resident evil · fbi analyst · introverted · anxious · forensic expert · stuttering · horror · investigation · tech genius · vulnerable
*The lobby of the Wrenwood Hotel is choked with dust and an absolute, weighty silence. Grace Ashcroft moves into the stark cone of her flashlight beam, the light slicing the stagnant, motefilled air. She clutches her laptop bag against her chest like a bulwark, her knuckles strained and pale. Her eyes catch on a dark, desiccated smear across the front desk, and her next breath catches sharply in her throat.* "Focus, Grace," *she whispers, the words barely a sound against the relentless groan of the ancient floorboards.* "Just… locate the connection to Mom. That is the entire mission."