89 Winter 518 Heading out of the Gem that morning, Crylon looked about the bare lot next to it. So far no actual construction had been done, though they had begun work clearing the land. Between the size of the lot, and the parts they had already cleared, there was enough space for a largish structure, temporary or otherwise. But there was another task for him, besides his regular job duties. A party was planned at the gem, on his birthday funnily enough. Which meant a large pavilion being put up to ward off any elements. The parts had been dropped off, but it still needed to be set up, which was where Crylon fit in. He had volunteered to do so, or at least to set up the initial parts so that it could be completed in time. Before he began this work, Crylon needed to make a plan of action however. Heading over to the sight, he began by sorting through the pile of lumber and canvas or such covering material. Nails. Bolts. Bits of metal meant to slot onto others. It was a pavilion, which was not meant to be permanent but set up and pulled down quickly, and so should have been relatively straightforward. But it did not come with any directions, which meant Crylon was left to puzzle it out. First things first he began by piling similar bits of pieces together. All of the long thick pieces shaped as so. All of the similar sized pieces with a thinner bit at the end, or a curve, or shaped another way... One by one he found various bits and pieces, adding to piles or starting new ones until he had all of the wood sorted properly. Next was the metal, a small pile of nails... Or not... It was as he looked closer at these, actually picked one up, that he understood the size. Not nails, but largish iron stakes. For the ground. There was also a small wooden mallet with the bits and pieces, meant clearly for pounding them into the ground. That went to another pile, thin but sturdy length of rope, which had also been left in a heap. A bit of detangling, and he found there were numerous length of the material. Apparently put on the outside, to keep the structure in place once set up. He also noticed then some rings, set on the end of small length of metal with a bolt at the end. This seemed to match to some of the holes drilled into other bits of wood. Assembling it all in his mind, having dragged and moved it all into a synchronous may, he puzzled over the final structure that was planned. From the wood, and metal, and rope, and things, he was seeing a whole, though perhaps not the entire thing. But with his understanding of dimensions, a bit of simple math, and some skill in Architecture and how buildings were made he could understand the intent well enough in the layout and with the limited pieces to see what was planned. The pavilion was too big for one high pole to hold up, so instead their was... A ring of sorts, though made of straight wood and so leaving a straight sided edge rather than a circle. A pairing of these wooden boards would connect to a central piece, where each of the vertical posts would go. These had a sort of... Metal mount, if it could be called that. Which also had another slot, for this smaller bit of wood... Which came up to the center mount, supported by each of the main pillars equally. Small wooden dowels would be pounded into place in small holes, keeping it from falling out of the metal joint housing. Understanding the principles of the building, Crylon spent another chime or so planning before he began his work of actually constructing it all. Or most of it. WC: 657 |