Stretching Thinner

Sitting on her blankets on the floor of her garret, Adriwyn pulled the lap-desk she’d bought over her legs, and arranged its little workspace to her liking. She composed her thoughts for a few moments, and finally started writing. This time, she used her left hand. It look longer to avoid smearing the ink, but the quality of her calligraphy was better this way.

Dear Lady Renita,

I hope this letter finds you doing well. Of course, since you barely know me, I’m sure you’re wondering why I’m writing at all. I can only hope that knowing me as one of the Roses and as a donor puts you in some mind to consider the offer I’m about to write out.

It has occurred to me that you may be needing additional assistance for a while, especially in regards your support for Kryta’s veterans. I am offering my services as an assistant in such regards, to the extent that I can make the time for such, or for that matter, that our slight acquaintance will allow you to consider.

Yours,
Adriwyn Jardin

After leaving the ink to dry sufficiently on the page, she placed into an envelope and sealed it. Of course the seal wasn’t registered, nor would it be familiar even if it had been, but it would still serve the purpose. After a brief inner argument, rather than simply handing the letter off to a raven, she donned her coat and went out to purchase a single pink carnation. After affixing that to the envelope, she paid a courier to deliver the note and flower to the Cartwright home.

(( @renniecartwright ))

rawkin-forgeheart:

yui-moks:

ashandfrost:

rheyatayuun:

fkef:

kvothbloodless:

macaedh:

what the fuck ethan

I wish i had a context for this. But I really dont.

And it only takes like 10 men’s worth to temper it

You’re thinking of quenching, not tempering. Quenching relies on fast temperature changes, and thus only 2 adults would be needed for the appropriate volume of liquid.

*scribbles this down on her notes* Yes, yes, do go on…

Do continue.

As a blacksmith character… this may be useful someday….

almostvivian:

chocolate-and-creamcake:

almostvivian:

Have I told you guys about the Fake Alaskan Volcano Eruption of April Fools 1974?

*sits down* Gather round, kiddies. its Story Time with Viv!

Whoa you calling me Tori was really weird for a second, not in a bad oh god no kinda way, but in a “who the hell is Bucky” kinda way

ANYWAY, gather round friends, and I will tell you the only story you need to hear if you want to really understand my home state.

APRIL 1ST, 1974

Residents of Sitka, Alaska woke up to a rare beautiful clear day(it rains all the damn time in Southeast Alaska), the sun was out, the sky was blue, and black smoke was rising from Mt Edgecumbe

Now Mt Edgecumbe is only 18 miles from Sitka

And it’s a dormant volcano that hadn’t erupted for thousands of years, so to see this:

was very unusual, and rather worrying.

“Shit,” the Sitkans thought, “we may be Alaskans and pretty weird about responding to danger, but even we know this might be bad”. 

SO the Coast Guard was called!

They flew a helicopter up right away and guess what they found? 

Was it:

nope

Maybe it was:

Nuh huh, sorry

It couldn’t POSSIBLY be:

God no, but that would be hella rad

It was this:

(this is not an accurate image, there were only 70 tires in real life) 

Turned out that a 54 year old local dude named Oliver ‘Porky’ Bickar and some buddies had flown the tires up early that morning and he’d come up with the prank in 1970 but hadn’t been able to do it until ‘74 because all the other years had terrible weather on April Fools. 

(He’d woken up that day, saw the clear sky and told his wife, Patty, “I have to go do it today” to which she replied “Just don’t make an ass of yourself” which delights me no end)

Porky has actually warned the police he was going to do this and also informed the FAA (gotta get that flight plan approved to haul those tires up) but, and oh god I love this, TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THE COAST GUARD

Luckily for him the Coasties thought this was the funniest fucking thing they had ever seen in their goddamn lives, and as it turned out, residents of Sitka agreed!

The story ended up exploding(ah ha ha do you get it? because volcano?) and national newspapers even covered it.

But Porky’s favourite response was a letter he got after the Mt St Helens eruption in 1980 that read: 

“This time, you little bastard, you’ve gone too far.”

I’ve been told, though I can’t find any sources to verify this, that when he died another fire was set in the volcano by the town to honor him. 

And that’s the story of how a man faked a volcanic eruption and became a state hero.