Who:
variaswrath and
ergaleomancer What: Xanxus is curious what this clockwork can do, Theta is curious about this city, and lord only knows how it'll end.
When: A day after Theta's arrival, a bit after their first
chat over the network.
Where: Starting out near the theater, but location is subject to change.
Warnings: Who knows, with Xanxus involved. PG-13 at the most I
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She thought for a moment about the question and nodded quietly. "Where is indeed a good question. Wherever is convenient? I hardly have a claim on a place to call my temporary 'home' yet, although a place that could double as a shop so that I can earn food and such would be convenient. But I would throw myself on your good will to the location, as you know this place far better than I do."
She wasn't sure how to answer the question of tools, and her bit of confusion showed on her face. Nonetheless, she decided to take a stab at it. "I need woodworking tools--files, knives, those sorts--I also need screwdrivers, wrenches, things of that nature. I need gears and springs and sheet metal and something to cut it with. I've...never had to build a workshop from nothing, I'm simply used to having everything to hand--I don't think I could name it all off. Start with that and if I find myself needing something I shall ask?"
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"Hmm... You'll excuse me for a minute, I hope? There might be a way to save us a lot of time."
He was already tugging the communicator out of his pocket by its chain as he spoke.
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The conversation was over quickly, and the communicator was shut and stowed away without a word of thanks to whoever he had been talking to. Once again the hint of a smirk was back on his face when he returned to Theta, giving away that it had apparently gone well.
"It looks like it'll be much easier than I expected to keep my end of the bargain," he announced. "And you might not have to set up shop from scratch."
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She smiled cheerily when he spoke of having a shop available to her, and she nodded agreeably. "That's wonderful. I can begin work as soon as there is a place ready."
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"We can look at it right away. It's not that far off." He gestured down a street that led away from the theater.
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"The only good thing about this city is that food and lodgings are free. There aren't any shopkeepers to speak of, but everything gets replenished without our help."
At the same time, he did not bat an eye about her following him like this. His intentions never got much purer than this, but if she was useful to him she had no reason to assume he would want her to come to harm. He would, in fact, have been surprised if she hadn't followed. That was just what happened when he lead the way.
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"It's like the old stories of a clockwork city, then...but even I am an ergaleomancer and I find the ideal a bit...frightening. Clockworks are meant to be like human beings, not the other way around."
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Truthfully, Xanxus would have preferred if it wasn't so ridiculously easy to survive in this city. It left too much trash alive. At least this cripple wasn't as useless as some out there, and it pleased him that she walked quicker than he had initially anticipated. His eyes assessed the surroundings quickly, looking for the place they needed to turn and spotting it only a block away. Good.
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"It's a children's story...one to keep them in line... When they misbehave, parents say they'll be sent to the clockwork town. It's more trouble than it's worth to recount, but...everything in town happens by clockwork, even meals."
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A gentle push opened the shop's door that set off the clear sound of a bell to anounce the presence of a customer, revealing a dusty but otherwise well-kept interior, and Xanxus held the door open for Theta to follow. The workshop itself he imagined would be in the back, possibly an apartment above or below. But this would be her place, and he waited for her to enter and see if it was suitable.
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