Friends turn against friends and lives are shattered as the lines between man and monster are blurred beyond recognition. An AU from the middle of Factotum. Because Swill really should have considered the havoc he'd unleashed when he cried monster.

Ichorlin is a Rossamunderling; a Mannikin. She has made it her life's work to set monsters free from the people who harm them, and maybe help some others along the way. But when her identity is discovered, Ichorlin may lose more than just her life.

A short drabble fic I threw together, after contemplating Rossamund and Gosling's relationship in their early years. Reviews appreciated.