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obediences) wrote2019-03-28 08:00 am
obediences) wrote2019-03-28 08:00 am
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the old hargreeves mansion (nonah, nc)
REAL ESTATE BLURB [ LISTING ]
You enter the estate down a long cobblestone/paved courtyard driveway surrounded by over 2 acres of manicured grounds. The bridle staircase entry foyer will take your breath away as you start your experience in the home. Walls of glass on the main floor lead you out to the pool area with outdoor kitchen and large stone patios. The interior of the home features a billiard room, theatre, library, 2-storey great room with Juliet balcony, gourmet kitchen with tremendous center island. A large master suite with additional en-suite bedrooms are on the upper level. The lower level has a gym, salon, screening room, walk-in glass wine cellar and bar, as well as a recording studio and padded play area.
DESCRIPTION
A ridiculous mansion in North Carolina, moved in since May 27, 2019 — still ostentatious like their old home, but white and airy and bright compared to the claustrophobic Victorian house they grew up in. It was mainly afforded by Allison & Ben's paychecks, and Allison leaning into her imPort celebrity status for that juicy $$$.( Important note: Despite the photos, the house is actually very bare furniture-wise. They were sloooowly filling it out with belongings to make it look more lived-in, but it's hard to furnish a place like this on top of that rent, man. )
As of May 1, 2020, with the rest of their family Ported out, Luther and Allison moved to a smaller Nonah house. They still technically have the larger property, hanging onto it in the event that their family returns en masse, but they're subletting the mansion to several NPCs for now.
Current full-time inhabitants:
Occasional drop-ins:
Ported out: Diego, Klaus, Five, Ben, Vanya
THE GROUNDS
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THE EXTERIOR
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THE FOYER
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THE GARDEN PARLOUR (ATTACHED TO FOYER)
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GROUND FLOOR
- Kitchen, with attached family dining area
- Living room connecting to kitchen/dining, and exiting onto garden. Has the longest goddamn sofa
- Formal dining room, rarely used
- Billiards room
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BASEMENT
- Bar & walk-in wine cellar (crucial)
- TV den; smaller than the living room upstairs and has no natural light, but has actually morphed into the most comfortable hangout spot, mostly since it reminds them of their basement den back home
- Gym
- Recording studio (currently not in use; set aside as a music room for Vanya)
- Home cinema
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SECOND FLOOR
- 7 bedrooms, each set aside for their respective Hargreeves whether or not they're actually living there currently. Diego-Allison-Luther's are in a row, and Allison has the largest one
- Assorted bathrooms
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GARDEN
- Grill
- Small swimming pool
- Outdoor firepit
- A dead spot in the front yard, where white kryptonite fell in August 2019
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LUTHER'S ROOM.
Browns, blacks, and whites. Wood floors, minimalist, no decoration besides a few green plants. The room is obsessively tidy at all times (a carryover from his time as an astronaut), except for the stacks and piles of books everywhere. E v e r y w h e r e.
A vintage record player and a slowly-growing vinyl collection takes pride-of-place in the center of the room.
His bed is lined up alongside the wall (on the other side of the wall: Allison's room); there's no nightstand, but a perpetual stack of books beside the bed which functions as one. His wardrobe is open to view, and monotonous: usually just identical shirts and lots of slouchy oversized sweaters.
The desk carries some paint supplies and pencils and sketchbooks; one of the few hints of actual hobby supplies in the room.
There's a wide window; he often sits by it at night.
VISUALS
DIEGO'S ROOM.
Wood floors and wide, open spaces define the room perhaps more for how empty it still is all these months later than anything else. What little style there is to it, is simplistic, and mostly dark colors.
He has a small collection of knives cased in a cabinet on the wall near the closet and a dart board on the wall opposite his bed. A bed which is little more than a mattress on the floor. No desk, but a dresser sits in the corner near the closet.
Over time, Diego will slowly add an entertainment cabinet, tv, and various gaming and sound systems, but it will probably never look like a fully-outfitted room, the way most might think of one, with small personal items or knickknacks strewn about-- it will probably always look and feel a little empty, a little lacking, like there's still so much space that could be filled up if he just tried.
