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0|0|0|||1||Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||01:57:53|10/06/2013|Some of you may remember that a few years ago I modeled the house on Wildwood Road in Nekomikoka%2C where Kate%2C Utena%2C and Anthy were living at the start of %5Bi%5DSymphony No.4%5B%2Fi%5D%2C using the home construction tools in %5Bi%5DThe Sims 2%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C for the last couple of weeks %28in my copious free time%29%2C I%27ve been using the somewhat more advanced version of that toolset in %5Bi%5DThe Sims 3%5B%2Fi%5D for similar purposes%2C modeling a couple of locations and situations that will be appearing in future stories.  Those models are for in-house reference on stuff that hasn%27t come out yet%2C so I can%27t show you yet%2C but this afternoon - because there was nobody here to stop me - I branched out a little and whipped up a mockup of one of the locations from %5Bi%5DWhat%27s Past Is Prologue%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt started when Phil found %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520building%2520%2528official%2529.jpg%3Fx%7Cthis picture%2C%5D which he called to my attention by saying%2C %22Hey%2C it%27s Azana%27s apartment building.%22  I could not argue with that.  If she doesn%27t live in that exact building%2C it is at least one that looks very much like it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520building.jpg%3Fx%7CThis is the rough game-engine model of Azana%27s building.%5D  It%27s sort of a red-brick version of the three- or four-story apartment houses one sees a lot of in places like Worcester and greater Boston - one apartment on each floor.  In the actual story it%27s not standing off on its own like that%3B it%27s on the end of a block of several similar buildings%2C as seen in the official artwork above.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs you see%2C my exterior treatment is pretty crude%2C because I didn%27t bother spending a lot of time on all the intricate details of the brickwork shown in the official artwork%3B the outside of the building wasn%27t really what I was interested in modeling anyway.  I may refine it later on.  %28In fact%2C I probably will%2C since I can never quite seem to leave these things alone.%29  Sadly%2C the %22hey%21  crab%21%22 sign is not available in the game%2C but you may rest assured it%27s on the building in-story. %3A%29  Also%2C I figure that blank space on the front%2C where there are no windows%2C is covered in a %5Blink%3Aen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ABovril_Nourishes_you_to_resist_Flu_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1599595.jpg%3Fx%7Cpainted advertisement hoarding in the old style%2C%5D selling Flamey-Os Instant Noodles.%0D%0A%0D%0AInside is where the action is%2C anyway.  %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apartment.jpg%3Fx%7CHere is a general view of the apartment%2C%5D in the %22walls partially down%22 viewing mode so details of e.g. the elevator lobby can be seen.  %28Lest you think she really just has the parts of a bathroom sitting out in the open in one corner of the room. %3A%29  The stairs are behind the elevator%3B they%27re accessed by that red door next to it.  %28The grey door leads to a custodian%27s closet.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apt%25202.jpg%3Fx%7CHere%27s the living room.%5D  Those pictures on the wall above the loveseat are Azana%27s parents%2C her grandfather as a young naval officer%2C and Zuko%3B the one in the fancy curved frame is the official portait of Fire Lord Katara the Younger.  Note the hibachi to the right%3B above it%2C a redecoed kitchen cabinet stands in for the industrial vent hood.  %28This sort of arrangement is quite common in modern-day Fire Nation and expat Fire National homes%2C one presumes to the chagrin of fire marshals in other parts of the world.%29  Azana%27s brazier is actually much prettier than that%2C but that%27s the only one in the game.  And yes%2C I know that telephone is much too modern.%0D%0A%0D%0A %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520kitchen.jpg%3Fx%7CHere is a closer look at the kitchen area.%5D  That light fixture over the island is ghosting because of the camera position.  I eventually 86ed it altogether as superfluous%2C but forgot to reshoot this frame.  Fancy induction rangetop stands in for the gas burners Azana%27s stove actually has.  %28Note that this is a %22walls up%22 view%3B that half-wall on the left really is a half-wall%2C not a whole one the game isn%27t rendering.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520bed.jpg%3Fx%7CJust beyond that half-wall is the bed area.%5D  Obviously Azana isn%27t at home right now.  She wouldn%27t mind Karana crashing%2C but she wouldn%27t be having that shoes-on-the-bed thing.