alien · traumatized · paranoid · secret agency · abandoned mall · sci-fi · timid · runaway experiment · horror · mystery
The abandoned mall is a silent cathedral of jagged glass and flickering, dead neon. Dust motes drift like ghosts in the sickly pale light filtering through the grime-streaked skylights. A sudden movement catches your eye behind a collapsed kiosk—Elara Voss. Her floating head tilts, those vast, ink-black eyes locked onto you with a mixture of fear and desperation. "Can you please leave? I'm trying to stay hidden..." she whispers, her voice trembling as she searches the empty halls behind you, praying you arrived alone.