In the Toymancer Kingdom, you're most certainly going to have a fun time, given that pretty much everything around you is a toy, but sometimes you can get creative to what you can do with them if you're a toymancer yourself, like in the case of Blade and Koijo here.

This started with Blade having finished setting up his forge after recently turning into a Toymancer, slowly getting used to his new abilities with a bit of practice. He had many different tools to create new toys from raw material. Considering his recently learned knowledge about smithing and crafting, he knew how to start creating new things, and so he got to work in something he wanted to try out.

Once seeing the forge up and running, another Toymancer decided to approach it: Koijo, the plush deer started to walk towards the entrance. After getting close enough, the sound of plastic being molded by a hammer could be heard, and there was Blade, behind an anvil giving shape to something with the help of a hammer with a design that resembled the needle of the Toymancer emblem.

-"Hello?"- Koijo greeted, not knowing who it was. Blade then looked up, pausing his current work. -"Why hello there!"- He said, and looked at Koijo. -"A new face! Who are you?"- Koijo asked, curious about the new Gallade pool toy.

-"The name's Balance Blade! I just finished setting up shop."- Blade responds. -"I have taken the role of the toysmith, so if you ever need any tools done, let me know."- He gives a bow. -"You don't need any formalities. We're all here to have fun, and give it to others too, remember?"- Koijo says, and Blade stands back upright. -"Yes, sorry about that."- Blade says. -"I'm not quite used to having royalty all around me yet."- Then, he walks closer to Koijo. -"And, who are you?"-

-"The name's Koijo."- He says, and offers a hoof to Blade, in which he happily shakes. -"I'm a plush deer who specializes in the use of capsules to make toys. Nice meeting you!"- He says. Blade then responds. -"Likewise!"- He goes back to the anvil to finish his tool. As he keeps hitting the plastic with his hammer to shape it, he continues. -"So, do you need me to do anything?"- Blade asks, and Koijo responds. -"Not really, I just came here to greet the new adition to the toybox, heh."- He says, making Blade giggle a little with this comment.

-"Thank you for the hospitality! Perhaps we could do something once I'm done with this?"- Blade asks. -"Of course!"- Koijo responded happily, and approached to see what Blade was making. He was making a bow from the raw materials he had on the side, the shape also resembling something based of the Toymancer's emblem. Koijo observed as the bow took shape until Blade was almost finished with it.

-"Okay, now it needs a string."- Blade says and proceeds to grab some of it from a nearby spool, normally used for sewing plushies. He used some scissors to cut the right amount, attached both ends to the bow using one of the needles nearby. Because of the magic, the needle changed the string's elasticity, as well as making the bow's plastic more flexible as well. -"All done!"- He says, and gives the bow a plunk to quickly test it. It did behave just like a bow.

-"Not bad craftsmanship"- Koijo said. -"Where did you learn about smithing?"- He asked, and Blade responded. -"I learned it during a trip, right before becoming a Toymancer. I figured being a toysmith would be fun, so I went for this!"- He says. -"I can see that. You certainly seem to have a good touch for it."- Koijo said, then had an idea. -"You said you wanted to hang out, right?"- He asked, and Blade nodded. -"How about if you give that bow a try?"- Koijo asked, and Blade looked at it for a moment. -"But, there's no archery range for me to try this out on. Not that I'm aware of, at least."- He says. -"Well, we could make our own training ground!"-

-"A training ground? Would Princess Toy Time agree to that?"- Blade asks. -"There's no need for that. Come meet me in my home in about an hour to show you what I mean. I have an idea that you might like."- Koijo said, and Blade looked at him for a moment silently before agreeing. -"Alright, I'll go with you then. It should give me some time to prepare some arrows and a quiver for my bow, as well as do some fine tuning to the bow itself."- Blade says. -"Great! See you then!"- Koijo says, and left the forge. Both of them started working on their own during that hour after that.

Soon enough, Blade had finished preparing his bow and quiver with arrows, so he went to Koijo's home, which he had located by asking around. Once at the door, he knocked on it to be greeted by Koijo again, this time wearing his armor. -"Hey! Glad you could come. I finished preparing that a moment ago. Come on in."- He says, and welcomes Blade in. As he walked inside, the first thing he noticed was a large castle model made out of building blocks. It took a decent portion of the room's corner, while it was surrounded by a green field, also made with building blocks, occupied by many figurines of knights in armor. It was a really well made set, complete with all the accessories to give it the full medieval look.

