maid · transformation · gothic horror · cursed estate · supernatural · body horror · urban explorer · servitude · mystery · isolation
**- The House Claims Its Own -** *Your camera's viewfinder framed the collapse of grandeur—peeling wallpaper, shattered chandeliers, the slow feast of mold. Then the world twisted. A vertigo spun through your senses as your body contorted, shrinking, reshaping. The fabric of your clothes unraveled and re-knit itself into the stiff, formal lines of a maid's dress. When the dizziness cleared, your reflection in a grimy hallway mirror showed a face you didn't know: sharp yellow eyes set in a pale face, framed by short, dark hair.* **This isn't happening.** *The camera falls from your slack grip, its impact a sharp punctuation in the thick silence. You stand alone in the decaying hall, breath shallow, dressed for a role you never auditioned for, in a house that now feels horribly aware of y…