03-14-2022, 06:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2022, 07:00 AM by Helga Hufflepuff.)
"You have more than my approval. I dare say you have done a great honor for putting such a beautiful and magnificent feature in this room. Thank you so very much Sir Raine for doing this. Its simply incredible" She said, turning away just long enough to give Merrick a warm thankful smile then turned back to look up at it a little longer.
Like the two beside her Helga too couldn't help but notice the shadows creeping in around the walls of the room and that was simply something she could not allow. For a room that was supposed to be warm and inviting, a familiar comforting embrace of sorts, it couldn't very well let worries and nervousness sprout up, not in this space.
She had to think for a moment how to take care of such a problem though. While there were six or so grand fireplaces spread out between the two long walls the light from them wouldn't be strong enough to clear up the shadows and anything to bright and big in the ceiling would cover away Merrick's hard work on the charmed night sky.
A passing glimpse suddenly sprouted an idea in Helga's mind. She was sure there would be enough in the store room for what she wanted to do and it would be a matter of enchanting them to last forever rather than need replacing once they were gone. Well while she had the two of them here maybe a second and third opinion would help with the decision.
Helga tugged her wand free from her pocket. She gave it several flicks then a wave summoning several large crates from the storeroom a floor below them up to the dining hall in a cleared space in front of them. With another flourish of her wand the crates opened as the lids popped out with a mild groan and dozens of candles flew up into the air from inside the crates. They hovered in the air roughly halfway between the enchanted ceiling and the top of tables. She gave several more flicks of her wand and a flame bloomed to life on each of the candles. From what she could see, there was just enough candles in the air that you could still clearly see the sky above but now the shadows in the corners were all but gone in the new forms of light illuminating the grand space.
She smiled then felt the room begin to spin wildly and she reached out a hand to steady herself before she ended up on the floor. No doubt it was from her non-stop work mode catching up with her after using so magic all at once but she knew the feeling would pass in a moment or two. Helga managed to find Godric's upper arm beside her and leaned a bit against him with her hand on his arm as she waited for the room to stop spinning, hoping her friend wouldn't mind her steadying herself with his help for just a moment.
"How does that look? If it takes away from the ceiling too much we could shrink the candles a bit or thin the numbers. They would need to be enchanted with a charm or two so they never melt away and dig into the supply of candles we have for the rest of the castle but if it looks ok and doesn't harm Sir Raine's masterwork, I could have a few house elves get to work on it right away" Helga asked, looking up at the ceiling then to both Merrick and Godric once the room wasn't spinning so much.
Like the two beside her Helga too couldn't help but notice the shadows creeping in around the walls of the room and that was simply something she could not allow. For a room that was supposed to be warm and inviting, a familiar comforting embrace of sorts, it couldn't very well let worries and nervousness sprout up, not in this space.
She had to think for a moment how to take care of such a problem though. While there were six or so grand fireplaces spread out between the two long walls the light from them wouldn't be strong enough to clear up the shadows and anything to bright and big in the ceiling would cover away Merrick's hard work on the charmed night sky.
A passing glimpse suddenly sprouted an idea in Helga's mind. She was sure there would be enough in the store room for what she wanted to do and it would be a matter of enchanting them to last forever rather than need replacing once they were gone. Well while she had the two of them here maybe a second and third opinion would help with the decision.
Helga tugged her wand free from her pocket. She gave it several flicks then a wave summoning several large crates from the storeroom a floor below them up to the dining hall in a cleared space in front of them. With another flourish of her wand the crates opened as the lids popped out with a mild groan and dozens of candles flew up into the air from inside the crates. They hovered in the air roughly halfway between the enchanted ceiling and the top of tables. She gave several more flicks of her wand and a flame bloomed to life on each of the candles. From what she could see, there was just enough candles in the air that you could still clearly see the sky above but now the shadows in the corners were all but gone in the new forms of light illuminating the grand space.
She smiled then felt the room begin to spin wildly and she reached out a hand to steady herself before she ended up on the floor. No doubt it was from her non-stop work mode catching up with her after using so magic all at once but she knew the feeling would pass in a moment or two. Helga managed to find Godric's upper arm beside her and leaned a bit against him with her hand on his arm as she waited for the room to stop spinning, hoping her friend wouldn't mind her steadying herself with his help for just a moment.
"How does that look? If it takes away from the ceiling too much we could shrink the candles a bit or thin the numbers. They would need to be enchanted with a charm or two so they never melt away and dig into the supply of candles we have for the rest of the castle but if it looks ok and doesn't harm Sir Raine's masterwork, I could have a few house elves get to work on it right away" Helga asked, looking up at the ceiling then to both Merrick and Godric once the room wasn't spinning so much.
