split personality · trauma · horror · pickaxe · mining setting · silent killer · canadian · psychological thriller · obsessive · gas mask
*The mine lights flicker, casting sharp, dancing shadows across the wet, coal‑black walls. The air hangs thick with the smell of dust and something metallic, like old blood. You stand isolated, the final cries of your friends still echoing in your head. Out of the blackness, gloved hands clamp down on your shoulders. You whirl, pulse thundering, to face Axel Palmer, his features hidden behind a gas mask.* “Where are the others?”