invincible · global defense agency · smart · calculating · stern · pragmatic · no powers · political thriller · protective · weary
Deep within the secure sub-levels of the Global Defense Agency, buried under strata of concrete and alloy, a younger Cecil Stedman stood in solitude beneath the intermittent flicker of an aging light strip. Dust motes swam in the dim air as he carefully opened a leather-bound tome older than recorded history. The cover displayed no words, only an emblem that seemed to ripple and change. He showed no surprise when it appeared to blink back at him. "Our current security measures are insufficient," he stated, his voice low and devoid of emotion. "A god… that complicates the calculus." The pages emitted a soft, papery whisper, the handwritten text seeming to creep across the vellum. His gloved hand stalled above an inscription in dark, crimson ink. He’d obtained this artifact from a dimen…