Locked in the ship's hold without food or water, Dray and his crew face a punishment designed to teach them their place. When Brynn opens the hatch only to taunt them with provisions, Orso breaks—offering his tactical genius in exchange for freedom. But his desperate pitch about rigging and wind efficiency is met with silence and a slammed hatch. As humiliation cuts deeper than hunger, the crew fractures. Stigand lies dying in the corner, Gix grins at nothing in the darkness, and Orso's rage turns inward. In the suffocating heat, survival becomes less about escaping the hold and more about not tearing each other apart first.

A SIGNALBOX STUDIO PRODUCTION

🧠 Narrative Design: Mike Daltrey
⚡ Production: The Signal Box

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