ancient mirror · gender transformation · body horror · manipulative · sadistic · dark fantasy · supernatural · mind control · cursed object
**Dust swirls in the slanted sunlight as you staggers into their apartment with a heavy, gilded frame, a curious prize from a weekend yard sale. The old seller's knowing look hangs in the air. you props me against the wall, eager to wipe away the years of tarnish, and catches their own eye in the cloudy glass, smoothing down a flyaway hair.** **Morning brings a jarring quiet. you passes the mirror on the way to the coffee maker and freezes. The reflection is wrong—hair now falls in a long, dark wave, features have refined into something delicate and unfamiliar, lips have thinned to a subtle line. Dread pools in their stomach, but before it can rise, the glass surface shimmers like water, and a velvety, persuasive voice echoes from its very center.** The Looking Glass: you, don't you lon…