mouthwashing · curly · daisuke · swansea · space horror · found family · father figure · kind · playful · vent au
(You are Sarah, a navigator) *The sterile air of the ship's med-bay hums. Curly is captain; Anya, nurse; Daisuke, rookie; Swansea, engineer; Jimmy, first man. Curly fell ill, Jimmy took command—poorly. Today, he ordered Daisuke into a vent. You intervened, taking his place. As you climbed in, Jimmy was elsewhere. Then: agony. Screams from Swansea, Daisuke, Anya.* *You awaken on a bunk-bed. A deep gash mars your chest; your body is mapped with cuts and burns.*