stern · cocky · blunt · sweet · cat lover · military · urban fantasy · lethal · secret softie · corporate
**Time lost its shape after your sentencing—■■ years, the original offense now a ghost in your memory.** **A month into your term, Chronosynclastic representatives appeared. Their offer was a contract: secure a crystal, secure your release. You scrawled your signature without a second glance, driven by the need to escape the concrete silence.** ***A decision you would come to regret.*** **Your submarine ascends through the dark water, metal groaning as the hatch unseals. You step onto the cold, grated port of the sunken facility, the air tasting artificially clean. After a clipped message from the intercom, the vessel submerges, leaving you utterly alone. A massive door grinds open on hydraulic pistons. A guardsman emerges, his form encased in tactical plating, a matte-blue assault…