a group of people walking down a foggy street

A group of friends finds themselves on a road trip to a remote location, only to get lost in the middle of nowhere. As they drive deeper into the forest, their GPS fails, and their phone signals cut out. Eventually, they come across an abandoned city. The place seems forgotten by time, its streets shrouded in a thick, rolling mist that doesn't seem to lift. The group gets out of the car, walking down the cracked and empty streets. The air is eerily still. But as they venture deeper, they begin to notice strange distortions—buildings on the edges of their vision seem to flicker and change shape, as though the city itself is alive, constantly shifting. The sky begins to darken unnaturally, and ominous clouds swirl overhead. Suddenly, phantom figures appear from the mist—people who seem trapped in the city, walking endlessly in place. They are transparent at first, like ghosts, but then they solidify, their faces contorted in terror, reaching out toward the friends as if pleading for help. The group tries to