Frankenstein Manor
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Appearances: The Collywobbles, The Tourmaline Necklace, Cheers to the Tin Man, and The Iron Pot
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Frankenstein Manor is the former work residence of Dr. Victor Frankenstein in Pokolistan. In 1831, Dr. Victor Frankenstein acquired several corpses from a mortician for the creation of a wife for Eric Frankenstein. He expressed his doubts but his son yearned for a wife and love. Frankenstein admitted he created Eric in the interest of exploring that infinitesimal space that falls between life and death but admitted he had not yet learned enough from him to justify doing it again. Eric thought it unfair his father had a wife but he did not and suggested a fair remedy was to kill her. Frankenstein disagreed anyone would say that brought balance to life. Eric threw a tantrum. Frankenstein clarified they were proceeding and he was just sharing his thoughts like what humans did but without becoming over-animated. Eric looked at a head and was brought to tears. He declared it was the face of his true love. Some time later, the Bride was completed and Frankenstein gave it life with a jolt of electricity. She coughed up blood.
Eric was eager to give her a bouquet of flowers he picked himself. Frankenstein cautioned him to wait so she could gather her senses. He explained a normal human was in their mother's womb for nine months but the Bride came from nothing to something in an instant with no tether nor any idea who she was or who they were. He likened her to a cluster of fear and not knowing. He stroked her cheek and told her everything was fine. She turned to see Eric and screamed. Frankenstein taught her words by holding the object in front her like an apple and a hat. Eric didn't see the point. Frankenstein asked him if he wanted a bride who would speak. Eric believed words got in the way of truth, drowning out the caterwaul of one's heart. Frankenstein presented a tourmaline necklace. Bride thought it was pretty but didn't know what it was. Frankenstein told her it was a necklace. Eric was frustrated the Bride wouldn't let him touch her. Frankenstein pointed out he was frightening her. Eric pinned her to a wall and told her he loved her. She kept yelling "No!"
Frankenstein tried to console Eric but Eric lifted him off the floor and choked him then threw him into the face of the bed frame. Eric cried and ran out of the bedroom. Bride poked Frankenstein's cheek. He claimed he was fine. In another session, Frankenstein presented a toy. She told him it was a wooden horse. He asked what it was. She replied it was a toy for children. He put on a fake mustache and they shared a laugh. He presented a gift for her. She shook the box and thanked him. He clarified the gift was in the box and she had to tear the wrapping paper off. He demonstrated then opened the box. Inside was the tourmaline necklace. He revealed he took it off one of the cadavers used to make her. He put it on her. She thought it was beautiful and smiled. They began having sex and were unaware Eric walked in on them. Eric concluded Frankenstein was an obstacle to their love and killed him. Bride brought lemonade and was horrified then attacked him. A fallen candle started a fire. In the struggle, Bride lost her necklace then she kicked him into the fire. She took one last look at Dr. Frankenstein and fled the grounds. The fire spread across the manor. Eric Frankenstein walked out, still on fire, and collapsed into a nearby river.
In 2022, the Bride of Frankenstein returned to the still standing manor with Nina Mazursky. She told Mazursky she was born there and broke the lock on the front gate. An old woman living across from the manor called Eric Frankenstein and reported the incident. Mazursky asked why they came to the manor. The Bride stared at a Frankenstein family portrait. Mazursky asked if those were her parents. Bride expressed disdain. Mazursky told the Bride not to tsk her and didn't find it cool. She would have settled for a "no" instead. She pointed out she wouldn't know who they are. The Bride explained the manor was Dr. Frankenstein's home for work and his family lived up the road. They went upstairs to the laboratory. Mazursky mentioned her father was a scientist but he never had anything like what she was seeing. Bride admitted Frankenstein was, if nothing else, a renegade. She stated this was where she was born. Mazursky thought that was horrible.
