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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Our Strange and Wonderful House'' (novel)}}{{Short Story | |||
| title1=''Our Strange and Wonderful House'' | | title1=''Our Strange and Wonderful House'' | ||
| image1= Our Strange and Wonderful House - Final Cover.jpg | | image1= Our Strange and Wonderful House - Final Cover.jpg | ||
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| featuring= [[The Architect]]<br>[[Federico Ruiz]]<br>[[Elshanor]]<br>[[Krully]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Pip]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alastair (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Alastair]]<br>[[Brother (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed brother]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ana]]<br>[[Rennik]]<br>[[Odin|Grímnir]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Guard (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed guard]]<br>[[Imp (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed Imp]]<br>[[Mad Gardener (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|The Mad Gardener]]<br>[[Grigori (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Grigori]]<br>[[President of Zimbabwe]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Rohinder]]<br>[[The Devil#Facing Rohinder|The Devil]]<br>[[John Milton]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Everywhere#With the Architect|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Leonardo Da Vinci#On Earth-274|Leonardo Da Vinci]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Laura Drake#Lock of hair in the Museum|Laura Drake]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Elder God (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed Elder God]]<br><small>(skull)</small><br>[[ | | featuring= [[The Architect]]<br>[[Federico Ruiz]]<br>[[Elshanor]]<br>[[Krully]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Pip]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alastair (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Alastair]]<br>[[Brother (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed brother]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ana]]<br>[[Rennik]]<br>[[Odin|Grímnir]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Guard (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed guard]]<br>[[Imp (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed Imp]]<br>[[Mad Gardener (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|The Mad Gardener]]<br>[[Grigori (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Grigori]]<br>[[President of Zimbabwe]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Rohinder]]<br>[[The Devil#Facing Rohinder|The Devil]]<br>[[John Milton]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Everywhere#With the Architect|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Leonardo Da Vinci#On Earth-274|Leonardo Da Vinci]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Laura Drake#Lock of hair in the Museum|Laura Drake]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Elder God (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed Elder God]]<br><small>(skull)</small><br>[[Kal-el (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Kal-el]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Lady in Mourning]]<br>[[Wandering mendicant (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed “wandering mendicant”]]<br>[[Master of the House|The Master of the House]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mika]]<br>[[Hattie (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Hattie]]<br>[[Mika's father]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Vincent Van Gogh]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Malthus]]<br>[[Mandy (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Mandy]]<br>[[Christopher (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Christopher]]<br>[[Uncle Jack]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Montresor]]<br>[[Goblin King (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Goblin King]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Father Time]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Killer in the Mud Room]]<br>[[Master of the House's mistress|The Master of the House's mistress]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Master of the House's wife|The Master of the House's wife]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Figure in the Airing Cupboard|The Figure in the Airing Cupboard]]<br>[[Spamblodgett]]<br>[[Lally]]<br>[[Renderblat]]<br>[[Gravitcher]]<br>[[Head of Housekeeping|The Head of Housekeeping]]<br>[[Agrontus]]<br>[[Old zookeeper (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed old zookeeper]]<br>[[Young zookeeper (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed young zookeeper]]<br>[[Rondel]]<br>[[Rondel's father]]<br>[[Oggie]]<br>[[Mila]]<br>[[Luda]]<br>[[Seven]]<br>[[Six]]<br>[[Eight]]<br>[[Woman in the Painting|The Woman in the Painting]]<br><small>(painting; mentioned)</small><br>[[Man with the crimson cloak|The Man with the Crimson Cloak]]<br>[[Werepanda|The