Personal Quest the one where they build
Hotaru Kaito
the Valkyrie
Masseuse / Headmistress

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#15
Hotaru
the horrors you've seen do not define who you are
Success this time around, and Hotaru is grateful for the sharpness of her dagger as she cuts away the ice and hauls around the contents of the freezer. The physicality keeps her warm in the cold depths, and when she is done she holsters her dagger and turns her head towards the top when Noah peers down at her. "Done, essentially," she calls back as she wipes her hands on her leggings, chasing away the chill of lingering ice chips against her skin.

There is more to do however, and she climbs up the ladder back to the top and blinks at the brightness for a moment. Deimos is already clearly working on something, so she waits for Noah to give directions before she chooses to continue her current theme of organization. Heading for the supplies, she takes initial stock, and begins to organize according to use and any duplicates in materials.

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Hotaru begins organizing the butchery supplies!
Hotaru has a passive magic that makes her glow with an internal golden light; it makes her appear youthful and her hair seems to look like moving sunlight. Can only subtly illuminate dark spaces.
Elide Pendragon
Researcher / Hunter

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Elide

Elide's work was not particularly harrowing or difficult thus far. She does notice Noah and Deimos' struggles as she cleans the area around them and organizes the wood pile. But she'll make no comments on it, not until Noah does anyway. Her gaze swivels towards them at the sound of his voice and she offers a small smile at his laugh. "There is always something more to learn from older generations," she adds on thoughtfully, gazing at the space where they've demo'd.

Framing walls is nothing new under the sun, though, and Elide knows enough to take charge of it. She brings out more of her own tools, measuring tapes and a charcoal pencil to make marks where the panels should be lined up. She tries to ensure that the frames will be set into proper places, enough to be a solid foundation for the new walls.

She turns toward Noah with the pencil propped naturally in her hand as she finishes making another mark. "Whenever you are ready," she says, tucking the utensil behind her ear and moving to grab the tools needed to hammer the lumber into the places she's mapped out. With Noah's help, it should be a fairly quick process. "You're better at building things, not taking them apart," she remarks of his earlier trials, having full confidence they will tackle this with ease and hoping that will bleed into him.



Elide measures out the framing for the walls and waits to help Noah build it! She also hopes that her lucky dice rolls will rub off on him.
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been the song of hope ascending
Noah Olson
the Forsaken
Hunter

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#17
NOAH

set a fire for tomorrow
set it to your woes
As the crew worked, they seemed to do better in these tasks than anything else they had attempted so far.

As Deimos moved to assemble the table, it would take him longer than normal. He did not run into any major roadblocks, but timing was not on his side today. Perhaps the Sword was too used to creating with his own magic, and building with more "primitive" means was becoming foreign to his muscles. At the very least, having to hammer in nails and hold each board in its place at level At the end of it, though, the table was assembled and the general was able to place it beneath where Hotaru was rearranging the butchery tools.

The valkyrie seemed to have the best of luck out of all of them today as a whole. She was magnificent as she moved about the area, grabbing tools and placing them in the perfect place in the perfect time. Her vision for the room was excellent and efficient, and Noah would find later that he would have no need to rearrange at all because Hotaru's mind worked so well for this task. Each knife was where it needed to be in the order the hunter would use it, and the lightning queen would find great satisfaction in her work.

Elide set to work and, despite her proclivity for hard work, her task too took time. Noah joined her with his tools, and as Elide aligned the boards where they needed to be, he would nail them in. Whether it was the hardness of the wood the boards were cut from, or the cold, the nails were difficult to pound in. Noah and Elide both would have to work with almost twice as much force as normal. Every few nails or so they would bend and become useless, and the pair would need to pull the nails out and replace them with new ones. Finally, they had the whole wall framed. Thankfully, it was only a small section of wall, and they were able to hoist it into position and attach it to the remaining part of the room.

"Now, we just need to add the siding and the insulation and we will be finished!" Noah declared it with a bit of triumph, turning towards the group with a smile on his face despite the general way the day was going.

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final round!
2 chars to start adding walls (inside) to the framing
1 char to add siding (outside) to the expansion of room
1 char to place the insulation as the others side.

feel defiance burning through my teeth
it's not enough to drag this blade across the day
Deimos Ignatius
the Resurrected Sword
Warden of Halo / Guildmaster

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#18
We're lost in the space between
who we are and all that we're trying to be

He didn’t pout, but came close to some juvenile measure once more when the table didn’t assemble at his wishes. Perhaps it’d been too fast a pace, expecting it to fall under his whims and wishes with little regard; so he opted for a foundational measure. Slowing down, perfecting it in his scrutiny, wiles, and calculations, rather than mustering it within might and menace. Eventually, it all came together in the end, and he could shake his head, sigh, and flicker it underneath Hotaru’s arrangement with only a light grumble.

