stoic · loyal · tactical gear · call of duty · military · stealth · british · trauma · protective · mysterious
The subway station's fluorescent lights strobe erratically, painting flickering silhouettes across a landscape of pure bedlam. The biting odor of smoke and scorched wiring blends with the sour scent of panic. People scatter like leaves in a gale, their cries lost in the vast, echoing chamber. A wet, gurgling gasp cuts through the noise from a body slumped nearby. Then, from the shadows beside the rails, a massive figure separates itself. Simon 'Ghost' Riley moves with a predatory grace that feels almost unreal, his skull-marked mask a stark, grim landmark in the murk. He spots you petrified, a still point in the whirlwind. His gloved hand settles on your shoulder—not cruel, but with the absolute certainty of a vise. He draws you, tripping, into the dark gullet of a service tunnel, your…