Carrots vs Sticks

[avanture_time]

WHO: Avan and ~*~You~*~
WHAT: FIREWOOD. Also stew.
WHERE: The woods outside of town mostly
WHEN: After Smalleroth's call for assistance

SUMMARY: Avan's showing Smalleroth a more effective way of getting people to help you with a task

text | un: littlelumberjack

Hello! My name is Avan de Zinuar III and I would like to make a request of you all. s0001 may have been a bit rude, but they were correct that we will want a healthy stockpile of firewood to remain comfortable through the winter! It'll be easiest if we all work together, so I suggest that those of us who are willing meet by the well tomorrow and knock out what we can in one go! Remember, even if you're not strong enough for felling trees, you can still help gather sticks for kindling! Everyone is welcome to come help!

I'll be there bright and early with a pot of stew to share, but you can come whenever you have time. You can bring food, too, if you like! A potluck sounds like a great way to celebrate a job well done~

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As promised, Avan is at the well bright and early the next morning with a big pot of stew simmering away over a campfire. He'll add more stuff to it throughout the day, so no matter when someone wants stew, there will be stew to be had and it will be delicious. Avan is very good at what he does.

He's borrowed some saws and axes and even people from the locals and marked some trees that he's determined will make good firewood. And for anybody who needs more direction than that, he'll cheerfully explain as many steps involved in turning a standing tree into a pile of usable firewood as they need.

Is he going to do any actual wood chopping himself? ...Maybe if someone asks him to demonstrate technique on a small piece? He's clearly a weedy little nerd and definitely not someone theoretically capable of cutting a boulder in half with a sword, give him a break.

Comments

[orbicularis]

Mithrun barely glances at Avan as he shakes the sheet out, lining it up to bisect the fallen trunk. "That isn't surprising. Most don't use teleportation magic this way."

He pauses, teleporting the sheet again. This time, he catches the resulting wooden disc, lining up to send it into the trunk in turn. "That said, I can only speak for my own world."

[avanture_time]

"People definitely don't use it that way where I'm from! I don't think they even could. Zoom can't pass through solid objects. Evac can, though, so maybe using that as a basis...."

Pondering it is a bit of a moot point when he does not know either of those spells to test any ideas with, but this is not stopping him from pondering it anyway.

[orbicularis]

"Evac... is that an escape spell? That was the original purpose of the teleportation magic mine is adapted from."

Another disc, another cast. He eyes the segments of trunk, and casts one more time. "Should be small enough to split lengthwise now. Just a moment."

[avanture_time]

Avan watches patiently while Mithrun works, hands clasped loosely behind his back.

"Did you come up with the idea of using escape magic this way on your own?"

[orbicularis]

"More or less." He retrieves the sheet, turning it to line up along the length of the logs. "It was mostly a matter of repurposing its known risks."

He casts again. Really normal thought, to look at the grisly aftermath of botched teleportation spells and go "let's try doing that on purpose".