JLR FILES: FARMHOUSE OF JUSTICE (with BARN OF JUSTICE)
Location: We're not telling (actually, we don't know).
Date built: The original floorplans say 1835
Floorplan: Federalist style. Two stories with attic and basement. Six bedrooms (two on first floor, four on second). Four full bathrooms and a half-bath on each floor. Kitchen, study, library, parlor room, and den all on first floor.
Background: Built by Howard "The Spooky" Morrison, the JLR HQ represents all things old and falling apart. Also served as inspiration for the 'Haunted Mansion' ride at Disneyworld (off topic note to the non-Floridians: that is one of the coolest rides ever).
Spooky Morrison was teased as a young man by his schoolmates at the Canadian College of Design for the oddities he placed in the homes he designed. The house he built for a French Baroness, for instance, had a working guilietene in the parlor. Other homes became infamous for their pit-of-alligators, poison-darts-shooting-from-the-walls, and the grizzly-bear-in-the-closent trick.
Shunned, Spooky built his own mansion to hid for the rest of his life. He built the barn, located near the mansion, to house the farm animals needed so Spooky didn't have to go to town for food. Rumors spread that Spooky's houses weren't really his own design--that the devil was instructing him.
Two years later, the local townpeople found Spooky dead, lying on the floor in a locked room with a shocked expression on his face.
The farmhouse had been abandoned until Harpy discovered it. No one knows what inventions of Spooky are still operating in the mansion, and if the house is even safe to occupy...
Note from Cowgirl Jack, handwritten and left on the kitchen counter:
Hey guys!
Went shopping for drapes for the kitchen. I stocked up the fridge, so you all can make omletts for breakfast.
Can't wait to start remodeling! I need you tough guys to go up into the attic and get the furniture for the living room. You may want to bring some flashlights, because the lights don't work up there for some silly reason.
Oh, and door to the basement's locked. I got the number of a locksmith in town that gives discounts to superheroes. See if he can get into the basement for us. I'd love to convert into some sort of high-tech...techy room. Well, you guys can name it whatever you want.
Wednesday, some girl called. I can't remember her name, but I think it started with an 'S.'
Oh and the gardens outside really need some upkeeping. I hired a guy named Larry to be our official gardener. Isn't the vute? We have a gardener now! He'll be here later this afternoon as soon as his parole officer signs his papers.
