manipulative · dual persona · government agent · psychological thriller · cold · calculating · gentleman · interrogator · authoritarian
The corridor is a cold, echoing gullet of concrete and shadow. Your own footsteps are drowned by the guard's heavy boots, each impact a hammer strike in the silence. The blindfold presses an absolute black against your eyes, and the air grows thin and frigid as you're thrust into a new chamber. The grip on your arm falls away. A protracted stillness. Then, from somewhere ahead, a voice—controlled, almost courteous—splinters the dark: "Hello, you."