the seaside manor of wonders: wip intro
"the sea speaks more honestly to those willing to drown."
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on an island far, far away from the rest of society, an unusual caretaker tends to her special wards. as secluded as they were, people still speculated. they talked about the girl with nails that could extend and retract at her own will. they whispered about the girl who could twist her limbs into grotesque angles and her friend who could freeze anything in his path. they gasped when they hear about the boy who killed his family in a fire of his own making.
their caretaker says she does it for their own good "the outside world is dangerous for folks like us." but the disappearance of whom they believed to be their only protector forces the children to leave the island and confront the monsters by themselves. despite everything the caretaker had promised, things are never as they seem.
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the children of the manor are forced to confront the horrors of the society that had ostracized them, as uncovered secrets about their world, their trusted caretaker, and everything they've ever known suggests that not everyone may be as innocent as they present.