Getting to work

The sound of someone approaching drew him back from his mental wandering through thoughts of what mixtures of clay and mud might be most effective to bind the rocks he'd need together, and how important it would be to get them right if he were to build anything very tall. Turning to face the wolf - Song, a man he'd had little chance to chat with since his joining - who'd walked up and give him a smile, walking closer for ease of conversing and abandoning the remaining stakes for a moment.

"Working on a bit of a long term project. Here, it's a little easier to see from over there," he replied, making his way to the massive redwood stump and scaling it with a few quick leaps until he stood atop it, looking out through the large, twisted roots to the shape he'd laid out with the stakes. It wasn't perfect, he still needed to make some adjustments and spitball more ideas based on how well he thought he could build up the walls. Right now the stakes outlined two oval shaped rings around the behemoth of a stump, implying the width of the walls that would encircle the spot. The colorful strips of leather used to make the stakes more visible flapped lightly in the constant breeze that ran through the gorge.

"It's going to be an arena of sorts, although there's kind of a long way to go before it starts to resemble one at all. Right now I pretty much have the size I want for it" the space was enormous, but it had to be if there were ever going to be more than a few spectators "However... I'm not sure exactly how to design it from here. It's a bit difficult to lay out any clearer plans without actually building it. But the walls will be sort of staggered on the inside, so that wolves will be able to be seated on steps and see over one another. And-" he leapt back down from his perch, making his way towards the center of the space where a few rectangular spaces had been marked out with stones and more stakes "Here is where the coal beds will be- have I told you about those before?"