The Slightly Wobbly Sandcastle

[hermoine]

Deep in the heart of Rubes's closet( ), is a secret door, which may lead to anything, knowing Rubes. Yet, when you open the door, you do not find a glistening crown lying on a soft red cushion, but a huge sandcastle.

It appears to be still in construction, as you see various pails filled with water and sand, and an empty sandbox filled with different conquering flags, stick-on stamps and what appears to be a model cannon and some cannonballs too. There has been talk of pirate ships in the vicinity, and the Gryffindor Common Room cannot possibly be taken into captivity.

There is also a cooling bag nearby, ready to pop up a drink for those parched throats. The sea rises gently, not touching the sandcastle and so ruining it, because a charm has been put on it, so the tide doesn't come up.

So bring a hand, or maybe two, grab a spade, let's continue with our castle, and we'll see who conquers first.

[[ Wiz ]]

[glow=white,2,300]*Walks through the door and sees the enormous sandcastle sitting on the beach*

Excellent, what better way to gaurd the shores of the Gryffindor house than with a massive sandcastle. Now then....castle's are my speciality (I'm obssesed with the Middle Ages)...I could probably build one in my sleep .....but thats beyond the point.

*Looks over the castle critically* We need to get those cannons up and fixed, as well as getting the holes filled up etc.....then maybe we can work on adding a second floor and maybe a lookout tower......the concept is very very interesting. [/glow]

^{BTW: This isn't comething to do with the secret plotsh and plansh.....is it?}

[hermoine]

*looks up hearing a voice*
Oh thank goodness! Help at last! Yes we need to move those cannons upwards, although the upper surrounding wall still needs some more work to it. And the ground needs to be a bit more sturdy because I heard that this sand may actually be covering holes which had been dug up in the past, and then covered all over again.

OOC: No this doesn't have anything to do with the plansh . You'll see about that soon enough though. And it would be much more enjoyable I think if we didn't do things with magic here. Because levitating a cannon is no fun really.

[Evelyn]

*walks in*

Oh a sandcastle! Awesome! I love making these things. So, do you guys want any help?

[hermoine]

*stretches slightly as her bones creak from the strain of staying bent the whole time*
Oh hi Evelyn! Help would be greatly appreciated thanks!

[[ Wiz ]]

[glow=white,2,300]No magic?.....Hey! Can we use those muggle cranes and other construction machinery....it'll be great fun.[/glow]

[hermoine]

I don't know about real muggle equipment because that would certainly be very heavy and I'm not sure if the land didn't all just collapse. How about this?

*she rubbages around in the sand box and brandishes a small plastic crane. She then sets it on the ground and brandishes her wand. Turns to Wiz*

It's best if you move a little, unless you want to be squished like peanut butter.

*she waves her wand in the air*
Engorgio!

*the plastic crane enlarges until it's the right size for a person to climb into*

That's better. At least, it's less heavy.

[Evelyn]

Cool, so what do you guys need?

*roots through the sanbox*

Well I've found some small plstic shovels and buckets over here. *holds up four small plastic shovels and two small buckets* We can use to these too I suppose.

[hermoine]

*nods*
Just what we need.

Well, there are parts of the wall which need to be tended to.*points to a part of the castle, which is closest to the sea*

It wasn't possible to have it more inward, because I was afraid the land might not be too sturdy there, and the sea is attacking at the walls. So we'll need to have that part a bit thicker than the others so it holds better.

[Evelyn]

Hm, how much thicker do you suppose? *looks at the wall closest to the sea* We might have to keep putting more and mroe sand there as the tide comes in. To bad we can't move it closer inland. How much time do we have before high tide?