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Nox Noctis
Nox Noctis (By Night) is the name of the house just east of Archer's Tavern. It was labelled this way by Neike, who has lived in it for quite a while. Along with her, Lady Kayura and starseed share this appartment.
Neike lives on the third floor of a total of five. She shares it with various equipment and her human boyfriend, Frederick. They own a set of computers (2 PCs and one laptop, to be precise) with Internet access. Free internet access. Frederick apparently uses an account of another person, whether legally or illegally is unimportant and was never asked.
The door leading from the apartment to the stairs is white, as is the entirety of the appartment. When entering the abode, one is in the living room, with a wall to one's left blocking off the rest of the appartment. In this living room, to the right of the entering person, is a glass table, polished and sparkling, just below the height of the window sill - the place's only window is here, a window that can be tilted or opened completely. A vial of Holy Water sits on top left corner of the table, and a CD player is on the right side of it, along with (usually) about two CDs on top or beside it.
To the right of the table is a modern book cupboard type of construction, a wavey shape Frederick insisted on moving here, hung on the wall, littered with - well - books and some CDs. To the left of the table is a couch, which just fits the wall. It's a silky black colour, with one black and one magenta pink pillow resting on it. At times, one can see a black cat with bluesilver eyes snuggled into the corner of the couch not clogged with the pillows. Before the table is a metal & rubber chair, a strange, modern, yet [literally!] bouncy design.
There should be a door leading to the rest of the appartment, but instead, there is a cutout in the wall, leading into the shade. Beyond is the bedroom & a small bathroom [both which I am too lazy to describe].
Starseed lives on the top floor of the house, reached through an uneven hole in the ceiling of the fourth floor. The now-useless, rotted outlines of an old ladder are barely visible in the shadow that usually permeates that area of the building. The floor above the ladder comprises one single room, or at least what used to be a room. Windows cover three walls, and the majority of the fourth wall and surrounding ceiling have long since collapsed, giving way to the cityscape outside. Through the shattered glass of this fourth wall, a wild rooftop garden forces its way into the room. Vines wind their way across the two bordering walls and around the ceiling, giving the place a savage, untamed feel. The ceiling itself is fairly high and oddly designed, constantly changing in height. The lowest point appears to be ten feet, but this is somewhat misleading, as there is space beyond the ceiling beams and the vines covering them. In this space hangs a makeshift sort of hammock, well hidden from the rays of sunlight that filter through the vines of the open wall on a daily basis.
Last editted the 27th December 2003.
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