Chapter 2: Possibility 2.0

Winter flew down from the mountains down to the side of the river, where Riptide was talking to someone else. Waiting for their conversation to end, Winter looked around the area where sanctuary was to be built from the ground rather than from the sky where he had flown from.

There was a medium sized gap between the river and the forest, which had apparently been the area where several dragons had slept as apparent from the imprints in the earth every five yards or so. The main plant life on the ground was grass, but there were some other plants and shrubs on the ground, including a medium sized group of whitish-yellow plants that grew slender shoots that inhabited the land near the river.

Looking back at Riptide, Winter noticed that he was finally done talking to the other dragons. He flew over to Riptide, who reacted with a look of surprise. "Winter! We hadn't expected you to be here for another few days," he said with a small smile on his face. He looked tired, as if he had been under a large amount of stress for the past few days.

Winter cut straight to the case, "What are the current architectural plans for Sanctuary?" he asked in a very curt tone. Riptide was slightly caught off guard for a second, before replying,

"I was thinking it could be a bit free-for-all, with anyone building anything anywhere," he said slowly, explaining the sleep-deprived solution he had devised late at night a few days ago. Winter's face turned into one of incredulity, as he heard Riptide's plans.

"Riptide, you can't be serious, a city needs planning," Winter started rambling, "We could build an administrative building there, different areas for different jobs and other specifications, residential areas …" As Winter continued explaining cities and Icewing planning, he noticed a panicked look slowly being etched into Riptide's face as he continued talking. "You know what," Winter said abruptly cutting himself off as he noticed Riptide's worsening facial condition, "I'll design the city for you."

Immediately, the panicked look on Riptide's face vanished, replaced by one of pure relief, evident that he was very glad that someone was offering to take his place as the main planner for Sanctuary. "Thank you," he said in an extremely relieved and grateful tone, "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go finish my duties as leader of the talons of peace."

He then gave Winter a several large scrolls and a stick of graphite before flying away. Winter stared at the spot where Riptide was for a moment in a state of surprise, before recovering and flew over to an area without dirt so that the scrolls wouldn't become dirty if he opened them.

Finding a large patch of rocks approaching the mountain, Winter laid down the plans of an area of flat rocks to see what Riptide had planned. The plans were quite basic, with only a few markings on basic building design, and a very rough basic layout for where the houses would go.

Winter looked at the plans, trying to create a brand-new plan for Sanctuary, with all of the core city planning ideas he had mentioned before. "This will take a large amount of time and effort, but at the end, I'll have designed my own city," Winter thought to himself with a determined and smug expression, "I'll have designed my own city."