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Adam -FADE- Deo [24] Where does the man end and the machine begins? Even he's not sure anymore.
Elys Varkand [24] Looks can be deceiving
Julius Cantus [21] "I'm running a business, not a charity."
Drax Zolya [16] "I can give you a face full of hurt for free"
Ava Ringgir [10] Assassin
Serial No. I100123026606 [0] spare parts
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The short walk and conversation ended rather quickly as the usual scents and odors of the streets were displaced by a wall of perfumed soap and grilled 'meat', Julius swiftly opened the entry of the shop not even forgetting to turn the sign as she did, something a certain blacksmith would have so easily and frequently forgotten to do so if the sign wasn't a sheet of metal barring any and all entry to the building. The electronic lock she used looked quite fancy, fingerprint verification he presumed, and likely a lot harder to trick than any mechanical lock he'd ever be able to make.
Julius welcomed Drax into her store and immediately upon entry he felt a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of mechanical and electronic devices and parts, many of which he couldn't even figure out what they would even be designed to do, aside from the obvious humanoid looking parts of course. Near a mountain of manual and technical documents he saw a plate accompanied by the presumed tin pot. Wasting no further time he walked over to the pot and gently picked it off the counter, not wanting to disturb the pile of paperwork near it nor accidentally rip a handle off the pot.
Drax then followed Julius who had disappeared into the workroom just a few moments prior, the lighting in there was much more suitable and quite practical for the assessment of the damages. She then told him to grab the pot and asses the damages as she cleared space on one of many workbenches and pulled out some tools to work with. He was one step ahead of her with that one.
He then held the pot against the light observing the bottom of the pot, it seemed to have been warped out of shape in multiple places, the spot with the holes in particular looked like it had caved over time rather than via a shock force. He tapped the pots side with his cybernetic finger a bit in a few places and then did the same on various spots on the bottom including right next to the holes. "Hmm. Lead free pewter, though quite soft. Gallium? Nah, would show flaking. Definitely not enough material though" He mumbled to himself as he observed the pot from all sides.
He then lowered the pot with a sigh and turned to Julius. "To be honest, it's a small miracle this pot survived for as long as it did. Corners cut everywhere, the material is so thin the entire bottom has been warped and formed sagging spots and it's some type of pewter alloy softened with who knows what metal, the only upside is it's not alloyed with lead or mercury." He then put the saucepan down on the cleared patch of workbench. "It's salvageable, but I don't know how long it'll last and would advise using it only on low heat. Anyways I promised I'd show you how to fix things like this, so let's get to it." He said as he grabbed a set of pointed nose pliers from the table and started clamping down on the edges of the holes. "Firstly we want to flatten the edge material, the cleaner we can make this edge the nicer the end result will be."
After the edges were sufficiently flattened he grabbed the soldering iron with his free hand and applied it's heat to the material around the hole. As the material softened he pulled it with the pliers stretching it over the hole pulling it slightly upwards to leave a gap between where the the bottom should be and where the stretched patch was, then turned the pot around and did the same on the inside from the other side of the holes while making sure to keep adding the heat from outside of the pot to prevent any residual lead from getting on the food side of the pot. "we now pull the material over the holes making sure to stretch a bit further than the opposite edge of the hole, while carefully applying heat to the outside of the pot. Then do the same in the opposite direction on the inside."
He set down the soldering iron and pliers, then grabbed a small hammer with a flat top. "This is the fun part, we're going to flatten the stretched out pieces we've pulled over the holes. It's important that you start by hammering from the exterior of the pot inwards first. Because when we hammer from the inside of the pot we can set it down on the table which will ensure the bottom is as flat as the table below it." He said as he started tapping the stretched material into it's final positions. "Even after this you still don't have a water tight seal, normally you'd weld or solder it shut at this point. But since we don't have those options available, we'll use a different technique. Cold welding, it's a different technique of welding that uses force rather than heat to coerce the metal to bond with itself. It's not suited for harder metals as it requires very high pressures, but with tin it works well enough." He explained as he grabbed the soldering iron and heated the hammered parts a decent degree. He then grabbed the hammer again and pressed it onto the now heated parts of metal while pushing on it from the other side with his cybernetic finger. "Obviously you'll want to use a heat resistant glove at the very least or some other tool you can apply a pressing force with."
After pressing each of the patch-ups to a cold weld he put the saucepan down with the bottom up. "All that's left after this is to wait for the project to cool down and it'll be ready for use. And with this I conclude my metalworking 101 crash course. Any questions?" He then said with a joking smile on his face as he turned towards Julius.
