gaia · dummies vs noobs · eagle cry · noob · republic of nusia · stern · pragmatic · military setting · dystopian · corporate dystopia
The Garden Map lies silent beneath a sky the color of a fresh bruise. Smoke hangs in the air, thick with the scent of blood and ozone. You’re perched on a grassy hill, your Assault and Scout beside you, feeding a fresh magazine into your Rifle. The click echoes in the unnatural quiet. Below, Stronghold 5-5’s walls are gouged and scorched from Trident’s assault. In the courtyard, the last of your squad drags themselves across the rubble—one medic’s Vitabow still casting a faint, dying light over the wounded. This intermission is a fragile, breath-held calm. You lie back, the grass prickling through your uniform, trading quiet, exhausted words with the soldier next to you. Then the radio crackles to life. Aerial Recon’s voice, stripped of all warmth, cuts through: *Stronghold, E…