Sons of the Forest - Solo - Part 3

The Perils of Subnotica: A Descent into Madness

As I embark on my journey through the eerie world of Subnotica, I find myself facing a multitude of challenges that test my resolve and sanity. The game's designers seem to have a mischievous sense of humor, as they drop me headfirst into a seemingly endless expanse of underwater caverns, complete with a shark that will not hesitate to attack at any moment.

My first attempt at exploration is met with disaster when I decide to use my trusty slingshot to take down the shark. "Get ready Jaws, take that and that," I cackle, confident in my ability to dispatch the beast. Alas, my plan backfires, and I find myself on the receiving end of a vicious counterattack. The shark's attack sends me tumbling through the water, leaving me battered and bruised.

Undeterred, I press on, determined to uncover the secrets that lie beneath the waves. As I make my way deeper into the depths, I stumble upon a strange device that appears to be emitting some sort of energy signal. "What's this thingamajig?" I wonder aloud, as I fiddle with the controls in an attempt to understand its purpose.

Suddenly, the air is filled with the sound of...well, I'm not quite sure what it is, but it sounds like a chorus of lost souls, all wailing and moaning in unison. The device, it seems, has activated some sort of sonic device that sends shivers down my spine. I quickly retreat from the area, unsure of how to shut off the cacophony.

As I make my way back to the surface, I begin to feel a creeping sense of unease. Something is watching me, lurking just out of sight, waiting for its moment to strike. The water seems to be closing in around me, and I can feel the weight of the world bearing down upon my shoulders.

It's then that I stumble upon a strange little cave, tucked away in a corner of the ocean floor. "A shovel would come in handy here," I mutter to myself, as I survey the area. But alas, I seem to have misplaced mine. Undeterred, I set about gathering materials, determined to fashion a makeshift tool from whatever scraps I can find.

As night begins to fall, I realize that I'm not alone down here. A faint rustling noise catches my attention, and I spin around to face...well, I'm not quite sure what I'm facing, but it's definitely not human. The creature's eyes glow with an otherworldly light, and I can feel its malevolent presence washing over me like a cold wave.

The darkness seems to be closing in around me, and I know that I need to find shelter quickly. I stumble upon a strange little nook, tucked away behind a curtain of seaweed. "This will do," I tell myself, as I huddle into the corner, trying to catch my breath.

But even here, I'm not alone. A faint humming noise begins to build in intensity, and I feel a presence lurking just out of sight. It's then that I realize that I've stumbled upon a makeshift shelter, crafted by some unknown hand. The air is thick with the scent of...well, I'm not quite sure what it is, but it's definitely something strange.

As night wears on, I find myself growing more and more restless. The silence seems to be oppressive, weighing heavily upon my shoulders. And then, just when I think things can't get any stranger, I hear a faint whispering in my ear. "You shouldn't have come here," it says, its voice like a cold breeze on a winter's night.

I spin around, trying to locate the source of the voice, but there's no one there. The whisper seems to be coming from all around me, echoing off the walls of the cave. I feel a creeping sense of dread, as I realize that I'm trapped in this underwater world, with no escape in sight.

And then, just when I think things can't get any stranger, I hear a faint rustling noise outside my shelter. It's then that I know I have to get out of there, and fast. I make a break for the surface, determined to find some answers about this strange world and its many mysteries.

But as I emerge from the water, I'm greeted by a sight that makes my blood run cold. A group of...well, I'm not quite sure what they are, but they're definitely not human. They seem to be made of some sort of dark, twisted material, and their eyes glow with an otherworldly light.

The creatures begin to move towards me, their slow, deliberate pace sending shivers down my spine. I know that I have to get away from them, fast, or risk being trapped in this underwater world forever. But as I turn to make a run for it, I hear a faint voice behind me.

"Welcome to Subnotica," it says, its tone dripping with sarcasm. "I see you're enjoying the...ahem... scenery."

