12252/Working the Forge together.
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| Working the Forge together. | |
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| Date of Scene: | 02 August 2022 |
| Location: | The Forge |
| Synopsis: | Colborn talks about making Red Sonja's bikini.. oh, and tells Kora that Thor invited him for a quest.. all casual-like. |
| Cast of Characters: | Colborn, Kora Ikassis
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- Colborn has posed:
In the last few days, Colborn has been working on his own personal private project. The fact that he has already put two years of work into it, and he has yet to even make a blade shape out of it... might say something about just what sort of work it is requiring. He's been working that metal for hours and hours and hours, augmenting it, making it more dense. Yeah, he has worked like six different steel billets together into the size of a single one. Massaging it all on a molecular level, he's been combining things and reworking it to try to approach something of his goal of a masterpiece. Something that will never break... a blade that will never dull, a guard that will be eternally vigilant. By this time, he's approaching the metallurgical equivalent of Adamantium hardness. He's also been starting to work those energy transmission filaments into the material after figuring that out for the saber he was making.
Whenever he doesn't have a commission he is working on, he is putting time into this piece. But Generally, only before or after hours. It would not due to have customers spy this work. But he recently put that up, and when his newest employee arrives, he's working on something that will certainly offend her sensibilities. Metal scales put together to cover the breasts of a woman but not much else. Well, that and a bikini bottom style piece with a skirt. All of the same metal scales. What? Red Sonja is paying for it.
- Kora Ikassis has posed:
The old-fashioned shop bell tinkles, announcing Kora's arrival. The young woman steps into he back of the shop and immediately drops her backpack on a side table before walking to within a few feet of the intense heat and roar of the forge. Her Chucks are noiseless on the workroom floor and she takes care to place herself where she can be seen.
"Good morning, Colborn," she wishes him with enthusiasm in accented English and then falls silent, watching him work the molten metal with deft taps of his hammer with fascination.
- Colborn has posed:
Oh, he only works bare handed when it's private. Since the shop is open to the public today, he's being more... traditional. A small hammer is being used to help shape each individual scale. There is a mountain of metal scales nearby as he works. All roughly the same size and shape. They will be worked into an overlapping shape over a soft leather padding. The padding -also- rests nearby. Obviously shaped like a skimpy bikini top for someone who is.... *ahem* ... busty.
- Kora Ikassis has posed:
Eyebrows knit in perplexity, she walks over to the table holding what looks like an abbreviated corselet. After bending down to look closer, she turns to Colborn, one hand extended in question.
"This is armor of some kind?" The question is couched politely, because it is obviously armor, she is just not sure what -kind-. Before he can answer, she moves to the pile of scales winking in the flickering forge light to pick one up.
- Colborn has posed:
The scales are coppery color that almost refracts the light rather than merely reflecting it. It's like there is something on the surface that is more than merely metal. Almost like a crystal layer. When questioned, he snorts, "It can only be called armor if an enemy targets a woman's chest... and even then only if they target the mammary." A pause, "The breast."
He looks up as he finishes another scale, and sets it on the pile. "This is not meant as protection for a warrior. It is meant as decoration. Believe me, if I wished to make protection, it would actually cover more than it revealed. But.." he shrugs, "This is what I am being paid to craft."
- Kora Ikassis has posed:
Kora, child of Themyscira, quite without modesty, cups her own breasts, saying, "They need protection, true. But..." The tilt of her head and equivocal look she gives him expresses her doubt. Her hands drop to her flat midriff under the Themyscira Arts Center logo.
"Being gut shot hurts and is much more dangerous. Though if the arrow or weapon does not pierce the ribs, one can survive a breast wound." She pauses, then adds, "I prefer a breast plate."
- Colborn has posed:
"Aye. As do I. This is.. as I said, decorative. It is for someone who wishes to both show off their body, and appear to be wearing something stylized as armor." He shakes his head and selects the last scale. He places it on the anvil and without heating it up, he begins working it as if it was heated. Okay so he's cheating with his power to manipulate the metal. But only a little bit.
"Wait until you see the bottom half of the outfit. You may be scandalized."
