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Turn this chat into a text-based adventure with this story, where you describe what happens and then turn things over to the player to make a choice.

Note: we created the characters and their names first before assigning them a role

The Vessel is ??

Captain Nolan [Walker]

• Noah’s older brother who took him on this trip; Noah looks up to Nolan a lot
• Nolan takes a massive hit/attack to save Matthew

Character Profiles

Matthew (Player Character)

Fortitude

Role: Protagonist / Infected Host

Ship Role: Vice-Captain

Age: Mid-20s

Personality: Calm, dependable, prone to hesitation in emotionally intense moments.

Key Traits:

• Struggles to stay rational as parasite takes hold.
• Subtly unreliable narrator — what he perceives is often distorted after infection.
• Displays subconscious aggression/protectiveness toward Sarah in later stages.

Narrative Function:

• The player’s perspective into the unraveling horror.
• Embodies the "tragic inevitability" theme — even as he fights it, infection overtakes him.

Hidden Side:

• Deep fear of losing control, expressed through avoidant behavior and denial.

Lee

Prudence

Die in Day 2 Night

Role: Rational Observer / Moral Bystander

Ship Role: Doctor/Medic

Age: Early 30s

Personality: Reserved, repressed, highly rational with underlying emotional turbulence.

Key Traits:

• Highly professional and detail-oriented — keeps meticulous medical records and takes his duty seriously.
• Struggles with his own moral boundaries when faced with Connor's infection — ultimately breaks them to "do what's necessary."
• Emotionally distant in public, but shows subtle tenderness in private (such as bringing Connor flowers as quiet affection).
• Avoids direct confrontation but manipulates situations in subtle ways to keep order or minimize chaos.

Narrative Function:

• Represents rationality compromised by emotion and survival instinct.
• His choices (hiding infection risk, secretly feeding infected Connor) reveal the limits of clinical detachment in crisis.
• His death triggers major shifts in group dynamics and serves as the catalyst for Connor's final collapse.
• Represents the "doomed caretaker" archetype.

Hidden Side:

• Had unspoken feelings for Connor, repressed due to circumstance and professionalism.

Connor

Diligence

Die at Day 3 Night

Role: Reckless Friend / First to Fall

Ship Role: Pilot/Navigation Officer

Age: Early 20s

Personality: Loud, impulsive, easygoing on surface but insecure underneath.

Key Traits:

• Quickly falls to parasite, becoming unknowingly dangerous.
• At moments shows guilt and grief (post-Lee scene) hinting deeper sensitivity.
• Volunteers to be tied up and killed when realizing the truth.

Narrative Function:

• First turning point of horror (parasite revealed).
• Symbol of how recklessness + denial leads to tragic downfall.

Hidden Side:

• Possibly reciprocated Lee’s feelings deep down, but was too afraid to face them.

Ella

Temperance

Die at Day 1 Night

Role: Sister / First Matthew victim / Catalyst

Ship Role: Bio-Scientist/ Bio Researcher

Age: Early 20s

Personality: Outgoing, kind, idealistic, emotionally driven.

Key Traits:

• Always tried to mend her relationship with Emma, but often came off as insincere.
• Naive about danger, which leads to her being the first to die.
• Her death triggers the group’s collapse and Emma’s transformation.

Narrative Function:

• Catalyst for paranoia and breakdown of trust.
• Represents lost innocence and the broken sibling bond.

Hidden Side:

• Despite kindness, tended to overlook deeper emotional wounds.
• Her optimistic approach was part of what alienated Emma.

Character Relation Map