dock rebuild | ota / mingle

[lunchbreaks]

characters: Aziraphale, Crowley, Daylight, Eleven, Stone, Eliot and YOU
location: The docks
date/time: Early Nov through Nov 11th
content: A mingle log for rebuilding the docks and/or generally if you'd like to have your character help with a mini-project. Feel free to throw up your own TLs! I am also still on slowatus until the 6th but wanted to put this up with ample time before Sandman!
warnings: N/A. If you would like to handwave your involvement, please just lmk and I'll add you to a list or something so everyone can just assume your character was around

The wood, cut and planked, sits in a pile on the beach, covered in whatever tarp-like object can be found to keep it from getting wet. On the bright side, the ferry comes in when they finish gathering supplies for the dock - so they don't have to gather more, and they don't have to rebuild a ferry. Still, large trunks are prepared for weather and hammered into the water, and don't get much of a chance to stand alone before a small group of people descend on them to cobble together a little dock. Not as grand nor as finely-made as the previous one, it will be nonetheless sturdy and usable, with hopefully no further changes for the last two years it may need to exist.

Comments

[necromantiae]

Well, I used to do just that because I lived exclusively with witches and warlocks but here?

( that wasn't the case. )

I don't do that here because I don't want to freak anyone out or to do a spell that backfires because this place is a little out of its mind.

[mind_blown]

Has that happened? The spell backfiring?

[ he hadn't heard that-- so that would be welcome new context. from what he'd thought, everyone was doing their magic all over the places.

or advertising it on the networks. ]

[necromantiae]

Not to me personally but I know some of my magic doesn't work.

( anything light based, that is. )

So, better safe than sorry though I'm going to probably throw that out the window because I'm no good with manual labor.

[mind_blown]

I see no reason why you shouldn't.

Unless your magic comes with the caveat that it's not good for architectural integrity. But honestly, not sure manual labor will fix that either.

[ he is a good influence, honestly. ]

[necromantiae]

( are you encouraging him to use magic? that's why he likes you, jason. )

But what would everyone else think when I get everything done and go sit down and drink a margarita while they're still struggling?

( would he be the most hated person in beacon? )

[lunchbreaks]

Maybe just a bite.

[ And he really means it, he doesn't want to inconvenience anyone. ]

And yes, mostly leafy things and herbs so far, things that grow quickly. Crowley's trying to build a greenhouse so we can have all sorts of fruits and vegetables year-round. Won't it be nice to have tomatoes in the winter?

[lunchbreaks]

I have built a bridge before!

[ Honestly Aziraphale would have gone through the effort of making it pretty if he hadn't planked all the wood by hand. Considering they're all even widths, and none of them live edges, he thinks it a win. ]

cheater

[lunchbreaks]

[ Aziraphale doesn't bat an eye watching Ambrose works, because he works about the same way. Cheating when it seems too much of a hassle to do something manually, and miracling any crooked nails and misplaced planks into tip-top shape.

But what he does take issue with is-- ]

Oh Ambrose, look at the state of your thumbs!

[worthallthis]

[Yes, but was it a good bridge?]

I've built.

[The Soldier pauses. They know, but they can't remember. It's frustrating, and makes it hard to do such a simple thing as banter.]

Something. I don't know what. But I know I've done this before.

[lunchbreaks]

See, so we're not amateurs after all.

And I daresay it was a decent bridge, you can even walk over it. It goes to the armory!

[worthallthis]

[That being the bare minimum of what's necessary for a bridge. Good job, Aziraphale! The Soldier gives him a narrower look, in the midst of kneeling down to start placing a new plank.]

You were that far out. And I didn't know about it. So I couldn't be there to watch your back.

[Aziraphale. Come on, you make their job so much harder.]

Re: cheater

[necromantiae]

What about them?

( he's barely noticed what he's done, if he's honest. it stung when it happened but then he got preoccupied doing other things. )

Oh, that looks worse than it is. Don't fret too much.

[lunchbreaks]

I didn't need you to. And Riku was there the whole time.

Which, have you seen him lately? I'm rather worried about him. I thought he'd been over by the old boathouse...

[lunchbreaks]

No, no, come let me help you.

[ He leaves a hand out for Ambrose, and if he should be given his hands, he'll heal the thumbs a bit. They wouldn't heal all the way, but they'd be remarkably better. ]

[necromantiae]

Really, you don't have to worry so much.

( but he does dutifully pass his hands over with a slight wince. )

If you can't tell, I don't do much manual labor. I usually just...let others do it while I watch and enjoy.

[reigniter]

[If it were an inconvenience, Ignis wouldn't have offered. He's pretty honest like that.]

That is remarkable. I haven't seen anything good grow here. Especially without insects around here. There were some cicadas in the summer, and it was actually a comforting sound compared to the still darkness. But nothing else.

It would've been remarkable if we did. I mostly rely on the general store for most of the ingredients, since I cannot grow anything of my own.

[axegirlfriend]

Sure, that's true.

[But...just because the results were better, he wouldn't be sure he'd call himself satisfied. It feels so impersonal to talk that way. The lack of conviction is clear in his voice, but he keeps himself from voicing his thoughts on the matter. He's sure if he did, Ros would have plenty to say about it.]

[lunchbreaks]

There's a first time for everything.

[ Aziraphale waves a hand over his thumbs, and he should start to feel just a little bit better. At least enough that the pain is just a dull ache. ]

But you really should be more careful. I don't want any more injuries out of this dock.

[axegirlfriend]

Right, yeah. I mean, of course. Sure--I'd feel wrong if I didn't.

[And speaking of those planks...]

Do you need help? I mean, with placement and everything.

[He just seems a little winded.]

[necromantiae]

( ambrose watches with interest in what aziraphale does and once the pain in his thumbs ease, he wiggles them a bit and exhales a laugh. )

I'm sorry. I've done manual labor in my time but not for awhile. Guess I forgot. I'm more used to working with...well, dead people.

( to be blunt about it. )

I was a mortician before you get any wrong ideas.

one

[onlyeverdoubted]

[Bodhi has never hammered a nail into wood in his life, but he's mechanically clever and has a good eye for things he can probably do without messing up presumably limited supplies with his learning curve. And helping other people with supplies is the easiest way to make sure that happens.]

Hi, um, sorry, need a hand?

[His usual nerves are, if not soothed, overwritten by a puppyish eagerness to be useful here. This is the only thing he's seen so far that seems like something he might be able to do, a way to justify the space he's taking up and stay as busy as possible.]

[lunchbreaks]

Well, I shall keep you updated, but you are welcome to come visit or pitch in. Misty could use the help, I think.

[ Not to mention the company. ]

I'm thinking of going there myself, once this is all squared away.

[lunchbreaks]

Oh yes, if it isn't too much trouble.

[ But he does hear the wind gone from Remington's voice. ]

Perhaps you ought to take a little break first, dear. It'll still be unbuilt in ten minutes!

[lunchbreaks]

Oh, I see. Well, we are all dead here, so I don't see much of a change in scenery for you.

[ He smiles. It's a funny joke! Clearly. ]

But really, you shouldn't get hurt on behalf of this little project. I think I've already done enough damage.

[ He looks on regretfully. ]

I could make you some tea, if you would like a break.

Re: one

[lunchbreaks]

Oh, yes, I'd really appreciate some help.

[ He gets up from where he's sitting and dusts himself off. ]

If you wouldn't mind handing me some of that wood, dear.

I'm Aziraphale, by the way. I don't think we've met.