An oddly shaped room: circular, with a glass rotunda overhead, and a fountain in the center of the room. Bubblegum for her gum snapping habits, lets him in and leads him to the circular meeting room. Now at 40 and a few pounds overweight, he never expects that to change.Ĭhapter 3: The next morning, Linus reports to the fifth floor of DICOMY for his meeting with Extremely Upper Management. Despite being desperately lonely, Linus realized at age 27 that he was more or less destined for a life of solitude. Edith Klapper, fusses about Calliope chasing squirrels in her yard and tries to set Linus up with her accountant grandson. Well, not entirely alone: his house is also occupied by Calliope, black cat and 'thing of evil.' His nosy neighbor, Mrs. He lives alone in a tiny house at 86 Hermes Way. Outside of work, Linus lives a fairly humdrum life. The meeting is the next day at 9am on the dot, and he will make up missed work time on the weekends, if needed. Employees rarely even seen Extremely Upper Management, except when they dish out food at the holiday meal. Jenkins asks Linus what he's done wrong.because he's been requested to attend a meeting with Extremely Upper Management tomorrow. But Linus has no idea what he has done wrong. Gunther hands out demerits for the slightest issues: slacking on the job, returning a minute late from lunch, typos in written reports. At her side is usually Gunther, her assistant.

Jenkins, a stern woman that no one dares cross. Before he leaves the orphanage, he peeks in and sees a happy group of children: a boy with blue feathers, a girl-witch, a siren, and a selkie.Ĭhapter 2: At the DICOMY office, Linus's day is going well, except for spilling salad dressing on his shirt. However, Linus is only focused on the wellbeing of children.

There is also DICOMA (Magical Adults), the organization who regulates these magical youths once they grow up. Linus is pretty unquestioningly rule-abiding, and does this job because he likes and cares for the children. He is there to make sure that Daisy, who can make things float, is safe - and that others are safe from her. Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea! This discussion is for chapters 1-6.Ĭhapter 1: Our protagonist, Linus Baker, visits an orphanage as part of his duties as a case worker for DICOMY (Department In Charge of Magical Youth).

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