This was it. The culmination of all their hard work, sweat, and sore muscles! Thankfully there hadn't been any blood or tears - aside from a few hammer-bashed thumbs and splinters - but the only reason things had gone as well as they had was because Team Demigod worked well together, and they had been lucky to have the assistance of a number of skilled townsfolk to round out their numbers.
Tal grinned back at Sunjata, exceedingly pleased with their combined work, and he nudged the Archon's shoulder companionably as they headed back outside. The Flood went to collect paint, Ru grabbed a tape measure and a notebook, and Hadama made use of the last of the wood pile, leaving Tal to think about how he wanted to cap off the project.
After a few minutes admiring the skyport he shook off his sense of self-satisfaction long enough to scamper over to the remains of their materials. He gathered up copper poles and a large streamer of tough canvas. He painted the latter a bright orange and threw some quick, neat stitches into it to make a windsock, and then he scrambled up to the top of the skyport's roof to affix it to the longest metal pole. He finished the task by working his way carefully down the outside of the tower, running metal pipe all the way to the ground where he buried it in the earth.
With the grounding rod in place to direct lightning away from their future skyship visitors, Tal dusted his hands off and went to sling his arms around Sunjata and Hotaru's shoulders, grinning at Hadama. "I think that officially does it! Any bets on who our first visitors'll be?"
WE DID IT!
Congratulations on King's End's new skyport!
~fin
Tal grinned back at Sunjata, exceedingly pleased with their combined work, and he nudged the Archon's shoulder companionably as they headed back outside. The Flood went to collect paint, Ru grabbed a tape measure and a notebook, and Hadama made use of the last of the wood pile, leaving Tal to think about how he wanted to cap off the project.
After a few minutes admiring the skyport he shook off his sense of self-satisfaction long enough to scamper over to the remains of their materials. He gathered up copper poles and a large streamer of tough canvas. He painted the latter a bright orange and threw some quick, neat stitches into it to make a windsock, and then he scrambled up to the top of the skyport's roof to affix it to the longest metal pole. He finished the task by working his way carefully down the outside of the tower, running metal pipe all the way to the ground where he buried it in the earth.
With the grounding rod in place to direct lightning away from their future skyship visitors, Tal dusted his hands off and went to sling his arms around Sunjata and Hotaru's shoulders, grinning at Hadama. "I think that officially does it! Any bets on who our first visitors'll be?"
WE DID IT!
Congratulations on King's End's new skyport!
~fin
