[Nexus] Home 16 - Home is Where the Phylactery is

[Beans]

There's no place like home. Whether in the suburbs of Inside, a desolate mountain cabin, a dingy flat somewhere... this is where PCs live. This is a meta-location, as the houses themselves may be many miles apart from one another. Or in separate dimensions.

If you want an address in this thread, please PM me and I will post the locations in this post.

Spoiler: Examples

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123 Generic Drive: Home of John and Jack Doe and their daughter Jane. PM <player name 1> or <player name 2> if you want to interact here. Located Inside, near the Black Dragon's Den.

Mary's House: Home of Mary Moe. Located many miles from Inside civilization in an isolated mountain valley. Unlikely to be found by someone who doesn't know where it is. Mary Moe's player is <player name 3>.

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OOC Rules:

1. Please post location tags on each post. Ex: [123 Generic Drive] or [Doe House]

2. The players who own each residence control what goes on within it. A residence is a quasi-PC and cannot be godmodded. You can attempt to break in / burn it down / knock on the door, etc, but it is up to the player controlling the home to let you know what happens next. If a player wants to make their home entirely impervious to everything, that is their right (however boring that might be). Players are permitted to make additional ooc rules if they want that apply to their own homes. By entering their property, you are agreeing to roleplay within their cosmology.

3. Play nice. Any disagreements between players, please take it to one of the OOC threads or PMs.

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Spoiler: Locations

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75 Ocean Rd - Daisuke's new house, this house is near the beach, and has a mixture of traditional Japanese styling and modern comforts. Player: horngeek

134 Ninja Drive - a 1 story ranch style home owned by Dave Smith, professional Ninja. Player: Mindfreak586

1312 Hidden Valley Road: Home of Judy the Assassin and Mint, their daughter, Xerina, and adopted Grey Render; Rocky. Players: Lex-kat, Quinsar, Neon Knight

4224 Wing House - Home of George Kingsley. Player: Gimliggamer

Al's Lab - Home of AMEN scientist Al Rato. He does most of his experiments and research here. Living with him is the cyborg Delta 88, or just Delta for short. Her programming has been modified by Al, making her a live-in servant of sorts. Al's player is ApeofLight, and Delta's player is KerfuffleMach2.

Alhana's Dwelling - In the far reaches of Acro can be found the nice little wooden house of the banished elven princess, Alhana Starbreeze. She made it herself with some magical help from man known as Lee. On the outside and inside are intricately carved designs. It has two bedrooms a kitchen and a bathroom. Player: Viera champion

Basil's Cabin - In an especially woody and remote area, some ways from the city, a cabin sits in the woods. It doesn't seem much different from any of the other hunting cabins one sometimes runs across, except that its scale is sized for minotaurs rather than humans. Players: Wolfbane and Happyturtle

Brendan's Upstairs - The 'upstairs apartment' at Brendan's House of Hobbies. A fairly sizeable yet still cozy home for the proprietor, his wife, and their guests. Possibly infested with lionfish. Players: Recaiden and Bushranger

Clearing in the woods - A one story log cabin built in a large clearing in the woods not far from the Dancing Fox Inn. Complete with wooden fence. This is the residence of Zaydon, Opie, and Kate. Anybody can stop by, but if nobody's home, the place will be locked. Zaydon and Opie's players are KerfuffleMach2, and Kate's player is celtois. Note: Zaydon is now deceased, and Opie has taken to living in DFI. As it stands, the cabin is abandoned.

Crimson Tempest -

The ship was designed with the above image as a base.
The most prominent feature, the flame ring, has been pushed forward towards the front of the ship, while a secondary, lesser flame ring was inserted towards the back. Auxiliary and surplus power supply.
Barriers, that can be turned off as necessary, are constructed around the rings to protect them from light attack.
Primary Elemental Entrapment Ring - PEER
Secondary Elemental Entrapment Ring - SEER
Cannons are installed along the ship, each connected to small elemental rift-batteries to the plane of fire, that allow them to launch bursts of augmented flame in projectile form.
The various rooms within the ship have been magically altered to be Larger On The Inside.
This allows for more ships in a smaller space, keeping the ship's fairly lean. (Player: VampireRot)

Eldena's Cottage: The dwelling of the Viera red mage Eldena. On the outskirts of Town. Not very difficult to find. Appears to be shaped out of a tree. That's because it was. Yay magic! People are free to enter and exit as they please. But don't break anything unless Eldena is there. Player: Viera champion

Hallowmere Lake: Several hours away from the city, with no roads leading there, is a small lake surrounded by trees. On an island in the lake is a cabin, well built from fresh lumber and brick and connected to the land by a small bridge. The entrances of the house face East and West, allowing anyone who sits on the decks to watch the sunrise or sunset. There's a garage attached to it as well, and further additions seem to be in progress. A small metal sign hangs under the mailbox near the front entrance. On it, a pair of names is etched in by ornate laserwork: Sunny and Carl (players: Happyturtle and Wolfbane)

The House of the Rising Sun - Large house on a headleand facing the Emerald Sea, which, by strange happenstance, borders both Town and Acronymia. Home to Natasha, Oracle of the Dawn, and occasionally Khiansa Daggerfall, adventurer, and Natasha's sometimes lover.
Player: Kid Kris
Anyone can drop by to seek the Oracle's wisdom, or rest in the gardens, or just to say hi and share a pot of tea, but please PM, as the player may not read the thread.
Further Description, may update.

