Tian inspected the building that they had to work with, and conferred with Opal, who showed him dozens of illusionary design ideas, each more fantastical than the last.
[Putting the Dwarves in the mountain in the Tiny World would be better, wouldn’t it? But then they would travel everywhere with the Karl, instead of being here where they could put stuff in the shop.] Tian asked, replying to an idea Opal had shown him.
[Keep the ideas to what will work here in Drodh. These people have families and lives in the city, we can’t be carting them all over the world with us.] Karl reminded them before they got too off track.
Opal flashed an image of turning the main building into a ten-story tall stone Keep. Tian could do it with the magic that he had.
[Focus, just an illusionary upgrade for the forge building, with new work spaces inside.]
Opal lost interest for a moment, then began flashing images too fast for Tian to understand them.
[That’s too fast, I don’t know what you want.] He complained.
Then Opal settled on one. The inside of Bara, with the mountain exit being the door of the workshop, and everything else arranged like the Dwarven City in a mountain. There were workshops, forge buildings, a few houses, an Inn with a tavern on the main floor, and a small market square.
It would all fit in the space she had imagined, and if Tian coated everything in stone, you would have to actually dig to damage the core illusion to break the world.
[Oh, that is wonderful. I like it. That is a beautiful den for Dwarves.] The little fox realized.
Opal found a Totem Ranked Illusion Stone among the belongings her siblings had dropped in her space. That would be a suitable core for the Illusion. Then, once it was a shell, Tian could build the core structures, and she could make it pretty with illusions for everything that wasn’t stone and metal.
"I think that we have an idea. Can you grab the rest of the staff out of the workshop? Tian and Opal will begin the process right away." Karl explained.
Ashbringer raised his hand to his lips and whistled, which brought Loros and Wendy running out of the workshop.
"Time to upgrade your working conditions. The area will be closed for the next few hours, so take a break." Karl explained.
Wendy laughed. "There is a fresh list of sundry items from the Guild Alliance, and our shoppers should be back soon. How about I take Loros with me? We can make the deliveries and then have something to eat?"
Karl nodded. "Bring snacks for Lotus. She should be around the house in Zilaz today. At least, I didn’t hear about them planning a Dungeon visit."
Sending her more short people would also make Lotus happy.
Now that the workshop was empty, Tian and Opal both came out of their spaces to work on the upgrades. Opal had the stone ready, and her plan was to have Tian bury it under the workshop, so it would be harder for anyone to find the core of the Illusion.
Then, they could work on making the illusionary city real.
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