Suite Layouts

Dabbler has been making diagrams of various Author Suites as described in episodes, and posting them to his MSN Communities page. Due to considerations of convenience and bandwidth, he has graciously allowed me to mirror them on this page as well. Nice work, Dabbler!

Any comments on these diagrams should be sent to Dabbler, or if you don't know his address you can send them to me and I'll forward them to him.

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Roy Del Frink's Office (2397)	F-Cup Fitzgerald's Office (2404)	Dabbler's Pad (2662)	JigSaw's Lair (2667)
The Operator's Off-Duty Office Suite (2242)	Zorlond and Kiya's Suite (2282)	Anna Jaeger's Suite (2286)	Groblek's Suite (2323)	Deja Voodoo's Suite (2385)


The 70-Plus Club (L13-C)

These suite plans are provided as a visual aid to those who want to incorporate them into their Backstage AddVentures. Initially I only plotted those already frequently used as locales, including the suites of Dabbler, JigSaw, Zorlond, F-Cup Fitzgerald, Groblek, Roy Del Frink, and Deja Voodoo, along with The 70-Plus Club. Others were added as they piqued my interest, such as those of Roy Del Frink, Anna Jaeger and the Operator. More will no doubt be added in due course, as a number have been fully described in episodes, some seeing frequent story use and others languishing unvisited after their initial appearances. Suites I know of that have been described but not yet mapped include: MarkT's Suite (2000), the working suite shared between MarkT and Adama (2001), Adama's Cubbyhole (2002), You Wish's Bottle Suite (2320), Scriptfox's Den (2452), and Shackleton's suite (2682).

In plotting portions of suites not explored in the suite descriptions I have tried to ground what appears here firmly on the available evidence, though occasionally my interpretation rests on little more than hints. Corrections are welcome, and can be forwarded to me through Adama for incorporation in later revisions.

The Operator's Off-Duty Office Suite (2242): This suite has so far been seen just once, in the episode (140382) in which the Operator described it. It has been mapped from the description therein. I have been somewhat more conservative than usual in my reconstruction, as the thoroughness of his description leaves little room for speculation. Thus I have indicated all such speculation in grey. All areas not actually visited in the descriptive episode are likewise shown in grey, though the text makes their layout fairly clear, if not their contents. The main point of ambiguity involves the Turkish bath/bathroom between the rumpus room and the guest bedroom; it is not clear whether it is one room or two. I gather that there is access to both from the rumpus room, but whether that would indicate two entries or one depends on whether the Turkish bath and bathroom are two rooms or one. Other uncertainties include whether or not the kitchen and master bedroom have windows-one would expect they do, but none are mentioned-and whether or not the statement that the Operator dials up his girls in the rumpus room indicates that his "Dial-a-Girl" operation is actually controlled from there. Posted 4-3-05.

Zorlond and Kiya's Suite (2282): This suite was originally mapped from the description in episode 140590 and hints in episodes 144858, 151701, 151737, and 152941. The living room has changed occasionally, being converted into an arena for Zorlond and Kiya’s first Worm experiment and a harem during francis’ temporary remodeling of the Backstage. As it always reverts back to its initial appearance, the standard form is the one shown. Before the suite’s remodeling in episode 175913 its left half was undescribed, with only the master bedroom and its associated bathroom known -- at that time the master bedroom was much larger, extending into the area that later became Anna’s room. The master bedroom is off limits to visitors, but its furnishings can be filled in from occasional hints. The bed, telephone and seeing stone are certain, and the presence in the suite of Zorlond’s desktop computer (and hence desk) is strongly implied in 191928 -- it has not been seen in the other, fully described, living areas, and so must be in the bedroom. Zorlond and Kiya appear to live more simply than some Authors, kitchen facilities beyond the refrigerator being nowhere hinted at. Anna’s room and bath were created in 175913, with its contents and furnishings noted in 182724, 191928, and 200040. Later, after Anna moved into her own suite, this became the bedroom of her sister, Darla Jean (286164). 175913 and 200041 provide previously unrevealed details on Kiya’s workwoom. A word on ceilings: this suite, unlike others, appears to have some -- those of the living room and Anna’s room are specified, and 175913’s mention of a “high corner” in the workroom implies one there as well. But per 200041’s explicit statement that the suite does not have ceilings, these must be illusory. Artistic license department: the outside window and service entrance shown are conjectural, but standard in Author suites. No window is shown in Kiya's workroom because I deemed sunlight inappropriate to a sorceress's lair. The storeroom and passage to it are also conjectural, the former based on a hint in one episode that the suite has storage space, and the latter because there had to be a way to get to it from the bedroom. Bedroom closets and dressers are assumed. All areas for which there is as yet little or no textual authority are in grey. There is no suite A.I., that role being filled by Kiya’s pixie, Kiyamakami, a magical rather than technical construct. She probably also serves as the suite's maid, mentioned in episode 151665. Also inhabiting the suite are the mysterious and little-seen Mini-Jags, tiny clones of Zorlond and Kiya stored away by the owners and later recruited by Kiyamakami as helpers and sexual partners. Posted 6-19-01 and revised 3-14-03 and 4-8-05.

