[10:35]  Hakimba smiles .. "greetings imp"
 [10:36]  Nadi: Greetings My Master....I make soap for the camp....smiles it will take a long time.
 [10:37]  Hakimba: how are you today my girl?
 [10:38]  Hakimba sniffs .. "what a strange smell is this?"
 [10:39]  Nadi: it is tarsk lard, ashes, lye the makings for soap My Master
 [10:39]  Hakimba takes seat on the grass
 [10:40]  Hakimba: ahh soap.. i hope you will add some spices and oil for a better smell
 [10:40]  Nadi: it is a long process...will take your girl all day I am afraid...smiles softly
 [10:41]  Nadi: yes My Master I will make a batch for the Mistress's with sweet oil of verminium....and some grapeseed oil and musk for the Masters....also some plain lye soap for the public wagon
 [10:41]  Hakimba: sounds great.
 [10:43]  Nadi nods smiling at the Master she so adores
 [10:43]  Hakimba watches the girl chores with interest
 [10:51]  Hakimba: my girl can i help you in any way?
 [10:52]  Nadi: My Master will you please spread the straw in the bottom of the large barrel? It has holes in the bottom. Then if you would dump the bucket of ashes into it...I will continue melting the tarsk fat in this pot.
 [10:53]  Hakimba stands up.. takes a bundle of straw and puts it on the bottom of the barrel, dumps in the pot of ashes.
 [10:54]  Nadi: I have another barrel over here, pointing her long slender finger to the barrel beside the wagon. I prepared it yesterday. We will need to fetch water from the pond to put in over the straw an ashes...just enough so it does not run out through the holes.
 [10:55]  Hakimba stuffs the straw to makes it dense
 [10:56]  Hakimba: yes my girl.. takes the other bucket and fetches water from the pond
 [10:57]  Hakimba pours the water into the other bucket just as you said
 [10:58]  Nadi walking to the pond nadi dips her bucket into the water. Returning to the barrel, slowly pours in more water. "This will leach the lye from the ashes, My Master. Leaning down, collects the water from the spout in the large barrel...careful not to let it touch her skin...not wanting to damage her Master's property.
 [11:00]  Hakimba grins.. "yes be careful my girl your smooth skin is needed "
 [11:01]  Nadi: My Master will you drop a vulo egg into the mixture I am heating smiles....If it floats straight up an down it is enough water...if it floats like a boat we will need more water. If it sinks we will have to add more lye water...smiling up at the handsome outrider.
 [11:04]  Hakimba nods.. takes one vulo egg and drops into the smelling mixture
 [11:04]  Hakimba sits down again

[11:04]  Nadi: raises up on her knees to check the kettle boiling next to the lye mixture. Stirs the tarsk fat melting in the pot. Seeing that the fat has seperated from the meat an gristle..wraps her hand in a rep cloth an removes the kettle from the fire sitting it on the grass beside her
 [11:05]  Nadi: checks the egg smiling at her Master...aaaahhh perfect My Master...with her wooden spoon she removes the egg an tosses it back into the basket.[11:06]  Hakimba: did you need the egg for the chores .. or did you boil it using the heat?
 [11:06]  Nadi: oh it is unedible now....I had it in the lye water My Master...not even the sleen should eat it .
 [11:08]  Hakimba: brr sniffs.. "brrrrrrrrrrrr oh yes i understand"
 [11:10]  Hakimba wonders how such a stinky brew can get a soap of good smell
 [11:11]  Nadi: spreading out several layers of rep cloth across a small black pot, nadi carefully pours the hot fat, straining out the impurities. Setting down the hot pot...turns to her Master a grin on her flushed face....the heat turning her skin moist an pink, "the tallow will rise to the top an harden now. I will pry it out an clean the particles from the bottom. Then I will use this for the soap."
 [11:14]  Hakimba gazes into the pot.. i see the soap is falling out
 [11:15]  Nadi: wipes the back of her hand across the beads of sweat on her forehead, turns to her Master...."I have melted the tarsk tallow in this lye water I stir. Let me prove it" Taking a knife nadi lifts the mixture checking to see if it falls when she lifts it and is not a long stringy rope and not to short a string.
 [11:17]  Hakimba: is it right nadi?
 [11:19]  Nadi: aaaahh perfect My Master...gazing over to him with affectionate eyes. Taking a mug she dips some salt from the sack, careful not to waste any of the precious grains. Pouring it into the kettle continues to stir. "Yes My Master, it is just right. I will add some oil of verminium to this batch for the Mistress's." Opening a small vial of perfumed oil, drops several drops into the kettle.
 [11:19]  Hakimba sniffs.. "what a seductive scent"
 [11:21]  Nadi "I hope the Mistress's will be pleased..." "My Master will you please set the molds for the soap on the grass close to me this kettle is heavy an I dare not carry it to far."
 [11:22]  Hakimba stands up and grabs the heavy kettle... puts it down on the grass, places the molds next to the heavy kettle.
 [11:26]  Hakimba: now it already smell much better.. you did it very well my girl.. i am proud with you.
 [11:28]  Nadi: " thank you My Master." slowly skims the soap from the top of the kettle with a bowl...pouring it into the wooden molds. Smiles after she had taken the soap from the top, only the brown liquid remains in the bottom of the kettle. Looks at her Master, plump lips forming a smile, "this batch is perfect. I will start another after I clean the kettles and dump this waste." " I will make a batch for the outriders, they must smell good too." Giggles softly
 [11:31]  Nadi looks at the mold a expression of satisfaction on her delicate face. "I will cut the bars when the soap has cooled." Thinking to herself she will add the fresh soaps to the baskets in the public wagon ready for use of the Free in the camp.
 [11:32]  Hakimba: we better carry the soap into a wagon.. then it is protected in case it could rain