I want my Scimitars. :[

[naturaltwohands]

I would like to request help in creating some ordinary, nonmagical scimitars in Liminal Space. If we are to engage in any sort of battle, I wish to have the weapons most familiar to my hands, regardless of their appropriateness in the setting, to lessen the risk of me inadvertently harming one of the Stricken with lethal force.

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[awitchdidit]

Hm...I haven't tried making a sword before, but it can't possibly be more difficult than a rifle. Meet me in Liminal Space to try them on and I'll see what I can do.

[naturaltwohands]

I would greatly appreciate your assistance. Where should I meet you? I am currently in Liminal Space for the night.

[photonicfighter]

If Beatrice's efforts don't pan out, I can see what I can do! I've been practicing making things. And if there's one thing I know, it's weapons.

[awitchdidit]

I should be able to Portal right to where you are, if it's somewhere relatively stable...

[tobegood]

...Don't you already have scimitars? I've seen you with them before.

[naturaltwohands]

I am in the Workshop.

[naturaltwohands]

I will let you know. Your offer of help does not surprise me... or what you know.

[naturaltwohands]

Yes, but they are far too flashy for this place. The last thing I need is to fight someone who wishes to steal them for their gems.

[photonicfighter]

[She laughs, hearing that.]

It was a nice talk we had about swords, wasn't it? Do you still have access to your regular scimitars, by the way? For the sake of... modeling and scale?

[naturaltwohands]

I do. They're in the room I... share with my father in the Workshop.

[Drizzt is glad she can't see his wince at how that came out.]

[tobegood]

Oh. I guess that makes sense.

[naturaltwohands]

They are also magical, and one has a tendency to glow when there is danger. ... although in this case, that might be useful.

[tobegood]

What kind of magic? [The question comes with a feeling that is half excitement and half trepidation.]

[naturaltwohands]

[A bit of a chuckle.]

One glows blue when there is danger. The other has properties that protect me from fire and extinguish it. The second is particularly bad news for fire demons.

[tobegood]

Oh. All it does is glow? That's useful, I guess. [That's not as exciting as he had been expecting - but it's not alarming either.] What's a fire demon?

[naturaltwohands]

Very useful. I know how close the danger is by how strongly it glows. [Alarming isn't good, no.] Well, that's not the proper term of it... but it banishes evil demons with fire characteristics back to their planes fairly well. They walk our plane of existence sometimes, you see. Perhaps sometime I could tell you a story about one of my adventures facing one.

[tobegood]

Does it grow more strongly if it's more dangerous? [He's curious - that would also be useful, though it would cause problems in telling if the danger was close by or simply overwhelming.

Then Drizzt answers his question - sort of - and it only leaves him with more.] What do you mean, 'plane of existence'? Do you mean how back home was a different universe than we're in now?

[naturaltwohands]

The more dangerous and closer it is.

[Drizzt is happy to answer questions. Children are good at asking them.]

In a way, yes. They are not always like our own, and the ones known to me are mostly filled with horrific nightmares. And one was so unlike our own that it was circular--if you fell, you eventually came around to the same space, and would fall for all eternity unless something changed your course.

[tobegood]

Is it hard to tell if something is really dangerous or just really close?

[That's good, because Imriel has an almost endless supply of them - particularly since he's asking about a different universe entirely, with different species and technology and magic, and nearly everything else.]

What kind of nightmares? [He considers a circular world where you could fall forever.] That sounds very interesting. It might be almost fun, at first.

But you can get from one to another? So it's not really a different universe, at least not like the ones the Arcana send us to are.

[naturaltwohands]

Usually if it is really close, I can hear it! And as a ranger, I usually know my quarry, so I know what to expect.

[Oh, Drizzt is happy to answer a child's questions for answers.]

Mmm, a description will not do without a story attached. Or without hands to guide the words.

[And it was interesting, just... not very fun since the love of his life kinda nearly died while falling but. Otherwise, it would've been interesting indeed!]

Ah, but we use magic! Portals and the like. Similar to the ones we use here to go back into Liminal Space.

[tobegood]

But you might not know what it is if it's something that's chasing you, right? Does it have to be danger directed at you? Or would it shine if there's going to be an earthquake or an avalanche or something?

[There's a considering pause.] Well, you could tell me the story sometime, then.

...But you can get back, when you use a portal, right? Could you go to any world with your magic? Could people from your world turn up while we're on a jaunt somewhere? Could they take us home?

[naturaltwohands]

[oh this kid has so many questions that Drizzt has to fight to remember them all. Even if the last bit of them bring an awful pang to his heart.]

It's possible I may not know, and yes, danger at the wielder. Usually enemies--but perhaps it would work against a natural disaster.

I can tell you the story once I have scimitars on my belt. [He's not going to make a child wait for long, because that would be brushing the child aside.]

... I'm afraid I don't have the ability to create portals; that is only the realm of wizards. But I suppose there is some small possibility that we could be found in such a way, although unlikely.

[tobegood]

Is it hard to make something magic like that? Could you set up detectors that would just respond to danger from one source, like natural disasters? Or that could tell you what the danger was from? And then set them up within range of each other so you could always warn people and evacuate if something was coming?

...Could it help sailors if a bad storm was coming? Maybe you could make magical navigational tools, that would help bring the ship through the safest path.

Okay! I'll be waiting at camp.

[Then there's a pause, but it's actually more thoughtful than sad or disappointed.]

...But if people from your world can create portals like that, that means that it's probably possible that people somewhere else can too. That means we just have to find someone who can do that - it doesn't have to be someone from your world.

[photonicfighter]

Oh. That should be easy enough to get to. As long as it's not locked, or something.... can rooms in the workshop be locked? I'd think so...

[naturaltwohands]

I can get into the room without difficulty, do not fret.