The courier finally caught a break, and with fresh wood that was thankfully free of termites he was finally able to strut his stuff. Tucked away in the backroom, with Boreal continuing to hunt down any stray termites, he focused down on his carpentry without interruption. The shelves he built were fine indeed, with crisp angles and smoothly-sanded edges so no splinters would catch a finger or a package stored on them. He filled the back wall with them, leaving only the sink because he didn't want to fuck with the plumbing, and having an extra sink for washing up wasn't a terrible idea.
Who knew that the painting would prove the hardest part of the whole endeavor?
Back in the front room, Alys and Ellyra tackled the walls with enthusiasm and determination. That more or less made up for the lack of skill the brought to the task. Alys was an artist, but the techniques for putting paint cleanly on a wall were surprisingly quite different from working with a small brush on a page, and she soon had a bit of a mess on her side of the room as paint dripped and splattered onto the floor beneath her roller. Ellyra's side of the room was noticeably cleaner, with only a few drips to clean up afterwards, but with their combined efforts the room was beautifully blue by the time Tal emerged from the back.
"Whoa! This is lookin' way better!" he assured them both. The pink and green triangles were completely gone, and once the walls dried they'd be ready to hang some nice pictures on. Maybe he could put some tables for people to wrap their packages on over the worst of the paint drips... "Thanks a lot! Let's get this cleaned up an' I'll buy everyone dinner," he offered, already heading into the backroom to get some water and rags to start wiping up the paint smears.
Last round! Clean up the mess and the last person out can put a ~Fin~ on it, please!
Who knew that the painting would prove the hardest part of the whole endeavor?
Back in the front room, Alys and Ellyra tackled the walls with enthusiasm and determination. That more or less made up for the lack of skill the brought to the task. Alys was an artist, but the techniques for putting paint cleanly on a wall were surprisingly quite different from working with a small brush on a page, and she soon had a bit of a mess on her side of the room as paint dripped and splattered onto the floor beneath her roller. Ellyra's side of the room was noticeably cleaner, with only a few drips to clean up afterwards, but with their combined efforts the room was beautifully blue by the time Tal emerged from the back.
"Whoa! This is lookin' way better!" he assured them both. The pink and green triangles were completely gone, and once the walls dried they'd be ready to hang some nice pictures on. Maybe he could put some tables for people to wrap their packages on over the worst of the paint drips... "Thanks a lot! Let's get this cleaned up an' I'll buy everyone dinner," he offered, already heading into the backroom to get some water and rags to start wiping up the paint smears.
Last round! Clean up the mess and the last person out can put a ~Fin~ on it, please!
