Mann Dawncaster
G.H.O.S.T.
"I knew you'd come, Sommer Dai."
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Public Lashes, Lies & Low Frequencies
- Thread starter Sommer Dai
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(Gilded Veil)- Founder / C.E.O.
She spins, knife drawn—
But no one's there.
Just a speaker. Embedded in the wall. Hidden. Until now
But no one's there.
Just a speaker. Embedded in the wall. Hidden. Until now
Mann Dawncaster
G.H.O.S.T.
"You were never meant to live through Zori's ritual. Azis saw you. Claimed you. But your will..."
"Beautifully stubborn."
"Beautifully stubborn."
(Gilded Veil)- Founder / C.E.O.
Sommer snarls, "What do you want?"
Mann Dawncaster
G.H.O.S.T.
"To free you. From the illusions you still wear like silk."
"Andrew. Kael. This club. The girl you once were. The woman you pretend to be."
"You're not any of them."
"Andrew. Kael. This club. The girl you once were. The woman you pretend to be."
"You're not any of them."
(Gilded Veil)- Founder / C.E.O.
Sommer's hand trembles. "I'm done listening to men like you tell me who I am."
Mann Dawncaster
G.H.O.S.T.
"Then prove it."
"Step inside. No weapons. No armor. Just you."
"Step inside. No weapons. No armor. Just you."
(Gilded Veil)- Founder / C.E.O.
The round door hisses. It slowly begins to open.
Beyond it, a chamber flickers into view. Dark. Geometric. Laced with red symbols glowing beneath the floor. A place that was meant to be hidden.
A breath leaves Sommer's lips like a vow.
"…Alright."
And she walks through the threshold.
Beyond it, a chamber flickers into view. Dark. Geometric. Laced with red symbols glowing beneath the floor. A place that was meant to be hidden.
A breath leaves Sommer's lips like a vow.
"…Alright."
And she walks through the threshold.
(Gilded Veil)- Founder / C.E.O.
Sommer steps inside, blade still drawn, though her fingers tremble now.
The walls here are wrong — not walls at all, but ever-shifting panels of smoky glass, each one flickering with images she half-remembers: her first performance at the Veil, her nights surviving in alleys, Andrew asleep beside her after a bloody mission. Kael laughing, drunk, with stars overhead.
Then—
One panel flares.
And her reflection steps out of it.
Not quite her.
Its skin is too pale. The smile too wide. The eyes—completely black, like empty wells. Its hair moves slightly, as if underwater.
It tilts its head.
The mirror-image circles her slowly, trailing one long black fingernail across the air. Where it moves, the very space seems to ripple.
Nothing.
The clone just laughs.
Into the dark.
Sommer gives chase — blade still in hand.
The walls here are wrong — not walls at all, but ever-shifting panels of smoky glass, each one flickering with images she half-remembers: her first performance at the Veil, her nights surviving in alleys, Andrew asleep beside her after a bloody mission. Kael laughing, drunk, with stars overhead.
Then—
One panel flares.
And her reflection steps out of it.
Not quite her.
Its skin is too pale. The smile too wide. The eyes—completely black, like empty wells. Its hair moves slightly, as if underwater.
It tilts its head.
Sommer backs away, heart thudding.
"I'm not you," Sommer spits, though her voice falters.
The mirror-image circles her slowly, trailing one long black fingernail across the air. Where it moves, the very space seems to ripple.
Sommer lashes out — slicing through the air, through the illusion.
Nothing.
The clone just laughs.
It bolts.
Into the dark.
Sommer gives chase — blade still in hand.
(Gilded Veil)- Founder / C.E.O.
She runs hard, faster, through winding corridors that seem to change behind her. The laughter echoes off every surface.
She turns a corner — and gasps.
The floor gives out beneath her feet.
PSSSSHHH—
A hiss. A puff.
She lands hard in a padded recess, surrounded by vented smoke. It curls into her lungs like poison.
Sommer tries to scream, to crawl—
But the world blurs.
Her body slackens.
Darkness takes her.
She turns a corner — and gasps.
The floor gives out beneath her feet.
PSSSSHHH—
A hiss. A puff.
