Day 137 | Open

[freedom_engineer]

Who: Colin and anyone curious about what he's doing.
Open: Open
When: Day 137, around midday
Where: Northwestern Bastion, open ground
What: Colin's surveying for a new building
Format Can match.
Warnings: Colin's deeply engrossed in his survey. He may be more of a socially impaired derp than usual.

[Colin has been positively hyperactive today. He wolfed down his breakfast like a man possessed, snagged a couple of fruit to eat in the field, and made sure to get his chores done far ahead of schedule. After that, he grabbed several wooden stakes and set himself to the task of analyzing the ground beneath his feet. Unseen, his eye has been taking detailed measurements of all of the buildings in the Bastion, and he's been setting out the stakes to mark an outline of a new building. Anyone feel like approaching him?]

Comments

[dontyoujustwish]

[Anya is about the opposite of hyperactive today, and she has nothing better to do than observe the man driving stakes into the ground.]

You know, I almost forgot those had any other use.

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin looks up when he hears Anya speaking, and he looks back at her.]

Hmmm? These?

[Colin holds up a stake.]

[dontyoujustwish]

Yes, those. You spend enough time around vampire slayers, and the sight of a wooden stake just makes you wonder where the fight is.

[freedom_engineer]

Vampire slayer? Makes sense.

[Colin nods to himself.]

My father prefers high pressure water guns filled with holy water, when he can't get a handy mage to throw a ray of sunshine.

[He turns his attention back to the ground and marking the spot]

How're you doing today?

[dontyoujustwish]

The slayers I knew were pretty strong believers in the brute strength approach.

[She blinks at his question, because it seems like no one's asked her that in some time. There may be reasons for that.]

Bored and a little horny, but overall I guess I'm not bad. How about you?

[thirdoutofthree]

[ Although her work keeps her on the Ranch most of the day, Viola has noticed Colin bustling about and heard the racket from him hammering stakes. After a few hours of festering curiosity, Viola finally left her self-appointed responsibilities and came to investigate. ]

[ She knew by now that Colin was something of an odd duck, but scampering around just to look at the ground and the other buildings was a bit beyond Viola's ken. ]

You never really stop, do you?

[freedom_engineer]

Not until I'm dead.

And even then, I expect I'll have plenty to keep me busy.

[He grins at Viola briefly over his shoulder.]

Hopefully I'm not bothering you too much? I apologize for the racket.

[thirdoutofthree]

As long as you're not scaring the animals, you're no bother. [ Frank, as always. ]

What're you busying yourself with now? I figured you'd have more than enough weird Ura notes to keep you occupied for weeks.

[freedom_engineer]

Can't read Ura, sadly. My next couple of shard expendatures are going to be for languages, I think.

Well, and helping Ippo with his gym.

[Colin points towards the marked areas]

As for what I'm up to, I'm trying to figure out the EXACT best spot for my workshop.

I don't want to be too close to the other buildings, especially the ranch and the farm, or on unsuitable ground. I also don't want to be too far from the forge, there's going to be a lot of cross-facility work being done. So... I'm surveying.

[thirdoutofthree]

[ Well, not reading Ura sounds tough, but investing shards in languages sounds boring. You intellectuals. ]

["Unsuitable ground" made Viola snort. This floating stuff barely counted as ground at all in her mind. She still had the occasional nightmare of the whole Ranch crumbling out beneath her and falling into nothingness. ]

If you need the forge a lot, why not build adjacent to it? I'm sure Stewart would be reasonable about it if you asked.

[ourlegends]

[ Well, he seemed ... busy. Hilda watched him for a moment, before finally calling out to him. ]

Hey, do you want any help?

[ She has an eager, giant, fire-breathing pig who would be perfect for this sort of thing. ]

/slides in here like a creeper-- I mean good boyfriend

[unwrittenformula]

[Hope you enjoyed getting yelled at by Rin for inhaling your breakfast, Colin

Hilda isn't alone today, either. Boyfriend is trailing not too far behind, and he has Zoroark to offer as well.

He doesn't say anything, simply following Hilda whenever she starts moving towards Colin and his work.]

Oh no Creeper N!

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin glances back at Hilda and N, and he gives them a brief smile before looking back to the field.]

I'm doing okay, actually. If you want to lend me a hand, though, I've got a couple of stakes out of place.

[That's something of an understatement. He's been studying the terrain and moving stakes for the better part of the afternoon. He points over to three or four lonely stakes apart from the rest.]

It's good ground here, but it's a little difficult to get just the EXACTLY right spot picked out... If you wanted to get those, it'd save me a couple of minutes.

God N seriously you creeper

[ourlegends]

[ She nods in response, taking a Pokeball from her belt and releasing Emboar. ]

Emboar, do you think you could help him out a little?

[ Emboar nodded, flexing his muscles like a giant dork. Hilda smiled, amused. She then points to the stakes Colin mentioned. Emboar moved to grab one of them. ]

Just tell him where to move it, okay?

/breathes on 8D

[unwrittenformula]

[N nodded as well, turning to Zoroark.]

Give him a hand, Zoroark.

[The fox let out an affirmative chuff, following after Emboar.]

What is all this for?

[blackblooded]

[Crona (and Ragnarok) observe for a few moments, then...]

Hey! Asshole! What the hell are you making?

... Ragnarok...

[freedom_engineer]

Hey, dumbass!

[Colin doesn't sound offended. If anything, he sounds amused.]

Just surveying the land for a new building.

Crona, how're you doing today?

[blackblooded]

You gonna build something?

[Crona manages a little smile, and a wave.]

G-good. Um... how are you?

[freedom_engineer]

That workshop that Crona helped to fund, actually.

[He smiles back at Crona and Ragnarok.]

Thanks again for that, by the way. I'm doing pretty well, I always feel good when I'm making progress.

[blackblooded]

Tch, waste of shards. You owe me candy, loser!

[Crona looks around at the stakes curiously.]

... It's small.

[wayofvoice]

Drem yol lok, Colin.

[The sound of his wings always gives Paarthurnax away before he can even speak, and he starts to land. It seems he's just returning from his usual flight out to the Skyway.]

What are you planning to craft?

[That's his guess, anyway.]

[freedom_engineer]

Hey Paarth, just working on getting my workshop set up.

[Colin doesn't actually seem to notice Paarthurnax beyond that for several moments, until he realizes what he said. Almost ten seconds later.]

OH! PAARTHURNAX!

[He whirls to face the dragon, and he beams.]

I was actually meaning to come and find you for just this very purpose! I need to measure you!

[wayofvoice]

I see. Best of luck to your endeavors.

[It's a good thing Colin speaks up when he does after that, because Paar is just about to turn and make his way off. At the request, he looks back and tilts his head slightly.]

Measure me?

[freedom_engineer]

[Colin rushes up to the much larger dragon, and he grins up at him. He gestures behind him to the open ground, and he nods quickly.]

This is going to be my workshop, and while I don't quite have the shards to make a building that can house you... I DO have the shards to make a worshop large enough to make your equipment in your size.

And a scaffold to better equip you!

But to get everything properly prepared, I need your specs.

Wing span, flexibility, your manual dexterity... That sort of thing. So that anything I build for you is suited EXACTLY to your needs.

[wayofvoice]

[Just as usual, Paarthurnax listens patiently and gives a slight nod as Colin finishes.] I see. [A low thoughtful rumble deep in his chest.] That would be most useful...

If this is a task that you are dedicated to, than I would have no problem with it. I have simply never been measured before.

[When you're a giant dragon, clothing seems a bit silly, and they've never really had use for saddles or such before.]