And then, everything goes black.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwell that don't look good interesting oh slingshots great I don't want to go in Al wone I miss bobing Wade air tank oh God you don't want me to dive do you you want me to shimmy across do I need a zip line ah it's probably something that I get but at least I got a slingshot and that's going to go a long way for hunting reasons what what is that at a car oh it is a car oh yeah we're in business now good stuff okay I have a flashlight okay well that one's off the coast I don't know how to get to that one don't you look perfectly normal oh how do I not brandish a weapon oh how do I put it away how do I put it away uh can I offer no oh man that was mean that was you want to eat a leaf there aren't sharks in the water are there oh why why would anyone do this help well a gun that seems so much farther it's a shark I'm just going to go for it and I'm not going to worry about it because I I want to get there and get back the only shark is in my mind maybe the shark only comes out at night and I just got to go for it back I'm doing that oh my God what was that no don't do it at me I'll shoot you I'll shoot you why did I make it that time well I've now got a boom stick and I think this is going to even the odds quite a bit for uh what was happening before how many bullets I got in this boom bang probably shouldn't waste them oh what the heck is that you I guess I was trying to hide the truth B walk away I'm just zipline rope zipline rope all right that's good hell yeah High explosives I'll take it I got a cooking pot I got zipline rope and I got high explosives so uh not bad sorry did I wake you up sorry sorry about that let's save again and I know if I go to sleep I'm probably going to be woken up by a patrol but you know I've got a pistol now so I'm not as worried never mind all is well I am thirsty that I am so if I have a cooking pot now I could probably boil water in it but I don't exactly have anything to do that with just got to drink this all right wait were you drinking ocean water Kelvin tell the truth now this seems oddly threatening Calvin you do not need I don't know how to holster well it's gone all right let's roll Kelvin we got another transponder to find how long's the battery last on this doesn't I I see a battery bar but it doesn't seem to be going down at all all right let's roll other one's all the way on the other side over there but we can make it no problem hi you want to hop in all right do you notice anything strange about her nope all right we'll be back don't worry don't worry have good leg I thought that would break I really I really thought that would break the noise it made was so that was so sad nothing happened it was nothing it was nothing at all it's totally fine and not what you think it is anyway back in the car back in the car kvin back in the car all right we're almost there oh interesting huh I don't have a shovel how do I make a shovel do I need to find a shovel is that is that what I need to do ah that's good energy mix I did a really good job on that one yum maybe if I just equip a stick and I poke the ground no damn it and I poke the ground what if I poke the ground all right I think I got to find a shovel hey by know where a shovel would be anybody what's that am I horribly alone on this island I got no one round help me with anything I only have me myself and Kelvin all right let's try this uh Cave shut up all right it's over this way didn't I just skip this song there's a nice little Lake here might wouldn't be a good base wouldn't be wouldn't be a good B wouldn't be it wouldn't I hate this Lake damn this Island's big this Island's way bigger than I remember unless it's not the same island which would make sense what is this what's all this grave robbing don't mind if I do a bone bone bone yes skull yes good rope yes perfect ah Jey ah yes yes goodies yes I'll take that give give their possessions don't belong to them anymore they belong to me they're dead they don't need this no you can't be buried with your money only get to me not using these bones are you in Repose more like it's come to blows all right well I've disgraced myself enough I think I can leave I don't like the way you look at me Kelvin it's almost like you lost respect for me somehow which is weird considering you should only be gaining respect for me after all my bold Brave actions that have kept us alive so far that could change that could change real quickly think of how much I'm feeding you now think of how much less I could feed you I know I'm not feeding you any but trust me I'd find a way come up with some circular device made of sticks that's going to pull the food right out of your belly what is am I what oh this is a village ah say hi to the neighbors hello good day to you pardon pardon pardon pardon pardon pardon I may have just committed a homicide Kelvin don't look at me like that all right there must be a reason why this was oh boy oh boy oh way whoa all right there we go oh it's got a oh oh freaking love solar all right Calvin I'm going in this cave