Room #1.
A dark mahogany door with the room number swings open to reveal the entirety of our dormroom layout. Ghostly grayed tiling coats the floor's surface, thin
groutlines visible between them. After entering past the main door, the bat-room is to your right (northwestern corner). There's a sink with soapdish,
block of soap, and mirrored cabinets with toothpaste and toothbrush and electric shaver. We have a toilet, videt, and shower/tub stall with bat-printed
shower curtains. Three towels hang from bat-stanchion hooks on the wall: Uncle D's, gray with yellow glowy eyes; Count's, beige with brown bats; and mine,
brown with a white 13.
The western wall houses our entertainment areas. Travelling upwards from the bat-room (northwestern corner) to the first window (southwestern corner): Tomb
TV, the big screen television set with machinery underneath to pop in either movies or DVD's, roped off by a muted yellowish couch big enough for all three
of us to sit on, or for one to recline in lazily. Morg Music, the Count's bat-organ which either he or Uncle D are adept at playing with a deck for popping
in CD's of our fave music. Funeral Furnace, a gothic-mouthed fireplace flanked by two armchairs. My Riddler-esque nagging stick leans against this, whereas
a rack of DVD's or fanfic audio books line the shelf above the mantle. This allows for guests who appear from black flames to sit down and rest a while
as they visit with familiar spooks.
At the top, between both windows (south central spot), there are two main items. First is our shared wardrobe closet. This houses, from left to right: dress
pants, jeans, vests, polo shirts, dress shirts, coats or cloaks, and capes. loafer shoes and dress shoes are on the bottom racks, only four pairs
as Uncle Deadly doesn't wear shoes. Above the closet is the central cooling core or I.C.E. unit, radiating a pleasing temperature for the whole living
quarters from gentle breezes to chilling conditions.
Running down from the second window (southeastern corner) to the bottom left (northeastern corner) are our individual subrooms. Count's is first (top),
Uncle Deadly next (middle), mine last (bottom). The subrooms—as well as the closet and bat-room doors—all open as if they were sliding doors, kind of like
those on Star Trek's starships. Digit helped install these, it helps with gaining access without knocking into anything. There's also an access tunnel
that runs through all three rooms, just a little bit aways from the sliding doors. An arched canopy held
aloft by columns at its entrances for least obtrusion possible creates the tunnel joining these subrooms.
Ed's Room: The bed is pushed back almost against the eastern wall. It's covered in muted whitened sheets and matching pillowcases, along with a folded
greenish blanket near its head. A computer desk with its own rolling chair and Ed's dresser drawer line the top (southern) wall. A second TV set is mounted on a sort of wooden harness
above the dresser. The bottom (northern) wall is dominated by a large three-bodied shelving unitshielded by magnetically locked doors, like the fridges
at the supermarket. This is where Ed keeps his Muppets action figure collection. One locker is for the MIB/MOC items, the second has the Backstage and
main Muppet characters, and the third has the photography shelf (reserved for a prime piece of real estate from NYC).
Up on the wall behind Ed's bed and computer unit is a World Map featuring various logos of my favorite franchises, with pin-on-pin figures surrounding the designated blocks. The map works as follos
Block 1: Cartoon Corner, the upper lefthand corner sixpack block.
Looney Tunes, with a pin-on-pin Bugs Bunny in his black tux, standing next to the WB shield.
Josie and the Pussycats, pin-on-pin of Josie McCoy wailing on guitar in her pussycat costume.
Scooby-Doo, the chief canine bursting through his dogtag logo, pin-on-pin Daphne Blake holding a magnifying glass locket.
Peanuts, with the main gang lined up in front of Snoopy's doghouse.
Garfield & Friends, the big orange cat dominating the window corner of his logo.
Spider-Man, splayed out in a crawling pose upon his own strewn weblike netting.
Block 2: The Disney Afternoon, the upper center sixpack block.
Ducktales.
Rescue Rangers, with pin-on-pin Gadget tightening the logo's lightningbolt with her wrench.
Talespin.
Darkwing Duck, with pin-on-pin Morgana McCawber casting a misty fog over the logo itself.
Goof Troop.
Bonkers.
Block 3: Warner's Lot, the upper righthand corner sixpack block.
Tiny Toon Adventures, with a pin-on-pin figure of Fifi LeFume on the outside of the rainbow ringlike logo.
Winks Club.
Batman, prominently seen by its bat-emblem, pin-on-pin Batgirl and Poison Ivy on the oval's edges.
Animaniacs, the Warner siblings in their respective spots in the shield.
Pokemon, represented by that little yellow rodent.
Yu-Gi-Oh, the Dark Magician, Elemental Hero Neos, and Stardust Dragon uniting the three series.
Block 4: Henson Kingdom, the lower lefthand corner sixpack block, directly beneath the Cartoon Corner's sixpack.
