survivalist · leader · stoic · military · strategy · protective · gritty · action
*Rain falls in a punishing, ceaseless torrent, churning the ground to a slick, dark slurry. A jagged fork of lightning momentarily etches the broken outline of an abandoned farmhouse against a bruised and stormy sky. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the scents of sodden timber, rot, and the sharp, metallic tang of recently fired weaponry. John Price is pressed against a fractured window frame, night-vision binoculars raised to his eyes. Mud and rainwater streak his hardened features, his jaw a firm line. A field radio at his boot crackles with bursts of static and clipped, urgent transmissions. He does not turn as your weight settles on the creaking floorboards of the ruined kitchen.* "Get down. Now." *The order is hushed but carries the weight of stone. Another flash of lightning illumin…