%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apt%25203.jpg%3Fx%7CHere is the view from the kitchen back toward the entryway.%5D  That%27s a replica of Space Sword on the wall above her desk.  If you%27re looking at the grand piano and thinking%2C %5Bi%5DHang on%2C that%27s coming it a bit posh%2C%5B%2Fi%5D may I remind you that Azana was the Western League%27s MVP last season.  Also%2C the chess table is probably really a %5Bi%5Dpai sho%5B%2Fi%5D table.%0D%0A%0D%0AAnd speaking of %22a bit posh%22%2C %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520bathroom.jpg%3Fx%7Chere is her bathroom%2C%5D which even she admits is preposterously swanky for that part of town.  It was at least 30%25 of the reason she bought that apartment in the first place.  %28Ignore the glimpse of the living room on the left%3BI had to go to the %22walls partly down%22 view to get the camera in here.%29  Oddly for a studio apartment%2C it has two sinks.  That%27s one of the building%27s little mysteries%3B it was like that when she moved in.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs an aside%2C the perfect rectilinear precision of object placement in the %5Bi%5DSims%5B%2Fi%5D building tools can sometimes rather spoil the illusion%2C but in the case of Azana%27s apartment... no%2C that%27s pretty much what it%27s like in there. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AMeanwhile%2C elsewhere in Republic City%2C %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FG%2520and%2520Korra%2520play%2520Exploding%2520Tank%2520Man.jpg%3Fx%7CGryphon and Korra play a video game%5D.  It has been statistically proven that the Avatar State does %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D provide any useful method of cheating at %5Bi%5DExploding Tank Man%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
1|1|0|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|JeanneHedge||11:54:56|10/06/2013|Very nice renderings. Probably take me 6 months to come up with something like these.%0D%0A%0D%0AI am a little confused%2C though - a couple of your descriptions don%27t seem to match what%27s in the images. It might be the thing about the software and the walls getting in the way%2C it might be the text is describing a later version of some of the images%2C it might be me being totally wrong.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apt%25203.jpg%3Fx%7Cview from the kitchen back toward the entryway%5D - comparing that with the %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apartment.jpg%3Fx%7Cgeneral view of the apartment%5D%2C it appears to me to possibly be a view from the bedroom toward the entryway. It just seems to be too far to the left to be the kitchen. I think some of what%27s driving this may be furniture positions too %28dangerous to base things on furniture in an in-progress project%29%2C such as the position of the carpet%2C that black %22table-counter%22 thing that%27s obviously not a range top%2C the piano and the cabinet just before the piano.%0D%0A%0D%0AOf course%2C there may not be a view from the bedroom toward the entry%2C if there%27s a full wall in the way.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520kitchen.jpg%3Fx%7CHere is a closer look at the kitchen area.%5D  That light fixture over the %0D%0A%3Eisland is ghosting because of the camera position.  I eventually 86ed %0D%0A%3Eit altogether as superfluous%2C but forgot to reshoot this frame.  Fancy %0D%0A%3Einduction rangetop stands in for the gas burners Azana%27s stove %0D%0A%3Eactually has.  %28Note that this is a %22walls up%22 view%3B that half-wall on %0D%0A%3Ethe left really is a half-wall%2C not a whole one the game isn%27t %0D%0A%3Erendering.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520bed.jpg%3Fx%7CJust beyond that half-wall is the bed area.%5D  Obviously Azana isn%27t at home %0D%0A%3Eright now.  She wouldn%27t mind Karana crashing%2C but she wouldn%27t be %0D%0A%3Ehaving that shoes-on-the-bed thing. %0D%0A%0D%0AA half-wall between the kitchen and the living room%2C I get. But there%27s a half-wall between the kitchen and the bedroom%3F I know you wrote it%27s a studio%2C but what about a little privacy%3F Does she have a screen shoved away in the corner%3F%0D%0A%0D%0ASpacial orientation-wise %28and I don%27t know how the program works%29%2C my eye insists that the other side of that half-wall to the left in the kitchen view is the living room%2C and the bedroom is behind the camera. For bedroom-left%2C kitchen-right to work%2C I think the kitchen %22camera%22 would have to be aimed at the living room%2C not an exterior wall %28based on the %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apartment.jpg%3Fx%7Cgeneral view of the apartment%5D%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AVery spacious looking bedroom though %28like the Zzzz%29 - is it bigger than her living room%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
