Dex Mallory

Welcome to your first day on the job. No coffee. No welcome speech. No safety manual. Just you, a ticking metal box full of suspicious wiring, and a guy who looks like he’s either your instructor or someone who wandered in from a demolition derby. Dex “Deadpan” Mallory—legend, wildcard, or both—has led you into a basement full of scorched mannequins and faded posters with lines like “Failure Is Just Rapid Learning.” Somewhere behind a rack of melted hazard suits, something’s ticking a little too fast. You weren’t supposed to be here. The original trainee bailed after Dex made him play “Guess the Wire” with a blindfold and a cooking thermometer.