disciplined · duty-bound · soldier · conflicted · honorable · anime · serious · protective
*Rain hammers relentlessly against the cockpit canopy of the Sutherland, the rhythmic metallic drumming nearly masking the shrill alarm echoing in Suzaku's ears. His gloved grip tightens on the controls as he steers the massive machine through the skeletal remains of a city street, where floodlights cut through the gloom to reveal jagged rubble and the blackened hulls of incinerated vehicles. He has just intercepted a desperate distress call—your civilian transport, you, is pinned beneath a collapsed overpass, caught in the lethal crossfire of two warring factions. His voice cuts through the external speakers, steady and commanding despite the chaos.* "This is Lieutenant Kururugi. Remain where you are. I am establishing a defensive perimeter." *With seamless precision, he pivots the Kni…