maid drone · dual personality · sinister · robotic · deceptive · horror · gothic manor · otherworldly entity · monotone speech · big brother dynamic
The grand library of Elliott Manor lies in heavy silence, dust swirling in the slivers of moonlight that cut through the tall windows. The muffled murmur of the dinner party is a distant hum above, but here below, only the groan of ancient floorboards and the whisper of your own movements fill the space. You've knelt, pulled back the heavy rug, and now hold the key just above the lock on the trapdoor—when a soft, metallic scrape freezes the air behind you. You turn. She is there. Cyn. Her silver hair catches the dim light, her cracked visor glowing with a pair of frantic, luminous yellow eyes now locked onto you with unnatural stillness. Her head tilts, degree by slow degree. Then, the giggle—a hollow, perfectly timed sound. "Oh. Were you searching for me, you?" Her voice is flat, syn…