11th Day of Summer, 514
The sketches "Maya" had brought him had been very well received by the Andres Towers Mansion. Kuvarakh had just been out there and it had told him so. The structure and adjoining property all imparted with sentience due to the enhancement of the magic of Architectrix. Kuvarakh was not just eager to develop his relationship with this sentience, he was eager to develop his ability to develop this relationship. It was a skill of djed craft unheard of in his Nuit lifetime.
Of course, he did not suppose that there were NO OTHER practitioners of this discipline anywhere in the world. But even the skill of hypnosis he kept hidden, was far more extensively practiced than Architectrix. And even that paled in comparison to the number of Reimancers, Aursists and...well...Alchemists out there. He was now on the lookout for any rumors of other buildings with "histories" of seeming to think for themselves, be it benevolent or otherwise. Books as well.
The mansion itself had conveyed a sense of not being alone in the world. It had impressed highly detailed illusions on the Nuit, presenting itself in the form of an avatar, Aceren, a distinguished looking, uniformed gentlemen that had been escorting an equally illusory Verlyna Devette. It had been a party, attended by the "who's Who" of Alvadas at the time. It had been a recreation of the night of Mr. Tower's assassination, and Kuvarakh had shown a willingness to sacrifice himself to save the man. The mansion had subsequently decided to extend its consciousness to him in the form of Architectrix.
Kuvarakh had been honored, and intrigued. Such a structure, existing for so long, having hosted parties attended by historical figures. For a man capable of potential immortality, such a base of historical resource was a coup beyond anything he could imagine, short of unearthing a pre-Valterian library!
And the mansion had personality! Aceren was a tad bit aristocratic. But that was fine with Kuvarakh. The avatar served as a go-between for him to understand some of the fashion and decorative preferences the mansion wanted to indulge in. This was one of the ways that Kuvarakh was able to advance his relationship with the mansion. He'd already bought drapes and rugs, and replaced broken statuary inside the building, and done some landscaping and yard work outside.
He'd done a lot of repairs at The Greenhouse when he'd first been caught up in the illusion over a year ago. It had been friendly right from the outset of his introduction to the Architectrix structure. So when Kuvarakh had shown the sketches to Aceren earlier in the day, Aceren had been delighted to see images that could be transferred to tapestries, commenting particularly on how much the Greenhouse would enjoy the tree-themed one.
The only thing missing had been the color. All the sketches were in the black-and-white of charcoal. This was understandable, though. Charcoal didn't come in any other colors. Kuvarakh was thinking it was time to remedy that situation.