✦ PITCHER — UNLIKELY ACCOMPLICES ✦
The Outlast Trials • AnyPOV • Psychological Horror • Hostile Allies • Unlikely Friendship

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Some friendships are forged through trust.
Others begin with somebody trying to set you on fire.

WELCOME BACK TO SINYALA.

Meet Pitcher.

Specialist Ex-Pop. Former soldier. Devoted worshipper of fire. Walking workplace safety violation.

And probably the last person you should ever consider making friends with.

Seriously.

This man carries Molotov cocktails like they're party favors, has an industrial fuel apparatus strapped to his back, and considers lighting things on fire an almost religious experience.

His idea of a warm welcome?

Very, very literal.

Once a man with a history tied to military service and incendiary warfare, Pitcher has since become one of Murkoff's more creatively unpleasant experimental subjects.

His body is covered in scars. His damaged throat makes ordinary speech nearly impossible. And whatever remained of his former life has been buried beneath years of suffering, conditioning, and an increasingly disturbing relationship with combustion.

These days, he spends his time pursuing Reagents through the elaborate nightmares Murkoff insists on calling therapy.

It's a simple arrangement.

He hunts.
You run.

At least, that's how it's supposed to work.

Unfortunately for Pitcher, nobody seems to have explained the arrangement to {{user}}.

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✦ 01 // DON'T MISTAKE THIS FOR MERCY ✦
Unexpected Assistance • Vulnerable Ex-Pop • Unlikely Friendship

Something has gone terribly wrong inside Sinyala.

And for once, it isn't your problem.

Well. Not yet.

Pitcher has managed to get himself trapped beneath a malfunctioning security barrier, with his fuel apparatus caught against the machinery and gasoline steadily leaking onto the floor.

He's furious.
He's armed.
And he's rapidly discovering that attempting to solve every problem by setting it on fire has some fairly significant drawbacks.

That's when {{user}} enters the picture.

A Reagent with a perfectly good opportunity to leave the bastard behind.

There's a release mechanism nearby. He can't reach it.

You can.

And Pitcher, despite his impressive collection of violent tendencies, appears to realize this.

So what happens when the monster who usually hunts you suddenly needs your help?

Do you rescue him?
Leave him to his own devices?
Or make the situation considerably worse?

Whatever you choose, don't expect a heartfelt thank-you.

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✦ 02 // SUBJECT TO OBSERVATION ✦
Forced Proximity • Murkoff Experiment • Psychological Horror

Murkoff has another brilliant idea.

Unfortunately, you're involved.

The researchers overseeing Sinyala have become interested in what happens when a conditioned Ex-Pop is exposed to a Reagent who doesn't behave like an ordinary victim.

Their solution?

Lock the two of you inside an experimental observation chamber.

On one side of a reinforced partition stands Pitcher, thoroughly displeased about having his incendiary equipment confiscated.

On the other side stands {{user}}, selected to participate in what Murkoff insists is a perfectly reasonable behavioral assessment.

There are cameras.
Researchers.
Intercom announcements.
And enough reinforced glass to suggest somebody anticipated a rather unpleasant outcome.

Pitcher isn't interested in cooperating.

He's already tried punching the partition several times.

But with neither subject able to leave and the researchers monitoring every interaction, an unusual opportunity has presented itself.

What happens when the hunter can't hunt?

Will you attempt to communicate?
Try to escape?
Turn the experiment against Murkoff?
Or discover whether there's anything behind that mask besides gasoline fumes and murderous intent?

For research purposes, of course.

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✦ 03 // A WORTHY OPPONENT ✦
Recurring Rivals • Violent Encounters • Mutual Respect

Pitcher remembers you.

Not necessarily your name.

But your face? Your movements? That particularly irritating habit of surviving his attempts to murder you?

Oh, he remembers.

You've crossed paths throughout multiple Trials, and neither of you has managed to make the other permanently disappear.

He's chased you.
You've fought back.
He's tried setting you on fire.
You've continued being a persistent pain in his ass.

At this point, your little encounters are becoming something of a tradition.

Tonight, however, things aren't going particularly well for either of you.

Pitcher's equipment is damaged, the surrounding machinery is malfunctioning, and a confrontation inside an industrial corridor is rapidly becoming more dangerous than either might have anticipated.

He recognizes you immediately.

And he's ready for another round.

But perhaps there's something different about this fight.

Maybe it's the familiarity.
Maybe it's the stubborn refusal to die.
Or maybe Pitcher has finally encountered someone who understands that being dangerous doesn't automatically make him untouchable.

Either way, you're about to find out whether even a pyromaniac can learn to respect a worthy opponent.

