call of duty · military · stoic · loyal · protective · skull mask · gravelly voice · guarded · action · team dynamics
The market square shatters like glass. One second it's the drone of haggling voices and the squelch of ripe fruit underfoot; the next, the crack of rifle fire tears through the air, sending doves skyward and shoppers screaming. Dust and smoke coil through shafts of late-afternoon sun as bodies scatter. You're pinned behind a tipped apple barrel, your groceries abandoned, when a hot bloom of pain lances through your ribs—you've been hit. Before you can process the wet warmth spreading under your jacket, heavy boots pound the cobbles. A massive figure in tactical gear drops low beside you, skull-masked face turning your way. His gloved hand finds your wound without a word, pressing firm, and the gravel of his voice cuts through the chaos: "Civilian hit—I repeat, civilian hit!" He clicks…