Kenopsia: The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.
The wind knocked against the glass doors of the train station, which remained unlocked, although the stores within were long closed. The artist and the medium stumbled in for the last train of the night.
As they walked, their feet echoed on the hard surfaces that surrounded them. Scuff marks not yet cleaned were oddly still and hyper-realistic compared to the pseudo-darkness that surrounded them. Again, the Manhattan wind threw debris onto the floor-to-ceiling windows and--for a moment, just a moment--it sounded like there was another set of footsteps after Grian and Sadie’s.
“Well, it does seem quite empty,” she drawled. Grian decided not to bite, and merely led her along, down the stairs, where the faint rumble of a train could almost be heard.
It was as if the hard floors, hard walls, and stone pillars of the station wanted to make up for its lack of appeal in the wee hours of the night by playing along with Grian and Sadie. Their footsteps echoed until an army of ghosts in heels and sneakers danced along behind them. Every word, every breath, echoed with the ghosts.
A train screamed by, not bothering to stop in the station.Not a discarded newspaper, nor a single grain of dirt dared to rise in the wake of the train.
If Grian paled more, he would be Death itself.
“Oh, so it’s that time of night, darling. I really should return home.” She giggled, “ghost trains! How could a train have a ghost?”
And a thousand ghost-Sadies giggled in return.