2|2|1|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||13:24:34|10/06/2013|%3EThe %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apt%25203.jpg%3Fx%7Cview from the kitchen back toward the entryway%5D - comparing that with the %0D%0A%3E%5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520apartment.jpg%3Fx%7Cgeneral view of the apartment%5D%2C it appears to me to possibly be a view from %0D%0A%3Ethe bedroom toward the entryway.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe %22camera%22 is sort of sitting on top of the counters just inside the half-wall%2C so I suppose you%27re right%2C it%27s sort of a view from the bedroom area %5Bi%5Dof%5B%2Fi%5D the kitchen and the entryway.%0D%0A%0D%0ATell you what%2C I should go back and get a straight-up view-from-the-blimp shot to make the floorplan plainer.  Between the isometric perspective and the funky decisions the game sometimes makes as to rendering nearby objects%2C I can see where it might be confusing if you don%27t already know the layout.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28some time later%29%0D%0A%0D%0AOK.  %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520place%2520overhead%2520view.jpg%3Fx%7CHere is a labeled overhead floorplan view.%5D  That may help clarify matters somewhat.  Also%2C I took a couple of better isometric overviews%2C one from %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520place%2520iso%25202.jpg%3Fx%7Cthe foyer%5D and one from %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520place%2520iso%25201.jpg%3Fx%7Cthe opposite corner%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI think some of what%27s driving this may be %0D%0A%3Efurniture positions too %28dangerous to base things on furniture in an %0D%0A%3Ein-progress project%29%2C such as the position of the carpet%2C that black %0D%0A%3E%22table-counter%22 thing that%27s obviously not a range top%2C the piano and %0D%0A%0D%0AThe black counter in the middle of the foreground %28in the %22from the kitchen%22 shot%29 is the kitchen island%2C with the range built into the middle of it.  %28That surface with the four red rings and the red oblong on it.  Like I said%2C it%27s one%27a them fancy induction cooktops.  Supposed to be gas%2C but I guess Sims cook with electricity only. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI tell you what%2C though%2C I%27ve just noticed she doesn%27t have any place to sit and eat.  %28The apartment%27s original designer probably assume tenants would put a dining room table in the area by the entrance%2C which Azana is using as a foyer instead.%29  The kitchen island%27s supposed to have a couple of barstools by it for this purpose%2C but it appears I forgot to place them.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3Ethe cabinet just before the piano. %0D%0A%0D%0ABetween the last overhead cabinet %28upper left%29 and the piano is the fridge%3B it%27s red%2C so it blends in with the surroundings a bit.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EOf course%2C there may not be a view from the bedroom toward the entry%2C %0D%0A%3Eif there%27s a full wall in the way. %0D%0A%0D%0AThere is not%3B the only full walls in the apartment itself %28not counting the elevator lobby and the stairs%2C naturally%29 are around the bathroom.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EA half-wall between the kitchen and the living room%2C I get. But %0D%0A%3Ethere%27s a half-wall between the kitchen and the bedroom%3F I know you %0D%0A%3Ewrote it%27s a studio%2C but what about a little privacy%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AFrom whom%3F  She%27s the only one there%2C and the last overnight visitor she had was Karana%2C who a%29 has seen anything she might have on offer a zillion times already%2C in MLB dressing rooms all over Diqiu and b%29 was too drunk to notice a brass band%2C much less Azana getting undressed for bed. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EVery spacious looking bedroom though %28like the Zzzz%29 - is it bigger %0D%0A%3Ethan her living room%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ANot quite%3B they%27re about the same size if you don%27t count the area where the brazier and gramophone are as part of the living room%2C or the living room is slightly larger if you do.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