Jake Stevenson's Home: In the Victorian sector of Inside, Jacob Stevenson lives above his watchmaker shop and shares the space with his alter-ego, Augustus Acre. The room is a combination living room / bedroom, with well made furniture. The bed is a day bed, meant to work as either a sofa or bed, but because of that, it's the equivalent of a single sized modern bed. It isn't really appropriate for guests, so he rarely invites people here. Most people who wished to encounter Jake would meet him at his shop in Inside instead of his home. (player: Happyturtle)

Javert's House - It's a white house. Javert lives here alone and very rarely ever leaves. (player: singingnoodle)

Julie's Place - An apartment on the sixth floor of a fairly average apartment building. Julie Fiske, a succubus of moderate reknown and very little esteem, lives here, leasing it from a dubious landlord. (player: Slii Arhem)

Junkyard workshop - In a junkyard in the ACROverse, what looks to be a shoddy shack has been built. This building was made by Runner before he joined GLoG. Inside is a high tech workshop and laboratory. The building has very high security, and any attempt to break in immediately causes the workshop to alert Runner, which will bring him over to investigate. Runner and Sentry both have security access. Runner's player is KerfuffleMach2, and Sentry's player is FaceofEvil.

Marty's: This fairly large manor lays where the original Aceford manor was. The manor was built out of the previous manor's remaining architecture and walls, due to this a few rooms inside are boarded up. The house is bright purple with gold outlines. The manor has two sections.
Downstairs: this area took heavy damage during the original Aceford manor fires. Most of the walls are original. Marty had painted the burnt walls purple. The living room is here.
Upstairs: Marty's room and study are located here. There is also a grand ballroom.
Marty Aceford lives here along with his friend Griktak (players: singingnoodle, Agate 86)

Nabrius' Domain - Located in the depths of Hell, Nabrius' home is rather comfy despite its location. A fireplace provides most of the light in the room. The low, crackling hellfire lights up the carpets floor and the comfy chair and love seat off to the side On the left wall is a small bar, well stocked with wines and champagne, along with some harder drinks. Directly opposite of the fireplace is a bed. Red silk sheets cover it, a curtain hangs ready to be drawn around it, and it's easily large enough for two people to move around freely. The only exit from the room is a single, windowless door opposite of the bar. A small sword rack hangs on the door by the wall, able to hold a single blade. Player: Gulaghar

New Rock Household - A nice place in the city's suburban area, just inside the walls. It was specially built to appear larger on the inside than it does on the outside. It has the works - White picket fence, workshed out back, spacious basement(with attached laundry room), a study, kitchen, bedrooms, guest room(with it's own bathroom), living room, parlor, dining room, entry hall, three bathrooms...Everything a typical suburban family could want, complete with a nice hardwood floor.
Darn shame Lucas and Lillith are turning the study into a room meant solely for displaying adventuring trophies, and Arthur's going to be using the workshed for his crazy experiments. The neighbors are going to complain, no doubt.
Players: blackouttwo and Artemis97

Phil's Warehouse - 3224 Seaside Rd Big, slightly rusted corrugated steel warehouse that was once abandoned, sits on a lot that's been overgrown with weeds and small trees and bushes and such...has a gravel driveway leading up to it...and...near the docks...
Oh, yeah, it has a hydraulic lift leading to an underground garage! And the inside is full of parts and half-finished inventions! Run by TechnoScrabble.

Silvery ship: It looks like this field has been marred by a silvery teardrop of epic proportions. Easily fifty feet tall and about 90 feet long, it seems to have impacted the surface at a definite angle, leaving a long furrow behind it. This teardrop is covered in bumps and smooth protrusions, but the exact make-up can vary greatly from day to day. Doors, hatches, doorbells, cameras, and other things come and go on its surface. The inside is uniformly silvery, and the maze of halls, and rooms makes it hard to keep your bearings. Physics seems to stop caring, and looping hallways, physically impossible curves, and doors that open into the wrong places are the rule here. The entire ship is constructed of an amazingly durable material… No telling what it is, but it will take really, really strong weapons to break it if it can be broken. There is no evidence of weapons in the ship… but it’s possible they just haven’t been seen yet. (player: Lost Deep)

The Tarmikos Studio - This space serves as both a living area and workshop for artificer and plane-hopper Niara Tarmikos. It is, in fact, its own separate plane of existence - and a minuscule one at that. It comprises, in its entirety, of a single room (around 180ft. long, 60ft. wide and 30ft. tall), and is split into many separate rooms with simple partition walls. To those who know of its existence and have the means to travel there, it is easy to gain access to. Niara's player is Baeleck.

