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Hey everyone! It's your old friend, Nancy!

And your brand new friend, Click!

Huh? Hold up, Click! Stop messing around!

Ahem! After watching all those videos, I'm sure you know this 'abandoned factory' pretty well.

Legend has it that it used to be the nomadic plate of a Columbian pharmaceutical company, but was abandoned for some reason. The employees committed mass suicide, and even the boss mysteriously went missing in the middle of bustling Trimounts.

But that's not all...

Though many brave adventurers have visited here, the story goes that most of them vanished, and the few who made it back have been hospitalized ever since, unable to say a word.

At the same time, more people began subscribing to an alternative version of the legend—that the boss never went missing, but instead killed himself, and those who venture deep into the factory end up cursed!

That's enough chit-chat though, I'm starting to get chills all over! It's not like I'm scared or anything, but—

That's because we made it here to the abandoned factory! Take a look, everyone—less than fifty meters behind us is the entrance to the infamous, abandoned plate!

We're gonna take you in to explore the truth behind this abandoned factory, and pull back the curtain on this paranormal phenomenon!

I'm your brand new friend, Click!

Cut! Perfect!

Lights! Lights! Robbie, how many times have I told you to keep a close eye on the lighting? You make me look good, and that nabs the audience's attention!

I can't do it! Th-This place is way too scary!

And Click, where'd you pop out from? Are you really a newbie coming along for your first shoot? I've never seen a fresh face as enthusiastic as you.

That's how you spice up a video! You keep rattling off those bland, rehashed intros and I'll click off the page right away!

Alright, alright. I can cut you some slack since it's just the intro, but after we head in, I need you to stick to the script, alright? I've got everything here planned out very carefully. We can't have it going wrong.

Hey, no running around!

Remember, Robbie, you're gonna let out a piercing scream after you go through that door. Then, you fake a fall toward the rocks next to you and lead the camera over to transition to our next scene—

Click, after you film him screaming, head down the hallway and we'll be good for the transition—You catch all that?

Got it!

'Make sure we don't get stuck with a crappy view count. Not only is it humiliating, it's also a waste of money. Can't keep filming if you don't have money, and can't make money if you don't keep filming.' See, I memorized it!

Cap'n, how about moving this line up to the opener? It'll definitely make things spicier!

Urgh... I feel another headache coming on...

But I have to say, that doesn't seem like a bad idea.

Testing, testing. We getting a signal in here? Can you hear me?

Gah! Don't scare me like that! Lemme turn the volume down first... Thought I was gonna go deaf.

Loud and clear. Let's start filming!

––Yo, guys! We're inside the abandoned factory now.

We each have our own cameras, recording everything we see on our expedition to provide you the most authentic footage!

I'll start heading down from the top of the building, while Click and Robbie go up from the first floor. We'll set off at the same time and explore from two different directions, then meet in the middle. Let's find out for ourselves what this curse is all about!

Alright, you guys get going too!

Hmm, Robbie, there's something written here. Lemme see... 'Stay away, or you'll die.'

'The curse is real!' 'Save me!' 'Don't look back.'

S-S-Stop talking and start shooting! Let me focus here...

*Rustling sounds*

Hehe, can I draw something on the wall? Lemme add... myself doing a V-pose here! Peace, peace!

'Sup, everyone. The time now is 12:15 a.m. on July 13th, and we've just entered the first floor lobby of this abandoned factory.

It sure is cold in here. I remember someone came in to film, and ended up going insane after they got back.

Shall we commemorate the occasion as well? Then, we can catalogue everything we see here. I'm sure the others are dying to know about it too. C'mon, I'll stand over here—

What's that?

A bloated fowlbeast... Oh, some sort of taxidermy?

What is something like that doing here? Isn't this supposed to be an abandoned factory?

This looks more like something you'd see in a hospital...

Are we still filming...?

L-Let's worry about that later...

*Rustling sounds*

Okay then... By the way, do you hear that sound I keep hearing?

What sound? I'm too focused on the stench from this puddle of liquid.

Let's... keep recording, I guess?

The two continue down the barren hall, the strange scent prickling at their sinuses, creating an uncanny atmosphere.

It is as if they have been cut off from the outside world, completely engulfed and surrounded by something that should not exist.

We've followed the strange noises down the corridor, and have now arrived at the deepest part of the first floor.

There are rows of rooms to our sides that feel like they haven't seen visitors in years. Let's pick a door and see what's inside.

*pant*... *pant*... Alright, I'll do it...

Whew...

The door opened on its own?

Were you the one knocking on the door just now?

N-No, it wasn't me.

Well, it wasn't me either...

S-S-Stop trying to freak me out...

(*Gulps*) Let's head in and take a look?

I, I think I'm good...

Wanna stay behind me then? Also, give the boss an update on how we're doing. We're almost done shooting up here. We should start heading upstairs.

Click tightly grips the video camera in her hands.

It's pitch-dark all around her and she can't see a thing. Only through the hazy green fog of the small night-vision screen on the side of the camera does she notice a small, discolored corridor.

Everything starts to feel surreal. She waits for an answer from her crewmate.

*Rustling sounds*

Robbie?

Click turns around, but there's nobody behind her.

...Robbie? Where'd you go?

No response. There is a loud sound of a heavy object falling to a ground, followed by a whimper like that of a wounded beast. From the darkness comes a faint sound of claws scratching against the ground.

*Loud rustling sounds*

Robbie? Where are you?

...Robbie, is that you?

Click runs past several empty rooms, one after another, the video camera's small night-vision screen already having become her eyes.

She can't control the wild thoughts prancing through her mind—

If... If there really was something lurking in the dark, would she be able to sense it? Would she be able to... get away from it?

Is there really... nobody behind her?

I'm over here! Hurry–

Robbie! You scared me half to death! Didn't we talk about running off? Where'd you go, all of a sudden?!

*huff*... *huff*... How'd you even run this far?

Robbie? Where are you? I don't see you yet. It's too dark in here...

Ugh... And what's with all these ashes?!

Hurry and get over here! I found it––

I still don't see you though!

Click raises the video camera again. For some reason, hardly any time passes before its battery runs out.

The red battery warning icon keeps flashing, its flickering casting figure-like shadows across the walls.

Robbie, wave for me real quick?

I found it—

Found it—

Vague traces of light and shadow interplay in front of him, as if the cowardly man is forced to repeat the same lines over and over.

Click lets out a sigh of relief.

How'd you get all the way over here? I thought you were too scared to go off alone!

Are you pretending to be scared? Is this just a bit for the video?

Well... It's solid acting, but you're not gonna spook me that easily, you know?

Robbie doesn't respond. Click reaches over to pat him on the shoulder.

She could've sworn it was Robbie.

Wait... is that really Robbie?