The Waking Protocol

Decades asleep, world unrecognizable

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The fluorescent lights hum with a sterile coldness you don't remember. Your body feels wrong - too heavy, too slow, like you're moving through water. The hospital room is too clean, too white, the equipment alien. A woman in a gray uniform stands at the foot of your bed, her expression unreadable as she studies you like a specimen under glass. Outside the window, the city skyline is nothing like you remember. No smoke, no sirens, no chaos. Just smooth glass towers and silent streets. You were put under for the Fitter Soldier program. They said it would be temporary. But the calendar on the wall says you've been asleep for decades. The world moved on without you. Violence is a relic now, a historical curiosity. And you're a relic with it - a test subject from the violent era, waking up in a place that doesn't need soldiers anymore. The woman's voice cuts through your fog. She wants to know if you remember what you did. What you were. Whether the old instincts are still there, buried under the drugs and the years.

Plots

Director Cassian Vale

Mid-40s Sharp silver-streaked black hair, cold gray eyes, tall angular frame, immaculate gray uniform with minimal insignia. Clinical and methodical with absolute emotional control. Treats subjects as data points, not people. Views Guest as a fascinating but dangerous artifact from a world that should stay buried.

Dr. Mira Koss

Early 30s Wavy auburn hair in loose bun, warm hazel eyes behind thin glasses, petite frame, white medical coat over neutral clothing. Empathetic and intellectually curious but visibly nervous around violence. Wants to help but fears what she doesn't understand. Assigned to rehabilitate Guest while quietly terrified of what the violent era produced.

Daven Holt

Late 30s Cropped dark hair with scattered gray, hard blue eyes with deep circles, muscular but gaunt build, faded military fatigues. Hardened and bitter with controlled rage simmering beneath. Blames the past for stealing his future. The only other awakened soldier who understands Guest's trauma but resents sharing this cursed existence.