text @username

[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]

[Kudos to Hicks for the first tl;dr moment in the afterlife.

In his defense, Sora isn't and never has been very good at this kind of computer thing- he'd only just figured out texting before coming here. Besides, it's not like he designed the apps. Blame the guy who opened up the whole voice to text interface.]


really? that'd be awesome!

what kinda stuff have you built before?

[preseance]

( the boy's enthusiasm sets a smile into the corner of his mouth. )

Furniture, mostly. Some sectional add-ons to a few houses here and there.

But I think our best bet might actually be to use an older method, it'd be simpler by far so long as you don't mind something the size of a canoe at least to start. Folks used to put a log over a fire and let it burn out the insides, then scrape it down. Because it's one piece, you don't have to worry quite so much about leaks so long as you finish it properly. We have more than enough tools to manage that, maybe while we order more things in from Rastus. We'd need a sawmill if we wanted to plane boards with any skill.

[dualikey]

i thought about a canoe! but i guess i got a little worried after that storm a few days ago, cause the waves got pretty rough? so i thought it might be safer to have a bigger base, and to have some backup on board

though we could probably make canoes a little faster and they'd be really good for that river if someone was planning to go up

but don't forget we don't have to just use tools and ask for stuff from rastus, we've got people who can do magic too! i can't get my fire to work right, but lightning and wind and stuff is all okay! i think you're right and we just gotta be a little creative



oh and probably ask if we can borrow some of the fire for the canoe

[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?

[dualikey]

well... cedar and teak would be really good cause they won't rot and while we could do planks with hardwood it's easier with soft things, like pine or even cedar again

i'm not sure what all we'll find in the woods first but we'll probably need to go in deeper if we're gonna make more than one

but a model might be good! my dad and me just used plans but it's kinda hard to picture the shape in real life when you haven't made one before

[preseance]

Let's start with one for now and go from there.

If you and your friends can get me a decent sized trunk about, say, nine feet long, clear an' without too many bad knots and get it dragged to the beach I'll see what I can do about the rest. I'll knock together a model out of some salvage in the meantime.

I'm Eugene, by the way. Gene Hicks.

[dualikey]

oh! another eugene!

i'm sora
but i guess i already said that

i can put the model together if you're busy. and i'll let you know when i find a good truck. some good stuff washed up on shore after that big storm so i'm sure we'll get lucky in no time!

[preseance]

I wasn't aware there was more than one of us running around.

( it's a common enough name in his era, there's near a baker's dozen in his battalion alone. )

Sure, if you're of a mind. That'd be a big help.

Don't suppose anything else washed up on shore, did it?

[dualikey]

oh no it's just a name i'd never really heard before

and then before i got here i met somebody else with that name too



anyway, nothing else that i saw

nothing exciting at least

why? are you waiting for something?

[preseance]

( When The Writer Realizes He's Talking About Flynn Rider: a movement in three parts. )

Waiting? Not for anything in particular, no. I believe Winters said something about another group of folks coming in soon, though. I just want to make sure they get here safely, if so. Can't hurt to keep an eye on the tide, it'll be our first sign something's gone wrong.

( sora and his friends will most like be the first to know if somethin' of that nature goes wrong. they're also the only ones amassin' the resources so far to make a difference in the event of some manner of water rescue. )

[dualikey]

[in his defense, you might still be a bandit. people have layers.]

did he say when?

i kinda figured there'd be more cause of the way it's been talked about
i also thought maybe i'd try and follow it

the ferry

[preseance]

Not that I recall, though it doesn't mean he hasn't said it to someone else.

Hard to say whether we'll have a boat done in time for that. Just make sure you watch your Lantern. Ain't no tellin' what'll happen if'n you get it wet.

( he'd be concerned about him doin' it anyhow. which ain't necessarily to say it shouldn't be done — it'd be a source of valuable information, no doubt, even if that information ain't much. but he doesn't like the idea of one person goin' out alone. he ain't sure what'd happen if a boat capsized on him in the ferry's wake an' his lantern hit the water. it'd almost certainly go out, an' then what? be at the bottom of the damn lake with no way to retrieve it. sounds like death of a more certain sort to him. )

[dualikey]

nah it'll be alright

even if the boat wasn't finished we already made a raft and took it out a few times. and besides, a lake won't be rougher than the ocean. and if i get into trouble the lighthouse'll probably let me know again

[preseance]

( sounds reasonable enough, even if it comes down harder on the side of optimism than a soldierin' man is strictly comfortable with. but he nods. )

All right, well. If'n you need any manner of help with that, you let me know.