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==== Chapter 33: The Painting ==== | ==== Chapter 33: The Painting ==== | ||
[[The Painting]] is described. The most famous work of art in [[the Gallery]], seeming realer than reality, it depicts a [[Woman in the Painting|woman dressed in blue]], standing by the seashore, staring into the distance as the sun “rises, or perhaps sets”. It cannot be photographed, and all who see it give different descriptions of the woman besides the colour of her dress, only agreeing that she is “the most beautiful woman who ever lived”. Some believe that it depicts the woman [[the Architect]] loved and that the Architect painted it for her, only for her to spurn him; in spite he drowned himself in [[the Tarn]] and cursed it. However, “those who study the House's history” hold that this is a fabrication and the curse of the Tarn predates [[the Strange and Wonderful House|the House]]. Seeing the Painting fills one with a “deep longing that will haunt [one] to [one's] grave”, although that is sometimes a blessing, as this more powerful but perhaps less toxic melancholy can replace a preexisting despair or grief in the hearts of some. | [[The Painting]] is described. The most famous work of art in [[the Gallery]], seeming realer than reality, it depicts a [[Woman in the Painting|woman dressed in blue]], standing by the seashore, staring into the distance as the sun “rises, or perhaps sets”. It cannot be photographed, and all who see it give different descriptions of the woman besides the colour of her dress, only agreeing that she is “the most beautiful woman who ever lived”. Some believe that it depicts the woman [[the Architect]] loved and that the Architect painted it for her, only for her to spurn him; in spite he drowned himself in [[the Tarn]] and cursed it. However, “those who study the House's history” hold that this is a fabrication and the curse of the Tarn predates [[the Strange and Wonderful House|the House]]. Seeing the Painting fills one with a “deep longing that will haunt [one] to [one's] grave”, although that is sometimes a blessing, as this more powerful but perhaps less toxic melancholy can replace a preexisting despair or grief in the hearts of some. | ||
==== Chapter 34: The Ballroom ==== | |||
[[The Ballroom]] and the rituals that surround it are described. The room itself is a “beautiful and elegant place” lit by globes of light floating through the air, which eerie music coming from a distance and musicians nowhere in sight. Every month, a [[Man with the crimson cloak|man with a crimson cloak]] distributes invitations to everyone in the House he encounters: “rich and poor, natives and visitors, human and otherwise”. There is a [[The storage room|storage room]] near the Ballroom, from which visitors can freely choose a mask, such as “a knight, a gentleman, a harlequin, a monster”, or indeed, if one is already a monster, “an ordinary human being”. However, those who linger too long in the Ballroom start to take on qualities of their chosen mask, until they lose their original identity altogether. | |||
=== Worldbuilding=== | === Worldbuilding=== | ||
