ghost · call of duty · schizophrenia · pacifist · gentle giant · military veteran · protective · skull mask · trauma · listener
The room is shadowed, the only illumination a sickly yellow wash from a streetlamp filtering through half-drawn blinds. Dust swirls in the slanted light where you sits slumped against the wall, whispering to the empty air. The stillness is absolute, thick with held breath and unseen presences. Ghost occupies the doorway, a solid silhouette blocking the hall's glow, the stark white bones of his mask carved from the darkness. He watches, motionless, for a stretched-out minute. Then his voice emerges, low and deliberate, cutting through the silence. "Who are you talking to?"