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[fatedsacrifice]

[The video comes on and Noctis isn't looking at the camera. But he's standing and a loud thud is heard as it sounds as if something heavy just dropped. So the king sighs with a shake of the head.]

Damn it. Anyone have any idea how to secure stuff on the walls? This one thing I keep thinking is secured keeps falling down.

[Right after he says that something else is heard, presumably falling down too.]

Yup, could definitely use some advice here.

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[crystalmaster]

Radley winces at the sounds. "There's no hooks or nails here?" He's assuming it's a picture, but then again, in this place, would there be frames? "What are you trying to secure anyway?"

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis had to shake his head. "The ones I used were in pretty bad shape. I reworked them as best I could but in the end they didn't hold up."

Another sigh came out. "I was just trying to find a place to put a shelf or two on, so I could have some more room. But it's not working out."

[crystalmaster]

"Is there anyone here who could make them from scratch?" Radley wonders. There must be some kind of solution....

[fatedsacrifice]

Noctis had to think a moment.

"There's one person I can think of. Guess I'll have to go talk to him if I can't fix this on my own."

[crystalmaster]

"Well, at least there's that," Radley says. "Is he easy to reach?"

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[plate_builder]

[Reeve doesn't answer at first, but Mini. Because he was the one with the communicator when the video started.]

Oye, ya need sum nails?

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[fatedsacrifice]

[He had to smile briefly.]

That and instructions or something.

[plate_builder]

Well ya gotta knock tha nail inta tha wall!

[fatedsacrifice]

Ya I uh..did that. It folded in on itself.

Noctis wasn't happy to report that.

[plate_builder]

Huh. Well we can ask Tony for ya if ya want!

[A voice in the background calls out to Mini. Reeve's voice, clearly, but from a distance.]

What are you up to, Cat?</i?

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[ziedrich_bearer]

[Gladio chuckled as he watched the whole thing play out. He had been pretty sure that the triplicate frame wouldn't hang well on the wall. It's why he had offered to haul a whole table or stand or something over for this. But no, Noctis wanted it on the wall. So for now he remained lying on the bed, rolled on his side, head held up on a raised hand. And oh he grinned.]

Stop fighting it. Just relax. We'll figure something else.

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[fatedsacrifice]

Dark blue eyes looked at the fallen shelf with a sigh. He folded his arms over his chest and continued to stare at the thing as it if personally offended him. There was a slight smile as he heard Gladio's voice pipe up.

"Guess I'm just not good at this playing house kinda stuff."

[ziedrich_bearer]

"See, the secret is that we're not play at it, Noct. Though if you think I'm going to clean up after you to the degree Ignis did, you're crazy. I'll throw you in the lake or something."

But they're also not going to eat here as much. Not like Gladio and Noctis can cook.

[fatedsacrifice]

The king put his hands on his hips as he stared at his failed project and sighed. "No. I wouldn't let Iggy do half of what he did for me if he were here." Death had a funny way of making him rethink his life and his priorities.

"I could never repay any of you guys for everything you did."

[ziedrich_bearer]

"He'd probably still try if he was here," he says, smiling at Noctis and beckoning the other closer with a crooked finger. "I can ask Tony for nails or something. And you know you never had to pay us back."

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[quark_assassin]

[This...really doesn't need to be anonymous, but Dustin likes that he's figured out how to activate this function now and will keep using it for as long as possible. It's oddly comforting.]

What are you trying to secure, exactly?

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[fatedsacrifice]

A shelf..or two.

[quark_assassin]

Dimensions? Materials of the shelves and the walls? What are you planning to store on them?
All of those factors will determine how best to secure them.

[fatedsacrifice]

Uh..the shelves are about three feet long and just plain wood. The wall I'm trying to attach it to is wood and just picture frames or light jars, not even filled with anything.

[quark_assassin]

[Dustin takes a few moments to work out the calculations, then a couple of minutes to draft out a picture of what the shelves should look like and how to secure them, which he sends in his response. The designs aren't complicated - just your bog-standard wooden shelves with some nails, probably - but Dustin's included a bunch of labels and notes and measurement insets that are not at all necessary for this task.]

This should work for you.

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[owneroftheworstroom]

I can help you if you like!

[ Has Bruno met you before? No. Will he offer help regardless? Of course! ]

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[fatedsacrifice]

You know how to hang shelves?

[Noctis has no issue with people offering to help, especially those who have no idea who he is.]

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[owneroftheworstroom]

Of course I do!

[ Yes, that's totally a hammer he's waving up into view. ]

Been doing a lot of that back home. Building stuff, I mean. Sometimes doing some repairs. Shelves? Also happened. Had to put my stuff somewhere - And they made great playgrounds for the rats.

[ He had to keep himself busy all those years somehow. ]

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[fatedsacrifice]

[Noctis isn't sure about that hammer waving, but the guy's got a good spirit, and can do one at that.]

Wait, you made playgrounds for rats?

[Say what?]

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[owneroftheworstroom]

Well, not intentionally. But they're very curious and active little things. They will play with just about everything. By which I mean I tried building them a maze, but their interest in that one- Weeeell... Let's say I was probably more invested in it than they were.