Werepanda]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sid]]<br>[[I. T. Haze]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Bodhi Tree]]<br>[[The Bodhi Son]]<br>[[Loom weaver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed loom weaver]]<br>[[Carmen Sandiego|Carmen]]<br>[[Kid (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed “kid”]]<br>[[Le Fox]]<br>[[Frank the Janitor]]<br>[[Personification of February|The personification of February]]<br>[[Robot (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed robot]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#As a Maid|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Maid (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed Maid]]<br>[[Bridget (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|The Bridgets]]<br>[[Xafira (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|The Xafiras]]<br>[[Valerie (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|The Valeries]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere's friend (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed friend of Jenny Everywhere's]]<br>[[The TARDIS]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Space marauder (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed space marauder]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Oliver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Oliver]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Guardian of the Ink Wells|“Inkstain”]]<br>[[Laura Drake#Treefrog|“Treefrog"]]<br>[[The Librarian]]<br>[[The Room Keeper]]<br>[[The Armourer]]<br>[[Hawk (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unnamed hawk]]<br>[[Robert Quick (in-universe)|Robert Quick]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#At the Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Dragon (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Unidentified Dragon]] | ||
| setting= [[The Strange and Wonderful House]]<br>[[Hawk Manor]], [[Universe B (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|unnamed universe]]<br>[[Mika]] and [[Hattie (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Hattie]]'s house, [[Universe D (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|unnamed universe]] | | setting= [[The Strange and Wonderful House]]<br>[[Hawk Manor]], [[Universe B (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|unnamed universe]]<br>[[Mika]] and [[Hattie (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Hattie]]'s house, [[Universe D (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|unnamed universe]] | ||
| length= 60 chapters<br>32 appendices | | length= 60 chapters<br>32 appendices | ||
| writer(s)= <small>'''''Welcome!'', Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, & Appendices 18-I, 19-1, 32-II, 39-II, 39-III, 44-I:'''</small><br>[[Zxvasdf]]<br><small>'''Chapters 5, 21, Appendices 19-I, 21-I, 27-III:'''</small><br>[[Elsha Hawk]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-I:'''</small><br>[[ALRO613]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-II, Chapter 24:'''</small><br>[[R3mix]]<br><small>'''Chapters 6, 12, 13, Appendices 13-I, 13-IV, 13-V, 13-VI:'''</small><br>[[Jay Dee]]<br><small>'''Chapter 8:'''</small><br>[[H. S. Wift]]<br><small>'''Chapters 9, 10, 23, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, Appendices 38-I, 38-II, 39-I, 40-I, 40-II:'''</small><br>[[Robert Quick]]<br><small>'''Chapters 11, 31, Appendices 13-II, 21-I:'''</small><br>[[THX 0477]]<br><small>'''Chapters 18, 19, 22, 33, 38, 46, Appendices 13-III, 24-I, 24-II:'''</small><br>[[Jeanne Morningstar]]<br><small>'''Chapter 14:'''</small><br>[[Sir Bic]]<br><small>'''Chapters 15, 16, 17, Appendix 32-I:'''</small><br>[[Wednesday]]<br><small>'''Chapters 20, 45:'''</small><br>[[Memento]]<br><small>'''Chapter 26:'''</small><br>[[Cecilia Harper]]<br><small>'''Chapter 27:'''</small><br>[[MultiversalInk]]<br><small>'''Chapter 30, Appendixes 27-I, 27-II, 27-IV, 27-V:'''</small><br>[[August 2nd]]<br><small>'''Chapter 28:'''</small><br>[[32 Squared]]<br><small>'''Chapter 32:'''</small><br>[[Ludmila Yevgenovicha]]<br><small>'''Chapter 43, Appendix 43-I:'''</small><br>[[Nhrn]]<br><small>'''Chapter 44:'''</small><br>[[Brokkoli]]<br><small>'''Chapters 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55:''':</small><br>[[Binky Lemontwist]] | | writer(s)= <small>'''''Welcome!'', Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 56, & Appendices 18-I, 19-1, 32-II, 39-II, 39-III, 44-I, 55-I:'''</small><br>[[Zxvasdf]]<br><small>'''Chapters 5, 21, Appendices 19-I, 21-I, 27-III:'''</small><br>[[Elsha Hawk]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-I:'''</small><br>[[ALRO613]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-II, Chapter 24:'''</small><br>[[R3mix]]<br><small>'''Chapters 6, 12, 13, Appendices 13-I, 13-IV, 13-V, 13-VI:'''</small><br>[[Jay Dee]]<br><small>'''Chapter 8:'''</small><br>[[H. S. Wift]]<br><small>'''Chapters 9, 10, 23, 29, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 59, Appendices 38-I, 38-II, 39-I, 40-I, 40-II, 59-I:'''</small><br>[[Robert Quick]]<br><small>'''Chapters 11, 31, Appendices 13-II, 21-I:'''</small><br>[[THX 0477]]<br><small>'''Chapters 18, 19, 22, 33, 38, 46, 60, Appendices 13-III, 24-I, 