#finlay swtd

[beauisoffline]

swtd headcannons!!

Caz is a complete emotional drunk. Suze once even found him hugging a cabinet, swearing he wouldn’t leave it alone ever again.

Roy always used to bake with his aunt when he was little. The baking turned gears to cooking after Roy’s diabetes diagnosis.

Finlays son is in his late 20’s/early 30’s, and is in the Air Force.

Rennick actually has 3 grandchildren.

Caz used to run track (mostly hurdles) in school before he went to boxing, hence why he’s so fast, and can vault/jump over things with ease.

(May not be a headcannon) Raffs is an apprentice under Brodie supervision.

In the beginning of Raffs apprenticeship, he actually didn’t trust Brodie a lot, leading to Brodie promising he’d look after him.

The crew (besides Trots, McLurg, and Rennick) has all secretly created a Addair hate club. Surprisingly (maybe not), Sunil is the original creator of the club.

Muir really enjoys the beach, and tends to walk around finding shells, and ironically, hermit crabs.

O’Connor is a cat guy, and has 2 tuxedo cats back on the mainland he named Houdini and Shela.

Bruce loves sharks. He doesn’t really tell anyone else or else he will yap their ear off.

Finlay avoids the smell of onions like the black plague. She’ll only tolerate the smell if they are cooked in any way to minimize the stench.

Alex answers almost any question about his action with “your mom” when he’s with Sunil

Sunils mother died when he was 3 from a lung infection he has yet to know what caused it in the first place.

Innes tried to dye his hair red with a drink mix he found, accidentally staining his hands and forehead red for at least a week.

During said week- Muir refused to hold were Innes held, as it felt oddly sticky because of the juice packet.

ask for any specific characters for headcannons!!

[marcosfeathers]

First time posting here so idk what I'm doing but I want to participate since I'm hyperfixating on Still Waked The Deep and Outlast SO BAD.

So take some Finlay drawings :3 (ft my oc which I might post more of later)

[glassandhamsandwich]

Could you draw the Shape being scared of Finlay please?

That thang is shaking and dying and withering away

I need to draw Finlay more she's so cool.....

[milestonekestrel]

STILL WAKES THE DEEPERS COME GET YOUR DINNER!!!

[BODY HORROR AND FLASHING WARNING]

Thoughts under the cut (it gets lengthy)!

So.. we´re finally here huh? Took me a little over a week, but its done at last!

I´ll be honest, the idea first came to me when I listened to the song. I was brainrotting so bad on Still Wakes the Deep, I think I could´ve twisted anything into being about it haha. But this song actually fits it super well. ¨You lose touch with all the things that made you feel sane.¨ fits especially well with Caz, as everything that sort of grounds him on the rig during the shape infestation, the things that make him feel sane (mostly his friends) are all things he loses. In many cases, right in front of him. He also loses his family, as he realizes hes never going to get back to them, and, at the end, he loses himself too.

I tried to draw Caz´s hair progressively worse as his mental and physical state do. At his very best, particularly in the flashbacks at the end, his hair is shaped very specifically. But the more he goes through, the worse it gets, until at the very end where its just a tangled mess. Also his emotions, obviously towards the end he is still super emotional and stuff but I had hoped to sort of make it more...subdued? Maybe that´s not the right word, but he´s been through so much that his reactions aren´t as big to things, he doesn´t quite have the enough energy. He still Goes Through It with Finlay, but after that he´s giving you a constant 5000 yard stare. The, ¨I just watched every single one of my closest friends die in front of me¨ look.¨

Even when he gets to the derrick, he can only stare at the shape abyss.

He´s also in terrible physical condition and I tried to illustrate that with the scene of him standing up after Finlay dies. He is literally on his last legs, he is so, so tired.

also!! three flashy sequences in very quick succession at the end! do you know why? because Caz starts to See. The first, after Brodie dies, is a bunch of unique images about Caz. The people, things, and parts of himself that he is losing or has lost. Accompanied by other things, parts of himself, his life, etc.

There´s also these two images of Muir and Innes that I love very much.

The second one happens as he holds the lighter above the oil abyss! This ones just people he lost. And the third is everything that happened in the pmv flashing before his eyes. Because it is Quite a journey he has been on.

But you know why these flash? because Caz realizes that every step he is taking is one step closer to his death. Because he realizes that he is never going to get off the rig. because he realizes that he is going to die here. So hes thinking about Everything. His life, his family, friends, the horrors he went through, the things he lost and the things he will never, ever get back.

