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by Northwest Slobovia » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:47 pm
Cerillium wrote:Still can't recall what book Thad wanted to pick up.
by Fvaarniimar » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:54 pm
by Cerillium » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:09 pm
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Holy Lykos » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:25 pm
by Cerillium » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:27 pm
Fvaarniimar wrote:North Warnborough
Business Directory
Bollina China Shoppe
Business Type: China shop
Proprietor: Miss Dolores Bollina
Industry: Entertainment, Household Goods
District: Market District (northern, nearly bordering Downtown)
Description:
This shop offers a wide selection of clay-based dishes (wheel-thrown, handmade, and molded/machined; some comparable to Wal-Mart's fare, some unique and lovely but still utilitarian.) Most are new, but gently used pieces purchased from any interested sellers are mixed in. A narrow selection of other household pottery, ie china animal figurines, drawer pulls, ashtrays, is also available; these are more likely to be secondhand, although new pieces exist. There is a small selection (roughly three each of sixteen types on any given day, six types switch out seasonally) of glazable figurines and a moderate one of dishes, offered as a "paint your own pottery" sideline; employees are willing to watch kids whose parents have paid to glaze while parents shop, subject to employee availability, but no classes are offered currently.
Mixed glazes and additives may be separately bought in small (single-session) quantities, as may kiln space. Bollina also offers a small selection of silverware at a substantial markup, and a few large clay cooking utensils, cutting boards, etc.
Specialties are: mixed red and white clay wares with clear glaze, screw-on-lidded containers (these need grease/wax to be watertight but will hold higher-viscosity stuff without an issue; small ones are provided with glaze/additive purchases), slip work, delicate pieces, and of course dishes in general.
Bollina's shop is a rather narrow two story converted brick house with a basement and attic. A ceramic plaque bracketed to the exterior wall right of the door depicts the logo: an oval shaded to look like a plate, on which a stylized bull holds a teacup, above "BOLLINA". A fire escape goes up to the back of the second floor. The interior is unrepentantly feminine, but not to an extent which alienates tomboys and macho men - light terracotta walls are stenciled with a glossy terracotta-and-white floral, and tables, furnishings, china cabinets, etc are rather ornate and either dark varnished wood or painted dusty pink. Linens and most upholstery are celadon, as is the ceiling. The thick carpet is a bluer, deeper green. A matching green chair rail runs the length of those walls without tall china cabinets: any items below its level are reasonably kid-friendly, ie will not break if knocked down. (Other doors, molding, etc are cream.) Items are often arranged roughly by color, with the cheap wares towards the back.
Purchases: stoneware and terra cotta clay, related minerals/additives ie kaolin, mineral pigments, handmade/quality finished ceramics from artists, secondhand dishes/china (offers are low, and don't expect collectibles to hold much value unless technique impresses her.)
Miss Bollina herself has olive skin and warm bleach blonde hair perpetually streaked with terra cotta, but is not always available despite living in the attic. She works the retail side 2-6 pm seven days a week, spending much of her remaining time in a spacious second-floor studio/de facto office. Wren, a fairy, shows around customers, while a good-humored minotaur named Dave handles purchases. (Having hired Dave might well be why her shop was evacuated; Wren is a Burrows hire.)
For small purchases of the lowest cost items in the store (ie plain mold-formed plates), Miss Bollina accepts durable non-Gallimaufry currency at 60% of what she is told it is worth. This is due partially to sympathy for fellow Gatejumpers, partially to a belief that she could be yanked out of a world again, and partially to an interest in incorporating unusual currency into pieces. (Expect her to ask about composition so she'll know what not to do; she's one to tell quietly tell people why gold should be taken elsewhere.)Creator: Fvaarniimar
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Fvaarniimar » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:28 pm
by Fvaarniimar » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:41 pm
Cerillium wrote:Fvaarniimar wrote:North Warnborough
Business Directory
Bollina China Shoppe
Business Type: China shop
Proprietor: Miss Dolores Bollina
Industry: Entertainment, Household Goods
District: Market District (northern, nearly bordering Downtown)
Description:
This shop offers a wide selection of clay-based dishes (wheel-thrown, handmade, and molded/machined; some comparable to Wal-Mart's fare, some unique and lovely but still utilitarian.) Most are new, but gently used pieces purchased from any interested sellers are mixed in. A narrow selection of other household pottery, ie china animal figurines, drawer pulls, ashtrays, is also available; these are more likely to be secondhand, although new pieces exist. There is a small selection (roughly three each of sixteen types on any given day, six types switch out seasonally) of glazable figurines and a moderate one of dishes, offered as a "paint your own pottery" sideline; employees are willing to watch kids whose parents have paid to glaze while parents shop, subject to employee availability, but no classes are offered currently.
Mixed glazes and additives may be separately bought in small (single-session) quantities, as may kiln space. Bollina also offers a small selection of silverware at a substantial markup, and a few large clay cooking utensils, cutting boards, etc.
