[Video] Egret Day 7, Morning

[wizard_redfive]

[As much as Dairine kinda wants to run right out to see what new space adventures await, there has been one issue nibbling at her mind for a while.]

[She really would have preferred to hold off on this until she had a working prototype to show off, but life comes at you fast. Ugggh. Being responsible is a pain. With a grimace, she flicks on the ICP.]

Hey.

So I've heard about our communication devices here. [A sour face.] A bit limited in their design, as far as I'm concerned. But we can get to that later.

It's come to my attention that neither the ICP or SCA have communication options once we leave the train. Which is, you know, a big deal? If we're heading straight into a combat situation, our teams have to be able to coordinate, right?

I have some ideas in the works for future options, but we kinda need a solution right now. Even a temporary one will do.

Well team? What've you got?

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[tinkerheart]

Like this.

[The benefit of the video is that he can just lift the glossy, black orb to the camera.]

There is no system. [Fëanor smiles. A craftsman can recognize a fellow craftsman. Or craftswoman in that case. And actually there kind of is a system... Of sorts.] Unless you consider the will of the user a system. Then yes, this is its system. Yet it's easier to think of them as amplifiers. And no, they are not common. I can account for eight I made myself.

[Orange?]

Good. Then Curufin will have one for your team.

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine ogles at the sphere. It reminds her a little of Roshaun's version of the manual, but dark instead of white fire.]

Well yeah, the users' will can be part of a system, but generally not without some piece connecting it to the technology.

What's it made of? Glass?

[Ah yes, the Orange team's leader]

I know Curufin. Will he be sharing his palantírí amongst the team?

[tinkerheart]

[The swirls inside the sphere look like black smoke but it's just crystals realigning themselves over and over again.]

Close. It's obsidian. [It is sometimes called volcanic glass so her guess was not that far off the mark.]

Palantír. Singular. Palantíri is the plural form of the word. [He can't stop himself from correcting her, can he? Of course, he can't.]

He might. With those who have enough of the strength of will to actually make it work? I see no reason not to. [Because it takes no small amount of effort for someone other than the original owner to bend the device to your will. He never intended them to be shared. That might be something to improve in the future.]

[wizard_redfive]

Well, that explains the color. Does its volcanic origin help with transmission?

[That would be neat, considering her Motherboard planet also had a volcanic past. Helped make the layers of minerals thin and smooth—perfect for a naturally occurring computer.]

Oh.

[She's a little miffed at the correction. Seems that was also something he had in common with the Wellakhit royalty.]

That shouldn't be a problem. [Dairine says with absolute confidence. There are many traits that the Callahan sister's share, and willfulness is one of them.]

[tinkerheart]

It is a rock born in fire. It might.

[He never thought about it. Why obsidian? It just felt right. He's craft is equal parts art and science. Sometimes he doesn't even know how he did something. Well, no. Actually, that was just one time. The inability to replicate it bugs him still...but no. This would be a folly.
Now that the question was raised he'll have to investigate it. What if he made them from different stock? Would they still work? Would they work differently? Interesting.]

Then feel free to ask him. I am keeping the one for the Red team.

[He'll know if you succeed.]

[wizard_redfive]

I'd imagine the mineral's history probably has some effect.

[Like how specific materials are sometimes used for wizardry. It's not just the chemical compound that's taken into account. Their past and future duration also impacted how the spell would behave.]

[Too bad Kit wasn't there. Rocks were more his wheelhouse.]

Duly noted.

[tinkerheart]

History? Why?

[She surprised him. History has nothing to do with it. Time is, should be, irrelevant. True works of craft are eternal.]

I was mainly referring to the nature of the substance. Fire has created it, it has its likeness burned - if I may use the word [Of course he will. That is not a question even.] into its very essence.