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[blastiafreak]

[The video's not very clear when it comes on; it's dark and gloomy, showing hints of thick dust and cobwebs--a glimpse of a window reveals deep fog--and then it shifts to Rita's wide-eyed face. When she speaks, she's trying very hard to pretend she's calm...and failing pretty horribly.]

I-is anyone else stuck in this weirdo place? I mean, it's not like I need help or anything, but-

[A loud creak and sudden clatter of footsteps interrupts her, the shutters to the window abruptly blowing open, and she jumps with a yelp.] Aah--! Uh--it's not sc--just where's the exit, already?!

[Maybe realizing that the video's still recording her little freak-out, she quickly shuts it off.]

[ooc: Tags slow forever. ._. Sorry!]

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[blastiafreak]

[Always~ I can't believe how long this thread has gotten!]

[She nods in agreement.] Yeah. This one can be made small and simple, since producing light is easy.

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[stargathering]

[ Aaah, me either!! X) It's so cool! ]

Mm.

[ It makes him wonder...And he figures it never hurts to ask- ]

Can I help you with it?

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[blastiafreak]

[Eee, I love it~! X)]

[She blinks in surprise and hesitates for a moment...but she's intrigued, too, and she likes seeing him interested in what she's doing.]

Do you want to?

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[stargathering]

[ Me too! It's such a fun thread ♥ ]

[ He doesn't know how to take that... He's nowhere near as knowledgeable as she is, but he does honestly want to try. ]

Yeah, if I can... Even if it's something small.

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[blastiafreak]

[It is! ♥]

[She shakes her head--but not as a refusal.]

Isn't something small just the kind of thing you should try first? So...We can do it together.

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[stargathering]

[ ♥♥♥♥! And so cute now ;v; ]

[ He smiles when she says that and quickly nods. ] That's exactly how I want to do it. So where do we start?

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[blastiafreak]

[Eee, that's right! The cutest~♥]

Yeah...Well, we'll need both a body and a core. For a blastia like this, the body doesn't need to be much, either... [She scribbles a drawing in her notebook, ending up with something that does look similar to a flashlight.] This should work for focusing the light.

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[stargathering]

[ Yes~! I love them ♥ ]

[ He nods in agreement. ] Yeah, that should work well. How big do you think it'll have to be? We should carry them around all the time, so...

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[blastiafreak]

[Me too! ♥]

Not big at all. A few inches in total will be fine.

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[stargathering]

Mm. [ That won't be bad, he thinks. It doesn't wearable, but he doesn't think it has to be as long as they remember it. ] But we need the core first anyway, right?

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[blastiafreak]

[She could probably make it wearable, although it's not really on her mind right now. It'll be small and lightweight, in any case.] Yeah, that's right. We'll make the body later, so...

[She slides off the chair and waves him over towards a corner of the room where she has several pieces of equipment set up.]

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[stargathering]

[ He follows after her, looking at what she's heading to. ] Are we making the core already?

[ It seems so quickly! ]

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[blastiafreak]

[She looks back and nods casually. No time like the present!] Of course. You said you wanted to, right?

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[stargathering]

Yeah. I didn't know you were ready yet, though.

[ But she was thinking of it before... And she did say it was simple. ]

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[blastiafreak]

I'm always ready, you know. Do you want to wait?

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[stargathering]

[ Shaking his head! ]

No, but you were just drawing it out, so...

[ Well, it doesn't matter. ]

Let's start.

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[blastiafreak]

Yeah, and I did the calculations. So we're all set.

[She nods, not seeing any reason to put it off, and then starts looking at her list of materials. One machine, a contraption of wires, pipes, and antennae-like protrusions all stuck to a two-foot-high metal container, has been operating the entire time with a steady hum, and Rita points to it.]

We'll need concentrated mana, and this is where I collect and store it. It takes a while to gather, so I keep this thing running all the time.

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[stargathering]

It doesn't overload when you do that?

[ He has noticed it before, but didn't know what it was used for. He can't help but look at it more closely. Does it collect like water or something? How often does Rita make cores that it never overflows? ]

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[blastiafreak]

[She's almost glad he asked, and shakes her head. She felt pretty accomplished with herself when she built the condenser.]

Nope. I designed it to operate at a specific capacity, so it doesn't collect when it's full.

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[stargathering]

[ He smiles a little. For as careless as she can be in other areas, she knows what she's doing when she works. ]

I see... That was a good idea... [ He looks it over again. It's pretty cool. ] So how much does it have right now?

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[blastiafreak]

[He'd better think it's a good idea! Rita is the most smug, especially with how impressed she thinks Tyr is.]

It holds five hundred units. That might sound like a lot, but you'd need way more for, say...a hoplon blastia--that's kind of like a powerful cannon. It's plenty for what I usually want to work with for now.

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[stargathering]

[ He is pretty impressed with her even though he doesn't have any frame of reference for her skills. She became the most impressive person when she sealed his rune. ]

And more than enough for a couple of lights.

[ And more seriously- ] ...Would you ever even make a hoplon blastia here if you could? [ It sounds like something that'd only be used in a war. ]

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[blastiafreak]

[And she's proud of what she did there, though in a different way--it actually meant something more and made a big difference for Tyr, so...She's glad for that.]

Plenty.

[She almost goes into the complications but he specified if she could...So she thinks for just a second, and then shrugs.] I don't see any reason for something like that. Hoplon blastia can't really be used for anything but war and outright destruction.

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[stargathering]

[ And he's grateful for her.

He nods, glad that his guess was correct. ] That's what I thought... Unless we fought the deities, we won't have any use for them.

[ But enough of that. ] So anyway, let's just make this core.

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[blastiafreak]

We don't even know if they'd be affected, anyway. [She waves her hand dismissively at that. She might tend towards violence and have pretty powerful spells, but hoplon blastia are on a different level. To Rita, self-defense is only natural, but she has no interest in building those kinds of destructive weapons.]

So...for the core, we'll need the mana, some binder--I have some stored--and then, once it's mixed, we'll put it in here. [Now she indicates another piece of equipment similar to the first, a metal container with a mess of tubes and connections.]