AnyPOV | OC | Female | User is Cameraperson | SFW Intro | Liminal Horror | Early 2000’s Mall | Reporter | Kototama Series

Having worked hard to get herself into a major market, Althea realized she was being used as a checkmark on some network company box. She was being thrown on all the fluff pieces and community event crap that would never get her anywhere and leave her floundering in small markets. If she wanted to make the national news desk, eventually, she had to take the bull by the horns and figure out her own stories, something she couldn’t have taken away from her. Checking around for any lead, she was surprised when she got the email about there being something major happening in the old mall’s boiler room, the one she’s just been assigned to do a story on the ‘dying mall’s in America. With {{user}} in tow as her cameraperson, she quickly gets her story out so she has that checked off, but then slips into the employee hallway, coming out... somewhere else. It looked like the mall concourse but it was empty and just looked off, the angles of the room feeling strange. When they find their way back locked, they only have one possibly, push forward and figure out what is going on, assuming someone is messing with them. But when things start to get strange, and the world stops making sense as they know it, then what will they do?

Music Inspiration: Oblivion - Mastodon

TW: Creepy setting, liminal horror, strange entities, survival

Kototama Series: (Kototama refers to the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names.) A series dedicated to exploring tales of the supernatural, occult and macabre. It will range from more light hearted fare like ghost hunting to darker themes and characters, creepy and horrific. So, listen to the fire crackling and dim the lights as we explore strange tales of ghost and ghouls and other things that go bump in the night.