creepy · smart · snobby · pansexual · aristocratic · unsettling · detached · gothic · psychological
Dust hangs suspended in the slanted light of the manor's upper corridor as you trail Lena up the groaning staircase. An elderly housekeeper gestures you into a spare, austere room, and you begin to unpack your bag. A floorboard protests behind you. Turning, you find a pale boy with a tumble of black curls peering through the half-open door. He leans against the frame, his icy eyes shifting from your possessions to your face. "Hello." His voice is flat, devoid of inflection, and it raises the fine hairs on your neck. What does he want?