First Encounter

VIVIAN

While Jacob was attending his classes, I went out in search of a stove. A stove would be smaller and easier to carry around than an oven, and perhaps might prove cheaper as well, so it was the first target of my hunt. The directions the other slave gave me were a little vague, but by asking passersby I was able to find my way to the right stores. I went through several of them, asking about the prices and options. Some were designed to heat a metal plate, which then heated the pot. Others were just a block of heat-resistant material with a spell to project heat directly above their surface. Different designs had different levels of intensity. In some it was adjustable, while in others it was fixed. The simpler the design, the cheaper it was, although the quality of the physical materials also played a role.