User:NekoRex/Alice14

Alice_Margatroid stands outside of her house, looking hard at the far edge of it. In her hands is a rough draft of lines and squares, obviously made to represent parts and pieces of a building, and her dolls wander to and fro, some holding nails and another holding a hammer. *	Marisa_Kirisame stands appropriately behind the magician, holding a hammer herself, with a few nails poked through the brim of her hat. There are sure to be many more inside the hat, of course, but right now she's standing on her toes to look over Alice's shoulder, looking at what she has planned. 	"So what all rooms did we agree on ta' add?" 	Yes, ah.. I was figuring that we would expand the main level and maybe add an extra bedroom.. 	If you felt you needed that space, at least. You seem quite happy camping out on the cot in my room. *	Alice_Margatroid sighs, rolling her eyes and going through her rough sketches. 	Expanding the main level to allow more workspace would be particularly useful. The small kitchen area is good as it is, I think, and the bulk of the main floor is already used for eating and magical work.. 	"Who says we can't just agree to share a bed?" Marisa coaxes Alice, teasingly. *	Alice_Margatroid blinks a little in surprise, her face flushing pink. 	If.. that's what you want.. 	It would save space, after all.. *	Alice_Margatroid shakes her head, huffing slightly. 	That doesn't matter! Fine, no downstairs bedroom. 	We can just expand it further for more storage of materials and for more workspace. *	Marisa_Kirisame giggles to herself, but looks over the other parts. "Right, maybe we can add an extra door so I can add a storefront?" Marisa says, directing a laser light to point at a particular spot near the front of the house. "I could just rebuild my shop over by my place, but we'd need a way to tell when someone's around." 	Oh, that's right.. 	((the front of the house on the map)) 	Yes, that could definitely be put into expansion of the main level.. 	After making more room overall, there could be some area modified into a storefront, with a door added-- yes, about there. *	Marisa_Kirisame nods her head in agreement. "Right, right, yeah, that does work... that looks like a good spot for a support there..." she mutters, checking it over. She wasn't really surprised Alice knew her stuff, since she assumed Alice had built her house in the same way she herself had. *	Alice_Margatroid nods, stepping out a little to start marking the ground accordingly, using a thin laser directed by one of her dolls to make boxy markings. 	Do we have enough in the way of building materials, though? Or, at least, the means to obtain them? 	"Well, we do live in a forest." Marisa deadpans. "Although the trees around here ARE pretty weird. I dunno how much we salvaged from my house." 	Yes, I know we live in a forest, I can tell that by the fact that it's hard to see the sky when I go out for walks. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"We could always borrow some wood from the youkai forest, if the wood here is too weird. I could probably buy some from the village if we have 'ta too." <Alice_Margatroid>	I suppose we could do that. Although, the wood's just as weird there. <Alice_Margatroid>	Maybe buying from the village would be our best bet so we don't end up getting any strange wood with strange fumes or dust. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I think Patchy burnt down all the weird wood over there, actually..." Marisa says. "Nothin' over here though, due to our *cough* fight." she continues, de-emphasizing the 'fight' part. <Alice_Margatroid>	Is that so? From what I've seen, it's not completely leveled and burnt up... <Alice_Margatroid>	It'd.. probably still be safer to stick to wood that the humans deem safe, though. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"She was squakin' how she left all the 'normal' stuff alone. I'll give ya two bets on where the other humans get their trees from, though, and it ain't over here." <Alice_Margatroid>	Right.. I'd probably notice if there were any loggers here. Perhaps they grow their own trees and self-sustain? <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I was assumin' they just got their trees from the youkai woods, actually, as risky as it might be. There ain't a lot of other places around here growin' trees proper, and growin their own fer planks would take awhile." <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Now that I think 'bout it though, they probably build mostly from stone." <Alice_Margatroid>	I don't think Japanese houses use too much stone.. <Alice_Margatroid>	Mmh. I guess we could just use the trees around here, as long as you know what their properties are. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Ah, true. As strong as we are, though, I don't think anyone could stop us from cuttin' trees down wherever." <Alice_Margatroid>	There's certainly no doubting that. *	Alice_Margatroid smiles slightly, looking over the perimeter she's scratched out. <Alice_Margatroid>	... Yes, we could start with expanding out to about there, and then after that, we could get a storefront up.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Wood is a pain in the butt to carry though, so I guess we can just stick to trees here, if ya think we can find some decent ones." <Marisa_Kirisame>	"...Well, not TOO hard." <Alice_Margatroid>	Heh. You're acting like I can't use dolls as a labor force.. *	Marisa_Kirisame remembers just a few weeks ago when she was flying around on that big makai log. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Hmph, I'm pretty handy myself, ya' know. I'm not gonna let ya' do everything." <Alice_Margatroid>	Yes, yes, if you insist.. <Alice_Margatroid>	The weather's nice, too, so it shouldn't be too difficult. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Ah... so how much lumber do we got right now?" she asks, looking around. "There oughta be at least some stuff from the ruins of my house." <Alice_Margatroid>	Yes, there-- there certainly should be some salvagable material. Flooring, or support beams, or something.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Did ya' already dig back up the frame you built over there? Or should we make that inta' somethin' to go along with the hot spring?" <Alice_Margatroid>	I did, actually.. we could just convert that whole area into being based around the spring. <Alice_Margatroid>	I'm a bit glad it's not right next to the house, since it does tend to attract unexpected visitors. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Ah, well castin that spell again wouldn't be too hard, and would make winters rather easy for us, course. I don't doubt ya' live on a leyline or somethin'." <Alice_Margatroid>	I've never had particular trouble with the cold winters, as you've probably seen from overwintering with me this last year.. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Makes for pretty good floor heating." Marisa says with a shrug. "Beats keepin up a heat spell all day." <Alice_Margatroid>	Oh.. well, I suppose. I just load up the stove and let it burn firewood, it keeps the whole house warm. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Right, I remember that. I can't remember the last time I had to use a stove for warmth." Marisa says thoughtfully. "Or use a stove at all, hehe. Guess we won't need it much more anyway, given the season. Plans for another time, I suppose." <Alice_Margatroid>	Heating really isn't much of a problem this time of year, no. Rather a matter of keeping the house cool, but I'm sure you can handle that just fine. <Alice_Margatroid>	Well, I suppose, we could go and work on getting wood for this now, then? It won't be too difficult to work with, I'll make sure of that. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Keeping heat away isn't as easy as adding it..." Marisa says with a frown. "Cold magic isn't as much my thing. It's not terribly different from its opposite, but it's not as much my domain." <Marisa_Kirisame>	"I'd rather catch that ice fairy or a few spirits in a bottle." <Alice_Margatroid>	Well.. if it gets too warm, we could try and see if there's any forgotten spirits that nobody wants. *	Alice_Margatroid chuckles softly, even if that could warrant trouble. <Marisa_Kirisame>	"Phantoms aren't exactly hard 'ta find. I could probably spot a dozen just floatin' around here if I cared ta' check." <Marisa_Kirisame>	"And yeah, let's go find some trees to cut down." Marisa agrees.