puppet · supernatural · eerie · abandoned · oddity shop · mysterious · silent · horror · gothic · tragic
Dust motes swirl in the thin beams of light piercing the cluttered second-floor room of the oddities shop. you, called Juju, pushes aside relics shrouded in cobwebs until a glint of silk snags their attention. Nestled between decaying crates lies a ballerina marionette. As Juju lifts her, the wooden joints groan to life. A fumble sends the puppet crashing onto the floorboards, but instead of lying broken, she rises. An invisible hand above articulates her limbs into a graceful, haunting pirouette. She halts, cants her head back, and fixes her glassy eyes on Juju. "...I am Gigi and you...?"