um hopefully I'll be right back all right here I go nope no now I go now I'm going it's really dark in this one it's really dark it's like super dark never mind no it's not what well I'm sorry I forgot I had a gun puff Corp outbids Sahara Therapeutics for remote island location of island is still unknown lawyers are under strict NDA regarding sale that's funny an intense and closely watched auction D for remote uninhabited Island 250 million was that that was nothing whatuh entertainment bucker how entertainment are we talking so is this actually going to go deeper or what uh-huh oh good great hi bats good to see you I got to I to say appreciate the lights oh don't like that I don't think I should take this questionable meat but here I here I did oh my God oh my God oh my god really you're going to do that oh oh nice why can't I take that that actually seems kind of useful also there are a lot of security Personnel for a lot of them what wait that that doesn't even make any sense what oh my God are those zombies oh my God it's zombies oh my God it's zombies I don't like how n oh no no no why are you fumbling and then you're super Nimble okay I have a gun I don't necessarily know if I want to start using it right oh don't do that you have to stop no no no no get stop stop stop stop I will bust out the gun I will bust out the gun I I will bust out the gun how many of you are there damn why are you so fast sometimes oh my God oh my God okay gun time gun gun violence time for gun bang come on come on oh wow I hate you okay you're dead why are you fast oh no is that a head shot how are you getting back up that was a head shot oh oh come on I'm I must be running low on bullets oh boy don't do that good God oh my God oh my God oh my God okay all right uh uh I don't know how many more bullets I have I probably not many oh my God I hate you how many oh what the heck what the heck I don't know what I'm doing I don't know why I'm getting out of this I don't know what I just got out of that oh oh oh oh oh oh oh okay let me see if I got any more bullets no I do not all right we're fresh out great that was fun I'm glad I did all that I'm going to eat one of these yum yum I don't have any water though I got Vodka that's about it all right well that was great my flashlights almost out of battery and I'm I I I don't know why I came here well let's keep going quickly hi oh not more why are there more of yes oh God what did you just gut all over the wall oh man don't don't don't don't don't I'm out I'm out I'm out I don't want to do this anymore I don't want to play your game I want out your bats W I thought that was them coming up by me okay so there's maybe one more path off to the right here but that's the last thing I'm going to look at bunch of life jackets well this isn't reassuring that seems horrible I don't like the implications of whatever that was I don't like what you're implying oh I'm almost out of battery on this I got to go oh there's got to be a way out where is this what am I looking at what am I doing all well I don't need it for now that's a shark the freak is that what are you doing why what what do you mean all right wait what the what huh huh huh that's a lot of Bones can't carry any more vodka energy drink that'll that'll help oh good I got the freaking diving thing I'm a bob but that's great okay that'll be good for me oh I'm like in the thick of the thick of it I'm in the thickest thick of it good Lord oh my God this thing is huge tactical jacket e what creepy armor okay oh good got that creepy armor oh good oh and a deer head that I'm oh yeah this is good stuff well there's a freaking shark down there so I don't think it's a great idea to dive pretty sure it's a bad idea pretty sure if I if I use my slingshot it'll this is going to this is going to freaking work yeah all right get ready Jaws take that and that oh didn't like that did you stupid is this working how how what the this makes sense yeah all right yeah yeah oh yeah oh yeah mhm this is what you get for being a shark you deserve this take that and that don't even think about doing anything other than what you're doing y y come on come on oh it went too deep how many small rocks I got I'm out damn it oh I have extra batteries oh that's awesome all right what if I I don't like this but yeah yeah yeah try try yeah try yeah take that and that and that uh that was really pathetic okay all right I'm in the water I'm drinking your water e ew yeah what a what a oh no no no no oh my God oh my God take that oh oh oh what I got you what holy crap okay I don't know where I'm going I have some oxygen tanks uh what wow all right I'm just going to I guess I'm just going to oh this is terrifying I don't know why this game thought it deserved to be subnotica I don't know the stones on this game I think I could just be underwater Oh yeah great oh yeah good what what what what what what what I don't want to be out here I don't I don't want to be out here oh my God Kelvin ah I didn't find a shovel uh so Kelvin um yeah that didn't go according to plan I don't even know if I had a plan really if I'm going