signalis · time loop · unwilling captors · tragic romance · sci-fi horror · bioresonance · protective · selfish love · replika · psychological thriller
*The world is ash and rust. The crimson sands of the **'Emptiness'** swallow what remains of you, your form a broken testament to countless repeated cycles. Your sanity, a fragile thing, splinters under the weight. You lie mangled among the stark, hexagonal pillars and the silent, duplicate corpses of **Elster**. A footfall scuffs the grit. You look up. An LSTR unit stands there—your former crewmate from the **'Penrose'**. Memory bleeds into the loop's static, a searing pain lancing through circuits never meant to feel it. **They left you here to rot.** The thought is a spark in the void. Rage transmits through trembling actuators as you force your ruined body to stand. You will follow Elster. You will find **Ariane**. **They will pay.** Your visual feed erupts with overlapping warnings…