aterat | A Joyous Fall

Who; Lauri-Ell, Terra, Open
What; Forge Work, Delight Over The World
Where; Forge, Market District Tavern
When; September
Warnings; None

I. A New Forge Crafter | Bay Blades Forge

Today was a good day, an important day. Today was the day that Gili had declared Lauri-Ell's success. While she was by no means a proper master yet (hadn't even considered what her masterwork might be), she had graduated to full journeyman. Lauri-Ell was finally a proper crafter who could sell her things freely and take commissions for Bay Blades. And oh but the woman was happy for it.

And, to celebrate, she was doing something almost meditative. Instead of some great work, some amazing project, she was doing needful work: she was pulling wire. Lauri-Ell hummed happily as she held the tongs holding the lead of the wire, hauling it through a small hole in a braced metal plate. It was nice, to watch the way the wire thinned out, cooling through the very process. This was a delight. And, as the final pull came, she was careful to not let the wire lash out quickly and hurt someone. That done she coiled her wire and returned it to the heat of the forge. She's going for very fine today, and more heat will be needed.

The timing, though, was such that as she nestled the coiled metal in the heat, she heard someone approaching. The large blacksmith smiled and dusted her hands off on her leather apron before turning to the approaching steps.

"Good day! What can we do for you?"

II. Tavern Time | Market District Tavern

The Tavern. It was a wonderful place, so alive with people. So alive with noise and laughter and life. There were not things like this among the Kree, and given Lauri couldn't cook, she was happy to enter here when she could, to gain some joy. These were a good thing to hear. To know that the city is happy now.

Lauri-Ell moves to the counter to order her drink (scotch, neat) and her food (stew, double serving with a good dark bread). Once it was in hand she moved to a large table, one that locals cleared without a question she she approached. After all, people knew that after she ate the fun would come. Lauri-Ell was the queen of arm wrestling in the tavern, and people loved challenging her and betting. It was fun.

She started into her meal, enjoying the noise and talk and laughter and music. This is all good, so very very good. It was right. Just as right as the noise of someone approaching. She lifted her head and nodded.

"You are welcome to eat here, if you wish. They just give me the space so I can do arm wrestling later."

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“Come, see how I strike,” she says with a smile, lifting her hammer again and then preparing but not letting the hammer fall. “This work is not one where I must strike hard, as I am working something again. So I let it fall under its own weight.”

Terra moved closer and watched as as Lauri- Ell held her hammer. "How do you know how hard you need to hit it? And that must be the same type of thing for every different piece right?"

"This is learned through repetition. I know the weight of strikes to work impurities out, the weight for shaping, the weight for finishing. The good thing about this is that with this skill, we can start over, rework the metals. You cannot with things like wood."

And practice mattered.

Terra kept his eyes on what Lauri-Ell was doing as she explained. IT sounded simple enough, with practice that is. "Right, and smaller things wouldn't need to be hit so hard."

Here he was thinking his gloves or his shoulder armor.

"IT can vary," she admits as she works. "Materials behave differently. Copper is easier to shape and should be struck with less force, and gold even less than that."

[Terra nodded.]

Think I'll need to write this stuff down until I get the hang of it.

[He's happy though because there's so much to learn here.]

Don't worry, we can have you write it all down if you need. There are good texts in the library too.

"Library?" Terra asked with a happiness in his tone. "I'll definitely look into them then."

And he planned to study.

Good to hear it. Lauri-Ell nodded and continued her striking.

"I can make a good list of books I used recently."

"I'll look forward to the list."

There was so much to learn and he couldn't wait.

"Then I will try and have it ready for tomorrow. It is good for passing the nights," she says with a smile, before redirecting his attention to the work. Who knows, by the end of the day she might even teach him how to make a nail.

A Joyous Fall

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