Create with the heart, build with the mind, and don't hammer your thumb! [Video/Action]

[so_dark_a_road]

[ On the south shore of North Island, Ignis Scientia and Curufin Fëanorion stand in front of a stack of boards. The construction of the North Island pier has commenced. It will be a low, narrow, and simple structure, but solidly built. Shovels, picks, hand-crank drills, and sledgehammers are leaned against the embankment, where it is obvious that some earth-moving is already taking place in order to accommodate the structure as it goes up. The logs that will stand upright to uphold the walkway are already cut and shaped and are ready to be driven into the muck at the bottom of the water. Saws, hammers, pliers, and other tools are stacked neatly in their bins near the lumber, and cans of nails and fasteners. Gleams of sunlight break through the clouds occasionally, although a faint mist lies on the water, and the breeze is slight. It's a great day to work, not too hot and not too cold. ]

Welcome to our humble construction site! We intend to make life easier for anybody who uses a boat. Now you won't have to moor offshore and wade to get to the beach, just tie up at the pier and stroll along the walkway. When we're finished here, we'll move on to the other islands and do the same, so that everybody has a place to dock. We have some highly skilled people lined up to work with us already, but everybody who can dig or wield a hammer is welcome. We'll find you something meaningful to do!

[ They also won't mind if you show up just to cheer them on or serve the food. There are some tables with sandwiches and drinks, but the workers won't object if you bring more. ]

[ OOC: Ignis or Curufin or both will respond, and of course feel free to mingle! ]

[ And the post title is a quote that I mangled, from Criss Jami's Killosophy. ]

Comments

[bythewaves]

[ He chuckles softly ]

When people are bored - or when they see a need! - they can get surprisingly motivated. But as you say, either way, it cannot hurt!

[claritatis]

People's motivation isn't what concerns me.

[It's the materials they would need. Materials they most assuredly do not have.]

I'd prefer to keep our projects as much out of the hands of Hope and his ilk as possible.

[bythewaves]

Keep... ah. You mean for materials? Aye, there is only so much we can do, in that regard. We will just have to do the best we can I suppose.

[claritatis]

Mm, precisely. Are you in agreement, then?

[That is, that they should rely on the 'gods' here as little as possible when it comes to their own projects. The less owed to them, the better.]

[bythewaves]

I am - but I fear we may have little choice eventually, unless we cut all our trees down! Still, we can make do, for the moment.