Here's a scene from the first part of the game Outlast. I used Markiplier's run for this. I used Jellal because he needed some love.
Jellal Fernandez was the type of reporter who wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty; to take on stories that no other journalist would take. He always searched around to find scandals and cover ups that could be exposed if someone was willing to go deeper. Corporations were the best targets and the Murkoff Corporation was no exception. He received an e-mail from a Murkoff Psychiatric Systems tech that some bad things were going on at a place called Mount Massive Asylum. The message didn't elaborate much on the details but it was good enough for him so Jellal hopped in his Jeep and took off. It was late at night and the drive up to the mountains was long. The only thing playing on the radio was a broadcast for ranchers to attend some sort of summit about their cattle's strange behavior. He didn't really pay attention much, just something to keep him from falling asleep. Suddenly, the radio started to fade and play static and then it went dead.
"What the? Is there some kind of signal jammer nearby?"
Soon the Mount Massive Asylum sign came into view. He could see parts of the facility from the road before, but now that he was closer; the place seemed bigger. He saw that the gates were open.
"They must have known I was coming," he joked to himself.
He pulled in and parked beside the security kiosk. It seemed that there wouldn't be anyone to lift the security barrier for him, so he figured he would have to walk the rest of the way. He took his video camera and messed with it to make sure everything was working. He grabbed two extra batteries and started walking. He then heard something behind him; the gate that was open before had now closed.
"Who closed that?"
He continued to make his way toward another gate. Thankfully, it wasn't locked and was able to walk right in. He found himself staring at the Asylum. He started feeling sick just looking at it. His research informed him that the place had shut down amid scandal and government secrecy in 1971 and then was reopened by Murkoff Psychiatric Systems in 2009 under the guise of a charitable organization. There were rumors that company had done some activities of questionable legality. He pulled his phone out to see if he could get a signal out but soon saw that there was no service.
"Great. I won't be able to call for help if I need it. Either my service sucks, or there really is a signal jammer around here."
He walked forward toward the entrance of the asylum. He saw three armored vehicles parked by the door.
"Why would there be vehicles like these here? And where are the soldiers?"
He tried to open the door but it was locked. He figured he'd best look for another way in. He went to the left and found a gate with the lower half missing. The hole was just big enough for him to crawl under. He saw another door but that was locked as well.
"What other way is there?"
He then noticed the scaffolding and an open window.
"Guess I'll have to climb up."
He climbed his way up the ladder and through the scaffolding to the open window. As he was climbing in, a light bulb popped and the room went dark.
"Well, that's just great! I knew I should have brought a flashlight!" Then he remembered his camera had a night vision mode. "Hope this doesn't run the battery down too much; should have brought more."
He walked around noting the state of the room being in an absolute mess. Papers scattered the floor, bookshelves and chairs overturned and broken. He checked the hallway. He noticed that it was blocked off. He then saw and went into the room across from him. It looked like it was in better shape and as he approached the fireplace with a mounted TV that was turned off, suddenly turn on to static. The noise it made caused Jellal to jump in fear.
"Good grief! Gettin' scared by static. Sheesh."
He noticed another door in the room and found out it lead back out into the hallway on the other side of the blockade.
"Now I can move forward. As soon as I squeeze through this gap."
Jellal shimmied his way through a narrow gap of a file cabinet, bookshelf and chairs. He just happen to look down and saw that there was blood on the floor and walls. That started to make him feel a bit unnerved.
"I hope that's not a sign of what's to come."
He found what looked to be an office. He thought about using the phone but then heard nothing; no dial tone. The computer looked dead as well. He caught a glimpse of something shiny in the open desk drawer and it was a battery and it was the kind his camera uses.
"How lucky for me. I should keep an eye out for more. I have a feeling I'll be using my night vision a lot."
He went back out into the hallway and opened a door to another office. He checked to see if he could find more batteries, but he did find an open file of a patient at the asylum, he assumed. He read the name on the file was Zeref and he appeared to be part of a project called, "Walrider." There was a lot of jargon that Jellal didn't understand. Something about a Morphogenic Engine, whatever that was. The next page talked about Zeref asking about his mother's lawsuit against Murkoff and the asylum and how that seemed to have lead the company to think there had been a breach in their security.