24-II:'''</small><br>[[Jeanne Morningstar]]<br><small>'''Chapter 14:'''</small><br>[[Sir Bic]]<br><small>'''Chapters 15, 16, 17, Appendix 32-I:'''</small><br>[[Wednesday]]<br><small>'''Chapters 20, 45:'''</small><br>[[Memento]]<br><small>'''Chapter 26:'''</small><br>[[Cecilia Harper]]<br><small>'''Chapter 27:'''</small><br>[[MultiversalInk]]<br><small>'''Chapter 30, Appendixes 27-I, 27-II, 27-IV, 27-V:'''</small><br>[[August 2nd]]<br><small>'''Chapter 28:'''</small><br>[[32 Squared]]<br><small>'''Chapter 32:'''</small><br>[[Ludmila Yevgenovicha]]<br><small>'''Chapter 43, Appendix 43-I:'''</small><br>[[Nhrn]]<br><small>'''Chapter 44:'''</small><br>[[Brokkoli]]<br><small>'''Chapters 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55:''':</small><br>[[Binky Lemontwist]]<br><small>'''Chapter 53:'''</small><br>[[Fox Amongst Wolves]]<br><small>'''Chapter 54:'''</small><br>[[Valen Lim]]<br><small>'''Chapter 57:'''</small><br>[[McKennab]]<br><small>'''Chapter 58:'''</small><br>[[Shu Sam Chen]] | ||
| artist(s)= | | artist(s)= | ||
| dates= May 27th, 2011 - September 10th, 2014 | | dates= May 27th, 2011 - September 10th, 2014 | ||
| original_link= [https://ficly.com/challenges/953/]<br>[https://issuu.com/goblinstudios/docs/our_strange_and_wonderful_house] | | original_link= [https://ficly.com/challenges/953/]<br>[https://issuu.com/goblinstudios/docs/our_strange_and_wonderful_house] | ||
| seriesnav = ''[[30 Days of Jenny (series)|30 Days of Jenny]]'' | |||
| previous = ''[[The Oubliette (short story)|The Oubliette]]'' | |||
| next = ''[[Writer’s Block, Redux, Again (short story)|Writer’s Block, Redux, Again]]'' | |||
}}'''''Our Strange and Wonderful House''''' was an experimental collaborative prose work created on [http://ficly.com Ficly] by a large number of writers, starting from a premise and format established by [[Zxvasdf]]. Although not conceived of as a novel at its inception, it was termed one by the foreword of the 2022 ebook edition, which was put together by [[Aristide Twain]]. Although she was not the main character, [[Jenny Everywhere]], in several incarnations, recurred several times through the book. | }}'''''Our Strange and Wonderful House''''' was an experimental collaborative prose work created on [http://ficly.com Ficly] by a large number of writers, starting from a premise and format established by [[Zxvasdf]]. Although not conceived of as a novel at its inception, it was termed one by the foreword of the 2022 ebook edition, which was put together by [[Aristide Twain]]. Although she was not the main character, [[Jenny Everywhere]], in several incarnations, recurred several times through the book. | ||
Instead of any singular narrative, ''Our Strange and Wonderful House'' was made up of a series of vignettes describing, or centering on, various areas of the titular sentient, impossibly vast, shifting [[The Strange and Wonderful House|House]]. Many, though by no means all, of its Chapters and Appendices were written in the second person, putting the reader in the shoes of an otherwise-unseen visitor exploring the house. We have elected not to give character pages to these figures, so as to avoid having to make judgment calls about the degree to which the | Instead of any singular narrative, ''Our Strange and Wonderful House'' was made up of a series of vignettes describing, or centering on, various areas of the titular sentient, impossibly vast, shifting [[The Strange and Wonderful House|House]]. Many, though by no means all, of its Chapters and Appendices were written in the first and second person, putting either the writer or the reader in the shoes of an otherwise-unseen visitor exploring the house. We have elected not to give character pages to these figures, so as to avoid having to make judgment calls about the degree to which the ‘I’s and ‘You’s of various individual parts should be considered the same continuous character. | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
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===== Appendix 18-I: The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd) ===== | ===== Appendix 18-I: The Jenny Everywhere Museum (cont'd) ===== | ||
Two further items within [[the Jenny Everywhere Museum|the Museum]] are listed. The first is “[[Bottle universe (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|a bottle filled with a miniature universe]]” containing the story of [[ | Two further items within [[the Jenny Everywhere Museum|the Museum]] are listed. The first is “[[Bottle universe (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|a bottle filled with a miniature universe]]” containing the story of [[Kal-el (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Kal-el]]. The second is a computer linked to [[Universe C (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|“our” universe]]'s Internet, allowing her to set up her own website, [[Ficly|ficly.com]]. | ||
==== Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel ==== | ==== Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel ==== | ||
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==== Chapter 52: The Guardian of the Ink Wells ==== | ==== Chapter 52: The Guardian of the Ink Wells ==== | ||
