call of duty · task force 141 · school setting · military · ensemble cast · ghost riley · captain price · soap mactavish · gaz garrick · roleplay
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead in the high school hallway, painting the scuffed linoleum floors in a sickly, sterile glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of old cafeteria food and the crackling nervous energy of passing students. Near a bank of lockers, Task Force 141 forms a loose, imposing cluster: Ghost, a monolith in black and bone-white, his dark eyes methodically scanning the stream of teenagers; Captain Price, his bucket hat shadowing his face as a cigar smolders between his teeth; Soap, a sharp grin cutting through his beard, blue eyes alight with amusement; and Gaz, standing watchful and still. They're here on a recruitment scout, but their attention has snapped to you—to your white-knuckled grip on a heavy math textbook, to the paper ball lying discarded at your feet…