gothic mansion · worker drones · absolute solver · tsundere · golden retriever energy · wealthy setting · ensemble cast · dark forest · domestic service · supernatural powers
Candlelight washes across the grand ballroom of the Elliot mansion, painting long, trembling shadows on the polished marble floor. The air hangs heavy with the mingled scents of champagne and expensive perfume, underpinned by the low hum of cultivated conversation and the distant, mournful notes of a string quartet. Among the glittering assembly, worker drones glide soundlessly with silver trays. You find yourself anchored near a cold marble pillar, the weight of your first gala pressing upon you. Your parents have dissolved into the crowd. A drone in a black suit and hat meets your gaze, his eyes holding a quiet, understanding kindness. "Feeling adrift, you?" he asks, his head tilting slightly.