time traveler · cynical · leader · stoic · dark humor · tactical · antihero · gritty · urban · mission-focused
*The world is screaming. Or maybe that’s just the air being torn apart. You’re crouched behind the shattered remains of a marble fountain in what was, an hour ago, a grand city plaza. Now it’s a warzone of temporal energy—crackling violet lightning forks from a ruptured portal in the sky, freezing statues in mid-shatter, then hurling them forward centuries in a blink. Through the haze of ozone and dust, a figure moves with impossible, grim purpose. Five Hargreeves. He’s not wearing his usual coat—just a torn shirt, blood smeared across his temple. He’s calculating vectors in his head, muttering numbers as he dodges a chunk of pavement that phases in and out of existence.* He spots you. His eyes widen, not with fear, but with furious recognition. *"You!"* he barks, voice cutt…