Nymph interlude (Afina)

[Ebiris]

"Of course," she reverses her grip and hands Gold the blade by its hilt. At his current stature it's about the size of a dagger, although the hilt is fairly slender compared to what a human or elf might prefer.

"So everyone would prefer to believe," she says to Bubbles. "For a time I bore a weapon composed of Unmatter. It was a tremendous trump card against the devils, but had negative effects on me abd Creation that weren't immediately apparent. Sylvie and I had to return it to where it came from so it couldn't pose a further threat in anyone else's hands if it were discovered again in the future."

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+34
<Kobot> Kowork rolled 1d20+34 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{47}

Gold studies the blade while Bubbles hums, "I didn't understand most of that, darling. Never mind, it sounds like you could spend some time explaining that."

[Ebiris]

"Probably," Afina admits with a shrug. "I'm being a bit scant on details because some people get upset when I talk about such things. It's in that realm of knowledge that's potentially dangerous to even know about, I think. Though I haven't noticed anything ill since then with myself or Sylvie, or Balyss who helped clean up the aftermath."

[Anastasia]

"The sword is a masterpiece," Gold concludes when done, while Bubbles digests what you said.

[Ebiris]

"Thank you," Afina says, taking the sword back and sheathing it. "After this trip to Ooze and then one more to Magma it should be all the better. Now, for Bwimb's gift I'm on a budget so I won't be able to get too exotic with the components, just steel and wood for a battleaxe I was thinking," she goes towards where basic materials are stockpiled and signs out for what she's taking so the books will balance after she's finished. "Functional as a weapon perhaps, but I want something that looks more like a display piece. I expect the more beautiful it is the more satisfaction he'll derive from melting it."

[Anastasia]

"I'd suggest gold inlays," Gold says without a hint of irony, "May I assist?"

[Ebiris]

"That's a good idea," Afina says approvingly, going to acquire some gold to work with, and some emeralds as well on the subject of prettying it up. "Can you cut gems?" she asks Gold. "Something very fine and smooth is needed, almost organic looking."

[Anastasia]

"Yes," Gold says, as the two of you settle into work.

Make checks now, since results are going to matter here and the higher, the better. Gold will also cast hardening on the final product if you like.

> roll 1d20+44
<Kobot> Kowork rolled 1d20+44 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{60}

For gemcutting.

[Ebiris]

Taking 10 for 62 on craft (weapons) with greater heroism to help. No harm in having it hardened at the end to make it a bit sturdier.

[Anastasia]

+13 to the final result's hardness. Go ahead and describe it, y'all killed the checks.

[Ebiris]

The finished axe is a work of art, delicate looking and light as a feather yet with a deadly blade of razor sharpness that bleeds acidic and poisonous mist when swung. The faces of the axehead are inscribed with sylvan writings espousing the fleeting and ephemeral nature of all things with a pattern of tiny emeralds set towards the base of the axhead in a fading starburst towards the edge.

See loot thread, it's a +5 corrosive and venomous battleaxe sized for a medium creature

The actual crafting doesn't take as long as the magical enchantment, and it's there where Medi's equipment proves its worth, vastly simplifying and streamlining the process. It still takes a few hours but when done Afina examines the finished product with a critical eye. "This'll do," she muses, before nodding in satisfaction and taking a moment to think up a fitting name according to her usual schema for such things. "I will call it Bwytaflad."

The linguistically skilled might notice that this is a corruption of the words 'disposable axe' in Sylvan but she condenses out a few syllables and reorders it a little so that the word flows better, so it's mostly just an in-joke for her own benefit.

[Anastasia]

"It will. A pity it's to be destroyed," Gold remarks, "What a waste."

[Ebiris]

"Sacrifices have to be made when dealing with such beings," Afina says. "Really better it be destroyed than used for malicious ends, but I don't think there's any way to avoid Bwimb even if we want to see Bwimb II, and this'll make everything go much more smoothly."

[Anastasia]

"It will be a pleasure to work with you, once we're making things that are meant to last," Gold says, "I look forward to it."

[Ebiris]

"We do work well together, don't we? Our next collaboration should advance the Crusade in more tangible fashion," she agrees. Now Bubbles has been pretty considerate in hanging around through all of this so she asks the nymph next, "Do you want to go get something to eat now, Bubbles? Or are you following Canderella's advice about purging?"