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A man once came to [[#The Armory|the Armory]] seeking a weapon and was initially taken aback by the shelves full of pens until [[the Armourer]] made his presence known and demonstrated the peculiarities of his creations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 58: The Armory|The Armory]]'') | A man once came to [[#The Armory|the Armory]] seeking a weapon and was initially taken aback by the shelves full of pens until [[the Armourer]] made his presence known and demonstrated the peculiarities of his creations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 58: The Armory|The Armory]]'') | ||
=== The beginning of the end === | |||
At some point, a man came to lie between the roots of [[the Bodhi Tree]] in [[the Gardens]]. He never moved or aged, although his blue eyes were wide open. He became known as “[[the Bodhi Son]]”, and a [[Loom weaver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|superstitious old woman]] started a tradition of placing candle-prayers at his feet. Over time, this developed into a full religion, with a cathedral of wood and stone being carefully built in the shade of the Tree, with the Bodhi Son lying in the narthex. Eventually, a fire broke out, burning down the cathedral and the Tree itself, but the Bodhi Son was unharmed, crying in his sleep as his face covered with suit. In the instant when the Bodhi Tree finally died, he blinked as he awoke. When he opened his eyes again, they were no longer blue, but green like the Tree's leaves had been. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-III: The Bodhi Son|The Bodhi Son]]'') | At some point, a man came to lie between the roots of [[the Bodhi Tree]] in [[the Gardens]]. He never moved or aged, although his blue eyes were wide open. He became known as “[[the Bodhi Son]]”, and a [[Loom weaver (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|superstitious old woman]] started a tradition of placing candle-prayers at his feet. Over time, this developed into a full religion, with a cathedral of wood and stone being carefully built in the shade of the Tree, with the Bodhi Son lying in the narthex. Eventually, a fire broke out, burning down the cathedral and the Tree itself, but the Bodhi Son was unharmed, crying in his sleep as his face covered with suit. In the instant when the Bodhi Tree finally died, he blinked as he awoke. When he opened his eyes again, they were no longer blue, but green like the Tree's leaves had been. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 39-III: The Bodhi Son|The Bodhi Son]]'') | ||
Over the years, entities from the many realities which connected to the House continued to make the House more dangerous, despite [[#The Observatory|the Observatory]]'s best efforts. Eventually, [[Robert Quick (in-universe)|one member]] of the original group of people who had “dreamed up” the House came to believe that he was the last survivor, though the House itself still stood firm. His certainty was shaken when he heard an echoing laugh coming from a room which hadn't been there before, and entered it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 59-I: Remnants and Reminders|Remnants and Reminders]]'') However, he found himself alone in the serene [[#The Room of Renewal|Room of Renewal]], with a picnic laid out for him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 59: Room of Renewal|Room of Renewal]]'') | |||
=== Fall === | |||
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Eventually, the Fall of the House was foreseen; when “all the artifacts had been auctioned off, the [[ghost]]s had all found other places to haunt” and “the alchemists had moved their Great Work elsewhere”, the last two people to leave were [[Jenny Everywhere#At the Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] and a [[Dragon (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Dragon]]. Jenny actually hadn't been to the House in ages, but found that she would somehow still miss it. She had returned to the House just before its fall to retrieve something: a [[House seed]]. | |||
Jenny and the Dragon watched forlornly as a bolt of lightning shot down from the “lead-coloured sky” and struck the House. A blue fire consumed the vast bulk of the House within moments, leaving nothing but ruins which crumbled into [[#The Tarn|the Tarn]]. After a long moment of silence, the Dragon declared: “So it goes. All things must have their time”, before asking Jenny if she “ha[s] taken everything [she] need[s]”. She showed him the House seed before pocketing it, and, with no further ceremony, the two walked off elsewhere, leaving behind the silent shores of the Tarn. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 60: The Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House|The Fall of the Strange and Wonderful House]]'') | |||
=== Legacy === | |||
While suffering from [[shifter hangover]], [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|one incarnation of Jenny Everywhere]] was put in mind of buildings which could alter their shape and remembered: “We had a house like that once”, her mind filling with other Jennies' memories of “a vast and ever-changing palace, strange and wonderful and alive”. She also remembered “[[Infinity Apartment|an apartment full of universes]]” and, in her addled state, could not recall if it and the House were the same place. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'') | |||
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