Chapter 39
Today marks my second day off in a row. A new record since arriving at the Safe House. Lala has gone to visit Karl, Mary and Jake refuse to leave their room, even going so far as to have Mary summon the Jake golem to go get them their meals. We might need to bring a medic in before next trip or that girl isn’t going to be able to walk much less fight. I wonder what Jurgen and the Ramirez brothers are up to?
I dial up their room extension, getting no answer. I guess they’re out. Fine, breakfast and then create plans for the day. When did I get so bad at dealing with free time?
Finally, I decide to go up and get some sunshine. The magical lighting is nice and all, but it just doesn’t have the same feel on the skin as natural sunlight. Plus, I might get a chance to see what the Earth Mages are up to with the city building.
Going out through the garage, all I can see is chaos. There’s hundreds of mages here, mostly raising the support pillars for the living areas, while others level the ground, convert dirt to gravel for road bases and finish the interior wall areas. That’s where I’ll head. They’re mostly done now, just needing finishing touches, so it’s time my expert opinion is provided.
I’m certainly not just bored, I’m providing a valuable third opinion on the work, from an outsiders perspective.
I find an open door to the inner structure with a map tacked to the inside. It seems that they decided that the simple fortification called for in the plans was a waste of space sometime after my team was shown the initial draft.
That’s only a few days ago, but it feels like forever. Now the whole inner structure is now set up for vendors on the ground level, none of which are operational yet of course, with guest accomodations on the 3rd and 4th floors and a security zone with cafeterias and staff bunks on the second floor.
There’s two floors worth of empty space above that in the plans for now, maybe future expansion room? And the parapets on top of the wall are set up with old fashioned battlements, obviously designed for artillery to be set up in case of an attack that could breach the barrier. All in what looks like white marble. Fancy and functional.
I quickly jog up the stairs to the top of the wall and take a look around. Random spires dot the landscape, and the wall makes a full ring around the base. Huge heavy gates are already in place at the entrance, that portion of the wall wasn’t even built a day and a bit ago when we came back.
Off halfway around the city, running on top of the wall I see a familiar figure, Jurgen. He seems to be running at full werewolf speed while being chased by a half dozen wolves. What on earth is he up to?
They’re coming this way, and the wall is structurally finished, so I’ll just wait here for him.