January 21, 2005
All is on...
Just a quick note, to say that despite a disturbed sleep last night, and the lender leaving it until 3:30pm to contact my lawyer to confirm that the house was acceptable (when the deadline to get stuff to the seller's lawyer was 5pm), everything is confirmed, and I will definitely be taking possession of the house.
Thank goodness. And a special shout out to Alan, who had to deal with the, "I know there's not a lot you can do, but..." calls - your support was appreciated.
Settlement is on the 15th. It's a little while a way, but not that far...
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Oh, and I forgot that I had to put 10% of the purchase price into an account held by the estate agent, but they were very understanding. Got to do that Monday. No, wait, Tuesday - Monday is a public holiday. That's one of the reasons why there was a bit of a rush - we wanted five working days, they didn't want to wait that long. Thank goodness I didn't try for three days.
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I've been moving stuff that I never unpacked from the flat back to the parent's house - auxiliary crockery and glassware, boxes of unread books, unplugged heaters, stuff like that. (This should make the move at the end of the lease much less stressful - ideally, I just have movers come and shift the heavy stuff, and then I'm done.) One of the consequences of this has been that I've found a bunch of books that I'd never gotten around to unpacking sitting under my bed - which explains why I hadn't been able to find them to lend them to people. Ah, sweet house-ownership, where you never, ever have to move again... ;)
I haven't let myself think too much about where things will go, since I didn't want to have too much emotional investment if things went horribly, horribly wrong. But now, I can mentally place things to my heart's content - and the awesome property inspection even has a floor-plan of the house, both as it was in the 1920s, and as it is now! Here's the current floorplan:
And in just a few short weeks, those of you in Wellington will be able to take a stroll around in person! :)
Posted by svend at January 21, 2005 7:27 PMAssault on the Gnollish Lair
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Background: You have tracked the gnollish raiders for many days. Finally you are on the doorstep of their lair. You gird your strength and step forth into the darkness...
Porch - magic mouth warns intruders "turn back for only death awaits!"
Study - A raiding party of 6 gnolls live here. They each have seven copper pieces.
Bed 1 - A sumptuous bed is here. A character who sleeps here for ten minutes restores all their hit points but changes in gender.
Bed 2 - A sumptuous bed here. This bed is in fact a mimic and will attack anyone who lies on it. Under the mimic is a Mace +1
Kitchen - the kitchen ceiling is covered with dripping green slime.
Dining Room/Lounge - this is the lair of the very young black dragon Andersvend, leader of the gnollish force. Andersvend will parley with intruders, allowing them their lives in return for all their treasure. If he is close to being defeated, he will attempt to fly out through the deck to safety.
In the lounge is Andersvend's hoard of 1,823 gp, a Staff of Healing (4 charges remain) and a silver Anklet of Protection +3.