[quote=Krein]
Seth nodded at Nevea's answer to his question, glad that nothing had spontaneously or been revealed to have been inadequate to function properly as he and Nevea had envisioned. If there was something Seth hated, it was inadequacy. Anything from poor performance at a given task or a fluke in his plans, it was enough to make him grind his teeth in anger. The latter to him was most probable to actually happen, something he had learned to accept over time, but it was exasperating still nonetheless. He waited as one of the Hephestean campers explained what they would be doing to place the proto-mechanism within the ice-crystal structure, all while shooting discreet and momentary glances at Nevea from time to time. He noticed something slightly.... different in her. He took some notice of it when he returned back to the cabin, but by now he could tell that what he noticed hadn't gone away completely. Nevea seemed to be unsure of something, and was perhaps even conflicted by something. Different from what he usually saw in her, which was a cold, serene, and certain attitude that had asserted iself within camp.And now... the fact that Seth had noticed any of this began clicking in his head. He rarely ever noticed or even cared for such changes in others outside his own cabin, particularly when they were brief and seemingly insignificant. He shook it from his mind as soon as it had come though, supposing it to be something he had noticed simply because it was something he'd have expected with someone like her."Hm?"Seth was taken away from his own thoughts as Nevea spoke up after the forged machine had been put in place. "We might as well," he responded when she had asked if they should test the targeting of the machine. He understood what she would be doing to the machine and how it would work after she was done with it. It would all be over quick, so Seth told the Hephaestus kids nearby to bring some targets for it to hit. They apparently often did test targeting machines, as they had no trouble in pulling out small automatons from metal boxes. After they tinkered a bit with the small machines, they immediately came to life and formed a line.At that, one of the automatons sprang into action, grabbing a piece of metal and dashing straight for the machine...
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Nevea was just as exasperated at inadequacy as Seth was. However, as she usually took the time to account for every sensibly possible outcome of a choice she made in a plan of hers, she was more inclined to noticing the inadequacy in others as opposed to problems that occurred in her plans. Since her plans usually involved manipulation, she had to put extensive thought into a plan, and so she always prepared them rather long prior to the execution of one. 

Nevea didn't notice Seth's glances at her, as she was processing the information and examining the parts that the Hephestan campers had brought out. Her mind momentarily went on a tangent that questioned why she had decided to learn more about Seth than other campers, but no definite answer came to her about why she had seen him as especially important. She would think more on that later, because Seth responded to her question. She listened to the Hephestan camper's plan and nodded. 

One of the campers activated the control mechanism. Then the first automaton came running. The horizontal shaft of the construct, hereby referred to as the barrel, was pointed away from the automaton, but the control module recognised the automaton as a threat. The rotation module activated and the construct swung toward the automaton, and then the control module pushed and pulled the two metal strips, which slid through the firing mechanism, changing the air pressure back and forth and causing it to fire ice shards at a quick pace. 

While the chilling effect was not currently activated, the shards of ice stopped the automaton quite quickly. It was at this point that a smaller automaton, whose head was lower than the barrel, came charging at the construct. The Hephestan campers realised too late that they had forgotten to get the barrel to move up and down, and the firing mechanism fired at nothing. Nevea's expression remained calmly serene, as she had accounted for this. She had not said anything, because she knew what would happen next. 

A stream of magic darted out from the construct and struck the automaton, causing it to fall back. The designers quickly stopped the test after that, and Nevea spoke. "You'll need to adjust the mechanisms such that it won't fire when an enemy is lower than the shaft. We don't want to waste humidity. I'd suggest you put detection for that in the firing mechanism." Those who had designed the firing mechanism went back into the cabin to add to the design.