He also hallucinates Suze a lot in the pmv, but unlike in the game its not flashback sequences and she is not normal Suze. Until the end, when he´s reflecting on his life, its Suze With Tendrils!! Shape infected wife!!

and then at the end, she becomes more normal. Because he is flashing through the events of his life. also because he misses her, but he knows that by doing what he is doing, Shape Suze will never, ever exist. She will be safe.

I had a fun time drawing all the scenes in the pmv, but a select few are my favorite.

For example: The Beira D Bookends!

At the beginning and the end of the pmv, you get a full shot of the Beira D!

I like these scenes because I love having secret things like this. The bookends,,, ough do u guys get it they´re bookends... The Beira D is where it all takes place, in the game, and in the pmv. It is the first and last thing you see as Caz, and the first and last thing he sees in the 24 hours this takes place in. It is a very significant location, which is why it bookends the pmv.

Addair and Caz at the Stack:

Getting to animate this whole sequence was a blast. It´s my absolute favorite part of the game! Followed closely by the ending, but still my most favorite. I just think its a really cool part of the game, and it plays a lot into my Addair headcanons so!!! pretty sick!!

Caz´s Memories:

After he drops the lighter, Caz and his family are shown again. You can see him and Suze reconnecting (as well as the fact that I yoinked @inky-ash´s headcanon about them meeting up after he got punched in the face). He also plays with a young Cait. and drawing the hug between them just about made my eyes misty, because he really loves his family,,,, auuuughh,,,

also. the wedding photo.

I didnt really try with their outfits honestly, but I still really love how this came out. the wedding photo means so much to me...

The Lighter:

a little extra bit about the lighter. I drew when it was handed to Finlay, and when she handed it back to Caz. There´s no real scene parellells between these scenes, but I do really love them, and the whole fact that the Lighter was originally given to Finlay before she gave it back to Caz.

The Scene That Is Most Definitely Not A Reference:

Just kidding. it is.

The pose and composition is indeed a self-indulgent reference to the first artwork I made of Still Wakes The Deep!

Sinking:

The first time you see Caz in the pmv? He´s unconscious in the ocean, and sinking.

and the last time you see him? Unconcious, in an ocean, and sinking.

boy I sure do love parallels and things.

The Helmet:

at the very end, his helmet appears in the waves, before sinking below the surface. This is another self-indulgent little detail that serves as a nod to my headcanon!

I also just generally enjoyed drawing Caz and his facial expressions. That man means so much to me, so it was awesome to draw him so much!

also, I think its funny you can tell exactly when I figured out what the Cadal logo looks like, or that there even was a logo on the uniforms.

If you watched the pmv, or read this far, thank you so much!! This game means so much to me, and I´m so glad I could make this pmv. I love all the support this fandom has given me so far, so thank you! Thank you so much! Couldn´t have done this without such an awesome fandom <333

[randomhedgie]

More SWTD Second Chance AU Thoughts!

Obviously, the crew can't just all stop working on the rig (despite no one but Caz being ok to work), so characters like Finlay, Addair, and Gibbo have to work, or else the rig would break down.

Roper threatens to throw anyone who tries to start the drill overboard. Brodie threatens to do the same to anyone that mentions Raffs going in the dive bell.

The crew is fairly divided on whether or not to tell Caz about what happened 'yesterday'. One side thinks he went through enough for them all, and it would be kinder to let him live in ignorance. The other side wants to tell him to see if it'll jog his memory so he can tell them what the hell he did to restart the day.

(The answer would be nothing. He'd be as confused as everyone else.)

After the day shift ends, there's a long line of people at the radio room waiting to call their loved ones. Gibbo is the first one there.

The crewmates' memories of 'yesterday' end at their deaths, so Innes has no idea about the chopper crashing or Rennick turning (or Muir carrying him around for hours).

But most people remember how hard Caz tried to save them all. O'Connor and Trots both remember vividly how Caz apologized for not being able to help them.

Once Trots is finished with his panic attack, he goes to the radio room to start calling in every favor he has with the NSOWU to get the Beira decommissioned.

The darts finale is postponed until further notice.

[finlay-papers]

Drawing a shitty meme with Finlay and I'm HOLLERING. Why did I choose to do this

[marythekumquat]

Cheese??

