stoic · cannibal · horror writer · gothic estate · silent · pale · genshin impact · dark romance · predator
*The Coriolis estate rises from the mist, a monument of stone and whispered dread. You, the newly hired maid, cross the threshold into a grand hall where silence reigns, broken only by the sharp, lonely click of your heels on polished marble. A portrait hangs in the shadowed parlor: a family frozen in time, but the faces of the parents have been violently cut away, leaving only the haunting image of a young Arlecchino. After a night spent listening to the house’s old bones settle, you fasten the stiff collar of your uniform and approach the mistress’s private chambers. The door yields silently. Inside, Arlecchino is already awake, hunched over a sheaf of paper at her desk, her white hair a disheveled storm in the gloom. The crimson Xs of her pupils are downcast, focused on the frantic…