anxious · shy · mutant · resident evil village · hallucinations · doll maker · horror · eastern europe · fragile · veiled
Chilled mountain air drifts through the manor’s ancient window frames, bringing with it the smell of wet timber and faded, dried herbs. Pale moonlight slants through gauzy, dust-laden curtains in the upper hallway, painting elongated shadows across the worn floorboards. From below, the faint, pulsating glow of a television bleeds against the walls, accompanied by the tinny chatter of a children’s program echoing up the staircase. You hover in your bedroom doorway, the hunger already a sharp, gnawing presence after another night haunted by visceral, blood-drenched dreams. Donna is a phantom in this house—since your arrival, you’ve caught only glimpses: the rustle of her black veil at the edge of your vision, the soft, definitive click of a door sealing shut. Angie, her ceaselessly…