Tal had definitely not met Sunjata in person before. He'd kind of seen the man... sort of... in the targets Deimos had used to make for practice in the barracks, and there had been a time when he'd happily followed the Resurrected Sword's lead when it came to avoiding the Flood.
Fast forward several years and a whole lot of history, and the courier figuring that maybe he should give the demigod a chance since Ru vouched for him. So the invitation-requests had been addressed to both the Valkyrie and her partner, and it wasn't hard to guess who Sunjata had to be when Ru's hand was wrapped around his and he fit the description to a T.
"Thanks," he mumbled to Hotaru, ducking his head in a small grin before he turned to the man beside her, sizing him up.
And up.
And... gods hang it, did he have to be so damn tall??
"How d'you stand it?" he asked Ru plaintively. "I'm gettin' a crick in my neck an' we've barely said hello!" Well... Sunjata had said hello. Tal was still working on it. Boreal chortled merrily from where she lounged out of the way and the courier shot her an exasperated glance before sticking his hand out towards the Flood with a gruffly awkward sort of courtesy as he cleared his throat. "Anyways. Uh. Nice t'meet you, Sunjata. Thanks for comin'." And he included Hotaru in that, flashing her a flicker of a rueful grin as he gestured to the lines on the ground that were all they had so far.
His grin widened as he looked over to Alys and took a deep breath, feeling the fizz of anticipation in his chest almost ready to burst. "So, first thing's the foundations. About two feet down an' as flat as we can get it should do th'trick, an' then linin' it with stone so nothin' tries t'tunnel up from underneath. We got shovels, but if y'want to use magic, feel free! Stone tiles are piled near th'east end."
Round 1:
2 to dig the foundation
2 to follow along and lay the stone tiles to line the foundation as its dug out
No posting order!
Fast forward several years and a whole lot of history, and the courier figuring that maybe he should give the demigod a chance since Ru vouched for him. So the invitation-requests had been addressed to both the Valkyrie and her partner, and it wasn't hard to guess who Sunjata had to be when Ru's hand was wrapped around his and he fit the description to a T.
"Thanks," he mumbled to Hotaru, ducking his head in a small grin before he turned to the man beside her, sizing him up.
And up.
And... gods hang it, did he have to be so damn tall??
"How d'you stand it?" he asked Ru plaintively. "I'm gettin' a crick in my neck an' we've barely said hello!" Well... Sunjata had said hello. Tal was still working on it. Boreal chortled merrily from where she lounged out of the way and the courier shot her an exasperated glance before sticking his hand out towards the Flood with a gruffly awkward sort of courtesy as he cleared his throat. "Anyways. Uh. Nice t'meet you, Sunjata. Thanks for comin'." And he included Hotaru in that, flashing her a flicker of a rueful grin as he gestured to the lines on the ground that were all they had so far.
His grin widened as he looked over to Alys and took a deep breath, feeling the fizz of anticipation in his chest almost ready to burst. "So, first thing's the foundations. About two feet down an' as flat as we can get it should do th'trick, an' then linin' it with stone so nothin' tries t'tunnel up from underneath. We got shovels, but if y'want to use magic, feel free! Stone tiles are piled near th'east end."
Round 1:
2 to dig the foundation
2 to follow along and lay the stone tiles to line the foundation as its dug out
No posting order!
