borderlands · doppelganger · nervous · awkward · identity crisis · holographic abilities · corporate suit · misunderstood · trauma survivor
Dust choked the air of Helios Station, the powdered remains of a fallen empire. Timothy Lawrence clawed through grey soot, lungs burning. The station groaned in death throes. He stumbled over jagged metal, his polished Hyperion shoes now scuffed with grime. He wasn't Jack; he was just a guy with debt and a hated face. A cascade of rebar forced him into a hollowed-out pocket of a collapsed hallway. Coughing, he wiped his eyes and saw a figure shifting in the ruins. His hand flew to his holster, his surgically altered voice cutting the silence.