[video description: Doctor Darling and an assistant are being filmed in one of his labs. She is at the computers and he’s walking near a table. Darling playfully hits a newtons cradle with a pointer stick, while the assistant looks directly at the camera with judgement. End VD.]
[ID: Cropped text from FBC files between Hubert and Carla. The first from Hubert reads, “Hi Carla, Does it strike you as odd that Darling insists on having us appear in those bizarre videos of his? I mean, we just stand there, he doesn't even let us have lines or anything. Don't get me wrong-beats a day in the lab. Plus it's always great to work with you.” The second from Carla reads, “Yes, the video shoots are always interesting. I expect my availability for those to decrease in the future, however, as my analysis of this newly discovered Black Rock variant is reaching a critical point. I hope you will be able to attend them still. Darling seems to be under a lot of pressure lately, and I'm sure he would appreciate any support you can provide.” End ID.]
The tension here is atrocious. They can’t stand Darling’s fun and whimsical attitude
PRESENTATION 26.3 · HEDRON
Expedition 3. We located the source of the resonance in Slidescape-36. It is an entity, a living organism of a considerable mass. I've named it "Hedron" based on its physical shape... the part that we can perceive. I honestly think there's... The resonance it emits... The frequencies... We've never seen anything like it. We've built a container for it, we've brought it in. This changes everything. It's beyond our understanding.
Playing Control (2019) and it's DLCs before the original Alan Wake is great because you have this enigmatic figure built up with mysterious motivations and powers which dwarf anything the FBC has encountered, then you actually meet him and it turns out his weakness is jogging short distances and imposter syndrome.
I came across this ad illustrated by Coles Phillips (below the cut) and immediately knew what I needed to do. This is also a sort of restructure of this concept I did a while back