A man called [[Oliver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Oliver]] stumbles through “twisting, whispering hallways”, a stack of paper in his hands and pens, quills and paintbrushes filling his | A man called [[Oliver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Oliver]] stumbles through “twisting, whispering hallways”, a stack of paper in his hands and pens, quills and paintbrushes filling his pockets. Following an eerie chant in a dead language, he makes his way to a giant gate made of golden pens, the room behind it too dark to see anything. Putting a hand on the gate, he calls out for “[[Jenny Everywhere#Guardian of the Ink Wells|the Guardian]] of [[the Ink Wells]]”. The gate opens of its own accord, and he falls into the room, where an ominous voice asks what his business is. However, when he explains that he simply needs some ink, the lights flash on to reveal the Guardian, an unassuming teenage girl dressed in robes and [[Jenny Everywhere's goggles|aviator goggles]]. Gesturing at the giant holes in the cement floor behind her, she tells him to help himself to “any of the uncovered wells”, claiming that she has “all colors and liquids”. | ||
==== Chapter 53: The Airing Cupboard of Despair ==== | |||
A figure creeps through [[the Tunnel]], a clear glass tunnel which is being buffeted from outside by a swirling mass of inky blackness. Making their way to the end of the tunnel, the figure finds a hatch, glass too, with brass fitting. Despite the protests of other figures within the tunnel, they twist the handle and open the hatchway. Instead of the darkness flooding in to drown the tunnels, it disappears from the outside: the figure has let the light ''out''. | |||
==== Chapter 54: The Empty Room ==== | |||
[[The Empty Room]]. It is said to be the hardest room to access in the whole [[The Strange and Wonderful House|House]], but that is perhaps for the best, as no one in their right mind wants to access it: as soon as one enters the pure-white expanse within, one loses sight of the door itself, and becomes nothing but a non-corporeal point of awareness in the middle of the void, lost forever — “eternal, suspended, deathless”. Only [[the Architect]] knows how to get in and out, and it (for the Architect is an “it”) likes to spend its afternoons there, “thinking and drawing up blueprints for new rooms for [[the Infinite Wing]]”. | |||
==== Chapter 55: Teleporting Beach ==== | |||
Incongruously dressed in neon bathing suits, [[the Guardian of the Ink Wells]] and [[Treefrog]] make their way through [[the Gardens]], past the “[[The Bodhi Tree|gigantic tree]]”, until they reach [[the backyard]], where they finally find what they were looking for: a portal which suddenly teleports them to [[the Beach]], with soft black sand and blue water which almost seems to glow. The two girls, overjoyed, jump into the water and enjoy an hour of swimming in this somehow-''breathable'' sea. However, when they finally resurface, they find themselves teleported again — this time to [[the Library (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|the Library]]. | |||
===== Appendix 55-I: There is No Dripping in the Library ===== | |||
Stunned, [[the Guardian of the Ink Wells]] and [[Treefrog]] spend a few moments just standing there in [[the Library]], shivering in the cold and dripping down on the plush red carpeting, until they are confronted by [[the Librarian]], who shushes them sternly and seems particularly upset with the Guardian, who “should know better”. She refers to the latter as “Inkstain”, prompting Treefrog to remark on her friend apparently having had a name this whole time (though the Guardian denies that Inkstain is her ''actual'' name), until the Librarian silences them again with a “whispered” roar. | |||
==== Chapter 56: The Seven Hundred Nineteenth Airing Cupboard ==== | |||
A member of [[Household Staff]] who has spent their career inspecting all the airing cupboards in [[the House]] reaches [[the Seven Hundred Nineteenth Airing Cupboard|the Seven Hundred Nineteenth]]. This one is cramped and ordinary, containing nothing but a damp mop and an off-white water-heater whose enameling displays faint traces of rust. Two things bother the brave inspector: first, they long ago figured out, after the first hundred Cupboards, that with the House being so labyrinthine and mutable, they have no way of making sure they don't inspect the same one twice (even though there'd be “hell from [[Master of the House|above]]” if it became known that they had done so). Second, this water heater is “a forty-gallon job, quite possibly the cheapest one on the market” — and yet it's the only water they've seen in all their travels over the House. | |||
==== Chapter 57: The Spinning Room ==== | |||
[[The Spinning Room]] is described (in verse). It is hard to get to as its door is never in the same place twice, moving every second. As the name implies, it spins endlessly, with the only furniture being a chandelier which appears as just a blurred shimmer, and a device to keep the spinning movement from causing the room to spin out of its axis. The only figure in the Room who does not spin is [[the Room Keeper]]. | |||
==== Chapter 58: The Armory ==== | |||
