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[Vin has approximately zero idea what she's doing - and it shows. The recording starts with her eyeball pressed up against the camera, and a voice, muffled by her face pressed against the microphone, insisting that this is not how it's done. Jerking back, she stares blankly at the screen for a few seconds, moving side to side, tracking her own appearance in the playback software. She turns to the side.]

Are you sure this is right?

[She is assured that, yes, this is right, and she ought to pay attention to what she's doing instead of talking to him. Scowling slightly at Henry, Vin turns back to the screen.]

Hello. [An awkward pause where a nice, normal greeting should go. Something like "it's nice to meet you." Vin is very bad at being people.] I was wondering if-- you're sure this is working? [A huff. She turns back.]

Is anyone here familiar with metallurgy? I can pay for your time. And provide materials.

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D --> What type of materials
D --> You have caught my interest, now e%plain further

No details? Slipped your mind, or worried they'd put people off?

[Balthier grins, tilting his head slightly to the side.]

Yes, it is working, and we all can see you. And I'm glad someone here has finally decided to speak my language! The name is Balthier, my lady. And I admit, I have a fondness for shiny things. What materials will you provide?

That depends.

[Lee is looking through a window, he's not really paying that much attention to the video feed.]

The applications for such metals can be far and wide reaching. Can you be a bit more specific about the application?

[Vin's ability to type is negligible, and she can't comprehend the shift key no matter how often it's explained to her - or punctuation for that matter. She tries so hard, but falls so short of the goal.]

isnt it obvious
metallurgy is the working of metals

[Because this is really the only way she knows how. She leans closer, squinting at the screen.]

How do you get just your voice?

I didn't want to share too much. [Her eyes narrow slightly, but not in a particularly accusatory way.] Are you a metallurgist?

[Her head tilts with his as she mirrors his gesture, almost without realizing.]

Base elements that need to be mixed to form alloys. I need bars of iron, steel, tin, pewter, zinc, brass, copper, bronze, aluminum, duralumin, and electrum. The alloys need to be mixed very specifically. Can you do that?

I need bars of metals and their alloys. That's the application.

[She's back to being wary, and even in her world few people outright reveal that they are Mistborn. It's obvious, true, but social decorum dictates that everyone keep the non-secret.]

Can you do that?

[Equius is used to incompetence.]

D --> I assumed as much, but what do you mean by provide
D --> Can you create metals

[His brow lifts. That...is a very vague answer and one that doesn't seem to be worth much other than to garner more questions. Without knowing the why, he's not willing to spend that kind of time just to make bars for no reason at all.]

Those would be some interesting paper weights. Yes, I can do it, but are you just going to look at them? It seems a waste.

ill find them and give them to someone who can melt them down and make the alloys i need thats all

can you create metals

[She huffs and sighs and figures it can't hurt to admit.]

I'm an Allomancer. I need metals to burn so I can-- [She breaks off, frowning, realizing it's actually quite hard to explain to someone who likely doesn't know the first thing about Allomancy.] So I can use my abilities.

D --> No
D --> I have to procure my own for my e%periments and proje%

Okay, now I'm putting on the breaks. Time out for a moment. You mean to tell me that you're going to destroy my work for practice?

[Not that he doesn't fully understand it, he's actually more than interested now to see this power himself. If he can manage to replicate it through technology, it could prove useful.]

I'll do it regardless, so now I must ask what kinds of alloys are we talking? Titanium is flammable under the right conditions and it's quite brittle. I hope you're not asking me to make that.

do you buy from someone
or do you find it

i need specific alloys thats very important

D --> Both
D --> What do you need

Not practice.

[Maybe a little bit.]

Application. [She eyes his video feed.] If you can bring me iron, steel, tin, and pewter, I can show you. Zinc and brass, too, but the first four are the most important. But the steel, pewter, and brass need to be made with specific mixtures. Steel needs to be five percent carbon and ninety-five percent iron. Pewter... [Her eyes unfocus as she tries to remember the exact numbers.]

Pewter should be fifteen percent lead, eighty-four percent tin, with trace amounts of copper, antimony, and bismuth. The brass should be thirty-seven percent zinc and sixty-three percent copper. Can you do that?

four metals
copper
bronze mixed twelve percent tin and eighty eight percent copper
electrum mixed forty percent gold and sixty percent silver
duralumin mixed ninety six percent aluminum and four percent copper

is that doable

You're asking me to do exactly what the recipe calls for. Child's play. Originally, I was thinking that you were going to ask me to create a new alloy and then destroy it.

[Lee sighs with a slight roll to his eyes. It's been a long night. His voice is still soft.]

Please, stop asking me if I can do it. That's twice now and it's starting to sound redundant.

Edited 2012-11-03 04:08 (UTC)

Because you haven't said if you can or even if you will.

D --> The duralumin mi%ture and perhaps the bronze shouldn't be too difficult, unfortunately the others aren't e%actly readily available
D --> Copper, perhaps, if you 100k in the right place
D --> Why do you need these

why is copper hard to find
has it been used up

because im an allomancer and we burn metals

Yes I did. I quote, I'll do it regardless, so that certainly implies that I will.

[He doesn't show any signs of losing his temper but he's definitely tired.]

D --> Copper in large, a%cessible quantities is difficult, it is also e%pensive
D --> Right
D --> Unfortunately, I need what I have
D --> You are on your own

[She frowns, about to snap back, and then thinks better of it. Her voice is a bit stiff when she speaks again; she's bad at gratitude.]

Thank you.

What's the cost?

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