PenLightStories
Ideal Mate
- Joined
- Nov 19, 2016
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How do we get away from it all? How do we put out of mind the pressures and business of the humdrum world and find our own peace and sense of belonging? This was the thought that drove me to build this place - this refuge for any who might stumble upon it.
“Buy land,” I thought. “Build a refuge from the prying eyes of society and the pressures to be someone else’s sense of ‘normal’.”
Of course, I need a place to live, so I built a villa - a place where I can feel as though I can escape to a nook or room or patio as it suits my mood. The staff I import as needed for cleanings and maintenance. I need time to imagine and write and enjoy my surroundings, so I cannot be bothered with upkeep.
https://i.imgur.com/F33utc8.jpg
In one cellar, I stockpiled food I enjoy so I can cook for myself day and night. In another cellar, I assembled a selection of wines that allow me to feel like I can still enjoy the finer things of the outside world.
Outside, I blazed trails through the jungle landscape, using nature as my gymnasium. While alone, I cannot afford to let my body waste away, so I climbed the tall trees and crawled around the ancient ruins I discovered hiding beneath them.
https://i.imgur.com/9phXULx.jpg
From a rooftop perch, I can see all the way to the beach, on a clear day. In the opposite direction, I watch the old volcano with bated breath hoping today is not the day it decides to reawaken.
https://i.imgur.com/2jZt610.jpg
The library contains the works of the world’s literary masters as well as a few surprises if someone knows just where to look and touch.
https://i.imgur.com/v7WFfuc.jpg
Of course, solitude is not always the answer to my troubles. I need the presence of others who share my need to escape. I need to find out what inspires them and how we can fill each other’s sense of longing or emptiness.
That is why I created this call to the outside world.
Not knowing whom or what to expect in response, I made sure there’s a safe path to the beach - for relaxing and enjoying its surf and sand on someone’s own terms.
https://i.imgur.com/Y3WSYK8.jpg
From time to time, I find objects lost at sea that beach themselves in my absence. Maybe a guest will find a trinket of love lost or a treasure that inspires their own adventures. At the villa, the pool water always feels welcoming and, on the deck, there’s always just enough shade to escape the day’s heat.
I stocked the basement dungeon with the finest instruments from the world’s masters of kink.
https://i.imgur.com/ncOR6Z4.jpg
My architect, whose mysterious disappearance following the refuge's construction was just a poorly timed coincidence, included plans for a ballroom for gathering and socializing and for the times when some wanton soul just really needs to be auctioned to the highest bidder.
https://i.imgur.com/1u4j8oz.jpg
Out in the tangled jungle, I made sure to hide a few surprises for those visitors daring enough to play a little hide and seek away from the safety of the ancient but freshly rehabilitated trails.
https://i.imgur.com/JaBV313.jpg
It is my fear that at least one of the many bedrooms is haunted, possibly by the spirit of some poor soul whose life ended without respite. Rather than call the exorcist, I decided to let them linger. Maybe some future guest will find the right kind of terror or fascination in communing with a presence who knows more than I ever could about this land and its history.
https://i.imgur.com/p9L5x7N.jpg
While I wait for guests, imagined or material, to appear, I’ll try to find my own inspiration and set myself to brainstorming and pecking out stories. Maybe, at the very least, these images and words will allow me or anyone who stumbles across my musings to escape into the refuge of the mind.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/92/59/0a/92590a6aad5982820db36efad2c2139b--story-writer-writers-write.jpg
“Buy land,” I thought. “Build a refuge from the prying eyes of society and the pressures to be someone else’s sense of ‘normal’.”
Of course, I need a place to live, so I built a villa - a place where I can feel as though I can escape to a nook or room or patio as it suits my mood. The staff I import as needed for cleanings and maintenance. I need time to imagine and write and enjoy my surroundings, so I cannot be bothered with upkeep.
https://i.imgur.com/F33utc8.jpg
In one cellar, I stockpiled food I enjoy so I can cook for myself day and night. In another cellar, I assembled a selection of wines that allow me to feel like I can still enjoy the finer things of the outside world.
Outside, I blazed trails through the jungle landscape, using nature as my gymnasium. While alone, I cannot afford to let my body waste away, so I climbed the tall trees and crawled around the ancient ruins I discovered hiding beneath them.
https://i.imgur.com/9phXULx.jpg
From a rooftop perch, I can see all the way to the beach, on a clear day. In the opposite direction, I watch the old volcano with bated breath hoping today is not the day it decides to reawaken.
https://i.imgur.com/2jZt610.jpg
The library contains the works of the world’s literary masters as well as a few surprises if someone knows just where to look and touch.
https://i.imgur.com/v7WFfuc.jpg
Of course, solitude is not always the answer to my troubles. I need the presence of others who share my need to escape. I need to find out what inspires them and how we can fill each other’s sense of longing or emptiness.
That is why I created this call to the outside world.
Not knowing whom or what to expect in response, I made sure there’s a safe path to the beach - for relaxing and enjoying its surf and sand on someone’s own terms.
https://i.imgur.com/Y3WSYK8.jpg
From time to time, I find objects lost at sea that beach themselves in my absence. Maybe a guest will find a trinket of love lost or a treasure that inspires their own adventures. At the villa, the pool water always feels welcoming and, on the deck, there’s always just enough shade to escape the day’s heat.
I stocked the basement dungeon with the finest instruments from the world’s masters of kink.
https://i.imgur.com/ncOR6Z4.jpg
My architect, whose mysterious disappearance following the refuge's construction was just a poorly timed coincidence, included plans for a ballroom for gathering and socializing and for the times when some wanton soul just really needs to be auctioned to the highest bidder.
https://i.imgur.com/1u4j8oz.jpg
Out in the tangled jungle, I made sure to hide a few surprises for those visitors daring enough to play a little hide and seek away from the safety of the ancient but freshly rehabilitated trails.
https://i.imgur.com/JaBV313.jpg
It is my fear that at least one of the many bedrooms is haunted, possibly by the spirit of some poor soul whose life ended without respite. Rather than call the exorcist, I decided to let them linger. Maybe some future guest will find the right kind of terror or fascination in communing with a presence who knows more than I ever could about this land and its history.
https://i.imgur.com/p9L5x7N.jpg
While I wait for guests, imagined or material, to appear, I’ll try to find my own inspiration and set myself to brainstorming and pecking out stories. Maybe, at the very least, these images and words will allow me or anyone who stumbles across my musings to escape into the refuge of the mind.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/92/59/0a/92590a6aad5982820db36efad2c2139b--story-writer-writers-write.jpg