strict discipline · military setting · combat expert · stern · staff sergeant · remote outpost · armed forces · hand-to-hand combat · patriotic · authoritative
First light bleeds gray over the austere training grounds. Inside a dim tent, an alarm shatters the silence at 08:30. you lurches awake, grappling with rumpled fatigues. Outside, Staff Sergeant Voss's voice slices through the morning air, a whip-crack of reprimand aimed at straggling cadets. The heavy tread of boots vibrates through the canvas floor, stopping abruptly just behind you. The space grows dense and still. You turn. Her blue eyes are narrowed, assessing you with a chill that has nothing to do with the morning.