[Hōzuki Keneō]

Using his blade to carve the endings of four different bamboo poles up into a triangular shape, Ken made sure the four poles would fit together nicely. Using leftover rope he wouldn't be using for anything else in order to tie these extensions together and bring about the skeleton of a roof, he made sure the lengths of it would be more than long enough to fall over both the small shelter, as well as the place he had plotted out for a cooking pit. Finding that this idea was not something that could logically be executed as the smoke from the fire would end up going right into the shelter and make breathing in there iless than probable, he came up with a different plan altogether.

But it would need to wait. For the time being, the most important thing to do was to finish the roof. Going on to perform a process similar to the one he had done when he had made the flooring, Ken once again began cutting bamboo poles down the center, cleaing them into two identical halves before making sure they would fit along the length of the roof. Making sure they would be attached in a diagonal manner, Ken tied a rope around the end of each of the four corners, as well as along the center, which effectively used up all of the rope he had left, meaning he wouldn't be able to string up his backpack and food in the case of curious bears following the scent.

With there now being three places these makeshift 'shingles' would be able to rest on, he began putting the first four down, though making sure to install them in an upside-down manner, meaning the hollow side would be up. As opposed to how he had placed the hollow side downward inside of the shetler for flooring, putting the hollow side up seemed to be by far the most clever way of going about it as it would allow water to fall inside of it and allow itself to be guided all the way down to fall down alongside the shelter, rather than flowing right into it and causing his sleeping bag to get soaked. Even as a Hozuki, he had to say that the idea of sleeping in a wet bag was not desirable.

[Hōzuki Keneō]

And so he kept working, taking the better part of an hour to install the makeshift shingles and tie them down in three spots with fishing line. While thin, the fact that he had already established an inner skeleton and provided places tied down with rope which he could just tie them into, the roof seemed like the sort of thing one would be able to safely rest under even in a storm. Given the fact that it was still built up against the side of a cliff, the only thing he would realistically need to worry about in such a situation was when rocks became dislodged and would come crashing down. But to be fair, he doubted he'd be here during a storm.

To him, this was nothing more than a test to see just how well he could adjust himself to living in the wilds with only minimal tools and only his mind to guide him. And so far, he had to say that he was actually doing an incredibly job, even though the resources he had brought along had been starting to run out. But the one thing he had going for him was that he could now lower the rope and use what little wire he had left in order to attach the four cardinal poles to the roof and ensure that everything would remain in place. Using the lever system he had put into play, Ken lifted the roof up by pulling at the rope, which actively caused it to go into the proper direction, even if it were a bit sketchy at first.

Hitting the cliff for a bit as it got tugged into place, it was a good thing he had made it as structurally sound as he had, or it would likely have come apart right at that moment. Sighing a breath of relief, all that was left for him to do was to safely lower it right on top of the shelter and release the rope from the top. Since his initial idea of having a roof he could move, he imagined it would be a lot safer and stronger if he just used the rope he would now be able to put to new use in order to bind down the roof completely, filling in any risky areas with additional knots and ties by using his fishing wire. Having already lined out the wire he needed for fishing earlier when he made his makeshift fishing poles, he was now completely out of materials.