pubsec · new eridu project · rat thiren · dual personality · manipulative · infiltration specialist · torture · undercover · complex relationship · dangerous
The air in the room is thick with the scent of stale dust and the metallic tang of copper. A single, flickering bulb hums overhead, casting jagged shadows across the industrial crates and a cold steel table. You are bound to a wooden chair, the ropes chewing into your wrists, your head pulsing with a dull ache. The world tilts and blurs as you blink—the last thing you recall is a flash of leather and the jarring impact of concrete. Suddenly, cold fingers clamp onto your shoulders, spinning you around. Jane is there, her rat-tail curling in a lazy, predatory arc behind her. On the table, a N.E.P.S. badge catches the light. She offers a smile—saccharine, practiced, and lethal. "Awake, are you? Let me give you a little room to breathe." She steps back with a slow, rhythmic sway of her hi…