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This is the OOC thread for Peace Restored (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7324491#post7324491)

Now to describe the Villa on Goat Rock...

I did have a picture of the layout of this house...the problem is it will not presently work...so

The house is formed in the shape of an H. http://homepage.mac.com/wbwip/seacadets/june03flight/thumb/dsc02016.jpg

The central line, or range, of the H contains the living room on the ground floor at almost 60 feet by 30 feet.
http://www.newportmansions.org/images/rosecliff.jpg

The room looks out on at the front of the house across a small garden and out the back of the house across a lawn, with a long pool (filled with grass) an a pair of small buildings with a colonade between them. They also look out on the bay, to be described below.

The right wing of the H contains the dining room and billard room with the elevator, butler's pantry and service stairs between them. The billard room is located at the upper right end and the dining room at the lower right end.

The left wing of the H contains the salon http://www.newportmansions.org/images/RCSalon.gif at the upper left end, the stair hall at the center http://www.fswarchitects.com/history/Rosecliff.jpg
and the entrance hall at the lower left end.

Upstairs each 'end' of the H has a large, 30 by 30 square bedroom except for the lower left end which is actually about 30 by 15. The two small plain bedrooms are tucked in next to the lower left end bedroom and lower right bedroom since the lower two ends are longer than the upper ends. The two wings of the H are connected upstaris by a 12 foot wide hallway. Off of this hallway is the acess to the three bedrooms looking out over the bay and over the living room.

The servants rooms upstairs sit above the central wing and have a set of stairs going down. into the rest of the house. You can not see the 'third' floor from the ground because it is behind the balustrade, similar to the white house. (and done by the same architects actually)

The upper side of the H looks out over the point and into the bay. The bay has several similar buildings along it's rocky shore, infact there is no apparent beach anywhere along the shore here. There are several multi-story boat houses including the one for this house which is one of the two buildings at the water's edge at the end of the lawn. At the upper end of the bay is a village built on both sides of a small river.

The two outbuildings (at the end of the garden) is a boat house with the upper floor used as a sort of outdoor rec room with stairs going down into the boat room below. (no boats sorry) The colonade is at the edge of the rocky cliff but has a hot tub built in to a niche at the center. The other 'pavilion' is actually a kid's play room with abandoned toys in little cubbyholes around the sides and a sand box in the center.

Both the pool, and the bowling alley are unusable at present. The pool because it is now a koi pond...(with no Koi) and the bowling alley by a lack of equipment...the billiard table still has all of the the balls and a full rack of ques.

Before I get comments, I just took this house from RL and flipped it for the site.

Alright Staff Reports:

Butler: Oday Nostom
Employeer: National Service Personel
Age:29
Birth Place: Terran Sphere
Status: Freeman

The young man has several years experience first as a bellboy then as a footman at some hotels throughout A+H. Nothing unusual in his past, a few parking tickets, an arrest for being caught in a bar at age 17 with a 'woman of questionable virtue negotating services.'

Footman: Jhonathan Peters
Employeer: National Service Personel
Age:21
Brith Place: Terran Sphere
Status: Vaux

This guy has a problem with needing to hire women to service him, and chosing undercover vice squad members it seems. Presently he appears to not have been caught at this, although a note identifies that he should only be allowed to work in homes which do not mind 'physical social encounters between consenting staff members. With a reference to Elanie Brunch.

Footman: Patrick Boyhill
Employer: National Service Personel
Age: 18
Birth Place: Terran Sphere
Status: Vaux

Other than a good number of moving violations with his motorbike, he appears clean. No financial difficulties or real run ins with the law.

Head Cook: Debra De'Vaux
Employer: Alconian Royal Marines,
Service Personel Department
Age:33
Birth Place: China Wrighty
Status: Freeman
Security Clearence: AG I

Her file reads like someone spent a good deal of time editing it to leave out any juicy bits. But what is shown is that she is the cook for a the NCO mess at a major marine base, they reassigned her here due to her own kitchen undergoing remodeling. It also shows that she has worked, in varying capacities, for the marines since about age fourteen. Before that is just the phrase "Operation Jaffa, found Hotel ****** under sexual duress" A medical note of severe respratory problems seems to note why she isn't a marine herself.

Assistant Cook: Emily De'Python
Age: 16
Birth Place: Unknown
Status: Vaux, Dependent of the State,
presently under care of Royal Marines


Again, this file reads like it has been edited. But it is apparent she has 'severe memory loss' due to 'multiple sexual and physical trauma.' Her presence here is more to do with De'Vaux who is apparenlty her 'acting guardian.'

four of the maids are actually local girls. Most are listed as working for the Jenssen family as temporary maids.

Head Maid: Paula Nims
Employer: National Service Personel
Age: 22
Birth Place: Torrhall, Duchy of Hubris
Status: Vaux

Paula Nims seems to have a short, boring life of a poor girl who got into service. Her present postion is more or less her first posting at it, but the included recommendations are glowing.

Maid:Elanie Brunch
Employer: National Service Personel
Age: 23
Birth Place: Copper Harbor, Duchy of Alcona
Status: Vaux

Elanie seems to have gotten into a more physical service industry until about the same time as Mr. Peters. Actually a postscript adds: "Nympomaniacs both of them...they just need to find a household willing to have a married couple keep house with a distant service wing, or Elaine needs to stop screaming so much. Not much of a security risk since they don't appear to be hidding anything from each other. He even knows that she can no longer bear children..."

Okay, assume the diplomats were mentioned as well (as I said, I was tired when I wrote that post). The part about Guring being in charge is correct though, as far as the servants are concerned he's in charge of them too. The diplomats will be giving them orders, but Guring is sort of "Chief of Personnel" or something along those lines. It centralizes all the authority positions in one chain of command, thus making it easier to keep everyone on the same page. At least, that's the idea.

Understood, but realize that Ames and Guring have just assumed the social equivilence of Swordsmen (the two girls in white) You have to look at 17th century english households for an equivilent to them (the upper level of servants in english households vanished by the 18th century. Strange I took the design from RL but it seemed to meet 'Alconian requirements' including two small rooms for the socially 'equal' but also servant swordsmen. (With one bedroom overlooking the mainstairs to protect the family and the other next to the main guest bedroom...)

Which means that the butler (who is considered the manager of the household staff) will likely consider most details beneith your need for direct involvement. It also says that your general personel will be stuck in some quasi state.

Alright Picture time:

The Elizabeth (http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/donatgw/boston.gif)

His Grace, Alexander III (http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/donatgw/niven.jpg)
Elizabeth, Markgravine of Both (http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/donatgw/eliza2.jpg)