You aren’t aching for gold, especially after you have made such a sweet deal. You decide that working on the scimitar is the best course of action. As you place the weapon down, you inform Rebeca of the deal you had made with the merchant in the town, where in exchange for working on his weapon, you will receive a magical dagger.

She nods her head, but you’re not entirely sure if she’s bothered or not by the fact there’s no gold being exchanged, meaning she won’t get a cut of gold. Though you suppose that, if she was bothered by it, she wouldn’t have allowed you to make such deals, but she had explicitly stated that this was a choice you could make when you first came under her wing.

You place down the scimitar and then go about mapping out what you’re going to do. You’ll need to measure the blade first, then you’ll need to plan out how heavy everything will need to be in order to not ruin the balance of the blade, as well as the materials you will need for the oil bank, the switch, the wire, along with everything else that will need to be worked on in order to allow for the smooth running of the modification, then you’ll need to draw up the schematics for where everything will need to go too and how it will all piece together.

[Roll: D20]

Roll: (15+5) 20 - Success

It takes you some times, a few hours, to figure out how you can make the modification blend in seamlessly with the design of the blade, as well as to keep it from getting too unwieldy, all the while snacking on the fine fruit and cheese that you received earlier in the day. You know how you will need to run the wire along the blade, as well as the material it will need to be made from. You will have a switch that will send out a small amount of oil continuously, so that the wire will remain alight as long as the switch is pressed, and then also once the user lets go of the switch, the flames should dissipate soon after.

It’s not the blade that will be alight, rather the wire, which will run along the blade so that it will seem as though the blade is on fire. This should keep damage to the blade at a minimum, as long as the user only allows small bursts of flame. Once the oil runs out, it should be easy enough to replace, as well as the wire once it’s ruined. That’s how tinkering is, it costs a small amount of upkeep to keep things running smoothly, and one will need to take care of their modification in order for it to run in tip top shape.

Now you have an important choice to make. It’s early evening right now and you have several options ahead of you. Whether you wish to work on the blade, and how. Whether you wish to go meet with the Lord in Arms. Whether you want to go back home to sleep.

You can choose to delve into your work for the rest of the evening and night, which means you may have to sleep on the floor once you’re finally tired enough.

In which case you will need to pick whether you would like to first create the modification, but apply it onto another blade so you are certain it will work, then remake it. This will consume some materials that Rebeca provides, but may also make it so that you won’t have enough material to make the modification again in the future.

Or whether you want to make it as normal, making it once, but not taking any extra precautions. This saves both material and time.

Or if you wish to take your time, making sure to set everything correctly, but do it only the once. This will save material, but will cost extra time.

You can choose, instead of starting the creation of the modification today, to go and meet with the Lord in Arms today to see what task he had in mind for you. You do have the token to allow you entry into the district, so you can go in unmolested. After that, you should be able to safely return home to sleep.

Or, if you would rather, head home and call it a day. After all, there may be a curfew in place, and your home does have a nice, soft bed to sleep on.

Make your choice.