Story 2
Painting Darkness
Following Ladybug, we take a trip up to Canada, and into the recent past, to join Fred, alongside Eugene Krantz and Arjun Singh in an M-EPIC mission venturing into a remote island in the north of Québec. The agents are informed that another team of agents had gone missing while investigating the island, and they are sent to find out what happened, and try to complete the original team’s mission.
This story dives deep into some of the more abstract unnatural elements from Lovecraft’s mythos, set near a rural company town and the massive caldera lake near by.
Content Warnings: violence, missing persons
Episode 1: Be Prepared
Three agents go missing in the midst of an island wilderness in Northern Quebec, and three more agents are sent in to find them.
Episode 2: There’s Nothing
Our agents explore more of the area, and uncovering some disturbing stories, though they must sift the truth from the lies.
Episode 3: Those Who Fish
The Agents take care of business, find a base of operations, plan their next moves, and enjoy some totally normal fish.
Episode 4: Never Go Alone
The agents embark for the Island, and for the first time feel the absolute isolation of that wilderness.
Episode 5: Turn Back Time
Following in the footsteps of the missing, the agents pick up the scent. It just takes a little elbow grease.
Episode 6: Going Deeper
Resigned to the facts, the agents make a plan for climbing deeper into the hilly wilderness to find the missing people.
Episode 8: No Way Home
The agents resolve to push on in the face of a sabotaged vessel, and make a very interesting discovery...
Episode 9: In Between Dreams
Finally in the Alpha Squad camp, the agents take some time to recalibrate, understand their surroundings, and devise a plan of attack, but they are greeted by some interesting dreams...
Episode 10: The Stone House
The agents descend the mountain from their cave and pay a little visit to their friends from Kronos.
Episode 11: Opening the Unseen
The agents meet the crew of Kronos-1, exchange some blows, and learn more about the bizarre plague affecting the island.
Episode 12: The Ashen Maw
The conclusion to Painting Darkness. The M-EPIC agents take the plunge and head into the mouth of darkness itself to confront whatever lies below.