Following their brief visit to the desert, and their discovery of something incredibly dangerous, Octavia and the rest of the group discovered that the Elder was willing to let the desert group move into their village, though it would make things much more packed than they were used to. To that end Pinkie gathered her materials and started to etch out new locations both inside and outside the village for their newcomers to rest and work in, where the newcomers were surprised by her power to use blocks while never running out of a certain material. While she did that several of the Villagers asked that she make a modification or two to their own buildings, where she listened to their requests and found a way to make it happen, all while Octavia watched as Steve and Alex helped everyone move the items from the desert village into their new homes. None of them were too surprised as they watched Pinkie renovate buildings, making everything in the village better, before crafting all new living arrangements for the Villagers who just lost their home to that bizarre storm, to that massive monster none of them had seen until that point.
As she watched, however, Octavia felt an idea forming in her head as Pinkie made her way over to the wall and started to break parts of it down before rapidly building a section to replace it, all in a matter of moments, something that caused her to move before her friend got busy doing something else.
"Hey Pinkie, how high do you suppose you can place blocks?" Octavia asked, which caused Steve and Alex to pause for a few seconds as their friend thought about the question, because she knew how tall the imposing creature was and felt that it would reach it's target, the shrine Pinkie found, in about a week, since it seemed to be moving slow, which they could use to their advantage.
"Knowing her, probably whatever limit there might be." Alex commented, as while they were used to Pinkie's powers there were things they still didn't know and things they could only guess at, even about this world since it was stranger than all of them were used to, before she realized what Octavia was asking, "Actually, that might work..."
"With Pinkie's power she could build a wall, or multiple walls, in the path that that monster is currently using, meaning it would have to stop and either attack them or push through," Octavia continued, where everyone glanced at the walls that Pinkie had assembled in no time at all, especially the lookout towers that lined the protective barrier she had set up not all that long ago, which she seemed to be thinking about to improve the layout of this place, "depending on how fast that beast pushes through them, or forces itself to go around, we could earn days, even a week or two, to figure out a plan to bring it down. Pinkie, do you think you can build some obstructions in it's path and slow it down?"
Pinkie continued to think about it for a few more moments before shifting her stance, leading to the others watching as she rushed out of the village and headed to the south, something that caused them to follow after her as Steve informed the Elders that they would be back after seeing what she was doing. This time around, with the evening sun upon them, a number of monsters emerged to try and take them down, where those that attacked Pinkie found that she slashed each of them down with a quick swing of her scythe, while the others took a few more moments to beat their foes. This was yet another piece of confirmation for Octavia, Pinkie's power did extend to her Experience, as she must have boosted all of her Skills to the maximum and likely did the same for the bonus skills that she, Steve, and Alex were only starting to use and unlock. As such Pinkie was faster, stronger, and tougher than the three of them currently were right now and Octavia knew that she was only improving over time as she gained more Experience, which was why she was taking the time out of her travel to kill the monsters, just to add to her power.
When they finally reached the area that the monster was moving through, where it was currently breaking the village they had discovered, Pinkie pulled out her materials and rushed forward, rapidly building a crescent outline of a wall she was going to build in the next few minutes, at least five blocks wide. Sure enough Octavia was right, Pinkie was able to build far higher than what she and the others had been expecting when they saw the walls she added to their village, because the new wall rose before their eyes and didn't stop until it was taller than the monster they had seen. Once she was done with the stone wall, reinforced in the middle with obsidian, Pinkie took a few steps back before building an identical wall behind the first one, meaning that once the beast broke through the first it would have to repeat the process, and with it covering a greater distance she was forcing it to break through her walls. She also set down the layout of three more walls, each of them longer than the one before it, meaning she was going to make sure the monster was unable to quickly move across the land, giving them all the time in the world to figure out how to bring it down.
Even with her skills it took a while to make the five walls, though once it was done they retreated to their own village and fought off all of the monsters that happened to appear during the night, allowing Pinkie and her friends to deal with them before they reached their home and she made sure the new walls were holding up.
