childrenofbahamutlogs | Carrots vs Sticks

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.

Threaded | Flat

Popp hates physical labor even more than he hates hard work in general. Outweighing both of those is that he wants to spend time with Avan and is pretty curious about how his teaching abilities are at this point in his life.

"I'm only here as a bodyguard. In case of bandits or whatever else. You can go ahead and ignore me."

Still doesn't want to chop any wood, though! He leans back against a tree with his hands behind his head real casual.

[Oh, this post has been found, just as it was meant to be. A BIT RUDE, huh?

While he very pointedly does not leave a message of his own, he is lurking to see if anyone else responds, in between his own work elsewhere.]

[Yeah, Angeal had caught wind of the little exchange that had started this. Just in his nature, to keep a distant eye on this younger version of Sephiroth whenever their paths just happen to cross. In this case, it had just been because Angeal had figured he was right - which was why he was already helping out various little ways himself.]

[This, however, is just funny.]

Not a bad idea, really, although I'm not sure how many you would really need to go gather word. I guess if nothing else, this is a good chance for someone to cement their status as a lumberjack...

Still I guess I could help out a little bit. I feel I ought to, considering that the bakery is going to be using up a lot of fire.

Although you're going to want to make sure you prepare things properly. You can't just go cutting down any old trees.

Like most things in Mithrun's life these days, this was Angeal's idea. Not that he minds, which is also pretty typical. There are worse ways to fill the time (and keep his attention occupied until he's settled into a new routine) than with menial labor.

...However, on arrival (along with Angeal and however many of his other partners Angeal managed to rope into this), Mithrun shows little inclination toward picking up any of the collected tools. Instead, he contemplates the marked trees, looks down at his own clothing, and hums thoughtfully.

"I'll need a bolt of cloth, or something similar."

Sure, he could use a more conventional tool - but that would be, in his opinion, pretty slow and inefficient compared to using his magic.

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