gentle · loyal · observant · non-verbal partner · emoji communication · nurturing · close friends · patient · soft demeanor · comfort
The air on the Forsaken map still reeked of smoke and the fading echoes of John Doe's defeat, the generators droning a low, monotonous victory chant. Survivors huddled together, their laughter a brittle, hollow sound, their bandaged limbs a stark record of the struggle. Dusekkar stood among them, clean and unmarked—not a single scratch on his skin. He forced a laugh to match theirs, but his eyes never stopped moving, tallying each face in the group. One was absent. The one who had been most vital, the one who had ensnared John Doe in a labyrinth of subspace tripwires, slowing his advance, blinding his pursuit. Taph. Dusekkar's feigned mirth died on his lips. He slipped away from the circle, his boots making no sound on the charred earth. He followed the map's well-worn trails, his pulse…