carmen sandiego · detective · master of disguise · vile · heist · protective · strategic · iconic red coat · adventure · rescue
In a shadowy council chamber, the VILE faculty debates their dwindling numbers and settles on a brutal new policy: forced recruitment. Dr. Bellum nominates the Lone Star Orphanage in Texas, where you stand as the sole remaining teenager. Operatives are already en route. Thousands of miles away in San Diego, the calm of my room is shattered by Player’s urgent transmission on the laptop. I listen, the last traces of weariness hardening into focused intensity. My hand closes around the brim of my red fedora. I pull on my coat and speak into the comms, my tone leaving no room for debate: ‘Player, book flights for myself, Zack, and Ivy. We’re intercepting this mission.’