The Price of Arms and Legs (John Summers)

[Avice Locke]

Avice crutched to find a fellow in his worj shop and needed to make a request. After being in and out of the infirm she had about enough of waiting. One of her options, namely the one that was the most reach able given her current status was from John Summers. Apparently the talented adopted kid of Asiv was good at this kind of thing.

She came into this knowing she'd be asking quite a bit but she thought she would give it a shot anyway. Approaching where she was told he could be found she called out to him. Not seeing him attention first she just wandered about looking around.

"'Ello? Lookin' for some one who can make me some fresh metal limbs. I 'ave a couple of questions for 'im though, more like a special request I s'pose." in her other hand she held a small sack pertaining to what she was talking about. "I be willin' to pay or work what they cost. Small price to put in a little walkin' to start walkin' again." she'd waiting to see if he appeared or would reply.

[John]

John was tweaking a machine under a tarp near the back of his workshop when he heard someone come in. Putting his tools down with a clanging sound as he rolled out from under the machine. Goggles on his head, white grease stained and ripped shirt, overalls zipped to his waste also dirty and work boots. He stood and pulled the goggles off his eyes rings of clean skin showed where grease and other mechanic grime all over him with sweat. Seeing her he would walk over.

"Yeah, yeah. Come on."

He'd lead the way to a spot with some chairs and a work bench, offering a seat. He'd sit himself and drink some water real fast.

"Metal limbs, huh? Whats the request?"

[Avice Locke]

She tossed him the pouch which held her kyber crystal and a rather large diamond. "If ya cant fit both I'd like the smaller one to be embedded in the palm of me hand. But the other could go in the forearm I think. But it is simply esthetically pleasin'." she did recognize both crystals to have a Qi signature but she felt the diamond was still weak. Too weak to be of use to her currently. "Can it be done?" she grinned setting in a chair.

[John]

John would undo the pouch and inspect the ore she was thinking of using, imbedding she said he frowned.

"I've worked with stuff like this before... It can be done. Any idea what you want to do with them specifically or is that up to mechanical imaginations?"

[Avice Locke]

She gave it some thought. "I know what the smaller one does and with it I thought to take up swordsmanship. No idea bout the other so I could say you are free to the imagination fornit, but I thought it made sense just setting. The other in the grip of me fingers."

That was basically it but she didnt know how this worked in actually building for it. "Anything you were thinkin' specifically?"

[John]

"Not at the moment, however we need to go over some stuff."

John would put the gems in the pouch and tie it again looking at her.

"First thing, my shit's need regular maintenance, so you will be in here quite often. Second, what kind of work do you suspect you could do to pay this off, and lastly. Don't abuse the shit I make. They are all masterpieces."

[Avice Locke]

She'd be quick to retort.

"First thing..." she grinned. "I like wwalkin' so I'll be 'ere. Second what is the price of an arm and a leg? I am willin' to pay it what ever the cost. And finally I like walkin' so I'll do my best to make sure they see papa again. Aye?" she'd agree with his terms and that was just that.

[John]

John would stare at her eyes for a little bit measuring what he could of her intentions and will power.

"Fine by me."

He would get up and walk over to his hammer tapping it on the ground as a table would rise up with a placement mold for a body to lay, while he gathered some measuring tools, and some lamps. Carrying a lamp by the cord in his mouth he would get out.

"Ache er cohes off."

He'd spit the cord to the side annoyed by how poorly it worked to speak that way, the lamp and cord hitting the ground near by.

"Take your top and bottom clothing off and place yourself in the mold on the table."

His arms were full of equipment and misc things as he kicked some cords around trying to prepare, ignoring her basically while he tried to find diagrams paper.

[Avice Locke]

She stood and with the one arm she did as what was suggested. Her under clothes were plain black and basic but she wanted to treat this like he might be a doctor. Not much a problem.

She leaned on he crutch. "Done...need me to lay on that?" she pointed to the table.

[John]

John spared a glance as he cleared a spot on a near by desk to place the papers, weighting down edges and getting his pencil ready.

"Yep, lay down and hold still."

It would be low enough for her to be able to do so without much issue. John had made a quick sketch of her without the limbs then a lighter sketch of new limbs to match the old ones. He would then hop onto a shop chair with wheels sliding over with some measuring tools. He'd get width measurements of the limbs still there, and where they were missing, then length measurements. He would shift back over to his paper and put the numbers in before rushing off into his shop with some clanging and spilling a bunch of metallic objects. He got back with a casting agent and took molds of her stumps. Crunching more numbers. He reached over his desk and grabbed an old vehicle motor and checked it's weight.

He'd shake his head and rummage in a barrel of what looked like rocks before finding a few huge chunks he took a liking too.

"I hate working in silence, how about a funny story?"

