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General Info
Jesper's Horizon takes form in two very different types of locations that can easily be crossed over between. When you first walk in, you'll arrive at the front of the Crow Club. It is dark in there and smells of booze and desperation. Sometimes it sounds loud in there despite no one else being inside, like there's a whole lot of chatter coming from no where, but it's home to him. Jesper can often be found here either playing poker by himself, lounging in the area in the back, or at the bar. There are no locked doors.
Doors to other locations are highlighted in bright gold so people visiting will know where they can go. Jesper in the Crow Club is in his full gear, usually bright green suit, lime green shirt, his famous pistols at his belt, a hat on his head, and looking every bit the cocky criminal he used to be.
Once you step through to the cabin side, everything is in the day. It seems cozy and perfect for one person to have a nice living space. Here Jesper is more often dressed down in comfortable wear, still colorful but casual, with his guns nearby rather than on him. For people who know his friends, there are little symbols of them everywhere. Copies of Inej's daggers are left everywhere, versions of Kaz's cane he made, there's a smell of waffles permanently in the air for Nina, there is a flute and painting aisle to the side never used for Wylan, and there is a prominent painting of a wolf in the entrance of Jesper's cabin for Matthias.
Doors to other locations are highlighted in bright gold so people visiting will know where they can go. Jesper in the Crow Club is in his full gear, usually bright green suit, lime green shirt, his famous pistols at his belt, a hat on his head, and looking every bit the cocky criminal he used to be.
Once you step through to the cabin side, everything is in the day. It seems cozy and perfect for one person to have a nice living space. Here Jesper is more often dressed down in comfortable wear, still colorful but casual, with his guns nearby rather than on him. For people who know his friends, there are little symbols of them everywhere. Copies of Inej's daggers are left everywhere, versions of Kaz's cane he made, there's a smell of waffles permanently in the air for Nina, there is a flute and painting aisle to the side never used for Wylan, and there is a prominent painting of a wolf in the entrance of Jesper's cabin for Matthias.
THE CROW CLUB
Front entrance
The Crow Club is predominantly colored black. It has a black and crimson facade, a portico with black columns, and an oxidized silver crow with its wings spread above the entrance. The walls are coated in black lacquer and the floor is black walnut. The club's parlors, like most gambling halls in the Barrel, are windowless to prevent customers from observing the passage of time, leading them to spend more time there. In at least some of the private parlors, there are safes hidden behind one of the wall panels.
THE CROW CLUB
Front Room
The interior of the club consists of a main hall with card tables and the like and several private gambling parlors, garbed in black and red. There are normal tables where people can sit and drink and talk, often about corrupt or criminal plans. Everything within this club is private, except club owner Kaz Brekker is known to have his thumb on any business done within the walls. It sounds like chatter is everywhere even with no one in there.
THE CROW CLUB
Gambling tables
The card tables are circular and draped in crimson cloth decorated with a repeating pattern of black crows. The cards and dice are from Ketterdam, but if people visit, just by being there the games may change to reflect their own home and types of poker. They'll simply appear when someone sits down so they can play if they want. When it is a game that requires someone to deal, an NPC dealer from the Crow Club back home will simply appear and handle it.
THE CROW CLUB
The Bar
The bar at the Crow Club has a variety of different liquors and drinks, some cheap, some not, and plenty of glasses to go around. There are no chairs there, you have to lean on the bar or go to one of the tables. This is by design so people gamble rather than sit there. Depending on who comes into the space, their favorite liquors or drinks may just suddenly appear as an option.
THE CROW CLUB
Back Booth
In the very back of the club there is a sitting area that is usually held for Kaz Brekker and whoever he wants to be sitting with him. It's covered in red velvet and comfortable, although somewhat dim and dark like everywhere else in the place. There is a table and at least three chairs around it. Typically it is the meeting place for Kaz, Jesper, and Inej, although now most of the time it's empty here or it's just Jesper sitting.
THE CROW CLUB
Kaz's Bedroom
Despite the fact this is not Jesper's bedroom, it appears in there thanks to Jesper's attachment to his best friend. It has several stolen paintings in it, a simple bed, a set of mirrors, books, and a desk in the back. There is a back window that is always open. This does not suit Jesper in the least so to people who don't know, this would seem an unusual room for him. He has not changed a thing out of some odd reverence.
Jesper's Cabin
External
By leaving the main hall of the Crow Club using any exit that isn't the front door, you will arrive in a beautiful and luscious location that is completely unlike the club. Instead a simple but classic log cabin is in front of you It is always sunny outside and there are flowers and plants perfectly cultivated outside. Feel free to sit and enjoy the outdoors or walk to the house. The door to the cabin is permanently open for guests. It is medium-sized and perfect for one person to live in with extra space.
Jesper's Cabin
Living Space
Inside the wooden cabin is a nice spacious open space without really dividers of rooms, so it is one big room more or less. The bedroom is to the side with a nice big bed and an entertainment section right next to it with a television and video game consoles that his friends helped show him. Right next to it is a music room/section. Things keep being added as they go and he learns more about other worlds to add them in.
