stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires
[ Okay people let's get this last round done before Long Night starts x'D There's no posting order so just post whenever you have the time! And it's 100% okay to keep assuming stuff like "Sam erected the pole" "I helped with so-and-so and now the crossbeam is in place". This is a bit of a mess but let's just get it over and done with.. xD ]
You could roll a log. You could shove a log. You could do a lot of things with a log, but fact remained, a pony did most things easier with a log than you yourself did. So once it was hitched properly to Esaia's traces he walked the hardy little pony over to the hole. She leaned into the collar, but between the snow and relatively smooth surface underneath, it was no match for her.
Still, he found himself marveling at the grace and strength of ponies.
Once they had the log by the hole it was just a matter of unhitching it from the traces, and then securing a couple of rings (with rope applied through them already) to the top to use as a crude pulley system for the crossbeam. That, and walking Esaia back to the selection of logs while the others began the behemoth task of lifting the log and sliding it into the hole. Most logs would be a decent choice for the crossbeam—not that there were a whole lot of them either, just three different ones. He picked the one that seemed it would balance the best on their selected center pole, hitched it to Esaia, and pulled it to the others.
As Rory led the pony back to the others Remi commented on his choice in pony for the day. He chuckled a little, mostly eyeing the work being done, trying to see if he needed to step in and brace it at any point, but .. it went surprisingly smooth. "He's always been a bit dumb in a harness," he responded lightly, but in truth, the main reason was as Remi suspected: Bakshi was old and while he held up very well, the mares were smaller and sturdier and in their primes. Trusting the others to have the pole raising under control he unhitched the crossbeam-to-be from the pony and looped her lead rope around whatever was nearby at a convenient distance.
"Well done!" he praised the others once the log was secure and upright. "I figured we'd use this as crossbeam. Remi, perhaps you could fly up and secure it once we've hoisted it? Or anyone else that can get up there without dying." There was typically no shortage of Attuned bird shifters for this task.
With the others Rory helped to secure the crossbeam log and attach it to the pulley ropes. (Insert PQ master privileges.) Seeing as Amalia and Ronin were back with their supports and the other pony, Rory hitched them both (ponies, that was) to the pulley ropes, and began the slow and precise task of hauling the crossbeam to the top.
Hopefully Ronin kidnapped the others to help him get the supports up...
Ronin & Amalia avoid getting squished by their tree! Good job friends, now get your asses back and put them up <3 Because I am totally assuming you are back and I can use Talys as well lol
So Odd just told me this thing is like 5-8 yards tall and wide, which is a lot bigger than I was envisioning. So I sort of .. snuck the pulley thing in there because otherwise we'd just have a damn pole and no perch haha
The rest of the team has crossbeam and supports time. :D
You could roll a log. You could shove a log. You could do a lot of things with a log, but fact remained, a pony did most things easier with a log than you yourself did. So once it was hitched properly to Esaia's traces he walked the hardy little pony over to the hole. She leaned into the collar, but between the snow and relatively smooth surface underneath, it was no match for her.
Still, he found himself marveling at the grace and strength of ponies.
Once they had the log by the hole it was just a matter of unhitching it from the traces, and then securing a couple of rings (with rope applied through them already) to the top to use as a crude pulley system for the crossbeam. That, and walking Esaia back to the selection of logs while the others began the behemoth task of lifting the log and sliding it into the hole. Most logs would be a decent choice for the crossbeam—not that there were a whole lot of them either, just three different ones. He picked the one that seemed it would balance the best on their selected center pole, hitched it to Esaia, and pulled it to the others.
As Rory led the pony back to the others Remi commented on his choice in pony for the day. He chuckled a little, mostly eyeing the work being done, trying to see if he needed to step in and brace it at any point, but .. it went surprisingly smooth. "He's always been a bit dumb in a harness," he responded lightly, but in truth, the main reason was as Remi suspected: Bakshi was old and while he held up very well, the mares were smaller and sturdier and in their primes. Trusting the others to have the pole raising under control he unhitched the crossbeam-to-be from the pony and looped her lead rope around whatever was nearby at a convenient distance.
"Well done!" he praised the others once the log was secure and upright. "I figured we'd use this as crossbeam. Remi, perhaps you could fly up and secure it once we've hoisted it? Or anyone else that can get up there without dying." There was typically no shortage of Attuned bird shifters for this task.
With the others Rory helped to secure the crossbeam log and attach it to the pulley ropes. (Insert PQ master privileges.) Seeing as Amalia and Ronin were back with their supports and the other pony, Rory hitched them both (ponies, that was) to the pulley ropes, and began the slow and precise task of hauling the crossbeam to the top.
Hopefully Ronin kidnapped the others to help him get the supports up...
Ronin & Amalia avoid getting squished by their tree! Good job friends, now get your asses back and put them up <3 Because I am totally assuming you are back and I can use Talys as well lol
So Odd just told me this thing is like 5-8 yards tall and wide, which is a lot bigger than I was envisioning. So I sort of .. snuck the pulley thing in there because otherwise we'd just have a damn pole and no perch haha
The rest of the team has crossbeam and supports time. :D
