the party early, I want her to at least be able to get know a child around her age, and luckily, you both are the same age."

"Oh well, Mr Tross...I would...".

"Love too? Thanks Isaac, I won't forget this favor you have done for me". Mr Tross says quite quickly and proceeds to pick up Ava and put her right next to Isaac and then closes the door.

"HE TRICKED ME". Isaac thinks furiously in his head. Isaac is awoken by his thoughts when Ava slightly taps his shoulder. She looks away from his gaze before saying, "H..Hi, I..I'm Ava, nice t..t..to meet you". She says with a slight stutter that Isaac assumes is from her very shy personality.

"Isaac, nice to meet you". Isaac smiles as he replies to Ava.

Ava looks away and gets even more red after Isaac's greeting to her. Isaac is vastly confused as to what is wrong with her, but then puts those thoughts in the back of his head, takes Ava's hand, and begins to lead her towards his house. "Don't let go of my hand Ava, I don't want you to get lost". Isaac says to her while they walk, thinking that he should protect her from the bad things that might happen.

"O..O....O...ok" Ava replies as her voice consecutively gets smaller and her face brighter shades of red.

"What a weird girl". Isaac thinks in his head, as they both continue walking towards the bakery.