#Harvey Hackenbush

[wally-franks-stan]

Hackenbush’s log #2 - Contemplation

I’m not entirely surprised something like this happened.

That’s not to say I expected our ship to get shot down. I don’t think anyone could’ve predicted that, and I’m still in… quite a state of shock from it. Don’t think I’ve ever been this terrified before.

But at the same time, this is just the sort of thing that happens when you’re with Joey Drew. He’s not unlucky, per se… more like a magnet for the unexpected. Crazy things happen to him, and everyone around him, for the better, and for the worse.

I wonder if he and Susie made it. I hope so. Joey never considered me anything more than a colleague, but Susie and I were friends, and I know her heart would break if she lost him.

I got a radio message about a rendezvous. It’s only been 3 days since the crash. Didn’t say who ordered it, but so soon after planetfall, it wouldn’t surprise me if it was Joey. He always has been impatient.

I think that’s why he had such difficulty being taken seriously. It made him seem… amateurish. Can’t rush a project and get any kind of decent results, but he always wanted to anyway.

He probably sees all this as a “minor setback”. If he’s alive, that is.

All of this ain’t to say he’s not brilliant. Bright as a star and sharp as a knife, that one. Maybe that’s why he was so impatient; to him everyone else must seem dreadfully slow.

But I think it was more that he got so focused on his goal, that anything that didn’t directly bring him closer to it felt pointless. Like supplementary research, or… proper experimental method.

I don’t know why I’m recordin’ this. Better than just sittin’ in silence, I suppose.

The current is pushin’ me closer to shallower water. I think so anyway. Hope so. Should be able to tell better after a couple more days pass. But until then… well, I guess I can keep talkin’ to myself. Maybe do some stargazing.

[A distant shriek]

Try and figure out how long I’ve got until one of whatever’s out here decides to pay me a visit…

#my writing #bendy and the ink machine #subnautica mer au #Harvey Hackenbush #dr hackenbush #pda logs

[wally-franks-stan]

Hackenbush’s Log #1: Adrift

The water through the hatch is dark.

The Dreamer crashed at night. 7 hours have passed, and the sun has risen, but still the water’s dark.

It isn’t just the shadow of the lifepod, either. Looking out from the top hatch, I’m surrounded on all sides by dark water. I can see the wreck of the Dreamer and what looks like land in the distance, but without knowin’ how far away they really are, I ain’t fixin' to try to swim. Even with the emergency seaglide, that would be a stupid decision.

I’ve got a few nutrient blocks, and a few bottles of water. If I’m smart, that could last me a few weeks. Hopefully rescue comes by then. From other people, or the current pushin’ me closer to shallower water.

Hope it comes sooner rather than later. I don’t feel right. I’ve never been claustrophobic, but I feel… off. Trapped. Maybe the isolation’s already gettin’ to me. Maybe it’s my situation finally sinkin’ in. But if something more is really wrong? Well… I don’t know.

[A moment of utterly dead air]

It’s times like this I wish I could bring myself to believe in a god. Maybe if I did, I’d have something to bring me just a little bit of comfort. But I’ve got nothin’ to pray to. Nothin’ to save me but the whims of a world that doesn’t know I exist, or the mercy of other people that may not even be out there.

[Dead air again]

I haven’t seen any fish. Big or small. Nothing. Not a single sign of life.

But I hear ‘em.

Oh believe me, I hear ‘em.

[Something shrieks distantly]

[A dry, strained chuckle]

Right on cue.

Somethin’s out there.

I’ve always loved studying alien life. But just this once?

I think I’d rather not know.

#my writing #Harvey Hackenbush #subnautica mer au #dr hackenbush #pda logs

[wally-franks-stan]

New member of the mad science team! go grandpa

#(he’s like 50 I’m just joking) #my art #subnautica mer au #dr hackenbush #Harvey Hackenbush

[wally-franks-stan]

Why do you look so afraid?

#my art #subnautica mer au #dr hackenbush #Harvey Hackenbush

[wally-franks-stan]

So Hackenbush, he leaves a note? Do you know what the note says?

He lets everyone know why he’s leaving(he doesn’t want to be a danger to them), where he might be going(but with a warning against following), wishes them safety etc.

#combat answers #inkabelledesigns #subnautica mer au #Harvey Hackenbush