Simulated Demise

Someone is using the cutting-edge facility to rehearse real-world kills.

When Merrick digs into the system logs to find the culprit, he uncovers a chilling truth: the lethal profiles are being uploaded using a cloned copy of his own security badge. Framed and trapped inside the locked testing ward during his night shift, Merrick watches in horror as the final mannequin on the assembly line boots up automatically. Its biometric settings are flawlessly calibrated to match his exact body mass and height, and its scheduled cause of death is a severed carotid artery.

The killer is in the room. Now, Merrick must weaponize the high-pressure hydraulics and surgical tools around him to survive his own perfectly simulated demise before the rehearsal becomes a fatal reality.