|| -------- -- -----  A E R I E   O B L I V I A N A . singular book of text wandertainment by Frank Edward Nora ------------------- ----------- OFFICE COMPLEX--CUP 34--"WARHOME" <-------  ||  Severe Repair  ||  Office Complex  ||  -------> (Cup SRoc034, Created v2 (6/7/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Treyess looked up at a plaque she had seen before, above the door which led into the back of the vehicle. It was a logo which read simply "WARHOME". Yes--that made some kind of sense to her. "From what I see up there," she said, nodding toward the plaque, "this is a Warhome. Good name." "Yeah?" the Prince said, turning and looking. "That sounds good." "You haven't seen the downstairs yet. Once you do you'll see why it could be considered a home, no problem." "Yeah--you know what? I want to go back there. Um--let me just drive it out to the road, then we can go back and see exactly what's going on, eh?" "Sounds good to me." So he drove the Warhome out into the street and turned it toward the river. There was very little room to spare on the two-lane road. Then he looked around for some sort of safety brake, but figure the thing must be smart enough not to start rolling down the hill. So he got up and followed Treyess into the back of the Warhome. The first thing Ferrajalt did was climb up the shaft to inspect the tiny biplane. "Man, I'd really like to see if this thing flies." "I'm sure it does, Prince. Otherwise, why would it be there?" Ferrajalt looked all the way down to the other end of the shaft, where the little submarine was. "Looks like they thought of everything." he said. "Land, air, water, and underwater. Guess this thing's a boat too--amphibious." "Probably. Now come on down from there!" Treyess said. "You just have to see the main room!" "Okay! Coming, coming." He climbed down and followed her into the large room. The rain forest program was still playing. "Whoah!" Ferrajalt said. "What the heck is this?" "It's just one of many programs this place has." Treyess said, jumping onto the bed and looking over the control panel with all the backlit photos. "Here--this should show you the room without any special effects." She pressed a button depicting an image of the room itself, and the rain forest effects gently faded away. "Whoah." the Prince said. "Isn't it wonderful? The ultimate motor home." Treyess said, smiling and bouncing on the bed. Ferrajalt glanced at her, and walked over beside her, eyeing the control panel. "I see." he said. "Let's try another one--how about an amusement park?" He touched the image of an amusement park, and the program slowly kicked in. Soon, images and smells of a sunny day in an amusement park surrounded then, complete with two roller coasters and a giant Ferris wheel. The smell of cotton candy made Ferrajalt crave it. "This is truly unbelievable." Ferrajalt said, sitting next to Treyess on the bed, but making sure not to get too close. There was a lot of sexual tension going on. "I wish we could get some of that cotton candy. I'm starved." Treyess turned to look at the Prince. "I'm sure there's a kitchen in here somewhere--there has to be." Ferrajalt got up. "You didn't check the other rooms yet?" "Nope. This one kind of took the wind out of my sails. I could just lounge around in here forever!" she said, lying back on the bed, spreading her arms back behind her. Ferrajalt regarded her for a moment, then turned toward the door. "I'm going to check those other rooms." he said. "Okay." -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- -----