#$::::.... ....::::$#
##@##*:~:. .:~:*##@##
#@##$*:~:. .:~:*$##@#
@@##$*:~:. .:~:*$##@@
####$*:~:. .:~:*$####
##$*::~~:. # .:~~::*$##
#$$*::::.. . .~~~~. . ..::::*$$#
#@##$*:~:. . *~~ ~*# THE BASEMENT #*~ ~~** . .:~:*$##@#
#@##$*:~:. . ~#~ .~~~~~~~~~~. ~#~ . .:~:*$##@#
##$:~~.... # ....~~:$##
#$*~:..... .....:~*$#
##$$$*:~:. THE BASEMENT IS A MAN-MADE SUBTERRANEAN .:~:*$$$##
####$*:~:. ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU COULD FIND SUCH .:~:*$####
##*~~::... THINGS AS THE FURNACE, THE LABYRINTH, ...::~~*##
##$$**:~:. REPTILES OR GRAVES. .:~:**$$##
####$*:~:. .:~:*$####
##$*:~.... A SMALL OR RURAL BASEMENT IS A CELLAR. ....~:*$##
#$$$:~:... ...:~:$$$#
#@##$*:~:. ~#~ . ~#~ .:~:*$##@#
##$**:~~:. .:~~:**$##
#$::~..... OFTEN CREATED IN GOOD FAITH, A BASEMENT .....~::$#
##***::::. IS NEVERTHELESS A WAY TO BRING A CAVE .::::***##
@###$*:~:. INTO YOUR BUILDING, AND CAVE THINGS .:~:*$###@
##@#$*:~:. WITH IT. I'VE FOUND THAT IT'S EASIER TO .:~:*$#@##
#**~~~:... THINK OF ALL CAVES AS THE SAME LARGE ...:~~~**#
#@##$*:~:. STRUCTURE, IT'S JUST THAT ALL PARTS .:~:*$##@#
##**::::.. MIGHT NOT BE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED. ..::::**##
##@#$*:~:. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INVITING IN. .:~:*$#@##
##$**:~:.. ..:~:**$##
#$$$**:~:. . . .:~:**$$$#
@#$$$*:~:. ~#~ . USAGES . ~#~ .:~:*$$$#@
##$*::~... . . ...~::*$##
@###$*:~:. .:~:*$###@
#*:~...... THE PURPOSE OF A BASEMENT IS OFTEN TO ......~:*#
##$:::.... HIDE UNSIGHTLY APPLIANCES, ENGINES, ....:::$##
##@##$*:~: INFRASTRUCTURE (PIPES AND WELLS)... OR :~:*$##@##
#*::...... TO HIDE THE TRUE WEIGHT (PURPOSE?) OF A ......::*#
##$*~:.... BUILDING. ....:~*$##
#$$::..... .....::$$#
###$::.... TO DRAW FROM THE EARTH AROUND IT, PUSH ....::$###
#@##$*:~:. ABOVE GROUND, LAUNDERED. .:~:*$##@#
@@##$*:~:. .:~:*$##@@
####$*:~:. A CELLAR IS A MORE SENSEFUL AFFAIR, .:~:*$####
#@##$*:~:. LESS INTENSE... MADE TO STORE THINGS .:~:*$##@#
#$$$$*:~:. (FOOD OR BREWS, TOOLS) IN A COLDER .:~:*$$$$#
##@#$*:~:. ENVIRONMENT. PERHAPS TO GROW MUSHROOMS. .:~:*$#@##
@#$*:::~:. PERHAPS TO BURY CORRUPT CREATURES (NOT .:~:::*$#@
##*~...... ADVISED) ......~*##
#$*~~~.... ....~~~*$#
#@##$*:~:. .:~:*$##@#
@@##$*:~:. .:~:*$##@@
#$$:~~.... ....~~:$$#
###*~:.... ....:~*###