Desperate for better results, Warner took advantage of Curtis' father, bringing the child to work and using Curtis as a subject-without his father's permission-although Curtis was quickly returned from the rift. Marek, who was employed at the asylum where Curtis was later committed.
Decades prior, Wyntech discovered a rift leading to "Dimension X" in the basement of their building and sought to use it for monetary gain by selling teleportation technology to the United States government, performing experiments first with animal subjects and later mental patients supplied by the corrupt Dr. Curtis eventually discovers this is all connected to "Threshold," the project his father worked on with Warner. The next day, Therese is found murdered after her date with Curtis, placing more suspicion upon him by the police. Another coworker and best friend, Trevor, is an openly homosexual man, and Curtis admits to his therapist that he is attracted to Trevor.Īfter Curtis' superior Tom is murdered as well, Curtis suspects his boss, Paul Allen Warner, who had threatened Tom during an argument the previous day. While Curtis has been dating his commitment-seeking coworker Jocilyn, he also becomes involved with a more adventurous coworker, Therese, who on a first date introduces him to the local S&M scene. This incident impacts the myriad of other relationships in the office. Though Bob was generally disliked by the whole office, Curtis had expressed the joking desire to kill him and feels apathy towards his death, which leads Curtis to fear he may have murdered Bob in a psychotic break. One day, Curtis' workplace rival, Bob, is found brutally murdered in Curtis' cubicle. Curtis has repressed most of his childhood memories, and over the course of the game he remembers details that suggest his father was murdered by Wyntech for reasons related to the aforementioned project. His mental health problems largely stem from childhood trauma: an abusive mother who committed suicide and a father who, before he died in an auto accident, was working on a top secret project at Wyntech, the same company where Curtis is currently employed.
Curtis regularly has disturbing hallucinations at his office, seeing flashes of gore or getting odd e-mails (for example, one claims to be from Hell offering him a job as a murderer).Ĭurtis was released from a mental institution one year before, and following the onset of his visions, he has regular visits with a therapist.
The player controls Curtis Craig, an introverted 26-year-old man who works at a pharmaceutical company.
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