- Kora Ikassis has posed:
"Well, if it is as small as the top, I certainly will be. Why put yourself in such danger?" Kora has yet to understand what is scandalous about showing a woman's body. All the woman on both her home island and on Themyscira were unabashed about nudity while bathing or tending to wounds. She tilts her head and picks up another scale and clicks it against the one she holds.
"I've never seen metal like this before. It feels like it would repel the sharpest arrow."
- Colborn has posed:
"It is steel, treated to look like copper. And then covered with a sheen of oil. Then that is pressed between the steel, and a very thin layer of transparent steel." A pause and he adds, "I am a cheater for sure."
"And as for the bottoms, I have explained.. this is not for protection. It is to make one feel sexually desirable to others. It is a purely cosmetic thing."
He tap tap taps the hammer as he works. Then he adds almost casually, "Oh, also... last night, I had a visitor. The Norse god Thor... and apparently his sister." He rolls his eyes. "Anyway, the Thunder god asked that I aid him in a quest. I thought to ask if you would wish to join. Save the world... and have a quest under your belt. More than some of your fellow Amazons have done I wager."
- Kora Ikassis has posed:
Kora's eyebrows beetle at the idea of using armor to appear desirable. Baffled, she nods and dismisses the idea, only adding while shaking her head, "Armor for decoration. Now, a shield or a quiver decorated with these beautiful scales..."
"The steel is beautiful to look at, but I doubt you cheat, Colborn."
Intrigued, still holding two of the scales, one in each hand, she approaches Colborn. "Thor? I have learned about him as part of my preparation for coming to New York. Diana explained somewhat about this group of folk that help others. He is something like Zeus, I think.
Clicking the two scales together, she digests his words, "A quest?" she repeats with the beginning of a smile. "I should like to quest. Princess Diana has done many since leaving Themyscira and her sister, too. I think all the Amazons have done quests so I won't have done more than them. But that is only natural. I will ask permission."
- Colborn has posed:
"I would liken Thor more to Herakles. But likely with a bit more humble disposition. At least this modern version of him. His father... Odin, the All Father. He is the King of the Norse gods. He is their Zeus analogue." explains as he works. "And by saying that I cheat, I only mean that I make metal do things that metal is not normally able to do. Like be as strong as steel and as transparent as glass for example."
He nods his head, "Then we shall have to get you involved in many quests. Please do so. Ask permission. You will come along as my Amazon expert, and a war asset. I am joining due to this skill... anyone can -swing- a blade. Far fewer can forge them." And that said, he sets that last scale aside, "Okay. This is finished... and remember, I did not say the armor is supposed to look appealing. It is to make the one wearing it -sexually- appealing."
And then he narrows his eyes, "You appear similar in shape... not quite so large in the bustline though. I was going to ask you to try it on so that I could see how it looks and make sure that I did not miss anything. But.. that could be demeaning, so forget it."
- Kora Ikassis has posed:
"I do not understand why someone would want to appear appealing to an enemy." Kora clicks her two metal scales together, saying, "Fierce! Someone to fear, perhaps." She stores this conundrum for herself, instinctively saving the questions for her Amazon sisters.
When he comments on her shape, she looks down at her red t-shirt and jeans with their deliberate holes on the thigh and knee and shrugs. "If it would help, I can certainly try it."
With a chuckle in her voice, she adds, "But there is so little I would need to stand next to the furnace to not be cold. It would be quick to verify if there were any missing pieces."
After returning the scales to their mates, she turns, to ask, "What do you know about this quest from Thor?"
- Colborn has posed:
"Well, if you would like to try... I will turn up the heat of the forge. I guarantee you will not be cold in here. But I recommend changing behind cover. The modern world does not view nudity the same way that you and yours may."
He shrugs, "I view it differently myself, but as anyone could walk in at any time, we should play along with the modern social mores."
And then he thinks about Thor. "Something about seeking artifacts from the nine realms to help stabilize -this- realm. Due to threats that have come at this world from so many sources.. he wishes to at least offer some measure of protection. I thought the quest noble enough. Apparently.. his mother, a fate-caller, sent him my way. One of the artifacts may require my skills to retrieve."
