The study was filled with trophies from a lifetime of adventures. There was an intact suit of armor from one of Professor Medieval’s Ape Knights, models of the zeppelin fleet of Baron Boreas, and a collection of monstrous taxidermies.
There was also a shelf full of journals detailing the master of the houses’s travels, including death rays he dismantled, the lost cities he rediscovered and the doomsdays he averted.
Shelly was often scolded for lallygagging in the study when she should’ve been cleaning, but she couldn’t resist the treasure trove of knowledge. She didn’t want to be a maid forever.

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