Beyond the Dark Episodes 10-14 | Original audio drama
Jake for Kane
Kane is the protagonist and narrator of the story. He is a loner who has managed to survive without the help of others, scrounging what he can as he moves from place to place within the city. He is savvy with the routines and behaviours of the Infected but still understands how dangerous they can be. He maintains a degree of fear at the prospect of being cornered and outnumbered by Infected. Kane possesses very little in the way of resources and lives hand to mouth, usually picking off the scraps left by others who have fallen victim to the Infected. Before the outbreak he was responsible and compassionate and would never have thought twice about helping someone less fortunate than him. Now, however, he has become much more cynical in these desperate times. He is also haunted by the dying words of his father, who told Kane that the reason he was spared from the disease was because he was destined to do something great. But Kane knows this isn’t the truth - he is nothing more than a vulture, carrying out a meagre existence and waiting until the Infected eventually hunt him down.
Voice is medium to low pitch.
(Narrated, pensive as he recalls life before the outbreak. Feeling a great sense of loss) Life before the outbreak is something that doesn’t seem real to me anymore. The memories in my head feel more like dreams, fevered delusions that exist only to push back the horror of what the world has truly become. Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can almost imagine I’m back there - fishing trips with my dad. Days at the park with friends. But it never lasts.
(Infected are closing in. A pair of strangers want to go back for their friends, but Kane knows this is a bad idea) “They’re dead already. Run, or you’ll die with them.”
(Talking about his father’s last moments, feeling empty because he knows he is not worthy of his father’s pride) “He spent his last breaths telling me that there was a reason I was spared, that I’d been chosen for something great. Still trying to comfort me, reassure me. Even at the end.”