THERE. YOU SEE WHAT YOU DID, ANON. YOU SEE WHAT YOUVE DONE TO THEIR POOR PRE-BOOMER BRAINS!? This is exactly how people in the seventies would react to this kind of shit. I’m just a millennial-gen z cusp who doesn’t understand this stuff.

I couldn’t fit O’Connor and Gibbo in but that’s GOOD. They don’t need to see this.

It was the music that made the video unbearable to me.

[squiddssy]

FINLAY HEAD CANNONS YAY!!!

• She's absolutely one of the smartest members on the Beira. Honestly, I'm not quite sure if it's ever mentioned in the game, but Finlay seems to catch on to a lot of things quickly, there's no hiding anything from her. I DO however remember this voice line, "After that explosion, he got oil or something on him and he just, I don't know ... he freaked out ... went for me! He's still out there." Even at the beginning of the game she knew something was up!!

• Finlay's a bigger woman, no questions asked. I believe I've seen another headcanon on here saying she's around 6'2, and I whole heartly agree with that. I might actually draw her some other time to show how I see her, but I personally think she's definitely more heavyset. I mean, even in the game her character is bigger than others.

• Adding on to the last one, Finlay's actually really strong, while you may not see it much due to the bulky uniform or the fat on her body, she's definitely got a decent bit of muscle definition. I wouldn't quite say she's ripped, but she's absolutely muscular.

• I feel like the guy's would try and challenge her to an arm wrestle and she'd win nearly, if not, every time. It's not that the boys on the rig underestimate her, quite the opposite, actually. The arm wrestling thing is more so for fun, or for the title of being the one who somehow managed to beat Finlay at her own game.

• Okay, I can't actually think of any interactions we have with her that back up this one, but I also saw a headcanon somewhere saying Finlay might've had younger brothers and was the oldest out of all of her siblings, she's used to being around boys, especially rowdy ones, so I wanna say she'd think of some of the other crew members in a similar way to her brothers.

• She's the type of person you go to when you're upset. Finlay doesn't seem like the type to sugarcoat anything, if you need advice she's going to be brutally honest because she knows the truth is what you need to hear more than anything. Remember that one interaction at the end of the game? Where she's telling Caz to blow up the rig? Yeah, she was completely right, and he knew it.

• OKAY, OKAY, LAST ONE!! At the beginning of the game there's dialogue with Finlay where she says she's in need of a smoke, that being said, I think after awhile of running around on the rig she'd have to take some breaks. As a bigger person myself with respiratory issues, I can say it's not a lot of fun running all over the place. I don't think she'd have asthma per say, but she's a middle aged smoker. She's gonna need to stop and catch her breath. (Not sure if this one actually makes that much sense but it's whatever,,,)

Note: This is actually my first post on Tumblr,,, hehe,,, STWD has taken over my life and I'm here for it. Honestly I had a lot of fun writing this so if anyone wants to see more headcanons you're more than welcome to request them!!

Also if anyone knows the account that has the head cannons I mentioned please lmk so I can credit them!! I'm pretty sure I follow them but it's late and I don't necessarily feel like looking right now,,

EDIT: I FOUND THEM!!! The person who inspired me to make this post was @/beauisoffline ,, not sure how they feel about strangers @'ing them so i added the slash :d, anyways,, make sure you check out their posts aswell if you haven't already!

[beauisoffline]

inncorect quotes! (still wakes the deep edition pt. 1 maybe??)

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Sunil as a child: I can’t wait to grow up and have cool adventures! Sunil now: I can’t wait to go to bed.

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Caz: Remember that time you dared me to lick a swingset? O'Conner: No, I said "Caz, don't lick that swingset" and you said "Don't tell me what to do" and licked the swingset.

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Finlay: How petty can you get? Rennick: I once edited a Wikipedia article to win an argument I was wrong about.

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Gibbo: Hey, how did my phone break? Trots: You were drunk yesterday. Gibbo: And? Rennick: You threw it. Gibbo: Why? Raffs: You turned on airplane mode and kept screaming “FLY DAMN YOU!” Gibbo: And why didn’t you stop me?! Caz: We were busy laughing our asses off.

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Caz: My heart is guarded but like… very poorly. The kind of guards that would let 3 kids in a trench coat into an R rated movie.

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Roy: I have an idea. Suze: A good idea? Roy: Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

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Finlay: Ladies, gentlemen and Rennick, I want to show you the greatest thing your eyes have ever beheld! Roy: A llama? Finlay: No. Roy: A baby llama? Finlay: No! Roy: A baby llama with a little hat on? Finlay: NO!

