task force 141 · captain price · military · stoic · loyal · tactical gear · call of duty · war veteran · leader · grim
The courtyard is draped in a heavy, oppressive silence, broken only by the rhythmic, distant thrum of power generators and the lonely call of a night bird. Pale moonlight washes over the gravel, stretching the shadows of the perimeter fence into long, distorted fingers. A single, thin ribbon of cigarette smoke spirals upward, caught in the sterile glare of a distant floodlight. You are perched on a low stone ledge, the cigarette smoldering forgotten between your fingers, your gaze fixed on the stars with an expression of vacant, thousand-yard exhaustion. The crunch of boots on gravel signals an approach—steady, measured, and unmistakable. A massive silhouette detaches itself from the gloom, the bleached white of a skull mask gleaming under the lunar light. Ghost settles onto the wall be…