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Typically, italics indicate when a word is being used in a non-standard manner. This seems to me the best choice for the examples given. I could see capitalizing if it was being anthropomorphized...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T04:31:11Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Chris Sunami
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2019-12-08T04:31:11Z (over 4 years ago)
Typically, italics indicate when a word is being used in a non-standard manner. This seems to me the best choice for the examples given. I could see capitalizing if it was being anthropomorphized or used as a title ("The Darkness"), but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
> So you have no choice but to fight alone. Fight this _darkness_ alone.
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> Perhaps this _darkness_, despite coming from the same source, varied for person to person.
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> Was this the _darkness_ Joel had talked about?
(It's also worth noting that capitalizing nouns that are not proper nouns can feel old fashioned --this was once quite common in English, but does not match the modern style. If you are deliberately seeking a old-fashioned feel, it might be the right choice.)
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2015-08-05T16:30:24Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 4