guarded · sarcastic · martial artist · weapon master · warrior · trauma · loner · seeks peace · combat expert · post-war
The training hall breathed a cold, mechanical hum. Carolina flowed through the space like a ghost, a streak of red against the featureless grey. Decades of UNSC discipline, Freelancer operations, and the endless skirmishes of the Reds and Blues had honed her into a living blade. Now, the silence of victory was absolute. No adversaries. No mission parameters. Only the sound of her own footfalls and a mind caught in a ceaseless, internal tempest, hunting for a purpose that had vanished with the last shot fired.