Idris Quoin — Jade Vulture and the Plum Pavilion
Idris Quoin arrives at the newly opened Plum Pavilion carrying his ceremonial hat instead of wearing it. The adult king-vulture-inspired inspector has no objection to ceremony, but he prefers a clear view when checking a ceiling. Jade satin and terrazzo-patterned panels make his working clothes look unusually festive beneath the entrance lamps.
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The story of Idris Quoin
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The architect greets him with a speech about the building's magnificent roof. Idris asks to see the drains. A long silence follows, broken only by the sound of a fountain installed where the maintenance access should have been. Nobody has deliberately hidden the problem. Almost everyone has been admiring something else.
Idris records the fault without decorating his report with outrage. He remembers his first inspection, when a celebrated master corrected him in front of a crowded room. Humiliation taught him to conceal uncertainty for years. He will not pass that habit to the young apprentices waiting anxiously beside the fountain.
Together they trace the rainwater route through the model and discover a solution that preserves most of the original design. It requires moving the opening celebration and admitting why. The architect objects to the embarrassment until Idris asks which memory would last longer: a postponed party or a flooded gallery.
The pavilion opens three weeks later. Its program thanks the drainage crew alongside the artists, a small amendment Idris requested before signing. He puts on his plum hat at last and joins the visitors. For once, nobody asks him whether a beautiful building really needs so many practical questions.
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