Several other Mer joined Kaiden in his digging. Pickaxes were brought into play to break apart the volcanic rock and the mershark was able to easily shovel away the debris as the entry was made deep enough to ensure a steady flow of water even at low tide, and wide enough for two Mer to swim past each other. The work went steadily and without mishap and much faster than anticipated thanks to Kaiden's efforts in particular (18). Finishing ahead of schedule, the digging crew was able to take a short break and rest up before the next round.
Whatever Trinket's reasons, Hadama inclined his head gratefully for her help. A strange child, perhaps, but he usually avoided children and wasn't one to judge. He swam over to where materials for the sea wall were being delivered, overseeing the construction from within the pool. He stopped the people trying to lower stones into the pool; the tide pool was already made of stone, where softer rock had been eroded out of a broad, deep basalt basin, and the wall nearest the sea needed raising up and shoring around the pool's edge, not its interior.
When the rocks began rolling, Hadama raised his voice. "Esme!" The older woman who had been marking out the post holes looked up and, seeing the disaster unfolding, reached out with her Mastered earth magic to hold the rocks in place. LuckilyTrinket's magic was weak enough (7) that only a few of the rocks had shifted, and the rockslide was more of a trickle. The workers were easily able to avoid those few larger stones that had started to shift (14, 16, 13) and while Esme held them steady, the men and women moved them further back until mortar could be placed to fix them upon the tide pool's lip and atop each other in a protective barrier, held in place by the timbers until it could dry. Hadama helped stabilize it from the pool-side, making sure the rocks were lined up flush with the edge. It was slow work (10), but in time it was complete.
The Mer contemplated the child who had almost caused so much trouble, but in the end he chalked it up as a learning experience and turned back to the gathered crew. Looking out on the other side of the tide pool, the human side had begun to take shape as a large basin, half as deep as the pool itself, and the King nodded in satisfaction.
"We will need to plant the roof poles," he explained. "Weave the palm fronds into thatch. And move the creatures living in the inlet to new homes." Some people needed to sit down and take a break, but others were rested and ready to get back to work, heading off into different groups to begin.
Round 2!
Pick your task:
1. Sink and mortar the roof poles into the holes Esme made for them.
2. Weave the thatch roof from palm fronds
3. Construct the roof frame that the thatch will be tied to.
4. Move the tide pool inlet flora and fauna to a new home
No post order! Hadama and NPCs will pick up the slack.
Whatever Trinket's reasons, Hadama inclined his head gratefully for her help. A strange child, perhaps, but he usually avoided children and wasn't one to judge. He swam over to where materials for the sea wall were being delivered, overseeing the construction from within the pool. He stopped the people trying to lower stones into the pool; the tide pool was already made of stone, where softer rock had been eroded out of a broad, deep basalt basin, and the wall nearest the sea needed raising up and shoring around the pool's edge, not its interior.
When the rocks began rolling, Hadama raised his voice. "Esme!" The older woman who had been marking out the post holes looked up and, seeing the disaster unfolding, reached out with her Mastered earth magic to hold the rocks in place. Luckily
The Mer contemplated the child who had almost caused so much trouble, but in the end he chalked it up as a learning experience and turned back to the gathered crew. Looking out on the other side of the tide pool, the human side had begun to take shape as a large basin, half as deep as the pool itself, and the King nodded in satisfaction.
"We will need to plant the roof poles," he explained. "Weave the palm fronds into thatch. And move the creatures living in the inlet to new homes." Some people needed to sit down and take a break, but others were rested and ready to get back to work, heading off into different groups to begin.
Round 2!
Pick your task:
1. Sink and mortar the roof poles into the holes Esme made for them.
2. Weave the thatch roof from palm fronds
3. Construct the roof frame that the thatch will be tied to.
4. Move the tide pool inlet flora and fauna to a new home
No post order! Hadama and NPCs will pick up the slack.
