REIRA & RON'S PLAYHOUSE

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Location
Castle Exterior	Stairwell	Courtyard
Upper Hall	Living Areas	Tower Bedrooms

Formerly belonging to a number of others within Ryslig, the various hands it passed through each vanished until the castle itself seemed to vanish from the world as well. Standing some distance from the shore of Lake Dala in the middle of the water, the bridge that once led to it has even crumbled due to various events, most notably including the heavy rainfall of recent months loosening the earth supporting its already fragile pillars; from there it only took one wrong move from some monsters before it collapsed into the pool below.

Since then, however, its alternate entrance has been discovered; bearing an undersea tunnel to its basement, the kelpies Reira and Ron have since claimed it as their 'club house' (though if some other waterborne or even airborne monster claimed it for themselves, they would not likely argue). For the moment, the structure has little to lend to this fact; a few toys have been brought in, and the start of seashell collections and such, but otherwise much of what is inside the castle is the same as when it belonged to the original owners.

The Basement, compared to the rest of the castle, is quite large. Bearing many pillars to support the upper levels, much of it is water and 'shore', with just enough area that the beginnings of a laboratory had been started. The stairs leading upward can be found here, and they appear to take one into the main castle building, from which one can access the main floor, courtyard, and upper areas.

From the Courtyard in particular, the ruinous stump that is the bridge can be seen. Windows from the rooms nearby overlook this area, and thanks to a lack of attention, the foilage here has become overgrown and untamed-leading to only more wear and age on the already waterdamaged building.

Inside the building's Main Floor itself, there are a number of rooms with relatively destroyed furnishings and ruined wallpaper scraps. Some show evidence that they were being repurposed into living areas; others in particular have been made into more elaborate forts by the boys, creating various chair and desk tents that they crawl around with relative ease next to the adults. There is also, most notably, a kitchen; though the old-style ovens and fire bits have definitely not seen use for some time, same as the water pump (which currently spews some sort of green sludge if someone attempts to use it).

Entering the Second Floor, there is access to a few bedrooms and likely living areas. Much like the ones below however, they're ruined beyond recognition, and while one may have been some sort of 'trophy' room with hunting prizes, what has been preserved there is still quite ruined by age, being dusted and browned on all edges. (The various displays of fencing frogs and otherwise accurately presented creatures of both mundane and abnormal origin however are nonetheless still 'cool' to look at, even if it looks like someone may have messed up a few times with the stuffing process)

Towers face the opposite end of the courtyard, flanking the bridge stump. Since there are two, the boys have rather cleverly both claimed one for themselves-even if one of them prefers staying in the other's most of the time. Each tower contains a large bedroom itself, with windows facing the courtyard and only the courtyard. They also seem to have stairwells that immediately access the water, much like the castle basement, making immediate entry to one or the other quite easy.

There is no modern plumbing or electricity in the castle at the moment, however; lighting must be done with torches and lanterns, while the toilets are very much a straight-forward 'drop into the lake' matter (though thankfully there is still a pipe sending such things in a specific direction). Maybe it's a good thing the kitchen pump is backed up with algae.