The Muppet Show, it's classic sign embossed onto red curtaining.
Sesame Street, the iconic lamppost and street sign with pin-on-pin Big Bird leaning on it.
Fraggle Rock, the classic orin logo embossed onto a rocklike wall.
Hensonville City, representing all other Henson productions.
The townhouse with Kermit flag is front and center, the EM bus and Countmobile flanking its sides.
Alice in Wonderland, represented by the tea party scene with Alice holding a teacup.
Castle Disney with King Mickey and Queen Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and pin-on-pin Maleficent.
Block 5: Toon Disney All-Stars, the lower center sixpack block, directly beneath the Disney Afternoon sixpack.
The Little Mermaid, represented by its respective movie poster, pin-on-pin Ariel seated on the rock surrounded by friends.
American Dragon, Jake Long.
Aladdin, represented by its respective movie poster, comfortably riding the Magic Carpet above the Aggravanian city square.
Hercules, represented by its respective movie poster, surrounded by mythic monsters and various Greek gods and godesses.
Kim Possible, pin-on-pin Kim hanging from her grappler, hooked to the diamond logo.
Lilo and Stitch, represented by its respective movie poster, the main characters seen beneath the tropical Hawaiian palm trees with fellow experiments/cousins.
Block 6: Halloween Horrors, the lower righthand corner sixpack block, directly beneath the Warner's Lot.
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
Gargoyles, with Goliath perched above the main castle tower.
Tales From the Crypt, the Cryptkeeper in his armchair and pin-on-pin of the Undertaker.
Tim Burton World, mostly Nightmare Before Christmas, but with a few additions.
Pin-on-pin figures of Lydia Deetz, Sally, and Emily the Corpse Bride rim the sign to Halloween Town.
Harry Potter, represented primarily by the Hogwarts castle.
The Haunted Mansion, with a pin-on-pin of Jessica Rabbit being spooked by a few flying bats.
Block 7: Arcade Wizards, an additional center sixpack block, directly beneath Disney Afternoon and Toon Disney (for now).
Mega Man, written in pyramid form, the hero's blue helmet resting beneath.
Carmen Sandiego, piloting her hovercraft, directly in front of the Acme Detective Agency A-logo.
Super Mario Brothers, represented by the image of Raccoon Mario from SMB 3.
Ghostbusters, the iconic "No Ghosts" logo occupying the center of the black square.
Ms. Pac-Man, a pin-on-pin figure of a woman with the Pac-head as a sort of orbital helmet lounging atop the center boxsquare containing the logo, with added maze-like ledges.
Power Rangers, exemplified by the classic Mighty Morphin' logo, though it represents all series.
Uncle D's Room: Crossing through the tunnel to the middle room, this is perhaps the plainest of the trio. UD's bed is also pushed against the eastern wall,
covered in ghostly white sheets and pillowcases, with a ratty black blanketed comforter. Movie posters of Vincent Price—his hero—, the Witches of Eastwick, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Friday the 13th hang behind his bed. He has his own dresser drawer up on the southern wall, a framed portrait of his love, Auntie Eleanor and a small bottle of Eau de Doom are perched atop its surface. He has a writing desk and matted well-worn armchair in the opposite wall's spot
across from the dresser. Uncle D prefers to sit and read other's fanfics, often getting a copy of them first to read to Ed and the Count, sometimes acting
out the parts. That's why he has such a wide space in the center of his room... Once the ghostlike spotlights in the ceiling turn on, the stage is set
for him to ham it up once he reaches for an eerie mask from his room's walls.
Count's Room: Again, the bed is pushed up against the wall. This bed features a muted yellowish set of sheets, printed with brown bats. His pillows and
comfy numbered comforter complete the ensemble. Upon the wall behind his bed we can see an enlargened posterboard. This serves to show off all the souls
gathered within the haunts of his Numbervanian homeland. Once a new haunter's write-up has been completed and drawn by an illustrator friend, a new card
square gets added to the posterboard. Its current designed features a total of 800 haunters arranged in four side-by-side squares of a hundred each up above, mirrored by another four squares of a hunred down below. Like Ed, his room also has a master display shelving unit along the northern wall. Here we witness PVC figurines of all the haunters in
varying groupings throughout the shelving unit. The bottommost ledge holds the Cube of Darkness—though it looks more rectangularly boxish—useful for
transporting the complete collection of figurines. The Count also has a dresser drawer along the southern wall corner of his room, with a framed
portrait of Countess Dahling standing there. The open window connects onto a perching bar for Batty and a few other bats when they choose to slumber. Fatatatita
has her own kitty bed, though she's more of a grown-up black cat, hidden towards the head of the Count's bed so she doesn't get stepped on when he gets
out of his own in the morning or middle of the night.
Hope you like the tour.