The final proposal that I received for the cheese block was also the best one.
We will carve out a cheese cathedral as a cavernous space inside the block. Or rather, a chapel, as it is unlikely to ever get consecrated to a cathedral. For sure, this will be a unique Mehatoor attraction that will bring in pilgrims from all over the Empire, curious to see the site and attend mass from inside a gigantic cheese. Poor members of the congregation can bring a cheese grater or get some cheese shavings to take home and thus the chapel will be expanding in time, from within the inside of the block. Artistic pilgrims can make sculptures of the saints in newly grated-out side-chapels. For the weary pilgrim that traveled from afar, the hotel part of the block can be used. This idea combines all of the best parts of the previous proposals, and adds a true Amarrian flavor to it.
The chapel will be devoted to saint Lucio, patron of cheese-makers. He was a shepherd who handed out leftover cheese to the poor, until he was thrown out by his Holder for giving cheese away for free. He found another Holder to work for, a more generous one, and miraculously brought his new House unprecedented wealth, with tasty cheese and a quickly multiplying herd of sheep. His first Holder was envious and stabbed Lucio to death and threw his body in the river. Every autumn, the river still turns red. Although we now know this is from algae bloom, local faithful still see this as a sign of his martyrdom.
I have assigned Jenny from the Block to make the architectural designs, and we ordered cheese boring equipment.
((ooc: painting of San Lucio handing out cheese by abbot Peroni from the church of the Lardaroli, national gallery in Parma, Italy))
