Quick question for y'all: if, say, you came across an alien castle that had been deserted for a very, very long time (we're talking thousands of years), what sort of state would you expect the furnishings to be in? I was thinking all gone, but then I thought, hang on a moment, there are stately homes around the UK with Elizabethan furniture still in use, and that'd be 500 years old... and I'm sure I remember going to castles that have chairs and beds and such from the time of the Norman Conquest, and that was 1000 years ago... The stuff is probably not in use, because it needs to be preserved, but it may be potentially useable... So if, say, this alien castle had been deserted for two or three thousand years, and the castle is still liveable, the furniture couldn't be, y'know, dust - right? Besides the fact that it's alien furniture...
I guess what I'm asking is, what feels right? I'm trying to get a picture in my head.
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But whilst Sam and Jack are otherwise occupied, Daniel would love to go look at the library. Ooh, what a nice idea, I may have to use it (if you don't mind?)...
Go forth and write! You have cool ideas. IMO.
And yeah...I'd imagine climate would play a part. Dry, arid climates are best for preservation. Or the place might be climate controlled by that alien technology. Or they have DRD-like things that come along and dust and maintain. *g*
More movie similarities. I saw "Speed" in the theatre 7 times the summer it came out. *g*
Now I want a Speed icon. The bit when they're zooming across the airport parking lot on a sled made of bits of bus... *sigh*