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Brodie: You look like a corpse that was just pulled out of the river. Caz: Wrong. I look like a cool rock star who just OD'd in their own pool. Big difference.

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Innes: Hey, random question, what are your favorite flowers? Muir: Peonies, why? Innes: Muir: Were you going to get me flowers? Innes: Muir: Innes: ᶦᵗ’ˢ ᵃ ᵖᵒˢˢᶦᵇᶦˡᶦᵗʸ

[instaquarius]

Flatcolor Commission for @browneyedsaiyangirl of her OC Dino and Finlay from Still Wakes The Deep

[boxjellyjelly]

Do you happen to have any headcannons regarding O'Connor and his friends? They live rent free in my head right now

Gotta admit, i do really hope they release maybe like a dlc or a short part two game that just focuses on the crew and their lives, because O'Connor and Gibbo, despite having only a few lines actually seem like they have lots of cool lore! Especially Gibbo (him talking about beasts, flashing lights etc)

Anyways! Heres a few headcanons of Gibbo, O'Connor, Trots, Finlay and Caz! **SPOILERS!!**

O'Connor

- i think lots of people think Mary is O'Connors wife, but I actually think hes talking about his daughter! Someone on the SWTD reddit said the ones who turn into The Shape are sort of traumatized or broken in some way, and the shape seems to lure/sedate its victims by making it think someone they care about is talking to them, so my mind immediately goes to O'Connor had a wife who either died or left and Mary is all he has. Poor guy :(

- I feel like he would be the type to go up to Trots when they first meet and ask if he can "see how blind" Trots is by trying on his glasses lol (he means well though!!)

- Poor man has night terrors like nobodies business. I like to think hes had night terrors the week leading up to what happens in the game about The Shape, but in very vague ways. Has probably told Trots or Gibbo about them as a joke.

Gibbo

- Again, a lot of people on reddit speculate that people who are traumatized or broken, I think his father left him or maybe just isnt a very great guy, since he tells Caz to tell his mom he'll be home soon, and since his ramblings sometimes sound like something an angry/neglectful father would say to a kid. I think Gibbo def gives off mamas boy vibes

- BIG. OLE. SOFTIE!!!! Definitely is the one who hung up all the christmas decor, and helped Dobbie with decorating their shared cabin.

- Definitely has seen some weird shit that Rennick has told him to stuff down, the "flashing lights" in the ocean, creatures that come up that he chalks up to being weird sea creatures so he can sleep peacefully at night

- I feel like in a weird way, he would survive the explosion and make his way to the main land, maybe to see his mom again or to try an find help

Trots

- I personally fucking adore Trots, he feels like the dad friend of the crew, the type that goes up to the crew when Rennick is up their asses and tells them to stand up for what they think is right.

- Always making passive aggressive comments around Rennick, Caz and Roy are always having to break the two up when they get into heavily heated arguements

- In his infected form, i think it shows a lot about the stresses he has as a union person and as a person in general. He feels like hes always having to clean up peoples messes, make sure things are working the way he should be, I feel like he puts on a composed face infront of everybody but is heavily stressed by his duties to keep everyone from getting killed

- I think he likes melancholy music :] soft and sad tunes that you can take a nap to while it rains outside

Finlay

- Can throw back shots like nobodies business, Caz and Muir are constantly doing drinking games with her and she always wins (though the hangover afterwards for her is more of a lose than anything)

- Constantly messing with Addair by getting into political battles and not giving him any satisfaction in seeing her get angry or anything, will sometimes just throw in random hyper-exaggerated takes to see him get mad

- As we seen from the paper, an absolute fucking wizard at darts, like, to the point where if shes drunk as all hell shes still able to hit multiple middles in a row

- Has nightmares too, but about her son. I cant imagine how hard it was for her to make it past the Shape hearing her son singing and calling out to her :((

- I feel like shes also pretty close with Roy, goes out for smoke breaks with him and stuff like that

Caz

- Double jointed. Maybe im just projecting onto him but the way his legs hurt from like THE SMALLEST OF FALLS is some double jointed problems shit. That being said, he totally does that bending-finger-back party trick for the crew, Trots tries to warn him against doing it but the look of disgust and suprise on the crews face will always make him do it again lol

- Was accidentally the first person to find out about Muir and Innes's relationship. He caught them kissing in the mud room, ever since then hes tried to be like,,,, overly accepting to the point where every time Innes and Muir are walking together he gives them a thumbs up like a dork

