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Why didn't you see it sooner...? Humans are fragile. A little fear, a little pressure... that's all it takes to crush them, turning them into puppets of the Abyss. But that same fragility became the disguise that fooled everyone, making you overlook the one threat you should never have ignored.Ragnar: Hehe... Hehehe...
Ragnar notices you and slowly turns around. His eyes are two pitch-black voids. His mouth is split into an uncanny grin as a dry, raspy laugh escapes from his throat.
It's laughing at you. Mocking you from the husk of your former teammate. Mocking the blind, weak fool you are...
You remember the tragedies you’ve witnessed. These memories fill you with overwhelming regret and anger. And that anger catches flame, turning into an unquenchable thirst to kill.
choice: Pick up the chisel
You grab the emergency chisel propped against the door. Your body, overtaken by fury, takes one step forward, then another.
And still, he holds that eerie posture, his hollow, lightless eyes boring into yours, his mouth agape in silent derision.
You can almost hear him saying...
Ragnar: You can't do it, can you?
No. You'll show him. You'll prove him wrong. You raise the chisel high over your head. Soon, you'll sever the root of this tragedy...
??: Stop!
just as you are about to strike, you hear an urgent shout trom behind. Soft arms wrap around you, holding you fast and stopping you from landing the final blow.
In an instant, your body freezes, as if plunged into an icy ocean.
???: But how could you let something so weak stop you?
you(chief/little guide) He's the source of contamination on the ship! He's the one who killed Vikmar and Sigmund!!
???: You're the only one who saw through his disguise. You're righteous. You're good. You must save everyone..
you: He brought the monsters from the Abyss onto the ship! He led the thing from the water back here!!
???: Think of those who died. They died because you're foolish
???: Do you still remember their eyes? Do you remember how they looked at you before they died? You must not forget...
???: I BELIEVE IN YOU...
you: I believe... I will not forget... I believe in myself...
I will...
TEAR HIM APART TEAR HIM APART TEAR HIM APART TEAR HIM APART TEAR HIM APART TEAR HIM APART...
Once, twice, three times... The thick, sweet tang of blood fills your nostrils.
Blood sprays into the air. The droplets hang there, morphing into countless faces, crying, screaming, sprouting infinite hands that pull you into their embrace.
You're face-to-face with them. They open wide their pitch-black eyes, open their crimson mouths...
???: For us. For us. Save me. Save me. SAVE ME SAVE ME SAVE ME...
You are doing the right thing... YOU are all doing the right thing.
???: KILL HIM. KILL HIM. KILL HIM.
You strike again. This time, something splashes onto your lips. A soft, sweet, juicy morsel. It tastes divine.
Your desire is finally sated.
You collapse to the ground, completely drained. You're caught by the person who first tried to stop you.
She holds you in her arms, human warmth seeping through the damp tabric into your body once more. You teel at peace.
..No, it's the warmth of blood.
you: Shin?
You jolt upright, only to find her a mangled mess of flesh and blood. You want to grasp the hand that's holding you, but you don't dare, for you can see white bone showing through the gashes on her arm.
They're all stab wounds, your marks left on her with your chisel.
The metallic smell of blood, so comforting moments ago, now makes you want to throw up.
Shin: It's okay... We're here, it's okay...