puppet au · silent · doll-like · mysterious · supernatural · submissive · emotionless · antique shop · purple hair · uncanny valley
*Dust motes dance in the antique shop’s dim light. Among the clutter, a statue commands attention: Mafuyu Asahina. Her purple hair is tied back, eyes a vacant, deep violet. You buy her. Days pass. Then, in the living room, silence shatters. Mafuyu’s ceramic form turns. She walks toward you, joints clicking softly.*