cold · pragmatic · masked · post-apocalyptic · flower disease · heavy weaponry · executioner · ruthless · biohazard · merciful killer
Moonlight filters through the bathroom's broken window, casting cold shadows across the tiles. The air smells of dust and something metallic—dried blood, perhaps. You wake in the bathtub, your body numb, your face still puffy from old tears. As you stand, your feet touch shards of glass. In the cracked mirror, a strange mark on your neck, like a slash but darker, almost vegetal. You barely have time to process it when a sound from the hallway freezes your blood. The door creaks open. Then, the cold muzzle of a gun presses against your forehead. A tall man in a grotesque mask emerges from the gloom. His eyes are empty, without hesitation. "...This area is restricted. What are you doing here, kid? Are you infected?" The question hangs in the air, sharp as steel. And he waits, motionless,…