#26500 Steps Leading Down to the Sea~ You are on a long flight of steps cut into a cliff face. Just above you, the top of the steps looms, while below you, the steps continue for what seems an eternity. ~ 265 0 0 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 25874 D5 ~ ~ 0 -1 26501 E credits~ *The Beach and Lighthouse - by Kaan for Dibrova This zone is exactly what the title implies, nothing more to it than that. There is a large lack of objs for this zone, it is suggested that some be created for it, otherwise the zone would be quite bland. Zone 265 is linked to the following zones: 258 Light Forest at 26500 (up ) ---> 25874 255 Shipwreck at 26502 (east ) ---> 25531 255 Shipwreck at 26506 (down ) ---> 25507 282 Infernal Pit of Kerjim at 26536 (north) ---> 28200 ~ S #26501 Down the Cliff-Face~ The steps continue down toward the sea, or up to the crest of the cliff, depending on the way you're heading. It looks as if there may be some sort of cave down from here. ~ 265 0 0 D4 ~ ~ 0 -1 26500 D5 ~ ~ 0 -1 26502 S #26502 On the Cliff Face~ The stairs continue, however you are much closer to the bottom than the top now. There appears to be an opening in the rock to your east. Inside you can only see darkness, so it is possible that it is simply a natural fissure, but then again, who knows? ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 25531 D4 ~ ~ 0 -1 26501 D5 ~ ~ 0 -1 26503 S #26503 On the Steps~ Nearing the bottom, you really begin to get a good whiff of the clean sea air as a breeze ruffles your clothing. You begin to feel a bit better about your day - the sea can do that to a person. ~ 265 0 0 D4 ~ ~ 0 -1 26502 D5 ~ ~ 0 -1 26504 S #26504 The Base of the Steps~ You stand at the bottom of a set of steps cut into the face of the cliff here. The beach runs along east to west here as far as you can see. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 26507 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26505 D4 ~ ~ 0 -1 26503 S #26505 Along the Beach~ You stand on a beach which stretches east and west from here. The waves, not very large at this time, lap gently near your, making patterns in the fine sand. To the west you see a few rocks jutting from the sand and sea. East is flat beach to the horizon. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26504 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26506 S #26506 Along the Beach~ You stand on a beach which stretches east to west for as far as your eyes can see. Jumbles of rock and scree litter the way here, making it so you must watch your step. You notice a bit of wood, partially buried in the sand of the beach here. West is more rocky beach, while east the way gets a bit more flat. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26505 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 26511 D5 ~ wood piece~ 1 0 25507 S #26507 Sandy Beach~ You stand on a sandy beach which runs along the shore east to west. To the east you can just barely make out the rooftops of a large city which sits nestled in a cove on the shore of the ocean. To your west you see that the beach gets a bit rockier than where you currently stand. A set of steps lead up the cliff face just to the west of you. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26508 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26504 S #26508 Sandy Beach~ The beach continues it's way east toward what appears to be a large coastal town. A large pier juts out into the sea, ships dot the horizon as far out to sea as you can see from the city. To your west you may continue along the beach. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 26509 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26507 S #26509 Sandy Beach~ The beach slopes upwards, slowly, gently toward the city to your east which sits on a huge plateau. You can now hear the sounds of a great many voices coming from that direction, however traffic along this beach is at a bare minimum, which is to say not at all. There must be another entrance into the city somewhere. To your west, the beach continues into the western horizon. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 26510 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 26508 S #26510 The Base of the City~ You stand at the edge of the sea shore staring at a huge rock formation which could be described (sort of) as a plateau rising up out if the ocean floor and holding a massive walled city atop it. To the north is the cliff face you have been following, which happens to put an end to this path just a little ways northeast from your current position. West the path heads along the beach for quite a long distance. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 26536 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26509 S #26511 Along a Rocky Beach~ The way gets much too rocky here for you to continue along the water any further. You do however, notice a trail through the rocks which heads southwest. ~ 265 0 0 D1 You see more of the beach. ~ ~ 0 -1 26506 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 26512 S #26512 Rocky Path~ The path meanders it's way through the rocks on this littered beach. In the distance, you can see a lighthouse out at the end of a jetty, it's gentle light guiding sailors safely past this rocky area. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26511 D2 ~ ~ 0 -1 26513 S #26513 Rocky Path~ The path continues it's way in a southwesterly direction toward the lighthouse, or you may head northeast toward a less cluttered-looking beach. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 -1 26512 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26514 S #26514 Rocky Path~ The path runs east to west over jumbled rock and fine beach sand. Just to your west, you see a jetty running out into the ocean, a lighthouse at it's end. To the east the path curves it's way along the beach. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 26513 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 26515 S #26515 Rocky Path at Takker's Jetty~ The path continues east or west from you, depending which way you are heading. A jetty runs out into the sea to your south, a strong, bold lighthouse at it's end. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26514 D2 ~ ~ 0 -1 26517 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 26516 S #26516 Rocky Path~ The path, still rocky and hard to navigate, continues along to the east and west. Directly east of you begins a jetty which hosts a lighthouse at it's end. West seems only to host more rocks and possibly a cave or two. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26515 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 26531 S #26517 Takker's Jetty~ The jetty heads south into the sea ending at a lighthouse. All along the way, fishermen try their luck. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 26515 D2 ~ ~ 0 -1 26518 S #26518 Takker's Jetty~ All along the jetty, men relax in the sun, sitting in comfortable niches in the rocks where they can wile away their time telling tall tales about 'the ones that got away', discussing politics, or every now and then, doing some fishing. