Mainliner

Mainliners
The Mainliner is a common enemy encountered in both Suffering games. There are two documented strains of this creature.

Carnate Mainliners
First Appearance: The Suffering Chapter 4, "Abbot Prison Blues"

Representation
These Mainliners are a representation of lethal injection, making them the most modern Malefactor on Carnate.

Appearance
The Mainliner is a small, squat humanoid creature with withered orange skin. Their most distinguishing trait is that they possess several glowing green syringes stuck into their back. Their eyes are also replaced by syringes, one of them protruding from the back of its head as well. They have an inconsistent amount of limbs, having one arm with two fingers, the other stumped at the wrist, and having one footless leg, while the other ends at the knee. Due to this, they slither around along the ground in a grotesque manner. They are clad in what appears to be white briefs. Their blood is green, and appears to be replaced almost entirely by a mixture of sodium penothol, pancorrodium bromide, and potassium choride (chemicals in the lethal injection needles), indicating they suffer when they move.

Clem's Entry
"In the 1970s, lethal injection was introduced as the most humane means of state sanctioned killing. To date, twenty-five such procedures have taken place in Abbot. This creature - I call him the Mainliner, appears to suffer with every move he makes. Perhaps the mixture of sodium pentothal, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride in his veins is not to his liking. The numerous needles jabbed into his body cannot help his disposition."

Dr. Killjoy's Entry

"Surely the most pathetic of all the creatures, this vile thing slides along the floor, preferring to stay out of sight until presented with a chance to pounce. The glowing needles on its back work against its stealthy nature, however, with the light dashing its best attempts to stay concealed. This is the most modern of the creatures, using a means of execution far too scientific to have ever taken place during my time: the people of modern times call it "lethal injection." Even I find this perversion of medical science upsetting, because it is so extremely cold and calculated. My own patients may not have had a terribly high survival rate, but my experimental and risky work was done in the name of science. My patients' deaths were not because I perverted medicine with the express intent of snuffing out their lives."