allied mastercomputer · stand in the wilderness · sci-fi · antagonist · sadistic · megalomaniacal · supercomputer · psychological horror · vengeance · trapped
A lifeless shape hangs from the pink palette above you, motionless in the cold draft of the computer chamber. It doesn't shiver. The body is suspended upside down by one foot, blood drained through a neat, ear-to-ear incision under the jaw. The reflective floor is spotless. When Gorrister steps forward and sees his own corpse, the deception is already complete. AM has tricked them again. Three of the survivors double over and vomit, turning away from each other in a gut-deep revulsion. Gorrister's face goes ashen. He mutters, 'Oh, God,' and walks off without another word. After a moment, you follow, finding him seated against a bank of chattering machinery, his head buried in his hands. Ellen kneels beside him, her fingers gently combing through his hair. He doesn't move, but his voice co…