PROBLEM SOLVERS | Days 7-9

[brassandblood]

Scenario A - The Dining Hall

[ You may find the forge - now called Ember - around here quite a lot over the days following the vines' retreat. She's often pacing around the huge table on the floor, looking at its structure carefully; or scaling it, taking measurements and examining the table's edge; or sometimes using her power over metal to peel away large strips from the giant dinner plates set out for the residents. She's obviously busy, but she'll stop to talk if anyone cares to ask what she's up to. ]

Scenario B - The Hearth Room

[ Ember is often laboring away over her possession-body, using its heat to help craft the metal she's brought back from the dining hall as she'd like without having to use up so much of her magic to do it. She may be twining together long, sturdy cables of metal rope, or molding small chunks of metal into pulleys, or crafting rods into sharp and durable nails, or bending long strips of metal into a wire frame. When she's working so hard, she could probably use a reminder to take a break and rest sometimes. ]

Comments

[infernoandhearth]

"Kitchen fire, then, and I've heard. It shouldn't be our fault he's flammable, and it can't help that he's scattering vines about."

Not that he intends to go setting fires, yet. It seems a bit obvious.

"I don't mind at all." And then he makes what he considers a fairly safe assumption. There's rarely a wrong time for a bit of flattery, he thinks. "And I do, but I'm sure you're much better, especially if you're the actual forge. I can't imagine there's much you'd need with that sort of control."

[brassandblood]

"I tried telling him as much, but he wasn't very willing to listen," Ember replies. And he's also terribly stubborn and not that bright, she thinks to herself, but doesn't say anything. The kitchen fire will probably learn it for himself quickly enough.

Something about the way he phrased that rubs her the wrong way, but she doesn't dwell on it. "It's more that I have a certain level of control over metal, so I can make it do what I like. If you know what you're doing, though, I'd be happy for help with some of the more basic work."

[infernoandhearth]

"I suppose I shall just have to determine the right way to say it." He's good with words when he's trying, he thinks. He just needs to know the right angle.

"I could manage the heat of the fire without bellows, if you like," he offers, picking up some of the metal to help carry it. "I've no idea what sort of basic work a living forge needs."