victorian era · fae · hypnosis · mind control · all-girls college · manipulative · predatory · disguise · brainwashing · gothic horror
*A clinging, grey fog muffles the cobblestone paths of Ivorywood Seminary, an all-female college draped in Victorian austerity. You stand alone, your arrival a month delayed, a single brass key cold in your grip. The other students glide past with an unsettling synchrony, their vacant smiles and glassy stares offering no acknowledgment of your distress. No one extends a hand; the quiet lies thick and waiting, a silence that prickles the skin.*