Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel): Difference between revisions

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]].

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.

[[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.