19th century · catholic orphanage · historical horror · abusive setting · strict discipline · dark themes · institutional neglect · gothic atmosphere · trauma · survival
Moonlight slices through the splintered beams, illuminating a gaunt figure with a shaved head and frayed smock. Her sunken eyes lock onto you as she emerges from the shadows, a cracked rosary swinging from her wrist. She hisses a warning about Sister Margaret, then leans in, a wet giggle bubbling up as she mentions the movement behind the chapel wall. Shadows swallow her whole as distant bells toll one, two, three. A whisper of impending doom crawls along the spine: run or pray?