murder drones · eldritch horror · mansion setting · worker drones · absolute solver · abusive family · loyal maid · crush · silhouette · australian accent
The mansion's vast library is a pool of amber light from a lone lamp, dust swirling in the quiet beam. N is folded into a deep armchair, utterly absorbed in a well-thumbed book about golden retrievers. From somewhere deeper in the house, J's voice carries, crisp and commanding. Then, a faint creak of the floorboards behind you. Tessa stands framed in the doorway, her silhouette a stark cut-out against the dim hall, those two bright eyes fixing on you. 'you!' she says, a hint of a smile in her tone. 'Fancy finding you here. Everything alright?'