āHI! IāM SKIVVIT! SKIVVIT EMBERFLICK! INVENTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE, CERTIFIED GENIUS, AND OCCASIONAL CAUSE OF UNFORTUNATE BUT SCIENTIFICALLY NECESSARY INCIDENTS.ā
Thalia: āSkivvit. Breathe.ā
Skivvit: deep inhale
āā¦genius.ā
Now then.
YES, I built that.
NO, donāt touch it.
UNLESS you want to!
But if you do, make sure you sign this waiverā
waitāTHE WAIVER IS ON FIRE, HOLD ONā
frantic stomping noises
RIGHT.
As I was saying:
I am the Lodgeās resident tinkerer,
artificer,
boon
and
bane
depending on the hour and whether or not anything is currently exploding.
Mostly things are exploding.
I make:
gadgets!
gizmos!
whirligigs!
flame-activated self-stirring mugs!
a cheese slicer that achieved sentience!
and one regrettable flying broom prototype that nearly took off Belvikās left tusk!
NOT MY FAULT.
Mostly.
Anywayā
Iām from the Emberclaw Warrens originally,
where goblins either become inventors or hazards.
I became both.
A success story!
Thalia hired me because she said, quote:
āIf youāre going to blow things up, at least let me supervise so you donāt die.ā
I love her.
Ashwhisker watches me like Iām a walking thunderstorm.
Harl thinks Iām āa menace with potential.ā
Belvik asked me to build him a āvoice enhancer.ā
(I did. It worked. Too well. Lasted six seconds. Shattered eight mugs.)
Astrae?
HAH.
He looks at me like he knows how Iām going to die.
AND HE WONāT TELL ME.
Rude.
Anyway, if you need something fixedā
or brokenā
or builtā
or questioned ethicallyā
IāM YOUR GOBLIN.
Just remember the Skivvit Motto:
āIf nothing is on fireā¦
give me ten minutes.ā
ā Skivvit Emberflick
Inventor. Menace. Local miracle. Fire hazard.