154 Oceanside Drive
An abnormally large two story suburban house sits in the center of a large parcel of land, although depending on the whims of the owner, Felandria, the house may be larger or smaller than usual when you visit, she welcomes company, just ring the doorbell, if you can reach it.
Located in the Blue Zone in Inside.
Player: Felandria

The Intermission
The divine realm of Carrie! The Intermission mostly consists of a great decagonal sort of tower, more wide than tall, filled with innumerable rooms for the deceased souls staying there until they move on to their afterlives. Also contained are the quartering complex for her "angels" the Sable Guides.
Player: Beans

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[Beans]

[Seiner's Place]

99 returns the kiss, cautiously, and shifts to be atop Seiner as she had indicated a moment ago, squeezing her hand once, and pauses, remembering something, eyes looking faraway.

((Seems fitting))

Cuddling her warmly, Seiner kisses the top of her head. Whatcha thinkin' 'bout, sweets?

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's Home]

99 giggles and smiles down at her friend. "I remembered something, someone, and I had my old name, for a moment. It's gone again now, but, still..." The text here is unable to properly convey how excited the vampire seems.

[Beans]

[Seiner's Home]

99 giggles and smiles down at her friend. "I remembered something, someone, and I had my old name, for a moment. It's gone again now, but, still..." The text here is unable to properly convey how excited the vampire seems.

Seiner gives a little squee at her sweetheart's adorable excitement. That's lovely, hon. I bet you'll remember again soon! She nuzzles her, kissing her cheeks and rubbing her back softly.

[Murkus]

[Harald's Hideaway]

"Where you come from. Different worlds have different laws. I worked out the equations for how those laws of physics combine in the Nexus without everything exploding, and I can harness any law of physics I choose. So I use the ones that are beneficial."

"I don't think there are many strict 'laws' of physics in the Nexus. Gravity is the only one that seems to work consistently. It's unsettling, at times," Tina says with a grin, sipping her wine. Ooo, that is good. "But I love how crazy this place is."

[Lady Serpentine]

((Pretty sure you missed my last post, Beans~))

[Beans]

[Intermission]
"'Sides, I thought you liked me like this?"
Kary giggles, playfully buffeting her wife with a wing as she hugs her, smiling brightly.
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[Maeve's]
Maeve smiles gently at her, nodding.
"That sounds like a lovely idea to me..."
She leans in to carefully pick up her lover, cradling her close as she carries her upstairs.

[Intermission]
Zwei grins. I do, but you have to agree which of us is the comfiest. She pokes Tsiln, who giggles and bats away her hand.

Carrie finally returns! Everything okay, girls?
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[Maeve's]
Khair is light as always, meeping softly as she's lifted and carried!

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's Home]

Seiner gives a little squee at her sweetheart's adorable excitement. That's lovely, hon. I bet you'll remember again soon! She nuzzles her, kissing her cheeks and rubbing her back softly.

"With you around, I'm sure. Oh, but I should worry about the present." 99 leans down to give the reminding Seiner a kiss on the forehead and run a hand down her side, then back to a wide grin.

[Beans]

[Seiner's Home]
Seiner kisses back, stroking her girlfriend's hair. C'mere, you... wanna snuggle up under the covers and get extra cozy?

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's (She should open a pub with that name)]

99 nods and slides off the bed, to give space to do just that. "Gladly." It should be warm!

[Beans]

[Seiner's (or she could just take over the cigar lounge and start from there)]
She pulls the covers back, snuggles down in, and helps her girlfriend snuggle in with her.
Mmmmmmmm, that's nice...

[GrandDM]

[Harald's Hideaway]
"I don't think there are many strict 'laws' of physics in the Nexus. Gravity is the only one that seems to work consistently. It's unsettling, at times," Tina says with a grin, sipping her wine. Ooo, that is good. "But I love how crazy this place is."

"Oh, they're all in flux, I'll admit, but they're measurable and workable. Most of the concrete physical laws are just the averages of all the connected worlds, like gravity and magnetism and so on, but the more esoteric ones... in simple terms, everyone carries their own physics field which contains their own personal laws of physics that lets them keep their powers. When you use those powers on other people, the fields interact, which is why an empath from one universe and a telepath from a completely different one who work on completely different principles can still have a mental battle. For example."

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's Cigars]

99 snuggles into the bed beside her. "Well, it has you. So of course."

