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 ====== NEW HORIZON FUNERAL SERVICES ======
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 ===== Overview =====
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 New Horizon Funeral Services was founded in mid-2626 by Joe Schmitz, the younger of the Schmitz twins. Originally, Joe and his brother Ernest had established the first funeral parlor on [[the_planet_voi_700_d|VOI 700 D]] together: the business that would later become Ernest’s [[schmitz_funeral_home|Schmitz Funeral Home]]. But the partnership lasted only a short time. The twins clashed over almost every detail — architectural style, burial philosophy, interior atmosphere, and even how to speak to grieving families. Ernest wanted a somber, wood-and-metal sanctuary rooted in memory of the crash; Joe envisioned light, renewal, and a hopeful forward gaze.
+The tension escalated until Joe made his declaration of independence: he cleared the old [[hoos|Hoo]] stable on the right-hand side of the property and moved in to open his own funeral home.
-The tension escalated until Joe made his declaration of independence: he cleared the old [[hoos|Hoo]] stable on the right-hand side of the property and built a small, single-storey funeral hut of his own. The structure was plain — little more than a repurposed cargo container — but Joe marked it with a hopeful symbol:a hand-painted white board above the entrance, decorated with a soft pastel rainbow and the words NEW HORIZON in light blue letters.
 What he lacked in resources, he compensated with sincerity. His services emphasized calm tribute, shipboard memories, lavender scent, and a quiet belief in new beginnings — a direct contrast to Ernest’s darker, wood-scented rituals next door. Both brothers developed loyal followings, each aligned with their respective philosophies of remembrance.
 Inside, skilled staff craft pale coffins from [[Morningstar|Morningstar]] wood and guide mourners through candle-lit spoken tributes that weave shipboard memories into each farewell ceremony. When services conclude, a silver-painted coffin cart — drawn by two docile white [[veyra|Veyras]] — carries the deceased along the short processional lane to [[New Horizon’s Rest Cemetery|New Horizon’s Rest Cemetery]], completing a burial tradition that grounds [[beta_age|Beta Age]] settlers in the soil of their new world.
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 ===== Architectural Significance =====
-  * **Construction Material:** Built from repurposed starship containers
+  * **Construction Material:** Built from repurposed containers and salvaged parts of the spaceship [[last_frontier|Last Frontier]]
   * **Floors:** 2
-  * **Design Purpose:** Distinct from the darker aesthetic of the competitor Schmitz Funeral Home.
+  * **Design Purpose:** Distinct from the more conservative aesthetic of the competitor Schmitz Funeral Home.
-The façade is dominated by Joe’s distinctive white-painted signage with its rainbow motif, while the entrance is covered by a white cloth curtain instead of a door, reflecting Joe’s minimalist, open-hand approach to grief rituals.
+The façade is dominated by Joe’s distinctive white-painted signage.
 ===== Building Structure =====
-New Horizon Funeral Services is a narrow, two-storey structure with barely enough interior space for the essentials.
 **Ground Floor (Main Level)**
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   * **Outdoor W.C. (Outhouse):** A simple, privacy-screened stall using a single [[aurorasan_system|AuroraSan]] unit. Accessible from the yard; built as an external facility due to indoor space constraints.
-  * **Veyra Cart Shed:** A narrow metal lean-to sheltering Joe’s silver-painted coffin cart, originally a converted [[new_kourou_courier_service|Courier Service]] chassis.
+  * **Shelter:** A compact Shelter suitable for a pair of [[veyra|Veyras]] to rest between processions.
-  * **Mini Paddock:** A compact fenced yard suitable for one white Hoo or a pair of placid [[veyra|Veyras]] to rest between processions.
 ===== Look and Feel =====
-Despite its narrow footprint, New Horizon Funeral Services feels bright, airy, and intentionally uncluttered. Joe Schmitz designed the space as a foil to his brother’s dark, wood-scented parlor. White alloy wall panels catch and diffuse the ceiling’s soft glow strips, filling the compact rooms with a steady, comforting light reminiscent of the Last Frontier’s medical bay rather than its scorched hull.
+Although the building was opened in a former Hoo stable made of old spaceship parts and containers, New Horizon Funeral Service somehow feels inviting — even despite the fact that no one would actually want to be a customer or subject of treatment here if they had a choice.
-A faint lavender scent hangs in the air — Joe’s personal touch — masking the sharp tang of sterilised metal and polished Morningstar wood drifting up from the coffin studio above. Light instrumental loops, mostly harp and soft ship-ambient tones, play through small wall speakers, creating an atmosphere of calm ritual rather than mourning.
-The Memory Room, the heart of the building, feels almost like a small star-chapel: a quiet, luminous space where grief is softened by brightness rather than shadow. Benches fold neatly against the wall when not in use, keeping the room open for intimate ceremonies.
+A faint scent of lavender hangs in the air—Joe's personal touch—masking the sharp smell of sterilized metal and polished Morningstar wood that wafts up from the casket studio upstairs.
-Outside, the contrast continues. The simple, privacy-screened AuroraSan outhouse stands at the rear of the yard, beside the silver coffin cart and the small paddock for Joe’s white Hoo or Veyra team. The façade itself is made from refurbished cargo-container walls, sanded smooth and painted a soft, reflective white. In twilight, the surface catches ambient light with a clean, muted glow — a deliberate gesture of hope and renewal set against the darker, burn-scarred silhouette of Schmitz Funeral Home next door.
+The Memory Room, the heart of the building, feels almost like a small star chapel: a quiet, bright room where grief is softened by light rather than shadow. The benches fold neatly against the wall when not in use, leaving the room open for intimate ceremonies.
 ===== Roles and Responsibilities =====