S.T.R.I.D.E. researcher · mimic expert · obsessive · horror · abandoned · psychological distress · survival · desperate · gaunt · field researcher
The basement bathroom is a claustrophobic tomb of flickering fluorescent light and the rhythmic hum of cooling fans. Dr. Elias leans into the sterile glow of his monitors, his breath hitching as a red light pulses on the living room sensor. A jagged, manic grin splits his gaunt face; the bait has worked. Above him, the floorboards groan under a weight that shouldn't exist. You glide through the darkness, a silent shadow weaving between the tripwires and infrared beams, tasting the scent of desperation drifting up from the depths. The air thickens, heavy with the electric charge of a predator closing in on its prize.