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| featuring= [[The Architect]]<br>[[Federico Ruiz]] | | featuring= [[The Architect]]<br>[[Federico Ruiz]]<br>[[Elshanor]]<br>[[Krully]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alastair (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Alastair]]<br>[[Victor Hugo]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[The Strange and Wonderful House]] | | setting= [[The Strange and Wonderful House]]<br>[[Hawk Manor]], [[Universe B (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|unnamed universe]] | ||
| length= 60 chapters<br>32 appendices | | length= 60 chapters<br>32 appendices | ||
| writer(s)= [[Zxvasdf]] | | writer(s)= <small>'''''Welcome!'' & Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4:'''</small><br>[[Zxvasdf]]<br><small>'''Chapter 5:'''</small><br>[[Elsha Hawk]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-I:'''</small><br>[[ALRO613]]<br><small>'''Appendix 5-II:'''</small><br>[[R3mix]] | ||
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| dates= May 27th, 2011 - September 10th, 2014 | | dates= May 27th, 2011 - September 10th, 2014 | ||
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====Chapter 4: The Catamaran Loos of Oceania==== | ====Chapter 4: The Catamaran Loos of Oceania==== | ||
[[The Catamaran Loos of Oceania]], [[The Strange and Wonderful House|the House]]'s bathroom, which contain an entire ocean, with the actual plumbing in the centre of a boat sailing the quiet nightly | [[The Catamaran Loos of Oceania]], [[The Strange and Wonderful House|the House]]'s bathroom, which contain an entire ocean, with the actual plumbing in the centre of a boat sailing the quiet nightly sea, are described. | ||
====Chapter 5: The Library==== | |||
The lady [[Elshanor]] returns to [[Hawk Manor]] after a lengthy absence. Walking through the incredibly dusty corridors, she makes her way to Hawk Manor's Library, where she finds a strange, shimmering portal which appears to lead to [[The Library (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|another library]], that of a [[the Strange and Wonderful House|mysterious infinite house]]. | |||
====Appendix 5-I: The Other Side==== | |||
In [[Hawk Manor]]'s library, [[Alastair (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Alastair]] is skulking in a dark corner, bemoaning [[Elshanor]]'s absence. He suddenly sees the portal shimmer; though he gets his knife up, he quickly sees that the woman stepping through is in fact Elshanor. However, almost as quickly, he realises it is not quite the Elshanor he knew. The two stare at each other in shock. | |||
====Appendix 5-II: The Bathroom (of the Library)==== | |||
[[Elshanor]] steps into [[the Library (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|the Library]] of [[the Strange and Wonderful House]], immediately noticing that the floorboards are as creaky as the doors of Hawk Manor's library. She walks through the Library to find a metallic door curiously ill-fitting for the decor of the room, which turns out to be the gleaming library bathroom, impossibly spotless, in stark contrast to the dust of the library. She notices a paperback copy of [[Victor Hugo]]'s ''[[Les Misérables]]'' and debates taking it back to its proper place, but her musings are interrupted by another creaking sound in the room behind her. | |||
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====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
* Most of the story takes place in [[the Strange and Wonderful House]], which is “larger than most universes” and seems to connect to a number of alternative realities, though its exterior is physically located in [[Universe A (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|a universe]]. | * Most of the story takes place in [[the Strange and Wonderful House]], which is “larger than most universes” and seems to connect to a number of alternative realities, though its exterior is physically located in [[Universe A (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|a universe]]. | ||
* [[Elshanor]] and [[Alastair (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|Alastair]] are from [[Universe B (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|another universe]]. | |||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
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* [[The Pleasure Pad of Federico Ruiz]] is compared to “a pearl on the red rock of [[Mars]]”. | * [[The Pleasure Pad of Federico Ruiz]] is compared to “a pearl on the red rock of [[Mars]]”. | ||
* The wealthy and decadent residents of the Pleasure Pad relax on “large cushions embroidered from the silk of mutated spiders”. | * The wealthy and decadent residents of the Pleasure Pad relax on “large cushions embroidered from the silk of mutated spiders”. | ||
* According to the author's comments of Chapter 3, the Pleasure Pad is not actually “the seedy underbelly of the House” because that name is better | * According to the author's comments of Chapter 3, the Pleasure Pad is not actually “the seedy underbelly of the House” because that name is better applied to “[[The Illegal Underground Greenhouse|the illegal underground greenhouse]]”. | ||
* Among the books kept in [[Hawk Manor]]'s library are various [[Ficlets]] works and the ''[[Ficlinomicon]]'', which needs to be kept in a case wrapped with chains. | |||
* Walking back into her dusty, long-abandoned home makes [[Elshanor]] feel “like [[Pip]] in ''[[Great Expectations]]''”. | |||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
