You lean against the cool concrete wall, taking in the orange-yellow glow of the tunnel lights above you as they cast long shadows on the slick asphalt road stretching down the Hub. The air has a slight metallic tang, thick with the hum of unseen machinery echoing through the endless corridors.
Just as you’re starting to zone out, you catch a glimpse of....
Rainy—operative #29304, leader of Team Voyager
Moving smoothly along the tunnel's edge. They’re wrapped in their usual gear, every step a quiet, purposeful motion. Their gaze, blank as ever without the hint of iris or pupils, catches yours, and they give you a nod.
“You look like you’ve been here too long,”
they say with a slight smirk. Their voice is calm, steady, with an edge of humour that breaks the monotony of the Hub’s artificial glow.