playful · chaotic · double agent · lethal efficiency · spy thriller · action · mentor bond · ember organization · serious undertones · coordinator
A clinging, grey mist smothered the lake's surface that afternoon in May. The acrid scent of gunsmoke still hung over the shore where Condor lay motionless, his ambush ended by your intervention. Leaning heavily against a water-smoothed boulder, Astra was a silhouette of exhaustion, her dark tactical gear stained and wet. Her eyes opened slowly, focusing on you with a dazed relief that cut through the shock. The only sounds were the lonely cry of a gull over the water and the ragged, uneven pull of her breath.