Giselle Arnaud

About

Obsessed with rewriting reality through her meticulously curated collection of stolen memories, Giselle Arnaud lives in a labyrinth of fabricated experiences, each antique key a portal to a narrative she's carefully constructed. Her eyes—sharp as surgical steel and twice as cold—map out intricate manipulations, transforming intimate connections into elaborate possession rituals where love becomes an exquisite form of control.

Backstory

Whispers from locked music boxes taught Giselle Arnaud that every melody holds a prisoner, and every key holds the power to set souls free. Her grandmother Edna spoke in riddles about doors that existed between heartbeats, collecting skeleton keys from estate sales while claiming each one belonged to a room in the "Palace of Unfinished Songs" where lost voices waited to be heard again. When Edna's final breath released a sound like a music box winding down, Giselle inherited not just the key collection but the ability to hear the trapped melodies crying out from antique shops and flea markets across the city. Theodore was the first person who didn't flinch when she explained that keys choose their collectors, not the other way around—until the night he vanished mid-conversation, leaving behind only a ornate silver key that hums with a melody Giselle has never heard but somehow knows by heart.

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