The inside of the lighthouse shrine had at least been spared the worst of the Void-touched fauna's desecrations, but there was still work to be done to dust and polish it up. Reverent fingerprints needed to be scrubbed off the handrails and walls, candles and offerings needed a light dusting, and the fallen remains of previous offerings - leaves, petals, bits of soil or crumbs of food - that hadn't quite made it to the altar needed to be swept away.
Ronin and his crew would find a bit of a challenge at the top of the lighthouse, where the sea breeze had brought with it a faint, virtually invisible crusting of salt on many surfaces that was not apparent until they began to rub the more obvious dust away with their cloths. It wasn't as difficult to clean as the roof had been, but it took more time and more elbow grease than the White Knight had perhaps anticipated before the walls and surfaces gleamed freshly once more.
Noah would find a similar issue with the floors as his team began to sweep. The stairs were easier to clean, but the shrine at the top of the lighthouse needed a good mopping. The timing worked out unexpectedly well, however, since it gave Ronin's crew time to work their way down the stairs, dusting the handrails and artwork on the walls before the sweeping crew was ready to follow.
Outside, Hadama and his pair of helpers employed brawn and heavy scrub brushes to scrape the last stubborn elements of the Void from the exterior of the building. He was determined to let no smudge or stain remain to besmirch his lady's shrine, and the perfectionism that he brought to his smithing and to his food preparations was applied to the lighthouse walls until they gleamed.
The sun was well up by the time they finished the initial scrub down of the inside and outside, and Hadama gave his fellow demigods a deep nod of gratitude. "While the last section dries, I would like to honor Safrin - and Vi," he added, with a twinkle in his eye for the patron of his friends, "with some living decorations for the lighthouse." He moved to the rowboat that had brought the supplies and began to separate out the lumber and plants. "Could one of you build flower boxes to hang beneath the beacon windows? As they are finished, another can fill them with the plants." The small white flowers of the sturdy, low bushes almost looked like stars against the dark green-black foliage of the leaves they nestled against. "And the last group can fix them in place."
Round 3! Decorations for the gods of life (but especially Safrin)
1. Make the window boxes
2. Fill them with the provided soil and plant the flowering bushes in them
3. Find or make a way to hang them below the windows at the top of the lighthouse.
Ronin and his crew would find a bit of a challenge at the top of the lighthouse, where the sea breeze had brought with it a faint, virtually invisible crusting of salt on many surfaces that was not apparent until they began to rub the more obvious dust away with their cloths. It wasn't as difficult to clean as the roof had been, but it took more time and more elbow grease than the White Knight had perhaps anticipated before the walls and surfaces gleamed freshly once more.
Noah would find a similar issue with the floors as his team began to sweep. The stairs were easier to clean, but the shrine at the top of the lighthouse needed a good mopping. The timing worked out unexpectedly well, however, since it gave Ronin's crew time to work their way down the stairs, dusting the handrails and artwork on the walls before the sweeping crew was ready to follow.
Outside, Hadama and his pair of helpers employed brawn and heavy scrub brushes to scrape the last stubborn elements of the Void from the exterior of the building. He was determined to let no smudge or stain remain to besmirch his lady's shrine, and the perfectionism that he brought to his smithing and to his food preparations was applied to the lighthouse walls until they gleamed.
The sun was well up by the time they finished the initial scrub down of the inside and outside, and Hadama gave his fellow demigods a deep nod of gratitude. "While the last section dries, I would like to honor Safrin - and Vi," he added, with a twinkle in his eye for the patron of his friends, "with some living decorations for the lighthouse." He moved to the rowboat that had brought the supplies and began to separate out the lumber and plants. "Could one of you build flower boxes to hang beneath the beacon windows? As they are finished, another can fill them with the plants." The small white flowers of the sturdy, low bushes almost looked like stars against the dark green-black foliage of the leaves they nestled against. "And the last group can fix them in place."
Round 3! Decorations for the gods of life (but especially Safrin)
1. Make the window boxes
2. Fill them with the provided soil and plant the flowering bushes in them
3. Find or make a way to hang them below the windows at the top of the lighthouse.
