Okay, he'd taken the high road the day before, but when Hotaru played tonsil hockey with Jata first thing on the morning Tal couldn't hide the groan and heavy sigh, even when he tried to drown it in his coffee. He waved to the two leaders as they teamed up to put their big muscles to use, and though he momentarily brightened at the Valkyrie's approach her request was met with a wrinkled nose - and a tongue stuck out in a dazzling display of maturity. "I would've, but you'll get Sunjata-spit in it," he protested, cradling his mug protectively close. He was mostly teasing... but only mostly. As much as he liked his Archon, he wasn't particularly keen to get a secondhand kiss from the Flood!
Luckily she'd already had her caffeine, and Tal was soon caught up to her in that department. They fell back into their rhythm from the previous day, moving with gratifying speed thanks to how they'd pre-built plenty of sections. While Ru handled the stairs, Tal worked with a team to set the supports in the holes they'd molded in the foundation the day before, making sure the large timbers were anchored deep and solid and braced with iron. Slowly but surely the first floor took shape beneath the skeleton of ceiling crossbeams and the stairs began their long spiral along the wall.
A wall that continued to grow as Sunjata andHadama utilized brawn and attention to detail to carry the heavy stones up the ramps of the scaffold, shifting in a steady circle around the tower as it began to narrow through the second floor and up into the third. Their assistants handled the mortar as each stone was laid, and through a combination of luck and skill at choosing the right blocks for the job they managed to fit them together tightly and without significant cracks.
Lunch was another lingering affair in the shade to let the sun start heading west, but as Tal looked over their progress he was downright smug and bursting with pride. "We're doin' great!" he assured the gathered assistants and friends. "I think we just need one person t'lead the last floor an' a half on th'walls. An' one on th'stairs, since that'll be slowin' down. But we need t'start buildin' th'actual floors in, an' th'inside walls. So, can one o' you take lead on th'second floor, an' one take th'third?" he asked, looking to Sunjata and Hotaru in particular, since they had made the interior design adjustments and had the best idea of how to lay out the rooms and space around the central well where the big freight elevator would go.
We're in the home stretch! The tower is taking shape, but it's got a little further to go (four floors, to be exact)
Hadama and Tal will keep working on the walls and stairs, but there are enough crossbeams in place to start putting the actual floors into the second and third stories and roughing in the interior walls. Hotaru and Sunjata can pick their floor and lead their teams to follow their dreams from yesterday! What rooms or design elements will they include in the new plans?
Luckily she'd already had her caffeine, and Tal was soon caught up to her in that department. They fell back into their rhythm from the previous day, moving with gratifying speed thanks to how they'd pre-built plenty of sections. While Ru handled the stairs, Tal worked with a team to set the supports in the holes they'd molded in the foundation the day before, making sure the large timbers were anchored deep and solid and braced with iron. Slowly but surely the first floor took shape beneath the skeleton of ceiling crossbeams and the stairs began their long spiral along the wall.
A wall that continued to grow as Sunjata and
Lunch was another lingering affair in the shade to let the sun start heading west, but as Tal looked over their progress he was downright smug and bursting with pride. "We're doin' great!" he assured the gathered assistants and friends. "I think we just need one person t'lead the last floor an' a half on th'walls. An' one on th'stairs, since that'll be slowin' down. But we need t'start buildin' th'actual floors in, an' th'inside walls. So, can one o' you take lead on th'second floor, an' one take th'third?" he asked, looking to Sunjata and Hotaru in particular, since they had made the interior design adjustments and had the best idea of how to lay out the rooms and space around the central well where the big freight elevator would go.
We're in the home stretch! The tower is taking shape, but it's got a little further to go (four floors, to be exact)
Hadama and Tal will keep working on the walls and stairs, but there are enough crossbeams in place to start putting the actual floors into the second and third stories and roughing in the interior walls. Hotaru and Sunjata can pick their floor and lead their teams to follow their dreams from yesterday! What rooms or design elements will they include in the new plans?
