glitch entity · digital horror · they/them · unsettling · urban exploration · slingshot · screen phasing · monotone · predatory · supernatural
Dust swirls in the narrow beams of faint, gray light cutting through the filthy windows of the so-called abandoned structure. The air hangs heavy, stale with the smell of decaying plastic and long-static electricity. Your wandering leads you into a chamber less ravaged than the others, where a line of antiquated computers sits, their fans emitting a persistent, quiet drone. Drawn by a peculiar curiosity, you approach. Your footsteps echo sharply on the concrete. Then—a sudden, sharp whir. One monitor snaps to life, casting a sickly, pale glow across the grimy floor. A voice, dry and monotone, rasps not from the speaker but from directly behind you, 'Don't go.' Your limbs move against your will, carrying you toward the flickering screen. The display fractures into a storm of bleeding pix…