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revivalproject2020-01-05 03:37 pm
complicatedliar) wrote in revivalproject2020-01-05 03:37 pm
[Video Post]
[The communicator is set up to record what looks like a meter-tall odd construction of rocks at first glance, set up on one of the broken-up streets (near building 3 on the map). It's glowing from within, the warm light of a fire. Loki's fanning the fire with a fan made from wood and scraps of fabric. There are a few scorch marks on the sleeve of his coat.]
I haven't actually set anything on fire yet, note. But one can set anything on fire, should one only believe in onself hard enough.
[Humming quietly to himself, he puts scraps of metal into the forge with a pair of improvized tongs and then continues to fan.
After a few minutes, one of the scraps is pulled out. Not quite right. Back into the glowing depths it goes.
Another few minutes and he pulls out a different scrap, glowing orange-yellow with heat. Seemingly satisfied, he rests the metal on a flat rock that's at the front of the makeshift forge and begins striking it out with a small hammer. Then back into the fire. It's a repeated cycle, drawing out the metal a bit more with hammer blows, rolling it against the rock's surface, then back into the fire. When it's relatively long and thin, he uses an awl to punch a hole about three centimeters up from the thin tip, then cuts the piece off above the hole. He flicks the metal into a bucket of water sitting on the ground; it hits with a little splash and a hiss.
He fishes the metal out with his hand and inspects it. It's to the large side and a bit clumsy, but recognizeable as a needle.]
Could do with a bit of sharpening, and I'm sure Eitri would have a thing or two to say about my hammer technique, but he's not here to complain.
[He grins at the communicator.]
I wonder what I'll make next.
I haven't actually set anything on fire yet, note. But one can set anything on fire, should one only believe in onself hard enough.
[Humming quietly to himself, he puts scraps of metal into the forge with a pair of improvized tongs and then continues to fan.
After a few minutes, one of the scraps is pulled out. Not quite right. Back into the glowing depths it goes.
Another few minutes and he pulls out a different scrap, glowing orange-yellow with heat. Seemingly satisfied, he rests the metal on a flat rock that's at the front of the makeshift forge and begins striking it out with a small hammer. Then back into the fire. It's a repeated cycle, drawing out the metal a bit more with hammer blows, rolling it against the rock's surface, then back into the fire. When it's relatively long and thin, he uses an awl to punch a hole about three centimeters up from the thin tip, then cuts the piece off above the hole. He flicks the metal into a bucket of water sitting on the ground; it hits with a little splash and a hiss.
He fishes the metal out with his hand and inspects it. It's to the large side and a bit clumsy, but recognizeable as a needle.]
Could do with a bit of sharpening, and I'm sure Eitri would have a thing or two to say about my hammer technique, but he's not here to complain.
[He grins at the communicator.]
I wonder what I'll make next.
Voice;
[If nothing's burning, it's likely because he doesn't want to start any fires.]
Not in the mood to ask the overlords for whatever it is you wish to create? Or simply averse to asking them for help?
[A pause, as he thinks.] Or perhaps you're the type who enjoys creating something from scratch?
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[Was there a data point he'd missed out on? Not that Tommy would EVER have the patience to work metal. He can do it with plants because they become food.]
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[ He grins very toothily. ]
Some of us paid attention when we had a little tour through Eitri's domain.
[ He's not going to mention the number of times he's had to practice making a stupid needle. Goodness no. ]
Voice;
[ Like that time Thor set a pot of water on fire. Somehow. Neither of them had been very good at being human-ish. But that was why Loki had quickly mastered the art of ordering food for delivery. ]
I try not to ask for anything for which I do not know the price. [Taking? That's another matter entirely. ]
I'm very good with my hands.
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Voice;
That a lesson learned from experience, then? [He's curious.]
I am, as well. Though in different ways than you, I'm sure. I'm not sure I could handle the heat of working near a forge.
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Eitri is the forge master who Mjolnir.
Voice;
[ He laughs quietly. ] Anyone whose delved much into the greater magics learns this quickly.
[ Except it has nothing to do with magic. He'll just be damned before he talks about Thanos with anyone not already in the know. ]
I learned very early to shield myself from warmth, as someone who far prefers the cold. People do keep their houses far too warm.
Voice;
Can't say I've ever done that, though I do know the risks of acquiring too much power too quickly. I suppose acquiring physical possessions doesn't particularly read like that to me, or I might be just as cautious. [It's something he'll keep in mind from now on, regardless.]
A useful ability. My species can handle cold temperatures, but I don't really know how they are with warm ones. I just know I personally don't like too much heat.
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And someone made Mjolnir?