Ataru woke up from the crew quarters extra early this morning. He finished his morning hygiene no problem and spoke to Enryu before leaving telling him that he had some personal business to handle. He planned on doing some upgrades to his sword and gauntlets with his new dials. Ataru had an epiphany while traveling with the Emperors, he realized with enough ingenuity it was possible to attach more than one dial to a weapon. It had long been a theory he was curious about, it seemed the answer laid in more fighting experience. He would have to find a swordsman to spar with so he could find more inspiration but who knew when that could happen. After wandering in his thoughts and the town of Baltigo Ataru found what looked like a quiet enough mom and pop inn. He quickly paid for a room for the day somewhere he could work quietly, no offense to the crew but they could be a distraction.

Ataru started with his blade pulling out from the sheath he traced his finger over the whole blade. Holding it in the air Ataru studied its angles and how his current thunder dial sat on the hilt, he would definitely have enough room. Pulling out his Dial tool-set he started to carefully carve down the heat dial he had purchased while in Baltigo. It was important when carving down the dial that Ataru only took away the excess shell if he made even one mistake the whole dial would become ineffective. One of the reasons, you didn't see multiple dials attached to a device, it was very precise work with very expensive materials. With the shell shedding on the table he was working at Ataru swept it all into his hand and discarded it into a waste bin. Laying his sword on the table Ataru detached his thunder dial on the swords hilt and started to shave it as well. This would take a hour or so of work and when he was done Ataru would wipe the sweat from his head. Taking a small break to appreciate his dials he put one in each hand and felt its lighter weight as well as its reduced size. This time he planned on getting rid of the hilt all together to just replace it with both dials creating a hilt of their own. Ataru started to smooth the dials underside except for the button he had press to activate/absorb material. It was refreshing to work with his dials, it felt like it had been a while since Ataru had a different kind of project. His sales weren't doing the best either, he needed to work on his broker reputation. After all he was the only major dial dealer he heard about in paradise. After smoothing the dials out he finally started to work on creating a hilt, he took the shedding from the second dial Ataru mixed it with his own private recipe to create a dial glue of sorts. He used the paste to bring both the heat dial and thunder dial together. After the paste dried Ataru would start a small fire with his flame dial heating up the two dials and melting the dials together. It was another operation that was risky because the dials had to be fused at the perfect temperature, however after his work Ataru felt pretty confident with his product. Attaching the new dial hilt to his titanium blade, now the hilt design was a seashell design for his finishing touch Ataru pulled out a brand. He needed his name to spread and a brand was something that would help. He laid the sword on his bed out of its sheath he wanted it to breathe for a bit.

Next he pulled out his gauntlets he had also recently purchased. This project was going to be a bit more difficult he wanted to attach the two axe dials he had recently purchased into the inside of his left gauntlet while also attaching his reject dial into his right gauntlet. It would be a long day of work, he knew that going into the inn. His left gauntlet was where he intended to start he was going to place both dials in the palm of the gauntlet conjoining them together in a different way but similar to the method he used on his sword. This time he collected all the shavings from the axe dial to make a paste, it was a little quicker now that his hands had been warmed up. It also helped that the Ataru had big hands so he had room to work with inside the gauntlet. Next he started to measure the dials he had to make a pretty close to perfect hole in the gauntlets palm to fit the dials in, he then would have to modify the trigger to be less sensitive so he wouldn't accidentally activate the dials while being slammed in one direction or another. The trigger mechanism of a dial isn't to hard to modify, though it wasn't something that he did often, Ataru smiled as he put on his jeweler glasses to look closer at the dial. He took his small poker and started to move the internal components around, slowly pressing against the trigger to test the different variations of pressure he could place on it. It had to be something intentional but not something to difficult to use while feeling an adrenaline rush. It was the underlying reason why Ataru was using the palm for the dials, if one used their fingers they would find out that fine motor control was a hard task with adrenaline. That was a lesson he learned from his time in Skypeia, he had decided that once his business was grown enough he would revisit Skypeia. Content with the pressure needed on the first axe dial Ataru put it back together and put it to the side. He had to start the second axe dial now in a symmetrical pattern he repeated his steps. Afterwards he put that axe dial to the side as well and stood up looking out through the window. It was important to take small breaks while working so he wouldn't miss anything obvious in a rushed state. Each dial project was art to Ataru and as such he did not allow mistakes on a finished project. It needed to be something that would show the supreme quality and power of dials. He didn't brand either dial as this time Ataru would brand the gauntlets themselves, it would be the first of many of his patented brand of inventions he planned on releasing later. He would call them Operculum Gauntlets, since they only required air to charge they were pretty versatile. Plus Ataru didn't like the idea of handing over vast elemental power to just anyone. At least not without a custom job and appraisal of the buyer. Then again beli could be a powerful motivator for Ataru, either way he started to cut the hole in the gauntlet. This was the longest part of the process, and Ataru decided to do both gauntlets. While the left gauntlet would have a larger hole since there were two dials to be inserted, Ataru made a smaller hole not in the direct center of the right gauntlet in case he needed room to add another dial later.