Specialties are: mixed red and white clay wares with clear glaze, screw-on-lidded containers (these need grease/wax to be watertight but will hold higher-viscosity stuff without an issue; small ones are provided with glaze/additive purchases), slip work, delicate pieces, and of course dishes in general.
Bollina's shop is a rather narrow two story converted brick house with a basement and attic. A ceramic plaque bracketed to the exterior wall right of the door depicts the logo: an oval shaded to look like a plate, on which a stylized bull holds a teacup, above "BOLLINA". A fire escape goes up to the back of the second floor. The interior is unrepentantly feminine, but not to an extent which alienates tomboys and macho men - light terracotta walls are stenciled with a glossy terracotta-and-white floral, and tables, furnishings, china cabinets, etc are rather ornate and either dark varnished wood or painted dusty pink. Linens and most upholstery are celadon, as is the ceiling. The thick carpet is a bluer, deeper green. A matching green chair rail runs the length of those walls without tall china cabinets: any items below its level are reasonably kid-friendly, ie will not break if knocked down. (Other doors, molding, etc are cream.) Items are often arranged roughly by color, with the cheap wares towards the back.
Purchases: stoneware and terra cotta clay, related minerals/additives ie kaolin, mineral pigments, handmade/quality finished ceramics from artists, secondhand dishes/china (offers are low, and don't expect collectibles to hold much value unless technique impresses her.)
Miss Bollina herself has olive skin and warm bleach blonde hair perpetually streaked with terra cotta, but is not always available despite living in the attic. She works the retail side 2-6 pm seven days a week, spending much of her remaining time in a spacious second-floor studio/de facto office. Wren, a fairy, shows around customers, while a good-humored minotaur named Dave handles purchases. (Having hired Dave might well be why her shop was evacuated; Wren is a Burrows hire.)
For small purchases of the lowest cost items in the store (ie plain mold-formed plates), Miss Bollina accepts durable non-Gallimaufry currency at 60% of what she is told it is worth. This is due partially to sympathy for fellow Gatejumpers, partially to a belief that she could be yanked out of a world again, and partially to an interest in incorporating unusual currency into pieces. (Expect her to ask about composition so she'll know what not to do; she's one to tell quietly tell people why gold should be taken elsewhere.)Creator: Fvaarniimar
Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.
@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopi ... #p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.
by Mincaldenteans » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:46 pm
Cerillium wrote:Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.
@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? viewtopic.php?p=29799649#p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.
by Fvaarniimar » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:13 pm
by Cerillium » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:16 pm
Fvaarniimar wrote:Cerillium wrote:Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.
@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? viewtopic.php?p=29799649#p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.
TY Cer! You really aren't off the hook yet. I have two more locations to reformat.
I also have an important question.I think the best way to "resolve" Kwa'a's story arc is to give her the Hunter treatment, demoting her to an NPC. She really was more fun to make than to play. I would expect her to have stayed in Bielefeld and passed as standard human, meaning that she would have been evacuated along with other ebs and dumped in N. Warnborough. She can meet up with Rmwtyliin occasionally and clean out her apartment; she's moved on from the Building. I can certainly declare all of her powers nerfed by reason of being in Galli, if needed, and that way I can play her tailoring and such occasionally; she's most pleasant to play if she's in a good mood.
If that's approved, I'll happily create a tiny little seamstress/weaving business for her and of course toss her in the Tailors' Guild. Is bringing her back as an NPC ok? This would give her story a very positive resolution instead of none at all, and the mass evacuation is obviously a prime opportunity.
*hopes you don't realize that approving this solution would sprout a new business for you to add*
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Fvaarniimar » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:35 pm
by Tiltjuice » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:00 am
Cerillium wrote:Fvaarniimar wrote:North Warnborough
Business Directory
Bollina China Shoppe
Business Type: China shop
Proprietor: Miss Dolores Bollina
Industry: Entertainment, Household Goods
District: Market District (northern, nearly bordering Downtown)
Description:
This shop offers a wide selection of clay-based dishes (wheel-thrown, handmade, and molded/machined; some comparable to Wal-Mart's fare, some unique and lovely but still utilitarian.) Most are new, but gently used pieces purchased from any interested sellers are mixed in. A narrow selection of other household pottery, ie china animal figurines, drawer pulls, ashtrays, is also available; these are more likely to be secondhand, although new pieces exist. There is a small selection (roughly three each of sixteen types on any given day, six types switch out seasonally) of glazable figurines and a moderate one of dishes, offered as a "paint your own pottery" sideline; employees are willing to watch kids whose parents have paid to glaze while parents shop, subject to employee availability, but no classes are offered currently.
Mixed glazes and additives may be separately bought in small (single-session) quantities, as may kiln space. Bollina also offers a small selection of silverware at a substantial markup, and a few large clay cooking utensils, cutting boards, etc.
Specialties are: mixed red and white clay wares with clear glaze, screw-on-lidded containers (these need grease/wax to be watertight but will hold higher-viscosity stuff without an issue; small ones are provided with glaze/additive purchases), slip work, delicate pieces, and of course dishes in general.
