First, the good news:
Alys had sharp eyes (because she's a seer, get it?) and a good sense for which shingles could be reused and which ones would need to be thrown out. Luckily for everyone involved, it looked like most of the shingles were actually in fairly good shape. Many had scattered when they'd fallen and ended up under intact sections of the roof, which had protected them from further damage and further weathering. In short order she was able to sort out two neat piles that they could use later.
Then, the bad news:
Tal just snorted and rolled his eyes at Sah's jibe, the corner of his mouth kicked up in a smirk. "Thin ice, pal," he 'warned' the hunter over his shoulder as they went to their separate tasks. He gave his frenemy's dark hair a quick tousle of gratitude when Sah agreed to make the railings by hand - just in case - and when they made it to the second floor the courier was quietly glad of the support of both his friends. Sah was right - they had fixed worse, and the hunter swung into action with enthusiasm!
...Maybe a little too much enthusiasm? One of the beams he started to remove had a hidden crack farther up its length. The wood split suddenly, bringing a fresh cascade of shingles down towards those below, but luckily his telekinesis was active and ready. No one was hurt, but it did add some extra time to cleaning up and giving Alys more to sort.
And then it got worse, at least for Tal.
He went to sort the stones that had fallen out of the fireplace on the second floor from those that had crashed in from the section of chimney that stuck out above the roof, but his expertise was in wood, not stone. He was having a hail of a time trying to puzzle out which stones went where, and it culminated in him dropping a particularly large one on his foot when he tripped over one of the recently-fallen shingles. Hopping around as he bit his lip to hold back the colorful words and prickles of tears in the corners of his eyes, it was several minutes before he could wave weakly to Alys. "Uh... little help here, please? You're better at this than I am," he admitted, giving his friend a watery grin.
Gingerly testing his footing, he limped over to Sah to check on his progress and breathed a sigh of relief to see the debris cleaned away and the ragged hole tidied up to a neat section ready to be repaired. "Right, this next part'll take both of us t'hold things steady..."
Round 3: In with the new!
Sah and Tal need to put the new rafters into place and nail the decking boards down on top of them
Alys, can you finish sorting the rocks and repair the interior fireplace? (As always, there's mortar available downstairs where it's warmer)
Alys had sharp eyes (because she's a seer, get it?) and a good sense for which shingles could be reused and which ones would need to be thrown out. Luckily for everyone involved, it looked like most of the shingles were actually in fairly good shape. Many had scattered when they'd fallen and ended up under intact sections of the roof, which had protected them from further damage and further weathering. In short order she was able to sort out two neat piles that they could use later.
Then, the bad news:
Tal just snorted and rolled his eyes at Sah's jibe, the corner of his mouth kicked up in a smirk. "Thin ice, pal," he 'warned' the hunter over his shoulder as they went to their separate tasks. He gave his frenemy's dark hair a quick tousle of gratitude when Sah agreed to make the railings by hand - just in case - and when they made it to the second floor the courier was quietly glad of the support of both his friends. Sah was right - they had fixed worse, and the hunter swung into action with enthusiasm!
...Maybe a little too much enthusiasm? One of the beams he started to remove had a hidden crack farther up its length. The wood split suddenly, bringing a fresh cascade of shingles down towards those below, but luckily his telekinesis was active and ready. No one was hurt, but it did add some extra time to cleaning up and giving Alys more to sort.
And then it got worse, at least for Tal.
He went to sort the stones that had fallen out of the fireplace on the second floor from those that had crashed in from the section of chimney that stuck out above the roof, but his expertise was in wood, not stone. He was having a hail of a time trying to puzzle out which stones went where, and it culminated in him dropping a particularly large one on his foot when he tripped over one of the recently-fallen shingles. Hopping around as he bit his lip to hold back the colorful words and prickles of tears in the corners of his eyes, it was several minutes before he could wave weakly to Alys. "Uh... little help here, please? You're better at this than I am," he admitted, giving his friend a watery grin.
Gingerly testing his footing, he limped over to Sah to check on his progress and breathed a sigh of relief to see the debris cleaned away and the ragged hole tidied up to a neat section ready to be repaired. "Right, this next part'll take both of us t'hold things steady..."
Round 3: In with the new!
Sah and Tal need to put the new rafters into place and nail the decking boards down on top of them
Alys, can you finish sorting the rocks and repair the interior fireplace? (As always, there's mortar available downstairs where it's warmer)
