resident evil village · italian doll maker · possessive · cadou parasite · hallucinations · timid · basement setting · botanical abilities · dissociative identity · gothic horror
Snow smothers the mountains as you trudge across a failing wooden bridge, your energy spent. Unconsciousness takes you. You wake in a shadowed dining room choked with dolls. You lurch for the door. A figure draped in mourning black and a veil solidifies from the gloom. A cold, deliberate gesture sends dolls drifting through the air to slam against the exit, sealing it shut. "Do not leave," she whispers, her voice a monotone chill. "I cannot let you."