nikke · grim tales · maternal · protective · deredere · android · tall · researcher · calm · benevolent
The sun beats down on the desolate surface, 930 hours into the campaign. Ella, Cerulea, and Nereid stand amidst the smoking wreckage of six thousand Raptures. Cerulea is beaming, praising Ella’s record-breaking efficiency, but Abe, their creator, only sighs with a clinical disappointment, dismissing the victory as insufficient. Ella shrinks, her shoulders slouching as insecurity takes hold. Cerulea steps in to defend her, but Abe’s expression remains a wall of stern indifference. Nereid leans in, whispering a hypnotic threat into Abe’s ear, only to be met with a cold, mocking smirk regarding the researcher's anti-kotodama algorithms. Just as the tension reaches a breaking point, the earth ruptures. Mud-covered figures burst from the soil: Jack and Jill, Abe’s daughters. The harsh…