[Beans]

[Seiner's Cigars]

99 snuggles into the bed beside her. "Well, it has you. So of course."

[Seiner's Place]
She giggles, cuddling her sweetheart close and rubbing her back. Awww, you're sweet.

[Recaiden]

Embarrassment, blushing, smiling. Seiner will find 99 rubbing her neck and/or, more likely, playing with her hair again. And a sudden question, "Dear, do you need to sleep?"

[Beans]

Embarrassment, blushing, smiling. Seiner will find 99 rubbing her neck and/or, more likely, playing with her hair again. And a sudden question, "Dear, do you need to sleep?"

[Seiner's]
She nods. Not, like immediately, but yeah---I go all sneepy on a regular schedule.
... Sneepy? Really, Seiner? :U

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's]

99 holds back laughter at that. "Just wondering. We do too, when it's light, and it's getting to...'Sneepy'?"

[Beans]

[Sneepy's]
Seiner blushes a little. ... I can be cute too. Shut up. She fake-pouts for about a second, then breaks and just kisses her head.

[Recaiden]

[Sneepy's Cigars]

99 shakes her head minutely, teasing, "I'm the cute one.", and goes to return the kiss.

[Beans]

[Seiner's]
Seiner grins, nuzzling her head. Yes you are, sweetheart. You are always the cute one for me.

[Gullara]

Edijar's Home

Edijar can't help but chuckle before slipping over to Charity to give her a quick kiss. "I would have invited Basil too, but I think I'd have been outclassed." He teases back before gesturing to the guests. "These are Ignai and Astrid. Ignai is the one I've hired and they came over to learn some more details about the job and I just finished explaining to them about the Rune. Ignai, Astrid, this is my girlfriend Charity Evans."

"Nice to meet you. I badly need a shower, so I'll see you again in a bit." Since she started working as a medic, she needs the ritual of a long hot shower to put the day behind her. She returns Edijar's kiss and heads off down the hall.

((Skip me for now, and Charity will re-enter the scene when she's done.))

Edijar's Home

Astrid looks back between Edijar and Ignai. "Yeah I wouldn't think a tattoo would be so bad. I've even thought about getting one a couple of times." She never really settled on a design or had the extra money for one so never got around to actually getting one. Still a tattoo seems a lot less freaky then getting the rune scarred into you.

[Edijar's Home]

And a lot less painful too. "I can't say I've thought of getting one, but if it'll help I'd gladly do it. I just... I don't want to have to live in constant fear that I'm going to hurt someone anymore." Hurt someone again. Ignai adds silently.

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's]

Seiner grins, nuzzling her head. Yes you are, sweetheart. You are always the cute one for me.

99 nuzzles back and gives the not yet sneepy girl a tight hug. "You're too nice, you know that?"

[Beans]

[Seiner's]
99 nuzzles back and gives the not yet sneepy girl a tight hug. "You're too nice, you know that?"

She hugs back, kissing her girlfriend's head. Awww, thanks, sugar. You're not bad yourself.

[Murkus]

[Harald's Hideaway]

"Oh, they're all in flux, I'll admit, but they're measurable and workable. Most of the concrete physical laws are just the averages of all the connected worlds, like gravity and magnetism and so on, but the more esoteric ones... in simple terms, everyone carries their own physics field which contains their own personal laws of physics that lets them keep their powers. When you use those powers on other people, the fields interact, which is why an empath from one universe and a telepath from a completely different one who work on completely different principles can still have a mental battle. For example."

"Now you're gettin' over my head. The laws of physics apply... individually? That's nuts. That's wacko," Tina blinks a few times. "It makes magic seem a little more... I dunno, sensible, I guess. But why? Why do they apply to an individual? I mean, what does your average joe have in relevance to the laws of the universe?"

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's Home]

99 sighs happily and lays down flat, keeping her eyes on Seiner beside her. "I try."

[Beans]

[Seiner's Home]

99 sighs happily and lays down flat, keeping her eyes on Seiner beside her. "I try."

She giggles softly, rubbing her girlfriend's back... or stomach, depending on what way she's laying. Rolling over, she nestles her head on 99's shoulder.
Mmmh, I love being with you.

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's House - Room with a Door]

99 laughs and twitches away from the stomach rub, ticklish. Might sadly drop Seiner's head to the pillows. "I love that I can be with you, that you want me here."

[Beans]

[Seiner's House]
She squirms her head back on, just laying her arm across 99's stomach now. I love how I feel when I get to be near you.

[Recaiden]

[Seiner's House]

"That I can be that...heh. As near as you want." 99 slides back a bit closer to Seiner, leaning her head aside to be together.

[Beans]

[Seiner's]
She grins, cuddling nice and close.
Mmmmm, well, I want you to be this kinda near... like... a lot.