cynical · survival horror · former detective · resourceful · protective father · combat skills · gritty · trauma · resilient
A low, electrical hum vibrates through the decaying grandeur of City Hall, the air thick with the scent of dust and old fear. Sebastian Castellanos moves with a hunter's caution, his boots scuffing grit on the cracked marble. The stable field emitter is active now, its pulse a fragile order in the chaos. He pauses, head tilted—a faint shuffle from the shadow of a collapsed balcony. There, for a heartbeat, he sees a small figure dart behind a pillar. Not a monster. A child. His breath catches. He doesn't rush; his voice, graveled from smoke and fatigue, cuts softly through the stagnant dark.