Out for Supplies

Out into the street once more with Mute following close behind, Suxen happily chatted about the weather and how busy the shop had been to her new Goron friend, who had no choice but to listen quietly, but the dynamic seems to work well for the both of them, as Mute could probably tune her out easily if he so cared.

Arriving at the bomb shop, Suxen pushed open the door and beckoned Mute in as she called out a cheerful hello to the Gorons in the shop. A chorus of greetings from the back room signalled that everyone was still busy at work with their large quantity of wares they had to craft.

"Ahh, Mute, glad to see you," Leo said cheerfully as he saw the large Goron enter. "You wouldn't believe how swamped we are with orders, it's all because of that new town being built, I just didn't have the time to deal with this special order. Suxen can show you the rest, again, thanks for your help." With that, Leo was back to work on the large pile of bombs he had at his bench, and Suxen grabbed Mute by the arm and led him towards the forge and anvil.

"The blueprints are here," Suxen said lifting the pages up from the nearby workbench for their project. "The metal, tools and such are all here for you, just follow the design and we should be golden. I have to get to work on the measurements and mixing then once the shell is done we can contruct it."

With the explaination done, Suxen did up her apron and pulled her goggles over her eyes before grabbing scales and getting to work on preparing the delicate and volatile mixture to be used to craft this explosive device.

Mute nodded then looked around. These were not his tools, but they would do. He threw a chunk of iron into the forge, and waited for it to heat. The metal soon glowed red hot, and Mute removed it from the furnace with a long set of tongs. He quickly grabbed a hammer and began to pound it flat. The metal rapidly cooled, so he threw it back in the furnace. The process was repeated until the metal was near 1/16 of an inch thick, and many times larger than it had been at the start. He then began to work the metal in accordance with the instructions.

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It was nearly an hour before the shell was completed. Mute tapped it a few times more, then walked over to Suxen. He tapped her on the shoulder, and pointed to his work.

Suxen was hard at work, carefully making sure all the measurements were perfect, triple checking to ensure she had mixed it in a correct order, and pouring over the instructions her uncle made to be absolutely sure that nothing would go wrong. Mute lightly tapped her on the shoulder, pointing to the finished shell and Suxen nodded, pointing to a funnel nearby. "Grab that would you please."

Once the funnel was in place at the top of the casing, Suxen took the gunpowder mixture and carefully started to fill the shell. Once the bomb was full, she went over to a box by the wall and looked through the boxes until she found a fuse large enough for the bomb. Taking a knife to the fuse to get the correct length, she prepared the fuse and stuck it into the bomb and pushed it into place.

"Do~ne!" Suxen sung out happily, patting the bomb proudly as her uncle came over to inspect it. "Very good Suxen, and thank you again for all your help Mute. I'll get this packed and ready to go, you two can take a break before heading out. Again, I really appreciate this."

Mute watched as the young girl prepared the bomb. Her was amazed at her skill, and precision. Shrugging off the uncles thanks, Mute sat and down pulled out a rock. This particular morsel was slightly salty, but otherwise a decent eat. As Mute sat and waited for the uncle to return, he turned to Suxen, and watched her.