Malakaus dutifully nodded his head and handed Sharee his notebook. Most of it was filled with carefully drawn images of various strange things, abbreviated notes, and occasionally an actual list. Malakaus showed Sharee two pages, one depicting some sort of club-like weapon, and on the opposite page hastily written notes about the image, titled "Boom Stick". [b]"So uh, one of my underlings made this blasting powder using fire salts and charcoal. I've had another underling of mines summon fire atronach to harvest the fire salts from them before they vanish to oblivion, and charcoal is easy enough to get. I have considered simply creating hollow shells for the balistas and filling space with the blasting powder, but than I had a different idea. A more anti-personal weapon, based off my crossbow design. I've always been thinking of how I can send the bolts out while minimizing the physical profile of the crossbow itself. Maybe remove the bow part, which than makes it look more like a club. The club is hollowed out and the bolts would be fed into the tube the same way the crossbow is, through a box."[/b]

Just so Sharee knew what he was talking about, he handed his box-fed crossbow to Sharee to examine. [b]"My underling says that the blasting formulate is a dead end since the explosion doesn't compare to say, a fireball, but I'm not trying to replace magic here, but maybe we can replace out archers? Or at least give our more melee focused fighters some sort of range option since the lot of them don't have the patience to handle a bow or the dexterity to deal with my crossbows. But the big thing about this weapon I have in mind is that it's not just limited to long range. I mean, it's hard to fight with a bow or crossbow when you have someone trying to hack your head off right in front of you. But with this, uh, Boom Stick, you can function as a range weapon from afar, and a deadly and sturdy bludgeon up close."[/b] Malakaus took a moment to let Sharee think about what Malakaus was proposing before he got to the point where Sharee was needed.

[b]"I don't know much about Alchemy, and my only two underlings who do, I need them to handle enchanting things. I remember those bombs you've used and figured that I should ask you to help me improve the blasting formula. I can handle the design of the Boom Sticks, but right now they're glorified clubs if I can't figure out how to make the... The bullets work."[/b] Malakaus smiled and nodded his head. [b]"Yeah, that's what I need help with. Making bullets."[/b]