[EVENT] Boat Building Log

[paysdelamour]

Who: France, Portugal, and YOU!
When: September 24th, all day
Where: North of the island, in various locations in the Rose District and the Docks
What: France and Portugal are implementing their boat plan into action. People help build a completed boat!
Warnings: Probably some mild language (either from hitting hands with hammers or minions stealing supplies).

(( ooc: All threads should be organized under the three threads below! You may lock threads as needed, or keep them open to everyone, it's up to you!

The Supply Gathering thread is for those characters who are going to be imagining up building supplies and nails and hammers and the like, in order to send them to the docks! You will be managed under Francis/France, who will be flitting from house to house to make sure people are summoning the right parts. When things start getting stolen, he'll also start summoning missing parts to try and make up for lost time.

The Building thread is for those characters who are going to be actually creating the boat on the docks! Occasionally, characters from the supply gathering camp will come and deliver things to you guys! You'll be managed under Afonso/Portugal, who will be making sure you're building according to his blueprints. Also be sure to look out for those pesky minions who will be stealing supplies and bogging down the boat-making process. Someone may have to start guarding the supplies, but you'll also have to hurry on the boat!

Lastly, the Provision Gathering thread is for after the boat is built. This is for helping summon weapons and food and storing it into the hold of the ship. These weapons can later be used in the fight against the minions later, but any guns will have a very limited ammo supply because the minions will catch everyone by surprise! Any actual fighting of the minions will be carried out in the log posted on the 4th of April.

If you have any questions about the boat building, you may post HERE and I will get back to you ASAP! ))

Comments

[awesomemich]

He looks disappointed for a moment. Sails were not only the only part he actually knew when it came to boats, but he could have made such awesome sails, complete with a little bird pattern.

"Ja, foremasts," he agreed, a little reluctantly. Never mind that he didn't know what a foremast was. Was that the piece that held up the sail? Or was it the long piece that stuck out in front?

[paysdelamour]

While the sails were important, having the mast and the yards was going to be more important, as they held the sails. Without those, the sails would never go up.

Francis got the blueprints of the ship out, and motioned to the top of the mast. Seeing as the mast had to be so large, they had to have it brought in sections, and clamped together with metal fasteners.

So France also imagined a small, almost toy boat version of the ship he had in mind, in order to show the part he had in mind for Prussia to summon on the little toy ship. "The foremast, that is what you will need to bring. Otherwise we cannot attach the rest."

[awesomemich]

Prussia looked at the little toy model, it was really too bad they couldn't just imagine up a ship, oh well.

He really did wish he could make the mast have awesome birds... but he could imagine the paint on the foremast any color he wanted.

"What are the measurements?" he leans over to look at the blueprints, a little more enthusiastic.

[paysdelamour]

Sadly, the ship would end up being too small unless they built it by hand.

Francis sighed and dug through his papers, finding another picture of the mast that had the measurements on it. He finally told Prussia the exact measurements, marking off how big it had to be in the room they were in by standing the length of the foremast away from Prussia.

[awesomemich]

Prussia nodded indicating he understood the measurements and focused, the first attempt was little more than a stick. The second was a scale model, about the size of the toy's length.

He kept doing some models decorating them various colors. One was sky blue with yellow birds on it. Another was pink and deep blue in candy cane stripes. Yet another was every color of the rainbow. He even made one have little Fleur-de-lis's.

[paysdelamour]

France was getting a little annoyed at the failed attempts, mostly because they were obnoxious colors and ridiculous patterns. But those he could partially live with, if Prussia would just get it the right size. He took away all the rejects and sort of piled them in a corner for later.

"Prussie, you need to concentrate. Concentrate harder on the size of the mast, s'il te plaît."

[awesomemich]

"Oi! I was just seeing which one looks best! Kesese~" he smirked.

Finally, having decided on the one he liked the best as a model, he concentrated and a large mast, almost perfectly sized, maybe a little bigger than necessary, appeared. It had the top fifth and bottom fifth painted black with the middle part painted white.

[paysdelamour]

Of course Prussia would summon something akin to his flag. It wasn't that Francis minded it, but...

"... Prussie... you do realize we will be spotted instantly with this, non? The point is to conceal ourselves as much as possible."

[awesomemich]

"Oi! It's awesome looking! How can something awesome not be easy to conceal! Kesesese~" Prussia punctuated his statement with a wide, probably a touch maniacal, grin.

[paysdelamour]

"Regardless of how... 'awesome'... it looks, it is too easy to spot! We would be caught instantly with this! We are trying to be discreet!" He had learned his lesson with his flamboyant uniforms in previous years.

[awesomemich]

"Fine, then how about this?" the second one is sky blue and has wispy white patches on it.

[paysdelamour]

Francis let out another deep sigh. "And what about the sunrise? Or the sunset?" But, time was running out, and they really had to get moving. "All right, fine, fine, let us just get this attached and get on with it!"

[awesomemich]

"Kesesesese~ Now how do we get it there?" Prussia asked. Just getting the mast out of the house looked challenging.

[paysdelamour]

"That is simple - we carry it. With enough maneuvering, we may do it. If all else fails we simply bring it out the window." He sighed a bit and, carefully, stepped over the foremast to carefully open the door.

[awesomemich]

"It's going to weigh too much for us to carry it alone!" Prussia said. Maybe he should have made it in pieces.

[paysdelamour]

"Perhaps we should at least try? It is likely lighter than you think." He gave a little smirk. "Or are you too weak to handle it, Prussie?"

[awesomemich]

"Oi! I know I can handle it!" he lifts one end. It's indeed heavy.

[minions]

However, even though France and Prussia are working so hard, you're going to have a minion pop up and take the wind from your sails! Or...in this case, just take the sail. They disappear with a small, high pitched giggle, know this will put a little kink in your plan.