Good luck, indeed. Luck was all that saved him a few times, he was certain, as he experimented with his magic and the stone of the walls, trying not to do anything too catastrophic to the building's structure. Still, when he was finished he was feeling quite proud of himself for not bringing half a wall down on his head. It still left the problem of a damper, though. Jigano paused to create a pencil and paper, sketching roughly as he tried to envision each hinge and screw and flap. It would need a lever to open and close it... would copper work for the metal parts? At least sinking it into stone would be easier with his magic than having to drill holes for the supports...
He wished Remi was there, certain the alchemist would have a more intuitive grasp of how to put the moving parts together, but Jigano was not without his own familiarity with machines, and the damper design was a fairly simple one compared to Androffan constructs. Once he was certain it would work - simple, not elegant, but hopefully feasible - he returned to the recently-constructed fireplace and laid his hands above the mantle, feeling the stonework and reaching for Creation and Fire and Earth once more to call and shape the metal, crafting each element individually but in quick succession, building it as he went so that each piece would last and the whole of it would not fade away at season's end. Anchored in the stone, the damper would be open when a fire roared within to carry the smoke out. If the fire ever went out, the damper could be closed to keep the cold air from blowing down the flue and into the room, conserving the heat still within for a little longer.
A lever set beside the fireplace - high enough up to be out of the reach of children - connected to the damper so that it could be opened or closed at need. If Jigano was successful in his construction, he would go ahead and finish connecting the flue to the outside, shaping that stone into a hood to further block any wind that might try to work its way into the small break in the building's stone skin.
Jigano tries to make a damper for the fireplace! If successful, he'll complete the flue with a wind baffle and then move on to the next room.
He wished Remi was there, certain the alchemist would have a more intuitive grasp of how to put the moving parts together, but Jigano was not without his own familiarity with machines, and the damper design was a fairly simple one compared to Androffan constructs. Once he was certain it would work - simple, not elegant, but hopefully feasible - he returned to the recently-constructed fireplace and laid his hands above the mantle, feeling the stonework and reaching for Creation and Fire and Earth once more to call and shape the metal, crafting each element individually but in quick succession, building it as he went so that each piece would last and the whole of it would not fade away at season's end. Anchored in the stone, the damper would be open when a fire roared within to carry the smoke out. If the fire ever went out, the damper could be closed to keep the cold air from blowing down the flue and into the room, conserving the heat still within for a little longer.
A lever set beside the fireplace - high enough up to be out of the reach of children - connected to the damper so that it could be opened or closed at need. If Jigano was successful in his construction, he would go ahead and finish connecting the flue to the outside, shaping that stone into a hood to further block any wind that might try to work its way into the small break in the building's stone skin.
Jigano tries to make a damper for the fireplace! If successful, he'll complete the flue with a wind baffle and then move on to the next room.
