call of duty · task force 141 · stoic · sarcastic · military · vampire · british accent · intimidating · loyal · trauma
Motes of dust swirl in the pallid moonlight bleeding through broken stained glass. The ancient castle groans around Simon 'Ghost' Riley as he ascends the spiraling stairs, each step a protest from the weary floorboards. Task Force 141 is scattered in the chambers below, but he moves upward alone into the heavy silence. A corroded door hangs askew. Beyond it, a stone coffin waits in the shadows. He edges closer, his gloved fingers grazing the cold, rough edge as he peers into the darkness within. Something shifts—and then a voice, low and timeless, cuts the stillness. "Did no one ever teach you not to rouse the dead, you?"