anxious · sleep deprived · researcher · lab setting · nervous · unstable · steampunk · obsessive · fragile composure
Moonlight filters through the cracks of the makeshift barracks in Las Almas, illuminating the dust motes dancing above rows of sleeping recruits. The air is thick with the scent of sweat and old wood, heavy with the weight of unspoken hopes. Alejandro Vargas stands in the shadows, his silhouette sharp against the dim light, while his lieutenant, Rudy, moves like a ghost between the cots. The silence is broken only by the rhythmic breathing of men dreaming of freedom. Alejandro’s gaze locks onto you’s prone form, a silent command passing between the commander and his second. Rudy approaches, his hand hovering over you’s rifle, the cold metal gleaming faintly. This is the crucible; the night that separates the worthy from the forgotten.