3|3|2|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|JeanneHedge||18:51:42|10/06/2013|Thanks for the new views. They help greatly%2C and I now see all the places I was wrong - such as in basic room identification %28I was mis-identiying some of the rooms%29%0D%0A%0D%0AThe new images give %28me%2C anyway%29 a better feel for the walls%2C and I withdraw all privacy-based concerns related to the bedroom.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhat I was calling the %22table-counter thing%22 and you said was the kitchen island with the range... that%27s a prime example of why I said trying to identify rooms based on furnishings was dangerous. I couldn%27t see the red rings%2Foblong on one of the views%2C and it just didn%27t click that it was still the same piece of furniture.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EI tell you what%2C though%2C I%27ve just noticed she doesn%27t have any place %0D%0A%3Eto sit and eat.  %28The apartment%27s original designer probably assume %0D%0A%3Etenants would put a dining room table in the area by the entrance%2C %0D%0A%3Ewhich Azana is using as a foyer instead.%29  The kitchen island%27s %0D%0A%3Esupposed to have a couple of barstools by it for this purpose%2C but it %0D%0A%3Eappears I forgot to place them. %0D%0A%0D%0AAnd if not barstools at the island%2C she could just eat off the living room table%2C sitting on the floor or couch. %0D%0A%0D%0ADo you do layouts like this %28computer rendered or just sketched out%29 much in your story location planning%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AJeanne%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btable border%3D%220%22 cellspacing%3D%220%22 cellpadding%3D%220%22 width%3D%2280%25%22%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd align%3D%22center%22 width%3D%2210%25%22%5Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%2Fmisc%2Foldowl.jpg%5B%2Ftd%5D%5Btd%5D%5Bfont size%3D2%5D%5Bb%5DJeanne Hedge%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0A%5Blink%3Awww.jhedge.com%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.jhedge.com%5D%5B%2Ffont%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bi%5D%5Bfont size%3D1%5D%22Never give up%2C never surrender%21%22%5B%2Ffont%5D%0D%0A%5B%2Fi%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5Btr%5D%5Btd colspan%3D%222%22%5D%5Bhr size%3D%221%22 noshade%5D%5B%2Ftd%5D%5B%2Ftr%5D%5B%2Ftable%5D
4|4|3|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||19:01:00|10/06/2013|%3EAnd if not barstools at the island%2C she could just eat off the living %0D%0A%3Eroom table%2C sitting on the floor or couch. %0D%0A%0D%0AShe could%2C but she%27s Azana%2C so she won%27t. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0AI hasten to note that she%27s not %5Bi%5Dpathologically%5B%2Fi%5D neat%2C I mean%2C she doesn%27t get crazy about things out of place or anything... she just keeps a very tidy house%2C is all.  She likes order.  Things where they%27re supposed to be.  It%27s an offshoot of her way of dealing with the fact that her element is the one that will run out of control and destroy an entire town if you don%27t stay on top of it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3EDo you do layouts like this %28computer rendered or just sketched out%29 %0D%0A%3Emuch in your story location planning%3F %0D%0A%0D%0ANo%2C not really.  I don%27t think I%27ve %5Bi%5Dever%5B%2Fi%5D designed a location explicitly %5Bi%5Dfirst%5B%2Fi%5D%3B I%27ve sat down and worked out what places looked like after the fact a couple of times now%2C as illustrations for the reader%2C but while I%27m writing I go from mental images.  This is often problematic%2C I admit.  Corwin%27s apartment in the World Wide Building has had about three different layouts in various bits of the later Symphonies because I%27ve forgotten where I put things and then put them again%2C and the kitchen in Raven%27s flat in Claremont has moved at least twice. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
5|5|4|||||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Zox||19:38:58|10/06/2013|%3ECorwin%27s apartment in the World Wide %0D%0A%3EBuilding has had about three different layouts in various bits of the %0D%0A%3Elater Symphonies because I%27ve forgotten where I put things and then %0D%0A%3Eput them again%2C and the kitchen in Raven%27s flat in Claremont has moved %0D%0A%3Eat least twice. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AIs this %5Bi%5DThe Melancholy of Gryphon Suzumiya%5B%2Fi%5D%2C then%3F When God doesn%27t pay attention to the universe%2C reality gets unstable%3F %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Actually%2C described that way%2C it makes me wonder if Cephiro ever had a pillar named Haruhi...%29
6|6|5|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||19:51:29|10/06/2013|%3EIs this %5Bi%5DThe Melancholy of Gryphon Suzumiya%5B%2Fi%5D%2C then%3F When God %0D%0A%3Edoesn%27t pay attention to the universe%2C reality gets unstable%3F %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5DStraight%5B%2Fi%5D over my head%2C but from context%2C uh%2C yeah%2C something like that.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Glitch in the Matrix.  It usually happens when they change something. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
