We’re glad to have you Hestia! Flinterforge is about all sorts of creativity, so while some of us are more hands-on-inclined, we’re not exclusive to any one particular medium. We’re all about the process here, and it sounds like your work requires quite a bit of ingenuity and creativity!
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Welcome, @Hestia! (My favorite Greek goddess, btw; she does not get enough attention.) I’ll totally back up what Tinker said about the process being key here. Fixing DNA totally counts, and is wicked cool besides. 
What kind of dance are you into?
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Thanks so much for the warm welcome and I have training in ballet and jazz, but I find myself taking contemporary, lyrical, and musical theatre classes lately!
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I want to thank @Viviane and @Tinker for accepting me into Flinterforge. This guilds description is what drew me into all of this magiq.
The name Calm is something I took from my insta name and is part of my nature to be a calming or grounding personality. I ascribe to the Bruce Lee quote “Be like water”; I think that there is a difference between struggle and resistance and that we must surrender resistance to embrace struggle and growth.
In the mundane I work for a Coffee roastery and commit myself to learning jiu jitsu, boxing and forms of movement. I was a school teacher for some times and love holistic learning still.
Flinterforge captured me at once. I took the test a couple of times out of curiosity and the quirks of technology but Flinter held strongest. The symbol also reminded me of the myth of Prometheus and the words “A day spent without soiled hands is a day wasted” gripped me. That it is the harmony of thought, passion and action resonate with me. I have the words “Heads, Hearts and Hands” tattooed in me for the same belief. That it is through commitment, thought and passion that we change the world and create.
In the magiq I know I am Flinterforge for I love the idea of exploring curious treatments and processes to improve lives. To be an alchemist or artificer would be a joy to explore Alchemical Transfigurations and Assembling Runes.
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Sweet another Flinter in the coffee world.
I’m a barista on the cafe side of a roastery , what is your position in your roastery, @Calm?
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@Tungstenedge hey mate. I’ve worked the bar for a while and after seeing a decline in the demand for alternate processes and filter I moved away from coffee. I’ve been working in the roastery as an ‘assistant roaster’ which is a nice way of saying Jack of all trades. I split the bulk of my time between deliveries and weighing & packing beans. It’s not particularly glamourous a lot of my work is either driving or fixing and cleaning equipment and machines. I like the repair and problem solving side of things as no two machines are the same and each has quirks of personality that you need to listen to so that you can help them.
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Hey all, I’m Mellie (a nickname someone gave me that kind of stuck but not really). I’m almost done high school and about to head into uni for engineering, so it makes sense that I got flinter, though I’ve also been sorted into thornmouth.
In general I’m someone that does a bit of everything, and think that you need both knlwledge and creativity to thrive in society, so this seems to match me pretty well! Hope to get to know you all better over time 
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I agree with your statement about the importance of both knowledge and creativity. Also, nice to meet you.
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Hello everyone, I’m not exactly new but I’ve been gone for a truly long time, I’m hoping to get back into telling stories through the eyes of my character. It’ll be interesting brining my character back in after such a long time.
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Hey, Alec! Good to see you again! Let us know if you have any questions about what’s been going on around here.
Also, the Guild topics are considered “in world,” so it’s generally better to talk in character rather than meta in this area.
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Hi, I’m Eden, I’m new and still figuring stuff out such as where to catching up on past happenings- So I’m not sure I’ll be of much help at the moment. (I’ll probably ask questions too)
My day job is working in a cancer center and be an EMT. At night, I bartend sometimes and enjoy reading, writing, and figuring out how to build/craft stuff for my apt and plotting new places to travel and gaming. I’m busy, but it keeps my hands and mind moving.
If I could have a magiqal job… I think I’d like to make and fit magical prosthesis and and other items (and greenhouses- I like to those). Maybe research the best way to have a sustainable relationship between the use of magiq and the cultivation of it.
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Hi, I am @the_godmother mostly in reference to the movie but also a long time nickname of the fairy from Cinderella. I have a lot of interests, mostly anything to do with creating anything, whether it be worlds, art or stories. I also can be described as very determined, mostly branching off from being underestimated because of my age so I guess that can be considered a strength and a fault lol. So far, I’m really enjoying this whole storyline and immersive world. 
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Welcome to Flinterforge! I’m glad you’ve found your way to our guild! Do you have a favorite creativity outlet, or are you a try-a-lot-of-things type person?
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I guess my favorite creative outlet is writing and creating my own worlds in my stories and my own characters
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Hi! I’ve been lurking around the forum for a few days now, and I figure it would be good to actually introduce myself here! I’m Wyvern, and I’m a college student. I’m majoring in psychology and anthropology with a minor in history, and I love making things. I tend to mostly do fiber arts like cross-stitch and bobbin lace, but I really enjoy the more down-and-dirty kinds of arts too! I did 3D art in high school and I’ve had experience with soldering, circuitry, and a lot of other weird things.
In fact I’m considering going into “heritage conservation” after I graduate, because it involves restoring places and things from the past to new life and I love the theoretical ideas behind that and the fact that I’d get to do such hands-on work. I love feeling like my hands know exactly what to do to make something real and present.
Edit: I somehow forgot to mention, but I’m also interested in zookeeping and aquarium science, so I’ve done a lot of work with a lot of different animals, from owls to axolotls to porcupines (one of which is actually the oldest rodent in the world!)
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That’s a Flinter intro if I’ve ever seen one!! Heritage conservation sounds so cool. What kinds of things would you be restoring?
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It can be a lot of things! For example what got me really into it was seeing students at a particular school restoring stained glass, but I also know that blacksmithing is a big part of what they teach, along with basic construction principles etc. I think it’s quite a lot of restoring old heritage homes or public buildings/spaces but I’m not an expert (yet)!
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It’s so fun to see overlap in interests among the people on here 
How do you like Psychology? (Sorry if this is too forward, I’m only asking because I’m about to start taking Psychology classes at a local college too lol)
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It’s not too forward at all! I love psychology, and I have since high school! My area of expertise, if you can say an undergraduate has an area of expertise, is in clinical psychology and psychopathology, so I’m really interested in and fairly knowledgeable about psychological disorders and conditions. I find that psychology courses are really fun in that a lot of the stuff you learn, no matter how new it is to you, will feel really common sense, and you’ll definitely be able to see it in your everyday life. I also like that psychology, a lot of it anyway, is really practical; Being able to see and implement stuff in real life is kind of the point of studying something in my (somewhat Flinter-y) opinion!
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Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly! My main focus would be how the brain processes trauma to try and help patients with PTSD or other trauma related neurological problems.
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