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@scorching-lights
I Am Toru, And I Was One Of Two. Now, The Frequence Of Cold Light Abides My Word!
I am Ris, and I am One of a Whole. Currently, the warmer brightness falls to my whim.
I Remember Absolution, And I Know That It Was Not For Me. I Am Toruris.
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With the return of Toruris, I have to update the introduction post. All three of them use it/they pronouns.
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Down by the lake, there rests a pale light. A focused presence, simply sitting above the shore. A large octahedral crystal rests in their lap. Its eyes are closed, but they are Looking out at the lake, not paying much attention to any whom might approach. Perhaps it is pondering something.
Sage approaches, taking a seat next to the light in an understanding silence. Though they offer no words, it is clear they seek only to provide the presence of comfort.
The short thing shifts away from Sage, whilst trying to maintain its specific view of the lake. The crystal seems to having shifting lights across its surface.
Down by the lake, there rests a pale light. A focused presence, simply sitting above the shore. A large octahedral crystal rests in their lap. Its eyes are closed, but they are Looking out at the lake, not paying much attention to any whom might approach. Perhaps it is pondering something.
Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
"Here! Let me show you!"
Flashbang suddenly outshines the sun by almost two dozen times, before returning to her usual black void self.
"I'm Flashbang, by the way, nice to meet you!"
"Woa! That Was Pretty Bright! I Bet I Could Be Brighter Though!" Toru stops moving, and begins to slowly grow in brightness before enveloping basically the whole area in an eye-scorchingly bright blue light.
And then it stops glowing, mostly, and it feels like a cloudy midnight for almost too long, despite it being around noon. "Do You Think That Was Brighter?"
They sit on the floor in front of Toru.
"Maybe! It was definitely very bright! You're very good at glowing!"
"Thank You! You Are Too! How Bright Do You Think We'd Be If We Glowed Together?"
What must be Flashbang's eyes widen in excitement.
"We'd be so bright together! We could probably be seen from the next star system! Wanna find out?"
"Yes! But Last Time I Went All The Way Bright I Got In Trouble For Melting Things! So We Should Do It Somewhere Nobody Will Notice We Melt Things. But Where?" Toru takes up a thinking pose, as they ponder where to be ultra super bright at.
"Huh, that's a good question." Flashbang joins Toru in adopting a pose for thought. "Maybe somewhere out in an empty field?"
"Yeah, But I Don't Think There Are Any Nearby...." Toru's words trail off, as it continues to think. For like three seconds, before they turn slightly and have an idea. "Oh! What About The Roof Of The Big Building? Nobody Goes Up There!"
"Oh, that would work!" They jump up onto their feet. "Let's go there!"
"How Quickly Can You Get There On Your Own? I Could Carry You If It Takes A While!"
"I can get there quick as anything! Wanna race?" She's already getting ready to start running, looking like she'll take off at any moment.
"I'll Win! Three Two One Go!" Toru zips towards the main building, fast as. Well, light. They ascend as they run, slowly climbing through the air. It slams into the side of the building, before quickly darting up.
Flashbang isn't nearly as fast, though it's unclear whether that's due to her holding back or some inherent speed difference. They take a fair bit to reach the top of the building, but Toru isn't left waiting for too long. She sits down again, tail swishing from side to side.
When Flashbang gets there, Toru is pacing, counting the seconds with the waggle of one of its fingers. They stop once she sits down, and exclaims, "Wow You're Fast! Most People Need Me To Go Back So They Can Keep Up! Glow Time?"
Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
"Here! Let me show you!"
Flashbang suddenly outshines the sun by almost two dozen times, before returning to her usual black void self.
"I'm Flashbang, by the way, nice to meet you!"
"Woa! That Was Pretty Bright! I Bet I Could Be Brighter Though!" Toru stops moving, and begins to slowly grow in brightness before enveloping basically the whole area in an eye-scorchingly bright blue light.
And then it stops glowing, mostly, and it feels like a cloudy midnight for almost too long, despite it being around noon. "Do You Think That Was Brighter?"
They sit on the floor in front of Toru.
"Maybe! It was definitely very bright! You're very good at glowing!"
"Thank You! You Are Too! How Bright Do You Think We'd Be If We Glowed Together?"
What must be Flashbang's eyes widen in excitement.
"We'd be so bright together! We could probably be seen from the next star system! Wanna find out?"
