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>look
[Djibril's Home, Front Gate]
The walls are high and sheer and you cannot see inside.
You also see: an ominous shadow.

>look shadow
The shadow is very dark and scary.

>blink
You blink.
>
>"Er...hello?
You say, "Er... hello?"
>loo
[Djibril's Home, Front Gate]
The walls are high and sheer and you cannot see inside.
You also see: nothing special.

>"Um...
You say, "Um..."

>search
You search around the area.
You find nothing.

>wield knife
You draw a curved knife with a spider-shaped pomel from your sheath.

With the speed and and accuracy of a striking snake, an ominous shadow sweeps a longsword at you. You fail to evade, mis-stepping and blundering into the blow. The sword lands an apocalyptic strike that rips through muscle and organs, cutting you cleanly in half. You fall to the ground and lie still.
[You are extremely unbalanced]
[You are dead]

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Sneaky drow minion dealt with, Zak pads off to find Dji-snuggly. n____________n

=D!!

-WALLED-
-gentle kiss-

n__n!

-petgrope-

Exterior:

Djibril's home as seen from the foot is a dark castle, large enough to contain a city, somewhat gothic in construction despite the lack of gargoyles. It stands high on an elevated rocky formation and seems to be carved from that formation.
Both the rock and the castle itself are midnight black and shiny smooth. Striations in the rock itself glimmer fascinatingly.
The only way up the rock, leading to the castle is a narrow and delicate-seeming intricately designed bridge of sleek black stone.

At the foot of the castle's foundation is a moat. No one knows quite what is IN the moat. But the fluid is black and moves slowly like oil or tar. Around said moat for several leagues/miles/kilometers in all direction, radiating like some sort of corruption upon the earth, is a labyrinth. This labyrinth is composed of several different types of environments, all of which are horribly lethal traps. Some of which look harmless, like beautiful meadows or groves, but which actually contain horrible predators, monsters or lethal venoms.

Despite the great variety of majestically beautiful or terrifyingly horrible environments, all that needs to be remembered is all of them are lethal.

The inner Castle is the palace proper. A large wall surrounds smaller yet still large, formal gardens. Shimmering stained glass windows set in the intricately carved stone of a huge gothic structure with tall spires.

The basement, tall-pillared, thick carpeted and dark as night, hosts Vresth, Djibril's dragon. This cool area also hosts the wine cellar and the freezer, full of meats.

The ground floor hosts the dining halls and dancing halls, the music rooms and the kitchen.

The second floor hosts the museums and art collections.

The third floor hosts the sitting rooms and living rooms and bedrooms for the guests, along with small pantries.

The fourth floor is for family quarters (bedroom suites, libraries, pantries, computer rooms, audiovisual rooms) and everything is very opulent and comfortable.

The entire interior of the palace is carved of marbles or fine woods, inlaid and gilt intricately carved screens. Ornate wooden furnishings. Thick carpets and rugs and furs.

Small hanging gardens and greenhouses, rich and verdant are interspersed among the rooms.