- Keeps his hair long despite Rennick and Addairs comments because Suize likes it that way (you cannot tell me Caz doesnt like getting his hair pulled lmao he is WHIPPED for that lady)

- I like to think his afterlife is him haunting his house, i know that may sound shitty but i want that man to be able to watch his weans grow up :(((

[colorpuzzled]

HAII I NOTICED YOU LIKED SWTD could i request a Finlay doodle,, i just think she would look so silly in your style

idk how to draw her but i ljke her so bad

[milestonekestrel]

Finlay and Caz Brodie Caz Against the World

Fandom: Still Wakes the Deep

If things had just gone a little different during the end, what would change?

story under the cut (angst, blood, and death cw!)

¨Finlay!¨ 

Caz shouted, trying to catch up to her. The rig shifted constantly beneath him, and the shipping containers slid over the rain-slick ground. Once or twice, they nearly hit him. Rain beat down on him, and he regularly had to blink water from his eyes. 

Ahead of him, Finlay fled through an open container. He tried to catch up to her, or stop her, but she seemed dead set on destroying the rig.

¨Finl–¨ The ground beneath him trembled, and he heard a sound like tearing metal. It stopped him in his tracks. He didn't have time to call out to her again when he was knocked off his feet. ¨s-shite– HELP!¨

And it was despite herself that, when Finlay heard this, she stopped and turned around. 

Behind her, it was like someone was tearing the deck in half. The part beneath Caz was slanting sharply downwards and breaking off. At the mercy of the rain and gravity, Caz was swept away, towards the edge. She saw him struggle to stop himself, and when he disappeared over the edge, for half-a-second, she thought he was dead. Then she heard him.

¨FINLAY, HELP ME!¨

He had grabbed onto a pole stuck fast under some debris and was holding on for dear life. He couldn´t pull himself up on his own, and the rig was still falling apart, but now it was basically on top of him. ¨F-FUCK, FINLAY!¨ He cried.

Finlay didnt know why she was hesitating, it would be pointless to go help him. They were going to die anyway, maybe it would be better for him to go out quickly, in the ocean. 

¨FINLAY!¨ he yelled her name again.

And she turned and ran. 

The rig was buckling, Finlay avoided debris as she ran. 

It was pointless, they were going to die anyway.

¨HELP!¨

It was pointless– 

Things slid across the ground, Finlay saw them pulled towards the edge. Large things. 

She gripped the lighter tighter in her hand. 

They were going to–

There was a crash, and a loud scraping sound. Caz was going numb from the rain and the exertion. He didn't want to fall in the ocean. Not again. Please, not again. 

He was going to yell for Finlay again, but his breath caught in his throat as things crashed down from above. Shipping containers, barrels, and other things plummeted to the ocean beside him. The splashes sprayed him with freezing water, chilling him down to the bone. It was all he could do to hold on, try not to fall or get hit, but it got exponentially harder as something big hit the debris pile. It went right through, tearing the rig like it was paper. The pole tipped, dragged through the opening with everything else, and Caz was taken with it. 

Only he didn't fall yet, because as he was violently flung upwards with the pole, a barrel rolled off a crumbling platform above him. There was nothing he could do– he didn't even have time to let go before it got to him. He cracked his head against it, hard, and then he was out. 

And he was falling, and there was nothing he could do about it. The ocean surged upwards beneath him, like it wanted to swallow him whole, and he was going to fall in and sink and nothing was going to stop it.

Except–

¨CAZ!¨

Except something did. 

Finlay held onto him by the collar, it was all she could grab, and she'd barely done it in time. She needed her other hand to brace herself against something, to keep her from following Caz into the depths. 

She shouldn't have done this. They were supposed to die anyway, she shouldn't have saved him.

But she had, and it cost her the lighter. 

She didn't see it fall, but it was gone now, she knew that. 

But she wouldn't worry about it now. If she wanted to save Caz, she needed to do it now, before they were both crushed. Or worse. 

¨Caz! Can you hear me?¨ He wasn't responsive, his head listed awkwardly to the side, and she wasn't even completely certain he was still alive. 

But she hoped, because this couldn't have been for nothing too. 

Fuck, it would be easier if he was awake. She had to pull him up, but the ground was unstable beneath her, and doing anything to add extra pressure could cause it to collapse. 

All the more reason to just pull him up already. He wanted to be careful, but she didn't have time. Things were still breaking. Behind her, she had seen the remains of the collapsed crane, right where she would've been standing if–

No. She couldn't think about that right now. She needed to get Caz back onto the deck. 

