After receiving a certain special request Ashton was happy to put both hammers in his portable hole before heading over to the workshop where he's sure Barcus is.
"Hey Pebble, you in? I got something to show you and a favor to ask of my favorite craftsman."
Ashton's guess is accurate! Most days he's not questing find Barcus in the Visitor's Workshop for several hours, and today is no exception. When Ashton enters, Barcus is actually under one of the machines in the large main room across from the forge, doing maintenance and muttering what might be swear words in gnomish. He emerges when he hears their voice, though, sliding out on a mechanic's creeper on his back and almost running into their ankles. He's dressed way down, in a stained, ragged linen shirt with the sleeves rolled to the elbow, and a pair of goggles on his head. He beams to see them, though, and gets up quickly enough, wiping his hands on a rag that sticks out of his pants pocket.
"Hello, my love," he greets. "Bringing me gifts of flattery, hm? Careful, I've got wrenches all over the floor here, don't trip."
Ashton can't help the little smirk on their lips at the sight, eyes flicking over the gnome as he stood up. "Oh don't get up on my account."
They smirked and winked before laughing. "Less gifts and more...a project for you?" Stepping backwards they avoid the wrenches before moving to a clear space, roughly 10x10 and spread out a black....cloth? from their pocket that is suddenly a pit. Dropping in they pull out the hammer Barcus and made them and the hammer they used back home.
"I figured you'd be the only person I'd trust to touch either of these. They're both important to me so I wanted to see about getting them....I don't know, fused together?" He tilted the glass hammer around a bit to show off the way it glinted. "This suckers made from the same glass in my head, then it had some crystals graphed on...and the shaft is a immoveable rod."
As if to make a point he held the hammer so that it was parallel with the ground and with a click activated the rod making it so that the hammer floated in the air.
"Thing is I really like the hammer you made me too...."
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Date: 2025-06-10 02:45 am (UTC)"Hey Pebble, you in? I got something to show you and a favor to ask of my favorite craftsman."
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Date: 2025-06-10 02:47 pm (UTC)"Hello, my love," he greets. "Bringing me gifts of flattery, hm? Careful, I've got wrenches all over the floor here, don't trip."
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Date: 2025-06-11 05:23 am (UTC)They smirked and winked before laughing. "Less gifts and more...a project for you?" Stepping backwards they avoid the wrenches before moving to a clear space, roughly 10x10 and spread out a black....cloth? from their pocket that is suddenly a pit. Dropping in they pull out the hammer Barcus and made them and the hammer they used back home.
"I figured you'd be the only person I'd trust to touch either of these. They're both important to me so I wanted to see about getting them....I don't know, fused together?" He tilted the glass hammer around a bit to show off the way it glinted. "This suckers made from the same glass in my head, then it had some crystals graphed on...and the shaft is a immoveable rod."
As if to make a point he held the hammer so that it was parallel with the ground and with a click activated the rod making it so that the hammer floated in the air.
"Thing is I really like the hammer you made me too...."