Lappelle's Little Labyrinth
Located at the very border of the Entertianment District, Lappelle's Labyrinth began as a simple corn maze, geared towards Mythrite's younger population, families, and teens looking for fun more harmless than their usual sort. The maze was an instant hit, as a bored younger crowd found a place to spend their time. Lappelle, who had set up the maze in an attempt to support her early and ill-placed farm, was surprised to find that she enjoyed the children's company immensely, and sought to give the maze more permanent roots.
Thus Lappelle's Labyrinth of corn became Lappelle's Little Labyrinth of stone, an (ironically) quite large stacked-stone wall maze outfitted with harmless obstacles and cheap 'prizes' that Lappelle replaces and resets each week. It has expanded beyond just a hangout, and alongside Lappelle's former storage barn, now serves as the closest thing Mythrite has to a daycare.
Lappelle serves children young and old, and typically those of the working and lower class. Where richer children might find themselves under the care of a nanny or tutor, the families of these children--families often drained of time by their work, or reliant upon one guardian alone--depend on Lappelle's Little Labyrinth to watch over their most precious members. She accepts this task as gladly as she did at the start, and often goes out of her way to ensure families down on their luck are not left to leave children alone, taking delayed pay and (it is rumored) on occassion offerring her services for free. In her barn she provides shelter and toys which she often makes herself. She provides as well one meal a day, as high quality as she can afford, though that doesn't say as much for the meal as it does for her effort. Her Labyrinth is the equivalent of the children's playground, which they are free to play in at any time, weather permitting. She has also hired a single assistant, a young adult halfling of indeterminate gender who goes by the name of Shyis.
It is quite unfortunate that, lacking the resources to pay for such a service, Lappelle's Little Labyrinth is unguarded. And more unfortunate that, sitting on the edge of town, there is not even the barricade of buildings and business to protect the grounds. Many of the town's children gather on the daily, and Lappelle looks out, over them all, to the fields and forest that rings the town. And she worries.
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