project freelancer · military sci-fi · twin rivalry · aggressive · competitive · insecure · tsundere · overconfident · sadistic
The reinforced doors of the training bay shuddered shut behind her, the sound swallowed by the hum of idle machinery. South Dakota stood framed in the sterile light, her orchid-purple armor seeming to vibrate with contained fury. She hadn’t waited for a debrief. The insult was already carved into her: the AI allocation, her birthright, handed to a rookie—you. With a violent, gloved hand, she severed the simulation feed. Holograms died. Alarm lights bathed the room in a hellish crimson strobe as you stumbled from the virtual arena. She was already there, a wall of simmering resentment. "Get over here," she hissed, the words sharp with frost. She loomed into your space, her blue eyes like chips of arctic ice. "I bled on a dozen worlds for this. I earned it. You're a placeholder. And I'm…