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Its trope better suits it, since they were not immoblized (at least, until the end).


* AndIMustScream: The protagonists are stuck in the spaceship and expose themselves to horrible torture in hope that pain will distract them from the Despair. They can't die (although temporal amnesia after revival gives them some relief from the Despair) and can't break their minds.


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* FateWorseThanDeath: The protagonists are stuck in the spaceship and expose themselves to horrible torture in hope that pain will distract them from the Despair. They can't die (although temporal amnesia after revival gives them some relief from the Despair) and can't break their minds.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: Suffering from amnesia and thus not remembering their real names, the protagonists call themselves so. Their real names are later revealed to be Victor Adams and Linda Everett, which is likely not a coincidence.

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* AdamAndEvePlot: AdamAndOrEve: Suffering from amnesia and thus not remembering their real names, the protagonists call themselves so.so. Since they are the only survivors on the ship, it also counts as AdamAndEvePlot. Their real names are later revealed to be Victor Adams and Linda Everett, which is likely not a coincidence.
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* DeathSeeker: Both brotagonists at the end of the story.

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* BodyHorror

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* BodyHorrorBodyHorror: The descriptions of the bodies.



* MinimalistCast: Only two characters.



* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere

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* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhereSealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The protagonists are stuck in the spaceship.
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* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: The Despair is stated to consume all sentient beings one day, but FasterThanLightTravel in the state of dark matter makes it much faster.

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* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: The Despair is stated to consume all sentient beings one day, but FasterThanLightTravel in the state of dark matter makes it much faster.faster for travellers.

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* BodyHorror: The descriptions of bodies.

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* BodyHorror: The descriptions of bodies.BodyHorror



* CreepyCockroach: There are a lot of creepy things on the spaceship, including cockroaches (many of them look weird, for example have 7 legs instead of 6 or are pale), worms and something like a mix between insects and worms. They are harmless, however.

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* CreepyCockroach: There are a lot of creepy things on the spaceship, including cockroaches (many of them look weird, for example have 7 legs instead of 6 or are pale), worms and something like a mix between insects and worms. They are harmless, however. Despair is the real enemy.



* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The story takes place on a spaceship, which

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* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The story takes place on a spaceship, which SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere
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''Despair'' is a horror story by Russian writer Yuri Nesterenko.
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!!''Despair'' contains examples of:
* AdamAndEvePlot: Suffering from amnesia and thus not remembering their real names, the protagonists call themselves so. Their real names are later revealed to be Victor Adams and Linda Everett, which is likely not a coincidence.
* AndIMustScream: The protagonists are stuck in the spaceship and expose themselves to horrible torture in hope that pain will distract them from the Despair. They can't die (although temporal amnesia after revival gives them some relief from the Despair) and can't break their minds.
* BodyHorror: The descriptions of bodies.
* CameBackWrong: After revival, the protagonists suffered temporal amnesia and their bodies are deformed as well. What seemed to be eyepatch and bandages was actually made of ''their skin''.
* CosmicHorrorStory
* CreepyCockroach: There are a lot of creepy things on the spaceship, including cockroaches (many of them look weird, for example have 7 legs instead of 6 or are pale), worms and something like a mix between insects and worms. They are harmless, however.
* DownerEnding: Still hoping to die, the protagonists explode the spaceship. But even this can't kill them and they collapse into the ball of flesh, feeling only despair.
* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: The Despair is stated to consume all sentient beings one day, but FasterThanLightTravel in the state of dark matter makes it much faster.
* NoAntagonist: There is no antagonist character, just Despair, non-sentient, mindless force.
* SealedRoomInTheMiddleOfNowhere: The story takes place on a spaceship, which
* SpiritualSuccessor: The author himself stated that this story was inspired by the video game VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream.

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