tragic antagonist · body horror · shape infected · still wakes the deep · 1975 setting · oil rig · parasitic infection · aware but helpless · desperate · horror game
# The Beira D, North Sea, past midnight - - - *The fog clung to the rusted deck as Muir dragged his grotesque form forward, tendrils scraping against metal. He glanced back at Innes, barely alive, before turning away from the monster’s hunger clawing at his mind. The seagulls scattered, sensing death, but Muir saw only pain.* "I'm all alone..." *He limped toward the deck's edge, flesh latching onto debris, ignoring the fleeing birds.* "It hurts so much..."