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[23wishes]

[The feed opens to Aerith, standing far enough back from her comm in Nonah 06's backyard, so all of her is in frame.]

Hi, everyone! I'm looking for someone who can help me with a new weapon. Here's what I have now.

[The reason for the extra background space comes into view: Aerith's usual staff. Six feet long, and therefore decently bigger than herself, visibly heavy from the way she moves it around, and unnecessarily decorated and dramatic.]

It's fine for fights that I know I'm going to be in [like missions], but I need something easier to carry day to day. It would have to be smaller and lighter, so I'm gonna need something collapsible. It's also gonna need to be modified to fit these.

[And here she pops something out of the shaft of her staff and holds it up to the camera: a glowing orb no bigger than a ping pong ball.]

This is materia. It's how we use magic on my world. Lately I've been thinking I should keep them with me all of the time. There's a lot of trouble going on lately... I can't get caught unarmed again...

... So, let me know if you can help!

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[resoundingpledge]

That one . . . it's something from home, isn't it?

I can help.

[23wishes]

my current one is! cloud bought it for me in cosmo canyon.

can you really?! that would be so great! you have experience making or modifying weapons?

[resoundingpledge]

Not weapons, exactly.

Any tool can be a weapon if people want to use it that way. But that doesn't mean they were meant to be used like that.

The things I make . . . they're tools, usually.

[23wishes]

but you'll still help me? i WILL be hitting people with it...

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[annihiliner]

I'm afraid there's little I can do to help with the forging of weapons, but if you're still having trouble finding one you like after this, perhaps I can help with the search.

[23wishes]

Great! I'll keep you up to date.

[annihiliner]

[She nods.]

How are you? Not injured, I hope.

[Yeah, she noticed that "again."]

[23wishes]

I'm a healer. I'm a little hard to injure.

[WINK.]

voice; network id: dr. h. gottlieb

[mathemagier]

I'm not a weapons expert, but my ability allows me to modify objects if you don't find anyone more suited to the task.

[23wishes]

What do you mean by "modifying objects"?

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[mathemagier]

[Rather than attempting to explain what was pretty much self-explanatory, Hermann switches on the video feed to showcase his cane, held around the middle. It disappears in a haze of tiny white numbers, then reappears a moment later colored white and notably shorter. He twirls it a moment for physical proof, then repeats the process to restore it]

I can modify any solid objects and their existing parameters.

[23wishes]

[Oh good, it's video now so he can see the stars in her eyes.]

That's amazing! What else can you do? Do you have any limits?

[Were they talking about something else?]

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[resoundingpledge]

[ The feed clicks on while she's still fumbling with her comm, the visuals shaking more than the optic stabilizer can compensate for. ]

Dr. Gottlieb?

[ There's a faint Japanese accent to her English, and she hands the pronunciation of his German name with all the grace of a puppy falling down the stairs. ]

That . . . that code, right now. What was that?

[tactical_lalafel]

Um, this is a bit off-topic, but I'd be interested in seeing what you call materia.

[The tiny black mage holds up a couple similarly-sized glowing stones.]

We have things called by the same name, but when they're infused into a weapon or piece of armor, it tends to be more permanent.

[23wishes]

Ah! That's almost exactly the same, only mine can be popped out and interchanged.

[And then she wonders something she hasn't thought about since she met Six.]

Do you know what chocobos are?

[tactical_lalafel]

I do! I have one trained for battle back home, as well as several others for less strenuous riding and a controlling interest in a racing bird.

Are you from elsewhere on Hydaelyn, then?

[23wishes]

... Oh... another one...

[Audible disappointment.]

No, I'm from Midgar. There are other worlds like ours. Six's and Riku's have some similar elements as ours, too.

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[dirtyredneck]

You know know to use a knife?

[He is absolutely not keeping an eye out for her now that she's on his radar. Not one bit. How dare that suggestion even be thought of.]

[23wishes]

you stab someone with the pointy end.

[dirtyredneck]

Slicing works pretty well, too. You need to keep armed, a knife will do it in a pinch. Should keep one on you.

[23wishes]

i've never used one before. i've never had to. if i wasn't fighting with a group, i'd just defend myself long enough to get a chance to run away and hide.

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[flowerette]

I am not certain how your materia works, but have you thought to ask Tony Stark about making the weapon?

[23wishes]

Tony Stark? Like... the Tony Stark? I think he's too busy. You never see him around just doing stuff like the rest of us.

[flowerette]

Busy he may be, but he will never resist doing something for a pretty face.

[23wishes]

Where is he, then? Maybe I'm not pretty enough~

[As if she needs another guy after her...]