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[dualikey]

hi guys! uhhhh i hope i'm doing this right

my name's sora and some friends and me are trying to build a boat!


we finished a raft first cause it was easier, but i've only seen hand tools laying around so getting the wood and shaping it and stuff sure is taking awhile. we've made a couple before so even though we don't have anything fancy it'll probably just take a few days, but it'd sure go a lot faster with help.

and maybe sandpaper, i only found a little bit.

anyway, is anyone else used to building stuff?
even if you just wanna help out that'd be great! i guess i don't really have a way to pay you or anything, but i'll let you name the boat! that's fair, right? or if we get lots of help we could probably make more than one.

a skiff should be just enough to get around and i figure to hold 2 people it'd have to be like..... 8 feet long, and for 3 maybe at least 12. it's gonna take awhile though! even with my dad and all his stuff back home it was almost 3 whole weeks. i kinda figured if we got lots of hands that we could make up for not having any of the special gadgets. like i heard you can sand wood down by just using rocks inside a shirt! i already have lots of blisters


oh! and riku said it'd be cool to see if anybody knows how to uhhh what was it

make a lens? so we could use
a torch as a spotlight?

i think that part'll be a little further off


[local islander seeks diy enthusiasts and carpenters of dubious skills to build boat and possibly create tiny fleet. he also enjoys long walks on the beach and cakes with fruit inside, not to be confused with fruitcake.]

Comments

[dualikey]

rikuuuuu

if he said he was gonna help that i probably already met him!!

and i know who you're talking about so i DEFINITELY already met him!

[originallutece]

It is.

[That's blunt and short, but it's also more honest than it comes across. It is that easy to her, in the same way summon a keyblade is to him. It's just . . . it just comes so naturally, it's stunning to her sometimes that it doesn't for others.]

But I can teach you.

[equinoctials]

yeah? what was his name?

[ This is entirely pointless. But it's the kind of pointless that feels familiar and a little fun, like jostling a friend just to hear them squeak in protest. ]

besides, might be a different guy. we met over by the docks. he almost dropped his lantern into the lake.
come to think of it... pretty sure that would've ended badly for him if it actually fell in.

[dualikey]

[he knows this is a trap riku and he's not falling for it!!!]

was he really really tall?

[dualikey]

well maybe fo





you can?

[It's not that Sora isn't used to having help- he gets help all the time. He's never been the bravest or the strongest or the smartest, there are plenty of things he wouldn't have managed if he was supposed to do them all on his own. But it's the first time he's gotten an offer like that here. With something that isn't a fight. From someone who isn't a friend.]

[callada]

Not sure that's fact either. I know a lot of you come from worlds where magic is real, but I don't. If there's another explanation I'd rather investigate it before assuming magic is the only answer.

Dr. Ingram said he'd thought it was something about parallel universes and physics. Not that I understood that any better but it's a different opinion.

[equinoctials]

[ Can't blame him for trying! ]

two reallys huh.
tough call.
maybe one and a half reallys. about that tall.

[ This is really dumb, guys. ]

[originallutece]

Easily, yes.

Are you interested?

[dualikey]

i'm super interested! i've built things before but i'm not so sure i'm all that good at doing careful, smaller things

but i'll definitely do my best!

[Have you ever seen a boy this excited to learn sewing in your life]

and all you want me to do in exchange is help build a lab?

[dualikey]

[look riku, you started this stupid game]

not a chance! he's definitely taller than axel and axel was one and a half reallys

i was in this guy's cabin

it was a SHOEBOX

[dualikey]

i just thought that magic was

you know, the stuff that happens that's not gravity, or making volcanos for the science fair. like a surprise!

we all remember dying so it's the afterlife, right?

[callada]

It is definitely happening after life.
I'm hoping exploring will help us gather more information on what it is for sure, though - afterlife or otherwise.

[spitefullight]

than clearly i need to make a team flag for all of us in Beacon.

Because we need to show we're the best there is.

[ Elden there's only the 50 of you here... ]
But, that's a good idea if we need to do recon up the river or something to have that on hand.

[equinoctials]

[ He did. No regrets. Maybe a little regret. ]

guess we are talking about the same guy.

[ Reminded by the mention, Riku wonders, for a moment, how their fiery-haired ally is holding up.

Probably has his hands full with his friends back and a whole life ahead of them back at Twilight Town. ]

still not giving up, though.

[originallutece]

For now, yes. If there's more you'd like to learn, I'm certain I'll have a number of tasks that need to be completed. And building a laboratory is difficult work; it may be you wish to ask more of me as the days go by.

[dualikey]

oh

well if you put it that way, that sounds fair

actually i was thinking lots about the way magic works here and even though i can't get fire to work, i haven't really been able to try out lightning. cause there's no wires and stuff? though i guess you'll know what to do with that kinda thing better than i will

[dualikey]

[riku's entire character arc in a single phrase: maybe a little regret.]

guess we are talking about the same guy he says

[dualikey]

the best there is at what?

like a sports team?

[dualikey]

does that mean there's something really specific you're hoping for? like a special idea?

[callada]

No. I don't know enough to make an assumption either way. I've heard a variety of ideas from different people. Best not to pick one as likely until you can rule others out, I figure.

sorry for the wait!

[itsaname]

careful doing that. it sounds like a good way to strain something.

[preseance]

I'll draw up some plans and see if I can suss something out. It might be easier to start with a model and work from there.

Do you know anything about what sort of wood would be suitable?

[originallutece]

Raw lightning would be a good start. How precisely would you generate it, though?

you saw nothing

[equinoctials]

[ Not wrong??? ]

heading back soon.
any requests before I leave the shop?

[dualikey]

i guess i don't really know how to explain i just kinda. do? if its like fire and water and stuff i just think about it and it happens