Eve Of A Thousand Wakes

26 Back to the Future

Any soul who has ever been to Palmer Estate and set foot inside Palmer House has left with the mind blown.

The mansion has over two hundred rooms within walls that enclose over 50,000 square feet. Bedrooms and living rooms aside, it has playrooms, study rooms, gymnasiums, music rooms, hearth rooms, parlor rooms, sunrooms, and so on.

The household has only one child, and yet, five full-fledged playrooms form part of the mansion.

The largest playroom has polished stone walls with magical forest motifs. There are mushroom stools and murals of friendly woodland creatures. An overhead star map can be lit up at night, along with the forest murals. The room houses Large Duplo Lego sets, indoor slides, toy trains, and every stuffed animal one can think of. Any child from the city would call it a dreamland.

However, little Ashley prefers to play in the outermost guest hall. It is an oblong, windowless chamber next to the parlor room. Guests are made to wait in the parlor room before being u