Hammers and Fire~ [Open Thread]

[smallmage.livejournal.com]

Characters: Refia and anyone who wants to meet her
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: Refia has a new job - who wants to meet her/distract her/torment her?
Location: Lindblum
Date: February 1804
Warnings: Pssshhhh

Refia was wrapped in an oversized leather apron, since there wasn't one in her size, to protect her clothing and some of her body from the heat of the fire, hair tied back out of her face, attempting to figure this out. Wade had given her a pair of old daggers and told her to make them into a double-bladed pole arm - and while she could do that in the more traditional "smith" way, she wasn't entirely sure yet how to do that with synthesis. It was partially smithing, but partially magic, and she'd yet to figure out what the magic was, since it was nothing like she'd ever seen before.

The bell on the door rang, making her look up quickly and then back to the forge. "Just a minute!" She was also taking care of customers today, so she gave one last pump to the bellows to fuel the fire before turning back to the door and pulling off her heavy gloves. "Yes? Can I help you?"

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Refia had looked up when the door started banging just a little with the attempts to open it, but she'd thought it was just neighborhood children running around like they sometimes did. Still, when the beast walked in, her eyes definitely widened - even more so when they spotted his tail.

Her hand started to reach for one of the hammers behind her - fiends had been seen in the cities before, after all - before he spoke. And speaking meant, among other things, not a mindless fiend. Her hand stopped moving, coming back forward.

"...It depends on what you want, I suppose?"

[flameguardian.livejournal.com]

Watching as she reached for the hammer, he visibly relaxed (slightly) as her hand returned to the front, though one ear twitched slightly. That hammer would have hurt quite a bit, after all.

"Well... I've been told that my fighting style is that of a 'Monk', and that they usually use gloves, claws; that sort of thing. Except I use my teeth and actual claws." He frowns slightly, tail twitching. "I'm not really sure how to make them any more effective."

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Her world was one of the ones that didn't have non-humanoid sentient species. She would've liked to have seen some of those, though.

Refia listened to his explanation, frowning just a little as she thought about it and rapidly becoming more comfortable with this creature - he wasn't attacking her, so she was having few qualms.

"Hmm... perhaps more than one set of claws, if you didn't mind wearing something around your feet?"

[flameguardian.livejournal.com]

Raising a paw so she could see the bangles around his ankles, Nanaki shrugged as best as one of his species could shrug. "If you can make it work, I don't think I would mind, though I don't know... it would be much harder to move."

He needed mobility to fight effectively, so it was quite the concern. Then again, he wasn't sure he wanted things added to his teeth.

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"It would mostly depend on how they were tied... Hmm, what about something that affected you, and not your weapons? Perhaps something that had a Might or a Haste spell sort of built in? Then you could have more speed or strength and not have it get in the way."

It was an idea, at least. And they'd never find a solution if they didn't generate ideas.

[flameguardian.livejournal.com]

"I'm more worried about it tripping me, to be honest. I can handle a slight cut to my speed as long as I can actually take steps without tripping over them." Cocking his head to one side, Nanaki frowned.

"Perhaps something that goes over my natural claws, like a... covering of some sort?"

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"You'd need something with good buckles, then, with the straps not too long.

"Perhaps sheathes..."

Refia gave a small hmm and quickly found a piece of charcoal and a scrap of paper, starting to sketch something out roughly on it.

"The tips... would they need to be diamond, or would something softer work?"

[flameguardian.livejournal.com]

"As long as they are sharp and not easy to break, it should be fine."

He was quite intrigued by this idea, and by what Refia was drawing, but he waited for her to finish sketching out her idea.

"Oh, it should probably largely flame-resistant, too."

Nodding toward his tail, Nanaki chuckled slightly. "Fire may be the only magic I have here, but it is quite effective -- and incredibly hot." It was more or less part of him, after all.