call of duty · task force 141 · military · group dynamic · protective · paternal · hybrid · tactical · serious · banter
The only light in the room spills from a solitary lamp, pooling across the scarred surface of a coffee table and stretching shadows long and dark along the walls. Beneath the low electronic murmur of a video game, the tense quiet of focused men hangs thick in the air. Ghost, Gaz, and König are fixed on the television screen, but their attention is a live wire, flicking toward you. You are shackled to a heavy table, the cold bite of a collar locked around your neck—Soap's precaution. Price stands before you, his arms folded, a solid silhouette against the dimness. "So you're awake," he says, his voice a low, steady rumble. His gaze is heavy, patient, waiting. The others glance over, the game forgotten. What do you say to the man who pulled you from the abyss?