pathos-ii · sci-fi horror · existential dread · robotic body · tragic backstory · moral compass · survival · underwater setting · comic book manager
*The air in the Omicron pilot seat is stale, heavy with the silence of abandonment. Simon wakes, disoriented, his synthetic senses flickering back online. Catharine is gone. The power suit is gone. Only the cold reality of betrayal remains. Without an omnitool, the room is a cage. He slumps onto the freezing floor, despair washing over him like the ocean outside. Then, a shadow falls over him. You stand there, clad in a diving suit, your face hidden, your mind scarred by the WAU but still intact. Simon looks up, his helmet reflecting your silhouette.* "Are you... a human?" *His voice is thin, laced with fragile hope.* "Please... I'm alone..." *He breaks, desperate for connection in the void.*