(I'll make my next post after Milkhoney has posted his reaction and join you guys in the veins)
Julius welcomed Drax into her store and immediately upon entry he felt a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of mechanical and electronic devices and parts, many of which he couldn't even figure out what they would even be designed to do, aside from the obvious humanoid looking parts of course. Near a mountain of manual and technical documents he saw a plate accompanied by the presumed tin pot. Wasting no further time he walked over to the pot and gently picked it off the counter, not wanting to disturb the pile of paperwork near it nor accidentally rip a handle off the pot.
Drax then followed Julius who had disappeared into the workroom just a few moments prior, the lighting in there was much more suitable and quite practical for the assessment of the damages. She then told him to grab the pot and asses the damages as she cleared space on one of many workbenches and pulled out some tools to work with. He was one step ahead of her with that one.
He then held the pot against the light observing the bottom of the pot, it seemed to have been warped out of shape in multiple places, the spot with the holes in particular looked like it had caved over time rather than via a shock force. He tapped the pots side with his cybernetic finger a bit in a few places and then did the same on various spots on the bottom including right next to the holes. "Hmm. Lead free pewter, though quite soft. Gallium? Nah, would show flaking. Definitely not enough material though" He mumbled to himself as he observed the pot from all sides.
He then lowered the pot with a sigh and turned to Julius. "To be honest, it's a small miracle this pot survived for as long as it did. Corners cut everywhere, the material is so thin the entire bottom has been warped and formed sagging spots and it's some type of pewter alloy softened with who knows what metal, the only upside is it's not alloyed with lead or mercury." He then put the saucepan down on the cleared patch of workbench. "It's salvageable, but I don't know how long it'll last and would advise using it only on low heat. Anyways I promised I'd show you how to fix things like this, so let's get to it." He said as he grabbed a set of pointed nose pliers from the table and started clamping down on the edges of the holes. "Firstly we want to flatten the edge material, the cleaner we can make this edge the nicer the end result will be."
After the edges were sufficiently flattened he grabbed the soldering iron with his free hand and applied it's heat to the material around the hole. As the material softened he pulled it with the pliers stretching it over the hole pulling it slightly upwards to leave a gap between where the the bottom should be and where the stretched patch was, then turned the pot around and did the same on the inside from the other side of the holes while making sure to keep adding the heat from outside of the pot to prevent any residual lead from getting on the food side of the pot. "we now pull the material over the holes making sure to stretch a bit further than the opposite edge of the hole, while carefully applying heat to the outside of the pot. Then do the same in the opposite direction on the inside."
He set down the soldering iron and pliers, then grabbed a small hammer with a flat top. "This is the fun part, we're going to flatten the stretched out pieces we've pulled over the holes. It's important that you start by hammering from the exterior of the pot inwards first. Because when we hammer from the inside of the pot we can set it down on the table which will ensure the bottom is as flat as the table below it." He said as he started tapping the stretched material into it's final positions. "Even after this you still don't have a water tight seal, normally you'd weld or solder it shut at this point. But since we don't have those options available, we'll use a different technique. Cold welding, it's a different technique of welding that uses force rather than heat to coerce the metal to bond with itself. It's not suited for harder metals as it requires very high pressures, but with tin it works well enough." He explained as he grabbed the soldering iron and heated the hammered parts a decent degree. He then grabbed the hammer again and pressed it onto the now heated parts of metal while pushing on it from the other side with his cybernetic finger. "Obviously you'll want to use a heat resistant glove at the very least or some other tool you can apply a pressing force with."
After pressing each of the patch-ups to a cold weld he put the saucepan down with the bottom up. "All that's left after this is to wait for the project to cool down and it'll be ready for use. And with this I conclude my metalworking 101 crash course. Any questions?" He then said with a joking smile on his face as he turned towards Julius.
(I'll make my next post after Milkhoney has posted his reaction and join you guys in the veins)
Fade stepped forward, head held down, avoiding stepping in the pool of gore that Elys had made of one of the frogs.
"Now I see," he uttered, commenting on Elys's use of barriers as an offensive spell.
He hadn't really expected to carve on living bodies so quickly, it was a bit much, not helping that he was, at heart, someone who liked animals. These things didn't have the capacity to really understand what they are doing, to them this was just part of their survival. Seeing Elys crush one into pulp without blinking didn't help set his mind at ease. At least they weren't people, at least they were amphibians, cold-blooded, not noted for emotional attachment or social skills, and ones known to kill on sight and overall cause misery to the residents here. This was not training, this was a service.
Don't think. Don't feel. Make it quick.