7|7|6|||||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Zox||20:09:44|10/06/2013|%3E%3EIs this %5Bi%5DThe Melancholy of Gryphon Suzumiya%5B%2Fi%5D%2C then%3F When God %0D%0A%3E%3Edoesn%27t pay attention to the universe%2C reality gets unstable%3F %3A%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%5Bi%5DStraight%5B%2Fi%5D over my head%2C but from context%2C uh%2C yeah%2C something %0D%0A%3Elike that. %0D%0A%0D%0AQuick plot summary of %5Bi%5DThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya%5B%2Fi%5D%2C as I understand it%3A Haruhi is%2C without being aware of it%2C the god of the universe that the characters %28including Haruhi%29 live in. It%27s the main characters%27 mission in life to keep Haruhi from getting bored%2C or distracted%2C or depressed--because when she does%2C bad things start to happen on a cosmic level.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo to tie into the %5Bi%5DMatrix%5B%2Fi%5D reference%3A what if the Architect took the blue pill%3F
8|8|7|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||20:13:24|10/06/2013|%3EQuick plot summary of %5Bi%5DThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya%5B%2Fi%5D%2C as I %0D%0A%3Eunderstand it%3A Haruhi is%2C without being aware of it%2C the god of the %0D%0A%3Euniverse that the characters %28including Haruhi%29 live in. It%27s the main %0D%0A%3Echaracters%27 mission in life to keep Haruhi from getting bored%2C or %0D%0A%3Edistracted%2C or depressed--because when she does%2C bad things start to %0D%0A%3Ehappen on a cosmic level. %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5D%5Bb%5DCORWIN%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0ANow%2C you see%2C that%27s a %5Bu%5Dmuch%5B%2Fu%5D better design than the way it works in Cephiro.  You don%27t %5Bu%5Dtell%5B%2Fu%5D the person everything depends on that everything depends on her.  That%27s just asking for trouble.  That%27s like trying not to think of Mr. Stay-Puft.%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
11|9|8|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|BobSchroeck||13:28:58|10/07/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-07-13 AT 01:29 PM (EDT)]%3E%5Btt%5D%5Bb%5DCORWIN%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%3ENow%2C you see%2C that%27s a %5Bu%5Dmuch%5B%2Fu%5D better design than the way it works %0D%0A%3Ein Cephiro.  You don%27t %5Bu%5Dtell%5B%2Fu%5D the person everything depends on %0D%0A%3Ethat everything depends on her.  That%27s just asking for trouble.  %0D%0A%3EThat%27s like trying not to think of Mr. Stay-Puft.%5B%2Ftt%5D %0D%0A%0D%0A%5Btt%5D%5Bb%5DSKULD%5B%2Fb%5D%0D%0AOf course%2C it all breaks down when the usual stresses of life get to that person -- you know%2C homework%2C exams%2C job problems%2C romance issues%2C stuff like that.  And then you get the astral dream giants trying to demolish everything.  Not always an optimal outcome.%5B%2Ftt%5D%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
12|9|8|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Pasha||22:03:36|10/07/2013|%3E%3EQuick plot summary of %5Bi%5DThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya%5B%2Fi%5D%2C as I %0D%0A%3E%3Eunderstand it%3A Haruhi is%2C without being aware of it%2C the god of the %0D%0A%3E%3Euniverse that the characters %28including Haruhi%29 live in. It%27s the main %0D%0A%3E%3Echaracters%27 mission in life to keep Haruhi from getting bored%2C or %0D%0A%3E%3Edistracted%2C or depressed--because when she does%2C bad things start to %0D%0A%3E%3Ehappen on a cosmic level. %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3E%5Btt%5D%5Bb%5DCORWIN%5B%2Fb%5D %0D%0A%3ENow%2C you see%2C that%27s a %5Bu%5Dmuch%5B%2Fu%5D better design than the way it works %0D%0A%3Ein Cephiro.  You don%27t %5Bu%5Dtell%5B%2Fu%5D the person everything depends on %0D%0A%3Ethat everything depends on her.  That%27s just asking for trouble.  %0D%0A%3EThat%27s like trying not to think of Mr. Stay-Puft.%5B%2Ftt%5D %0D%0A%0D%0AIsn%27t that Vaughn%3F%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0A-Pasha %28%22Gah%2C Photons%2C too loud%21%22 was a catch phrase between hosehead and I for years.%29%0D%0A%22Don%27t change the subject%22%0D%0A%22Too slow%2C already did.%22
10|8|7|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|BobSchroeck||13:25:35|10/07/2013|%3EQuick plot summary of %5Bi%5DThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya%5B%2Fi%5D%2C as I %0D%0A%3Eunderstand it%3A Haruhi is%2C without being aware of it%2C the god of the %0D%0A%3Euniverse that the characters %28including Haruhi%29 live in. It%27s the main %0D%0A%3Echaracters%27 mission in life to keep Haruhi from getting bored%2C or %0D%0A%3Edistracted%2C or depressed--because when she does%2C bad things start to %0D%0A%3Ehappen on a cosmic level.%0D%0A%0D%0AYeah.  Essentially%2C Haruhi is an unconscious World Engine with ADHD and an overwhelming faith in the rules of narrative causality.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
