Okay, I hope I can be forgiven for not reading through 163 pages of guide before asking my questions —I made a pretty good go of it before realizing I should probably be playing a dedicated Controller rather than a semi-Controller in an otherwise Controller-less party— but I've been entertaining the idea of making up some characters as templates in the event we need a temporary, last-minute player replacement for a session. I've got a Monk concept on my list, and I'd like to make sure that what I'm picturing is legal.

So, my idea is for a Halfling Iron Soul Monk, and I want him to use Quick Draw and/or Fast Hands to take advantage of as wide a variety of weapon-based riders and FOB-enhancing feats as possible. I'm picturing a little hedgehog of a guy with cheap daggers, clubs, and a big mace strapped all over his body, most of which will have been dropped all over the battlefield by the end of the encounter.

First Question: Am I interpreting Ki Focuses right(-ish) that he can wear/have in a pocket/hold in his mouth/whatever his magic and/or superior Ki Focus and still get its benefits when attacking with, say, his mace? Does he still activate weapon-specific Iron Soul riders when he's using his Ki Focus to enhance Arc of the Flashing Storm (just for example. It's the power with a weapon rider that was on the page I happened to open to. I don't care whether it's a good or bad power, simply looking for rules)? Obviously, this concept kinda falls apart if he's stuck being demonstrably better at attacks with one of his rider options.

Second Question: I seem to recall, when skimming this thread months ago, some rather frenzied discussion of the timing of FOB and whether it's an attack. Has that been resolved, and if so, how would Fast Hands or Quick Draw interact with FOB —obviously not at all on Quick Draw's part, unless FOB is an attack— Would he be able to hit with Arc of the Flashing Storm, drop his mace (2-handed because he's Small), and pull out his sling with Fast Hands to activate Skipping Stone Style (or a club for Crashing Tempest, or a dagger for Starblade Flurry once we hit Paragon or so on and so forth)?

And, again, at this juncture, I'm not looking for good, just feasible and legal. Once I know it's legal, then I'll start trying to sort through whether or not it's actually a worthwhile pursuit and may come back looking for advice.