Tal's grin only widened at the attempted threat from his frenemy. "Actually, I'm makin' the cookies this year," he drawled. "Dierdre's teachin' me. Which means I get t'decide who gets 'em!" He gave Alys a wink as he turned away from Sah, far too smug for his own good before he laid out the plans for the first task.
Sah started out with confidence, and the removal of the old safety supports went off without a hitch. Each section had the potential to go awry and damage other parts as they were disassembled, but the Wild Thunder soon had them off and out of the way. It wasn't until he started replacing the missing sections with magicked wooden supports that Tal spied what was happening and hurried over with a yelp. "Hey! No shortcuts!" he scowled, pointing at one of the just-created bars for the railing. "I've been hearin' enough about magic t'know that stuff's big enough t'just disappear in a season. For nails or wood glue, magic away, but for the wooden parts, stick to the real thing!" Grumbling under his breath he went back to his own job.
Admittedly, he'd been pretty happy when the others had left the patching of the stairs to him. He was confident in his woodworking skills and ability to replace the boards safely, but he soon realized that the measurements were a little off. Going to check on Alys, he grimaced as he saw where some smudges on the measuring tape were causing the issues. He scrubbed them off with some spit and the corner of his shirt and then let her get back to work. It still wasn't perfect, but Tal brought a small handsaw with him when he went back in and he adjusted the boards on the fly until the new steps fit seamlessly into place, looking like they must have when the building was new.
The stairs soon led safely up to the second floor - give or take the railing - and the sight that awaited them wasn't exactly reassuring. There was a sizeable hole in the roof and the chimney had been damaged by a crashing dragon. Tal sucked in a breath through his teeth and swallowed hard before forcing a cheerful smile onto his face that wasn't exactly convincing as he tried to put up a brave front for his friends. "Right. Okay. We can still do this." Was he trying to convince them, or himself? "We just gotta break it down into manageable parts, yeah?"
Round 2: Reduce, reuse, recycle
- Collect fallen shingles from the floor and sort for re-use
- Remove broken chimney stones from the roof and floor and sort by size
- Haul out broken wood and splintered ceiling beams from the damaged section
Sah started out with confidence, and the removal of the old safety supports went off without a hitch. Each section had the potential to go awry and damage other parts as they were disassembled, but the Wild Thunder soon had them off and out of the way. It wasn't until he started replacing the missing sections with magicked wooden supports that Tal spied what was happening and hurried over with a yelp. "Hey! No shortcuts!" he scowled, pointing at one of the just-created bars for the railing. "I've been hearin' enough about magic t'know that stuff's big enough t'just disappear in a season. For nails or wood glue, magic away, but for the wooden parts, stick to the real thing!" Grumbling under his breath he went back to his own job.
Admittedly, he'd been pretty happy when the others had left the patching of the stairs to him. He was confident in his woodworking skills and ability to replace the boards safely, but he soon realized that the measurements were a little off. Going to check on Alys, he grimaced as he saw where some smudges on the measuring tape were causing the issues. He scrubbed them off with some spit and the corner of his shirt and then let her get back to work. It still wasn't perfect, but Tal brought a small handsaw with him when he went back in and he adjusted the boards on the fly until the new steps fit seamlessly into place, looking like they must have when the building was new.
The stairs soon led safely up to the second floor - give or take the railing - and the sight that awaited them wasn't exactly reassuring. There was a sizeable hole in the roof and the chimney had been damaged by a crashing dragon. Tal sucked in a breath through his teeth and swallowed hard before forcing a cheerful smile onto his face that wasn't exactly convincing as he tried to put up a brave front for his friends. "Right. Okay. We can still do this." Was he trying to convince them, or himself? "We just gotta break it down into manageable parts, yeah?"
Round 2: Reduce, reuse, recycle
- Collect fallen shingles from the floor and sort for re-use
- Remove broken chimney stones from the roof and floor and sort by size
- Haul out broken wood and splintered ceiling beams from the damaged section
