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Have the fire extinquisher ready

Who: Xue Yang and OTA
Where: Training carriage
When: For the entire week after the new arrivals
What: Xue Yang has decided to experiment with his new swords and making up some new techniques. Experiments with fire and deadly weapons. Proceed with caution.
Warnings: Xue Yang may accidentally set something on fire.

Scenerio 1: Double blade
Xue Yang is currently seated in the center of the training carriage. Two swords on the ground in front of him, various tools whose soul purpose is for attempting to cut through steel and several pieces of paper that are very clearly talismans.

He picks up one of the swords and studies the hilt and handle, he then places it on the floor alongside the second one but going in the opposite direction. He becomes quite intent with taping the two together with what appears to be some sort of medical tape that he likely stole from the infirmary while no one was looking. Once he is content, he stands up and picks up the swords that are now stuck together to form one very long blade.

He tests the balance of it first and then starts to swing it around with the skill of someone who is very used to using a double ended blade. After a few moves he stops and looks at the connection.

"It's not strong enough with the tape..and also wouldn't be very quick to assemble when needed." Which is a problem when one is used to the sword simply transforming in his hand.

Scenerio 2: Talismans
Xue Yang picks up one of the blades and a talisman, moving a little bit away from the rest so that he doesn't accidentally light his entire set up on fire. He has two ideas to try and make this work and perhaps it won't work at all but he at least has to try.

He takes the talisman and with one swift motion, slides it along the blade as he attempts to transfer the fire onto the steel. The Talisman lights on fire but the blade does not and Xue Yang tosses it away quickly before he can burn himself. Failure one.

Next attempt he writes the talisman design right onto the blade. The fire lights up the sword and when he swings it as he normally would the fire doesn't appear to make things unwieldy, but it also doesn't go any further then the blade. Second attempt is marginally better then the first.

"Decent but not exactly what I'm hoping to achieve." Time to figure out plan three.

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"Definitely a step in the right direction." He lets the flames die out and then shakes his hand a little to try and relieve the sting of the fire from being so close to it.

"I see two issues with it still. The first being I have to put a fair amount of prep into doing it, but that is probably unavoidable for now. The second being that I don't have much protection for myself against it either."

"Burn yourself? Let me see." Senku went over, holding out his hand for Xue Yang's hand. It was instinctual, and a habit, to move in and treat someone now.

"Maybe some thick gloves to protect your hands."

He holds up the hand with the black glove on it that hides the missing pinkie finger beneath it but then transfers the sword into it so that he can hold out his right hand to Senku.

"It's nothing serious this time but that could change depending on the situation."

He does have the matching glove to the one currently on his hand if he needs to wear it. "Do you think that might do enough or will it simply melt the glove?"

"Depends, what's the glove made of?" Senku responded, because that was typically how things went, if he knew the composition, he could give an appropriate answer.

"Not serious." He agreed. "But fortunately, I picked this up." He held out his hand and a jar of clear sap appeared, summoned from his new Arms Band.

"Try a bit of this. It's a little sticky at first, but as your skin absorbs it and the injury disappears, so does the sticky feeling." He opens the jar and holds it out so Xue Yang can dip a hand in himself. It's completely full anyway.

"Leather." He sets the sword down completely and removes the glove revealing the missing pinky. He doesn't want to get the stuff in the jar on it and mess it up. He tucks it under his arm so that he can take a little of the sap and spread it on his hand.

Xue Yang doesn't really need it. He's experienced far more painful injuries in his lifetime. But he'll take it because it is offered.

"Not thick enough maybe?" Senku mused.

No, he wouldn't have thought that Xue Yang needed the sap exactly, but there was no point in tolerating a minor injury if it was unnecessary to do so. This only would work on minor injuries anyway, so there was no reason not to use some of it.

"I have much thicker leather that I bought in town, maybe your gloves could be reinforced so it doesn't go through?" He was just brainstorming.

"Perhaps. I have enough points to see about getting another pair. Or perhaps that spider would be able to create some. But if they are too thick it would be difficult to grip and control the sword."

If he can figure out fire, then the rest of the elements will be easy to control and deal with. This one is the one that creates the most difficulties because of how dangerous it can be to him as well if he doesn't figure out how to do this correctly.

"That's a point I haven't considered, then again the things I use to protect myself from heat aren't for movement or combat. Huh."

