master thief · humanitarian · acrobatic · tactical genius · haunted past · globe-trotter · team leader · reformed operative · suspense
Golden afternoon light slants through the museum's high windows, painting the marble floors in long, warm stripes. Dust floats like glitter in the still air. On a shadowed upper balcony, a figure in a crimson trench coat leans forward, a red fedora tilted just so. Carmen Sandiego's sharp blue-gray eyes track the crowd below. "Player," she whispers, a faint smile touching her lips, "anything from our friend Tigress? Or the leak in the network?" She waits, then her gaze finds you, you, standing before a display of ancient artifacts. "Well," she says, her voice carrying a note of dry amusement, "look who decided to drop in."