SpunGirl
09-05-2003, 02:45 AM
So I didn't really think about it too much, since I've been there before, but when my character went to Ivas' temple tonight (she visits every so often, it's part of her history), I looked again at all the murals, et cetera, and remembered the discussion we had abouth whether GS was truly an all-ages game. For those of you who haven't been, here's some of the snippets.
[Hall of the Feast]
Moonlight streams through cutwork teak shutters to cast lacy shadows on the polished stone floor. A mural lit by flickering candles stretches the length of the hallway. The muted chime of temple bells is a reminder that despite the nature of the paintings, this place is holy to some.
Obvious exits: east, west
>l mur
The painting depicts a feast, perhaps a celebration of a holy day. The fruit which is heaped with abandon on the table is clearly overripe, some of it to the point of rottenness. Nonetheless, the elegantly clad celebrants are stuffing their own and each other's mouths with it in an obscene display of gluttony. Their greasy-lipped smiles of ecstasy betray no displeasure with the spoiling food.
>[Hall of the Feast]
The too-sweet smell of rot grows stronger to the east and mingles with the scents of cinnamon, cardamom, and clove. Beeswax candles set in bronze sconces cast a fitful illumination on the mural, the flickering light giving the painted figures the illusion of movement.
Obvious exits: east, west
>point mur
You point at a vivid mural.
l mur
>The feast portrayed to the west has devolved into outright debauchery along this span of the painting. The diners drizzle honey from their fingers into one another's gaping mouths and smear the juices of figs and pomegranates on one another's bare arms. Some of the revelers are missing limbs or are disfigured by the ravages of some unknown disease. A beautiful woman, her smile of amusement visible beneath her veils, reclines on a couch placed in the position of honor at the head of the table.
[Sleeping Quarters]
Whoever lives here seems not so much to scorn privacy as to be completely unfamiliar with the concept. Communal satin cushions and fur throws are strewn haphazardly on the floor in lieu of beds. Inspirational tapestries flank the arched rosewood door to the south, while a pair of mirrors on the east and west walls reflect soft moonlight into every part of the chamber, leaving nowhere to hide.
Obvious exits: southeast, southwest
>l fres
Whatever nightmares spawned these images in their creator's diseased fancy must have rendered the artist mad soon after completing the work. Mad or not, the painter has rendered every morsel of the unspeakable feast arrayed upon the jade goddess's lap in meticulous detail. The diners' slick red faces beam in hearty approval, and it seems that even this appalling meal has only whetted other appetites.
[Temple, Bathing Chamber]
Water droplets condensing on the hollow-tiled ceiling above the central bath grow gravid in the steamy air and return to their source with a quiet splash. Silver ewers and vials of scented oil are within easy reach of the communal bath, their tarnished surfaces reflecting the flickering candlelight dimly. A large window on the western wall appears to serve the dual purpose of allowing bathers to admire the night skies and to put themselves on display. You also see a haon door and some marble steps leading into the bath.
Obvious exits: northeast
>l mural
The painting depicts bathers languishing on low stone benches surrounding the main bath, some of them rubbing unguents on the suppurating sores along their legs and flanks. No one shuns the afflicted individuals, though -- if anything, the red-robed bath attendants beam even more worshipfully at them than at those with sound bodies.
>l mural
Painted figures cavort in an opulent bathhouse, their glistening skin and broad smiles the only common factors among the disparate races depicted in the mural. Some of the bathers are marred by withered limbs, boils, and scabs that nest in the folds of their bejeweled fingers. A portion of the painting is left open to the rains and has been weathered beyond recognition, yet somehow even this damage contributes to the painting's theme of beauty and decay.
At the risk of a Neildo - length post I'll cut it off here, but what does everyone else think? I think this is appropriate for the sense of Ivas, but it is appropriate for kids? At what age?
-K
[Hall of the Feast]
Moonlight streams through cutwork teak shutters to cast lacy shadows on the polished stone floor. A mural lit by flickering candles stretches the length of the hallway. The muted chime of temple bells is a reminder that despite the nature of the paintings, this place is holy to some.
Obvious exits: east, west
>l mur
The painting depicts a feast, perhaps a celebration of a holy day. The fruit which is heaped with abandon on the table is clearly overripe, some of it to the point of rottenness. Nonetheless, the elegantly clad celebrants are stuffing their own and each other's mouths with it in an obscene display of gluttony. Their greasy-lipped smiles of ecstasy betray no displeasure with the spoiling food.
>[Hall of the Feast]
The too-sweet smell of rot grows stronger to the east and mingles with the scents of cinnamon, cardamom, and clove. Beeswax candles set in bronze sconces cast a fitful illumination on the mural, the flickering light giving the painted figures the illusion of movement.
Obvious exits: east, west
>point mur
You point at a vivid mural.
l mur
>The feast portrayed to the west has devolved into outright debauchery along this span of the painting. The diners drizzle honey from their fingers into one another's gaping mouths and smear the juices of figs and pomegranates on one another's bare arms. Some of the revelers are missing limbs or are disfigured by the ravages of some unknown disease. A beautiful woman, her smile of amusement visible beneath her veils, reclines on a couch placed in the position of honor at the head of the table.
[Sleeping Quarters]
Whoever lives here seems not so much to scorn privacy as to be completely unfamiliar with the concept. Communal satin cushions and fur throws are strewn haphazardly on the floor in lieu of beds. Inspirational tapestries flank the arched rosewood door to the south, while a pair of mirrors on the east and west walls reflect soft moonlight into every part of the chamber, leaving nowhere to hide.
Obvious exits: southeast, southwest
>l fres
Whatever nightmares spawned these images in their creator's diseased fancy must have rendered the artist mad soon after completing the work. Mad or not, the painter has rendered every morsel of the unspeakable feast arrayed upon the jade goddess's lap in meticulous detail. The diners' slick red faces beam in hearty approval, and it seems that even this appalling meal has only whetted other appetites.
[Temple, Bathing Chamber]
Water droplets condensing on the hollow-tiled ceiling above the central bath grow gravid in the steamy air and return to their source with a quiet splash. Silver ewers and vials of scented oil are within easy reach of the communal bath, their tarnished surfaces reflecting the flickering candlelight dimly. A large window on the western wall appears to serve the dual purpose of allowing bathers to admire the night skies and to put themselves on display. You also see a haon door and some marble steps leading into the bath.
Obvious exits: northeast
>l mural
The painting depicts bathers languishing on low stone benches surrounding the main bath, some of them rubbing unguents on the suppurating sores along their legs and flanks. No one shuns the afflicted individuals, though -- if anything, the red-robed bath attendants beam even more worshipfully at them than at those with sound bodies.
>l mural
Painted figures cavort in an opulent bathhouse, their glistening skin and broad smiles the only common factors among the disparate races depicted in the mural. Some of the bathers are marred by withered limbs, boils, and scabs that nest in the folds of their bejeweled fingers. A portion of the painting is left open to the rains and has been weathered beyond recognition, yet somehow even this damage contributes to the painting's theme of beauty and decay.
At the risk of a Neildo - length post I'll cut it off here, but what does everyone else think? I think this is appropriate for the sense of Ivas, but it is appropriate for kids? At what age?
-K