"Okay, come by my room tonight? M33, remember?" Usopp answered back, distractedly, still finishing the drawing's last touches. Making something... "Well, it shouldn't be impossible to build a lighter too. It's just, the resources around here are a little thin, and building something like that'll take more time than just setting up a portable grill would. But I think you might be right."
He had to admit, lighting things on fire was a future hurdle that'd have to be addressed, and waiting for convenient matches or a lighter was a nice thought, but it was too idealistic. Usopp knew he'd need more than that, he'd have to design an improvised trigger system for his own machines. "Yeah... yeah, let's say we'll make a starter lighting system for this as a trial run. I'm going to need something like that for weapons too, and we can practice with the grill, since it'll be safer than setting stuff on fire for a weapon, right? It's just making it automatic enough that it isn't a pain to use. I mean, even I can start a fire if I have sticks and enough patience, I'm sure you can too, but nobody wants to spend an hour of nightshift starting fires like that."
With some of the things they'd gathered already, it shouldn't be too difficult. Just drag the right things along each other until you got a spark. But that would have to be controlled, too, especially the chemicals that were already partially processed the way Usopp got them. Even a version of the gunpowder mix might work, with a little something flammable, like a tiny 'firestar'.
"Sanji, if you leave juice out long enough, it turns alcoholic, right? I don't mean for drinking, I mean, for burning." It was maybe dangerous to ask about this when technically he was discussing Calories being Wasted, but this was all theoretical still, right? And... was Sanji chewing on the wrapper of that bar-thing?
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He had to admit, lighting things on fire was a future hurdle that'd have to be addressed, and waiting for convenient matches or a lighter was a nice thought, but it was too idealistic. Usopp knew he'd need more than that, he'd have to design an improvised trigger system for his own machines. "Yeah... yeah, let's say we'll make a starter lighting system for this as a trial run. I'm going to need something like that for weapons too, and we can practice with the grill, since it'll be safer than setting stuff on fire for a weapon, right? It's just making it automatic enough that it isn't a pain to use. I mean, even I can start a fire if I have sticks and enough patience, I'm sure you can too, but nobody wants to spend an hour of nightshift starting fires like that."
With some of the things they'd gathered already, it shouldn't be too difficult. Just drag the right things along each other until you got a spark. But that would have to be controlled, too, especially the chemicals that were already partially processed the way Usopp got them. Even a version of the gunpowder mix might work, with a little something flammable, like a tiny 'firestar'.
"Sanji, if you leave juice out long enough, it turns alcoholic, right? I don't mean for drinking, I mean, for burning." It was maybe dangerous to ask about this when technically he was discussing Calories being Wasted, but this was all theoretical still, right? And... was Sanji chewing on the wrapper of that bar-thing?