un: araneae

[silksoul]

what are you supposed to use to put out fires here

[ This is definitely a question with no concerning background inciting incident at all. ]

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UN: STEADFASTSTANCE

[betheman]

I hope very much that this question is hypothetical.

[silksoul]

It is now.

[ She handled it. It's fine. ]

[betheman]

[um]

If i may ask, what occurred?

[silksoul]

a device produced fire when it was not supposed to

i need to build a new one that doesn't.

[betheman]

A device?

A magical one, or a mechanical one?

For the latter, a fire extinguisher is vital to have on hand! For the other though...I am not certain normal options will always work...

[silksoul]

mechanical

i put out the fire without the extinguisher though i destroyed the prototype

the next one will have less fire

[ how did she destroy the prototype putting out the fire? GOOD QUESTION ]

[betheman]

There could be a risk of an electrical fire in that case then...

At the very least, keep an extinguisher to be safe I should think.

Just what is the device meant to be for?

[silksoul]

for combat

i build traps and devices. this is one of many

[betheman]

Ah, that is not very specific...

Though I suppose it is specific enough?

I wanted to offer advice to prevent future fires...

un: jaybird

[nor_iron_bars]

[Immediately:]

sand if it's a grease fire, water if it's not.
supplies should be in the nearest janitor's closet.

[She doesn't even ask at this point. Fires just happen, it's fine.]

[silksoul]

will keep it in mind for next time

wastes less resources

need to make a new prototype. a better one

[nor_iron_bars]

[Hello, you have said the magic words. Scientific interest is officially piqued.]

oooh what kinda prototype??
was it a "wow okay i wanted fire but this is too much fire" situation, or a "holy shit fire how did fire happen" deal?

[silksoul]

a mobile weapon

the amount of fire this should have while working is none

[nor_iron_bars]

ok so you have two options at this point.
option 1 is to figure out what made it do that and how to make it not.

option 2 is to rebuild the weapon so it shoots fire at people.

[You know, whichever works for you.]

[silksoul]

fuel is risky to keep in a portable device

better to improve the design so it runs without fire

UN: deltadeath

[trademark_skull]

Ain't that normally what water does?

[silksoul]

water is usually for drinking

[trademark_skull]

It's used for that too, but it can also put fires out.

It's why a lot of fire type monsters are weak to ice spells.

[...Except most ice types are also weak to fire.]

[And no it doesn't make sense.]

[silksoul]

would the fire not melt the ice

are there creatures made entirely of fire where you live

I seemed to have lost my notif, gdi

[trademark_skull]

Yeah, but the ice melts into water. [Thus putting the fire out in the process. ...He is smart.]

There is some daemons like that. If not entirely then mostly.

Re: I seemed to have lost my notif, gdi

[silksoul]

and are they also put out by melting ice?

[ She doesn't really know where this conversation went but she's CERTAINLY not going to back down ]

[trademark_skull]

[Sometimes it just be that way!]

I've heard so. ...I haven't actually done it myself but I don't see why it wouldn't.

un: xx_heartoffire_xx

[stavros]

The others have covered the question. Is this experiment you've undertaken a final project?

[silksoul]

no

those are already nearing completion

this is a failed prototype

[stavros]

And it caught fire? I suppose I cannot cast blame with what's happened to some of mine...

[silksoul]

the mechanisms were placed in error creating excessive friction

ill need to redesign

this is why i build many

[stavros]

What class is this for, exactly?

[silksoul]

for personal use

[ implying she needs a 'class' to build all these prototypes ]

[stavros]

Weaponry, then! That does seem to be an interest of yours.

[silksoul]

there are far better resources here

it would be foolish not to make use of them [ She's not sure herself if she'd call it an interest - it's survival, after all - but she supposes that if it was just for survival, she would have stopped eventually. ]

[stavros]

I see. That's the case for a lot of things, but you're right that for weapons, places like this are a rare resource.

[escardos]

i didn't know you liked arson!

[silksoul]

if i did wouldnt i be asking for ways to make fire not to put it out?

[escardos]

maybe you wanted to put it out to make a better fire elsewhere?

[silksoul]

that makes no sense.

what counts as a better fire

[escardos]

a fire in a place you'd want to cause a fire?

a bigger fire?

a fire to burn something you wanted to burn?

[silksoul]

those qualities do not make a fire better they simply make it useful for various activities

[ people here are so subjective!! ]

worse or better are simply words

[escardos]

they are words

but they can also be feelings?

like what do you prefer, cake or cookies?

[silksoul]

they both have their attractions [ Hornet speaks honestly and this often results in her sounding very cryptic, unfortunately. ]

[escardos]

[ hilariously enough, her cryptic way of texting comes off as someone that's very boring to him.

which is exactly why he wants to continue. ]

what are they then? about each?

[silksoul]

[ she's not sure where this is leading but she sure isn't gonna back out of the conversation ]

their qualities are different

if judging on how it was made then worse or better applies

but its pointless otherwise

[ The quality of a nail can be found in its forging, but a nail itself isn't 'worse' or 'better' for being poor at some tasks, and better at others. They're simply different. ]