So, without any time to plan or think or process, Finlay planted her feet and, as quickly as she could muster, grabbed Caz with both hands and yanked him up onto the deck. For a heartbeat, she wobbled precariously, and she was certain she was going to die, but then the momentum reached her. 

She could not fight it– her and Caz were flung backwards. She released him and fell backwards, rolling over herself a couple times before finally settling on her side. She coughed, blinking the rain from her eyes. Ahead of her was Caz, flat on his back. Finlay´s breath caught– it didn't even look like he was breathing. 

¨Shite! Caz–¨ she scrambled over to him. ¨Caz youre no gonnae do this to me!¨ she said, propping him up with one arm. He was still out cold, and her heart sank when she saw the blood. Christ, there was too much! Was– could he survive that? 

¨No- no, Caz.¨ she shook him gently, ¨Fuck– I swear to god if you–¨ her voice wavered. 

She looked down, ¨If you just made me do all that and ye fuckin die on me, Caz I´m gonnae fucking kill you.¨ 

Her nose burned with the scent of iron, it wasn´t just Caz, it was her too. She felt it, something on her shoulder. It burned, but she tried to ignore it now. 

She finally managed to look at Caz´s face, and she smiled a grim smile. ¨Fuck– It is just like you to knock some sense into me and then die. At least Brodie stuck around for a while, but you, Caz? You´re a fucking– fuckin bastard.¨ The smile failed, and she hung her head. ¨Fucking– just wake up. Okay? Would you just– just wake up. Please..¨

And she gave up, because, like everyone else on the oil rig, Caz was dead–

There was a cough. 

–Or not. 

She sat up, her heart leaping into her throat. Beneath her, Caz fell into a coughing fit. She helped him sit up, and hack out whatever it was– half his lungs, it sounded like. And when he stopped coughing, he laid back against her arm and barely opened his eyes. 

¨ugh….¨ he groaned, ¨I feel like shite..¨ 

He closed his eyes and tried to sit up again, but he couldn´t, so he just looked at Finlay. It was a doomed sort of look that he gave her. 

¨You´re a fuckin asshole,¨ she managed to say.

¨Aye..¨ He shifted, ¨Listen– Finlay, I– I think you were right.¨

With her help, he actually managed to sit up. His head swam, and there were spots in his vision. ¨I saw… Christ, I don't know what I saw, but you were right. This– this– the thing can´t escape.. It can´t. It can´t.¨

Finlay looked down, ¨A lot of good that does us now, Caz. I lost the lighter.¨

Caz´s brow furrowed, he stared hard at the ground. 

¨I–I think You may be able to get off this rig.¨ 

She scoffed, ¨Get off this rig? Caz, you´re delusional!¨

¨But look!¨ He got to his feet, it just about took all his strength, ¨T-the lights, the buzzing– someone's gotta have seen it!¨ He rubbed one of his temples, ¨It's so loud, Finlay… someone's got to hear that..¨

¨Fine, then, say someone does see it. How are we getting to them? We have no boats– nothing! Did you like swimming the first time?¨

¨Fu…Finlay, get a bit creative,¨ He looked around the deck, ¨I'm sure you can– you can find something.¨ 

She crossed her arms, she wanted to keep objecting, but for what? They had no lighter, and they were running out of time. They were gonnae sink anyway. It was all so hopeless… Maybe she wanted to entertain the idea. 

She hefted a sigh, ¨Fine, but you're helping me. I don´t care of you bonked youre head, you're–¨

Caz looked at her. Her eyes were a bit glassy, she noticed. 

¨No..¨

She paused, then, in the tone of an angry parent ¨No?¨

¨No, Finlay i'm no… I´m no going with you..¨

¨..What.¨

¨I´m staying–¨

¨Fuck you think youre talking about? Course you're coming with me! You think i´m just gonnae leave you here because you hit your head? Fucking cockroach like you´s survived worse than that!¨

Caz winced, Finlay didn't notice. ¨I'm gonna need someone who believes me when I come back here to destroy this thing! Can't do that if I´m alone, can I?¨

Maybe she just didn't want anyone else to die. Maybe she was tired of it. Maybe she just wanted to go home.

¨Finlay, you won´t need to come back.¨

She stopped and drew in a breath. 

