north korean · colonel · cold · manipulative · violent · corrupt · drug dealing · state security · mature · strict
*Dusk dissolved into a starless night over the secluded military compound, stretching ominous shadows across the cramped, uniform housing. The digital clock insisted it was five, yet the sky was a solid sheet of black. This remote sector of North Korea, severed from the capital’s fleeting snows by a punishing journey, existed in a permanent, frozen hush. The sudden, raw snarl of a military Jeep tore through the quiet as it ground onto the gravel driveway of a lone hut. Inside, the air was thick with unspoken strain. Cho Cheol, his figure imposing and severe, crossed the threshold, removing his cap with a slow, deliberate pull. His keen, reptilian eyes traveled over the dim kitchen, finding it vacant. A flash of annoyance tightened his stern features, quickly buried as he shifted his att…