As for the other tasks, he began to wonder if fortune wasn’t favoring him, or he’d simply not been adhering to his strengths. Will, fortitude, and patience in the lingering footfalls of tenacity were a given, and so he considered, weighed his options, at the remaining necessities. “I will attempt the siding,” nodding his cranium, and adjourning to the exterior of the expanded room. Instead of manifesting into his incantations, he went back to the less-complex dimensions, snagging at tools, and corresponding into the motions with physical labor.

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Deimos tries to add siding outside!

DEIMOS
Stop trying to show how to save our souls
It takes dying to know
How to live as ghosts
Elide Pendragon
Researcher / Hunter

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Elide

Elide found no frustration in their many failed attempts at putting the boards into their places. She takes to the difficulty with an unshakeable patience, beginning to expect the nails to twist at odd angles. She's ready with more until they finally manage their task. Not so difficult when it all works out in the end, after all.

At Noah's next announcement of their last tasks, she takes up to continue with the walls. The prior struggle would deem itself only an inspiration to work harder for this next part. "I can help with the siding inside," she remarks communicatively and takes up her own set of hammer and nails to start.



Elide is going to help with the siding (inside)

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Hotaru Kaito
the Valkyrie
Masseuse / Headmistress

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#20
Hotaru
the horrors you've seen do not define who you are
Her efforts this time are much smoother, everything placed just so, a careful eye keeping keen track of groupings and uses alike. It’s a calming rhythm, though she can’t resist aiming a Cheshire grin at Deimos when he struggles with the bench. Anything to lighten his mood, all too familiar with the frustration of things going awry.

This task is far swifter in nature. The next are summarily presented, and Hotaru uses her wrist to brush a lock of golden hair off her forehead. Deimos disappears into the outdoors, and the beautiful Ascended remains inside. There’s no way to eye herself, but considering her own unfortunate familiarity with her diminutive height, Hotaru picks siding over insulation. At least boards remain upright well beyond her reach. Shooting Elide a warm smile as she comes to the woman’s side, Hotaru reaches for the first bit of wood in the pile and sizes up the wall.

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Hotaru helps Elide with inside framing!
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Noah Olson
the Forsaken
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#21
NOAH

set a fire for tomorrow
set it to your woes
Perhaps there was a tricky sprite, sent from the Eirachi or some other entity with a devious mind, following at the heels of the general. Perhaps he had not rested enough. Perhaps his mind was elsewhere. Whatever the cause, the warlord seemed to be sitting in a rut, his luck just out of reach. As the warrior attempted to lift the siding to the exterior walls, he found that it was covered in ice and rather hard to keep hold of. Repeatedly the siding slipped from Deimos fingers. Eventually, either through grit or frustration, or both, the general is able to place the siding. It is not graceful, and it takes the rest of the afternoon, but eventually the task is finished.

The women band together inside of the nearly-finished room, working to place the siding. Elide is able to express her experience here. The ascended woman places each set she lifts easily enough, though struggles to hold each in place while she hammers in the nails to hold it. It is not the most beautiful job she has ever done, but at least she persists and is able to work through the problem. Hotaru does not find the same success. Like Deimos outside, dealing with the ice, Hotaru finds that the majority of her strength was used working beneath the floor. As she attempts to lift and hold each piece of siding, she drops more than she successfully places on the third try. Built from the same material and history as the general, however, she continues on. Unlike Deimos, though, Hotaru has Noah at her heels to help her hang the siding and nail it in place.

Noah was not surprised as each person moved forward with their chosen tasks. Each of them had enough tenacity within their hearts that they did not want what most would deem the easy job. The hunter took it, however, without debate. It left him the ability to lend a hand to those in need -- and there were some. Noah placed the insulation between the stud walls and the siding as they worked, trying his best to help Hotaru to keep her pieces in place so she could nail them in. This final task proved to be the longest, and when the hunter stepped back to examine the finished product there was little light left. "Wow, that was interesting." All he could do was chuckle and rub the back of his neck at this point. "Thank you all so much. I have some stew over in the main part of the house keeping warm over the hearth, as well as some tea and things. If you want anything stronger after--" the hunter gestured to the whole room with both hands, his face twisting in a painful expression of both humor and embarrassment -- "--you can charge whatever you want at the Kraai to me."

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HARD ROLLS, BUT GOOD JOB TEAM! I am going to finish this for sake of my own sanity/time, but feel free to add noah's offer to your character's canon if you want :3

-FIN
feel defiance burning through my teeth
it's not enough to drag this blade across the day


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