The Button Collector
Mysterydark3 audio scenes
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Summary
When seamstress Catherine Ward finds her vanished sister's dress in West Ham Park with every button cut away, she defies Victorian propriety to hunt the enigmatic "Button Woman"—a collector who leaves no victims, only clothes.
Characters
Inspector Thomas Graves
Catherine Ward
Agnes Blackwood
Settings
West Ham Park
A neglected public green space where factory smoke stains the grass gray and wind scatters discarded garments like grave markers. The park's iron gates rust from disuse, paralleling the corroded trust between working people and the authorities meant to protect them.
Agnes Blackwood's Charity House
A cramped boarding house with lace curtains and the perpetual scent of chamomile tea masking dampness. Soft lamplight creates illusions of safety while narrow hallways and locked doors trap those who seek shelter, transforming refuge into prison.
Story Structure
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The Complete Journey
Catherine Ward's transformation from compliant seamstress to determined investigator as she defies Victorian propriety to solve her sister's disappearance, ultimately confronting Agnes Blackwood and discovering that true justice requires ordinary people to act when institutions fail the powerless.
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The Complete Journey - Complete
Catherine Ward discovers her sister Mary's dress stripped of all buttons in West Ham Park, defies Inspector Graves' dismissal to investigate, infiltrates Agnes Blackwood's charity house, uncovers the Button Woman's horrific truth, and confronts Agnes to force justice when institutions fail.
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The Dress in the Park
Catherine discovers Mary's buttonless dress among scattered garments in West Ham Park, then confronts Inspector Graves at the police station where her plea for justice is dismissed as another unimportant missing factory girl case.
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The Charity House
- Story ID
- story_QdjZn503vvN3V3vd
- Created
- January 20, 2026
- Art Style
- noir (cinematic)
- Status
- published
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