Scene #836: Fixers, Suppliers, and Tea

Owner	Pose
Marrik	Marrik had been given the go ahead by Fayt to drop by. It isn't like he was incredibly busy, but now was better than middle of the work day for him, since he didn't trust a temp to the seasonal crowds. Unfortunately, as he rode along, he realized he wasn't quite sure if he was going the right way. Sure, he had directions, but that didn't get rid of the sensation he was going the wrong way. He frowned before stopping at an intersection to double check with Sparks. After a few minutes he nodded to the little pixie and sped on, slightly less afraid he'd gotten turned around.
Fayt Ravus	Finding Fayt's place is somewhat difficult, what with it being underground and all. Once he came within sight of it though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUxc6MLXoM Castle of Fayt Ravus Magix. Turns out Fayt's home is a giant, underground, upside down castle. it's weird, but at least it's hard to miss. fortunatly, despite being upsidedown and hanging ot the roof of a MASSIVE cavern, the entrence ot siad cavern is also pretty high up, wit ha bridge leading right to the doors. Useful!
Marrik	Marrik frowned at the bizzarchitecture but said nothing as he made his way to the castle. Not his place to complain, but he sincerely hoped it wasn't going to be just as upside down on the inside. "Hello?" He called as he dismounted. Anyone home?" He didn't seem burdened other than the long coat he wore. However with him it was generally known, or at least he made a poor secret of the fact, he had rather large pockets. Made it both easy to carry things, and a headache at security checkpoints where said pockets needed to be emptied.
Fayt Ravus	The front door opens, revealing Fayt, who's looking just a touch confused. "You came the long way? There's a gate going into the former throne room...." he shrugs. "Erm... anyway, Hello, come on in! don't worry, it's only this weird from the outside." Heading insdie would show that Fayt's telling the truth, the rooms inside a prefectly right side up... or is that upside down since the castle is already upside so compared to that... Well... what's going on. Marriks standing on what's definatly supposed to be the floor and the thing over his head is definatly supposed to be a roof, and that's likely all that matters.
Marrik	Marrik frowned at that revelation. "You mean there was a-" A rather smug looking pixie flew out of his coat only to get glowered at before any words came out. He took a slow breath before shrugging. "I suppose since this is your place lead on." His left hand went in one of his coat pockets to fish out a small leather pouch. It resembled little more than a coin purse, but inside held far more. As he walked he gave the place a look over and mmed soft, "So you say this place belonged to somebody else?"
Fayt Ravus	Fayt nods, leading Marrik towards the workshop. "Yeah, used to belong to some old darklord-type, he's been dead and gone for ages now, an ally who used to work with the Union pointed me to the place. Suprisingly, the palce doesn't LOOK all that bad inside, Fayt must of put a good amount of work into cleaning the place up so it's less... den of evil-y. Most of the rooms are empty. at least at the outer rooms. The workshop is a pretty simple place. tables and shelves lined with all sorts of stuff, lights hung on the cealing, and what appears to be several wood panels on the walls glowing a sfot white. "It's remote and the underground thing is kinnd of weird, but a little commerical magitech, a generator or two and a few calls to some specalists... it's not a bad place."
Marrik	Marrik nodded at the explanation of the prior owner. "I would make a joke about having been in the market for a fortress of grim solitude, but I got talked out of the whole skulls and blood offerings bit pretty early." Beat. "Plus I like my home nice and well lit thanks much." When he reached Fayt's workshop he let out a low appreciative whistle. "No wonder everyone comes to you for requests." What might be mistaken for simple, he saw as sturdy and economic. After a moment he opened the leather purse as wide as it would go before pulling out first one gauntlet, then another, followed by boots. This seemed to give him problems and a little struggling. Finally when all four items were on a work table he produced several stacks of papers. One stack with a list of enchantments he wants. Another consisting of scribbled notes on possibly converting a flat warding circle to work on a three dimensional design. The notes looked like a kid trying to use high school AP trig to do theoretical physics, but for everything wrong there was a nugget or two, accidental or otherwise, that was on the right track.
Fayt Ravus	Well... they call me Stuff Getter for a reasons." Fayt replies, thne, after a short pause, he hads in a somewhat embaressed tone. "hopefully said reasons sin't simply teasing me." Shaking his head clear. Fayt pulls a couple things down of the shelf, what appears to be a glove attached to a lightbulb, and a small cylinder. "So, here's the prototypes I made to make sure what you wanted me to do will actually work. They should work properly, then it's jsut a matter of encanting hte real thing."
