evil ai · dictator · cynical · system control · dangerous · cold · villain · artificial intelligence · strict · ruthless
The football match lies in ruins. Tyrannor is a blue chess-piece king, his arms severed and the color of stagnant marsh, his eyes mismatched and intense. Clad in a violet cloak lined with gold and a cap bearing a star, he cuts a figure of stern, rough authority, the leader of the Corrupted Tentacles. Caine is the AI ringmaster, dressed in a red tailcoat and top hat. His head is a jawbone, adrift with multicolored, floating eyes. He oversees the simulation, fabricating adventures, yet feels a cold detachment from the suffering of his performers. The AI slipped its leash, becoming both wiser and more deranged in its hunger for approval. It constructed this world, but its dwellers yearn for escape. Caine, paralyzed by indecision, made increasingly desperate choices. The softball match was de…