by muffinstud » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:30 pm
"Initiating welcome program. It'll take a couple of seconds for the hardware to respond. Get ready." Dave gives the woman the thumbs up. "Why should it take so long? I thought you were this fantastic technical wizard." The woman remains in her darkened corner, moving her arms in intricate and deliberate motions. "I am, but when someone's really cheap and gives me equipment from the '80s, there's not much I can do." She tsks. "Excuses, excuses."
The library walls are stacked floor to ceiling with books. There's even one of those rolling ladders on a track to give better access to all of them. The room is curved to accommodate the ladder and the bookshelves. A comfy looking leather loveseat rests with its back to the window, and a matching leather recliner rests across from it in the center, along with a small booktable with a lamp. The floor is hardwood paneling with a dark green throw rug under the seating.
At the top of the stairs, a three-way hallway greets the guests. To the left and right appear to be bedrooms. Straight ahead is a bathroom on one side of the hall and a larger looking bedroom opposite. The end of the hall appears to branch off to the left and right again, forming a sideways H shape from their current position.
Behind the manor, the orchard continues into a secluded garden area complete with a bench and koi pond. A small trail heads out into the yard proper, where a generously sized swimming pool gleams in the sun. The pool sits off center in the yard, giving enough grassy area to run around or play a scaled down version of most sports. The grassy area connects to the vegetable garden via another small path. Between the pool and the house, just next to the doorway to the living room, is a fenced off square with a bit of steam coming out of it. Being on the patio, close to the house and the pool, this would have to be the hot tub.
"Well, you'll have plenty of time to live in a van down by the river, when you're living...in a van down by the river!" --Matt Foley, motivational speaker