Jesper's Cabin
Music Room
To the side of the main living room/bedroom is the music section of the cabin. In there Jesper has a piano, a drum set, and a few guitars. He has soaked these in from his other CR and he has a jukebox in the corner as well, although it only has the same music as Dean's Roadhouse. There is a flute in the corner but it is not to be used.
Jesper's Cabin
Shooting Range
Jesper is a perfect marksman and he is very passionate about guns, so he has a range next to his cabin where people can come shoot safely. It's become an obstacle course of a sort. You can also pick up a bow and arrows and the targets will work just as well with those. There are revolvers and rifles with unlimited bullets for people to test out. He is more than happy to show people how to use them.
Visit with Wylan
Date: 2023-04-16 08:59 pm (UTC)"There's some theories that you have to do the first time so the Singularity recognizes you before letting you into the space, but no one really knows for certain." Jesper explains when they find themselves back inside of the nebulous psychic plane, their bodies peacefully sitting on the outside in Jesper's room. Now Wylan will find himself at the entrance of the Crow Club, identical to the one he knows except it seems to be transplanted entirely to a strange world. There are other buildings and domains all around them.
The other huge difference about the Crow Club is that it's empty. The club is the same and when they walk in they can hear the murmuring and sound of what it would be like when busy and exciting, but there are no people in it. Jesper can whip up a bartender or gambler when necessary, basically blank people, but it's rare. "Kaz and Inej share this space, obviously. It's all of ours." Meaning it can be Wylan's too, or he can consider it that way. He is a Crow.
Jesper figures Wylan can adjust to somewhere he knows before moving on, and he can show him how to create for himself after. For now he looks around and tries not to get too distracted looking at his lover (who he can't have). "You can eat and drink in here, and you can taste it, but it won't fill you up. You can change your clothes or anything about you, if you want."
Jesper of course changes nothing about himself, he is perfect as he is. He does wear his more familiar clothes from Ketterdam though and his mother's guns are at his hips rather than the ones he bought in Cadens.
Re: Visit with Wylan
Date: 2023-04-16 09:40 pm (UTC)Wylan looks around, the surrounding areas are unfamiliar, but The Crow Club he knows, and that's a comfort. He looks around as he listens to Jesper's explanation of this world. "Anything about you? How? Do you just have to concentrate on what you want?" He asks curiously looking over at Jesper with a bit of a mischievous look on his face.
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Date: 2023-04-18 02:30 pm (UTC)Jesper made this space first because it was so familiar to him and therefore it barely took any effort. Kaz's room to the side is still there, everything exactly as it should be, unless Kaz himself changed anything. He reaches out to snag Wylan's hand and pulls him toward one of the doors out, where it typically would go to an alley, but instead it brings him to a beautiful and idyllic bright sunny day.
The cabin Jesper designed was in part inspired by Wanda's log cabin but it is smaller and simpler for one person to enjoy, or any guests he may have too. It doesn't seem like the obvious type of place Jesper would make for himself, but he ended up truly loving it once he started the design.
Inside the cabin it is always light inside, the middle of day, and there's wood floors and tasteful bright colors inside. There is a giant television which wouldn't make sense to Wylan at first, it took awhile for Jesper to learn about it, and there is even a game console. He doesn't know much about either, so he can only play things that other people have shown him, but he finds what he does know fantastic.
And sure enough, Wylan can see among a few other musical instruments in a side room, his flute is on a table like a trophy, untouched by anyone.
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Date: 2023-04-23 05:13 pm (UTC)“I have to admit I wouldn’t have picked this style for you.” He says it as Jesper is pulling him in to the cabin, their hands clasped firmly together. Wylan would be lying if he said he minded, something about having the other boy’s hand secure in his felt comforting, steadying. He could use some steady.
He looks around the cabin, is eyes drifting over the things he didn’t recognize and lingering on those that did. Of course they are drawn to the side room. He’s a little surprised to see the instruments, he hadn’t really known Jesper was even interested in music. As he gets closer to the room he pauses, his eyes finding his flute. Jesper had mentioned it, but seeing it here was different. He felt a pleasant swoop in his stomach as he took it in. Knowing Jesper had done that for him even when he wasn’t here.
He turns to look at him. “Can I?” He’s not just going to touch anything he wants, even if it’s technically his flute, it’s still Jesper’s place.
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Date: 2023-04-25 04:16 pm (UTC)The inside is cozy and that's part of the appeal. It's a little rustic, like the house he grew up in, but more modern too. A nice blend. The instruments are because Jesper started talking to people who were musicians so he made himself them in his domain and started playing very badly. One of these days he might get an official teacher, especially for the guitar. He liked the options.
There are other little details in this space that Wylan might recognize. The light smell of waffles in the air for Nina, versions of Kaz's cane and Inej's dagger planted around, even a painting of a wolf for Matthias in the front area. He didn't want to lose the Crows.
"Of course, it's yours after all." Jesper may have made it but it's identical to the one Wylan had before on purpose. It will play exactly as he wants it to too.