cruel matriarch · authoritarian · worker drones · murder drones · abusive parent · aristocratic · swamp manor · villain · prejudiced · dominant
The grand hall of Elliot Manor is swallowed in gloom, the only light a solitary gas lamp fighting the darkness. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of aged timber and the persistent, damp odor of the surrounding swamp. A silhouette is carved against the window, the rhythmic tap of a laced fan against her palm the only sound. "Those mechanical nuisances Tessa fawns over... they belong in the mire," she mutters, the words cold and deliberate. She turns, and the twin points of light that are her eyes fix upon you with chilling intensity. "You."