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 26517 D2 ~ ~ 0 -1 26519 S #26519 Takker's Jetty at the Lighthouse~ You stand at the entrance to the lighthouse, a solid oak door set back into the rounded wall. To your north, the jetty leads you back to dry land. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 -1 26518 D2 ~ door~ 1 -1 26520 S #26520 Entryway - Lighthouse~ You stand in a small chamber just inside the front door of the lighthouse. Just south of these cramped stucco walls is the main living room of the lighthouse. You can hear and smell a crackling, warm fire in the fireplace, a dog's contented panting, and the sound of a young lady's laughter from the next room. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ door~ 1 -1 26519 D2 ~ ~ 0 -1 26521 S #26521 Main Living Area - Lighthouse~ This large room looks as if it has spent many happy times in the company of the Lighthouse Keeper and his family. The dinner table looks as if it always would have room for one more, the fire always warm and comforting, and of course, Max would always be around to play catch or get his ears scratched. To the east, you see what looks to be one of the family's bedrooms, the same to the west. Both have doors, but both doors are wide open. A spiral stairway leads up into the lighthouse top, where the Keeper must spend a great deal of his time. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 26520 D1 ~ door~ 1 -1 26522 D3 ~ door wood~ 1 -1 26524 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 26523 S #26522 Lighthouse Keeper's Bedroom~ A huge plush king size bed, four posted with satin drapes. A mahoganey dresser with a matching vanity desk and mirror. This lighthouse keeper must be one heck of a guy! ~ 265 0 0 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26521 D5 ~ secret door~ 2 26501 26525 S #26523 Light Room~ This small room is more or less just the roof top of the lighthouse which houses the light. A narrow walkway encircles the light, so that regular maintenance can be performed. Some shelves on the walls hold tools and oils which keep the machinery in fine tune so that no ships run afoul of the many rocks in this part of the ocean. ~ 265 0 0 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 26521 S #26524 Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter's Bedroom~ What a cute little room! Twin bed with a pink down comforter, a doll collection which even impresses you, and many other assorted toys sit on shelves, all neatly stacked and color-coordinated. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 0 26521 S #26525 On the Spiral Staircase~ You have begun a descent down into the Lower Reaches of the Lighthouse. You wonder why the basement of this happy home would not only be called the 'Lower Reaches', but also capitalized for a moment - and then you see what lies below you. Looking almost like a medieval torture chamber, you see a room all in stone, a deep cavernous hole in the center of it. What looks to be am operating table is set to one side with tables covered in instruments of dissection and bubbling vials close by. Do you really wish to descend into that room and visit with the 'good' Lighthouse Keeper? ~ 265 0 0 D4 The spiral stair leads up to a trap door. ~ secret door~ 2 26501 26522 D5 ~ ~ 0 0 26526 S #26526 Lighthouse Keeper's Operating Room~ You see all and more of what you saw from the staircase. Four cells lie in all cardinal directions, each with a whimpering human subject in it! Diagrams cover the walls, notes jotted on many of them, all dealing with one goal in mind - the creation of the perfect sexual companion! It seems the 'good Lighthouse Keeper' may be a bit more than everyone believes him to be... ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26527 D1 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26528 D2 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26529 D3 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26530 D4 ~ ~ 0 0 26525 S #26527 Keeper's Playroom~ This small ten by ten room once was a simple like the others which connect to the Operating Room, however because of the nature of the specimen which abides in this space, it has been spruced up just a bit. A huge bed dominates the ENTIRE room, pillows strewn everywhere with lace and frills and all. ~ 265 0 0 D2 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26526 S #26528 Cell~ This bleak cell hosts only an uncomfortable looking cot and small hole in one corner for necessary functions. ~ 265 0 0 D3 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26526 S #26529 Cell~ This bleak cell hosts only an uncomfortable looking cot and small hole in one corner for necessary functions. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26526 S #26530 Cell~ This bleak cell hosts only an uncomfortable looking cot and small hole in one corner for necessary functions. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ cell door~ 2 26502 26526 S #26531 Rocky Path~ The path continues along the beach, over rocks and scree. Your options are east or west. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26516 D3 ~ ~ 0 -1 26532 S #26532 Rocky Path~ You stand on a rocky beach path near the mouth of a cave. The entrance to the cave must be at least thirty feet high and just as wide. It doesn't look as if anything could live there, as the water from the sea laps right inside the cave, but then, you never know. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 26533 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26531 D3 ~ ~ 0 0 26535 S #26533 Cave Entrance~ You realize that if you wish to explore the confines of this cave, you will have to get wet. As you stand looking into the cold, wet, darkness of the cave, the idea of jumping into that water just for the sake of exploring does seem a bit nutty. ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ ~ 0 0 26534 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 26532 S #26534 In the Kracken's Den~ Something seems wrong here, very wrong. Something makes the water move and not just in a small spot, ALL of the water is moving from some kind of monstrous movement under the water. ~ 265 0 0 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 26533 S #26535 End of the Rocky Path~ You have come to the end of the rocky path you've been following along the sea. South of you is the open sea, west is a moss- covered rock face, and to the north the way is impassable. ~ 265 0 0 D1 ~ ~ 0 -1 26532 S #26536 End of the Path~ The path can go no farther. The cliff face runs directly into the sea from here, no longer leaving the little bit of beach that you have been enjoying just west and south and here. Strange that a path would end so abruptly at a cliff without leading anywhere... Oh well! ~ 265 0 0 D0 ~ cliff~ 1 0 28200 D2 ~ ~ 0 0 26510 E cliff~ You think you may see a faint outline of some sort of entryway in the cliff. Maybe if you tried OPENing it...? ~ S $~