Bollina's shop is a rather narrow two story converted brick house with a basement and attic. A ceramic plaque bracketed to the exterior wall right of the door depicts the logo: an oval shaded to look like a plate, on which a stylized bull holds a teacup, above "BOLLINA". A fire escape goes up to the back of the second floor. The interior is unrepentantly feminine, but not to an extent which alienates tomboys and macho men - light terracotta walls are stenciled with a glossy terracotta-and-white floral, and tables, furnishings, china cabinets, etc are rather ornate and either dark varnished wood or painted dusty pink. Linens and most upholstery are celadon, as is the ceiling. The thick carpet is a bluer, deeper green. A matching green chair rail runs the length of those walls without tall china cabinets: any items below its level are reasonably kid-friendly, ie will not break if knocked down. (Other doors, molding, etc are cream.) Items are often arranged roughly by color, with the cheap wares towards the back.
Purchases: stoneware and terra cotta clay, related minerals/additives ie kaolin, mineral pigments, handmade/quality finished ceramics from artists, secondhand dishes/china (offers are low, and don't expect collectibles to hold much value unless technique impresses her.)
Miss Bollina herself has olive skin and warm bleach blonde hair perpetually streaked with terra cotta, but is not always available despite living in the attic. She works the retail side 2-6 pm seven days a week, spending much of her remaining time in a spacious second-floor studio/de facto office. Wren, a fairy, shows around customers, while a good-humored minotaur named Dave handles purchases. (Having hired Dave might well be why her shop was evacuated; Wren is a Burrows hire.)
For small purchases of the lowest cost items in the store (ie plain mold-formed plates), Miss Bollina accepts durable non-Gallimaufry currency at 60% of what she is told it is worth. This is due partially to sympathy for fellow Gatejumpers, partially to a belief that she could be yanked out of a world again, and partially to an interest in incorporating unusual currency into pieces. (Expect her to ask about composition so she'll know what not to do; she's one to tell quietly tell people why gold should be taken elsewhere.)Creator: Fvaarniimar
Bollina added. Love the pun-in-cheek.
@Min. Could you add NS's guild to tomorrow's work list? viewtopic.php?p=29799649#p29799649 I'll forget to capture it otherwise. Must get Slos' post done before bed. I'm caught up with all others.
by Ganonsyoni » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:10 am
by Swith Witherward » Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:31 pm
★ Madhouse ★
Role Play
& Writers Group
Anti-intellectual elitism: the dismissal of science, the arts,
and humanities and their replacement by entertainment,
self-righteousness, ignorance, and deliberate gullibility. - sauce
by Swith Witherward » Mon Sep 05, 2016 1:15 pm
★ Madhouse ★
Role Play
& Writers Group
Anti-intellectual elitism: the dismissal of science, the arts,
and humanities and their replacement by entertainment,
self-righteousness, ignorance, and deliberate gullibility. - sauce
by Cerillium » Mon Sep 05, 2016 5:27 pm
Swith Witherward wrote:Thaddeus is into Harry Potter books/movies? Now I've seen it all.
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Giovenith » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:01 pm
Rache pondered the string with metaphysical eyes, and reflected upon the little pony's tattered remnants of humani- er, sapience? Yes, that'll do.
by Cerillium » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:20 pm
Giovenith wrote:Rache pondered the string with metaphysical eyes, and reflected upon the little pony's tattered remnants of humani- er, sapience? Yes, that'll do.
I laugh because I've run into this so many times. "Huma- wait, no. Pon... pony-nes... pon... poninity...? Poninity? No..."
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Giovenith » Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:37 pm
Cerillium wrote:Giovenith wrote:
I laugh because I've run into this so many times. "Huma- wait, no. Pon... pony-nes... pon... poninity...? Poninity? No..."
I drew a complete blank while writing. Head-meet-desk moment. "Equinity". Somepony really should add that to the wikis.
Prim had planned to have Aegis test a theory that the creatures are turning conflict between ponies into bad weather. It's a good IC question. Would this be something Rache could have felt, thus he tells Aegis? Or should we go hunt down another possessed pony for Aegis to work his magic on?
by Cerillium » Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:35 pm
Giovenith wrote:"They're winter spirits that feed off fighting and hatred. The more hate the spirit feels, the colder things become." -Clover/Twilight in the original episode
Basically, they first seek out populations that already have a high degree of conflict among them, use the pre-existing conflict to start the winter, then perpetuate the winter with the conflict created by the hardships of the winter itself as a self-feeding cycle. They only leave when there's not much left to feed on, i.e., when mostly everyone is dead. They'd probably be able to tell the difference between actual and staged conflict (what I told to Prim).
He might, but it's a bit moot considering Willow already explained to Rache how the windigos operate.
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Cerillium » Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:36 pm
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Giovenith » Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:02 pm
by Tiltjuice » Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:10 pm
by Cerillium » Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:15 pm
I wear teal, blue & pink for Swith
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears, and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.
by Mincaldenteans » Wed Sep 07, 2016 12:04 am
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