"Yes! But Last Time I Went All The Way Bright I Got In Trouble For Melting Things! So We Should Do It Somewhere Nobody Will Notice We Melt Things. But Where?" Toru takes up a thinking pose, as they ponder where to be ultra super bright at.
"Huh, that's a good question." Flashbang joins Toru in adopting a pose for thought. "Maybe somewhere out in an empty field?"
"Yeah, But I Don't Think There Are Any Nearby...." Toru's words trail off, as it continues to think. For like three seconds, before they turn slightly and have an idea. "Oh! What About The Roof Of The Big Building? Nobody Goes Up There!"
"Oh, that would work!" They jump up onto their feet. "Let's go there!"
"How Quickly Can You Get There On Your Own? I Could Carry You If It Takes A While!"
"I can get there quick as anything! Wanna race?" She's already getting ready to start running, looking like she'll take off at any moment.
"I'll Win! Three Two One Go!" Toru zips towards the main building, fast as. Well, light. They ascend as they run, slowly climbing through the air. It slams into the side of the building, before quickly darting up.
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Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
"Here! Let me show you!"
Flashbang suddenly outshines the sun by almost two dozen times, before returning to her usual black void self.
"I'm Flashbang, by the way, nice to meet you!"
"Woa! That Was Pretty Bright! I Bet I Could Be Brighter Though!" Toru stops moving, and begins to slowly grow in brightness before enveloping basically the whole area in an eye-scorchingly bright blue light.
And then it stops glowing, mostly, and it feels like a cloudy midnight for almost too long, despite it being around noon. "Do You Think That Was Brighter?"
They sit on the floor in front of Toru.
"Maybe! It was definitely very bright! You're very good at glowing!"
"Thank You! You Are Too! How Bright Do You Think We'd Be If We Glowed Together?"
What must be Flashbang's eyes widen in excitement.
"We'd be so bright together! We could probably be seen from the next star system! Wanna find out?"
"Yes! But Last Time I Went All The Way Bright I Got In Trouble For Melting Things! So We Should Do It Somewhere Nobody Will Notice We Melt Things. But Where?" Toru takes up a thinking pose, as they ponder where to be ultra super bright at.
"Huh, that's a good question." Flashbang joins Toru in adopting a pose for thought. "Maybe somewhere out in an empty field?"
"Yeah, But I Don't Think There Are Any Nearby...." Toru's words trail off, as it continues to think. For like three seconds, before they turn slightly and have an idea. "Oh! What About The Roof Of The Big Building? Nobody Goes Up There!"
"Oh, that would work!" They jump up onto their feet. "Let's go there!"
"How Quickly Can You Get There On Your Own? I Could Carry You If It Takes A While!"
Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
"Here! Let me show you!"
Flashbang suddenly outshines the sun by almost two dozen times, before returning to her usual black void self.
"I'm Flashbang, by the way, nice to meet you!"
"Woa! That Was Pretty Bright! I Bet I Could Be Brighter Though!" Toru stops moving, and begins to slowly grow in brightness before enveloping basically the whole area in an eye-scorchingly bright blue light.
And then it stops glowing, mostly, and it feels like a cloudy midnight for almost too long, despite it being around noon. "Do You Think That Was Brighter?"
They sit on the floor in front of Toru.
"Maybe! It was definitely very bright! You're very good at glowing!"
"Thank You! You Are Too! How Bright Do You Think We'd Be If We Glowed Together?"
What must be Flashbang's eyes widen in excitement.
"We'd be so bright together! We could probably be seen from the next star system! Wanna find out?"
"Yes! But Last Time I Went All The Way Bright I Got In Trouble For Melting Things! So We Should Do It Somewhere Nobody Will Notice We Melt Things. But Where?" Toru takes up a thinking pose, as they ponder where to be ultra super bright at.
"Huh, that's a good question." Flashbang joins Toru in adopting a pose for thought. "Maybe somewhere out in an empty field?"
"Yeah, But I Don't Think There Are Any Nearby...." Toru's words trail off, as it continues to think. For like three seconds, before they turn slightly and have an idea. "Oh! What About The Roof Of The Big Building? Nobody Goes Up There!"
Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
"Here! Let me show you!"
Flashbang suddenly outshines the sun by almost two dozen times, before returning to her usual black void self.
"I'm Flashbang, by the way, nice to meet you!"
