Bulding Site II.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

Asar-Suti is in the half-finished staff quarters again.

He's been conjuring things for quite a while now: wallpaper, paint, glue, doorknobs, tiles, washbasins, rolled-up carpeting, DIY floowboards, what have you, he's busy making it.

And a few cardboard packages of purportedly easy-to-build kitchen cabinets, for those of the staff who get their own small kitchens in their quarters.

He's got a tan bathtub and nice, fiddly brown-and-green mosaic tiling already secreted away, set aside for Gil's future bathroom.

The place is busy; people are bustling about, demanding more of this or that, asking each other how something works, and lending each other hands, arms and other body parts for the more arduous tasks.

The goal of finishing this weekend looks quite realistic.

[[OOC: This is the second of the building site posts that I'd suggested; if your character volunteered to help or just likes to lend a hand, come on in - fly-by posts to establish your pup was there, long chats and brief interludes all equally welcome!]]

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[gil-whimple.livejournal.com]

Gil hugs him back - no, clings might be a better description.

"Oh bum," he says. "Because I just did it to Loki the God. Knickers."

Sooty hasn't embarrassed him - he has done that all by himself. He buries his face in Sooty's hair for a moment then laughs.

"Good job it was him and not anyone else. I don't suppose he noticed."

[mnt_raph]

*Raph blinks.*

Indy...Indiana Jones is a guy. Fedora hat...uh...scruffy lookin'? Any of this ringin' a bell.

[not_that_spike]

He stops and lets the hammer fall to the floor, turning around very slowly.

"You do it. I'm taking a break."

His eyes are narrowed. Nobody tells him how to do his job.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Indiana?? And a man? I thought that was a place, somewhere in the wilderness of the same Earth continent that New Orleans is on, but if it's not a place, it would have to be a woman's name. But you never know with names, of course. And no, I don't remember ever noticing him."

Of course, Asar-Suti wouldn't recognise a Fedora hat if one were pulled right over his eyes.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Loki the god?!"

Asar-Suti giggles.

"I talked to him a while ago as well - he's in the bar today, and not crawling into David's lap in a way that I don't want to disturb them at all, for a change. But you gave him that sort of stare - oh dear, that's really funny. I hope he was appropriately confused?"

Oh yes, let's go and confuse Loki the god; he has the sense of humour to take that, after all. If not the Trickster god, who else?

[prettyhelen.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." Helen smiles and begins to work with that list. "I would imagine that the staff quarters should be nicer than the guest quarters..." She smiles. "It seems right that way."

[mnt_raph]

Well, it is the name of a place.
*Raph smirks*
It's also the name of a dog, and in this case, a man. Just, you know...don't say anything to him about it. He's touchy when it comes to his name. I keep forgetting that not everyone'll know everyone here. He's sort of this hero where I'm from.

[gil-whimple.livejournal.com]

"Either that or I offended him," Gil says, without much worry, being far more concerned with the God in his arms than another god elsewhere. "He waved me off pretty quickly, so perhaps, as I said he didn't notice. Oh I said I was thinking of offering Yamino a sous-chef post then Loki the Angel will have his job to come back to."

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

Asar-Suti pulls Gil close, and nzzles his head to the ex-faun's.

Gil might now have wallpaper paste in his hair as well, but who minds? They will both have a bath in the evening, when buidling is over. And in a few days, they will take their first bath in Gil's new bathtub...

"Nothing makes Loki the god happier than if you're nice to his son," Asar-Suti says. "So I don't think he'll be offended. But if he is, he's not going to take it out on you, that's not his nature."

It might be difficult to comprehend how somebody can deal impersonal mayhem but not exact revenge for being offended, but that is how Loki the god comes over.

[gil-whimple.livejournal.com]

Gil cares nothing for wallpaper paste, and laughs in the face of paint. He's perfectly happy to schmoop away - until he remembers that Sooty's hot meat pie is getting cold.

"hey - lunch," he says. "You'll be needing your strength."

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"A hero - are there stories about him?"

Asar-Suti senses a tail-end of the theory Esk and he had been entertaining, and fastens upon it.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Oh, guest quarters are very nice, but they're not very solid - the bar makes them as needed. She made Esk and me a library up there, after all. Staff quarters are permanent; they should be solid, and they should be permanently, solidly nice. Which is why I am going to put this fancy mosaic tiling into Gil's bathroom."

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Oh - I am strong anyway," Asar-Suti says, lifting GIl off the ground for a moment.

"But I'd quite enjoy a meat pie, too."

He doesn't quite let go of Gil while eating it, though.

[prettyhelen.livejournal.com]

Helen cocks her head curiously. "I didn't know that. Interesting." Then, she grins. "Mosaics are very very pretty, and goodnes knows Gil deserves it for all he does for us." She hands Asar-suti another list back. She's making quick work of this counting business.

[mnt_raph]

*Raph raises an eyebrow*

There might be, yeah.

[redeemed-one.livejournal.com]

Anakin follows Raph back. Anakin is wearing a shirt reading 'Jedi do it forcefully' and jeans.

He stands back and watches Raph, learning the fine art of wallpapering.

[gil-whimple.livejournal.com]

Gil just rests his chin on Sooty's shoulder while he eats, and looks down the corridor to where his new room will be.

He can help but speculate - just a little - on what fun they'll have in it when it's done.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"I think if everybody has what they need, I'll put the bathtub in this afternoon," Asar-Suti says, follwoing where Gil is looking while eating his second meat pie.

[lvpd_sidle]

"You guys need any help?" Sara's bored, but not useless. She can even use a hammer if necessary.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"No, tell me - what makes him a hero?"

Asar-Suti is rather persistent.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Hello," Asar-Suti says to him, seeing him watch Raph work.

"Jedi - that's one of the mystic warriors that I've heard of being in this place as well, are they? I have heard of them, but never met one."

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Unless people start throwing cartons of tiles at each other, I do think we have enough of them," Asar-Suti muses.

"And yes, I think Gil deserves the nicest there is, but I might be biased in my view. But still, I claim the privilege of making something extra special for him."

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Somebody else will take over; this is entirely voluntary," Asar-Suti shrugs.

If the young fellow is that easily offended, too bad for him.

[asar-suti.livejournal.com]

"Need help - no! Can use every hand there is - oh, definitely yes! What are you good at?"

Asar-Suti turns up, smiling brightly. Whee, another new volunteer. From Earth, by the look of her.

[lvpd_sidle]

"I can paint, hang wall paper, and hammer stuff." She shrugs. "I'm bored, willing, and able."

"And I don't think we've met, have we? I'm Sara." She smiles.