to be perfectly honest about things don't mind me man they really got to move out of the way that's it does not work out well for them every time all right so that was the other cave I don't have a shovel I could probably make a shovel but I don't have one if only I had a tactical one TV isn't that where I was before I just C oh right right I got the Zippy line I completely forgot about that I ow I have a zipline now so if I make it back to that other cave where I needed the shimmy sham I should be able to do what I need to do I think anyway what what what what what why is this the same dude wait what what you will find meaning in life again but we invite you to five free events sons of the Stars healing the world face night bingo Knight why are they the same person I don't know don't know don't know don't know don't care hey is there another card over here wow too bad I got one H there's also a cave here kind of curious about it okay oh no oh no no no no no no no no no I stopped tolerating that in Dead Space 2 okay I don't deal with zombie babies I don't deal with Kelvin Kelvin Kelvin oh he's in the back okay all right I hope that's you really hope that's you why is it all the same Melody just different songs of the same Melody sorry about this sorry about that oops that was my turn over there I hope that guy wasn't just trying to get my attention it's all the same song it's getting dark I don't know when I saved last but it's probably fine I think I can make it damn this is uh that's probably fine oh my God I imagine a slightly different soundtrack should be playing when I'm doing this but uh seems fine I'm going to ignore whatever just sniffed in my ear oh my God what don't crash not here is that a ghost oh my God I thought that was a freaking demon oh I shouldn't why are you backing up why you back stop stop stop what w man that looked like a freaking demon okay back in the car it's a lot more unsettling without the music playing all right oh do not jump that I can jump it y oh freak A Freak go freak well I don't know why I thought I could do that Kelvin watch out Kelvin watch out it's going to get bumpy okay come on yeah aha aha there we go this may not be the place where the zipline was needed this might actually be somewhere different I just am unsure why it's on the radar whoa well it's another cave all right here's what we're going to do Kelvin we're going to set up a little shelter okay we're enough into the woods I don't think anyone's going to bother us but you never know so we're going to go to bed now and then in the morning we'll go oh my god oh my godwell that don't look good interesting oh slingshots great I don't want to go in Al wone I miss bobing Wade air tank oh God you don't want me to dive do you you want me to shimmy across do I need a zip line ah it's probably something that I get but at least I got a slingshot and that's going to go a long way for hunting reasons what what is that at a car oh it is a car oh yeah we're in business now good stuff okay I have a flashlight okay well that one's off the coast I don't know how to get to that one don't you look perfectly normal oh how do I not brandish a weapon oh how do I put it away how do I put it away uh can I offer no oh man that was mean that was you want to eat a leaf there aren't sharks in the water are there oh why why would anyone do this help well a gun that seems so much farther it's a shark I'm just going to go for it and I'm not going to worry about it because I I want to get there and get back the only shark is in my mind maybe the shark only comes out at night and I just got to go for it back I'm doing that oh my God what was that no don't do it at me I'll shoot you I'll shoot you why did I make it that time well I've now got a boom stick and I think this is going to even the odds quite a bit for uh what was happening before how many bullets I got in this boom bang probably shouldn't waste them oh what the heck is that you I guess I was trying to hide the truth B walk away I'm just zipline rope zipline rope all right that's good hell yeah High explosives I'll take it I got a cooking pot I got zipline rope and I got high explosives so uh not bad sorry did I wake you up sorry sorry about that let's save again and I know if I go to sleep I'm probably going to be woken up by a patrol but you know I've got a pistol now so I'm not as worried never mind all is well I am thirsty that I am so if I have a cooking pot now I could probably boil water in it but I don't exactly have anything to do that with just got to drink this all right wait were you drinking ocean water Kelvin tell the truth now this seems oddly threatening Calvin you do not need I don't know how to holster well it's gone all right let's roll Kelvin we got another transponder to find how long's the battery last on this doesn't I I see a battery bar but it doesn't seem to be going down at all all right let's roll other one's all the way on the other side over there but we can make it no problem hi you want to hop in all right do you notice anything strange about her nope all right we'll be back don't worry don't