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The Lodge on Ar' Idil fulfills the role of the Community Centre on Cetalu, but is a little larger to accomodate the bigger population. There is a kitchen, bathroom facilities, storage area, and spare rooms as well as a large common area and plenty of chairs / tables to lounge on. In one area there are some pin boards with information on them about the Aerandir and beside the door is a "postbox".

The centre kitchen runs on gas, and clean water is pumped from a well underneath the building. Supplies are left for the guardians if they need them. There is a large table for communal dining if the residents feel like getting together, and toys and such for when there are finally gryphons about.

The building itself is made out of wood, in the style of a log cabin, but larger and sturdier. The floors are polished wood with no scuff marks to indicate use, and the place smells clean, fresh and new. There are several large windows to let light in, and several large lights suspended from the ceiling for night-time.

The accomodation seemed somewhat rough and ready but had a countryside feel, what some liked to call 'homely'. The facilities seemed reasonable enough, better than some he had been made to endure on the continent and, afterall, he was going to be allowed to study a creature which had previously been thought extinct. That alone made abiding this slightly colonial style setup worthwile.

Stepping forward to inspect the pile of notes he realised many of them were those which he'd looked at before. "Yes." he answered when Alyosha asked if he had gone over the procedure before. "Several times, in fact." he added, putting a slight tone with it which would, hopefully, suggest that his competancy should not be questioned again. He was quite capable of writing a letter and sticking a feather into a bottle!

"I guess you should be going back to your own duties?" he asked, placing his notebook away now that he was inside. "I'm sure I can find my way around here quite easily so there's no point in holding you back further."

Now that Alyosha was gone he could perhaps get on with something. After pushing his bag into one of the vacant rooms, he went back to the table, picked up a thick sheaf of papers and headed towards the door.

Houses were to be inspected and he had the neccessary forms to fill in for those which were considered 'ready'.

A few minutes afterward, Jizzy strode in confidently. She seemed to strut as if she had been here for ages, isnted of for the first time. The bag containing Tobias's jars was slung over her shoulder and she patted it softly, as she had been doing so in regular intervals while she walked here.

"Nice place they have here.."

She thought out loud, pushing her sunglasses up from sliding down her nose.

"Anyone home?"

She called out, jokingly, not really expecting a reply.

"Yah, Jizzy's the name. You were... hmm. Chao, correct?"

She said, waving back to her and smiling. She hoped she hadn't mistaken the name. SHe began to stride over looking around, taking the Lodge.

"Nice place, but kinda plain..."

She said, half to herself and half to Chaos. She often talked that way.

"True.. We seem to be the first people to really live here..."

Jizzy said, pushing up her glasses again. They seemed to love sliding down her nose, or she simply enjoyed pushing them up.

"Well I'm pretty sure once the Aerandir merge this place will be bustling, or at least a bit messier."

She commented chuckling softly, peering into many of the rooms in turn.

"Yeah, I did. Mispelled his name by accident on the reply letter too. I'm such a dunce."

She said, laughing at her own stupidity. She peered into a room and made a double take, smiling broadly.

"Hey, what do you say we break out the kitchen?"

She said, moving into the room, smiling around. Hmmm... What to cook, what to cook.

Jizzy peered over Chao's shoulder and smiled.

"Perfect!"

She said, reacheing in and grabbing flour, eggs, powdered milk and other ingredients.

"We shall prepare the first ever batch of cookie on Ar'Idil!"