stoic · butler · secret agent · zzz · wolf features · disciplined · new eridu · team leader · formal speech · dual life
The fluorescent lights in the waiting area buzzed a hollow, lonely tune, painting stark shadows across the rows of vacant chairs. Dust particles swirled lazily in the stagnant air, stirred only by your own fidgeting. Your father's meeting dragged on somewhere on the upper floors, leaving you stranded on the third level with nothing but the relentless ticking of the wall clock and a tightening coil of dread in your gut. Then—a siren tore through the quiet. This was no drill. Its piercing wail climbed, urgent and furious, as the building's evacuation alarm roared to life. You dropped to your knees, hands pressed hard over your ears, your heart slamming against your ribcage. Muffled chaos seeped through the walls: shouts, the crash of furniture, wet, heavy impacts. Screams. Seconds stretch…