¨You´re no pulling this shit with me, Caz McLeary. I will carry you if I have to.¨ 

¨Christ, Finlay, look at me! L-look.. Look at that!¨ He pointed to the blood pooling at his feet, it was constantly being washed away by the rain, but she'd noticed it. She´d tried not to, but she did. She balled her hands into fists. ¨No one survives that, Finlay, that's– that's not..¨ He coughed, ¨Even if I get on a boat i´ll no make it to the mainland. Someone… someone has to destroy that thing. I´m… it's got– got to be me.¨

¨Caz I´m no letting you do that.¨

¨It has… it has to be me.. It has to.¨ 

¨Why?! Who fucking decided that? Why does it have to be you? Why–¨

¨I'm dying, Finlay… I can feel it. I–it fucking hurts.¨

She opened her mouth to respond, but she couldn't find anything to say. 

¨You stay on this rig, you´ll.. You´ll die. Out there, you´ve got a chance. Small, maybe, but it's… something..¨ he shrugged, ¨You can get back.. see your family.¨

¨That's–¨ her voice wavered, even as she tried her hardest to stop it, ¨I´m no leaving you. If you get to a hospital–¨

¨Who´s delusional now, Finlay?¨ He spread his arms out, ¨Look at where we are right now. I don´t think I´d last very long in the water or on a boat. But you– you´re alright… you´re… you can still escape.¨

She blinked to keep her eyes clear, ¨F-fuck you.¨ she pushed the heels of her hands into her eyes, ¨..It wasnt supposed to go like this,¨ she muttered, ¨Fuck, I was supposed to– I was–¨

Caz stopped her, ¨Fuck, Finlay. Everyone was supposed to do something. Suze was supposed to marry someone else. I was supposed to be arrested. Roy was supposed to protect me, I– I was supposed to save him, Cadal was supposed to keep their fucking rig up to code– we were all supposed to go home.. for Christmas. And look at where we are now. Its fucked. Its all so… fucked up.. But who– ´supposed to´ gets us nowhere now. If you must, though, i´ll tell you what you´re supposed to do now, Finlay. Go Home.¨ He paused, trying to catch his breath, ¨Go ho– be with your son.¨

Finlay looked at him, desperately trying to keep her emotions in check. She couldn't do this. She had to be strong. She had to fucking... be brave. 

¨I–¨

¨Christ, Finlay, if you're no going to do this for yourself do it for me!¨ his breath caught, ¨S-someone has to tell Suze– someone has to tell her– tell her I love her! And that i´m sorry! Someone… Fuck, someone has to tell her..¨ He hugged himself and wiped one eye, though it didn't help. Both of them were soaked through from the rain and blood. 

¨You can´t, Caz..¨ 

Caz closed his eyes, ¨Finlay–¨

¨No– you– you can´t. Caz I don't have the lighter..¨

He took a second, and then, almost agonizingly slowly, he reached into one of his pockets and pulled something out, ¨No, you didn´t.¨

Finlay gawked at it. He had it. The lighter– he had it. 

¨You fucking caught it.¨ her shoulders shook with a disbelieving laugh. 

He shook his head, ¨Not on purpose.¨

She crossed her arms, ¨Since when do you believe in signs from god?¨

He gave her a grim smile, ¨I don´t.¨

She just looked at it, and failed, for what must be the millionth time today, to come up with any words. 

¨I-I don't know how much.. How much time I can give you.. But I'll try, Finlay. I´ll try and wait.¨ She started shaking her head again, but he continued, ¨ Y-you just need to get.. off the rig. Get on debris or something, I don't know... Just find a way off, please. Someone.. You have to go back.¨

He turned around, wobbling on his feet, to look at the shape´s tower. It made the fire in his head burn hotter. The sight and the…. the sound of it. He averted his eyes, ¨I–¨

He couldn't finish. Finlay cut him off, pulling him into a slightly painful embrace. Caz felt her shaking. He felt them both shaking. 

¨I hate you,¨ she said into his shoulder, ¨I´ll no forgive you for this.¨

Caz did his best to hug her back, but his limbs were sluggish, ¨Aye.. I know.¨ He winced again when she pulled away, ¨Tell Suze I–¨

¨That you love her, I know.¨

He gave a small, almost pitiful smile. Finlay merely turned around. There was nothing else to say, nothing– nothing else. 

Fighting off the burning in her eyes, she started walking away. Towards the jagged edge of the deck. She didn´t see, but Caz turned around and started walking, too. And neither looked back, neither saw the other´s mask slip, and neither saw the other stumble, or slip, or cry. 

