I'm going to throw this out as an odd little curveball idea, but maybe it might catch your fancy.
Chachanji is also a smith from Othard, specifically from the outskirts of Doma itself. He also currently lives in Ul'dah and both has his own little smithy, and - through a few events - is currently in charge of a small smelting guild and its facilities.
While he isn't as into magiteknology as your Hitokami, he could make for a colleague or even a sort of benefactor for her. This could provide her with facilities, materials, and other such things for her to do her work. We would just need to engineer some manner of scene ICly for the two to meet up somehow (perhaps at the Quicksand!) and get them to join forces in that sort of manner.
Just an idea, but let me know if it catches your interest! I'm also EST, so our times should hopefully line up decently well for both getting in touch and possibly having that RP happen.
Chachanji is also a smith from Othard, specifically from the outskirts of Doma itself. He also currently lives in Ul'dah and both has his own little smithy, and - through a few events - is currently in charge of a small smelting guild and its facilities.
While he isn't as into magiteknology as your Hitokami, he could make for a colleague or even a sort of benefactor for her. This could provide her with facilities, materials, and other such things for her to do her work. We would just need to engineer some manner of scene ICly for the two to meet up somehow (perhaps at the Quicksand!) and get them to join forces in that sort of manner.
Just an idea, but let me know if it catches your interest! I'm also EST, so our times should hopefully line up decently well for both getting in touch and possibly having that RP happen.
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