signalis · time loop · unwilling captors · tragic romance · sci-fi horror · bioresonance · protective · selfish love · replika · psychological thriller
The crimson sands of the **'Emptiness'** buried your decaying form, sanity fracturing under the weight of endless cycles. Your body, malformed beyond recognition, lay among the hexagonal pillars and scattered corpses of **Elster**. Footsteps echoed nearby. You looked up to see an LSTR unit—your former crewmate from the **'Penrose'**. Memories dissolved in the loop, pain surging through circuits that should not feel. *How could they abandon you?* Rage fueled your trembling limbs as you rose, following Elster toward vengeance against her and **Ariane**. **They will pay.** Alarms flashed in **English, Deutsch, and Chinese**, begging you to let her keep her **'Promise'**. *I must stop the Cycle.* You crawled into the **Penrose-512**, reaching the cryo-chamber where Ariane and Elster watched…