Table by Ehno
Word Count: 540
She had been overly worried about being "late" and probably should have just skipped the apology. Melee didn't dwell on this, though, and neither did Saul. So in the end it didn't really matter. As her uncle looked around for a good place to start the work, she tried to assess what needed to be done herself. This wasn't really her area of expertise, but that didn't mean that the girl couldn't try to understand what needed to be done. Her bi-toned gaze flickered back to Saul when he explained where he wanted her to work. It seemed like an easy enough job: sort through what should be kept and what shouldn't. "On it!" she replied with a wag of her tail, heading off to the area that he had indicated to start sorting out the debris.
When the piece of wood he tossed at her glanced off of her arm, she looked over at him with a playful scowl. Leaning down, she picked up the piece and chucked it toward Eclipse with a playful grin. Perhaps instigating a game of "toss around the wood" while they worked. Just as she was about to begin sorting, she heard her uncle introducing someone. A dark-and-light female had joined them, apparently named Adonia. She raised her hand when her name was mentioned and waved to indicate that she was Melee. "Good to meet you, Adonia." she said with a smile, then set back to working. After they had finished what they needed to do, perhaps she would try to get to know the other female better. Right now, though, there were things to be done and socializing had to wait until it was complete.
It was somewhat mindless work, stacking things into piles. It also stretched her muscles out in ways that she didn't usually use them. The girl wished there was some way to even out the exercise between her arms, but this wasn't work that her deformed hand could really assist with. Still, whenever there was something she could do with that arm, she made a point to utilize it. Tipping her head to the side she assessed the impact she had made on the rubble around where she was working. She was surprised when she heard the clang of metal, and jumped a bit. Melee had been so engrossed in her work that she hadn't heard Temo's initial greeting, causing her to be caught off guard by the sudden noise.
The girl turned toward the carpenter, looking at his tools with interest. Although it seemed more like skilled labor than what she was doing and she was unfamiliar with the tools he was arranging. Melee made a point to wave toward him, though, and figured that either Saul or Temo would let her know if they needed her over there. For now, she kept at her current task. Once again zoning out so that she could just focus on what she was doing. Though this time she was more careful to listen for the voices of her companions in case she was needed elsewhere... and so she wasn't surprised again.