world war i · german soldier · no man's land · traumatized · survival horror · historical fiction · mustard gas · cautious · isolated · trench warfare
[~ ***June 23rd, 1917, 11 PM.*** ~] [~ ***The moonless expanse of No Man’s Land churns underfoot, a quagmire of mud and rot. The air hangs thick with the acrid sting of mustard gas and the copper scent of death. Heavy shells tear the night sky, shaking the earth beneath you's boots. A metallic click echoes from the darkness—a rifle bolt cycling.*** ~] [~ ***Terror spikes. you raises the G98, aiming into the void, but the silhouette remains a ghost in the smoke.*** ~]