The First Legendary Beast Master - Chapter 1331 The Right Vibe
Chapter 1331 The Right Vibe
Rae’s design plan was to have the buildings start out a bit shorter, with the classrooms making up the first ring around the tower, as the grounds closest to it were outdoor training areas already.
There was no reason to change what was working, and having the shortest buildings in the middle allowed her to create the visual impression that the tower was an object caught in the web, weighting it down.
Her first decision was what colour the new buildings should be. The old ones were boring, made of mostly bricks.
That design didn’t blend in with anything, and it didn’t really work with the vibe she was going for.
“Powerful enough to protect hatchlings” was what Rae wanted the Academy to convey.
Making everything out of easy to climb and easy to destroy brick wasn’t exactly a statement of power.
But dark and brooding wasn’t well suited to the open plains, where the Academy was situated. It would be better to go with something more nature themed. Trees might be a bit too hippie. But there had to be a compromise in between going full nature priest and full spider goddess.
Then she had a most brilliant idea. They could go fully modern instead.
The central spire was a huge white stone spire, and the thought of making a whole academy out of such bright stone gave Rae the ick. However, she could make it all out of crystal, and that would be pretty good.
All crystal wasn’t really practical.
But the reflective windows of the Capital’s big buildings were reflective. So, she could use them for the shiny bits. Then the local tan sandstone for the rest.
Make the Academy blend in with the surroundings, like the stones of the badlands.
Or a giant anthill.
Still good enough for a hive of humans.
Karl tried not to laugh as Rae rapidly adjusted what she thought that the buildings should look like, and then did it over again, when she realized that you couldn’t have both sandstone and walls of mirrored windows.
She could have sandstone lower levels, with mirrored glass spires out of the buildings that should be taller, though.
And rounded walkways, so they looked like they were made of webbing nets.
[Make them open, but protected from rain and cold with a barrier.] Hawk suggested.
Then, it wouldn’t feel like they were trapped inside, even if they were out of the rain.
Karl was beginning to fear the nightmare of impossible physics that Rae’s design was going to turn into. Fortunately, Remi had architecture books with her. They would serve as the basis for the buildings, and then magic would make the rest of Rae’s plans possible.
Working with mental communications, the whole plan was finished in five minutes, and Karl had just started to clean up the ground level.
The teachers were already going through the ruins of the buildings, separating surviving supplies and materials from the rubble, while the blue dragons frantically sorted through the Library’s ruins, recovering scrolls and books.
They wouldn’t be ready to start working nearly as early as Karl had initially expected.
For one, there were all the personal items in the dorms that would need to be collected, but all of the academy equipment that was still salvageable in the rubble.
“We should probably bring everyone up out of the bunkers so they can try to recover what’s left of their personal items.” Karl suggested.
The Headmaster shook his head.
“No, that will only cause more chaos. Grab the equipment that we can’t replace, and the Academy will issue store credits for the rest. If it were valuable, it would be in their inventory. Nobody leaves valuables loose in their rooms.”
Karl shook his head. “I meant more sentimental. The sort of things that would be up on the walls, or displayed on their desk. But I can sort through that as we work, and then put everything that survived into the lost and found for them to search later.”
Cara tilted her head a little. [I can do that. Just give me few more hours and I will be mobile again.]
[Is that wound healing?] Karl asked gently.
[Not really. But it’s bandaged and stitched, so I’m recovering slowly. I would say that it’s going to be a month or two before I’m fully healed, unless Big Sister
Matilda helps me out.
She’s a bit busy at the moment.
The crazy Octopus had friends who are upset that she ate him. Apparently, he was someone’s rebellious pet, and they are not happy that he broke half their nature preserve out and got himself killed.]
Something had a Supreme Ranked Octopus as a pet?
No, it was better not to dwell on that part of the conversation.
[Alright, we can wait for your wounds to heal before you come out to join the team. Who wants to be on collection duty? Grab anything that looks precious as we work through the rubble.]
[Oh, I will do that. We’re almost done cleaning up here. We just need to save the Dana Mage from the Beast Temple Acolytes. She’s really popular.] Tian
suggested.
[Is all the fighting done?]
[Yep. And we cleaned up, and cooked some barbecue, and now we’re
celebrating some of the little ones advancing.] Tian agreed.
[And that’s why Dana can’t escape, isn’t it? She’s covered in puppies and
hatchlings.]
Tian laughed. [She’s got a baby snake in her hair with no intentions of leaving.]
[I would suggest turning off Fox Charm, but I don’t think that it would help. Even without the active, the passive is always on at some level.] [Yeah, we tried that. It didn’t help. If you try to separate them from the Dana,
they cry.]
Karl’s laughter caught the attention of the teachers, but he just tapped his head, letting them know that it was something going on elsewhere, and that he wasn’t laughing at Rae’s planning session, or their discussion of what to salvage before the area was cleared.
[They all think we’re crazy anyhow. Don’t worry about it too much.] Cara informed him in a smug tone that was somehow still pained. [We’re trying to make a good impression. All heroic and such. Remember?]
[Overrated.]
