Dick lives in a cabin he built himself, out in the middle of the meadows. He says you've slept in a tent long enough. Chop the wood and break the stone, and put up your first house: a room two foundations square, four walls, a door, a roof and a bed.
Steps
- Fell trees and break the boulders
- Make a Workbench out of your bag (Tab) and set it down near your spot
- Make a Hammer out of your bag (Tab)
- At the workbench, make planks and four Plank Foundations. Hold the hammer, press R for the building wheel and set them down in a square, two by two
- Put up walls all the way round the foundations: seven Timber-Frame Walls and the Timber Door Wall, with Dick's hinges
- Put a roof over it: four Mansard Tops, from the workbench, on top of the walls
- Make a Bed at the workbench, with Dick's blanket, and set it down inside
- Tell Dick, at his cabin, that your house is up · his cabin
Reward
Dick's chair and a lantern for your house, 150 gold and XP (
build:chair)
Dialogue
Starting it
- “Oh. Hello. You've been sleeping in a tent, I think. I can tell from the way you're looking at my roof.”
- “I built this cabin myself. One summer, with hand tools. The porcupines watched the whole time. I think they were taking notes.”
- “A house isn't much, really. A roof, mostly. The walls are just there so the roof has something to lean on.”
- “So I thought I'd show you. One room. Four walls, a door, a roof and a bed. A small house is easy to keep warm. Easy to keep tidy, too.”
- “Here's some planks. I cut a few too many. I always do. I've come to think of it as cutting the right number for later.”
- “And these are hinges, for your door. I made them in the winter. A door's only a wall until it has hinges. Then it's a welcome.”
- “This blanket was my mother's. It's for your bed. It's kept a lot of people warm. It doesn't seem to mind one more.”
- “Some sticks and a little fiber, for a workbench and a hammer. The small things. The small things always end up doing most of the work.”
- “The rest comes from the land. Wood from four trees, and stone from both boulders. I find it's nicer to live in something you've met.”
- “You can have my axe and my pickaxe. Take the trees that are crowding each other. They'll be glad of the room. Quietly. Trees are like that.”
- “Make the workbench and the hammer out of your bag. The bench turns logs into planks, and planks into the pieces. The hammer puts them up.”
- “There's a flat spot down the way, by the trees. Two boulders on it, waiting. Good morning sun. I'd have built there, but I was already here.”
Talking to them again
- “Four trees and both boulders. Take your time. The trees have been standing a long while. They're in no hurry to fall.”
- “Workbench next. Make it from your bag, and set it down near your spot. It's good to work where you'll live. You get to know the place.”
- “Now a hammer. Sticks and stone, from your bag. It's about the oldest tool there is. It's still the one I reach for first.”
- “At the bench, logs into planks, planks into foundations. Four, in a square. Then hold your hammer and press R for the wheel. Start with the floor. Everything stands on it.”
- “Now the walls, all the way round, and the door wall with the hinges. They turn to face out on their own. They know where the weather is.”
- “Then the roof. Four mansard tops, over the walls. That's the part that keeps the sky outside, where it belongs.”
- “And last, the bed, with my mother's blanket. Put it inside. A bed is the one piece of a house you can't do without. I've tried.”
Handing it in
- “Oh, it's up. I watched from the porch. I didn't come over. It's your house. The first walk around it should be yours.”
- “I keep a journal. Every day. The weather, the birds, what's in bloom. I'll read you today's, if that's all right.”
- “Clear. Light wind from the west. A jay took my biscuit. A neighbor built a house. I'd call that a good day. The jay would too.”
- “Here. I made this chair my second summer. Put it by your door. A house is nicer with somewhere to sit and look at it.”
- “And a lantern for your window. So the house can see you coming home.”
- “Sleep in it tonight, and that's where you'll wake. That's all a house is, really. A place that waits up for you.”
When your bag is full
- “Your pack's full. That's all right. Make a little room and come back. I'll be here. I usually am.”