I'm sorry, I don't remember exactly where this picture is...but remember the aerial view of Alpha's place? It's a black&white drawing.
It shows she's got a little garden in back. And her place is right against a cliff, overlooking a submerged bit of the city and a few distant blocks of buildings on the land. There are ever towers on the fall hilltops.
But the little road she's on, actually ends at a smaller place (maybe the size of the cafe) which is no longer standing. But strangely, there are still two tall palm trees standing near the plot.
And just before Alpha's place is another plot that looks like the foundation of another house, about the size of hers.
So. Is Alpha's house a recent addition to the neighborhood? Her lot looks unusually cleared, distinctively circular. Maybe it was built where it would be remote, and after the other nearby places were destroyed? If the palm trees survived, and the buildings didn't, does that suggest the buildings were demolished?
And, I know I'm taking this drawing too literally, but the power lines coming up the road don't really reach Alpha's house. And they don't seem to be wired. Does Alpha have a generator?
- steven austin
Saturday, March 13, 2004
"There are even towers on the far hilltops."
- steven austin
Saturday, March 13, 2004
I just posted about this on the "vending machines" thread, but here is the gist of it:
What with the streetlight plants, the underwater lights still giving off light and the lonely isolated vending machine, I am beginning to wonder if perhaps along with *forms* nature isn't also miming function, that is, some mysterious organic power source.
So, maybe Alpha's place is getting power that way? Aside from the large breaker switch outside the house, Alpha hasn't thought much about her power and gas, has she?
> So. Is Alpha's house a recent addition to the neighborhood? Her lot
> looks unusually cleared, distinctively circular. Maybe it was built
> where it would be remote, and after the other nearby places were
> destroyed? If the palm trees survived, and the buildings didn't, does
> that suggest the buildings were demolished?
I always thought that it just indicated that Alpha was taking care of the place, that it looked "cleared". As for the palm trees, they might have grown since the houses fell apart.
But who really knows...? Heh.
- Ian Darrow
Saturday, March 13, 2004
Alpha once ([v9, p61]) mentioned the water and gas bills--but not the power bill. That doesn't necessarily mean anything, of course.
Personally, I think they have free power--infinite life batteries or some such. This explains how she gets power even when the power lines appear to be half fallen, and how the streetlights stay on underwater. Oh, and how Kokone's scooter keeps running even though we've never seen her plug it in.
- dn
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Alpha does not seem to pay for waters and gas.
Japanese Text:
"mizu toka gasu no ryoukin toru toko ga attari..."
My translation:
"There was a place where waters and gas are charged."
- kGo
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Howdy,
>Japanese Text:
>"mizu toka gasu no ryoukin toru toko ga attari..."
>My translation:
>"There was a place where waters and gas are charged."
I just checked with a native speaker about this line. According to her, Alpha is referring to places that she stayed on her trip. So Alpha would check into an inn, and in addition to the room fee, she would have to pay for the water and gas she used as well. This is not a reference to a municipal billing office for water or gas.
However, it's clear that electricity and gas are being delivered to Alpha's house.
http://ykk.misago.org/Volume9/33
But following Occam's razor, I think that the old infrastructure is still doing it's job, rather than any other explanation.
Best,
Dave
- http://ykk.misago.org/Volume9/33
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Kakone gets something from a water company here:
http://ykk.misago.org/Volume6/158
No telling what it is, though. ;p
- Hekima
Friday, March 19, 2004
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