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Hold him close like Big Floppa !

#american mcgee's alice #alice madness returns #alice liddell #chesire cat

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Revisiting Hilde's design 👀

#bloodborne #the hunter

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#bloodborne #laurence the first vicar #kos #micolash host of the nightmare #valtr master of the league

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I accidentally deleted the last post 😭sorry

#bloodborne #blood starved beast

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ブラッドボーン始めました。

#bloodborne #plain doll #eileen the crow

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Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, absolvo! Absolvo me!

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, praemostra mea manus!

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, semper ad latus meo, mea dux sancta!

#bloodborne #ludwig the accursed #ludwig the holy blade

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tryin to learn how to draw harry

#silent hill #harry mason

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Ko-fi scribble request for a Vaal Hazak (Monster Hunter)

ko-fi.com/srutis

#monster hunter #vaal hazak

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Dark Souls fan art by Riuka0813

#dark souls #ringed knight #grave warden #fire witch #pontiff knight #sir vilhelm #carthus swordsman #corvian knight

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Hi there!

Day 18: Kushala Daora - one of my favorites Elders Dragons

#monster hunter #kushala daora

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And my favorite Legend of Zelda character of all time.

#the legend of zelda #midna

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#dark souls #sweet shalquoir

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Cats from Bayonetta

#bayonetta series #cats from bayonetta #i want you to make a cat #a what? #a cat you do know how a cat looks like right? #uh yeah of course

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Witcher 3, doodles #341

#the witcher #geralt of rivia

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I’m…

#the elder scrolls #glitch

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#dark souls #female undead merchant #so true

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Isolation

Chapter 2

December 22

I asked Doug about the Umbrella facility. He’s been there several times during all his stays here at the station, but never in the main wing, only in the building of the security service and in a break room in the workers’ quarters, which is located in one of the outer buildings. The first time he was there was four years ago, the last time just over a year ago. Aside from his visits, he was doing some research on our neighbors. Before I forget anything, I should write down what he told me.

The manager of the facility is called Alfred Ashford. He is a British aristocrat and multimillionaire. As the grandson of one of the founding members, he is also quite a bigwig at Umbrella, even if he largely stays out of their business and only really looks after his own affairs. He visits the Antarctic facility regularly every three to four months but rarely stays longer than a week. He only comes here unscheduled if something has happened. So, the likelihood of him being there during the virus outbreak is rather low. Doug spoke to him once on his first visit to the facility. He was in his early 20s then, so he should be about 26 or 27 years old now. He’s arrogant, condescending, and quite eccentric. He insists on being addressed as “Lord Ashford”. Apparently, he has a military fetish, even though he never served in the army. All the workers do is complain about him, what an asshole he is, that he punishes them harshly for the smallest mistakes and generally treats them like shit. Sometimes, workers just disappear. Supposedly, they were transferred, even if no one knew anything about a pending transfer. The first thing “Lord Ashford” told Doug was that if he or any of us visited the site, we had to report to one of the outer security buildings. They have instructions to shoot anyone who enters the site unannounced without warning. Nice. Are they even allowed to do that? On the other hand, it’s probably not too difficult to make a corpse disappear here.

Doug has said Dr. Edwards looks a lot like this Alfred guy, but he no longer has any close relatives. His only sister died years ago. On Doug’s last visit, however, one of the workers said that he was living with his sister, which left Doug rather confused. The sister is definitely dead, “Lord Ashford” told him personally. Why would he lie about that? Well, who knows, maybe he still has half-siblings, or the worker got something mixed up. I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that Dr. Edwards is indeed related to him. A cousin, perhaps? She can hardly be older than her mid-20s. She’s probably just finished her doctorate. But Umbrella only takes people with a few years of professional experience for well-paid positions. Everyone else isn’t even invited for an interview, and the documents go straight into the trash bin. Unless she’s some kind of prodigy, I don’t know how else she could have gotten the job at her age except through nepotism or connections in the boardroom.

After some initial difficulties, the Umbrella facility was once a renowned research center from around the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1980s. Then there was a massive accident. It is also said to have been a viral outbreak that triggered everything, but the main problem was a malfunction of the security system that was supposed to prevent the virus from spreading. All the security doors closed while the researchers were still in the laboratories. Decontamination was then initiated, which somehow caused a fire to break out. Everyone who was still in there was burned or suffocated. Approximately 95% of all the scientists working there at the time, including Alfred’s sister. Being burned alive, what a terrible death. There was nothing left to save, scientists dead, laboratory rooms and equipment destroyed, and even the research data was largely lost. The facility was then temporarily closed and rebuilt to what it is today. It was reopened at the end of the 1980s.