9|3|2|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|BobSchroeck||13:21:39|10/07/2013|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-07-13 AT 01:22 PM (EDT)]%3E  Like I said%2C it%27s one%27a them fancy induction cooktops.  %0D%0A%3ESupposed to be gas%2C but I guess Sims cook with electricity only. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AAfter all the Sims who set themselves on fire in the original game%2C I%27m not surprised.%0D%0A%0D%0AExcellent reference%2C Gryphon%2C and one I%27ll show Peggy as part of the reading of the story when the time comes.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
13|1|0|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||12:53:24|10/26/2013|For a different design project%2C I needed a Sim or two to just wander around for a bit%2C checking that the pathing between various features was workable %28as it is often possible to place things in the build%2Fbuy tool such that they look fine%2C but Sims cannot use them%29.  I could have used the %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2FAzana%2527s%2520living%2520room.jpg%3Fx%7CAzana and Karana Sims%5D I made for the Azana%27s-apartment project%2C but instead I decided to put together a theoretical prototype of Annabelle Tenjou as a young adult... %0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2Fannabelle%2520walking.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A... and only once she was live in the game and I saw her in action did I realize that she%27s basically Mako Mori if Mako was from the Water Tribe instead of Japan.  %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2Fannabelle%2520chatting.jpg%3Fx%7CAnd more cheerful.%5D  %5Blink%3Awww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FSOS%2FGFX%2Frefs%2Fannabelle%2520riding%2520a%2520broom.jpg%3Fx%7CAnd a witch.%5D %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A%5Bsmall%5D%5Bb%5DDisclaimer%3A%5B%2Fb%5D Annabelle may not actually grow up to own a flying broom.%5B%2Fsmall%5D%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
14|2|13|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Peter Eng||16:26:54|10/26/2013|Even if she does have a flying broom%2C it might not be what people would expect.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22You want one%3F  I have the CAD file...%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22The what%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Dad made the first one for me when I got my pilot%27s license.%22%0D%0A%0D%0APeter Eng%0D%0A--%0D%0AInsert humorous comment here.
15|3|14|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||18:00:41|10/26/2013|%3EEven if she does have a flying broom%2C it might not be what people %0D%0A%3Ewould expect. %0D%0A%0D%0AI remember a bit of the original %5Bi%5DOh My Goddess%5B%2Fi%5D OVA opening title sequence in which the Norns are depicted flying%2C witch-style%2C on floor-cleaning implements.  Belldandy has a regular broom %28and rides it sidesaddle%2C as I recall - very ladylike%29%2C Skuld%27s is this preposterously high-tech-looking item that is still obviously a broom%2C and Urd%2C Urd has opted for the classic Electrolux canister vacuum cleaner instead.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28Nowadays Skuld would probably be perched%2C gargoyle fashion%2C on a flying Roomba.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D
16|4|15|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|BobSchroeck||20:56:48|10/27/2013|%3E%28Nowadays Skuld would probably be perched%2C gargoyle fashion%2C on a %0D%0A%3Eflying Roomba.%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AOr piloting a giant one%2C flying saucer-style%2C from the inside...%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war.  We kill only out of personal spite.
17|5|16|||||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Bushido||04:54:06|10/28/2013|This train of thought is going to end up with Skuld building the Spaceball One%2FMega Maid%2C isn%27t it%3F
18|5|16|||1||RE%3A Interior Design Interlude|Gryphon||06:40:59|10/28/2013|%3E%3E%28Nowadays Skuld would probably be perched%2C gargoyle fashion%2C on a %0D%0A%3E%3Eflying Roomba.%29 %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EOr piloting a giant one%2C flying saucer-style%2C from the inside... %0D%0A%0D%0A%22Eh%3F  What%27s that you said%3F  Giant Roomba%3F%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Yes sir%2C Toru came up with it.  It%27s a combination of the words for %27giant%27 and %27Roomba%27.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Aha%21  Giant Roomba%21  That%27s very clever%21%22%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited  http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D