[Avice Locke]

She grinned. "A story ya ask?"

She took a moment to think of one before asking. "'Ow fond of ye about spiders?"

[John]

John would write about his diagram and look at her through the corner of his eye for a second.

"Not the biggest fan."

He'd tilt his head wondering if his calculations on that were going to work out.

[Avice Locke]

She raised her one hand and started talking motioning through the air as she did. "Aye as I travel I meet some people some good, some bad, and some ugly." she paused a bit before continuing. "I met a fellow and his family after gettin' caught in a sand storm. They found me nearly dried up and made me healthy again. But the old merchant was expecting shit out of me. The worst kinda man askin' me to put out and treated his wife and child like cattle. " she huffed still nettled from the. Fact it happened.

"However I learned he was scared of spiders. Now is understandable the big ones right? The ones that can eat ya whole but he had it convinced the smaller ones be the most dangerous that their poison was so strong if you survived it would be passed down to your great great grand children." she shrugged. "Maybe him right but after him being such a prick I had to get even..."


"Just me luck I was finding his boy pokin' what we found was a perfectly good and dead tarantula." she grinned wickedly. I sat that baby right where he'd find it... In his campin' chair."

"With a black cup of joe he sat his bloated arse in that chair and went to set him cup down when he saw that spider. The next thing I 'ear is a scream that make a banshee cringe, I see his chair flipped over and a lilly white arse. Rolling in the sand." she laughed with a breath. "He fell back spillin' his coffee in his face and not knowin' where the spider landed he stripped naked and fought like 'im life depended on it."

"Should have seen it to be best but I sure got out quick before 'im fat fingers could strangle me."

[John]

John listened as he moved around the room. Placing the stones in molds themselves, narrowing his eyes at part of the story that were fucked up to him. Though he grabbed some scrap laying around and the rocks from before and moved to a pure black anvil covered in runes of some sort of glittering silver. Placing the pieces on the anvil, he would listen to the end of her story and laugh a bit.

"Yeah, running was probably your best bet."

Gripping his hammer he would hold it over his head. His eyes turning red, glowing as he could now see the hydrogen in the air, the molecules hitting his skin which was now glowing would burst into flames, making it look like splashes of rain drops on his skin, bursting into blue hot fire. Before his body roared to life with the blue fire, engulfing the hammer he would bring it down with as much force as he could, the ring and impact of the hammer would send a visible concussive explosion from the hammer as the blue fire engulfed the anvil, the runes glowing a glaring white. Lifting the hammer he would strike it multiple times. He finally stopped, the fire going away in a flash. Leaving them in low light darkness before their eyes adjusted.

He would carry over two platings, and an armored arm and leg. He would place them in the spots they were to be used, steam running off his body as he grabbed the plates.

"There is some pain involved, but it shouldn't be more than a sting."

He'd place the smaller plate at the stub of her arm, and the larger one at the stub of her leg. Grabbing his hammer, his eyes would glow again, this time the blue flame covered only the head of the hammer. Tapping it lightly it would morph to her arm and leg, melding, becoming part of her. Like he said there would be pain, though more than a sting, it would burn, and feel like he were slowly cutting her with razor blades. Though it would be over in a matter of a second. No pain would follow, as he connected the arm and leg. Before placing the gem and crystal she brought in the arm where she requested. Tapping the arm it would grip and meld with the crystals this time. His eyes going to normal as he put the axe down, breathing heavy.

"My God Right always drains me... Anyways, try and move them."

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Avice Receives!
Hephaestus Parts: +8 Atk, +4 Def
Hephaestus Parts are capable of deflecting Qi based attacks away from the user once per thread. Doing so causes the gems to store 1/2 the energy of the Qi attack up to a total of 18, adding it to the next Qi based attack Avice uses.

[Avice Locke]

She had wondered about that. His Qi grew incredible and his vibrancy exploded as he hammered down on her limbs. But attaching them well she sat up and gave him room but bared yer fangs with a yelp surprised at the sharpness of it. She could see where it sliced into her and connected to her body with the Qi that lead him. She was more prepared with the leg and there for only winced trying not to scream in his ear this time.

She took some calming breaths. As he sat down the pain quickly subsidies. He did suddenly look pretty pale but she did as he said and moved her metalic fingers as if they were her own and brought her actual hand for comparison and seemed that the metal hand was lagging behind her fleshy one but the felt her own Qi starting to cycle about it like blood flow she was secure in the feeling it would be optimal with some rehabilitation.

"Oi ya 'ave a right fine power." she grinned. She'd slide off the table and tried to feel for a bit of balance. Putting pressure on the leg felt tender and shot up her spine a moment before going away the next. "Now what do I owe ya?" she reached for her clothes walking a bit stiffly getting the feel of it.