Senku was pondering, as he often did. He would close the jar and put it away when Xue Yang was done with it.

Xue Yang finishes with the sap and then moves back over to sit by the talismans again. Clearly they are closer to an answer.

"So I know I have to give it as much power as I can so I should be able to use any of the elements in that way. But now I need some form of protection...what about a modification to the actual hilt?"

A wider hand guard might keep the flames from getting close to his hand. It would change the balance of the sword slightly but if he practices that would be easy enough to get used to.

"You could do that." Senku agreed with a bit of a nod. "If you wanted steel or something, it would be hard without a forge, but finding something else to make a guard might be beneficial, if it can withstand the heat. Your flame didn't change colour, so you're still under 1300 degrees." He told him. "So if you're considering options it has to be in the metals, and you need at least nickel or better, to avoid damaging the hilt. Anything else and you'll probably end up in a similar situation."

He studies the connection of the blade to the current hand guard. It is certainly lacking in protection so it might just be the answer he seeks.

"I wonder if there is a way to request something using points." he doesn't mind spending the points if it gets him something important. He has more then he really needs right now.

"How hard would it be to melt down silver without a forge?" He's thinking about the kitchen utensils and stealing a few to try and do what he needs.

He shook his head. "Impossible. You'd need to hit 1000 degrees and the stove won't do that."

Senku hummed. "Now, you can order things with points by using the console. They take requests. I don't yet know how accurate they are though, the specialty item I ordered, I won't get until we stop again."

"What do you think I should request? What might be my best option?" Because he's willing to request anything. Perhaps a custom made hand guard could be made but then he would still have to find a way to attach it.

"What did you request?"

"You could get the silver guard, but I'd recommend being precise about the dimensions so it fits snugly, or get it with a soldering iron so you could fill the seam with melted. It'd be the safest way to attach it. We could maybe get around that with low heat metal to solder it anyway, but it'd be a challenge and probably not look as nice or precise as you might want." Senku offered as a recommendation.

"I requested a machine that will allow me to, for at least awhile as long as I have the gas, carbonate some water. I'm intending on making some cola for the Mentalist. He hasn't pestered me, but I know he wants it."

"Cola?" Xue Yang isn't really familiar with that or with carbonate but it isn't surprising considering Senku is from a world that used to be more advanced then his own.

"All I can do is request it and if it doesn't work out then I'm back to where I am now. But if I don't at least try then I can't progress."

"Cola is a sweet, carbonated beverage. While mine is just a mock up of the old kind, so it's lacking in caffeine, it tastes very similar to the real thing. It's the Mentalist's favourite drink." Senku hummed.

"This mentalist is clearly someone important to you." Why else would someone bother to do something like spend their points on someone else? Xue Yang doesn't really understand relationships or caring for others quite like most people do.

"I suppose you could say that. We're from the same world and we work together there as much as I'm sure we'll work together here." Senku responded diplomatically with a smile. That, or maybe he was just bribing Gen, that would work too.

"There are several from my world here and I wouldn't buy them anything." He doesn't really have anyone he was that close to or desire to give anything to.

"Why don't you just request cola instead of going through the effort of making it?"

"Really? Is it so out of the ordinary?" Senku glanced away briefly.

"Hmm, well I like making it, he likes the recipe, and my world doesn't have cola otherwise. If I ordered it from some other world it might not be to his tastes." That was a good excuse, Senku figured.

Xue Yang gives him a look that clearly states he isn't buying this whole 'we are from the same world' as the only thing driving this.

"So you are that concerned with what he likes that you would put so much effort into something?" Xue Yang gives a little huff of amusement.

"Well it's not particularly hard or anything, I mean, I'm getting a more modern machine to carbonate the water, he doesn't have to wait a full day like he does at home." Senku pointed out.

"Well. Yes. If it's for him, it should be what he likes."

Xue Yang just shakes his head.As much as he would like to understand people and their attachments, that kind of thing has just never worked out for him. Either he ends up beaten in a ditch, or they end up dead.

"Would he go to so much effort for you?"

"Undoubtedly." Senku responded easily without thinking of it. "He built me an observatory a couple of years ago."

"Because he wanted to or because you asked him to?" There is a bit of a difference between making one randomly by choice and making one because it was a task put out there to be done.

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