I moved to Neufrestadt just before the final break in the community's conflict with UZ and Kendra. I bought a tiny plot in the NW corner, which was then zoned for modern buildings, and built a house based on one designed by Mies van der Rohe. A glass box really! I remember, after I had added a few furnishings, Sudane appearing outside of the window and pointing out that I had only 17 prims left. Every morning I used to walk the length of the valley road, as I enjoyed the scenery very much.
Then one day I logged in to do my walk and found the city walls and the steel suspension bridge gone. They has been deleted. And a very tall woman with white hair and large black wings was building a new, more gothic, bridge. It was surreal and very disconcerting. I struck up a conversation with her on the philosophy of architecture. It was Moon Adamant.
At the time Kendra owned quite a lot of land in Neufrestadt and Sudane was worried with her gone that the community would not be able to meet the monthly payments to Lindon Labs. Because I could, I bought the two plots in the valley where Red House is now and Gwyn bought another just down the road. Together this helped Neufrestadt to break even. I sold the tiny NW plot to Rubaiat so he would have the prim allocation he needed to finish Trotsky's. Over time, I built two versions of the house from scratch. I learned quite a bit about building that way.
Now, more than six months later Moon and I share the plots I bought then. The group name “Shining Brow†is the english version of Taliesin. (Named that because I am an admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture.) Yogiswari Padar is on the list because she is working with us on a project.
I also bought a (pretty expensive) plot in Colonia Nova from Ranma when she decided she wanted to leave and I was concerned that we might set the wrong tone for the opening of the sim. I built a very pretty Roman villa there. I like the building a lot, but I am not sure I will keep that one.
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