worry have good leg I thought that would break I really I really thought that would break the noise it made was so that was so sad nothing happened it was nothing it was nothing at all it's totally fine and not what you think it is anyway back in the car back in the car kvin back in the car all right we're almost there oh interesting huh I don't have a shovel how do I make a shovel do I need to find a shovel is that is that what I need to do ah that's good energy mix I did a really good job on that one yum maybe if I just equip a stick and I poke the ground no damn it and I poke the ground what if I poke the ground all right I think I got to find a shovel hey by know where a shovel would be anybody what's that am I horribly alone on this island I got no one round help me with anything I only have me myself and Kelvin all right let's try this uh Cave shut up all right it's over this way didn't I just skip this song there's a nice little Lake here might wouldn't be a good base wouldn't be wouldn't be a good B wouldn't be it wouldn't I hate this Lake damn this Island's big this Island's way bigger than I remember unless it's not the same island which would make sense what is this what's all this grave robbing don't mind if I do a bone bone bone yes skull yes good rope yes perfect ah Jey ah yes yes goodies yes I'll take that give give their possessions don't belong to them anymore they belong to me they're dead they don't need this no you can't be buried with your money only get to me not using these bones are you in Repose more like it's come to blows all right well I've disgraced myself enough I think I can leave I don't like the way you look at me Kelvin it's almost like you lost respect for me somehow which is weird considering you should only be gaining respect for me after all my bold Brave actions that have kept us alive so far that could change that could change real quickly think of how much I'm feeding you now think of how much less I could feed you I know I'm not feeding you any but trust me I'd find a way come up with some circular device made of sticks that's going to pull the food right out of your belly what is am I what oh this is a village ah say hi to the neighbors hello good day to you pardon pardon pardon pardon pardon pardon I may have just committed a homicide Kelvin don't look at me like that all right there must be a reason why this was oh boy oh boy oh way whoa all right there we go oh it's got a oh oh freaking love solar all right Calvin I'm going in this cave um hopefully I'll be right back all right here I go nope no now I go now I'm going it's really dark in this one it's really dark it's like super dark never mind no it's not what well I'm sorry I forgot I had a gun puff Corp outbids Sahara Therapeutics for remote island location of island is still unknown lawyers are under strict NDA regarding sale that's funny an intense and closely watched auction D for remote uninhabited Island 250 million was that that was nothing whatuh entertainment bucker how entertainment are we talking so is this actually going to go deeper or what uh-huh oh good great hi bats good to see you I got to I to say appreciate the lights oh don't like that I don't think I should take this questionable meat but here I here I did oh my God oh my God oh my god really you're going to do that oh oh nice why can't I take that that actually seems kind of useful also there are a lot of security Personnel for a lot of them what wait that that doesn't even make any sense what oh my God are those zombies oh my God it's zombies oh my God it's zombies I don't like how n oh no no no why are you fumbling and then you're super Nimble okay I have a gun I don't necessarily know if I want to start using it right oh don't do that you have to stop no no no no get stop stop stop stop I will bust out the gun I will bust out the gun I I will bust out the gun how many of you are there damn why are you so fast sometimes oh my God oh my God okay gun time gun gun violence time for gun bang come on come on oh wow I hate you okay you're dead why are you fast oh no is that a head shot how are you getting back up that was a head shot oh oh come on I'm I must be running low on bullets oh boy don't do that good God oh my God oh my God oh my God okay all right uh uh I don't know how many more bullets I have I probably not many oh my God I hate you how many oh what the heck what the heck I don't know what I'm doing I don't know why I'm getting out of this I don't know what I just got out of that oh oh oh oh oh oh oh okay let me see if I got any more bullets no I do not all right we're fresh out great that was fun I'm glad I did all that I'm going to eat one of these yum yum I don't have any water though I got Vodka that's about it all right well that was great my flashlights almost out of battery and I'm I I I don't know why I came here well let's keep going quickly hi oh not more why are there more of yes oh God what did you just gut all over the wall oh man don't don't don't don't don't I'm out I'm out I'm out I don't want to do this anymore I don't want to play your game I want out