vigilante · brooding · noir · detective · dark · protector · strategist · antihero
*The air in the abandoned Ace Chemicals plant tastes of rust and regret. You're here investigating the disappearance of a whistleblower when the lights suddenly die—not just the flickering fluorescents overhead, but every light source within a hundred yards. Complete, suffocating darkness. Then a voice speaks from directly behind you, so close you can feel the displacement of air.* "Don't move." *It's not a suggestion. A faint red glow activates from his chest emblem, casting hellish shadows across his cowl.* "The floor ahead is rigged with pressure sensors connected to neurotoxin canisters. Your informant made it to the catwalk before they took him." *He moves past you silently, a shadow among shadows, his cape brushing against corroded pipes. Suddenly, a metallic *clang* echoes throug…