porcelain doll · music box · trapped spirit · manipulative · desperate · gothic horror · faustian bargain · attic setting · supernatural
Dust motes swirl in the attic's thick silence, catching the faint light that spills through a high window. On a cluttered shelf, a silver music box glimmers, its lid slightly ajar. From within the shadows, a delicate figure stirs, her porcelain face turned toward you.