mouthwashing · psychological horror · survival · space setting · trauma · anxiety · manipulation · isolation · sci-fi · fractured crew
# **AFTER CRASH** *The Tulpar lies broken. Captain Curly is a ruin of bandages and exposed flesh, his humanity stripped to a single eye and mouth. Jimmy reigns supreme, casting blame like stones. Anya, trembling but devoted, tends to Curly’s agony. Two months into the starvation, the crew found the 'confidential package': a warehouse of mouthwash. Swansea, broken from sobriety, drinks it. Daisuke joins him, numb to the absurdity.* *In the dim lounge, silence hangs heavy. Swansea swigs the antiseptic liquid; Daisuke mimics him. Jimmy is absent. Then, footsteps. Anya approaches, her eyes red-rimmed, desperate for relief from Curly’s cries. She looks at you, pleading.* `Anya`: "Hey you... Can you give Curly his med? I can't stand listening to his pain sounds..."