Thursday, August 19, 2010

Location, location, location

It takes a few hours to arrive in the Carribean. From up above, you all scout the islands for one that looks similar to the island you originally planned to buy.

"There are so many," Blackfire says. "But they all seem so unique in shape."

"Yeah," Flashfire adds. "I don't think we can find one that is like the original."

"Then we'll just have to build on the one we like best," you say.

"Let's go with that one!" Flashfire says, pointing to a large, round island.

"That's perfect!" Blackfire exclaims. "There is plenty of room for our home, and we can even explore it as our own backyard."

"We'll land on the part right in front of us," you say.

You signal to the Titans to fly down to the bean-shaped island. Together, the Titans' ship and the three of you fly down

You land on a part of the island where there is plenty of trees to use for materials.

The Titans' ship lands as you pick out the exact spot.

"Right... HERE!"

*ZING ZING* You fire starbolts

*BOOM BOOM* The explode, hitting two trees several dozen yards apart.

"From that tree to that tree," you say, pointing at the two you hit, "is where we will build the house."

Cyborg exits their ship, and pulls out his blue prints.

"Good eye," he says. "Got the exact width needed to fit house and walkway. Now, we just need to clear those trees out." At that, his hand transforms into a chainsaw, and he rushes towards the rows of palm trees.

*BZZZZRR BZZZZRR* His chainsaw cuts the trees down as close to the base as he can, and they topple down one at a time.

Everyone else rushes in, and pulls up several trees.

After clearing a large enough space, everyone takes the trees and piles them up.

"Now to chop some up," Cyborg says. "We need a dozen for the foundation, and about a dozen more for the walkway."

You join your sister and Beastboy in making the planks for the walkway, which will also act as the supporting layer for the house's floor.

*ZZZP* You fire constant beams from your hands to separate the narrow tops from the broader bodies of the trees.

You pile the twelve tops together on the shore as Flashfire and Beastboy hold the trees up.

*BZZZZZ* You keep a constant beam going from your fingers. The tree slowly passes through the beam in a straight line, and is cut perfectly flat.

*BZZZZZ BZZZZZ* Beastboy and Flashfire pass half the tree through the beam, but you stop.

"Guys," you say, "you're putting it through the wrong way!"

The two of them look at the tree. The lazer has cut through the middle, so that now part of the half is cut into quarters.

"Oops," they say.

"Just get another one," you say. "We'll use that for something smaller."

*BZZZZ BZZZZ* You keep cutting trees, making sure the halves get cut so that planks are made instead of slices and wedges.

Eventually, you're team finishes so that there are twenty equal sized planks ready to place on top of the twelve or so planks that stand on their narrow sides.

Once all the planks are set, Cyborg nails them down.

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