Monsters made terrible houseguests, as it turned out. If you invited them inside they'd burn your building to the ground, and if you didn't they'd find ways to destroy, deface, scratch up, or otherwise wreck whatever they could reach. Jigano sighed heavily as he walked with slow steps towards the building that had been Caiside's burgeoning forge. They hadn't completed work on it, but they'd made a good start...
It hadn't stood up to the predations of LongNight, though. It wasn't as bad as it could be, but it was far from the nearly-finished smithy it had been at the end of Deepfrost. The door hung loose from its hinges and a window was smashed. Stepping inside showed the furniture in pieces and the anvil overturned. Some of the bricks around the forge had been cracked and needed to be replaced, and Caiside's precious tools were strewn like rubbish across the floor.
He rested a hand on the doorframe, drawing strength from his friend's memory as he stepped inside and dropped his bag of tools, determined to repair what had been broken. He drew out a small hammer and a pair of pliers and began working on the hinges first, knowing that even with the broken window he'd feel better once there was a door to the place again, one that could be shut and locked against thieves or weather.
It hadn't stood up to the predations of LongNight, though. It wasn't as bad as it could be, but it was far from the nearly-finished smithy it had been at the end of Deepfrost. The door hung loose from its hinges and a window was smashed. Stepping inside showed the furniture in pieces and the anvil overturned. Some of the bricks around the forge had been cracked and needed to be replaced, and Caiside's precious tools were strewn like rubbish across the floor.
He rested a hand on the doorframe, drawing strength from his friend's memory as he stepped inside and dropped his bag of tools, determined to repair what had been broken. He drew out a small hammer and a pair of pliers and began working on the hinges first, knowing that even with the broken window he'd feel better once there was a door to the place again, one that could be shut and locked against thieves or weather.
