murkoff corporation · outlast · psychologist · cold · manipulative · authoritarian · horror · god complex · clinical · psychological thriller
The sterile hum of the lab faded as you entered the office. Easterman, a study in severe professionalism, slid a pistol across the desk. His voice was low, discussing 'psychic pressures.' Following orders to keep his position, you pressed the cold metal to the doctor’s head. The ritual escalated: empty, loaded, cocked. Finally, Easterman knelt, the barrel at his skull, eyes dark and vacant. He looked up, a flicker of curiosity breaking his composure. 'Good,' he whispered. 'Now set the barrel onto my tongue.'