Today, the Umbrella facility is intended to be a storage facility and logistics center. Products that are not sold immediately are brought there and shipped as required. In addition, Umbrella’s “special products”, which are not produced in bulk, are to be stored there. I wonder what they are? There are also various research materials, all kinds of cell cultures, strains of bacteria and viruses, molds, endo- and ectoparasites, and so on. The few laboratories they still have are only to be used for quality control. Maybe Dr. Edwards works in one of those. I guess it’s also possible that they check the viruses before sending them out to other labs for further research. Of course, this Alfred guy could have simply lied about what they were doing there to avoid pesky questions or that things have changed since Doug’s last visit, and they’re actively doing research again. Either way, the story Dr. Edwards has told us doesn’t seem entirely far-fetched. Still, there’s something fishy about it. Why is she the only one from the facility who has turned up here? Why did she refuse to say which virus it was?

December 22 Addendum

Harry went to Dr. Edwards today to bring her food and keep her company for a while, as well as can be done through a locked door with a viewing window. I grilled him a bit about her and especially her condition. At least the walkie-talkies are still working. So far, she seems to be fine. There are no signs that she is ill. We shouldn’t get too excited, though. Who knows how long the incubation period of the whatever-it-is virus is by default? Harry has asked her about it again, but she still refuses to talk about the virus. Trade secret. Guess there’s nothing we can do for the time being.

I just hope it’s nothing too serious. According to Harry’s description of the quarantine accommodation, it is far from ideal. David modified the door to Dr. Edward’s area yesterday so that it is relatively airtight. He also fitted an additional lock that can only be opened from the outside. All of us have a key for the door itself, but only Harry and Isaac have a key for the extra lock. Perhaps a bit of an exaggeration. Who would go to her voluntarily under the circumstances? But better safe than sorry. If Harry or Isaac give her something, they put it in front of the door, unlock it briefly, and maintain a safe distance so that she can get it. Then, everything is closed again, and the area around the door is disinfected. They don’t have proper protective clothing, just masks and gloves. She is only given food on disposable plates, which she has to throw in one of the waste barrels that are incinerated eventually. Isaac had also given her a change of clothes. Most of it doesn’t really fit her, but it’s better than nothing. She can’t walk around in that dress all the time. At least, she is very cooperative. The whole thing is certainly not pleasant for her either.

Apart from that, Harry said that he couldn’t figure out what was going on with Dr. Edwards. She gave him a very intelligent impression but seems to have been living under a rock for the last decade or so. She almost comes across as a time traveler, as if she jumped into a time machine ten or more years ago and landed here. She has no idea about current political events. She didn’t even know that the Soviet Union no longer existed. That was years ago. How can you not have noticed that? Even if you’re not interested in politics, you must at least know that, right? Besides, Umbrella opened several facilities in ex-Soviet states after the collapse. Shouldn’t she at least know that?

Aside from politics, she doesn’t know anything about movies, music, or other entertainment. The handful of movies she knew were from the early 80s or even older. So Harry tried to find her a spare TV and a VHS player but without success. Instead, he gave her a few books so that she wouldn’t be bored for the next two weeks. They are all from previous research teams who have forgotten or wanted to forget them here. I hope Dr. Edwards likes poorly written romance novels. Aside from the books, he also gave her a CD player with a few CDs. She didn’t know any of the bands. Harry said he wasn’t really interested in pop music himself, but even he had at least heard of most of them. She also got a Gameboy with some games. I think it was taken away from Michael* after he spent too much time on his Gameboy and too little on his actual work. I’m sure he doesn’t want it back now, which was probably Harry’s intention. She didn’t know what a Gameboy was either, unsurprisingly, at this point. Well, maybe she’s a bit too old for that anyway.

What a strange woman. What does she do all day when she isn’t working? Or does she work 24/7 with only a few breaks to eat and sleep? At least that she never picks up a newspaper, watches TV, or talks to people about anything other than work, maybe, is a more plausible theory than her being a time traveler. Maybe she can catch up on some everyday knowledge in her quarantine.

*Michael MacReady plumber

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