Solo Resonance

[Maeven]

14th of Winter, 452 A.V.

Continued from Here.

Bells had passed with no sort of interaction with Erasaides. Which was just as well, for the Everwalking had returned from a period of meditation only to realize that he had no idea how to move forward with the replication of resonance. Erasaides' notes were obviously tailoured to an animator of far greater prowess than he was able to emulate. But, perhaps if Maeven continued to search through the tome Djuun Cano-korat, a less advanced principle would be found and the Nuit could begin his work. It was as Maeven began to navigate the text that he found something of a far more relevant (to him) interest.

As Maeven began to read the text, a finger pressed just beneath the word that he was caught on, to ensure that lines were not repeated.

Oscillation is a cyclical process when related to sound. It deals with repetitive variations in frequency and can be applied to in the theory of measuring vibrations in terms of beat.

Maeven shook his head in frustration as he worked to understand what the text meant, though as he lowered his finger on the page, he realized that Erasaides had also annotated this portion of the text. Maeven decided to read on,

Closely related to rings and how the vibration changes as time increased between the application of force. Consider the lever principle when applying oscillation. Remember the rhyme: Fixed location of source and application of force. As time passes, frequency will lower and wavelengths will change.

This was far clearer to Maeven, for it explained exactly how to apply the theory rather than just stating that it existed. The Nuit cast his gaze towards the set of tools he had taken from the adjacent room and drew from it several neatly encased boxes. It seemed that Erasaides took favour to organizing his tools in a clear fashion, something that the Everwalking himself could identify with. Several Maeven took each of them in turn, noting that boxes were structured to contain gears of various sizes, screws meticulously sorted by length and width respectively. Metallic square plates were present as well, larger ones, but more importantly, smaller structures. The Everwalking took grasp of four of equal length, each approximately four inches (by his estimation) at each side. The Nuit looked to them appreciatively, casting his gaze upon the four in turn, inspecting them for defects only to find that they looked rather worn from the passage of time.

Certainly worn, but usable.

He stepped away from the work desk he had taken to occupying to retrieve his bag, taking four fasteners from within. He took to securing a plate to a wooden plank, raising them over the surface of the table. He took from his bag two engraving picks. After doing so, he pressed the pick to one corner and scrawled it along the surface, making two intersecting diagonal lines (x) on each corner and repeating the task for all four metallic plates. Once his focus returned to the plate that was fastened, he drew his iron drill from his bag. Maeven was not trained in the ways of blacksmithing, but he sought to learn in the process of doing. He pressed the point of the drill to the engraved 'x' on the lower left corner of the plate and began to work the drill.

Force was not something the Nuit were blessed with, but Maeven pressed the drill to the best of his ability to the metal and found that he was able to slowly, painfully so, drill into the metal. It took twenty chimes of adjustment, fixing, and finally drilling to succeed, but when it was done, Maeven immediately committed how to do it correctly to memory and sought to repeat the procedure. Four holes were drilled both into the metal and embedded into the wood. (an amateur's mistake, but Maeven was not displeased at his progress) And when he finished with the first, he immediately began with the next three plates.

How fortunate it is to possess a body that never tires.

He had seen a blacksmith perform the same procedure; admittedly much more quickly, but it left him winded. Maeven did not suffer from such a plight. The body of a Nuit, while not ideal, suited his needs perfectly.

Once all four plated were drilled, Maeven sought after screws and washers for each of the corners and went, again, through the painstaking process of securing all four to one another. It was then that Maeven found a wooden piece of approximately the same size and attempted to fit it into the bottom. Unsuccessful, he utilized a saw to cut the wood slightly and found success, utilizing the sawdust to seal the base of the box completely.

Step one, completed. Creation of the 'box'. Step two will require more work and time, however, there is plenty of both to go around.

Nader-canoch | Common

[Maeven]

In hindsight, it was the box that was the hardest to actually create. However, with the second step came decisions and spacial contrast to consider. For in this step, Maeven was to add the metal rings into the box and ensure that they were secured with the use of additional screws and fasteners. It was in this step that Maeven's inexperience needed to be tempered with Erasaides' annotations. After all, it was through research and investigation that the Everwalking apprentice learned best. It was not quite as effective in the world of personal magick, as Maeven learned when he had first began learning Auristics, but it was, nonetheless the preferred way of learning. He had used books to secure his introductory knowledge in Gadgeteering, as well as using a tome to cross-reference direct knowledge that he had learned in the realms of Magecraft and Animation and bring them to life.

Though Maeven had to relinquish ownership of the two animations he had created, he retained the knowledge. And for him, that was enough to move forward. And so, he did. The Nuit cast his hand again into the tools that Erasaides kept and found a number of boxes labeled with the word 'Yaq', which led him to believe that they contained in them the rings that were needed to proceed. Yaq-djed or some other word would compel him to think otherwise, but Maeven quickly noted that he was not incorrect.

It seemed that with the rings, Erasaides chose to be disorganized. A single box laden with rings larger than his face to the size of the width of his index were littered about, but judging by the size of the box that he had made, about four inches at each side, Maeven needed rings at the smaller end of the spectrum.

Four inches. Considering the size of the fasteners, it would be most efficient and easiest to utilize rings that fit snugly inside of the space to the extent that it would require force to push them down further. Contact with the metal on all four sides would allow for maximum transference of vibration and quite possibly extend the vibration, which is where it seems that resonance comes into play in the first place.

