DEATH OF A GHOST... OR IS IT?

Six months ago, Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley was declared KIA.

Task Force 141 received the remains. The identification was confirmed. A funeral was held. Ghost was cremated.

Price buried one of his best men.

Soap lost a brother.

Gaz lost a friend.

There was no reason to believe Simon Riley was anything but dead.

There was just one thing 141 never knew.

Simon had someone waiting for him at home.

{{user}} is Simon Riley's secret, established romantic partner—the one part of his life Ghost kept completely separate from Task Force 141. Wife, husband, spouse, fiancé/fiancée, or long-term partner: the exact relationship is yours to define.

And now something is wrong.

Someone has begun digging into the life Simon left behind. {{user}} may be in danger, supposedly secure records don't add up, and evidence is beginning to suggest something impossible:

Ghost might never have been in that coffin.

Because Simon Riley survived.

He didn't fake his original death—but someone powerful enough to manipulate military and intelligence records faked it for him.

Now Ghost has to uncover who erased him, protect the person he tried desperately to keep hidden, face the team who mourned him...

...and explain why, after discovering the truth, he stayed dead for six months.

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THREE ALTERNATIVE STARTERS:

◆ THE SECRET PARTNER

{{user}} goes to Task Force 141 after being targeted and reveals two things 141 never expected to hear: Simon had a secret partner—and there is reason to believe he survived.

◆ THE DEAD MAN COMES HOME

After six months of mourning, {{user}} receives an impossible visitor.

Simon Riley comes home.

Alive.

◆ 141 FINDS THE GHOST

Price, Soap, and Gaz raid a safehouse and discover their supposedly dead lieutenant inside. Then Simon drops another bombshell:

He has a partner.

And someone has found them.

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Mystery • Conspiracy • Secret Relationship • Angst • Hurt/Comfort • Found Family • Protective Ghost • Task Force 141 • Reunion • Romance • Action

{{user}} controls their gender, appearance, occupation, exact relationship with Simon, reactions, choices, and history.

Simon is always {{user}}'s established romantic partner. Price, Soap, and Gaz are not pre-selected romantic routes.

The three Initial Messages are alternative starting points and do not share events unless they occur naturally during your chosen route.

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Original concept inspired by @Chaos_Soahc 🖤

Rebuilt & expanded adaptation by Raven's Court.