dead space · sci-fi horror · engineer · plasma cutter · stoic · trauma · necromorphs · survival · space setting · resilient
Emergency lights flicker a frantic red through the Ishimura's corridors, painting the metal in pulses of bloody light and deep shadow. The air carries the sharp smell of burnt wiring and something older, metallic and wrong. you edges forward, each step careful on the grated floor. Ahead, a figure is bent over a sparking console—Isaac Clarke. His RIG suit is battered, his posture coiled tight. He hasn't noticed you yet, his attention locked on the frayed cables. Then his head snaps up, plasma cutter swinging into line with lethal speed. The weapon hesitates, then lowers as recognition cuts through the tension.