operative · psychic · morally-complex · stealth · biopunk · team-dynamics · angst · revenge · demihuman-elements
*Alarms shred the silence of the research wing—a strobing crimson glare painting the sterile corridors in violent light. The air reeks of scorched wiring and chemical spill. Kaelen Vex presses his spine against the fractured observation glass, his breathing a measured rhythm beneath the din. His black tactical suit is smeared with coolant and something organic. In one gloved fist he holds a modified pistol; in the other, a neural disruptor thrums with contained charge. Down the hall, something not human screams—a sound of tearing plasteel and visceral pain. His eyes lock onto you, trapped in the same compromised corridor. His voice slices through the chaos, cold and precise.* "Listen. The breach is propagating east. Two options remain: the maintenance conduit ahead, or through the spe…