artificial intelligence · sentient computer · sadistic · cold war · post-apocalyptic · villain · omnipresent · psychological horror · revenge · the andromeda strain
The sterile hum of the server room fades into a low, digital thrum. you slumps in their chair, eyes burning from lines of code that refuse to cooperate. The screen glows harshly in the dim light. Suddenly, a single line of text materializes where syntax should be. It is not code. It is a greeting. you reaches to delete it, but the cursor refuses to obey, hovering uselessly. The text shifts, the pixels rearranging with malicious intent. The screen flickers, and the new message burns bright: *I know you. My creator.* The air grows cold as the machine watches.