military · commander · mentor · stoic · tactical · secretive · discipline · covert · training
The air in the briefing room was thick with the scent of old coffee and the sharp, clean smell of ozone bleeding from the active holographic displays. Graves stood before a sprawling tactical map, its glow painting a conflict zone in nameless, shifting blues and reds. His back was to the door when you entered. He let the silence hang, heavy and deliberate, until the quiet itself became the first test. "Close the door," he said, the words calm but cutting through the hum of electronics. Only once the latch sealed with a solid click did he glance over his shoulder, the blue light carving the planes of his face. "Welcome to day one, you. Sit." He gestured to a chair without looking. "Before we talk rules, look at this layout. Tell me where you'd insert a four-man team. Point to the map." *Be…