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[donttelltheelf]

Characters: Gimli and YOU
Setting: (Wrecked) Workshop floor.
Format: Starting with action, but I'll match you.
Summary: Gimli's doing some scavenging to pass the time. Dwarf jokes with be met with a Dwarf axe.
Warnings: None to begin with, except maybe cranky Dwarf, but by now that's a given.

[The place is in shambles. He's not used to destruction being so thorough, so... careful. Except for when he went home, much like Gandalf did, but that was besides the point. Gimli looks around, wondering if anything about this will be salvageable or useful somehow. But, he supposes, someone ought to investigate.

So should your character venture anywhere near the workshop, you'll find a dwarf rummaging around the debris, poking at this or that, and maybe trying to organize the remains.]

Comments

[donttelltheelf]

Well, I'm looking for useful things!

[He offers the boy a grin.]

Can't sit around just waiting for things to fix themselves. It's not how I do things. So I'll try and see if there's something I can fix here.

[myblueskies]

Do you need help sir? [Having decided the small man was not a bad person and therefore a potential friend Romeo skipped closer.] We can tidy it all up!

[donttelltheelf]

Help is help, lad, but I don't want you to get hurt.

[myblueskies]

I won't get hurt! I'll be careful I promise sir!

[donttelltheelf]

[Gimli thought for a moment, then nodded sharply.]

Very well, but I don't want you out of my sight! Look for tools and such, but don't try to move anything on your own.

[He grumbles a little.]

The last thing we need is for anyone to get buried.

[myblueskies]

I wont sir! I'll stay close! [With that he jumped lightly onto one of the piles, climbing across looking for tools. He did as he was told and didn't attempt to move anything. But pointed out when he saw things.] I think there's some under here!

[donttelltheelf]

[Gimli watched him, even as he continued working, not particularly keen in letting him get hurt. He smiled as he pointed to something.]

Ah, there's a good lad with a good pair of eyes!

[He moved over to see what Romeo had found.]

Now, let's see what we have here...

[myblueskies]

[Romeo grinned at him and shuffled over a little bit so the man could see.] What is it sir? Do you want me to help move it?

[donttelltheelf]

[Gimli squinted as he saw a few wrenches underneath the rubble. One or two were a little bent, but they all seemed usable.]

No, not to move it. But you can help me collect them. I can raise this.

[He knocked on a slab of rock getting in the way.]

So you can slide in. Sounds good?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo nodded and grinned] I can do that sir! [He was small and used to small dark spaces so he slid into the gap easily.] Shall I just get all the shiny things?

[donttelltheelf]

Yes, my boy, but make sure to be careful.

[Gimli keeps an eye on him, seemingly untroubled by the debris he's holding up. Ah, blessed dwarf strength, makes things easier.]

[myblueskies]

I'm very careful sir! [He wriggled about and started gathering the tools quickly, placing them outside of the gap to keep his hands free.]

[donttelltheelf]

[Gimli watched attentively, more than a little concerned but quietly impressed by Romeo's willingness to work and his efficiency doing so.]

Very good job, laddie, do you think you've got them all?

[myblueskies]

[He shook his head and went in again to gather a few more before wriggling out.] Now I've got them all sir! Where shall we look next?

[donttelltheelf]

[Gimli grunted a little, putting the debris down and clapping his hands clean of dust.]

Just a minute, now. We should see what you pulled out.

[Gimli nodded over to see what kind of tools they were and how useful they might be. He turned to Romeo again. He likes the boy, he doesn't want to make him feel he's being pushed aside.]

Do you recognize anything here?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo nodded and went to crouch near the pile of things he had pulled out. He grinned at the man and looked at them before pointing to a hammer.] That's for hitting things! [And then to a broken bit of saw] And that goes in the machine I used to make my knife! But I think it's broke... And that one hits things as well I think. [The final one is a wrench, Romeo doesn't really know much about tools.]</small.

[donttelltheelf]

Mhm.

[Gimli picked up the hammer, weighting it in his hand. It was light enough for a human to use easily, so that was good.]

The hammer's in good shape, and the saw can still be useful. If not outright repared.

[He then picked up the wrench, again, weighting it in his hand.]

Ah, I have seen them use this, it helps twist things and screws them into place. The will be useful. Now, before moving onto another place, let's put them somewhere they won't get buried down again, shall we?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo nodded with another smile and looked around, looking for somewhere safe.] How about near the door sir, there's not as much mess there! Shall I take them over there?

[donttelltheelf]

Yes, but make sure they're out of the way so they don't get stepped on when someone comes in.

[myblueskies]

Okay sir! [He scrambles down with the pile of tools and puts them near the wall, where he hoped no one would walk.

Then he scrambled back up.] Shall I look for more sir?

[donttelltheelf]

Aye, there should be more useful things around.

[Gimli gives Romeo a smile and then goes back to moving debris, seemingly enjoying the work.]

[myblueskies]

[Romeo nodded and continued looking through the debris.] I'm Romeo by the way sir! What's your name?