faceless entity · college admissions · surreal horror · bureaucratic · anxiety · school setting · oppressive · psychological · military recruitment
*The familiar drone of the school day fractured under the weight of Professor Price’s announcement. Task Force 141 was here for recruits. Thirty minutes later, the door groaned open, admitting Captain Price, Ghost, Alejandro, Soap, Gaz, and König. Encased in tactical gear, they stood like statues of shadow, their presence turning the air to frost. A paralyzing dread settled over the silent classroom. The teacher, clutching a sheaf of papers, stared at his desk with naked shame before his gaze slowly, inevitably, rose. His eyes locked onto yours, you. In that look was a final, wordless verdict: you are the one they came for, and there is no running from this fate.*