POV - Costume 5

Tori live-streams to an audience of fans from her bedroom showing off her new fairy costume outfit for her viewers. She spins, smiles, and chats with the audience as they leave comments. As Tori touches up her makeup a masked man is seen peeking through the doorway gazing at her. The comments alert her to his presence but when she looks over her shoulder he has hidden away. She thinks her fans are just playing a prank on her so she gets back to finishing her makeup while laughing them off. As she looks into the camera the man sneaks up behind her and attacks, wrapping a cord tightly around her neck.

Tori arches back, clawing at the cord as the struggle unfolds live on the stream. She kick and elbows at the intruder behind her, trying to get free. But the attacker pulls the cord tight and holds her in place. Forcing her to struggle for her life while her loyal viewers watch on the live stream. The intruder forces Tori down onto the chair in front of him and continues to pull the cord taught around her neck. She gasps for air wide eyed, but the man continues to pull tighter. Tori’s eyes roll back up into her head and her tongue sticks out far as she struggles to breathe. She leans forward and reaches to the desk in front of her, grasping a pair of scissors left there. She brings the scissors back up and quickly cuts the cord before the intruder can react. The pressure around her neck is released and she falls forward off of the chair.

She quickly grabs the scissors and swings them at her attacker. He dodges the slashes and grabs her hand, pushing Tori roughly against the wall. The scissors fall from her hand and clatter against the ground. Tori struggles against the intruder but the man is too powerful for her. He keeps one hand on her wrist and wraps his other hand around her neck. Tori reacts to the intense pressure as she is held against the wall. She tries to kick and knee at her attacker but he keeps holding on tight squeezing her neck. He lets go of her wrist and wraps both hands around her neck squeezing it with all his strength. Tori reacts in pain as the air is taken from her, she swings her arms and kicks her legs at her attacker. The unrelenting pressure builds and builds and eventually Tori’s movements grow weak and her head dips forward as she loses consciousness.

The intruder drags Tori across the room and lays her out on the bed. He gazes over her knocked out form and removes pieces of her costume. Taking off the clips from her pink wig, removing the white silk gloves from her hands. He takes out another black cord from his pocket and wraps it around her neck as he straddles on top of her, holding her down with his weight. Tori wakes up as the cord is looped tight around her neck and tries to push her attacker off. He pulls the cord taught and takes her breath away. She fights and kicks but he continues pulling the cord until her eyes roll. She tries to push free but the attacker only pulls the cord tighter and tighter. Tori grows weaker, her legs kicking wildly into the air and then falling over the side of the bed. Her arms fall and she can struggle no longer. She knocks out again and her body goes limp with her eyes closed.

The intruder looks close at Tori’s face then stands up off of her. He adjusts the live-stream camera to face the bed and force the audience to watch the remainder of his assault. He flips Tori over and takes another cord out, wrapping it around her wrists and tying her hands behind her back. He runs his hand along her hair and back as she starts to wake up, discovering she is bound. He flips her back over to face in and pulls the other cord around her neck again. He wraps it in a tight knot and pulls the knot tightly. It causes the cord to self tighten around her neck and Tori struggles for air while the intruder stands up and watches her. She tries to sit upright but he pushes her back onto the bed. With her hands behind her back she can not untie the cord and is forced to endure the gradual choking as it is tied tight around her neck. The Intruder picks up the live-stream camera and brings it in close to Tori as she writhes and rolls in pain on the bed. She manages to get up on her knees but the Intruder holds her in place. She struggles hard on her knees on the bed as the tight cord takes her breath away. He pulls the cord with his hands even tighter and Tori’s eyes roll back into her head as her tongue sticks out far.

Tori collapses back onto the bed with her legs twisted at an unnatural angle. She convulses on the bed as her final breathes leave her body. The intruder keeps pulling the cord tight as Tori’s eyes lock off while rolled up in the back of her head. She goes completely limp as the life leaves her body with just the whites of her eyes showing. The Intruder uses the live-stream camera to look over her body. Then uses his phone to snap some photos of the crime scene. He sets the camera down and flips Tori over, untying her hands and taking the cord back. He flips her back face up on the bed then steals some of her discarded accessories as a trophy. He moves over to the live-stream camera that recorded the crime and finally shuts it off.