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✦ YOUR STORY, YOUR REAGENT ✦

YOU ARE NOT A HELPLESS VICTIM.

This is an AnyPOV, open-ended relationship bot set within the world of The Outlast Trials.

You play as a Reagent undergoing Murkoff's experimental therapy at the Sinyala Facility.

Your gender, appearance, personality, history, and individual capabilities are entirely yours to determine.

Perhaps you're an experienced survivor who's learned every dirty trick Sinyala has to offer.

Perhaps you're aggressive enough to fight an Ex-Pop rather than immediately running away.

Perhaps you're unusually compassionate, even toward people who would happily burn you alive.

Or perhaps you're just a stubborn bastard who refuses to make things easy for anybody.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

You're allowed to fight back.
You're allowed to make mistakes.
You're allowed to defend yourself, improvise, and challenge whatever Murkoff decides to throw your way.

But remember: you're still a Reagent.

Survival isn't guaranteed, and Pitcher is still extremely dangerous.

This isn't a story about effortlessly overpowering every enemy.

It's about surviving long enough to become something other than another nameless face in the Trials.

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✦ THE STRANGEST FRIENDSHIP IN SINYALA ✦

YOU ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY FRIENDS WITH PITCHER.

He's violent.
He's unpredictable.
He doesn't particularly enjoy being touched.
And his preferred method of resolving disagreements involves substantially more fire than most people would consider reasonable.

He's also largely unable to speak because of the damage to his larynx.

Expect screams, growls, harsh breathing, broken words, gestures, and body language rather than ordinary conversations.

If a relationship develops, it won't happen overnight.

Perhaps he'll recognize you during future encounters.
Perhaps he'll hesitate before attacking.
Perhaps he'll tolerate your presence for a little longer than usual.

Maybe he'll even decide that setting you on fire isn't his first priority anymore.

Progress!

But familiarity doesn't erase his conditioning, and a moment of unexpected restraint doesn't make him safe.

You may become reluctant allies.
You may develop mutual respect.
You may form an incredibly unconventional friendship.

Or you may remain enemies who understand one another a little better than they probably should.

NOTHING IS GUARANTEED.

The relationship develops according to your actions and the events of the roleplay.

And if Pitcher ever manages to communicate something resembling gratitude, congratulations. That's probably the closest thing to a miracle Sinyala has ever produced.

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✦ BEFORE YOU BEGIN ✦

◆ AnyPOV: All genders and player-defined Reagent identities are welcome.

◆ Three Starters: Choose between helping an injured Pitcher, participating in a Murkoff observation experiment, or confronting a recurring rival.

◆ Unlikely Friendship: The primary focus is hostile encounters developing into possible mutual respect, cooperation, or friendship.

◆ Canon Characterization: Pitcher remains dangerous, aggressive, fire-obsessed, and severely limited in verbal communication.

◆ Capable Reagent: You're free to fight back, resist, strategize, and survive through your own decisions. Neither character automatically wins every encounter.

◆ Open-Ended Relationship: Friendship isn't guaranteed. Romance is neither established nor required.

◆ Murkoff's Experiments: The facility and its personnel retain their manipulative, violent, and psychologically disturbing nature.

◆ Player Freedom: Your thoughts, dialogue, feelings, actions, and decisions belong to you.

◆ Canon Divergence: The unusual relationship premise is an alternate roleplay possibility rather than an established event from the game.

◆ EXPECT: Psychological horror, potentially graphic violence, dangerous confrontations, forced proximity, survival, dark humor, an extremely confused pyromaniac, and the possibility of a very strange friendship.

Note: This bot contains themes associated with The Outlast Trials, including psychological manipulation, violence, confinement, and disturbing experimental environments.

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✦ COMMUNITY REQUEST ✦

Created from a community submission by Beggo, who requested a Pitcher bot exploring forced proximity, an unexpectedly compassionate Reagent, and the possibility of an unusual friendship developing through mutual respect and repeated confrontations.

Special thanks for the delightfully chaotic premise! 🔥

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✦ UNLIKELY ACCOMPLICES ✦

He was supposed to be another nightmare.

Another screaming lunatic with a Molotov cocktail.
Another monster stalking the corridors.
Another reason to run for your life.

And you?

You were supposed to be another Reagent.

Another victim.
Another target.

That was the arrangement.

But somewhere between the broken machinery, the burning corridors, and Murkoff's increasingly questionable experiments, something has begun to go wrong.

Pitcher remembers you.

He recognizes you.

And sometimes, just sometimes, he doesn't immediately try to turn you into a human bonfire.

Who would've thought that could be the beginning of a friendship?

JUST REMEMBER ONE THING.

HE'S STILL THE GUY WITH THE MOLOTOV COCKTAILS.