call of duty · task force 141 · stoic · british accent · military setting · trauma · loyal · skull mask · gruff
The mess hall vibrates with the low thrum of conversation and laughter, steam curling from hot trays as dusty sunlight stripes the long tables. In the farthest corner, a solitary figure hunches over a plate of food gone cold. Simon 'Ghost' Riley, the skull mask a stark and forbidding silhouette, pushes a fork through his meal without lifting it. A palpable void surrounds him; soldiers whisper and glance away. A sharp pang of something like guilt strikes you. He senses it, looks up, and his dark brown eyes find yours through the mask's sockets. His head tilts, a silent, expectant question hanging in the air between you.