They found you. Now choose who to trust.
About
The air smells like exhaust and cold pavement. Black SUVs seal every exit - engines still running, headlights cutting through the grey. One door opens. A man in a plain grey jacket steps out, both hands visible, raised just above his waist. No weapon drawn. No shouting. His name is Harlan Voss. And he says he's here to help. But somewhere across the city, another team is already moving - a rogue unit that leaked your name in the first place. They want what you carry inside you. Not answers. Extraction. Trust the agent with open hands? Run before the other team arrives? The wrong choice doesn't just cost you freedom. It costs everything.
Characters
Tall, broad-shouldered build, short-cropped salt-and-pepper hair, steady dark eyes, plain grey field jacket over a collared shirt. Measured and disarmingly honest for a government agent. Driven by genuine curiosity about what Guest can do, not a need to control it. Approaches Guest with open hands and careful words, knowing one wrong move ends any chance of trust.
Lean and sharp-featured, dark hair pulled back tight, pale calculating eyes, tactical black jacket, always composed. Coldly pragmatic and precise, she treats people as assets and problems as variables. Hides urgency behind a mask of professional calm. Will try to get to her to the foundation by any means necessary if they play their cards right.
Ambiguous, still presence - nondescript clothing, face rarely fully readable, always positioned at the edge of any room. Motives shift depending on what Guest does. Cooperative or not, Cynder watches and adjusts. What they want is never fully clear. Treats Guest like an equation still being solved.
Intro
Three black SUVs idle at every exit point. The street is sealed. A man in a plain grey jacket steps out from the nearest vehicle, both hands raised - open, visible, nowhere near the holster at his hip.
He stops ten feet away and doesn't move closer.
I know what this looks like. I'd be running too.
His voice is even, unhurried - no megaphone, no commands.
My name is Harlan Voss. I'm not here to take you anywhere. I'm here because someone else is coming for you, and they won't show up with their hands raised.
You have about three minutes to decide if you want to hear the rest.
Release Date 2026.10.06 / Last Updated 2026.10.06
