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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]]<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> | | 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]]<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]] | ||
| 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:'''</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:'''</small><br>[[Robert Quick]]<br><small>'''Chapters 11, Appendices 13-II, 21-I:'''</small><br>[[THX 0477]]<br><small>'''Chapters 18, 19, 22, 33, 38, 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>'''Chapter 20:'''</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]] | | writer(s)= <small>'''''Welcome!'', Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, & Appendices 18-I, 19-1, 32-II:'''</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, Appendices 38-I, 38-II:'''</small><br>[[Robert Quick]]<br><small>'''Chapters 11, Appendices 13-II, 21-I:'''</small><br>[[THX 0477]]<br><small>'''Chapters 18, 19, 22, 33, 38, 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>'''Chapter 20:'''</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]] | ||
| artist(s)= | | artist(s)= | ||
| dates= May 27th, 2011 - September 10th, 2014 | | dates= May 27th, 2011 - September 10th, 2014 | ||
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==== Chapter 38: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 2: Accursed Springs) ==== | ==== Chapter 38: The Secrets of Our Gardens (Part 2: Accursed Springs) ==== | ||
When [[Sid]] shows [[Master of the House|his charge]] “[[the training ground of accursed springs]]”, he expresses surprise at such a seemingly malevolent thing being part of [[the Strange and Wonderful House|House]]. Sid tuts at his “mistaken impression that the House is essentially good”: built “on ground that once belonged to [[Faerie]] and made from their wood, (…) something of Faerie still remains within it”. It's all dangerous, “even the ‘good’ parts”, with [[the hedge maze]] being “infested by [[topiary minotaur]]s” and the patterns of light cast by the stained glass windows being liable to teach people “the secret of the universe” and making them go insane, to say nothing of “[[the Spring of Drowned Zombie]]”. Sid adds that “even worse, like many new writers, you think you’re in control of every part of the story”; when the visitor replies that “we” did in fact “make” the House, Sid cryptically implies that this is a limited perspective. They continue walking and find themselves in a landscape which the visitor believed to be “in [[China]], or [[Japan]]”, to which Sid replies that “all three are correct, depending on your perspective”. The visitor suddenly feels calmer and realises that in the distance, he can now glimpse the towering form of [[the Bodhi Tree]]. | When [[Sid]] shows [[Master of the House|his charge]] “[[the training ground of accursed springs]]”, he expresses surprise at such a seemingly malevolent thing being part of [[the Strange and Wonderful House|House]]. Sid tuts at his “mistaken impression that the House is essentially good”: built “on ground that once belonged to [[Faerie]] and made from their wood, (…) something of Faerie still remains within it”. It's all dangerous, “even the ‘good’ parts”, with [[the hedge maze]] being “infested by [[topiary minotaur]]s” and the patterns of light cast by the stained glass windows being liable to teach people “the secret of the universe” and making them go insane, to say nothing of “[[the Spring of Drowned Zombie]]”. Sid adds that “even worse, like many new writers, you think you’re in control of every part of the story”; when the visitor replies that “we” did in fact “make” the House, Sid cryptically implies that this is a limited perspective. They continue walking and find themselves in a landscape which the visitor believed to be “in [[China]], or [[Japan]]”, to which Sid replies that “all three are correct, depending on your perspective”. The visitor suddenly feels calmer and realises that in the distance, he can now glimpse the towering form of [[the Bodhi Tree]]. | ||
===== Appendix 38-I: A Return to Innocence ===== | |||
[[Master of the House|The visitor]] approaches [[the Bodhi Tree]] and is surprised that [[Sid]] stays behind, telling him that the last few steps are “his own”. He briefly grows suspicious, but the idyllic, childlike peace that seems to surround the Tree convinces him to walk on ahead, even kicking off his shoes to finish the journey barefoot. | |||
===== Appendix 38-II: The Pain of Rebirth ===== | |||
As he reaches the centre of the area, [[Master of the House|the visitor]] is overcome with a sense of cosmic love that brings him to his knees at the base of [[the Bodhi Tree|the Tree]], tears welling in his eyes, expelling all his feelings of “unworthiness, self-hate and guilt”. When he finishes crying, feeling a new man, he asks if it's “always like that”. Though finds no one there to answer, he feels at peace and increasingly certain that he feels not just good, but great — “fully rested, at peace, and ready for anything”: ready to “change the world”. | |||
==== Chapter 39: The Bodhi Tree ==== | |||
Having finished with his own rebirth, [[Master of the House|the visitor]] rolls over his back to consider [[the Bodhi Tree]] itself, huge and indescribably beautiful. He brushes a hand against the bark and suddenly finds his mind brushing against the “tentative, feathery presence” of the Tree itself, getting a glimpse of its ageless perspective on the world around it. | |||
===== Appendix 39-I: Wake to Dream Again ===== | |||
[[Master of the House|The visitor]] finds [[Sid]] again, with Sid telling him that he must now choose whether he will stay by [[the Bodhi Tree]]'s side indefinitely, or return to his normal life, at the cost of the humdrum complications of everyday life slowly chipping away at his enlightenment until he has all but forgotten what he really found here. The visitor seems to accept this, but finds it unfair. | |||
===== Appendix 39-II: The Will of the Creator ===== | |||
The visitor suddenly realises that he has chosen to go back to [[the Bodhi Tree]] an incalculable amount of times, each time returning and being given the choice again by [[Sid]]. Sid has been patiently waiting for him to choose the other option. The visitor compliments him as having “the patience of an [[angel]]”, to which Sid replies: “I am but the will of [[the Architect|my Creator]]”. The visitor announces that he is ready, and Sid extends his hands with the words: “[[the Manor]] awaits its Lord”, identifying the visitor as the [[Master of the House]]. As “memories the size of a million eternally propagating [[multiversal cluster|multiverses]]” come crashing back into his mind “like a vicious tide”, he realises, grinning, that he is “on the infinity kick again”. He thanks Sid, joking that “the end of [his] vacation is just the beginning of [Sid's]”. | |||
===== Appendix 39-III: The Bodhi Son ===== | |||
A man is found lying against [[the Bodhi Tree]]'s trunk, nestled between two roots. A “beard of many months' growth” curls in his lap, but though he appears to be sleeping his piercing blue eyes are wide open. Locals start calling him [[the Bodhi Son]], and he ends up becoming the focus of a religious cult which places candle prayers at his feet. Over time, a cathedral of stone and wood is built against the contours of the Tree. Through all of this, the Son neither moves nor ages. Eventually, tragedy strikes, a great fire consuming the cathedral and Tree both; the Son is unharmed, but tears trail down his sooty face. When the Bodhi Tree finally dies, he blinks awake, his eyes now green as the Tree's leaves once were. | |||
=== Worldbuilding=== | === Worldbuilding=== | ||
