[video] this may come as a surprise but I am not a mechanical engineer

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[There's a lot of crap going on right now, sure, and whatever the more overtly-powered people have done to subdue the recent catastrophe has helped, but that doesn't mean he can continue to put certain things on his to-do list on the perpetual backburner.

Continuing his mapping and documentation process, for one. Reach out to the populace with a completely innocent, well-meaning inquiry, for another.

Also avoid dying, but that's just a general to-do these days.]

This might be a weird question, but does anyone here know how to craft...small items? Like a smith, or a carpenter, or some combination thereof?

Asking for a- [There is an awkward beat as he tries to determine whether the statement is accurate.] -friend.

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[restinglichface]

[Oh my, this is so beautifully vague, Lup just has to know.]

What kinda items? Somethin' sexy?

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[nonscriptum]

[You know what else is beautiful? Nate's deadpan expression.]

I dunno, you gonna threaten to roast me alive if I don't tell you?

[restinglichface]

[she honestly adores it, if the curl of her smile means anything]

That doesn't sound like me at all, Nate. Suns must be getting to you. Your memory is going funny.

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[pocketspa]

What're you tryin' to make? Sounds like something intimate.

[He's got his head in his hand so it's tilted slightly to the side, eyebrows ALL the way up.]

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[nonscriptum]

[Nate is altogether unappreciative of Taako's eyebrow gymnastics. He'd bet money that he and Lup are in the same room right now.]

...So in retrospect I realize that what I said does sound suggestive, but it's really not.

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[pocketspa]

You not immediately telling me what it is only makes it worse, homeboy.

[Too bad, he's here to provide amazing eyebrow art. Along with the rest of his face. It's a masterpiece. But he's right, he's totally broadcasting from on top of his bed in the twins' shared room right now.]

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[storyseeker]

You make it sound like you want to try out a new hobby.

[No eyebrow waggle here. Elena knows he's not thinking of making an artisanal handcrafted sex toy, if only because he wouldn't say anything about it where she can see it.]

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[nonscriptum]

Yeah, I could have phrased that better.

[He can tell by the wry smile on her face, however, that it's only the lightest of ribbing. Elena knows that if he was going to surprise her with a bespoke sex toy, he wouldn't plaster his questions across the airway like some kind of rube.]

I am - legitimately - asking for someone else, though. Have you met Ivar Ragnarsson?

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[storyseeker]

I figured you were. But no, I haven't.

[They're a happy couple with a reasonably healthy relationship and can have social lives that don't 100% intersect. That said, she absolutely wants to meet a Viking.]

What's the small item you want to make for him?

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[laststartofall]

[Jet still has a patch over his eye, but he's hoping that he can get rid of the thing pretty soon. There's not been too much of interest on this network, but this? This, he's curious about.]

Can make things. [His voice is softer than you might expect from someone of his... stature.] Depends what you need making.

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[nonscriptum]

[Nate isn't so tactless as to point the patch out - the entire impetus behind his initial question has to do with a handicap, after all.]

Uh. [Wow, he didn't expect to get a volunteer that fast.] A wheelchair? Sorry, that's not a question. A wheelchair.

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[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Sooooooo~ whatcha building?

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[nonscriptum]

Just something to help somebody get around a little easier, is all. I think I might have found the right person to build it.

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[swiftlet]

I'm afraid I don't, personally, but could you clarify what you're looking for? That might help us find the right person.

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[nonscriptum]

I'm trying to see if there's anyone who can build a wheelchair, but the design is...

[Nate glances down at his sketchbook out of frame.]

...specific. Might've found somebody, but we're still going over details. I'm more of an "accidentally break things" person than a "build things" person.

[crippled]

[Ivar has creeped on the other conversations because he's a creep it's What He Does, and when he fumbles around long enough to get the video going it's pointed slightly askew. Not the worst for a first try? But not... great.

Still, sounding VERY SUSPICIOUS:]

What is a wheelchair? What are you doing?

[nonscriptum]

[To be honest, Nate didn't actually count on Ivar seeing this, but he supposes he may have garnered some concern with the person he admitted to knowing. It's not all that unlikely that Ivar would be wary of a guy who a.) claimed to be fairly well-versed in his personal history and b.) probably came across as an excitable nerd.

Nate doesn't know what the Old Norse word for "nerd" would be. They'd probably just put people like him out in the woods somewhere and assume they're conversing with gods.]

It's a piece of equipment that can help you get around easier. Like a... [Crap, what's a decent 9th century equivalent?] ...wheelbarrow, but more comfortable and one you can move yourself, so no one has to push you.

[In a word, independence.]

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[seekingmyfortune]

A smith? What, like for a medieval birdhouse?

[Is your "friend" a woodland creature, little brother?]

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[nonscriptum]

Seriously? You too?

[C'mon, Sam. Give him a break.

After some brief fumbling Nate privatizes the video, if only because he feels bad about not doing so earlier before Ivar caught wind of his attempts at being good-natured.]

I need someone to build a wheelchair for a viking.

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[uptightness]

What exactly are you trying to have built?

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[nonscriptum]

A wheelchair for someone with mobility issues. But it's...kind of specific in design.

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[disarmer]

I'm a carpenter. Uh. What'd your friend need made?

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[nonscriptum]

[Nate tries not to think about how much Ivar might balk at the word "friend" in association with himself.]

A wheelchair, but the designs I have are kind of specific - I have one crafts...person...looking at them, but I think this sort of thing could benefit from more input.

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[am_i_a_monster]

I can do some carpentry work. What do you need?

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[nonscriptum]

[Color him surprised. Not exactly the person he expected, but he'll take it.]

...how are you with a jigsaw? I'm thinking of some very specific decorative features.