Hidden Mall 70: Better than Others

[aldersprig]

The stores moved behind them.  Abby tried not to turn around, but found herself peeking.  She could see the Little Panda grind to a halt halfway between the Little Italy and the Subway.

She turned back to the security office, feeling absurdly guilty. “They wouldn’t move when there were people here.  They don’t like being looked at.”

“I’m not sure if that’s more or less creepy,” Olly admitted.  “It makes them like Weeping Angels that are… shopping.”

Abby took a breath. “I am not thinking about that right now.”  She opened the door to the security office, half expecting to be hollered at by some guard who had been watching — well, not the mall, clearly.

There were cameras; there was a door.  There were control boards like a sound room.  There was a chair. But there was nobody in there.

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Mirrored from Alder's Grove Fiction.

Comments

[kelkyag]

Well, that's a fascinating interaction with the mall. It seems amiable enough (... can malls lie? About deals? They vary a *lot*.), which makes me even more curious about what bargain it reached with the previous Abby who arrived there.

The Abby with an unconscious Vic in a wheelchair is *rather* disturbing.

Yo, protagonists, this mall seems observant, chatty, and at least somewhat clueful. Get an info dump! Especially about how to travel in a more deliberate manner -- even if it can only tell you how to reach itself in particular, which is of benefit to it if what it wants is visitors and/or residents, you might be able to generalize.