Blackstone Foundry and Forge; Friday [09/17].

[special_rabbit]

Amaya had just finished up another order from the Daventry Guard for more spears (she sort of wondered, for a peaceful country, what were they even doing with all those spears?), and she didn't really have any other projects or jobs on deck, which meant that she was mostly going to be spending her time in the shop that day tumbling down a little bit of a personal project rabbit hole that started with thinking that maybe that rapier on the wall wasn't really selling because the hilt on it wasn't quite fancy enough, so let's give it an upgrade, and now she was working on twisting and twirling and looping metal around the hilt as if she was trying to make the most convoluted fancy twisty hilt the world had ever seen on a sword.

It was just kind of easy to get carried away! But, hey, if anyone was looking for a hilt so elaborate that you couldn't even use the darn thing, well! Amaya Blackstone had you covered!

With lots and lots of twisty ropes of fancy metal.

The Forge is open!

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[alwaysonguard]

Dwight had passed by the forge quite often while on his morning runs but had yet to stop by. Really had not had much reason and when he did pass by Amaya always seemed pretty enthralled in whatever she was working on.

Today was no different when he passed by, except today he had a reason to stop by. He needed to talk to the expert in town. So there he was ducking slightly as he stepped through the doorway inside.

"Hey Amaya," he called out as he entered. "How's it going? Looks like quite the project you have going on!"

[special_rabbit]

"Oh, hey, there, Dwight," said Amaya, looking up from where she had been drawn into her work, barely even noticing him there until he'd said something, and then she registered what he said and looked down on the ironwork that had pretty much looked like some sort of vine that had gotten drastically out of control, and she blinked at it.

"Huh," she noted. "I suppose it is!"

She moved it around in her hand a little to point out the exact spots on the decorative hilt that would be incredibly problematic for anyone actually trying to use the thing, and decided she'd worry about that later, and her attention shifted back to Dwight with a nod.

"And it's going well! How 'bout with you? Anything in particular bring you in?"

Please say yes, Dwight, she clearly needed a new project.

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight blinked a little as he looked at the knots of twisted metal.

"Well, I know you specialize in weapons" he said with a glance around at the abundance of sharp pointy instruments of death (SPID). "But I was wondering if you ever work on things other than weapons? Like tools and hardware and things like that?"

Cuz he might have something for you to help him with.

[special_rabbit]

"Well, sure," said Amaya, easily, with a nod. "Weapons tend to be a little more specialized, even back home, so things like tools and hardware and parts tend to be my bread and butter. So was fixing things," she had to add that with a little bit of a grin, because she was honestly hoping having a legitimate fix-it shop around here might mean a little friendly competition every so often, because honestly, there wasn't enough competition in general around these parts, if you asked her!, "but we'll see how that one goes up on ahead. What'cha need? And if I can't make it now, rest assured, I'll make sure to learn how to make soon."

[alwaysonguard]

"Ah yes, friendly competition is always good. And im sure you could run circles around me with anything metal-working related," he said with a grin.

"That's actually kind of what I want to ask you about. I've got the basic inventory set up at the shop finally. Nothing too fancy or extra just yet. So i was wondering if you could help me get a few nice pieces made for the shop? Like a few nice wrought iron light fixtures or a set of hardware for some cabinets and what not. Would like to have a few nice pieces for people. And id much rather give the work to the local pro than pay to have some stranger make them and ship them to me."

Dwight grinned and looked at Amaya for a response.

[special_rabbit]

Amaya met that grin with one of her own. "Now that's an arrangement I think I can get behind," she said. "A little mutual back-scratching, as it were. You scratch mine, I'll scratch yours. I think I can definitely manage a piece or two...or two dozen."

Because let's be real, if that sword hilt she was working on was any indication, she didn't exactly know what the word stop meant at just two.

"Got anything specific in mind?" she then wondered. "Or should I start just working up some sketches? I probably even have a couple of pieces on hand right now, even, if you want to have a look at those. Mostly door hinges. That was sort of what most of my own fix-it work tended to be when someone needed it. Doors."

And one table.

But she wasn't about to mention that.

[alwaysonguard]

"Believe it or not, door hinges have been a bit hard to come by, so will definitely take a look at that. As for the other stuff, have a few ideas, but I am by no means a designer. I usually fix things and let others wonder about how they are supposed to look to begin with. So consider this just some brainstorming" he said with a chuckle as he handed a few sheets of paper to Amaya.

On the sheets were a few rough sketches and ideas for
few different light figure ideas, some basic ideas for hardwear and a few other random ideas for pieces.

[special_rabbit]

Amaya didn't get very far through the papers before her grin showed up again. "Oh, yeah," she said confidently as she flipped through them, "I can definitely work with these. They keep up with the sort of aesthetic of the island, too, which, conveniently, happens to already be my aesthetic, only difference is, here, it's considered old-timey and quaint, while back home, it's sort of just the way it is because, outside of wizards, we haven't even got electricity."

Until she brought it with her and made a killing in shiny gold coins off of it, anyway.

[alwaysonguard]

"Awesome," Dwight said enthusiastically. "Then I guess just let me know when you get a few things done and need me to come get them. Definitely trust you more than some stranger in a factory somewhere on the other side of the country."

He consider that other bit of information and nodded slowly.

"I've gone a few months with no electricity or modern conveniences. And that was rough enough. I guess I could manage long term if there were no other options. But I do end up missing hot water and running water fairly quickly" he added with a knowing chuckle.

[special_rabbit]

"You'll get much better work for it, too," Amaya noted, with a derisive snort that left very little question as to what she thought of the results of modern industry, no matter how much she might admire the methods, "and believe you me, if I ever do wander my way back to Daventry or Llewdor, or, heck, even Serenia or Tamir or anywhere else in between, running water will by my first order of business. Ingenious! That'll raise a few eyebrows...and possibly flood my coffers in the meantime, to boot!"

Why, yes, she did need to force some sort of water pun in there somewhere.

"I take it, then, you're from a place not too far removed from this one?" A glove hand waved in the air. "More or less."

[alwaysonguard]

"Yeah, I'm from this actual... umm... reality I guess it would be called? Universe?" Hey it was all still a bit confusing to him.

"I'm from earth, same general timeline as we are in right now. Though I did evidently lose ten years thanks to the island shenanigans. Though most of the advances and changes that I have to catch up on are limited to technology- cell phones, computers, and whatever the heck TikTok is..." he said scratching his head slightly.

"But yeah modern conveniences and all are well known and sadly taken for granted by most people."