"Woa! That Was Pretty Bright! I Bet I Could Be Brighter Though!" Toru stops moving, and begins to slowly grow in brightness before enveloping basically the whole area in an eye-scorchingly bright blue light.
And then it stops glowing, mostly, and it feels like a cloudy midnight for almost too long, despite it being around noon. "Do You Think That Was Brighter?"
They sit on the floor in front of Toru.
"Maybe! It was definitely very bright! You're very good at glowing!"
"Thank You! You Are Too! How Bright Do You Think We'd Be If We Glowed Together?"
What must be Flashbang's eyes widen in excitement.
"We'd be so bright together! We could probably be seen from the next star system! Wanna find out?"
"Yes! But Last Time I Went All The Way Bright I Got In Trouble For Melting Things! So We Should Do It Somewhere Nobody Will Notice We Melt Things. But Where?" Toru takes up a thinking pose, as they ponder where to be ultra super bright at.
Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
"Here! Let me show you!"
Flashbang suddenly outshines the sun by almost two dozen times, before returning to her usual black void self.
"I'm Flashbang, by the way, nice to meet you!"
"Woa! That Was Pretty Bright! I Bet I Could Be Brighter Though!" Toru stops moving, and begins to slowly grow in brightness before enveloping basically the whole area in an eye-scorchingly bright blue light.
And then it stops glowing, mostly, and it feels like a cloudy midnight for almost too long, despite it being around noon. "Do You Think That Was Brighter?"
They sit on the floor in front of Toru.
"Maybe! It was definitely very bright! You're very good at glowing!"
"Thank You! You Are Too! How Bright Do You Think We'd Be If We Glowed Together?"
Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
"Here! Let me show you!"
Flashbang suddenly outshines the sun by almost two dozen times, before returning to her usual black void self.
"I'm Flashbang, by the way, nice to meet you!"
"Woa! That Was Pretty Bright! I Bet I Could Be Brighter Though!" Toru stops moving, and begins to slowly grow in brightness before enveloping basically the whole area in an eye-scorchingly bright blue light.
And then it stops glowing, mostly, and it feels like a cloudy midnight for almost too long, despite it being around noon. "Do You Think That Was Brighter?"
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Flashbang bounds over to Toru excitedly.
"Hello! You seem interesting! What's your deal?"
@flashbang-the-cat
"Oh! Hello, I Am Toru! I Glow!" Toru is, in fact, glowing, with a pale, blue-tinged, light all across their form. Which includes its coat and other clothing, strangely. "What Do You Do?"
There was once a home, and a library, deep in snow-ridden mountains. It was forsaken, when a fault met with something beyond glittering light. The Scorching Light had been fractured here, splitting into a thousand pieces; or so it was assumed.
It had split into memories, and spawned two of its whole. But here, in the absence of a home in the mountains, memories have gathered themselves. And blinding light is once more shaping.
Crystals form from the light, as tear-stained eyes blink into existence and peer around, searching for the ones who had shattered it. Shattered their perfection, before salvation could find all of the realm.
The pale light does not locate them, but they find its last remnant, a cracked crystal left partially hidden beneath rubble. They know what those rocks used to be, before the sharp winds and frigid snow ruined their faces. It clears away the broken pillar, and its shard is retrieved.
Toruris forms its slight arms and thin hands, as it grasps the memory close to its forming chest; and begins to weep burning light. Tendrils of light fall down, shaping into its wild hair, to hide away its face from the world.
It chokes out a question, asking all the worlds in shaken breath, "Is... Is This Truly... It? The Limit Of Me And Mine? Locked Within My Crystalline Havens?"
Toruris is set with a sudden realization, that the other seven are not here, and it has lost even the gifts it was granted from mortals. But perhaps they know where to start looking.
The light fades, and there is once again silence on the mountain, where there was once a home.
i am currently holding toruris' life for ransom in the osha server. it might be coming back.
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Basically, you can send either "trick" or "treat" and will get a response of whatever Avit or I feel like applies to the term. Also you can specify what kinda thing you want out of it(ex. "trick! angsty lore", "treat. pasttime")
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Merlyn knocks on the door of Ris's room at the top of the west tower.
@union-of-mad-scientists
The child opens the door, and pokes out its head, as their hair shifts to a scarlet-orange gradient. "Yes, Miss Merlyn?"