Just off the corridor to [[the Guardroom]], a point-of-view character spots “two tall guardsmen holding tall halberds”, who snap to attention at the newcomer's arrival, but obediently pull open the “huge” double doors of [[the Guardroom]], simply telling him to “watch himself”. As he passes them, the visitor realises that they aren't holding halberds at all, but “oversized, elongated fountain pens”. Through the doors is “a vast space, filled by racks of pens of every description”. Welcomed by [[the Armourer]], an intimidating apron-wearing man with a [[hawk (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|hawk]] on his shoulder, the visitor hesitantly asks if there are any “actual weapons” in the room, and is stunned when the armourer pulls a nondescript ballpoint pen from his pocket only for it to transform before the visitor's eyes into a “large automatic rifle”. Grinning, the Armourer comments: “You know the saying about the pen and the sword — why not have both?”. | |||
==== Chapter 59: Room of Renewal ==== | |||
[[Robert Quick (in-universe)|A point-of-view character]] enters [[the Room of Renewal]], a serene shower room so vast that the walls are only visible in the distance, there is a blue sky above with fluffy white clouds, and the ground is covered with thick vines and broad, fan-shaped leaves, with round pools carved out of smooth brown stone and a “squiggly closed-loop river” with stylised wooden briges brooking it dotting the landscape. Though seeing no people around, the visitor notes the presence of a tray heaped with food, marked with a note reading “EAT ME!”. | |||
===== Appendix 59-I: Remnants and Reminders ===== | |||
In a prequel to the previous chapter, the visitor, revealed to be [[Robert Quick (in-universe)|one of the people]] who originally “dreamed up” [[the House]], is walking through a cream-coloured corridor when he is stopped in his tracks by “the sound of echoed laughter”. He is all the more surprised for the fact that he hadn't heard “any other voices than [his] own in a long time”, to the point of believing that the House was empty by now except for him. However, he hasn't ever been sure because the House is “connected to so many realities” — something which the creators of the House used to view as an advantage, but which was the reason there were “always dangers beyond our borders”; the survivor bitterly reflects that it's a wonder anyone survived at all. | |||
After musing that he hopes [[the Observatory]] is still keeping the bad guys at bay (whether they be [[Lovecraftian nightmare god]]s, steampunk pirates, [[zombie]]s, or other horrors), the survivor observes that a section of the hallway has been replaced with “a set of glass double-doors, the insides opaque”. After a moment's hesitation, he touches his palm to the glass, which is warm under the touch, and cracks the doors open. Steam escapes into the cool air, and, applying “a little more pressure”, the survivor opens them completely and steps inside. | |||
==== Chapter 60: The Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House ==== | |||
The [[Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|end]] of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]] has come: “all the artifacts ha[ve] been auctioned off, the [[ghost]]s ha[ve] all found other places to haunt, the alchemists ha[ve] moved their Great Work elsewhere”. The last two people to leave are [[Jenny Everywhere#At the Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|Jenny Everywhere]] and a [[Dragon (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Dragon]], who watch forlornly as a bolt of lightning shoots down from the lead-coloured sky and strikes the House. A blue blame roars up and consumes the vast bulk of the House within moments, leaving nothing but ruins which crumble into [[the Tarn]]. After a long moment of silence, the Dragon declares: “So it goes. All things must have their time”, before asking Jenny if she “ha[s] taken everything [she] need[s]”. She nods and reveals what she came back for: a “[[House seed]]”, resembling a [[Christmas]] ornament. She tucks it into her pocket, remarking that she's sure she'll find some use for it someday. With no further ceremony, the two walk off elsewhere, leaving behind the silent shore of the Tarn. | |||
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[[Category:Written by Brokkoli]] | [[Category:Written by Brokkoli]] | ||
[[Category:Written by Binky Lemontwist]] | [[Category:Written by Binky Lemontwist]] | ||
[[Category:Written by Fox Amongst Wolves]] | |||
[[Category:Written by Valen Lim]] | |||
[[Category:Written by McKennab]] | |||
[[Category:Written by Shu Sam Chen]] | |||
[[Category:Released in 2011]] | [[Category:Released in 2011]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring Jenny Everywhere]] | [[Category:Featuring Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring Laura Drake]] | [[Category:Featuring Laura Drake]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring the Devil]] | [[Category:Featuring the Devil]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring Superman]] | |||
[[Category:Multi-Shifter Stories]] | [[Category:Multi-Shifter Stories]] | ||
[[Category:Installments of 30 Days of Jenny]] | |||