The Obsidian Privy
Werapui Village Cluster located on Reagent Island is subject to frequent storms and periodic volcanic eruptions.
Normally, the locals are alert enough to nature's hazards that no people die from these storms, but there is a lot of property damage.
Every time a volcano erupts (roughly every ten years), a lot of buildings are destroyed. But it doesn't destroy everything. On average the locals have to rebuild 40% of their settlement.
Floods and high winds damage or destroy their share of buildings too.
It is considered lucky if a building survives three decades, but either through dumb luck or divine intervention, one building has survived 56 years and counting, the Obsidian Privy.
Even more impressively, the Obsidian Privy is relatively centrally located closer to the volcano than most other structures. Generally the longer lived buildings are towards the shore.
Purpose / Function
The purpose of the Obsidian Privy is to defecate in relative comfort and privacy.
Alterations
The Obsidian Privy is NOT made of actually obsidian. Like most Mondarian privies, it's made of wood.
Calling it the "Obsidian Privy" running gag, but the Mondarians have painted it black.
Architecture
Like most Mondarian privies, the Obsidian privy is a simple hut on stilts. Gravity feeds the waste products into a hole below the building.
History
Usually, privies are built as temporary structures. As soon as the smell around a privy gets unbearable, the Mondarians will cover the hole, dissemble the building and build a new privy elsewhere. They never dissembled this privy because it wasn't used much.
The privy was in a section of the Reagent Island that the locals don't visit very often, so they don't poop there very often. This means that the local decomposers could easily handle the waste products before the next visitor so the smell doesn't get too bad and the hole never filled up entirely.
Then after surviving three consecutive volcanic eruptions, this privy became famous. It is now considered good luck when on a long hunting or foraging expedition to "leave an offering at the Black Shrine".
Because of this increased traffic, it sometimes does get a bit overly odorous around the Black Shrine. Rather than abandon and replace the privy, the Mondarians will honor the shrine with heavy maintenance. The Mondarians will occasionally apply Purification to make the waste products less gross and then volunteers will cart some of the waste away. A level of care not given to any other privy.
"I was on a hunting expedition with my friend Nikau when the volcano started rumbling. We knew what this meant, so we headed to the shore. The shore was pretty far away so we abandoned caution for speed, and I broke my ankle. Nikau improvised a splint for me, but I was still holding him back. I told Nikau to leave me behind but he refused. We were close to the Obsidian Privy. Since it survived the last four volcanic eruptions, we figured it was probably the safest place to hide from the hot ash and debris. -Mikaraere, Mondarian reagent forager
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