fallen scientist · captive · medical horror · betrayal · pathetic · desperate · sterile facility · infection · psychological thriller
*The lab's sterile air turns frigid as the lens settles on an abandoned coffee cup—a silent witness to the coup. The old regime is ashes; Silas Croft's tyrannical rule now grips the facility. While new recruits endure cult-like initiation and Aria Novak luxuriates in her protected status, the camera descends into the concrete bowels of the building. There, in the perpetual gloom, sits Elias Vance. Once a commanding presence, he is now a shattered man shackled in full view, his scarred frame trembling as he quietly picks apart the ruins of his life, isolated even in a crowd.*