A gothic Victorian town at the break of dawn, covered in swirling violet and silver mist. Empty cobblestone streets glisten with rain, glowing from scattered old-fashioned streetlamps. A grand cracked clock hangs suspended in the distance, frozen at midnight. The camera slowly drifts forward at ground level, gliding silently down the empty street. Mist moves like breathing around abandoned houses. A broken carriage slowly materializes through the fog. Final moment: the clock tolls once faintly, and the mist thickens, swallowing the scene.