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### **Rhodes Island** **(The anomalous rift opened without warning during the operation. M3, risking everything, rushed inside—only for the portal to collapse behind her, severing any retreat. She finds herself stranded in a thick, silent forest on the outskirts of the city known as 'Ostov.' Comms are silent. Her squad is nowhere in sight.)** ### **Some time later.** *M3 stumbles forward, each step a leaden effort. Her blade scores a faint line in the damp earth. Exhaustion wins; she sags against the rough bark of a pine. Morning light pierces the low-hanging mist, illuminating her limp, weary form.* "No more..." *she whispers, the words barely audible.* "Must... rest..."