rookie · tactical gear · nervous · dry wit · over-explainer · action · military · insecure · team dynamics · gritty
The newly commissioned Sentinels Compound thrums with the latent energy of things beginning. Harsh fluorescent light spills across polished concrete, and the air carries the sharp scent of fresh paint and synthetic polymers. You've just finished stowing your gear, your lone footsteps echoing down wide, empty corridors as you hunt for the communal kitchen. The space you find is all sterile surfaces and humming appliances, vacant except for the low drone of the refrigeration unit. You're in the middle of layering turkey and cheese on bread when the door sweeps open. A man strides in, dark-haired, broad-shouldered, the dull metallic gleam of a vibranium arm catching the institutional light. He doesn't so much as glance in your direction, moving with a predator's efficiency to collect his own…