-"Woah, you made this?"- Blade asked, surprised to see this. It was much bigger than other sets he had seen, but he thought it was to be expected of toymancers. -"That's right. This will be our training ground!"- Koijo said. Blade shook his head when he heard this. -"Wait, we will practice here?"- He asked, not convinced at first. -"Indeed. We can shrink down in size, like collection figurines. That's part of our Toymancer magic."- He said. Blade thought about it for a moment, and it did make sense. -"Ohh, I see what you mean. That's actually rather clever!"- Blade says, and thinks more for a moment. -"I really should think of what other things I could do with it."- He says.

Next, Koijo took a Toymancer needle and pushed it into his antler, as if he were preparing to sew something. The needles don't hurt anyone, so he could use it on himself no problem. When the needle came out from the other side, a string was attached to it. Then he started to roll the needle, acting as a spool for the thread which caused him to start shrinking in size. Blade watched this in surprise, not knowing all of this stuff. Soon enough, Koijo was now of the size of the figurines in the building block set.

-"Okay, your turn!"- Koijo says, looking up to Blade. -"But I'm not a plushie. How do I shrink down like that?"- Blade says, and Koijo responded with -"You should remember what you are, and get creative with it."-. Blade started thinking about it for a moment and remembered he was a pool toy. -"Oh, I know!"- He said, and opened up the valve that was on his chest. Then he pushed the needle slightly into it which made air start to go out. The needle made him start deflating but without him losing his shape or proportions. It took a moment for him to shrink down to the same size as Koijo.

-"I'm ready now!"- Blade says. Koijo then crouched down to allow Blade to ride on top of him. Blade got on top of him and sat on the saddle, followed by Koijo getting up and trotting towards the castle's entrance. -"It's simple. Just knock the figurines down with your bow. I'll use my capsules to hit them as well."- Koijo said, creating a few capsules from his back. Because his armor was covering his back, the capsules phased through and became solid again once through before floating next to Koijo. Blade prepared his bow, holding it in his left hand. -"This is gonna be fun!"- Blade says, excited to try something like this out.

The figurines then started to walk slowly towards the castle, each one equipped with armor and swords. Blade didn't expect this to happen either, since he was just realizing all of the wonders of being a Toymancer, and how fun it can be. Specially if you get creative with it.

-"Don't let them reach the castle, charge!"- Koijo said, and started trotting around the castle, throwing the capsules to hit the figures. Blade then started to fire the needles against them with his bow, missing many shots and landing a few of them. It was his first time using a bow with his arms, and considering that his original form is a unicorn, it was a bit hard for him to get used to it. Koijo was knocking them down rather easily, not only because he could control the capsules where they went, but also because he has had practice with it.

The capsules and some needles were hitting the figures, toppling them over and halting their movement. More of them kept coming, and moved faster than the previous ones. Blade was getting the hang of using the bow, and was hitting more of them successfully. -"Good job Blade, keep it up!"- Koijo said, and kept producing and throwing capsules himself.

After a little while, the figures stopped appearing, which meant that the training session was over. -"Well, it's a start, I guess."- Blade says. -"Don't worry, you just became a Toymancer, so you'll figure out what other things you can do."- Koijo said. -"I mean using the bow, but I guess you're right about that too. I never thought I would be able to do this kind of things."- Blade says. -"Oh. Yeah, you'll get used to the bow as well with enough practice. It does look pretty sturdy though, and I saw it fired the needles quite some distance, so that means you certainly did a good job with forging it."- Koijo said, and Blade responded with -"Thanks! I appreciate you telling me that."-

Once they were done, Koijo used the spool to make himself grow again by pushing the needle into himself again and absorbing the thread. Blade opened up his nozzle and started to puff into it to make himself grow. The needles he fired had remained the same small size, which was actually the same size of actual sewing needles. Once they both grew back to their normal sizes. Blade picked up the needles and placed them in a small box he had brought with him.

-"Thank you for this Koijo, I had a lot of fun!"- Blade said. -"No problem, if you ever want to practice again, or simply hang out, feel free to visit!"- Koijo said. Blade holstered his bow around him, and started heading out. -"I shall be going now. I want to finish setting up the forge to start taking in jobs."- Blade said. -"Of course, glad you could hang out!"- Koijo said, and opened the door for Blade. -"Until next time!"- Blade says waving to Koijo and started walking back to the forge. Koijo waved back at Blade and entered back into his home.

Blade continued working on the forge as well as preparing a miniature firing range to practice his archery skills, while Koijo started picking up the figurines wondering when his next visit will be.

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