This is our town. It is where the Guardians live and perhaps work. It is where the Heralds now call home.
It is also where a Herald may discover he or she is not the only one of its kind; or where Mortals and Demons may run into one another at the supermarket. Altogether, it is like every other smallish town, and yet not like them at all.
THE RESIDENTS:
::Sarielle:: The traditional Japanese house sprawls beneath the leaves of the wood, low and square. Sarielle had rented it from a friend; she had not been at all certain she would feel comfortable with the paper walls, gleaming floors and sparsely furnished rooms; but now it felt like home. A small courtyard lay hidden within the four walls, with a healthy, if a bit wild, garden, and a covered porch runs unbroken around every side of it. Taka lives in this house as well. Sarielle is her guardian.
::Lady Vincira:: Vincira's house is like...that one house on the outskirts of town that scares people. -snerk-
::Azruael:: It's located in a town near this one...where the center is a bar. As for much of anything else, well, not much in the town. You could say the home is a town house of sorts, or built like one, since it's narrow inside. At the end of a row of buildings/houses is where his is situated, a depression in the others. It's a sort of...rusty-reddish color. Anyway, the door (with a frosted, square window on the right side's length and a small one situated at the top of the door...) is beneath a flat porch, so if one goes under it, they'd be pretty well protected from the rain, snow, falling demons... However, leaving it would put you on the narrow sidewalk out front, near the road. And people don't know how to drive seeing as they're drunk most of the time. Yep. 'Cept for Azruael. He can hold his liquor.
If you open the door - God forbid - you enter a tiny foyer, and RIGHT before you, to the right, will be a narrow staircase with a carved wooden railing; that, of course, leads upstairs. To the left of that is a hallway that leads to the kitchen.
Alexei also lives here. Azruael is his guardian.
::Suboshi-sama:: It is a somewhat large-ish, two-story building placed at the very edge of a forest, a good deal away from a town. There is a porch with a bench-swing and several walking chairs attached to the front of the house, and the back 'porch' is merely a few steps leading into the forest. The yard is slightly overgrown (as people tended to give up on it after awhile because everything kept on growing back rather quickly) and a vast majority of the houses outer walls are covered in vines.
A bit of a ways into the outer part of the forest is a large pond filled with all sorts of fish, and various people/creatures can be seen relaxing around it.
At the very back of the backyard is an old, decrepit, and rusty playset, which has nearly been over-run by the forest.
The forest looks like a perfectly nice place, and it is. Untill you reach the inner part of the forest, that is (about 1 mile or so into it, depends on where you enter). Once a person has passed that boundary, an ominous presence surrounds them, and there is the perpetual feeling of being watched.
All of those who live at Subo's house who can speak will advise you to never go in the forest without one of them with you. Others just try to push/drag people away...for within the forest lies a mysterious and mystical people that do NOT like intruders.
Aethelind also lives here. Suboshi-sama is his guardian.
::Crying Blood:: A decent sized log cabin, just big enough to keep a hyper little angel and Blood cozy but not cramped, tucked away into the forest, a good fair amount away from town. Its not to far away from a field with some ruins in it (Where Shayna was found) but at the same time far enough to be well hidden. There is a dirt path leading away from the house that fades into grass again about 10 feet away. There is also a small old well outside in the front yard (just a small yard) and a stack of logs for the fireplace (which means there is a chimney) leaning against the back of the house.
Shayna lives with Blood. Blood is her guardian.
::Eamane:: Blood's partner, she shares the cabin for now.
::EchoLimaFoxtrot:: The house was a little withdrawn from the town. It was one story with a protected porch -for watching storms-. There were quite a few rooms: kitchen, dining room, living room, 2 bathrooms, and 2 bedrooms. A furnished basement was also included. Inside the house was an international-type and archeological feel, with artifacts and art from around the world.
In the front was a flower garden, a vegetable garden in the back along with a cherry and apple tree. Perhaps the most noticeable thing in the backyard was the plane hangar where an airplane and glider were housed, and the small airplane paved runway with a criss-crossing grass runway.
::Owle Isohos:: Owle has no house. She doesn't even live in this town at the moment, but in Barton; she rents a room at Washu's Subspace Saloon.
As you approach the saloon it appears to be no bigger then a 2-car garage but once you pass through the front door the interior is over 15 times that size. The whole interior is decorated to have the look and feel of an old west saloon but is made of more modern (unbreakable) materials. On the back wall taking up over half the wall is the bar. Scattered randomly in the middle of the room is 4 person round tables. And along the front wall is booths. There is an old burlesque stage to the left with couches and chairs facing the stage. To the right is the game area with pool tables, darts, poker and slots. Above the bar is the owners office, There is also of course restrooms for the patrons and an employee locker area. There are two doors on the back wall that no one seems to be able to open.
Toward the back of the saloon is a staircase, which leads to a hallway full of room's. The third door to the right belongs to Owle. The room is sparsely furnished, having only a bed, a dresser with mirror perched above it, a night table, and a desk with a chair. All the furniture is wooden, and has a very functional appearance. A simple lamp rests on the nighttable. A porcelain doll dressed in a torn kimono, a small burlap bag, and various coins and trinkets are strewn about atop the dresser. Various notebooks and writing implements rest on top of the desk. There is a small closet in the back on the left hand side, which contains only four sets of clothing, plus a few outfits that have been thrown on the floor. A cardboard box lined with a big pink sweater sits on the floor near Owle's bed. The name Verde is written across the box in green permanent marker.
Owle is Rand's guardian.
