Week 4

[airlockedmods]

[After everything that this case was, you probably don't want to deal with anything else. But you wake up on Sunday, just like before, with some new memories, and some new stores to check out.

Let's see what this week brings.]

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(( Don't forget to check in, and check your memory regains! You can also stop by the gacha machine and Xander's office hours. ))

Comments

[motherfucking_ghost]

...I feel like there has to be more to it than 'rub a plate on a knife and suddenly it's a super knife' but hey.

[burninglight]

It's a matter of having some level of patience and a careful hand.

[it was at that moment ardyn considered who it was he was speaking to.]

Do you want me to show you?

[motherfucking_ghost]

No, apparently it really is that easy, so it's fine and I'll be fine.

[burninglight]

Why are you being so difficult? I was only offering to help.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Your face is being difficult...

[burninglight]

Can you not even answer a simple question?

[motherfucking_ghost]

I'm not being difficult, I'm just trying to do something I'm not sure anyone's done by hand in like a couple hundred years or something.

[burninglight]

And I offered to help. I'm not seeing the miscommunication here.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Neither am I, because there's no miscommunicating here at all?

[burninglight]

[SIGH.]

Fine, if you'd rather cut up your hands than let me demonstrate.

[motherfucking_ghost]

I can do it myself, I'm a big boy, I've got big boy facial hair and big boy muscles and everything.

...You think I'm gonna cut myself that badly?

[burninglight]

Broken ceramic tends to have a troublesome edge, to say nothing of the blade itself.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Keep away from the pointy edge, seems pretty basic. But if you're that concerned...

[burninglight]

I just thought I'd offer my expertise. If you don't want it, say so.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Go right ahead and expertise away. [He offers up the plate. Not...broken end first.]

[burninglight]

[Ardyn took it, holding the blade in Church's hand steady.]

You can't act as if scrubbing rust off of metal; it's slower work than that. [He ran the rougher broken side of the ceramic along the edge of the blade in a smooth motion.] And it's important to focus equally on both sides for a sharp and straight edge, as well.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

[Church frowns some, but nods along.]

This thing should be an energy sword, but I guess that'd be too easy.

[burninglight]

Your world has energy swords?

[He handed the ceramic back to Church, taking a seat next to him.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

The aliens have 'em, anyway, and Tucker picked one up. Only reacts to him. Which sucks.

[His frown deepens as he stares at the blade, but then starts going at one side back and forth.]

[burninglight]

...That's unusual. We have weapons that react only to the royal bloodline, but it isn't as though others are incapable of using them.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Nope, straight up doesn't react to anyone else trying to use it. Some Chosen One prophecy bullshit.

[burninglight]

...Let's change the subject immediately, because that is the last thing I would like to think about.

So this kind of weapon design isn't common for you?

[motherfucking_ghost]

You and Soma both.

It's only common in that it's used against us. Like they still have projectile weaponry and some really nasty shit, and also, energy swords. Swish swish stab, motherfucker.

[burninglight]

Hm...the Niflheim army largely used projectiles, battlemechs and the like, but a fair percentage of the magitek infantry did carry axes and blades. Outside of Niflheim you'd largely find blades and the occasional handguns.

[motherfucking_ghost]

They can turn a whole planet to glass.