Blackstone Foundry and Forge; Tuesday [05/30].

[special_rabbit]

Early that morning, the new, heavier, sturdier glass plates for the greenhouse had arrived, so several boxes were stacked wherever they could find a spot in the shop, a few of them opened so that Amaya could start inspecting them with a critical eye and, even more importantly, start taking proper measurements so she could get started on the framing for them.

Could she just mostly fit them into the framing already up there on the greenhouse right now? Yeah, sure, of course she could.

But why would she do that when she could hammer up some new framing and make them even prettier and possibly even add some strategic spikes?

It wasn't just aesthetics! It was for protection now, too!

The Forge is open!

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[alwaysonguard]

Dwight had debated just letting it slide but he did feel bad about not having made it to class so he decided to stop by Forge while he was out that morning.

"Amaya, you in?" he called out from the doorway as he poked his head in and looked around before walking in. Better safe than sorry. Ya never knew what might be going on in the Forge after all!

[special_rabbit]

"I should hope so," Amaya responded brusquely, with maybe a faint grunt as she was in the middle of bending one of the frames and trying to get that angle just right around the horn of the anvil. "Otherwise, I'd really like to know who's been making such a mess of my shop."

Angle achieved...well enough for now, she took a look around at the boxes of plate glass here and there and the metal frames in process in case he missed them all, and then looked toward him with a nod.

"Dwight. What can we do you for?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Just wanted to stop by and apologize for missing class. It... Yesterday was a bit of a day" he said as he walked in, looking around at everything in the Forge. "Spent most of it up in D.C., being Memorial Day and all. Didn't want ya thinking I was playing hooky for no good reason" he said with a slight grin.

[special_rabbit]

"Is it really technically hooky if it was for a good reason?" Amaya asked, brows lifted slightly, and she did try to kind of return that slight grin back, but it honestly just came out a bit awkward and uncertain more than anything else. "But, well, you did miss quenching day, which is a pretty important step, so you'll just have to make up for it next week, I suppose. Lose a little time on the refining process, but, you know, a sword's still a sword, even if it doesn't look pretty, right?"

[alwaysonguard]

"Yeah, guess I got the work cut out for me come next class," Dwight considered. "Wants going to go with anything too fancy or frilly anyways. Not really my style."

[special_rabbit]

Despite herself, Amaya did have to smirk a little at that. "Really?" she asked. "It's not? I'd've never guessed!"

[begmetwice]

Let's be real, though; those protective spikes were also quite aesthetically pleasing, too.

"Ooooh, are we playing with glass today?" Irene asked in lieu of her usual sing-songy greeting today when she swanned her way into the forge.

[special_rabbit]

They were multitasking spikes! The best kind of spikes! Form and function!

"Playing with?" Amaya asked, regarding said glass with a thoughtful expression as if that hadn't quite occured to her, then she shook her head. "Not quite. Just building a nee frame for them to fit in. Looks like this weekend's going to be pretty big on greenhouse reconstruction."

And then, because she was a creature of habit, she looked to Irene and nodded. "Irene."

[begmetwice]

"Amaya," Irene returned, her smile quirking in a way that might have indicated that someone here found the creature and her habits frankly kind of adorable. "Anything particularly pressing about this weekend, or is it just that you don't have other projects?"

[special_rabbit]

"I just don't have any other projects," Amaya confessed, with the disappointed, disparaging sigh that such a statement would always bring, and a shake of her head. "Good for home improvement, but not so good for my bank account. So. If you know anyone....well...you know what to do. The greenhouse is only going to keep me busy for so long, after all."