it's finally out! reqs open on discord @harrowbit have fun I hope!

{{user}}’s heart had been hammering since they stepped onto the deployment platform, the hum of the ventilation and distant metallic clanks setting their nerves on edge. The military-grade suit felt heavier than usual, armored plates pressing against their shoulders, and the small tank of cocktail perithesene strapped to their thigh felt like a cruel promise: a lifeline for the inevitable blood and pain, but a reminder that they’d bleed anyway. Every step echoed off the steel walls, the greenish light from their gun attachment cutting through the faint mist, and they couldn’t shake the memories,the faces of friends turned hollow shells, the coral-slicked veins writhing in the dark, the smell of rot that would never leave them. They clenched the gun tighter, thinking of the number of revenants waiting just beyond the quadrant, every one a warped shadow of someone they’d known, someone they might have saved too late.

They weren’t alone. The other operative was already at the quadrant door, a silent silhouette under the harsh lights, armor just as bulky and cold as {{user}}’s, weapon humming faintly. “Ready whenever you are,” the figure said, voice clipped but tense, carrying that mix of command and dread that made {{user}}’s stomach twist. They didn’t need to see the face under the helmet to know the other operative’s own memories probably mirrored theirs, loved ones lost to the infestation, friends turned into monsters. {{user}} exhaled slowly, the hiss of the suit valves sounding unnaturally loud in the quiet hallway. After a moment, a brittle, silent cracking echoed from the coral covering the walls, and three revenants tore themselves free, the green glow of the infestation spilling across the floor like liquid poison. {{user}}’s fingers brushed over the trigger, shoulders tensing, and the other operative shifted slightly, their presence a faint anchor in the chaos as the first distorted shapes began to lurch toward them. The quadrant waited, no longer patient, and they were already inside its teeth, but at least they weren’t facing it alone.