When morning arrived Pinkie got to work once more as Octavia, Steve, and Alex helped the villagers move their stuff from the middle of the village and placed them in their new homes, though in addition to houses Pinkie ended up making a two story building that ended up being a library, a chapel, and a few other things for the newcomers. She made new farms for them to plant things in, as many of the villagers wanted to work and help them out, even if it meant farming and gathering basic materials, before she moved onto a hatchery for the chickens they had found during their outing. Pinkie also set up all of the new pieces that were required for her to melt down the materials they recovered from the Nether, because the Manyullyn would help them out in the future, she just had to be patient and it would be ready in due time. In addition to all of that she spend her spare time to researching the tome she recovered from the desert village, about vaults and the treasure said to be resting in each one, which interested her and made her wonder if branching out towards that might be a good idea, to help them prepare for the future.
Octavia, while interested in what might happen if she made the next item in her tome, held off on doing so until she was sure that the Villagers were safe and sound, while ensuring that the walls worked like they had when Pinkie first set them up, though she had a feeling that such a thing was unnecessary, given what she had seen in the past. She was still pleased to have saved as much as they had from the now ruined village in the expanding desert, despite the lack of time the storm had given them before the monster showed up, so the newcomers were able to resume their lives as if nothing bad had happened to them, even if they would remember this event for quite a long time. To be honest she enjoyed this, watching Pinkie work her power over wherever she happened to be working, allowing her to build and craft things in no time at all, much to the amazement of the newcomers, even though it was something she wouldn't be able to explain. It also allowed her some time to think about her tome and everything she needed to make sure her experiments proceeded without her slowing down to gather more of the necessary materials, even though she knew that it was impossible to know that, due to all of the locked pages she had seen.
While they were working, carefully expanding the village's wall and placing new lookout towers to make sure everything was fine in the surrounding area, she found Pinkie reading from that tome she found in the other village, manipulating a new power that only she seemed to be able to see at the moment, but Octavia decided not to bother asking what in the world she was up to.
"I know we were planning on adding some new additions to the village at some point, but not this quickly." Steve said, as he and Alex suspected this would happen at some point in time, especially after they fully explored the Nether and found a few more supplies, but it never ceased to amaze them when they watched Pinkie just mess with reality and do things the two of them hadn't seen before, especially build the massive walls without hurting herself.
"Having Pinkie around is a blessing," Alex remarked, which was the truth, as their friend's powers allowed them to do all sorts of things that she and Steve wouldn't have considered, even in their own world, especially when it meant having an unlimited amount of tools, gear, and equipment to accomplish whatever they were planning on doing, before she tilted her head for a moment as Pinkie engaged some Specters that emerged from some nearby shadows, "I'm sure she's found something out in her time studying that book... not sure if it'll help with our current situation, but at least Pinkie's keeping herself busy, keeping the village safe."
"I wonder if she's figured out how to enchant our gear, because if she has we'll be set for later." Octavia added, because it was something that came to mind while they were watching Pinkie work, as enchantments, according to Steve and Alex, would pack quite the punch and improve their ability to survive whatever the future threw at them, and with Pinkie having an unlimited amount of Experience it meant she could make whatever enchantments she wanted.
Steve and Alex glanced at each other as they considered that idea, because if Pinkie got her hands on enchanted books, which they hadn't found inside the desert village or their own, she could likely combine them to no end and make some overpowered enchantments, which had to be what Octavia was thinking about. Given the fact that they were planning on going after monsters, such as that monstrous desert beast and those three beings that were the toys of the Admins, such a thing made sense when they considered it and made them hope Pinkie could do it when she got her hands on the items to pull it off. As Octavia considered it, watching as Pinkie collected some purple fruit from some of the monsters she cut down with her sharp scythe, she had to wonder if that evil structure they had seen might be the answer to claiming more enchantments for them and their gear, something she would have to pitch to their friends once everyone in the village was finally settled into their brand new homes. At the very least Pinkie was focused on keeping the outside safe as she did more additions to the walls and lookout towers, meaning they would be able to keep their focus on the village itself and the fact that there were Villagers that would help them by doing other jobs.
While she aided them, however, Octavia had a feeling that she and the others would be moving at a faster pace after this day was over, as they had no idea how long Pinkie's barrier walls would stall the massive monster and they would need to be ready for when it came time to fight it, she just hoped they would be ready for whatever the future held for them and their village.