"I just wanted to say hi, see how you were settling in," they say, smiling. "Do you have everything you need? Have you got a good sense of the maze yet?"
"A few more windows would be nice, but otherwise no. I have everything I currently need, for my space." Ris opens the door wider, revealing that most of what they have is books they've taken from... various places? Not all of them seem to have been from the castle. They have a hammock strung up next to a high window. There's several objects on some tables, which appear to have been taken apart by Ris.
"Mhm, yeah, the windows do tend to be narrow here," she nods, "As a defensive measure against arrows, mostly, was the idea when it was built. I'd have to figure out if it was possible to expand them without compromising the wall's ability to hold up the roof, but it can be looked into."
"Oh, what's that you've got there?" they point at one of the disassembled objects, "You mind if I come in?"
"It was a machine that I found in grass near home. It was too rusted to work, so I took it apart to see what it would've done." Ris steps out of the doorway, and walks to the table with the support of their red light cane.
Merlyn follows it. "Did you figure that out? And, did you mean near here or where you used to live? Because if it's from here then there is a nonzero chance I've worked on it before..."
Ris seems slightly confused by the question of where they found the thing, before speaking, "Here is home, there is gone." It pulls the parts out of their stacked pile, and spreads it across the table. "And I haven't quite learned its purpose, but I think it was a simple machine that moved itself when shaken." As Merlyn looks at it, it's clearly two metal rods with meant to be attached by the two circle bits with spiked interior line that i'm forgetting the name of currently, and a tiny connecting rod. All three connection pieces are rusted in a way that prevents the connection rod from transferring motion.
Merlyn smiles brightly. "Considering a new place home is something that doesn't always happen immediately. I wasn’t sure whether you did yet, but I am very glad to hear you do."
Then she starts messing with the machine. "Hmm. It's missing a power source... Would you like to clear the rust off so we can get a better idea of how it moves?"
"You can do that?"
"Yeah! We'd probably want to get the flakier parts of it removed with abrasives, but for the end bits I can even show you electrolysis, which is my favorite method! It involves chemical reactions and electricity and reversing the oxidation!"
Ris' eyes and hair turn a very bright pink or red, a bit of a mix of both really, and they seem very excited. "That sounds verry fun!"
"Doesn't it?" They grin, "here, let's take it down to the lab, I should have everything we need there. Are there any other rusted parts you've picked up?"
"Uuuuuhhhh...." Ris picks through its assorted Things and Objects, and grabs a few rusted screws and a gear or two, along with what might be the crossguard for a sword. "I think that's it.."
"Perfect! To the Laboratory!"
They cackle and start dashing down the stairs, expecting Ris to be able to keep up.
Ris chirps, and follows after Merlyn. They're unable to keep up due to having notably less leg than Mer and being unable to run quickly. Luckily, it can manifest a light platform to hover after Merlyn, but it somewhat struggles still. Ris doesn't struggle enough to get left behind, at least.
Merlyn notices this, and slows down a bit. But they are still moving quickly enough that they get to the lab very soon.
Ris arrives shortly after Merlyn at the lab, and the platform dematerializes, fading into light. They look around at all the machines and things in the lab, still holding the various rusted objects in its arm.
"Alright first we're going to sandblast the worst off, I think," she says, "Here, the chamber for that is over in the corner..."
She goes over, and starts setting up a good-sized box with a few tubes attached - some of which which were inverted and ended in thick gloves. To protect the arms while manipulating the objects and the jetstream of abrasive sand.
Ris follows, and puts the objects in the box, assuming that's where the rusty things go. They manage to fit all of the pieces in one layer.
"Alright, Ris, do you want to watch or do you want to do the blasting yourself?" she says, hooking up the bag of fine-grained corundum. "Or I could go first, and you could take over if you want to later?"
"Uuummm... you go first? So I can watch and learn."
"Okay. We'll start with this one, then," she says, putting her arms in the special sleeves and picking up the crossguard. "Basically, this hose here," she grabs it with her other hand, "Is going to shoot out a stream of this sand very fast, so that it strips away the rust. Can you press the red button to get it started?"
Ris looks at the hose, and then finds the red button and presses it for Merlyn.
Pretty much immediately a thin stream of sand shoots out of the hose. Merlyn directs it at the rusty spots on the crossguard, trying to keep everything in the plexiglass box visible for Ris.
