NOTES FOR DICEBOX
Book 1: Wander: Part 7: Pots and Pans, pages 176 -215
Chapter 1 : Chapter 2 : Chapter 3 : Chapter 4 : Chapter 5 : Chapter 6 : Chapter 7 : Chapter 8
Page 192
Molly is walking through the upstairs portion of the Skoll, on one of the floors of hotel rooms. There are also a floor or two of personal apartments, a floor of bunk rooms (rooms with 4 to to 12 bunks and a common bath for the whole floor) and, as seen in the end of Part 1, Camping facilities on the roof.
The impression I strive for in all the Skoll's design and furnishings is a well kept joint that has been in one family for several generations, with an over arching design that embraces an eclectic assortment of updates and redecoration. This is my reasoning for the deco-esque doorframes with Victorian wall paper.
The color scheme of the room Molly an Griffen are sharing was inspired by Indian decorative tile, so chosen as I wanted to give a nod to the country of origin of the owners; Kari's family to be precise.
Page 193
In the photo shown in panel 5, Griffen is referring to the haircut she's sporting as opposed to the color. Duscha ( Russian name meaning "soul") is the dog with her head in Griffen's lap. Griffen always had a dog or three most of her adult life. The cat sitting on the couch back behind her head in Eakes and the little feet and rump to the right belong to Rhys.
Page 194
In the photo in panel 3, from left to right (in relation to Griffen):
Aberthol Reece (father), Chimera Phyllis Stoyka (sister), Basilisk Pylades Stoyka (brother), Griffen Medea Stoyka, Rhys Jones Stoyka (son) and Craddock Jones Dylan (husband).
In Griffen's home nation, last names are passed matrilineally.
Fun fact: Griffen's father, a professor of the Classics (anything before 500 BCE), chose the first names of all his children. Griffen's mother who knew very little of such studies being more of a scientist, randomly searched through a glossary Greek characters in Aberthol's office to chose the middle names.
Page 195
The photo sequence in the middle left takes place in Griffen's office, where such photography is actually forbidden. I always imagine that the photographer is actually her brother Baley.
About the physical photographs in general: in my personal opinion, people love their artifacts even when the current technology has advanced beyond the object in question. It's related to the appeal and feeling of proper place of seeing pillars on the facades of buildings even though they aren't remotely necessary to support the building and haven't been for centuries.
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