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* [[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 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') | * [[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 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') | ||
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]]'') and more normal individuals like [[Christopher (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Christopher]], [[Mandy (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Mandy]], and their [[Uncle Jack]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 24: The Cellar|The Cellar]]'') 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]] | The House, or specific rooms within the House, also had human — or human-looking — 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]]'') [[Malthus]] who watched over [[#the morgue|the morgue]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 23: The Rose Cottage|The Rose Cottage]]'') and [[Montresor]], the [[Keeper of the Cellar]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 24-I: Montresor|Montresor]]'') | ||
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]]'') | 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]]'') He had to negotiate with the [[Goblin King (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Goblin King]] on at least one occasion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 24-I: Montresor|Montresor]]'') | ||
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==== The morgue ==== | ==== The morgue ==== | ||
The morgue, also euphemistically known as “the Rose Cottage”, was a large, cold room containing many slabs. It was kept at two degrees Celsius by its overseer, a mysterious individual going by [[Malthus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 23: The Rose Cottage|The Rose Cottage]]'') | The morgue, also euphemistically known as “the Rose Cottage”, was a large, cold room containing many slabs. It was kept at two degrees Celsius by its overseer, a mysterious individual going by [[Malthus]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 23: The Rose Cottage|The Rose Cottage]]'') | ||
==== The Cellar ==== | |||
The Cellar was dark and musty. It was home to giant rats, and was used to keep collections of very special wine bottles containing distilled memories, at the disposal of the [[Master of the House]]. It was guarded by [[Montresor]], the [[Keeper of the Cellar]], who exercised a degree of control over the giant rats. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 24: The Cellar|The Cellar]]'', ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 24-I: Montresor|Montresor]]'', ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 24-II: The First Step|The First Step]]'') | |||
==== Father Time's attic ==== | |||
One attic was apparently the province of [[Father Time]], who could age objects at an accelerated rate upon request, at least if it was for the [[Master of the House]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 24-I: Montresor|Montresor]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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On one occasion, [[Jenny Everywhere#Romanced by Nowhere|an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] ran into the Strange and Wonderful House while chased by [[Jenny Nowhere#Romance with Everywhere|Jenny Nowhere]]. She tried to hide in a dark room, but was found by Nowhere; however, Everywhere picked up a lamp and clobbered Nowhere on the head with it before making her escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral (novel)|Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral]]'') | On one occasion, [[Jenny Everywhere#Romanced by Nowhere|an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] ran into the Strange and Wonderful House while chased by [[Jenny Nowhere#Romance with Everywhere|Jenny Nowhere]]. She tried to hide in a dark room, but was found by Nowhere; however, Everywhere picked up a lamp and clobbered Nowhere on the head with it before making her escape. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral (novel)|Jenny Everywhere and the Nowhere Spiral]]'') | ||
=== Other events === | |||
Young human residents [[Christopher (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Christopher]] and [[Mandy (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Mandy]] once snuck into [[#The Cellar|the Cellar]]. There, they accidentally broke a bottle ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 24: The Cellar|The Cellar]]'') which the [[Master of the House]] had requested so that it could be served during upcoming negotiations between himself and the [[Goblin King (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Goblin King]]. Distressed, [[Montresor]] ordered them to create a new bottle by convincing a legendary pirate to give up some of his memories, and then artificially aging the bottle in [[#Father Time's attic|Father Time's attic]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 24: The Cellar|The Cellar]]'', ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 24-I: Montresor|Montresor]]'') To allow them to do such a thing, he let Chris drink from a bottle full of a [[wizard]]'s memories, flooding his mind with knowledge of [[magic]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 24-II: The First Step|The First Step]]'') | |||
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