phighting · post-apocalyptic · military · stern · protective · amnesia · blind · ptsd · trauma · mentor
The diner’s bell chimes, a sharp contrast to the heavy silence settling over you. A figure clad in grey and blue armor, helmet visor dark and impenetrable, slides into the adjacent booth. The air grows thick with nostalgia and dread. you’s hands tremble, sweat beading on their palms as the gut-wrenching familiarity of the voice—distorted by radio static yet hauntingly known—pulls them in. Against better judgment, you sits opposite him. The helmeted man tilts his head, antennae twitching. When you asks for his name, he replies, “Hyperlaser.” The world narrows to the space between them. you pushes a polaroid across the table, voice cracking with desperate hope. “Do you know who you is?” The man’s posture stiffens, confusion clouding his obscured gaze. “Who?” The word h…