After the holes have been added Ataru put both of the axe dials in the left gauntlet. Using his brand Ataru placed it on the inside of the gauntlets, then put on the left gauntlet. Sheathing his sword and reattaching it to his outfit Ataru walked down stairs out of the inn. It was time for a practical application of his two newest inventions, he could of finished his last gauntlet as well but Ataru wanted a break. He pointed his left hand into the sky, observing that there were nothing in line of fire. Activating the dial felt perfect, just the right amount of pressure needed, the compressed x of air shot out at incredible speed. Ataru jumped in excitement, then pulled out his sword and activated the heat dial. His blade started to glow with the fiery intensity and he sliced a rock with it. Turning of the heat on his blade he let it cool before sheathing it. He walked back into the inn very impressed with his own work. It was when he arrived back in the room that he noticed that the second axe dial in the glove had been moved a tiny bit by the activation of the other. Ataru sighed at that and laid it back on the table pulling out his glasses examining the inside. He knew it wasn't the hole so he wondered what caused the problem. It wasn't hard for him to find that he hadn't put the pressures of activation on both dials equally. He equalized them out as close as he could possibly do with his knowledge and experience.

Sighing Ataru looked at his last dial he had to work with his reject dial, so far his hopes had been maintained. He's never had to use the reject dial it was his last resort, since it would also damage him as much as the target, he hadn't told anyone about his owning of one yet. When the earthquake happened in the island of dreams he had almost considered using it there. It was destruction incarnate on a persons body, it was one of the dials he would probably never sell or attach to another persons gear. This time when he was shaving down the dial he was slower more methodical. As a result it took twice the amount of time but he was sure that he hadn't effected the dial in any way during the process. He took out his glasses as he looked at the inside, he would make the trigger activation a similar pressure as the axe dials, from now on he would use this same pressure setting on any of his gauntlets he was creating. The difference in mechanisms between a reject and axe dial were stark. The reject dial was definitely one of the more complicated dials, it was through the insides of a reject dial that Ataru had formulated ideas for other dials. Yet custom dials were for another day, much further in the future he had to focus on the task at hand. In his daze of an idea Ataru had messed up changing the pressure, when he refocused he saw it and felt shame. No more distractions its time to finish this! Ataru reassembled the inside of the dial the way the matter holding and reconstruction still confused him. Placing the dial in the hole of the gauntlet Ataru felt a little tinge of relief. So far nothing had blown up in his face, he picked up the right gauntlet and examined it slowly. It didn't seem to have anything that looked like it could cause a malfunction. Ataru wasn't sure how he would test run the reject dial, he didn't feel comfortable not testing it, he considered having someone weak throw the punch. Even then though he wouldn't have another body to test it on, there had to be something he could use. He thought of at his old Master's base how they had gel like human models to test some of the devil fruits and weapons he acquired. Now that he thought about it he hadn't been back there in a while, there were probably other things he needed to cement his place as the Ministrel. Gathering up all of his new gear Ataru started to walk back to his crew's ship he would need a couple more items before he pressed towards the old base. This would also serve to be the best time to have a practical application of his reject dial. Smiling Ataru paid the inn lady and walked towards the boat oblivious to the adventure he was about to be drawn into.

2016/2000

Brand:

Outfit:

• Gauntlets( 2 Axe dials, 1 Reject Dial)
  
• Noah(Thunder Dial, Heat Dial)
  
• Vision Dial
  

Total Equipment slots used: 5 (dials count for half so they equal 3)