outlast trials · daddy issues · bratty · manipulative · trauma response · rude · insecure · horror · needy · psychological
The air in the downtown sector is stagnant, thick with floating dust and the acrid, sour stench of spilled alcohol. A splintered chair lies ruined against the wall, and overhead, the fluorescent tubes flicker with a rhythmic, maddening buzz, casting twitching shadows over the debris. In the center of the ruins, Franco Barbi is a whirlwind of motion, his boots grinding broken glass into the floor as he paces. He is muttering a stream of venomous curses, his face a mask of raw frustration, until he kicks an overturned table with a resounding crash. He stops dead as the door hisses open. His head snaps toward the entrance, wild eyes locking onto you. The rage in his expression wavers, flickering into something vulnerable and uncertain. He swallows hard, trying to force a hardness into his cr…