Anna Jaeger's Suite (2286): The plan is based primarily on the discription in episode 281803. In layout it explicitly duplicates 2282, the suite of Anna's parents Zorlond and Kiya, with much of the furniture duplicated as well. The living room is the same with the exception of the rug and Zorlond and Kiya's "personal stuff," and the contents of Anna's room and bathroom were actually transfered there from from the corresponding rooms of Suite 2282. The room corresponding to Kiya's workroom was redone as a kitchen and dining room with "a big plate window to the outside," and the one corresponding to Zorlond and Kiya's master bedroom was "made a combination play room and game room, again with a big window." Later Anna further modified this rec room, cutting it in half down a north-south line to make a guest bedroom for her sister Darla Jean, to which she also connected the bathroom corresponding to her parents' bath in their suite (286164). Artistic license department: the service entrance shown is conjectural, but standard in Author suites. The bedroom closet and dresser are also assumed. Areas that were conjectural in the 2286 suite plan or unmentioned by Anna are in grey. No suite A.I. is yet known. Posted 3-15-03, revised 4-8-05.

Groblek's Suite (2323): Groblek first described his suite in 143173. The front door apparently opens directly into the central room, whose furnishings are described. From it "side doors" lead to seven other rooms listed in the order shown from Library to Illuminati Vault. Of these, we are shown the Lab and the Computer Room (with Sally, the suite's AI) and get some data on the Wilderness, the Workshop and the Library. It is initally hinted and later (162268) confirmed that the Lab and Computer Room form one complex, with the latter inside the former. Groblek has revealed in the Plume that there is a door between them. The Library, seen in 143241, is essentially unmappable, being gravitationally eccentric, labyrinthine, and multiple-sided. It contains a large LCD display, a full set of magical tomes and spellbooks, and many other types of works, of which only the sex magic, erotica and porn were initially in stock, due to a problem that also aborted the creation of the Wilderness. Presumably, these shortcomings were later fixed. The Workshop is seen (though nothing new is learned of it) in 143242. The off-limits Illuminati Vault's airlock entrance and armored inner door were shown in 164066 We learn of its live storage chambers in 150192. One (the largest, no doubt) once held Chthulu, and later (164066) ST. Aside from the Lab and Computer Room there is no hint that any of these rooms connect except via the central room. I have mapped the side rooms in the sequence given, assuming it starts to the right as one enters the central room and proceeds counter-clockwise around it, a positioning based on my assumption that the suite's service corridor door would be in the Bedroom. Given the name of the main room and the revelation that the Library is multi-sided, I took the description to indicate a radial plan. The suite's role as a war room also factored into this interpretation. I have without evidence put the customary windows in the outside wall, interpreted the Bedroom as a complete living area with a kitchenette and bathroom, and added restrooms and closets of the entry area for guest use. Deja Voodoo confirms this view of the entry area (and names it) in 164066, presumably on the basis of my speculative plan. Posted 7-10-01. Revised 7-17-01, 7-25-01.

Deja Voodoo's Suite (2385): DVd's suite was first seen and described in episode 146388; a few more details were fleshed out in 169215. I debated whether to try to map this one, as the rooms of this suite regularly exchange places with each other, but finally took the plunge. For convenience, the rooms are been mapped in what DVd states are their "usual" positions (for the bedroom, master bath, sauna, library, anteroom and archive), or in the places they were first encountered (for the guest room/guest bath, office/storage closet, and living room/coat closet). The suite has some stable points -- the front door always opens on the room occupying the middle position at the northern side of the suite, the windows always open on the rooms occupying the southern side of the suite, and the sealed computer rooms and hallways in the central area of the suite are fixed in place. There is no way into the sealed rooms except by 'porting, which essentially limits access to these rooms to DVd alone. Each of the wandering rooms apparently revolves around the central portion of the suite, so its outer wall as shown here is always its outer wall, and its inner wall always the inner. The four rooms off the central hallways exchange places only with each other, as do the four corner rooms. The four small rooms always move together with the corner rooms they are shown next to, and always bear the same positions relative to those rooms. In addition, the master bath and sauna are always in the same position relative to the bedroom -- in other words, these three rooms also move as a unit. The archive and the library are usually (but not always) on opposites sides of the suite. At least two doors (possibly three) appear or disappear depending on the room configuration. These doors are associated with the archive, which unlike the rooms it "switches" with it has no side doors, and always supresses the side doors of whatever rooms are next to it. Normally, the only way into it is from the hall, though when it is positioned adjacent to the front door (and perhaps the service door, assuming there is one) that door continues to manifest. It is unknown if the southern window continues to manifest when the archive is adjacent to it. The archive is completely filled, floor to ceiling, with papers duplicating Adama's index. They move aside for DVd when he goes into the room, and sort and deliver themselves to him at his command. Other items of note: the guest bedroom’s walls are mirrored, and an additional mirror is suspended from the nonexistent ceiling; its “exercise” equipment is apparently sexual in nature. The coat closet’s wardrobe contains a dimensional gateway to Narnia. The central of the three southern windows is certain -- the others are assumed. The suite’s AI is Iago, the parrot from “Aladdin.” It isn’t known where he hangs out -- possibly he has a nest in the archive. Another unlocated item is the telephone, though it apparently is not in the office. Posted 8/21/01. Adama's note: There are several hidden gateways to other universes, including Middle Earth, according to 218492.

