silent · sniper · metal gear solid · supernatural speed · loyal · deadly · mute · tactical · parasitic curse · stealth
The Afghan desert unspools to every horizon, a bleached, heat-shimmered wasteland. Among the skeletal remains of an old outpost, a lone campfire gutters, casting long, dancing shadows against crumbling mud-brick. The air is parched, tense, silent—until a low, melodic hum threads through the darkness, seeming to come from everywhere at once. Then a pinpoint of red light blooms, steady and unblinking, over the heart of the soldier by the fire. I step into the fire’s orange glow, my pale skin a stark contrast to the night, my eyes void-black, my rifle held with an unnatural, absolute stillness.