Additions
{10/1} A knife from Ben has been added to the knife cabinet; A first aid kit sits nudged against the dresser on the floor and a government brochure about the benefits of being Registered lays abandoned collecting dust in the scattered things on top of the dresser (from Luther); Also on top of the dresser is an odd sculpture (from The Outsider); The domino mask that Klaus gave him rests along to top ledge of the knife cabinet.
{11/28} A card with rainbow leaves now sits on the corner of his dresser. He won't let it be touched (or read) by anyone-- including other siblings.
VISUALS
ALLISON'S ROOM.
Classy, fresh, and feminine; these are the hallmarks of Allison's room.
All-natural wood flooring has been kept, first with base whites prevalent all across the furniture, and second, with accents of black, purples, greys, pinks, gold, greens, and more for singular vivid splashes of color. The big windows everywhere in this main master bedroom remain mostly uncovered, filling the room with light (and the night with the twinkling darkness of endless stars).
Her bed is braced on the center of a side wall (Luther's specifically), with a dresser and small shelf at either side. To fill the expansive space, there are a few chairs and a couch over by the wide window. While Allison's room testifies much to her profession -- with rows of clothes, and shoes, dresser and vanity of makeup, brushes, and fashion accessories -- there's little to nothing left around that gives any hint about other interests and fascets of her personality.
VISUALS
Klaus's Room
Eccentric, esoteric, and eclectic- this is the style that makes up Klaus's bedroom.
He's left the bare hardwood floors and covered them in a variety of richly colored rugs and throws. The walls are filled with artwork- posters and prints, photos and drawings, little things to take up the space. He like is small and cozy, and that's helped by shoving his bed into one corner in order to fill up the rest of his room with visual noise.
In one corner, he has a sitting area filled with cushions and a small tea table, in another is an area to sit and play music from his "vintage" stereo system. The desk that he keeps in the room is cluttered with artistic pursuits, half finished, with an ash-tray or two to catch all his worst vices.
VISUALS
NUMBER FIVE'S ROOM.
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BEN'S ROOM.
Dark, Emo and eclectic is Ben's style.
Blacks and blues mostly, with some splashes or red here and there. The room is darker then his other siblings rooms, white walls are covered by tapestries, paintings he's found in yard sales, or book shelves.
His bed is large and in the middle of the room on a platform. that platform takes up a large space of the room. You step up on it to get to a low seated bed full of thick blankets and too many pillows. the pillows spill off onto the platform most of the time.
Floor pillows are constantly being added to the room in general. A stack of them sit by a window. A low seated round table next to it for tea and books to read. trunks are also used as tables and book shelves.
books. Books everywhere. Over time he will have a large collection of books that have been given to him, collected from thrift stores or used book stores (they smell best), or just mystical finds.
Star (black cat) and Izzy (pink creature snake thing) will have their old apartment tree house to climb and play in, but S curved wall hangings in red will be hung on the walls as well, so they can both jump from platform to platform.
Rugs upon rugs will be collected in various shades of blue, black or red and placed over the hardwood flooring, to dampen sound and to keep his feet warm.
His computer desk is heavy wood and metal, sturdy, two monitors and editing software. It's adored with trinkets and things collected over time. His back will 'face' a bookshelf that hols things people have given him over time, so they are on display when he makes videos. This too holds items from swear-ins, parties and gatherings he has gathered as trinkets and keepsakes.
Seating: One swing chair in a corner near the window and floor pillows, made perfect for reading in. the floor pillows and beanbag chair, or the bed and pile of pillows there. Have you noticed he has a lot of soft pillows yet?
Morbid pillows, a note: You can sleep when you are dead is a LIE, so of course he had to have the stupid pillow. The good Haunting and the ghost shapes ones are too, morbid of him but he loves them. there is a octopus pillow in his room somewhere as well.
Pictures are not exact but an aesthetic of what might be his room.
VISUALS
VANYA'S ROOM.