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kaisou2025-05-24 07:17 pm
hexcrafter) wrote in kaisou2025-05-24 07:17 pm
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⚙ // video; un: hextechnician
WHO: Viktor + open
WHERE: Gemini
WHEN: Late May
WHAT: Building magitech to cope with the horrors.
WARNINGS: None yet, specified in subject lines if needed.
[Viktor had all but disappeared after the excursion through the latest spirit gate; rarely leaving his house was not strictly unusual for him, but he'd withdrawn almost entirely for days. For him, a neceessity--solitude gave Viktor the ability to fall into the oldest habit of throwing himself into his work as a way to sort out tumultuous thoughts. Of which he had far too many, now.]
[But eventually, there was a distinct sign of life in the form of a video on the network: set up to show an open area behind Viktor's house, with a square foot of sheet metal set up in a way almost resembling a painter's canvas.]
I, eh...have never been particularly skilled with public presentations, but I would like to demonstrate what I have been working on.
[Viktor stepped into frame with a pair of goggles pushed back to his forehead, pulling on an odd fingerless glove of metal and leather. The shoulder not leaning on his crutch now wore a small pauldron, on which was mounted a thin third arm ending in three fingers.] The second iteration of an old invention of mine; the Hexclaw. It is a crafting tool designed for precision and dexterity, not only in its range of movement, but also in its secondary function.
[As he spoke, he slotted a light-elemental crystal into the back of the glove, twisting it slightly as one would adjust a dial. Once he had, the third arm began to respond to his movements, its own clawed hand twisting and moving as if taking careful aim at the sheet of metal--with a sharp motion of Viktor's hand, it fired a thin and bright blue laser, drawing a symbol into the material that burned bright orange as it began to slowly cool off, engraved with pinpoint accuracy.]
...Laser technology is commonplace in this world, I realize- [Twisting the crystal in the opposite direction to disengage it, the Hexclaw retracted slightly as if powering off.] -but a new innovation in mine. It needs some further fine-tuning, though I am optimistic that this is already an improvement over its previous version.
[He laughed a little awkwardly, a quietly huffed sound that ended in a brief cough against the back of his uncovered hand. Clearly unsure of just how to finish such a presentation, Viktor reached over and simply ended the video.]
WHERE: Gemini
WHEN: Late May
WHAT: Building magitech to cope with the horrors.
WARNINGS: None yet, specified in subject lines if needed.
[Viktor had all but disappeared after the excursion through the latest spirit gate; rarely leaving his house was not strictly unusual for him, but he'd withdrawn almost entirely for days. For him, a neceessity--solitude gave Viktor the ability to fall into the oldest habit of throwing himself into his work as a way to sort out tumultuous thoughts. Of which he had far too many, now.]
[But eventually, there was a distinct sign of life in the form of a video on the network: set up to show an open area behind Viktor's house, with a square foot of sheet metal set up in a way almost resembling a painter's canvas.]
I, eh...have never been particularly skilled with public presentations, but I would like to demonstrate what I have been working on.
[Viktor stepped into frame with a pair of goggles pushed back to his forehead, pulling on an odd fingerless glove of metal and leather. The shoulder not leaning on his crutch now wore a small pauldron, on which was mounted a thin third arm ending in three fingers.] The second iteration of an old invention of mine; the Hexclaw. It is a crafting tool designed for precision and dexterity, not only in its range of movement, but also in its secondary function.
[As he spoke, he slotted a light-elemental crystal into the back of the glove, twisting it slightly as one would adjust a dial. Once he had, the third arm began to respond to his movements, its own clawed hand twisting and moving as if taking careful aim at the sheet of metal--with a sharp motion of Viktor's hand, it fired a thin and bright blue laser, drawing a symbol into the material that burned bright orange as it began to slowly cool off, engraved with pinpoint accuracy.]
...Laser technology is commonplace in this world, I realize- [Twisting the crystal in the opposite direction to disengage it, the Hexclaw retracted slightly as if powering off.] -but a new innovation in mine. It needs some further fine-tuning, though I am optimistic that this is already an improvement over its previous version.
[He laughed a little awkwardly, a quietly huffed sound that ended in a brief cough against the back of his uncovered hand. Clearly unsure of just how to finish such a presentation, Viktor reached over and simply ended the video.]
text; un: doordasher
what else does it do??? :D :D :D
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you gotta update when you test it!! thats so sick!!!
in a good way!
video: un:trienemybest
Impressive! That would be really useful for precision work. How did you get it to link up with the glove?
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[He really does mean that. Many a year ago he poo-poohed magic and science being used on conjunction, but he learned better from that small-minded thinking before he even came to Kaisou. While he'll always prefer science to magic, he's learned that they can work very well together, if you know how to do it. ]
I was only just getting used to magitech before I came to this world, it's really clever! So this is a step up from the one you used in your old world?
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[Probably.]
It is a slight improvement; the first prototype was larger and mounted to a table. Making the device thinner and more portable will mke it far easier to use.
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[ Ha ha. ]
I can see that. You have more manoeuvrability. You only have to move yourself instead of...uh, trying to move a whole table. Have you got any idea of what you want to use it for yet?
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[ha. hahaha.]
I am not sure; it will be useful for whatever project next requires my attention, but for now I think I just wanted to focus on building something in general.
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That's totally understandable! Sometimes you get an idea in your head and you've just gotta get it out and into existence. I know how it is. I think it's pretty cool, regardless. Can't wait to see what you apply it to.
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Had Ritsuka seen plenty of neat inventions somewhat like the arm before? Sure. Did that make it any less impressive? Of course not!
"And even though lasers have been around for a while here, I don't think people usually do it using both magic and technology, so..."
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A shrug. What can you do.
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Doubtless more than she'd come up with, at least.
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She was curious, now.
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un: yiling
Losing himself in work was worrying but well. Wei Wuxian did the same thing often. And it was better than being catatonic.]
Is this what you needed to get the magic ore for? Looks like it came together! You're gonna let me try it sometime, right?
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[After that, you're someone else's problem.]
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[He might break something else, though.
... That said, he'll switch the feed to private.]
How are you feeling?
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...I do not know. As with many things about myself , I can call it 'not worse, but not better'.
I apologize for my, eh...outburst. [The entirely restrained and justified show of emotion? Of course Viktor would find fault in that.] I would not want to put that kind of burden on anyone else.
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...
That's the sentence.]
Considering what we saw up there, 'not worse' is better than the alternative, right? And I'm not sure you know what an outburst is, Viktor. You didn't even shout or push me away or anything. You found an awful fate that your partner ended up in, even if it might not have been "your" partner.
If anything you could have stood to be really loud about it!
[He was teasing. He knew grief was handled differently across different people, he just wanted Viktor to know that he wouldn't be a burden if he had a full on piercing breakdown. That the way he acted was well within the realm of what was understandable.]