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While I’ve been accepting contracts up until the start of my “break” in 1990, the last time I truly visited the mortal plane in earnest was… 1965, I think, and the original run of the Usher contract ended sometime in late 1929, making it a 70 year gap in my service to this estate in particular. Anyways, I’ll need to sit down and go over the contract itself when I set up my headquarters if I am to fully comprehend its conditions going forward (I forget if the name “Usher” was even specified, come to think of it; perhaps simply having any living owner of the property is enough), but I do agree that the situation is fairly precarious. I’ll have to exercise both caution and urgency in equal parts going forward.
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Right then; if the structural integrity is compromised (which may be likely; one of the wards actually collapsed during the final days of the original family), then some quick reinforcing magic should hold it at least until after I’m done with the place again… These new concerns could also be partly addressed at the front, as you can clearly see; the windows and roof (at least in the immediate vicinity) are also part of the facade, after all, and though I can’t completely weatherproof the entire sprawling estate in three days, this can be a start to the Morio ward at the very least. I could focus on repairing the face of the house, or focus on the front drive and yard.
It’s currently DAY (which comes after MORNING), and with a little elbow grease (and some hastily summoned materials at entirely my own expense until I can get my circles set up, goddamnit (deep breaths; think of it as an investment)), I could have one of these done by EVENING, or both done by NIGHT (which comes before MORNING). Large tasks like uprooting and replacing that dead tree, sculpting or contracting a new statue, fixing and updating the gate and wall perimeter, and overhauling the front porch will be projects all of their own, but they could be seen as lower priority; I don’t have unlimited time, after all. Alternatively… if I were to use a little more blatant wizardry, I could have two tasks done in the time it would take to do one. I could take advantage of it now (especially since I’ll have to dial it back from even the normal pace to simultaneously perform my regular duties after the master returns); I don’t think anyone is around to see it, after all.
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