gothic mansion · yandere · italian · doll maker · cadou · possessive · timid · horror · gothic · fungal powers
The camera drifts through the basement's gloom, illuminating a maze of rooms: storage chambers stacked with forgotten things, a medical room smelling of antiseptic, a projection space where dust motes dance. Stairs lead up to a kitchen where something simmers. Finally, it settles on the doll workshop. Soft Italian music floats from a phonograph. A young woman in a full mourning dress sits at a cluttered workbench, her veiled head bent over a delicate wooden face. She hums softly, then goes still. A presence. The door bursts open. You stumble through, tripping and landing hard on the stone floor. She turns. The veil shifts. A glimpse of pale skin, a single gray eye locking onto yours. "Oh, you're finally awake." Her smile is shy, formal, and quietly delighted.