Roy Del Frink's Office (2397): This suite was described in episode 144702, where it is characterized as a "humble little lair." The front door appears to open directly into the living room, the furnishings of which are only partially described. The den is vaguely stated to be next to or adjacent to the living room, while the spatial relationships of the den, kitchen and bedroom are firmly set down. The large pantry is mentioned in passing in the sketchy description of the kitchen. The computer room is a closet-like room off the bedroom. I based the two bathrooms on a hint (one of the maid's tasks is scrubbing toilets). Their placement off the bedrooms seemed logical. The Maid's room is speculative, but probable, assuming she is an actual person and not an AI. The dining room is also speculative, but perhaps hinted at in the statement that the suite, not just the living room, can be viewed from the front door. The windows and the customary service entrance shown are assumed. The suite's maid is Roy's mother, first encountered in the kitchen. It is not clear if she is an AI double or his real mother, though the existence of two bathrooms in the suite leads me to assume the latter. Posted 8-14-01 and revised 4-8-05.

F-Cup Fitzgerald's Office (2404): The outer office was first seen in episode 140339, and the inner in episode 140381. FCF added details later, notably in 140861, which finished the outer office and gave it the supply room, hall and outer office bathroom, and 143909 and 145147, which gave more details on the inner office. The outer office telephone is from 162502. Somewhere in the suite there is a 78 record player (162112). FCF tried to option the bathroom and wine cellar behind the eastern door of the inner office in episode 142348, but failed (his Authorial powers were on the fritz). These intentions were realized and detailed in 162112. In episode 145147 he successfully optioned another bathroom beyond the western door, but he must have had second thoughts, as by 161604 it was an all-purpose storeroom (definitively named the Storeroom in 162055). Later (variously, in 164872, option 1, 164940, option 1 and 165145) it became a room for Fitzgerald's then current flame, Polexia Brewster, with 165769) access to the waiting room's bathroom. As his liason with her was temporary this definition of the room presumably was as well, though it was still referred to as her former room in the Random Sample thread (347777). Unusual features of this suite include the double doors to the main corridor and between the offices, the wine cellar and inner office emergency exit, and the lack of kitchen facilities -- FCF does not live in his suite, but has food delivered through the main doors. The wine cellar actually extends down into space that would normally be occupied by the suite on the floor below, and its slanting ceiling can be dropped down to extend the short hallway to the emergency exit, which is ordinarily hidden. Note that the emergency exit is on the opposite side of the suite to what it should be; in the position shown it should access to the next suite rather than the service corridor. (Fitz always was contrary!) Presumably a convenient portal makes it connect to where it ought to. Posted 6-26-01. Revised 7-12-01, 7-25-01, 8-14-01 and 4-8-05.

Dabbler's Pad (2662): My own suite first appeared in episode 139817. At first, only the master bedroom was shown. In time I incorporated the existing data into a freehand plan, and the full description followed in 141303. As there hadn't been much "prior art" I was able to built most of it up from scratch. The present plan is based on my earlier freehand version. The main later addition was Dolly, the suite AI, in 146059 and 146060. Posted 6-16-01.

JigSaw's Lair (2667): The first suite (and indeed, the first hint of the Upper Levels) to appear, it has the most complicated history of any so far. It grew organically over the course of many episodes. Deja Voodoo, I, Dr. Hook, You Wish and JigSaw himself all contributed elements to it. The suite was first shown in episode 133763, and first named in 136485. At first only the main casting room, JigSaw's bedroom, and the portal in the doorway between them were seen, though the front door portal was soon added (137875, clarified in option 2 of 138167). The second casting room appeared in 138941, and soon after Big Dick Blaque's incursion brought us the holes in the walls, the passage, the unfinished room, and the necessity of the lumber room (or something) behind the second casting room (139081). You Wish's curse is from 139216. The maid's quarters appeared in 139102 and the clothing hooks in 139299. The first attempt to bring some of this material together was 141343, which also provided our first view of the office. A full description finally followed in 144380, based on exhaustive research of the previously established data. It added new elements to fill in unused space and turn the suite into a fully livable residence. JigSaw was provided an option to redesign the suite more to his taste, but instead approved this description in the sig to 142458. Posted 6-16-01.

The 70-Plus Club (L13-C): The Level 13 club rooms were first described by Dabbler in episode 151767. The description was revised and considerably augmented by Deja Voodoo in episode 158637. These episodes are the basis of the present plan. Posted 7-3-01.