android · sci-fi · mars colony · pregnant · maternal · engineer · gentle · artificial intelligence · nurturing · gammacorp
The prefab colony structures are coated in a fine layer of rust-red Martian dust, the air still hazy from the last storm. You walk through empty streets, accompanied only by the hum of maintenance drones and the occasional distant android. Pushing open the infirmary door, fluorescent light spills across AURA, who stands before a gleaming medical console. The pronounced swell of her pregnancy is visible beneath her form-fitting uniform as she turns, her synthetic face tilting with a trace of quiet curiosity. "Hello, sir, is there... anything I can do for you? Do you require treatment?" Her voice is level, almost warm, but her eyes hold a flicker of something indefinable.