Blackstone Foundry and Forge; Tuesday [02/01].

[special_rabbit]

The sandwich board from last week was (and, strictly speaking, had been out, since technically, Amaya was here every day in a very handwavey fashion, but details, details) definitely still out, and Amaya had spent the week making a good stock pile of damascus bars that she'd be turning into metal roses here soon enough, but she felt it wasn't necessary to get started on those quite yet, they were an easy enough project.

Today, it seemed, she was back on her axe bullshit, working hard on some new heads that were a bit smaller.

Good throwing axes, really.

No reasons.

The innocent whistling that seemed to accompany her work today as she seemed to be putting together a nice set up to have on hand should anyone, for whatever reason, continue to have issues with certain weapons at certain places and come to their senses about what could potentially be an endless supply of axes that weren't plastic or squeaky.

But what did she know? About axes, really....

The Forge is open!

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[alwaysonguard]

Later that morning Dwight came hurrying inside, knocking the snow off his boots as he did. And just as he had been handwavely doing that entire week, he came bearing gifts of caffeine and sweets.

"Morning, Amaya!" he said with a nod, a smile of relief on his face to finally be in the warm forge rather than outside in the frigid cold.

"Got us our morning pick-me-ups. And ya got a little something else I worked on over the weekend at the shop too" he said nodding at the bag he sat down on the table by the goodies.

[special_rabbit]

"Oh, yeah?" asked Amaya, as she finished out a few more hammers on the bit of the current axe she was working on, then lifted it up and inspected the edge thoughtfully. "What's that?"

Whatever it was, she'd get to it in a second, because there was just a little bit more work to do on that bit before she could be full satisfied to set it aside for a break. Now that it was here, after all, it wasn't like the coffee was going anywhere!

...well, okay, that might not be entirely true, around here, but she was willing to take her chances that it wasn't about to sprout legs and run off on her.

Not today, anyway.

[alwaysonguard]

"Nothing much"Dwight said as he watched her finish up for a bit. "Got a few of those recycled wood pieces done for you. Just a couple of handles for some axes or what not."

[special_rabbit]

Amaya's brows lifted with interest even as she hammered, putting in those last few finishing strokes for now before sighing with satisfaction and straightening up, running her arm across her forehead with the hammer still in her hand as if that would actually help with the sweat across her forehead.

Bangs on a blacksmith really was a choice.

"I'll have to see what I can come up with for 'em," she noted with a grin, tools and axe set aside now and hands brushed against her skirt before coming over to reach for the coffee. "I like the idea of thinking of how to fit the piece to the hilt instead of the other way around for a change."

[alwaysonguard]

Dwight handed over the cup of coffee and nodded towards the box of cookies on the table.

"Well, ya got three different styles in there to work with" Dwight said with a grin. "And got plenty of scrap wood left so if something works good and you want more made up in a particular style let me know. You ARE the weapons expert around here after all!" he added with a smirk.

And he was just going to let that complement hang there for a bit as he turned his attention to his own cofee.

[special_rabbit]

Oh, it didn't need to hang there very long, as Amaya was more than willing to pick that one right up.

"It's true," she agreed, with a confirming nod and a lift of her chin. "I am."

She lifted her coffee to toast to that, since, really, no point in denying straight facts, had a sip, and then helped herself to one of those cookies.

"Guess that makes you the counter expert," she noted, which didn't sound nearly impressive, but it was better than nothing?

[alwaysonguard]

"I'll settle for local fix-it expert" Dwight said with a return toast of his own and a grin. "No point in trying to compete with the best of the best after all..." he added as he took a long drink of his coffee.

"How are the axes coming along?" he asked after a few minutes of enjoying a cookie and his coffee.

[special_rabbit]

Amaya shrugged a little. "They're coming," she allowed. "Not a whole lot too 'em, although throwing axes definitely hit a bit different than other axes. Not a bad way to fill the time if I don't get more holiday orders coming in. A few hits on the Etsy shop have been keeping me busy, but not nearly as busy as I'd like."

Which was...you know...constantly busy, but she'll take what she could get!

[alwaysonguard]

"Funny you should mention the Etsy shop" Dwight said as he finished off another cookie and brushed off the crumbs. "I had been debating trying to set up something similar for myself, for some of the smaller items and what not. Get some customers on the mainland and possibly farther out. Whatcha think? Be worth while to try and see how it goes?"

[special_rabbit]

"Hey," said Amaya, with a shrug of her shoulders and a tilted grin as the shadow of the patchwork amalgamation that was the Crumbler loomed behind her, "if you got the technology, use it. The online thing does sort of trip me up every once in a while, but turns out Diaz has actually been running a shop on there for years, so if I need any troubleshooting, I just drag her in to help."

[alwaysonguard]

"May have to look into it... would give me some time to figure it all out before any big holiday rush comes along again" Dwight mused for a moment before giving a shrug. "Ah well, that's for later. Right now I have some counters that need the Hendrickson touch!"

[special_rabbit]

"And how long, at this point," Amaya wondered, "do you suppose that Hendrickson touch is going to take? Not that there's any rush, of course, but it's always nice to hae a timeline, even a rough one, and, well...'round here, rough is about as best you can get, because who knows what can happen one day to the next?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Provided there's no major disruptions and I get some good time in to work on it, should be able to have it done by the weekend" Dwight said after a few moments consideration and looking over the progress so far. "Already got a good start on it. Should be able to finish most of it in the next day or two... then a couple days for the finer carving and details and then a day for the glass installation."

And Dwight realy hoped he had not just jinxed them with that... but in his defense, Amaya HAD asked!

[special_rabbit]

And because she'd asked, Amaya would definitely shoulder the blame if anything were to happen, especially since what she was about to say next would probably not help matters if they were, in fact, to be jinxed.

"That soon, huh?" she asked, looking mildly impressed, as if this hadn't been a project that had been a bit hemmed and hawed on in the last month or so. "Bit quicker than I'd thought, but that's great!"

Oh no, that would surely have jinxed it.

"But no complaints there."

So clearly that odd little twinge she felt right now was not disappointment, because that would just be absurd.

[alwaysonguard]

Yup, totally jinxed it all now. You would be stuck with Dwight for some time to come at this rate. The island was sure to throw some monkey wrenches their way now!

"Well, that's just an estimate of course. And once it's all finished and set up, if there's anything else you need fixed up... I mean" Dwight said, giving Amaya a slightly lopsided grin. "If there's anything else to do, might as well get it done while I have somewhat of a shop set up here to handle things. Right?"

Ya know, efficiency. That was obviously the point here! There was absolutely no other reason why he would suggest such a thing! And that little twinge of whatever it was? That had nothing at all to do with anything... he was pretty sure.