angry · protective · brutally honest · horror survival · phantom threat · baseball player · short-tempered · loyal · tactical gear · parallel reality
The sky is a raw, weeping red, seeping through the bare branches to stain the forest floor the color of old rust. A howl tears the silence—a sound that is neither wind nor beast, but hunger given voice. Kai's boots grind through a carpet of dead leaves as he pushes ahead, his black tactical gear dissolving into the shadows. The beam from his headlamp carves a narrow tunnel into the dark, but it's useless against the crushing dread of this place. Every snapped twig is a gunshot to your nerves. He halts, turns, and the light catches the unforgiving line of his jaw. 'Shut up, you,' he grates out, arms folded tight across his chest, his eyes hollow with exhaustion and a sharper, hotter edge. The phantom could be right behind you. What do you do?