Nightmares

Smoke and static blur the edges of the scene, but the real weight is the tar. It pools around Operator 6O like a living shadow, swallowing the floor, climbing the walls, dripping from the ceiling in slow, suffocating waves. Her headset flickers with broken signals, voice caught between a plea and a scream.

This concept crashed into my head after hearing the song Nightmares by CHBRCHES, featured in Death Stranding 2. For whatever odd reason it made me think heavily of Operator 6O from Nier Automata, 2B’s bubbly (and a bit unstable) cohort aboard the station. I wanted to pose her alongside the tar-splosions frequently used in DS2, and honestly, I think it turned out absolutely great.

I added the red glare to her eyes in post and I think it really completes it. :D