Fade had been approached by a larger one, bouncing over to him, pounding the ground underneath it with its heavy body. An awful croak bubbled from its throat as it readied itself to attack him, and lunging through the air. Fade reacted, the sinew of his arms tightening, as he quickly drew the large blade, and in a single motion, with a glimmer of light, cut through the amphibian's body diagonally, cleaving its head in two, then stepping aside as its body collapsed, kicking briefly as it bled out and expired. Fade swung the sword downwards to loosen the few bits of gore from his sword, and readied for the next with no loss of breath.
"Now I see," he uttered, commenting on Elys's use of barriers as an offensive spell.
He hadn't really expected to carve on living bodies so quickly, it was a bit much, not helping that he was, at heart, someone who liked animals. These things didn't have the capacity to really understand what they are doing, to them this was just part of their survival. Seeing Elys crush one into pulp without blinking didn't help set his mind at ease. At least they weren't people, at least they were amphibians, cold-blooded, not noted for emotional attachment or social skills, and ones known to kill on sight and overall cause misery to the residents here. This was not training, this was a service.
Don't think. Don't feel. Make it quick.
Fade had been approached by a larger one, bouncing over to him, pounding the ground underneath it with its heavy body. An awful croak bubbled from its throat as it readied itself to attack him, and lunging through the air. Fade reacted, the sinew of his arms tightening, as he quickly drew the large blade, and in a single motion, with a glimmer of light, cut through the amphibian's body diagonally, cleaving its head in two, then stepping aside as its body collapsed, kicking briefly as it bled out and expired. Fade swung the sword downwards to loosen the few bits of gore from his sword, and readied for the next with no loss of breath.
After a little post class discussion and an assurance from Drax that he wouldn't charge Julius anything for the lessons he walked out of the shop in the direction of his own.
Once he arrived at the hole in the wall he called his he unlocked and lifted the metal gate in it's stowed position. He went through the creaking door and straight into the backroom only stopping for a moment to drop the bottle of booze of on the worktable before moving to the closet that housed his 'adventuring' gear.
A few good minutes later he was done with strapping the various bits of armor to his body and quickly did a run-over on the condition of his bolt rifle checking for flaying on the wire, scratches or any other defect that might impair it's working condition. After confirming his weapon of choice was in near perfect condition, it had some small cosmetic damage, he slung it over his back and grabbed his shield. He then locked up shop once more heading for the king frog's usual habitat in a jogging pace.
As he arrived at the ground he could see from a distance as one of the frogs was quite literally squished into a pulp by some kind of barrier. That one wouldn't be worth much now, with the prime meat squished together with the lesser parts and even possibly contaminated if it's intestines ruptured.
Fade however managed a quite clean kill slicing the head cleanly in two and causing a large open body wound with a single slice.
Drax quickly found a target of his own and rushed up to it as the frog was still blissfully unaware of his existence. As he came around the back of the frog he dove forward aiming his bolt rifle upwards directly under the head of the frog and releasing a bolt that cleanly passed through the frogs brain stem. A weak croak sounded from the frog before it fell over forwards slamming it's head on the ground with a heavy thud. After Drax rolled out of his dive he turned back to the killed frog and watched for a moment as the legs still twitched and blood pooled from the entry and exit wound. He then turned looking around for any frogs approaching him.
(Sorry for the extremely late response)
Once he arrived at the hole in the wall he called his he unlocked and lifted the metal gate in it's stowed position. He went through the creaking door and straight into the backroom only stopping for a moment to drop the bottle of booze of on the worktable before moving to the closet that housed his 'adventuring' gear.
A few good minutes later he was done with strapping the various bits of armor to his body and quickly did a run-over on the condition of his bolt rifle checking for flaying on the wire, scratches or any other defect that might impair it's working condition. After confirming his weapon of choice was in near perfect condition, it had some small cosmetic damage, he slung it over his back and grabbed his shield. He then locked up shop once more heading for the king frog's usual habitat in a jogging pace.
As he arrived at the ground he could see from a distance as one of the frogs was quite literally squished into a pulp by some kind of barrier. That one wouldn't be worth much now, with the prime meat squished together with the lesser parts and even possibly contaminated if it's intestines ruptured.
Fade however managed a quite clean kill slicing the head cleanly in two and causing a large open body wound with a single slice.
Drax quickly found a target of his own and rushed up to it as the frog was still blissfully unaware of his existence. As he came around the back of the frog he dove forward aiming his bolt rifle upwards directly under the head of the frog and releasing a bolt that cleanly passed through the frogs brain stem. A weak croak sounded from the frog before it fell over forwards slamming it's head on the ground with a heavy thud. After Drax rolled out of his dive he turned back to the killed frog and watched for a moment as the legs still twitched and blood pooled from the entry and exit wound. He then turned looking around for any frogs approaching him.
(Sorry for the extremely late response)
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