The Tethered

The Tethered refers to floating corpses and humans seemly stuck in some sort of gravity well, floating ever so slightly off the ground.
== Background ==
The Tethered are a disturbing occurrence with very little known about their nature or how they came to be. It is theorized that an A.G.E. Field is somehow generated either upon the victim's death or used as an attack during or beforehand, causing the body to be stuck in suspended animation. Another theory is that it's a form of attack that is meant to suspend the human in that state while still alive, and that some victims are unfortunately killed before, during, or after they are affected by the A.G.E. Field. If limbs we removed or detached, they also float in place, close to the original body. Blood and other fluids will also float in the air. 
Background aside, The Tethered are humans caught in suspended animation floating a few feet above the ground, the exact elevation being slightly varied but not exceeding anymore than 15 meters. While humans are the most common, other mammalian specimens, and different species can be caught in and affected by these A.G.E. Fields, with certain debris and materials also being affected. Said material and debris usually retains it's location unless interacted with, but may rotate in place.
Live specimens caught in these Fields seem to be unresponsive to all external stimuli, their eyes being glossed over and rolling back in their heads, almost as though the individual is comatose or paralyzed. Tests have shown that their brainwaves are still active, but more erratic and bizarre compared to normal brain waves. It's believed that they are experiencing some sort of influx of information or potentially being subjected to nightmares. Whether either of these or neither of them are true, we may never know.
It should also be noted that individuals seem to be stuck in a more concentrated and smaller A.G.E. Field than larger groups. These smaller A.G.E. Fields seem to take the shape of thin, straight lines going directly through the center of the trapped individual, and being slightly red in color. These smaller, more precise A.G.E. Fields have been nicknamed "Scarlet Threads".
Category:Anomaly