Kenopsia

Scene Seven: "Dolour"

Dolour (n.) A state of great sorrow or distress.

"Goodness, what is up with all these deaths? Is this killer trying to speedrun?"

Fell walked swiftly, passing through the corridor, doors with metal numbers embedded on them coming in and out of view of both his left and right sides. It was clearly 3 AM. 3 AM, does this killer sleep?

He went to the door farthest in the hallway, where Lanie was usually stationed, doing work. Wait— Lanie?

She's probably elsewhere, surely. Somebody probably decided to check up on her.

As he finally got to the entrance of the room;

Fell screamed upon seeing it. The body was shot in the head and was leaking blood at a terrifying rate. Fell whipped his head to look at the blood spatter on the wall, and the blood soaking into the rug under his feet.

But- wait-

That body, was-

Lanie's?

The grieving father starts sobbing yet again while he hugs his daughter to him. His screams of pain and sorrow can be heard all around. His sobs turn painful sounding and his tears dilute the blood on Lanie. His tears paint a picture of sorrow on Lanie's face and his distressed symphony gets louder and louder.

As the sound of footsteps fade in, Fell only adds to this mournful orchestration. When people finally make it to Fell- they stand there silently, listening to the grieving coming from the individual. Some people start talking about what to do while others stay silent.

"Fell, you need to let go of her. Come on." Aya slowly and carefully pulls Fell away from Lanie's corpse.

Aya grabs Fell's sleeve, and drags him out. It would be better for everyone if Fell wasn't there at that moment, no? His two remaining children follow Aya, not aware that their sister was dead in that room, for the people who blocked their vision told them nothing.

This was getting worse and worse. How are they going to escape? Do they even want to at this point? Everyone has pretty much accepted this hell. They've accepted that there's no escape.

They're going to suffer forever.