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{{ | The '''Márquez Farmhouse''' was [[Weaver Márquez]]'s childhood home and the former residence of Weaver's side of the [[:Category:Márquez family|Márquez family]]. Located at 100 Macondo Lane, the family took out loans and constructed the farm after demolishing the old house on the property, sending them into debt. | ||
== Description == | |||
A farmhouse atop a large hill. A family graveyard is located next to the house, with headstones inscribed with the surnames of the unfortunate: Nowakowski, Padilla, and Márquez. Shannon says that she doesn't know the first two names, and claims no one is buried there, calling it "decorative." | |||
[[Joseph]]'s computer gives directions to the house from [[Equus Oils]]: | |||
<blockquote class="inconsolata"> | |||
Head north-east on sixty-five, and turn left as soon as you see that ugly tree that's always on fire. Look for the barn at the base of the mountain there; can't miss it. | |||
</blockquote> | |||
== Interactions == | |||
At the beginning of [[Act I]], [[Conway]] meets Weaver at the farmhouse. Later in the act, he returns with [[Shannon]], and the two discover an entrance to the {{ZeroLink}} through the barn behind the house. | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Farmhouse hill.png|The hill leading up to the farmhouse | |||
File:Farmhouse silhouette.png|Conway ascends the steps to the house | |||
File:Farmhouse.png|Conway and Weaver | |||
File:Ghosts in the static.png|''[[Ghosts in the Static]]'' | |||
File:Farmhouse barn.png|The barn behind the farmhouse | |||
File:You've Got to Walk.png|[[The Bedquilt Ramblers]] playing ''[[You've Got to Walk]]'' | |||
File:Onramp.png|The onramp to the {{Zero}} | |||
{...} | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Name and references == | |||
The name "Márquez" comes from the famous Colombian magical realist writer [[wikipedia:Gabriel García Márquez|Gabriel García Márquez]]; the farmhouse's street name and number, 100 Macondo Lane, is a reference to the town of [[wikipedia:Macondo|Macondo]] in Gabriel ''[[wikipedia:One Hundred Years of Solitude|One Hundred Years of Solitude]]''. | |||
constructed at 100 Macondo Lane on top of a hill after her family bought the land. Weaver left her family after learning of their massive debt incurred by the farmhouse. | |||
== Quotes == | |||
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* '''SHANNON:''' Oh, and look at that headstone: "Márquez." I used to think that was for my parents. Now I don't know. | |||
* '''CONWAY:''' What do you keep out in that barn? <br/>'''WEAVER:''' Used to be tools and feed. Then books. Now, I think it's mostly spiders. | |||
* '''WEAVER:''' I like the large beams that run across the ceilings. I like to sit in the house and think of the hills and bluffs surrounding us, like a ... like a cradle. | |||
* (An abandoned spiderweb stretches across the bottom of a saucepan. A skillet is seasoned with dust.) | |||
</div> | |||
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