hold on wait. what if once dark recruited dr iplier to take down mark, the doctor noticed that his neck was broken and offered to fix it. dark doesn’t think it’s worth it since it’s a decaying corpse anyway. but he takes up the offer.
dr iplier maybe promised that it would help get mark. dark being skeptical of course.
but maybe he gets a lot more strength afterwards because he’s not in total agony anymore with the doc’s help.
My favorite thing about this is the date. Like if you hear screams and torture noises coming from this room and it is NOT OCTOBER 4TH then PLEASE DO CALL THE COPS