Ari walked behind the clearly panicked carpenters. She pulled a ruler of her own, together with a chalk, out of her toolbox. She had already come up with an idea how she was going to approach this repair, but she still needed some clarifications. Her eyes showed determination.
“Hey. I’m Ari Wohlford, a shipwright. This Mariner fellow hired me to make this ship float again. What’s the deal here? How much time do we have?”
Even before any of them answered, Ari already knew that high tide would be coming shortly. The water had already climbed closer to the ship than it was in the morning. Time was of the essence. She immediately continued:
“I’m going to use a wood joinery technique to put the keel back together. It will take longer than putting a brace around the damaged area, but it will hold together much better. We don’t want it to come undone when we’re on water.”
She looked at each of the people in front of her very seriously. When it came to shipbuilding, her usual relaxed and unserious attitude was completely gone, replaced with stern determination.
“Will you help me? Together, we can finish this off in no time.”
(OOC: well, this is where Ari finally gets to work on the keel 
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