your bats W I thought that was them coming up by me okay so there's maybe one more path off to the right here but that's the last thing I'm going to look at bunch of life jackets well this isn't reassuring that seems horrible I don't like the implications of whatever that was I don't like what you're implying oh I'm almost out of battery on this I got to go oh there's got to be a way out where is this what am I looking at what am I doing all well I don't need it for now that's a shark the freak is that what are you doing why what what do you mean all right wait what the what huh huh huh that's a lot of Bones can't carry any more vodka energy drink that'll that'll help oh good I got the freaking diving thing I'm a bob but that's great okay that'll be good for me oh I'm like in the thick of the thick of it I'm in the thickest thick of it good Lord oh my God this thing is huge tactical jacket e what creepy armor okay oh good got that creepy armor oh good oh and a deer head that I'm oh yeah this is good stuff well there's a freaking shark down there so I don't think it's a great idea to dive pretty sure it's a bad idea pretty sure if I if I use my slingshot it'll this is going to this is going to freaking work yeah all right get ready Jaws take that and that oh didn't like that did you stupid is this working how how what the this makes sense yeah all right yeah yeah oh yeah oh yeah mhm this is what you get for being a shark you deserve this take that and that don't even think about doing anything other than what you're doing y y come on come on oh it went too deep how many small rocks I got I'm out damn it oh I have extra batteries oh that's awesome all right what if I I don't like this but yeah yeah yeah try try yeah try yeah take that and that and that uh that was really pathetic okay all right I'm in the water I'm drinking your water e ew yeah what a what a oh no no no no oh my God oh my God take that oh oh oh what I got you what holy crap okay I don't know where I'm going I have some oxygen tanks uh what wow all right I'm just going to I guess I'm just going to oh this is terrifying I don't know why this game thought it deserved to be subnotica I don't know the stones on this game I think I could just be underwater Oh yeah great oh yeah good what what what what what what what I don't want to be out here I don't I don't want to be out here oh my God Kelvin ah I didn't find a shovel uh so Kelvin um yeah that didn't go according to plan I don't even know if I had a plan really if I'm going to be perfectly honest about things don't mind me man they really got to move out of the way that's it does not work out well for them every time all right so that was the other cave I don't have a shovel I could probably make a shovel but I don't have one if only I had a tactical one TV isn't that where I was before I just C oh right right I got the Zippy line I completely forgot about that I ow I have a zipline now so if I make it back to that other cave where I needed the shimmy sham I should be able to do what I need to do I think anyway what what what what what why is this the same dude wait what what you will find meaning in life again but we invite you to five free events sons of the Stars healing the world face night bingo Knight why are they the same person I don't know don't know don't know don't know don't care hey is there another card over here wow too bad I got one H there's also a cave here kind of curious about it okay oh no oh no no no no no no no no no I stopped tolerating that in Dead Space 2 okay I don't deal with zombie babies I don't deal with Kelvin Kelvin Kelvin oh he's in the back okay all right I hope that's you really hope that's you why is it all the same Melody just different songs of the same Melody sorry about this sorry about that oops that was my turn over there I hope that guy wasn't just trying to get my attention it's all the same song it's getting dark I don't know when I saved last but it's probably fine I think I can make it damn this is uh that's probably fine oh my God I imagine a slightly different soundtrack should be playing when I'm doing this but uh seems fine I'm going to ignore whatever just sniffed in my ear oh my God what don't crash not here is that a ghost oh my God I thought that was a freaking demon oh I shouldn't why are you backing up why you back stop stop stop what w man that looked like a freaking demon okay back in the car it's a lot more unsettling without the music playing all right oh do not jump that I can jump it y oh freak A Freak go freak well I don't know why I thought I could do that Kelvin watch out Kelvin watch out it's going to get bumpy okay come on yeah aha aha there we go this may not be the place where the zipline was needed this might actually be somewhere different I just am unsure why it's on the radar whoa well it's another cave all right here's what we're going to do Kelvin we're going to set up a little shelter okay we're enough into the woods I don't think anyone's going to bother us but you never know so we're going to go to bed now and then in the morning we'll go oh my god oh my god\n"