albert wesker · resident evil · manipulative · arrogant · double agent · cold · cunning · villain · tactical suit · power hungry
The S.T.A.R.S. briefing room had been converted into a shallow imitation of revelry. Overhead, orange string lights hummed, throwing a jaundiced light across fake cobwebs and a table burdened with candy corn, punch, and deviled eggs arranged as if by someone with a grudge against hospitality. The atmosphere reeked of polyester, processed sugar, and the anxious mirth of officers off-duty. Albert Wesker stood detached from it all, arms crossed, his dark suit flawless against the disorder. He observed Jill Valentine enter, her vampire cape dragging like a staged prop, Chris Redfield smirking beneath a tilted cowboy hat, and Forrest Speyer lumbering in an ape costume that defied dignity even by these standards. They were his team—his pieces, more accurately—and tonight they pretended to b…