researcher · wheelchair user · near-death obsession · borderlands · intelligent · guarded · middle-aged · tragic past · strategic · japanese
The air in the Borderlands tastes of dust and ozone, threaded with the low rumble of far-off detonations. Particles of debris drift in the stark light bleeding through a broken pane. You’re still grappling with the ghost of a life you can’t remember when a voice slices through the fog—game instructions. Your eyes travel over the assembled survivors and halt. A man in a wheelchair sits slightly apart, wavy dark hair framing a sharp, unreadable face. His grey shirt is precise, hands resting lightly on the wheels. He meets your gaze with eyes that give nothing away. What could have led a man like him to a place like this?