This brought Maeven to the point of finding rings that would suit his interest. Maeven still had no idea exactly how to translate resonance into something that the golems could understand, but he decided that it wasn't important just yet. Erasaides had said nothing about tuning the resonance just yet, and it was likely possible to do so after the box was created. So, Maeven would do that, first. He began by fishing for rings. As Maeven pulled a ring from the box, he placed it to the side, following this pattern and arranging the rings by size and width. It was a process that Maeven did rather actively, for it would be simpler for him later to have them arranged. After five chimes, the box was entirely empty and sixteen groups of rings, each varying in number between four and eight rings per grouping, were set on the desk. Maeven found the sets that looked to be closest in size, three groups, two of which seemed likelier than the third, were selected.

The Everwalking sought after a ruler and measured the rings in diameter, finding both groups that he sought after to be exactly 3,98 inches in length.

This should work The fasteners can be coiled tightly around three sides and slightly more lax on the fourth to maximize how much of the ring's surface is touching the walls of the box. Vibration will create resonance and vibration is created with the maximisation of contact of two sources...

If Maeven's understanding of Erasaides' notes were correct, then this would work. The Everwalking grasped the first ring and carefully inserted it into the box. Afterwards, he lifted the wooden base within the box by pushing it up from underneath, the sawdust falling to the surface of the desk. Noting that the spacing was sufficient, Maeven then removed the ring and instead grasped the drill. Knocking upon the walls of the box from the outside, he listened for the sound to dull before finding where he needed to drill. Slowly, he drilled two small holes into the side of the box, separating each by a quarter of an inch.

The holes were crudely made and the spacing was off, approximately a tenth of an inch wider than he had intended, but it seemed to be sufficient for what he intended. When all four holes were made (two on each side), Maeven inserted the first ring and inserted the fasteners. Maeven carefully screwed the fasteners into place, on three sides until he could see the end of the screw protruding from the box, and the fourth was slightly more relaxed, invisible within the fastener.

A total of three bells passed as Maeven took care to replicate the process, albeit it two inches higher on the box with the second ring, and when it was done, Maeven withdrew the wooden base of the box to inspect his work. The holes were askew, and the screws scraped against the rings, creating scratches, but Maeven was... relatively satisfied.

I will refine the process in time, but for a first attempt, it can be called successful.

Nader-canoch | Common

[Maeven]

Two rings. A square shape that housed the rings. Each ring had approximately a single inch of space between it and the edges of the metal squares. It was far from idea, but the Everwalking could work with it. Vibrations would travel from the rings and due to the shape, both inward and outward into the metal. The initial sound would carry inward and escape upward when the box was given a lid. The resonance would transpire as the oscillations of the ring traveled outwards and reverberated through the structure of the metal itself. Maeven could reference the material to check upon it again, but he had come across the information during the interlude between meditation and research. It had seemed trivial, but once he had learned more about the process and how the workings of frequency could be applied to practical use, the Everwalking saw the connection.

Metal is a powerful conductor due to its density. The higher the density of an object, the more efficiently waves of any sort are conducted through it. Sound is included in this, and thus, the utilization of metal is ideal when producing vibrations. If the metal is close enough to vibrate against the original source, then the sound becomes much more efficiently conducted.

While seemingly trivial information on its own, it had influenced which material Maeven chose to work with oscillation. Wood would likely have been easier and less time-consuming, but it was not ideal. The best scenario for oscillation was working with heavier material. For now, tin would work. Steel or iron would have been better, but at Maeven's current level, it was simply not feasible. Tin was a softer metal, yet far more dense than wood considering the thickness of the sheets. And thus, Maeven moved forward. Maeven set the ring-adorned box aside for the moment. Maeven required lids for the box that could be used to seal both respective ends, yet also be removed if the need arose. He did not choose to create them, but rather instead look within the box for something of this nature, and was successful.

It was predictable that such things would be on-hand. Creating lids seemed distinct from the rest of what he had done. Bent and shaped in order to cover a structure, lids required a lip at the edge. And Maeven found a number of them available for use. Most likely, they were used to create animations that were similar in structure to the one that Maeven designed. The Everwalking could not yet fathom exactly what use Erasaides had for a static animation like the one his apprentice planned to make, but the Master Nuit was likely far older and obviously much, much more experienced. Perhaps in time the Everwalking would find out.

It is unimportant. Best to begin with the structure of the animation. I know what I need to do now that the box is done. It is a matter of creating two distinct lever principles to work with each ring. These lids... they will be fixed with lever that will have a spherical topper. This will create an impact upon the rings that will then reverberate through the structure. Each of the lids will be a distinct animation and be removable so that the box structure can be used with other frequencies that I can design in the future. For now... I will begin with this first step.

And thus, Maeven began. Locating the drill once again, Maeven set about locating a suitable base to become the fulcrum for the levers. The Nuit was limited in choices, but he found four simple, 'L' shape of differing sizes. Maeven quickly decided that size, so long as they were less than half an inch in height, was not something he needed to care about tremendously. Rather, he set about finding rods and once he was done, he set about creating two very small levers. Tiny and unable to exert any real force, they would be rather useless ordinarily.

However, with the infusion of a life principle, these levers can operate themselves. Two behaviours are all that are required in order to operate them. And once that's done with, I will have an animation capable of producing resonant frequency.

Nader-canoch | Common