week 5, wednesday w/ steph

[alchemenace]

[ it's a beautiful wednesday morning! it's wednesday now. it was always wednesday. if you like constant rain. either way, varian is knocking at steph's door. ]

Hey, hey Stephie, I've got a special delivery! For. For you.

[ he's smooth as butter. ]

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[alchemenace]

[ he falters ]

Really? I thought you'd be able to guess-- [ wait no varian concentrate ] Um, ta-da!

[ and he brandishes with a flourish something like this but pretend the two metal screws are now wood. life's hard. ]

Okay, so, obviously, this isn't the prettiest thing I've ever done, and sanding it down using stuff from the armory was a lot harder than I thought it would be, so I can't guarantee you won't get any splinters if you rub the non-leather part against your bare skin, but, um, yeah. There you go! Sorry it took me a while.

[ it's been like a week. ]

[vigilantics]

Oh...

[ her casual demeanor drops immediately. steph knew he was doing this; he took her measurements and it was obvious what he had hidden behind him. but it actually didn't really feel real until just now.

there's a pause, before she slides herself off the bed, grabbing one of the crutches as she goes. it'll probably be safer if she used both, but right now she's just closing the distance between them so she can wrap varian into a hug. ]

[alchemenace]

[ oh well okay this is happening. he tentatively hugs steph back with the arm that's holding the leg. this is awkward. ]

So, I, I take it you like it?

[vigilantics]

It's better than I was expecting.

[ it's not pretty, but she was imagining more like a pirate block of wood kind of deal. ]

[alchemenace]

[ ... frowns ]

I don't know how to take that.

[ don't insult his artistic integrity? ]

It would've been better if I could've soldered stuff, but, but I'm glad you like it.

[vigilantics]

My doubt has less to do with you and more to do with what you have available here.

[ everything is terrible. ]

Thank you. I really mean that.

[alchemenace]

Oh, yeah. That did not help. At all.

[ he's glad he asked for those awful stone tools because he can actually ... do basic tasks with them. ]

It's no problem! Really.

[vigilantics]

No, it means a lot to me.

[ she didn't think that anyone would actually do something like this for her. ]

[alchemenace]

Well, you mean a lot to me, so.

[ this is gay. anyway ]

Um, I can help you put it on? And then I did have other stuff I wanted to talk about. I just wanted to finish this first.

[vigilantics]

Yeah, sure.

[ she will... go back to sitting on the bed, because she figures this might be easier if she isn't balancing on one leg, probably. ]

[alchemenace]

[ ... technically she needs to be pantsless to do this and varian is realizing this right at this second alongside me. ]

... Or I just tell you how to do it since, um. It'd be hard to put it on when you're still wearing pants.

[ SWEATS ]

[vigilantics]

Oh.

[ hm. awkward. ]

So. How do you do it.

[alchemenace]

Oh, it's really simple, you just slip this [ he gestures to the leather part ] onto your thigh, and tie it up. You want it to be tight enough that you're sure it won't slip off, but don't do it so you cut off your circulation. This part [ the. leg. ] connects directly to your, um, your stump, so I put in some material so it doesn't chafe. If it feels like it's moving, tell me? If your skin directly touches the wood, that's... not great.

[ eloquent. he's just going to. put the leg on the bed next to steph now. ]

[vigilantics]

Okay, that shouldn't be too hard...

[ she'll pick the leg up... which is a weird thing to type. ]

I guess I'll. Take my pants off now.

[ so leave....]

[alchemenace]

I will. Go over there.

[ LEAVES THE ROOM SO SHE CAN DO THAT IG ]

[vigilantics]

[ and once he's gone, she's going to have a quick and easy emotional breakdown.

and once that's done, steph takes off her pants to then try to put her new leggy on. it takes a bit, but once it's properly placed she will... put on a pair of shorts. ]

Come iiin.

[alchemenace]

[ he's going to pretend he didn't hear the emotional breakdown and just come back in ]

So, does it fit okay? I've never made one of these before.

[ just casually dropping that like it's nbd again. ]

[vigilantics]

[ what a good friend ]

So far. I haven't tried walking in it yet.

[ she did not want to do that when she was alone in the room in case she died. ]

[alchemenace]

You can try now? I'll make sure you don't get hurt.

[ i'm sure it's reassuring to be spotted by a four feet tall dwarf ]

[vigilantics]

[ he can break her fall at least! ]

Okay, here we go.

[ she will.. carefully get off the bed. she doesn't walk yet, but will stand just a little unsteadily. ]

[alchemenace]

[ varian watches with bated breath, hoping the prosthesis doesn't explode. somehow. ]

[vigilantics]

[ she's also hoping it doesn't explode. weirder things have definitely happened.

once it becomes apparent that she isn't going to die by just standing, steph takes a hesitant step forward. she's... wobbly... ]

[alchemenace]

[ he's got his arms stretched out already. oh no. he fucked up. are the legs uneven. can it not hold the weight. IS IT GOING TO EXPLODE??? ]

[vigilantics]

I think it works?

[ it hasn't broken apart yet after a few steps anyway. ]

[alchemenace]

Yes!

[ throws his arms ... no still just the one, up in the air triumphantly ]

I mean. I knew it would. Obviously.