Distracting the Gormoror [27 Trandary 4262]
Me:"Loukerax! Three days are now done! I want you out of my
house now! ... and we have to go talk to the nendrai."
Loukerax:"Insolent lizard! I call upon you to observe, to
witness, to behold!"
Me:"What?"
Loukerax:"I have built you a loft!"
He did, too. A significant portion of the useless (pointy) end of Carcanofex
Suite's parlor is now a two-story room, with a floor/ceiling of light boards
that Loukerax and Enziet scrounged from the basement, supported by some
bookshelves that used to be on the walls. The whole thing is held together
with some very clever pegwork and joinery. I can jump on it with my full
weight and it doesn't even creak. Loukerax can
lean on it and it doesn't even creak.
They covered the upper level with some rugs and towels, as a stopgap. I am
obliged (by them, not by me) to go get an actual rug.
Loukerax is apparently a journeyman-grade carpenter, to pay the bills when
adventuring is meagre. And obviously Enziet and Loukerax were doing more than
simply, um, planning their nuptials while the rest of us were away.
I boggled at this for quite some time, at least two-thirds of an hour. I had
never realized that I needed a loft, since the Carcanofex Suite was a
distinctly huge room for me already.
At which point I realized that I was rather late for ambassading at Vae. I
induced Loukerax to jump out the window and cast a flight spell -- well,
strictly speaking, he did it in the opposite order.
Vae showed up instantly. "Sythyry! The I have been waiting for you!"
I answered, "Apologies, apologies. This Gormoror delayed me with a loft."
"And do you have the Eye of Mimizan and Mirizan with you? A spell there is
which I would like you to dissect!"