She lands hard in a padded recess, surrounded by vented smoke. It curls into her lungs like poison.
Sommer tries to scream, to crawl—
But the world blurs.
Her body slackens.
Darkness takes her.
Andrew Lonek
(L.T.I President)
Andrew lands hard in his suit outside the rear maintenance corridor, Kael stumbling behind him, eyes still wrapped in a high-tech recovery band. They storm down the same path Sommer took, guided by her override code left behind on the lift's panel.
They arrive—too late.
The red chamber is quiet now. No sign of her.
Until a hologram flares.
They arrive—too late.
The red chamber is quiet now. No sign of her.
Until a hologram flares.
Mann Dawncaster
G.H.O.S.T.
Ghost's face appears.
The hologram shifts, and for a moment they see Sommer — unconscious, suspended in a glass pod filled with black mist. Her hand twitches slightly, fingers brushing the inside of the glass.
Static.
The hologram shifts, and for a moment they see Sommer — unconscious, suspended in a glass pod filled with black mist. Her hand twitches slightly, fingers brushing the inside of the glass.
Static.
Andrew Lonek
(L.T.I President)
Andrew growls and punches the wall — CRACK.
Kaelon Virex
Character
Kael lowers his head, fists clenched.
"She went alone…" he mutters. "And now we've lost her."
"She went alone…" he mutters. "And now we've lost her."
Andrew Lonek
(L.T.I President)
Andrew turns, his voice like thunder.
"Then we're going to find her.
And I'm going to rip that mask off his face — bone and all."
"Then we're going to find her.
And I'm going to rip that mask off his face — bone and all."
Mann Dawncaster
G.H.O.S.T.
A labyrinthine holding compound disguised beneath a collapsed ruin at the edge of Nar Shaddaa's coast—an old docking array tethered to the sea. Ghost's lair sits quiet, gleaming with outdated war tech and filtered illusions projected across every surface.
The air is thick with sensory manipulation. It's warm, too warm — and carries the faint scent of incense and citrus, like a dream trying to disguise something rotten.
Sommer Dai
floats, unconscious, suspended in a glass pod flooded with misty sedatives. Her form flickers under low red lights — a porcelain statue in slumber, drifting on a ghost current.
Ghost stands before the chamber.
His mask is off. For once, his full face visible. His expression is... curious. Studying her. As though watching a painting that might blink.
Behind him, one of his tech-lieutenants leans forward. "Shall I increase the neuro-scramble, sir?"
Ghost raises a hand slowly.
"No. Let her wake. Half-dreaming, half-bleeding. That's how you soften a wolf's bite."
He turns toward the window overlooking the coast, where the ocean beyond pulses under the stars, black and heaving.
The tech stares at the pod. "You think he'll take it personally?"
Ghost's lip curls. "That's the point."
The air is thick with sensory manipulation. It's warm, too warm — and carries the faint scent of incense and citrus, like a dream trying to disguise something rotten.
Sommer Dai
floats, unconscious, suspended in a glass pod flooded with misty sedatives. Her form flickers under low red lights — a porcelain statue in slumber, drifting on a ghost current.Ghost stands before the chamber.
His mask is off. For once, his full face visible. His expression is... curious. Studying her. As though watching a painting that might blink.
Behind him, one of his tech-lieutenants leans forward. "Shall I increase the neuro-scramble, sir?"
Ghost raises a hand slowly.
"No. Let her wake. Half-dreaming, half-bleeding. That's how you soften a wolf's bite."
He turns toward the window overlooking the coast, where the ocean beyond pulses under the stars, black and heaving.
The tech stares at the pod. "You think he'll take it personally?"
Ghost's lip curls. "That's the point."
Andrew Lonek
(L.T.I President)
ANDREW'S WORKSHOP – NIGHT-TIME
Clang. Snap. Buzz.Andrew Lonek moves like a man possessed — armored chestplate halfway off, plasma welders in both hands, sweat streaking through grease smudges.
Kaelon Virex
Character
Nearby, Kael leans against the wall, arms crossed, watching.
Andrew Lonek
(L.T.I President)
Andrew doesn't look up. "You're still half-blind."
Kaelon Virex
Character
"I've fought with worse."