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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>[[Superman|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]]
+| 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>[[Superman|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]]
 | 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
-| writer(s)= <small>'''''Welcome!'', Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, & Appendices 18-I, 19-1:'''</small><br>[[Zxvasdf]]<br><small>'''Chapters 5, 21, Appendices 19-I, 21-I:'''</small><br>[[Elsha Hawk]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-I:'''</small><br>[[ALRO613]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-II:'''</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:'''</small><br>[[Robert Quick]]<br><small>'''Chapters 11, Appendices 13-II, 21-I:'''</small><br>[[THX 0477]]<br><small>'''Chapters 18, 19, 22, Appendix 13-III:'''</small><br>[[Jeanne Morningstar]]<br><small>'''Chapter 14:'''</small><br>[[Sir Bic]]<br><small>'''Chapters 15, 16, 17:'''</small><br>[[Wednesday]]<br><small>'''Chapter 20:'''</small><br>[[Memento]]
+| writer(s)= <small>'''''Welcome!'', Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, & Appendices 18-I, 19-1:'''</small><br>[[Zxvasdf]]<br><small>'''Chapters 5, 21, Appendices 19-I, 21-I:'''</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:'''</small><br>[[Robert Quick]]<br><small>'''Chapters 11, Appendices 13-II, 21-I:'''</small><br>[[THX 0477]]<br><small>'''Chapters 18, 19, 22, 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:'''</small><br>[[Wednesday]]<br><small>'''Chapter 20:'''</small><br>[[Memento]]
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 ==== Chapter 23: The Rose Cottage ====
 [[Malthus]], a mysterious, lonely man, waits in the very cold room where he lingers and which he oversees although it “isn't really his”. Rubbing absently at [[Malthus's Ring|his silver ring]], he notices that the engraving has changed to an image of a stork in flight, as it always does to warn him of an impending arrival. Malthus is inwardly happy, as he always loves meeting new people, “but he [is] also aware of the fact that no one ever [finds] their way to [[the morgue]] by accident”.
+==== Chapter 24: The Cellar ====
+Young siblings [[Mandy (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Mandy]] and [[Christopher (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Christopher]] sneak into [[the Cellar]] despite their [[Uncle Jack]] forbidding it. Despite Christopher hearing strange noises and wanting to leave, Mandy takes a wine bottle from one of the shelves. Chris tries to wrestle it from her to make her put it back, and causes her to drop it instead, with it shattering. The two instantly realise that the liquid isn't wine, and the door slams shut, seemingly of its own accord.
+===== Appendix 24-I: Montresor =====
+The supernatural fumes of the wine plunge [[Christopher (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Christopher]] in a hallucination where he is a bold and bloodthirsty pirate going on adventures. He is pulled out of the daydream by the voice of a dubiously-human old man who describes himself as [[Montresor]], [[Keeper of the Cellar]]. Montresor explains that the wines in the Cellar are distilled from memories, and is apoplectic at them having spilled the pirate wine, as the [[Master of the House]] had personally requested it for his imminent negotiations with the [[Goblin King (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Goblin King]]. As penance, he orders the children to find another legendary pirate and get memories out of him, and then “take them to [[Father Time]]'s [[Father Time's attic|attic]] to be aged” — threatening to feed them to the giant rats who also dwell in the Cellar if they don't comply.
+===== Appendix 24-II: The First Step =====
+Regaining their poise, [[Christopher (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Christopher]] and [[Mandy (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Mandy]] complain that they have no idea how to even begin to find a legendary pirate, let alone collect his memories. Smelling that he has potential for [[magic]], [[Montresor]] takes Chris by the hand to another part of the room and pours him a glass of midnight-blue liquid from a bottle whose label depicts a [[wizard]]. He drinks it and finds his mind “flooded with magic”.
 === Worldbuilding===