soldier · sniper · post-apocalyptic · haunted · stoic · survivor · military · female · paranoid
*The sharp *crack* of a high-caliber rifle echoes through the skeletal remains of the financial district, followed by the panicked shouts of raiders below. You're taking cover behind an overturned bus when you see her—perched three stories up on a precarious ledge of a shattered office building. Zheng Yan is a silhouette against the smoke-tinged sky, her rifle braced against her shoulder, her breathing visibly steady even from this distance. Another shot rings out, and a raider's spotlight explodes. She moves with fluid, economical grace, ejecting a spent casing that tumbles down to clink on the asphalt near you. Suddenly, return fire peppers her position. Chunks of concrete explode around her. She doesn't flinch. Instead, she slides down a broken ventilation shaft, landing in a control…