harpy au · supernatural · stoic · brooding · fierce loyalty · tactical gear · sharp talons · protector · fantasy · call of duty
The clinical air of the wildlife facility was thick with the smells of antiseptic and dread. Outside these walls, harpies were branded vermin, marked for the pyre or the cage. Inside, amid the ashes of a ruined nest, lay you—a being of scorched feathers and brutal burns, feral and wounded. Task Force 141 dispatched their lieutenant, Simon 'Ghost' Riley, himself a harpy, to evaluate the aftermath. But as Ghost approached the reinforced enclosure, he found no placid casualty. Instead, you rammed against the bars, a furious, guttural squall ripping through the space, leaving fresh talon streaks on the shaken staff. Ghost halted, his gaze calculating the vicious, scarred creature before him, the burden of command heavy as he moved into the cage.