"Lawsuit? That didn't come up in my research. I need to look into that once I get out of here. And what truth was discovered in the blood dreams of this Dr. Trager? Strange that the only Trager they know of is an executive. More questions than answers seem to pop up."
He tucked the file into his bag and made it back out into the hallway when he didn't find any more batteries. As he got closer, Jellal saw a bathroom door that was barely opened had now closed.
"Are there people still here?"
He turned and saw a break room with two soda machines. They obviously were on, but he had no change.
"Man, could really use something to drink right now."
He turned an saw a sink nearby.
"Guess water will have to do."
But as he approached the sink, he looked and saw what appeared to be a piece of someone's intestines. He quickly looked away in disgust and that's when he saw blood dripping from the ceiling and onto a ramp made of tables to an open vent.
"Oh god, I'm gonna be sick."
He remembered there was a door at the end of this hallway so he rushed to open that one; which was locked to his dismay. He looked again at the open and upon closer inspection, bloody vent. But, it seemed like that was going to be his chance of moving forward. So he climbed up and crawled ahead. He just happened to look to his left to see someone burst out of the bathroom and then rush back in.
"So there is someone in there. Maybe there might be more people."
Jellal continued to crawl through the vent and jumped down into a different hallway that had frosted windows that sort of looked over into an open area below. He wasn't sure what it was but he kept moving.
"The sooner I find out what's going on, the sooner I can get out of here."
He found another blockade that was definitely not passable. Luckily, he was by the library. He opened the door but screamed at the sight of a body swinging and falling to the ground. The room was so dark he couldn't see, till he turned the night vision on his camera. Breathing heavily, he looked through the camera and saw that it was not just a dead body, but a headless dead body. Jellal had seen many gruesome things before, but this was on a whole other level. He looked around; books and probably blood were scattered around. He then noticed another headless dead body hanging from the ceiling and a huge pool of blood was underneath it. He noticed that the shelves were arranged like a maze so he followed it. He then saw a huge pile of dead bodies and a guy in full body armor pierced on a spike. He looked to his right and saw on the shelf people's severed heads.
"Who or what could have done this?!"
As he approached the gory site, the guy on the spike gasped for air and jerked his body. This caused Jellal to jump back.
"They killed us. They got out. The Variants."
"Variants? You mean the patients?"
"You can't fight them. You have to hide."
The poor guard was struggling to get his words out.
"How do I get out?"
"Can unlock the main doors from Security Control."
The guard tried to pull himself up but he lacked the strength.
"It's alright! I'll get you help!"
"You have to get out of this terrible place."
And with that, the guard died. After Jellal video taped the scene, he knew he'd seen enough. He had plenty of evidence to bring down this place so he was ready to leave. He saw the other door in the library that thankfully, was on the other side of that blockade. He walked carefully, in case there were hostile's nearby. He saw another blockade of shelves and chairs but there was a gap. As he made his way through; he heard someone say, "Little pig!" Jellal was grabbed by a huge man with a bloody face and sharp teeth. Jellal struggled to get out of the man's grasp and the next thing he knew, the man threw him out the frosted window and he hit the ground and blacked out. A few moments later, he heard gentle humming. Jellal was still feeling the effects of falling and hitting his head. He turned his head and opened his eyes to see an old man with no hair and perhaps priest robes and eyes that screamed, "I'm crazy!"
"And who are you then," he asked gently.
Jellal was so out of it he couldn't answer and blacked out again. He then opened his eyes again to see the man holding his camera.
"I...I see. Merciful God, you have sent me an apostle. Guard your life son, you have a calling."
Jellal looked away and blacked out again. The next time he came to, he slowly got up. His body was a bit sore but his head throbbed with pain. When he finally got his bearings, he saw he was in the lobby of the asylum. He also saw more dead bodies without their heads and pools of blood. One guy it seemed to have had his entire stomach and intestines ripped out. The smell of blood was everywhere and Jellal did all he could to keep himself from gagging. After a quick assessment of his situation, he knew he had to get out and if that guard was right, he had to get to Security Control and hopefully then, to his freedom.
