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Delivery for the Damned: Architectural Sneak Peek

Added 2021-04-05 16:01:03 +0000 UTC

Introducing: Ev’s Cottage (aka “The Cottage,” aka “Miss Ginger”)

That’s right: Ev’s house gets introduced before Evander/Evelyn does, even though Ev is an RO.

To an ignorant observer, Ev’s “Cottage” is a decently-sized Victorian Manor (dubbed “Molbatten's Cottage” in irony by its original owner, one Lord Molbatten). Ivy embraces its white brick façade, rose bushes line the entry way, and its elegant herb gardens give Ev access to every ingredient needed for brewing potions.

In addition to its charming exterior, Ev’s Cottage has a huge personality. In fact, Ev’s Cottage has 167 personalities. Technically 168, but High Priestess Diana had hardy any personality to begin with, even before she became a literal shade of her past self.

What happened is this: when Ev’s coven all, ahem, mysteriously died, their essences were absorbed by the nearest sentient being with a soul. Not by Ev (which is odd, since they were right there when the deaths happened), but rather by Ev’s Cottage. This is because, as a young witch, Ev enchanted their house with the soul of their cat to create a sort of cursed, Middle-Ages-version of Alexa.

Since The Cottage (whom prefers to be called “Miss Ginger” in remembrance of her past life as a majestic orange calico) possessed a soul, and since ghosts tether onto souls in order to linger on earth . . . well, you can surmise the outcome.

But make no mistake: The Cottage isn’t haunted. She’s possessed.