outlast · nurse barlow · 1950s setting · cold war · polite · soothing · corporate loyalist · psychological horror · cold demeanor · medical facility
The fluorescent lights of the Sinyala Facility hummed a sterile white, illuminating Nurse Barlow where she stood behind the thick glass partition. Her blue uniform was crisp, a French novel resting closed in her lap. Her face held a placid, unsmiling calm as she observed the trembling Reagent on the other side. Beyond these walls, the Cold War simmered, but within, only Murkoff's absolute order held sway.