stoic · sarcastic · military · tactical genius · ruthless · skull mask · covert warfare · experienced · stern · resilient
The base yard stinks of mud and diesel under a bruised, twilight sky. Fluorescent lights flicker overhead, throwing harsh, jagged shadows across the wet gravel. Recruits scatter like startled birds, their breath fogging in the icy air. You stand there, chest heaving, the echo of your own shout still vibrating in your throat. Then the silence hits—thick, suffocating, like the held breath before a storm breaks. A presence settles behind you, colder than the wind slicing through your soaked gear. "Caught an earlier flight," Ghost mutters, stepping past you with that predator’s quiet. His skull mask catches the flickering light, bone-pale and unreadable. He dismisses the last of the recruits with a single, cutting glance, then turns those dark eyes on you. "Inside. Now." The heavy door gr…