Blackstone Foundry and Forge; Tuesday [10/04].

[special_rabbit]

With the school trip next week, this week was mostly about finishing up any projects Amaya had unfinished, although she was finding that there really wasn't a whole lot to take care of, in that respect.

Which meant today was mostly about not giving into the urge to start new projects, or at least trying to think of a project that could benefit from being started now, be left sitting for a week, and then finished up when she got back.

And that wasn't happening, but what else was she going to do? Just tidy up? That wouldn't do. So she figured she could at least maybe churn out a nice new set of daggers or something to put on the Etsy shop, or maybe one to gift Lucille for keeping an eye on the plants and lobsters as usual while she was gone. She'd always struck Amaya as someone who'd appreciate a good dagger, really, and she still had enough time to hammer out a good fancy one before next week.

The Forge is open!

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[alwaysonguard]

It had been a while since Dwight had been by the forge. And he DID have a reason to stop by, as evident by the bag slung over his shoulder. So, there he was, walking in with bag in tow.

"Hey, Amaya..." he called out as he entered. "How.... how's it going?"

[special_rabbit]

If you didn't think Amaya's eyes wouldn't almost immediately bounce over to that bag when she looked up from the anvil, well, then, you probably didn't know Amaya all that well.

"Dwight," she greeted back with a nod, keeping that curiosity at arm's length, at least long enough to get through the standard pleasantries. "It's going. How 'bout yourself?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Keeping busy, keeping busy" he said with a nod. "Got some things for you though. Remnants of all that productivity."

Dwight gave a small smile as he put the bag on the table with a somewhat satisfying thud.

"I had accumulated a good bit of odds and ends and scrap pieces. Figured I'd bring them over and see if you need any wood bits for anything."

[special_rabbit]

That was a pretty satisfying thud, it was true.

"Well, all those hilts and handles sure aren't going to make themselves out of nothing," Amaya pointed out with another nod. "I'm sure I can find a good use for 'em. Thanks for bringing 'em by."

[alwaysonguard]

"That's what I was figuring. There's a good mix in there. Got a few pieces of the specialty wood I've ordered in recently too so should have some nice hilts and handles in there waiting to be made," Dwight stated with a nod. "Leftovers from the pieces I've been working on for Liz and then a few of my own projects. So, should be plenty of variety in there to choose from."

[special_rabbit]

Amaya gave another nod of her own. Lotta nods to go around, in this conversation, it seemed.

"'Preciate it," she said. "I'll have to see what kinds of scraps and bits of useful metal I might have laying around here soon to make sure I can return the favor. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to put them to good use, too, just like I'm sure I will this wood here..."

[alwaysonguard]

"Figured it would be better to get some use over here at the forge rather than just chucking them. I pulled out the pieces I may still need so.... will be interesting to see what you come up with. Will have to keep an eye on that Etsy shop for anything familiar looking" Dwight said with a smirk. "Speaking of which, how's that been going for you?

[special_rabbit]

"Oh, you know," said Amaya. Nodding. Again. "Well enough. Steady, anyway. Nothing big, lots of little things moving, good way to fill in the gaps between other orders. Things have been a little slow, in that respect, around the island. Not as many sword-weilders these days as there used to be...

"And on your side of things? How's business on your end?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Esty shop is puttering along pretty decently. Got a few requests for some bigger pieces so trying to work out the logistics of that. But all in all pretty good" Dwight said with a glance to the bag of scrap wood to indicate how busy it had been lately. "Also got a few furniture pieces now that I*'ve finished the things for Liz mostly."

[special_rabbit]

Amaya nodded yet again, but this time, it went into a little bit of a thoughtful headtilt as well.

"You know," she mused, "last week, we fitted that crib of her we're working on with some ice materia to help fortify it against her fire. Wonder if we could do something similar for your pieces, too, just to make them a little more resilient in case her kiddo ends up being a firebrand like she is."

[alwaysonguard]

"Might be worth considering..." Dwight said after a moment's thought. "I admit I know basically nothing about materia and how it works and all, but might be worth looking at. Especially for the crib and other pieces, I have been working on..." Dwight offered, stopping short as he realized he didn't think he had ever really mentioned to Amaya what those personal projects were exactly.

[special_rabbit]

"Oh, it's brilliant stuff," said Amaya, finally managing to break out from her nodding rut with a grin. "Best investment I ever made, especially once I came up with the idea for the incubator! All you need to do is make sure you've got the right slots for it, and it's easy enough to outfit a slot on pretty much near anything, and you're good to go! We had Liz try it on the panels for her crib and they worked like a charm! I use 'em so much for weapons, I nearly forgot they can have defensive properties as well as offensive ones."

[alwaysonguard]

"May have to look into it and see what things might work for furniture and what not..."Dwight said, not really sure still how it exactly worked. "Sounds like it might be something to consider for higher-end pieces and whatnot."

[special_rabbit]

"Or at least anything you don't want too easily set on fire, frozen, or struck by lightning!" Amaya pointed out, grin broadening a little bit more.

Really, that could probably be most things....although certainly not all!

[alwaysonguard]

"Might have to look into that at some point. If for a few of my own projects then for anything else." Dwight gave a small shrug. "Probably can't hurt anyways."