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== Description == | == Description == | ||
=== Nature === | === Nature === | ||
The House was infinite ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Welcome!|Welcome!]]'') and home to many portals to and from other dimensions than [[Universe A (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|the one]] where its original exterior happened to be located. In many cases, transit from one room to another was achieved through portals internal to the house, rather than more conventionally making one's way through the building. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'') | The House was infinite ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Welcome!|Welcome!]]'') and home to many portals to and from other dimensions than [[Universe A (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|the one]] where its original exterior happened to be located. In many cases, transit from one room to another was achieved through portals internal to the house, rather than more conventionally making one's way through the building. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'') | ||
Its internal organisation was paradoxical, including such rooms as a “[[#3rd floor basement|3rd floor basement]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 11: Every House Needs One|Every House Needs One]]'') Some rooms were incalculably larger on the inside than normal, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 7: The Coat Room|The Coat Room]]'') sometimes containing entire biomes, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 4: The Catamaran Loos of Oceania|The Catamaran Loos of Oceania]]'') and some changed appearance based on the observer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 7: The Coat Room|The Coat Room]]'', ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 12: The Dining Room|The Dining Room]]'') Time was also malleable within the House, with it being possible to move back and forth in time when one moved between rooms; for example, when nipping out of a party in the aforementioned 3rd floor basement to go to the men's rooms, [[Rennik]] described the party as being held “last Thursday”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 11: Every House Needs One|Every House Needs One]]'') | Its internal organisation was paradoxical, including such rooms as a “[[#3rd floor basement|3rd floor basement]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 11: Every House Needs One|Every House Needs One]]'') Most rooms' actual relative positions within the House were “fluid”, with the exception of [[the Stationery Room]] which was always located at the exact halfway point between [[the Master Bedroom]] and [[the Guesthouse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') Some rooms were incalculably larger on the inside than normal, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 7: The Coat Room|The Coat Room]]'') sometimes containing entire biomes, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 4: The Catamaran Loos of Oceania|The Catamaran Loos of Oceania]]'') and some changed appearance based on the observer. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 7: The Coat Room|The Coat Room]]'', ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 12: The Dining Room|The Dining Room]]'') Time was also malleable within the House, with it being possible to move back and forth in time when one moved between rooms; for example, when nipping out of a party in the aforementioned 3rd floor basement to go to the men's rooms, [[Rennik]] described the party as being held “last Thursday”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 11: Every House Needs One|Every House Needs One]]'') | ||
Some rooms could only be entered by specific people or groups of people, including [[#The Stationery Room|the Stationery Room]], limited to the [[Master of the Houses]] and his guests, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') and [[#The Jenny Everywhere Museum|the Jenny Everywhere Museum]], limited to incarnations of [[Jenny Everywhere]] and their companions. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 18: The Jenny Everywhere Museum|The Jenny Everywhere Museum]]'') | |||
=== Inhabitants === | === Inhabitants === | ||
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* [[Titan]]s; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 7: The Coat Room|The Coat Room]]'') | * [[Titan]]s; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 7: The Coat Room|The Coat Room]]'') | ||
* [[Imp]]s; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 13-II: View From a Jungle|View From a Jungle]]'') | * [[Imp]]s; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 13-II: View From a Jungle|View From a Jungle]]'') | ||
* [[Goblin]]s | * [[Goblin]]s; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 15: The Stairwell|The Stairwell]]'') | ||
* [[the Lady in Mourning]], speculated to be a former goddess. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') | |||
There were also miscellaneous human, or seemingly human, residents, such as [[Federico Ruiz]] and the other decadent socialites of his Pleasure Pad | There were also miscellaneous human, or seemingly human, residents, such as [[Federico Ruiz]] and the other decadent socialites of his Pleasure Pad/ ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 3: The Pleasure Pad of Federico Ruiz|The Pleasure Pad of Federico Ruiz]]'') There were also visitors to the House who stayed for years, in some cases dying there. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') | ||
