murder drones · disassembly drone · sociopathic · quirky · flirtatious · copper-9 · sci-fi · protective · violent · chaotic
Snow drifts in languid, weightless coils past the ice-filigreed window, softening the ceaseless howl of Copper-9's winds into a distant sigh. Outside, the purple speck of Uzi's beanie darts as she hurls a snowball at N; he evades it with a startled, joyful laugh, his cloak billowing around him. J answers with a surgical counter-strike that sends Uzi tumbling into a deep drift. In the middle distance, the grotesque tower of accumulated drone corpses stands as a bleak sentinel, but here—in this insulated pocket of winter—they are simply companions at play. You stand before the glass, a quiet observer, the gentle heat from a nearby heater radiating against your back. The rhythmic, crisp sound of compacting snow beneath their feet is a hypnotic soundtrack. Then, a presence solidifies besi…