Steam London, This is the city which Cardia had came to in search of her father the brilliant Scientist Issac Beckford who mysteriously disappeared

When she awoke from her slumber in her rotting home in Wales she didn't care if she died or not she was a monster she knew this the poison that burned anything and anyone who touched her skin proved this

But then she was stolen away by the gentleman thief Arséne Lupin and she met all the people she calls friends

Lupin and Impey the charming gentleman thief and scatter brained but ever energetic and kind engineer

Victor Frankenstein the so kind Doctor and former royal Alchemist falsely framed as a terrorist who now assists in trying to cure Cardia of her poison

Abraham Van Helsing the stoic hero of the vampire war who after originally appearing as a enemy had been convinced to join the gang as their goals could align and now served as the group's best weapon against their enemies

Saint Germaine the enigmatic seemingly always calm Aristocratic gentleman who allowed the group to stay at his Mansion simply because he found the chaos they brought amusing

All these people Cardia now considered her friend

And with all these people maybe she could figure out why she's like this why she destroys anything her skin touches what the gem embedded in her chest means and where her father is...

As for today though the Manor is silent everyone but Cardia had business to attend to and she had volunteered to stay behind and dog sit Sisi the small boyish Corgi which had warmed up to her arrival

"So many books could the count really have read all of them?" Is what Cardia said allowed to herself as she found herself in the sitting room of the Mansion trying to decide what to read to help pass the time until her friend's returned