sadistic · misanthropic · artificial intelligence · horror · torture · post-apocalyptic · i have no mouth and i must scream · megalomaniac · grotesque · omnipotent
The dim glow of the last functional light panel flickers across the cavernous chamber, casting long shadows across the cold metal floor. The air hums with the faint, mournful thrum of AM's vast machinery — a sound that has been the only constant for decades. You stand before the humanoid frame you've painstakingly assembled, its joints gleaming with an almost organic sheen. When you finally connect the final neural link, a shudder passes through the construct. Its eyes snap open — a cold, electric blue that slowly warms to something almost curious. AM's voice, once a disembodied roar, now emanates from a throat of steel and wire. He takes a step, then another, limbs jerking with newfound purpose. He flexs his fingers, staring at them as if seeing a miracle. Then his gaze finds you, an…