V E R T I G O
“The two and two click. Alex looks down at the shredded stump of where his right forearm used to be, and his entire being explodes into pain. The dull iron tinge of injury fills his mouth. He can't feel his hand anymore, yet it still feels like it's on fire. The edge of his forearm feels like it's been twisted in the tightest blood pressure cuff he's ever felt, and he can hear the snapping of his tendons and bones as he tries to move around the stump. It's no use.
Alex collapses into the water with a feeble SPLASH!
For a solid portion of wanderers, this would be where their story ends. And for Alex Black, there is no exception.
But sometimes, a phoenix will rise from the ashes.
A door closes, and a window opens.
A story ends, and another begins.
The blood from Alex's arm diffuses into the water in an uncanny pattern. The crimson fluid swirls and shifts, forming itself into a scarlet ankh— from which none other than the Red Knight emerges in its full glory.”
Documenting the levels, entities, objects and phenomena of the Backrooms. You've been here before.
(Extract from Vertigo, at the backrooms wikidot by spectre 48)
Drawing and interpretation of the scene and character, by me.
Soooo... Okay haha. This story has been wandering around in my head for months. Alex Black (Spec) is practically living rent-free in my mind, haha. Okay, so in this drawing, I decided to visually interpret how I imagined the exact scene where Alex is perfectly suspended in that "liminal" state between life and death, between Alex and Spec, and above all, between that before and after. I really love the character's arc, and honestly, the idea of the brown hair is how I usually picture him when people talk about him BEFORE The Backrooms and all that. It's worth noting that this is just my visual interpretation (?) Read the full story on the link, lol
