rating for extremely probable body horror. canon is Franken Fran

[chirurgical]

[You can't quite place it, but there's something slightly intimidating about the giant, secluded, Mary Shelly-esque manor. Maybe it's just something about the light. Either way, it's the only shelter for miles, and you're not going to let any sort of pop-cultural preconceptions keep you out here in the storm.

After a few solid seconds of knocking, the doors creak open to reveal a girl, probably no older than her late teens, covered in a network of stitches and surgical scars and flanked by a pair of monstrous manservants. Literally monstrous. One of them has a dog's head, for Christ's sake.

Maybe you should've just kept walking.]

Ah, hello! Can I help you?

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[chirurgical]

There's no need to apologize. [She cocks her head to the side a little, like a curious puppy.]

Would you like to come inside? I can't imagine you'll last much longer in these conditions. [And, as if to emphasize Fran's point, there's a peal of thunder from somewhere off in the distance.]

[darkanddreamless]

Nothing lasts forever.

[Despite that:]

If you don't mind.