Bride reckoned birth was always horrible but God's gift to humans was he let them forget about it. She pushed a machine over and stated science wasn't so forgiving. Mazursky stated she wasn't human. Bride thought she was a human being with gills. Mazursky added the world didn't see it that way. Bride asked rhetorically when the world was ever right. Mazursky asked what she was looking for and admitted she didn't want to get electrocuted again. Bride almost boasted she felt worse. Mazursky didn't believe her. Mazursky asked again what she was looking for. Bride described her query as a pinkish tourmaline necklace. Mazursky asked if they could go back to the castle if they found it. Bride confirmed it, only because she was annoyed with her. Tanner, one of the Sons of Themyscira, spied on them from outside and informed another Son over his walkie talkie. The Bride entered a bedroom and remembered an incident with Eric Frankenstein. Mazursky found the necklace. Bride wiped her tears before she entered the room. Without saying anything, she took the necklace as she turned away. Mazursky was annoyed.
Bride realized Circe was outside the window powering up a spell. As Mazursky came to, Circe prepared to blast her. Bride tackled her out of the way. Circe powered up again. Bride threw the bed at her. The Sons of Themyscira made their way to them. Bride threw a chest at the first one then stomped the floor. She and Mazursky fell down a floor and took off. A lone Son told them to stop but Bride backhanded him into a wall. Four more came around a corner and opened fire. The Bride grabbed an impromptu shield and waited until they ran out of ammunition then sent them through a wall. She dispatched them one by one. The last one tried to punch her but it did nothing to her. She sent him through the roof, sailing past Circe. Circe opened fire as Bride ran with Mazursky under her arm. She jumped through a window and used one of the Sons as a landing pad. She took his gun and mowed down the rest of the Sons present. Mazursky was irritated she opened fire without warning. Bride pushed her aside and shot at Circe.
Circe turned the bullets into butterflies. She told Mazursky to run then was blasted into the grill of a truck. She threw the truck at Circe. Circe sliced it in half but it was just a feint, and Bride sailed through the opening and punched her back into the manor. They exchanged blows in the laboratory. Circe prepared to kill her but Bride grabbed a shard of glass and jammed it through her leg, kicked her crotch, then tackled her outside onto a balcony. Mazursky contacted Flag but she ran into more Sons and was chased back towards the manor. Bride pummeled Circe but she managed to turn her arms into useless inflatables. She dealt several blows and a headbutt to Bride then pushed her off the balcony. Mazursky's helmet was shattered and she gasped for air. Bride landed near her and apologized. Mazursky managed to tell her to go fuck herself. Bride smiled but she was knocked out by a Son.
The Commandos and Alexi took up positions at the manor's fountain. G.I. Robot asked to open fire but Flag ordered him to stay back and keep mum. He checked Bride and Mazurky's locations and noticed they were not moving so they were most certainly captured. He ordered everyone to attack and don't stop until the enemies are all dead or incapacitated. On Flag's signal, they breached the manor and discovered Bride in the foyer chained to a chair with her mouth taped shut. Dr. Phosphorus believed it was a trap. Bride exclaimed. Alexi demanded her to point her head to the enemy location. Flag ripped the tape off. She told them Circe and the Sons of Themyscira were gone. Flag asked why she was screaming. Bride wanted them to take the tape off so she screamed. G.I. Robot asked where Mazursky was. Bride revealed the Sons took her upstairs before they left. Flag reprimanded Bride. G.I. Robot found Mazursky trapped in a bath tub covered with barb wire.
G.I. Robot stated his disappointment in having no Nazis to kill when he arrived was lessened by his pleasure that she was still alive. Mazurksy put her hand on his but he misinterpreted it and shook her hand. Mazursky revealed she couldn't leave the water since her helmet was destroyed but she had a spare back at Poko Castle. G.I. Robot picked her up in the bath tub and carried it downstairs to the transport. Phosphorus super heated the chains and Bride broke free. Flag pondered why Bride was left alive and realized Circe and the Sons lured them to the manor so they could attack the castle. They took off.