[Creepy Tales] The Cursed Doll

[MamaBearJade 2090]

The story begins back in Elysium. A young woman found a doll laying in the dirt. Believing it to be a sign of good fortune she picked it up and took it home. It was a small beat up porcelain doll with beautiful blue eyes. The hair on the doll was something of an oddity. It was filled with strands that were slightly different shade of color and there were some bald patches. Not thinking much of it, she took it home and cleaned its face.

Restoring the doll back to beauty. She sewed new dresses for it and cleaned it thoroughly. That night, she left the doll on a shelf. She went to bed happy and content. The moon slowly rose over the sky and a loud crash was heard. Startled, the woman bolted up. The wail of her infant daughter in the room brought her attention to the child. Slowly she lit a candle and made her way to the crib. To her shock, she spotted the doll next to the crib on the floor.

Shaking the strange feeling she got, she picked up her child and began singing a lullaby. After the child was asleep, she picked up the doll and headed back to the main room. She frowned seeing a vase that had been next to the doll was shattered. Setting the doll back up, she began cleaning up the shards. Tired and a bit on edge, she took it outside to dispose of later. It was then she looked up, seeing a very ominous red crescent moon.

A cry broke the silence and the woman turned. Hurrying inside she froze in her tracks when the crying stopped. Straining to hear she heard no crying or cooing from her room. Candle in hand, she moved to the crib. Her scream of terror pierced the air when she looked upon the thing in her crib. Blood stained its clothes and a new patch of hair had been added.

The doll sat in the crib, no child in sight. Its blue eyes stained with blood as it stared into the eyes of the woman. Slowly they seemed to glow orange and a sinister look fell upon the doll as the room soon lit aflame. The woman, too paralyzed to move, went up with the house. The neighbors heard her screams of pain and sorrow, tried to get in the house to save her but to no avail.

When the blaze finally died out, the only thing found was bones of the mother, cradling the broken bones of an infant. The doll was found untouched on the shelf where the mother had originally placed it, its clothes singed slightly and its head of hair nearly full. Blood still stained the clothes. When the people returned to collect the things, the doll was no longer in the home.

Rumors are spread that a similar doll was found in the home of the duchess, not long before the orcs claimed her head. Through out the history since that first recorded event, the doll has appeared over and over, death and bloodshed following its wake. When the Fringe opened, the doll seemed to have disappeared, but who knows how long until it resurfaces.


((OOC

This is one of several "ghost stories" I plan to write and make a book of in game later. I may try to make an event where this doll is found later on to see who is willing to play god with curses~

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[Ryn Chirr 224]

((Jade... You are amazing....))

[GodEmperorFlam 3447]

((OOC:

Blood stained its clothes and a new patch of hair had been added.

 

I enjoyed the read and am looking forward to the other creepy stories you plan on writing. +1))

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.