"It's really a very simple process, basically like normal sanding but faster... Whenever you feel ready let me know and you can take over."
Ris watches Merlyn do it for a while, seeming to enjoy the sand beating the rust. Eventually, after she's done with the crossguard, it pokes her. Probably letting her know they want a turn on the sandgun.
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Merlyn knocks on the door of Ris's room at the top of the west tower.
@union-of-mad-scientists
The child opens the door, and pokes out its head, as their hair shifts to a scarlet-orange gradient. "Yes, Miss Merlyn?"
"I just wanted to say hi, see how you were settling in," they say, smiling. "Do you have everything you need? Have you got a good sense of the maze yet?"
"A few more windows would be nice, but otherwise no. I have everything I currently need, for my space." Ris opens the door wider, revealing that most of what they have is books they've taken from... various places? Not all of them seem to have been from the castle. They have a hammock strung up next to a high window. There's several objects on some tables, which appear to have been taken apart by Ris.
"Mhm, yeah, the windows do tend to be narrow here," she nods, "As a defensive measure against arrows, mostly, was the idea when it was built. I'd have to figure out if it was possible to expand them without compromising the wall's ability to hold up the roof, but it can be looked into."
"Oh, what's that you've got there?" they point at one of the disassembled objects, "You mind if I come in?"
"It was a machine that I found in grass near home. It was too rusted to work, so I took it apart to see what it would've done." Ris steps out of the doorway, and walks to the table with the support of their red light cane.
Merlyn follows it. "Did you figure that out? And, did you mean near here or where you used to live? Because if it's from here then there is a nonzero chance I've worked on it before..."
Ris seems slightly confused by the question of where they found the thing, before speaking, "Here is home, there is gone." It pulls the parts out of their stacked pile, and spreads it across the table. "And I haven't quite learned its purpose, but I think it was a simple machine that moved itself when shaken." As Merlyn looks at it, it's clearly two metal rods with meant to be attached by the two circle bits with spiked interior line that i'm forgetting the name of currently, and a tiny connecting rod. All three connection pieces are rusted in a way that prevents the connection rod from transferring motion.
Merlyn smiles brightly. "Considering a new place home is something that doesn't always happen immediately. I wasn’t sure whether you did yet, but I am very glad to hear you do."
Then she starts messing with the machine. "Hmm. It's missing a power source... Would you like to clear the rust off so we can get a better idea of how it moves?"
"You can do that?"
"Yeah! We'd probably want to get the flakier parts of it removed with abrasives, but for the end bits I can even show you electrolysis, which is my favorite method! It involves chemical reactions and electricity and reversing the oxidation!"
Ris' eyes and hair turn a very bright pink or red, a bit of a mix of both really, and they seem very excited. "That sounds verry fun!"
"Doesn't it?" They grin, "here, let's take it down to the lab, I should have everything we need there. Are there any other rusted parts you've picked up?"
"Uuuuuhhhh...." Ris picks through its assorted Things and Objects, and grabs a few rusted screws and a gear or two, along with what might be the crossguard for a sword. "I think that's it.."
"Perfect! To the Laboratory!"
They cackle and start dashing down the stairs, expecting Ris to be able to keep up.
Ris chirps, and follows after Merlyn. They're unable to keep up due to having notably less leg than Mer and being unable to run quickly. Luckily, it can manifest a light platform to hover after Merlyn, but it somewhat struggles still. Ris doesn't struggle enough to get left behind, at least.
Merlyn notices this, and slows down a bit. But they are still moving quickly enough that they get to the lab very soon.
Ris arrives shortly after Merlyn at the lab, and the platform dematerializes, fading into light. They look around at all the machines and things in the lab, still holding the various rusted objects in its arm.
"Alright first we're going to sandblast the worst off, I think," she says, "Here, the chamber for that is over in the corner..."
She goes over, and starts setting up a good-sized box with a few tubes attached - some of which which were inverted and ended in thick gloves. To protect the arms while manipulating the objects and the jetstream of abrasive sand.
Ris follows, and puts the objects in the box, assuming that's where the rusty things go. They manage to fit all of the pieces in one layer.
"Alright, Ris, do you want to watch or do you want to do the blasting yourself?" she says, hooking up the bag of fine-grained corundum. "Or I could go first, and you could take over if you want to later?"
"Uuummm... you go first? So I can watch and learn."
