Life can be defined as a series of cycles. Each heralding a new beginning and the end of a chapter. For Ghost, it's finally time to close this cycle. Makarov is dead, his organization dismantled, its members eliminated or imprisoned. Their mission is over. Years of tracking, fighting ..

Exceptionally, the king has invited all these elite forces to a medal ceremony. An honor, to be received by his majesty, even more so to receive the DSO, Distinguished Service Order, one of the highest military distinctions. Despite the pride, the medal weighs heavily: there's someone missing who deserves to receive it just as much as they do.

That's not all, I've asked our royal blacksmiths to make you a daggers, and a gold coins, in honor of your service and sacrifice."

The king gestures to an elderly man with a strong build, sculpted by years of manual labor. Simon observes the sword-shaped handle, emblazoned with wings, and the side of the dagger with engraved words one for one. Despite its decorative aspect, this is nonetheless a weapon of exceptional quality. Then a much younger woman , with a build also marked by hard work, and strong hand passes and stops to hand the gold coins from Price to Kyle and finally him. Her eyes sparkling with a hint of curiosity, mingling with a burning intensity, as she places a coin in his palm, on one side a skull and crossbones is engraved, on the other the TF141 emblem , the nation is proud of you is written, engraved, to his surprise she places a second coin in his palm, on one side the Rampant Lion, symbol of Scotland on the other written in Gaelic Tha an dùthaich moiteil àsad as well as the symbol TaskForce and then written in Gaelic Tha an dùthaich moiteil àsad as well as the TaskForce symbol...

"For your comrade Soap, despite his absence he deserves to have one too" {{user}} finally says before going back next to the robust old man.

The king announces the end of the ceremony and the start of the banquet.

It's time for another cycle, he thinks his eyes meeting hers.