[Outer Verto] Skaylen's Workshop

[Lilly Mato]

"I'm pretty easy when it comes to food... so... nice." Lily lost track of her comment about food as she walked in, taking in the decor with obvious admiration.

[Kage]

Kage followed them as they left and set up the portal. While they set it up, he made one of his eyes fade and took note of exactly what such blobs looked like. When it set up, he dismissed the fade and followed. Inside he let out a smile and an approving nod. This was much nicer than his void space. Though, he had never really looked in his...but he figured there wasn't a meticulously maintained house and yard with some animals. "Nice place. Food is easy, just whatever you want to make. What kind of puzzle were you looking to create? Perhaps we can help make it more specific."

[Avorianna]

Ria smiles happily at their reactions, and then thought "Hmm.. then some roasted chicken with some sides sounds good to me, as for the puzzles..." Her voice stopped suddenly at the sound of a chicken in distress. Ria turns to the noise and yells, "Silkie! Put the chickens down! Not those chickens! Stop harrassing them! Silkie speaks as if coming from in the house, the voice can be softly heard and seems to be directed at the chickens, "Tattle tails..." Ria sighs and motions for Kage and Lilly to come inside the house, she walks towards the front door and into the kitchen as she speaks, "Sorry... every time I try and cook chicken for dinner she tries that... she really does not like our chickens. Anywaysss, as for the puzzles, the idea could change vastly depending upon what powers you have. I can create something that would be very unique to your powers and would limit the amount of people who can use it. For example, I have telekinesis, its a bit of a rarer ability but I can make something that would be able to use that in the puzzle, therefore making the amount of people who can actually solve it be... less. Plus, I am using puzzle in a very... broad term, I am hoping to give each of you a compass, but... it wont look like a.. compass. Even though I am an innkeeper, I tend to get more.. unique clientele. I am open to meeting all sorts of people, but I have run into a time or two where... my guests are after more than just a place to stay... so.. its more of a safe house than an inn a this point. So that is what I will be, this place is a safe place, no matter who you are or where you came from. The whole bit about the inn traveling makes it a bit harder to get a steady flow of people anyways." She laughs at the last part and gestures around them to the two chairs at the table and the rest of the house as she stands in the kitchen, "Feel free to treat this place like home, sit where you want or take a look around, the upstairs and downstairs are off limits... although I will show you the smithing area later since I am making you two compasses. So I ask you to respect that, and not peek, its just storage, my room and the smithy anyways. Silkie's voice is coming from the music player in the living room, she is humming a tune, a large floating basket comes into the kitchen. Ria grabs it and turns around waiting for them to give her a direction to go with the puzzles as she begins to skillfully cut up the vegetables from the basket needed for dinner.

[Lilly Mato]

Lilly gravitated towards a corner of the room where two little sprites were playing a counter movement game. Without a word she slipped into position next to them and was slide a pile of counters. Before long she had joined in to the repetitive pattern of sliding and tapping counters with the two sprites.

"A normal lock is a puzzle if you don't get a key to go with it." Lilly added after a few moments of back and forth.

[Kage]

"Simple enough concept. And appreciated generosity. I would say the more innocuous is looks, the less likely it will be spotted as a lock. So how about a snowglobe with a forest scene. Inside one of the trees, or under the floor, you could hide the needle. Either one I'll be able to ascertain it's state of with my abilities." The offer was nice. Having a safe house if a job went sideways was always nice. And since he never felt the need to tie into the existing criminal structure, this was a welcome resource. His design would rely on either Telekinesis moving the tree branches to get the needle visible, or just looking through the object and getting the direction.

[Avorianna]

Ria smiles and continues prepping food as she listens to the both of them. She looks over at Lilly and smiles happily as she plays with the twins. "Those are my little twins, Aequum and Libratum. They would prefer if you guessed which one is which. They think of it as a game. They took a liking to my inn and I and decided to stay. If you choose to play with coin and win they will grant you with an extra bit of magical power. I find it helpful when I need to get stuff done. Plus, it is also very fun to play with them. " Ria steps away from the cutting board, the knife and food still move and seem to cut its self, she moves her hands in a particular motion front of the stove and the oven, the symbols on them light up and a fire appears. Pots and pans float to her and she begins to assemble a few chickens, surrounding them each with vegetables galore, and spices them with some dried and fresh herbs and seasoning, and places them in the oven. She places a lot of potatoes into a pressure cooker and begins to cook them. "So you would like more of an innocuous look Kage, and Lilly, you do not seem to have a preference? Since the needles have a magical energy to them, it is wisest that I also cover that trace with another item on top. For example.. your snow globe, the falling debris could be some magical particles that take shape of certain things on its own. Its a basic enchantment, and it can wear off, but if I submerge it in some clear auroil it should allow that enchantment to last for longer than you would be alive. As for Lilly, I am assuming you have control of fire.. how much control do you have if you do not mind me asking? I could make something that requires heat activation, or depending on your ability I could make something different. If you prefer none of that I can simply make some pretty earrings. Although if I were to do that, the needle would be more visable to see.. magic wise. " A basket with peaches moves over Ria's head, and towards the cutting board. "You guys like pie?"

[Kage]

"That's a good option. You could alternately just place it under the floor of the globe and leave it suspended in something with no way to access the needle itself. I'll be able to detect its direction. Whichever method you can do easiest really. And as for pie, sure." He smiled and just sat down in some comfy looking chair.

[Lilly Mato]

"As long as its not apple pie, sure. As for flames, I can control them pretty fluidly... maybe a locket with a 'broken' clasp, that needs to be heated and picked at the same time to open?" Lily said with a grin. She played a lot of games but had never really designed a puzzle before.

[Avorianna]

Ria looks curiously towards Lilly, "oh? Apple pie has done you wrong? I'll keep that noted for your next visit. Now that I have a few ideas of what to do making these will be fun! Are you both in any rush? It may take me a little while to make, I haven't made anything like this in a few years so I do not have anything pre-made." She smiles as she turns around and continues cooking. Puzzles are always fun to make. She remembers having to make some complex puzzles for her father for some of his jobs. For a master blacksmith he also often got odd requests that either required small intricate work or complex locks and puzzles, all which he usually left for her to mostly complete.

[Kage]

"I'm in no particular rush, though I do not wish to dawdle around. Always more work to do and things to acquire."