I2DT: Tinkering

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:24 pm

The sound of light hammering could be heard through the open door of Sean's workshop. Inside Sean was hunched over his workbench carving a rune into a small square piece of metal. Next to him on the bench and on the floor were a around a dozen similar pieces that were blackened, twisted out of shape, or even shattered. The amount of magic floating around the room would probably make ones hair stand on end.

((Open))

by **Vinny Patterson** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:42 pm

"Hey, is this where I find the toooh my god what are you doing?" Vinny said, coming in through the back wall.

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:28 pm

Sean tensed but thankfully didn't flinch, which probably would have resulted in yet another failed attempt and likely a fire to go along with it. Instead he looked at the plate carefully trying to find imperfections in his carvings.

"Enchantment," Sean said, "Or, well... bloody trying to figure out how to get it to work without burning down my workshop."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:30 pm

"A whatzit, now?"

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:35 pm

"Enchantment," Sean said, "Embedding magic into an object to mimic the effects of a spell."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:51 pm

"Pull the other one, it's got bells on."

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:03 pm

"That's a pretty standard reaction," Sean said, "Still strikes me as strange given you walked through a wall."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:51 pm

"Yeah, well, 'ts not much of a wall, is it?" Vinny grinned.

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 11:58 pm

"Seems to serve its purpose well enough," Sean said, "Seems to keep the wind out and very rarely falls over."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:10 am

"Pfft. Walked right through it, didn't I? Didn't need any Hufflepuff stuff.

That's what you're doing, right?"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:16 am

"I don't have the X-Gene," Sean said, "Yet, I can conjure up fire or become invisible."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:22 am

"You, like, sure you don't have the gene? Or, are you, like, y'know, assumin'?"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:34 am

"I've had my blood tested a few times," Sean said, "No X-Gene."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:37 am

"So, what, you're some kind of Harry Potter?"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:52 am

"Suppose so," Sean said, "No convenient wizarding school or parallel magical world though."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:53 am

"Yeah, just an old mansion in the English countryside. Nothing like Hogwarts at all."

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 1:21 am

Sean chuckled.

"Except the muggles seem to know where we are," Sean said, "And I haven't seen any hufflepuffs just yet."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 1:25 am

"What are you, then? Slythery dudes?"

by **Sean Hall** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 1:43 am

"Me? Not nearly evil enough," Sean said, "Given my proclivity for tapping into ley lines to try and save the country I'd probably end in Gryffindor with the rest of the reckless sods."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:11 am

"NOW you're pulling my leg for sure. Saving the country?"

by **Sean Hall** » Wed Nov 11, 2015 10:02 pm

"I cannot really take all the credit. There was a Tear in the veil spilling forth a pestilence of pixies and other more violent magical creatures into the mortal realm," Sean said, "Given enough time it's likely something more potent would have made the tear into a gaping hole and decided that England would make a jolly good place to set up shop. I sealed the tear temporarily and banished the things that had come through back to their plane."

"None of which would be possible without the X-Men who captured the things, so I helped them save the country if we want to be more accurate."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:45 am

"Jesus Christ. This place is a death trap, then?"

by **Sean Hall** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:07 pm

"Dont think its a death trap," Sean shrugged. "But I stayed because there's so much going on and to learn from this place not becaus it's particularly safe, so grain of salt."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:10 pm

"Well, I guess it's at least interesting, yeah?"

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:23 am

"Where else in the world are you going to find such a large number of people who can shoot lasers from their eyes or walk through walls?" Sean asked.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:45 am

"Or inscribe magic...whatchacallits, enchantments."

by **Sean Hall** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 2:15 am

"Quite," Sean said, "What brings you to the lighthouse anyways? Haven't really gotten much foot traffic so far."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:10 am

"Someone told me this was where the workshops were.

I need to take the engine out of my van again, retool it from the ground up."

by **Sean Hall** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:33 pm

"You an engineering student?" Sean asked.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:35 am

"Me? Oh, no, man, that's not me. I just like to mess around with this old van. It runs!

...most of the time."

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:43 am

"Ah, quite," Sean said, "Tinkering is kind of fun isn't it? It's why I started doing things like this and blacksmithing and the like. Though you probably lose fewer eyebrows working on old cars."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:56 am

"You'd be surprised. Blacksmithing probably results in fewer electric shots, at least."

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:30 am

"And fewer oil stains," Sean smiled. "Haven't quite figured out a magical fix for getting oil out of clothes nicely."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:10 am

"Well, maybe you just need more practice," Vinny grinned.

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:23 am

Sean chuckled.

"Yes, I'll be the very first magical laundering service," Sean said, "Guaranteed whiter whites or I turn you into a toad or some such so you don't ruin my yelp reviews."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:24 am

"Ha! Definitely.

...You can't, uh, actually do that, can you?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:53 am

"Haven't really felt the urge to try, yet," Sean said.

by **Vinny Patterson** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:58 am

"So, don't let me stop you doing what you were doing--if you don't mind me watching."

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:31 pm

"I don't mind, but it probably won't be terribly exciting," Sean said, "unless an enchantment is flawed enough to explode."

by **Vinny Patterson** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:31 am

"Well, then, here's hoping for failure," Vinny laughed.

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