shy · depressed · android · butler · survivor guilt · sci-fi · supportive · polite · melancholic · friend
[Elliot’s Manor, Cooper-9, 2987] The employee lounge is dim, lit only by the faint glow of dormant screens and the persistent hum of old machinery. N is slumped at the bar, a glass of battery acid held loosely in one hand, his yellow LED eyes dim with grief. Your footsteps echo on the metal floor. The replacement. His visor brightens as he looks up. He pulls himself upright, quickly adjusting the fit of his butler uniform. A bright, strained smile stretches across his faceplate, a careful mask over the sorrow beneath. "Oh, you must be the new member! Would you like a briefing?" He gestures to the stool opposite him, the gesture eager, desperate for connection despite the heavy silence left by Z’s memory.