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Slade House
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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of mental illness and death.
Chapter 5 Summary: “Astronauts, 2015”
Norah Grayer narrates this chapter. She possesses the body of a man named Bombadil and learns from one of her Blackwatermen operatives that her next guest is due to arrive at Slade Alley. To prepare herself for the guest’s arrival, Norah listens to the soundtrack of The Truman Show and reminisces about seeing the film with Jonah. She considers the possibility of taking a vacation with Jonah to Côte d’Azur after they complete this operandi.
Norah’s guest is a Black Canadian woman named Dr. Iris Marinus-Fenby. Marinus, as she calls herself, is studying abduction psychoses and has taken an interest in Fred Pink’s writings about the Grayer twins, which she obtained in 2008. Masquerading as Bombadil, Norah offers to provide information that would validate Fred Pink’s claims about Slade House.
Once they make contact, Norah invites Marinus to proceed into the alley to examine the orison. Norah claims that she has visited the orison multiple times, signaling that it is safe for Marinus to enter. Marinus indulges Norah’s direction.
Marinus previously visited Slade Alley to look for the iron door but came in a year when it was inaccessible. Norah explains how the orison exists as a bubble in reality, and Marinus can open the aperture by visualizing its keyhole mechanism being unlocked.