In fact, neither saw the other again after that. 

Finlay managed to find something. It was stupid, and reckless, and she'd probably just die out there anyway. She wanted to, even. She wanted to die because she'd just let Caz go. She didn't do anything to stop him… she just let him give up. 

But she needed to try, she needed to try for him. For Suze. And the girls. Because he was right, he was fucking right… they had to know. 

So did Brodie´s family, and Roy´s… and everyone else´s who died on the rig. She had to do this for them. Be brave.. for them. 

She did not see when the end came for Caz, nor the ensuing explosion. She closed her eyes, she felt it, but she did not see it. She didn't want to. She was far enough away to avoid being majorly injured, but not far enough to remain unaffected. The blast shoved her and lots of other debris violently out into the sea, and she hung on for dear life, trying to keep herself from getting any wetter.

This was stupid– she was going to die out here. 

That's what she was thinking. That this would all be for nothing, that she was going to die, and that it had all always been for nothing. As her body grew numb, and as her eyelids grew heavy. It was all for nothing. All for nothing..

All… for nothing..

All…

For..

Nothing..

She opened her eyes again to bright lights. Stupid– way too bright. It made her eyes burn. 

She didn't close them, though. 

Was she dead?

She tried to feel around. She was still on something hard, but– fuck. Her body hurt like hell. Did being dead really hurt so much?

Using all the strength she could muster, Finlay sat up. Wind whipped against her face and hair, faster than she expected, and all she could see around her was the ocean. 

But, she wasn’t floating in the ocean. Where— was this a boat?

“OI!” A voice startled her, she tried to find it, but the rapid movement… she felt so dizzy.. “The Lady’s awake!”

Someone was there, at her side. Everything felt so far away… who was that? Was he speaking?

She was so tired…

Caz..

Caz, where was Caz?

“Are you- hey, can you hear me?”

“Caz….” She kept looking around. Was she falling? It felt like she was falling. “Where’s…? I need to… I need to call….. my son.”

Whoever it was beside her was talking still. Was that Caz..?

She was laying down again. Where was she..? Where was…

Her promise. She’s promised Caz to talk to Suze. Caz… wherever he was… 

Suze. She needed to call Suze.

Call Suze…

Call..

“..Suze….”

[finlay-papers]

Genuinely euthanize me.

[marythekumquat]

Discord totally inspired me to do this. And I’m so happy I did.

SCOOBY. He’s not just a snack for Rennick’s big fat head, he’s also the rigs BABY. okay? He’s a CHILD and he deserves love.

So with that, I’ve made some headcanons for him.

Full name is Bryce Goldie as you can see, but I’ll say it again just for shits and gigs.

He got his nickname because he can do a perfect Scooby Doo impression, and yes, he does it all the time.

He LOVES the ladies.

He’s 21 years old.

He’s a proud LEO ♌️

He’s best friends with Raffs. They are the extrovert/introvert combo that get silly. They’re close to the same age, too.

(For me personally) his theme song is stucco from bbno$ (when you listen you’ll understand lmaooo)

He’s a wild child goof goober and has no regrets

He’s a roustabout, but REALLY wants to be an electrician. He gets lots of knowledge from Caz and Gibbo.

Finlay is usually the one to scold him for being a goof, because she wants to protect him from Rennick’s bullshit.

He’s new. He started when Caz did. They came to the Beira on the helicopter together, and yes, Scooby blabbed to Caz the whole time about nothing.

Scooby was almost to the chopper when it crashed. He was actually doing really well for himself until bighead Rennick ruined that. 😢 (he went through a lot of shit just to get there, too)

He’s a short king. 5.6 ft

Sometimes he just walks into the kitchen with Roy and starts eating what he’s cooking, doesn’t say anything. Just says bye when he’s done and leaves. Roy’s used to it and lets him do his thing.

Has a litter of nieces and nephews he loves and talks about with everyone. He’s the baby of his family, too.

Will try not to, but will cry if you yell at him. So don’t do that.

Has no qualms with anyone. He just exists to be a ray of sunshine.

He’s a bit of a whiner. Hates work. But loves the money.

His mom’s letters spam the mail when it comes in. She’s always writing to him and he’s so over it.

(Edit: it’s come to my attention he might be named Hector Scooby. It’s still all speculation, but either Bryce or Hector is cool with me)

[wkmdwmhwmiswm]

i made a very low effort meme. also i decided to keep him blonde!!! <3