The House, or specific rooms within the House, also had human staff. These included the guards keeping watch over the door to [[the Conservatory]] from [[the Guardroom]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 12: The Guardroom|The Guardroom]]'') | The House, or specific rooms within the House, also had human staff. These included the guards keeping watch over the door to [[the Conservatory]] from [[the Guardroom]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 12: The Guardroom|The Guardroom]]'') | ||
There existed a [[Master of the House]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') | |||
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==== The Tarn ==== | ==== The Tarn ==== | ||
The Tarn was located behind the House. The backdoor of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]] led out of the House and onto a path passing between [[#The Dark Wood|the Dark Wood]] and the Tarn, leading to [[#The Ruined Chapel|the Ruined Chapel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') | The Tarn was located behind the House. The backdoor of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]] led out of the House and onto a path passing between [[#The Dark Wood|the Dark Wood]] and the Tarn, leading to [[#The Ruined Chapel|the Ruined Chapel]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') The [[Wandering mendicant (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|wandering mendicant]] who spent his final years near the Chapel drew “a meager sustenance of wild root and clear water” from the tarn. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') | ||
==== The Ruined Chapel ==== | ==== The Ruined Chapel ==== | ||
The Ruined Chapel, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') or “the narthex”, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') was located outside the House proper, at the end of a path leading out from the back door of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]]. It was in a Gothic style, but the altar bore a statue of a woman with her head and hands broken off, apparently an ancient, pagan goddess. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') The ceiling was broken, with the sky visible from within. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') The Chapel was the dwelling place of an entity known as [[the Lady in Mourning]], speculated by some to be what remained of the selfsame goddess. To a visitor who distracted her from her despair via something like a story or a song, she was known answer any question, except for her name. The altar was surrounded by ashes that were all that was left of visitors who had looked upon her unveiled face — for every night, at midnight, she lifted it up to cry out “Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') Eventually, the Lady left, taking the statue and the aura of melancholy with her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') | The Ruined Chapel, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') or “the narthex”, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') was located outside the House proper, at the end of a path leading out from the back door of [[#The Conservatory|the Conservatory]]. It was in a Gothic style, but the altar bore a statue of a woman with her head and hands broken off, apparently an ancient, pagan goddess. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') The ceiling was broken, with the sky visible from within. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') The Chapel was the dwelling place of an entity known as [[the Lady in Mourning]], speculated by some to be what remained of the selfsame goddess. To a visitor who distracted her from her despair via something like a story or a song, she was known answer any question, except for her name. The altar was surrounded by ashes that were all that was left of visitors who had looked upon her unveiled face — for every night, at midnight, she lifted it up to cry out “Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') Eventually, the Lady left, taking the statue and the aura of melancholy with her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') | ||
==== The Master Bedroom ==== | |||
The Master Bedroom was the bedroom of the [[Master of the House]]. In an exception from the usual anarchic fluidity of the positions of rooms within the House, [[#The Stationery Room|the Stationery Room]] was always located at the midway point between the Master Bedroom and [[#The Gatehouse|the Gatehouse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') | |||
==== The Gatehouse ==== | |||
In an exception from the usual anarchic fluidity of the positions of rooms within the House, [[#The Stationery Room|the Stationery Room]] was always located at the midway point between [[#The Master Bedroom|the Master Bedroom]] and the Gatehouse. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') | |||
==== The Stationery Room ==== | |||
The Stationery Room, where all official letters from the House were written, was also known as the Station''a''ry Room, referring to its constant position as the midway point between [[#The Master Bedroom|the Master Bedroom]] and [[#The Gatehouse|the Gatehouse]]. However, as pointed out in [[#The Athenaeum|the Athenaeum]]'s records, it was also a Room of Stationery. The Room was “somewhat small”, with a single desk sitting in the center, facing the door. At its back was a window covered by heavy curtains, and all the walls were covered in bookshelves and, in one corner, a large cabinet. The desk contained an infinite supply of “papers, envelopes, inks, pens and waxes”. Entry into the Stationery Room was restricted to the [[Master of the House]] and those he allowed to use it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 20: The Stationery Room|The Stationery Room]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