"Okay. We'll start with this one, then," she says, putting her arms in the special sleeves and picking up the crossguard. "Basically, this hose here," she grabs it with her other hand, "Is going to shoot out a stream of this sand very fast, so that it strips away the rust. Can you press the red button to get it started?"
Ris looks at the hose, and then finds the red button and presses it for Merlyn.
Merlyn knocks on the door of Ris's room at the top of the west tower.
@union-of-mad-scientists
The child opens the door, and pokes out its head, as their hair shifts to a scarlet-orange gradient. "Yes, Miss Merlyn?"
"I just wanted to say hi, see how you were settling in," they say, smiling. "Do you have everything you need? Have you got a good sense of the maze yet?"
"A few more windows would be nice, but otherwise no. I have everything I currently need, for my space." Ris opens the door wider, revealing that most of what they have is books they've taken from... various places? Not all of them seem to have been from the castle. They have a hammock strung up next to a high window. There's several objects on some tables, which appear to have been taken apart by Ris.
"Mhm, yeah, the windows do tend to be narrow here," she nods, "As a defensive measure against arrows, mostly, was the idea when it was built. I'd have to figure out if it was possible to expand them without compromising the wall's ability to hold up the roof, but it can be looked into."
"Oh, what's that you've got there?" they point at one of the disassembled objects, "You mind if I come in?"
"It was a machine that I found in grass near home. It was too rusted to work, so I took it apart to see what it would've done." Ris steps out of the doorway, and walks to the table with the support of their red light cane.
Merlyn follows it. "Did you figure that out? And, did you mean near here or where you used to live? Because if it's from here then there is a nonzero chance I've worked on it before..."
Ris seems slightly confused by the question of where they found the thing, before speaking, "Here is home, there is gone." It pulls the parts out of their stacked pile, and spreads it across the table. "And I haven't quite learned its purpose, but I think it was a simple machine that moved itself when shaken." As Merlyn looks at it, it's clearly two metal rods with meant to be attached by the two circle bits with spiked interior line that i'm forgetting the name of currently, and a tiny connecting rod. All three connection pieces are rusted in a way that prevents the connection rod from transferring motion.
Merlyn smiles brightly. "Considering a new place home is something that doesn't always happen immediately. I wasn’t sure whether you did yet, but I am very glad to hear you do."
Then she starts messing with the machine. "Hmm. It's missing a power source... Would you like to clear the rust off so we can get a better idea of how it moves?"
"You can do that?"
"Yeah! We'd probably want to get the flakier parts of it removed with abrasives, but for the end bits I can even show you electrolysis, which is my favorite method! It involves chemical reactions and electricity and reversing the oxidation!"
Ris' eyes and hair turn a very bright pink or red, a bit of a mix of both really, and they seem very excited. "That sounds verry fun!"
"Doesn't it?" They grin, "here, let's take it down to the lab, I should have everything we need there. Are there any other rusted parts you've picked up?"
"Uuuuuhhhh...." Ris picks through its assorted Things and Objects, and grabs a few rusted screws and a gear or two, along with what might be the crossguard for a sword. "I think that's it.."
"Perfect! To the Laboratory!"
They cackle and start dashing down the stairs, expecting Ris to be able to keep up.
Ris chirps, and follows after Merlyn. They're unable to keep up due to having notably less leg than Mer and being unable to run quickly. Luckily, it can manifest a light platform to hover after Merlyn, but it somewhat struggles still. Ris doesn't struggle enough to get left behind, at least.
Merlyn notices this, and slows down a bit. But they are still moving quickly enough that they get to the lab very soon.
Ris arrives shortly after Merlyn at the lab, and the platform dematerializes, fading into light. They look around at all the machines and things in the lab, still holding the various rusted objects in its arm.
"Alright first we're going to sandblast the worst off, I think," she says, "Here, the chamber for that is over in the corner..."
She goes over, and starts setting up a good-sized box with a few tubes attached - some of which which were inverted and ended in thick gloves. To protect the arms while manipulating the objects and the jetstream of abrasive sand.
Ris follows, and puts the objects in the box, assuming that's where the rusty things go. They manage to fit all of the pieces in one layer.
"Alright, Ris, do you want to watch or do you want to do the blasting yourself?" she says, hooking up the bag of fine-grained corundum. "Or I could go first, and you could take over if you want to later?"
"Uuummm... you go first? So I can watch and learn."
