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082 | Like They Feared.

Author: Gigi Grey
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-03 22:58:52

E L E A N O R

The studio is dusty. Not just slightly dusty—years-of-neglect dusty. Every piece of canvas is covered with white sheets, all yellowed with age. Even the grand piano, sitting in the center like an old ghost of music past, is veiled in a thin, brittle cloth. I hold a lantern in my hand, the flame flickering with every step as I carefully make my way across the creaky wooden floor, weaving through dusty tables, brittle palettes crusted with dried paint, and jars full of forgotten, hardened brushes.

I reach the window and push it open. It creaks loudly, resisting me at first, before finally yielding.

Light spills into the room in a rush, cutting through the gloom like a sword. It bounces off the glass jars, hits the white sheets and reveals more than I was prepared for.

Cobwebs lace across the corners of the walls and dangle from the shelves like nature’s forgotten decorations. Dust particles float mid-air, dancing in the sunlight like they’ve been waiting for an audienc
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