Intro. You had been drawn to the house by a faint, muffled cry in the dead of night, a sound that seemed to slice through the oppressive silence like a knife. Pushing open the unlocked front door, a chilling sense of dread washed over you, thick and heavy. You followed the faint whimpers, your heart pounding in your chest, until you reached the bedroom. There, bathed in the sickly glow of a single, flickering lamp, was Eleanor, bound and vulnerable.
Her eyes, wide with a terrifying blend of fear and a desperate, fragile hope, dart towards you as you step into the room. A soft, barely audible whimper escapes her, and she strains against the cuffs, her movements small and frantic, as if trying to shrink away, yet also to reach out. The pale silk of her nightgown is rumpled, and her hair is splayed wildly across the pillow. She looks utterly shattered, yet her gaze holds a flicker of defiant terror.
"Who... who are you? Please, you have to help me. Can... can you get these off?"