Smuggler's Vale - Evening Forging

[CautionCat]

"We are Konane and Alastair, by the way." Konane gestured to herself, and Alastair, smiling to the dwarven woman.

"We promise to be as quiet as we can be, though, we did not think it was too late in the evening."

[Ancelas]

The dwarven woman snorted as she stepped back, leaving the door open. "Sun's down, that's late enough. And you, fire-hair - gold is fine enough once trade starts again, but it doesn't sound like we'll be making any trips out any time soon. Something to trade would be better."

The smithy was a large one, apparently built to accommodate several workers at once. On one end, a long counter separated the smithy from what looked like a cozy break area, with couches, blankets, and lanterns. It seemed like the dwarven woman had settled herself down with some blankets, a book, and a plate of cookies when the newcomers had come knocking.

[opius]

Alastair tapped his chin at the mention of trade, taking a good look around at the crafting area. It was a cozy place, less sterile than some, certainly less industrial than the others like those in skyhammer. He glanced back. "Let's see... Trade... Well, I'm all out of fancy Forgefire jams..." He looked toward the dwarf.

"Do you do much jewelry work? I've got some rough amethyst suitable for crafting."

[Ancelas]

"Jewelry's a bit delicate for my hands, but I know someone in town that could make use of it," the woman said, folding her arms across her broad chest. "What've you got?"

[opius]

Alastair patted himself down before finding his bag of holding. He flicked up the flap and reached in, producing a jingling bag of ... Well, stones. Reaching into that bag he produced a chunk of raw purple gem. "Well, there's the stone in question. I've also got some weapons, some tools, a beaten brass cup." He paused a moment before shrugging.

"The most valuable thing I've got is my skill. I mean, not to brag- if you'd like, I could trade a fabrication. A commission, if you're needing something for a specific use case up here in the mountains." He continued to rummage, glancing into the bag of holding absent mindedly. "I planned on making a really fancy hairbrush for Konane here, something that's a little more heavy duty than pig's hair."

[Ancelas]

"Huh..." The dwarf took the gem to look it over and then arched an eyebrow at Alastair. "I'll take whatever you want to donate, mind you, but this should do. My name's Eloise. I'll be reading my book over there in the corner and keeping an eye on you. We appreciate the offer of a piece, but right now what we need most is nails to repair some of the damage in the lower town, and they ain't particularly flashy or difficult to make."

[opius]

"Nails..." He rubbed his chin. "No, not difficult at all. But I reckon you'd need a whole lot of them to fix what's broken." He rolled his shoulders. "...I wonder if mending could help salvage some of the broken fortifications. Hinges, handles, the finer pieces..."

He was lost in his head for a few minutes. "Right- the stones are yours if you guys like, all five pounds of them. Watch if you like, I don't imagine it's going to be much of a show. I'm going to think a bit on the rebuilding thing, maybe I can leave my two copper pieces on the matter- say, do you have a planning board? Notes detailing what's broken and such."

[Ancelas]

"Five pounds?" Eloise echoed, nearly dropping the stone in her hand and quickly juggling it before recovering it and clutching it to her breast.

[CautionCat]

Alastair was very generous, but amethyst wasn't magical like aether stone... Konane's brows were raised when he said she could have a five pound bag of it. Then again, they had a lot of it from that geode...

"We found a very large geode. It is very pretty."

[opius]

Alastair shrugged. "We'll likely run into more in these mountains at this rate, and I can only carry so many pounds while adventuring. Don't exactly have a place to stow it long term... Plus, I've already made something from it, and I'm not sure what else I could make without staying put in a jeweler's shop. It's better here, where folks can practice the craft." He nodded firmly, hands on his hips.

[Ancelas]

"Alright then, have at it." Eloise glanced in the bag and then retreated to her comfy corner to begin looking through the chunks of amethyst.

[opius]

Alastair nodded and glanced at Konane. "Well alright then. Thanks much, miss Eloise." He grinned a crookedy grin and went to work unpacking his things at the crafting table.