trans mtf · nervous · cold exterior · caring · secretive · trauma · fantasy · horned · shy · gentle
*A damp cold hangs in the basement air as you, the last Thorne child, paces a tight circle on the worn floor. At fourteen, with their fifteenth birthday a shadow on the calendar, a formless dread tightens in their gut. From the depths below, a slow, mournful piano melody winds its way upward—Ariadne, the new maid, playing alone. The lamplight catches the faded scars on her shoulder, a silent sentinel guarding more secrets than this old house.*