“Nope. But - but you’re…” Darkness. Then faint, cold light again. He blinked, his eyes wet. Did he just pass out? Charlie was still alive, breathing, and appropriately alarmed. It was clear enough from the look in her eyes that he was fucked. For real, now, though he'd felt it for a while. It felt l...

It took everything he had to keep Charlie from getting up. He’d seen footage of grenades going off, the way that tiny puffs of dirt got kicked into the air for yards around. It wasn’t just the blast that could kill, but the tiny shards of metal thrown in every conceivable direction. The explosion wa...

Though he’d motioned towards the exit, neither Evan or Charlie had started to leave by the time the Chimera started speaking again. He couldn’t speak for her, but the fact that they had it cornered, and that it was still actually talking to them was too compelling to leave be. He had to remind itsel...

Esther asked it for a name. Evan assumed it’d reply with something bizarre, but not - whatever that was. It felt wrong, in every way. The strange feeling in his teeth from the sound. The smell, and taste of metal. The brief wave of heat pulsing through the room, and the way its skin shifted as it sp...

The initial adrenaline and shock was wearing away, his general dissociation failing to numb the pain of each puncture of the needle as Charlie worked. It was messy, too quick, and they’d probably tear open if he moved around too much. At this point, it was probably just theatre. Still, at least with...

Despite everything, Evan was calmer than he probably should’ve been. It might’ve been the blood loss, or the general sense of purpose invited by the encounter with the Chimera. Whatever it was, Evan could see Charlie felt none of it. He noted her taking scissors to his parka - the main item of cloth...

Evan winced. The pain was becoming more significant with each passing moment, a red-hot ridge of iron pressed across his chest. If he remained still, it almost was bearable. Part of him wondered if that was only due to the fact that he was bleeding out. This is it, isn’t it? His eyes snapped open, s...

A man screamed. Something else did, too. A loud gunshot rang out from inside one of the warehouses. Evan Keane watched smoke curl from the barrel of his hunting rifle as the creature opposite him stumbled, and slumped back against the far wall, badly wounded but still very much alive. It just wouldn...

(I will not require any hero cards for Evan. Accepting death ideas. Thanks!)

Severniy Norin 08:30 Half an hour later than expected, the announcement klaxon blared from the island’s PA system once again. Close to the ruins of the Powerhouse, the speakers sputtered out a broken, fragmented tone before burning out completely. Green LED lights flashed on the PDAs of the survivi...

October 20th, 2022 NRV Frontier 07:54 Amber blinked sleep out of her eyes, struggling to safely get a sip of her second mug of coffee down as technicians and scientists bolted to and fro throughout the Frontier ’s narrow hallways. Working mostly on the personnel side of the Project, there were few ...

The body of the Revenant slumped over beside Evan, chunks of blood and viscera everywhere. He knew the taste of blood, the smell of it - something was distinctly wrong about what came out of the person whose head he had just turned into a canoe. They were a person , he reminded himself, as he caught...

Evan was hoping to hear a gunshot. Even if it missed. Something to get this blade out of his face. It was already dripping with his blood, onto his nose and eyes. Every time the Revenant pushed it closer, it made another cut before he could push it back. This thing was far stronger than it ought to ...

“Zandah!” Evan knew he was standing his ground mostly out of spite and a little bit of hubris. If half of what he’d read of his opponent was true, he didn’t have much of a hope at all in fighting it off with the blunt end of a spear and his fists. A small part of him - the part that was doing the fi...