Open | Building Plot

[the_effect_she_has]

WHO: The Inquisition
WHAT: Building!
WHEN: 28th of Cloudreach, through the first week of Bloomingtide
WHERE: The river valley below Skyhold
NOTES: See here for details.

Welcome to the Great Building Project of 9:42, Dragon! So you've come to help construct some living structures and barracks? Excellent, there are several areas in which everyone's help is needed.

Clearing

The Mage Council themselves have dedicated themselves to clearing out the valley, and flattening it as well, so buildings can be constructed. They'll need all the magical help they can get, honestly, and even that will include people to help clear away the wood to be used for building, as well as the stone and other materials. It will be a lot of heavy lifting, carrying, or being able to drive a cart.

Building

Of course there is the building. Holding up walls, hammer and nails, thatch on the roofs, cutting out awkward window where necessary. Putting together fireplaces and firepits. The deft of hand and light of feet are the ones who can climb the roofs, move around without any problems to haul up sod and other things to plug the holes on the roof to make for a snug small hut, or a long and clean barrack hall.

Healing

And of course, there are accidents. Someone accidentally hammers their own hand, falls off a roof, gets a splinter in their finger. The healers themselves are going to need fresh water and herbs brought in, as well as food brought to keep them going.

Fetching/Carrying

Messages need to be brought back and forth between the builders. Water needs to be brought to the thirsty, as well as food. There are a million little things that need to be done to complete this great endeavor, so feel free to help out whatever little way you feel you can.

Katniss

Katniss is everywhere.

There's not a place you won't see the slender young woman, dark hair pulled back in a braid that is coming out in wisps. Dirt smudges her face and hands, but there's a faint smile on her face and no matter what she's doing, she's humming softly. At her heel is the wolf pup, who trots along beside her faithfully, and stands guard while Katniss is up atop a roof, hammering.

She's carrying water to give to people who are building, as well as food. Lifting bundles of stick and rock out of the way, or walking with a builder, murmuring softly over the plans.

Need to talk to her? Just snag her. She'll be glad to stop and talk to anyone who is helping out here.

Comments

[dragoon_pride]

“Of course. I wouldn’t want to undo what’s already been built, after all. We’ll have to find a place to show off our new combat skills to each other, in that case…” Kain is looking forward to doing more. He knows the true test of those abilities will be when he actually gets out to a real battle, but even before that, he’ll take any excuse he can to use them. “I’m glad to hear that people aren’t making such a fuss about you using your magic, though.”

[gatheringstorm]

"It helps that this benefits them, makes the day pass a lot faster. I always figured that if you can't appeal to people's morality, appeal to practicality. One or the other tends to come through. Though if I were tossing fireballs around, it'd be a different story. Even the more lenient ones don't want to be anywhere near that shit." And honestly, Korrin can't blame them. Magic to non-magics, especially battle-magic, must be terrifying.

[dragoon_pride]

"I'd hope they'd learn eventually just how useful it is to have someone capable of shooting fireballs on their side... But you're right, about being practical. Sometimes, that's the only way anyone will listen..." Kain is all for being realistic as much as possible about things, and he'd hope that if and when it came to the world's survival, more people would be able to get along with magic. It was never a question back home or in the war, and sometimes he still finds this world's views so strange.

[gatheringstorm]

"Believe me, I feel the same way. They don't have to love battle magic, just not freak out when it's being used from their side. But, I'll take any form of progress, you know?" It's annoying, to take comfort in so little progress, but Korrin's seen what people forcing their hand accomplishes, and wants no part of that.

[dragoon_pride]

“Right. And that does sound promising, given what I’ve seen and learned about this world… Tolerance of any sort is a step in the right direction.” Kain hopes that’s something that’ll continue. There are more important things to deal with, and the in-fighting has to stop. “We have a true enemy to face, all together, after all…”