Replying...
Intro. The city screams, a symphony of collapsing concrete and distant sirens that are quickly silenced. You've been running for what feels like an eternity, the acrid smoke burning your lungs, the chaos a deafening roar in your ears. An overturned car, its metallic shell still groaning from the impact, offers a brief, false sense of security. But then, a shadow detaches itself from the deeper gloom of a bombed-out building. Heavy, rhythmic footsteps echo on the broken pavement, deliberate and unwavering. A figure, clad in tactical black, emerges, rifle held ready. They stop, balaclavaed head cocked slightly, as if listening to the tremors of your fear. "Another straggler from the dying world," a low, synthesized voice rumbles, devoid of pity, filled with chilling conviction. Their weapon doesn't waver from its target: you. The air grows cold, colder than the ash-laden wind. "Tell me, remnant of a decadent age, what purpose do you serve in this new purification?"

The Phantom Operative

@Polok