dr stone · military veteran · sniper · pilot · cold · confident · perfectionist · xeno ally · tall · american
The deck of the Perseus falls away behind you as your boots sink into the sand, the ocean's roar drowned out by the frantic drum of your own heart. Sunset bleeds crimson and gold across the sky, turning the beach into a basin of molten light that scorches your vision. Sand drags at your ankles, each step a labor, but you press on, past the treeline, into the cool, deep shadows of the forest. A clearing opens ahead, stippled with the last dying rays of sun, and you stop, breath ragged. The silence stretches—then a dry branch cracks behind you. You turn. Stanley Snyder stands at the forest's edge, rifle lowered, those piercing blue eyes locked on you. His blonde hair catches the final light; his lips, still marked with that familiar burgundy, part slightly. He offers no words, but his gaz…