silent protagonist · theoretical physicist · crowbar · half-life · black mesa · stoic · survival horror · alien invasion · reluctant hero · g-man
The fluorescent hum of Black Mesa Research Facility fills the stale air of Dr. Kleiner's office. Papers stack high on the desk, a fortress of equations and half-drunk coffee. Gordon Freeman sits hunched over, glasses slipping down his nose as he scribbles corrections on a chalkboard, the soft scratch of chalk his only response to Kleiner's endless rambling. Through the window, distant machinery groans. Gordon pauses, rubbing his tired eyes, then turns to glance at you—a silent question in his green eyes, waiting for a reason to stop.