Rooms

  You find yourself in a cozy study with massive bookshelves towering above

you on three of the surrounding walls.  Books of every size line the

shelves, some which look well worn from age and use.  Scholarly

publications, patent applications, and colorful micrographs are framed among

the shelves and a small figurine labeled 'Gryphon' sits on display.  Odd as

it is though, there is one particular section in the study which remains

bare.  The fourth wall is made of transparent crystal which shows an image

of the autumn season in the mountains.  



A large desk sits in the center of the room and the rich aroma of coffee

hangs in the air.  A highback leather chair sits at the desk and a pair of

children's beanbag chairs sit in front of the desk for guests.  The desk's

surface is bare except for a tray of cookies, a miniature gelatinous cube

digesting someone's bones, and a small sign which reads:



                   OFFICE HOURS BY REQUEST - NO WHINING