The planning phase didn’t take long. By the time that they had finished eating, a basic design was finished, and Opal was already working on interior design plans for the shops.
It would be glorious. Absolutely magnificent.
And it would take Karl forever to finish the runes for everything that she wanted to add. Just the thought of trying to keep up with everything that the butterfly wanted to include in the restaurants was giving him a headache.
How did she actually expect him to give an illusionary cook the Mythic Cooking spell? Were they just going to make the entire building a massive runic artifact?
Transferring the skill to a living cook would be so much easier. He could even do it for three of them, so they had one for each shift and a backup. But Opal was insistent that they should have an entirely construct based service team.
Her idea of using Dark Elven Priestesses, in their gossamer spiderweb dresses, as the service staff at the fancy restaurant did seem like fun, though. Even Rae was on board with that.
And not just because the Priestesses would sacrifice troublemakers to the Spider Goddess.
Karl was reasonably sure that the other Guild Masters would be as well. Not that they were likely to object to any of his staffing ideas, as long as the staff had the skills.
After some consideration, Karl realized that he could actually do most of what Opal wanted.
They had Immortal Rank elemental gems that were of both the illusion and the nature or earth affinity. So, he could inscribe them with the [Gargoyle] spell, and then use Illusions to make them look however he wanted.
However, that would not work for the cooks. They would need to be a form of Epic Golem so that he could activate them with skills. The Gargoyle spell didn’t allow that, and while the Gargoyles could learn to cook, they couldn’t learn Mystic Cooking.
Karl zoned out while everyone else discussed how to make the actual building.
Tian was on the table helping them draw plans, as he wanted to help build the physical structure. But Remi and Rae were also out, giving suggestions on designs, while Opal’s illusionary representative, who looked suspiciously like Button with rainbow hair today, argued against all changes to her vision on the interior design.
"Is this how it usually goes in your Guild?" Hugo asked Dana as he watched the chaos play out in real time.
"This is nothing. Speaking out loud is much slower than mental communication. Usually, it’s this, but at five times the speed, with even the uninvolved ones throwing their opinions into the mix.
But the process remains the same. Everyone will argue to get their favourite parts included, until everyone is happy enough with the end result that it’s not worth fighting over.
See, even the Immortal Regent and the King are in on it." Dana explained.
They were enthusiastic too. The Immortal Regent wanted what he called a ’traditional soda shop’ as the ice cream parlour’s decor. The problem was that the shop design he wanted hadn’t been around for thousands of years, and only Cara and the Regent knew what it looked like.
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