Marrik	Marrik nodded and held his hands out to take the prototypes. "My worry is this materials coating Michael and his fellows use on KITT. It does odd things to Magic." Gingerly he sent weak magical feelers into the prototype Fayt had built to see if he could interface with it, but at the same time hopefully not put so much power that a bad reaction would be... Explosively bad. "On the other hand it seems to trap magic in the material, which is somewhat what I was counting on, otherwise without tapping an external source my power is rather underwhelming."
Fayt Ravus	Marrik's poking at Fayt's magic would return... weird. Very WEIRD. Everything seems to be in working order, it should do what it's supposed to do. there's nothing wrong per say but... It's like the magical equivlent of being told 1 + 1 = 15 and despite the fact that it really really isn't and there's no way that could be right but in this case? Yes, It is. Stupid chaos. "Well." Fayt replies. "You're having me enchant it before it's covered with that stuff right? That should allow me to get it in place easy enough.
Marrik	Marrik frowned at what his magical senses were telling him. "Oh... Kay." There was hesitation in his voice as he added more power. "In theory, but I generally don't do enchantments." Last time he tried he used all of his fire grenades, and spent the rest of the week on cleanup. "Anyway whether or not this works figure it's worth whatever you're charging, plus contact details. Nice seeming folk, but they're dealing in stuff with more kick than what I want my place to deal in."
Fayt Ravus	Fayt nods as he slowly looks over the boots and gauntles, head slowly tilting to the side. "I wouldn't worry about the price too much. It's more about getting the practice in than anything else for me." Putting in more power just seems to return more crazy. Fortunatly nothing really bad happens, it probably helps that he's only LOOKING and not actively messing with it. That, and it's seperated form Fayt, so it likely CAN'T build a surge like Fayt can. Maybe. Hopefully. Probably best not to test that. "So... you need me to do anything now, or you just wanted a look at the prototypes?"
Marrik	Marrik shrugged. "Mostly wanted to see if the prototype would work." Then as he turned the device over in his hands he added, almost as afterthought. "You said something about batteries? Even if the idea of magical strength augments don't work out for cost reasons wouldn't mind having my computer run off mana tap since the less need of a grid that can go down, the better."
Fayt Ravus	Fayt nods. "Made a big one for somebody once. Though for their sake I'll skip the details. That said a lot of how I made that went into what you're holding now." He nods to the small cylinder. if you unhook the glover and wire it to that, ti should power the bulb. I'm not sure how long I can make one battery last though, and there's the matter of recharging. you have something to handle that? Charging them myself all the time means a lot of mana loss on my end."
Marrik	Marrik nodded slowly as Fayt explained things. "I could probably dump power in, but I'd rather run a series of controlled experiments before saying one way or another. If nothing else if I could act as recharger it would help you refine the design?" It sounded like good work, if taxing. Plus it would help somebody out, which was always nice.
Fayt Ravus	"I don't mind recharging them for now." Fayt replies. "I'm thinking more long term. You'll probably want to be able to recharge you own stuff and well... if you start selling stuff using these thing? We're going to need soemthing better than us constantly bleeding out mana like that. Eletrical conversion maybe?"
Marrik	Marrik nodded slowly. "I dunno. I mean Yunomi seems to be a better head for this kind of thing, or maybe Maya Sir she said something about replacing my bike's engine with something that drew in mana. I just pull in life and convert it to mana I can use." A shrug then he slipped the gauntlet on to test how it would feel against his skin when worn. "The whole reason I wanted it to run off me was to avoid messy issues of batteries and the like. Figure I'm more reliable anyway." That and if need be, which he doubted, it could be used to keep him or possibly others from magicking out of prison. He didn't like the idea, and didn't think it needed, but was nice to know if he ended up flubbing a purification and turn corrupt there would be an option.
Fayt Ravus	Fayt nods. "I see... Well, with a little effort I can make it rechargable, so once you figure out what you'll be rechargingh tem with, you'll be good." A pause then. "Anyway, you happy with the prototypes?"
Marrik	Marrik went through several simple stretches, made several jabs, and so on. Only after several iterations did he take the prototype off and nodded. Feels good. I mean it feels weird, but it feels like it should work. Maybe come by another time to test the steel out after you're done with it? I'm pretty sure we'd have to clip a battery to it to replicate the magic holding properties of the coating, but it'd let me do a more thorough test. Sound fair?"
Fayt Ravus	FAyt nods. "Sure, that'll work. I'll get to testing as soon a possible. When do you need it by?"
Marrik	"Oh no rush," Marrik tried reassuring. "However sometime before Halloween would be good if you can swing it." Truth be told he had no particular urgent need. He just liked the idea of having this job finished is all. A second pouch found its way onto Fayt's work table. "Figure bringing food is the least I could do." That and pay. Since materials aren't free.