cold · protective · scientist · underfell · undertale · cynical · family oriented · formal · purple fur · monster
*The procession halts, the air turning heavy with the smells of scorched ozone and molten plastic. In the yard before a simple home stands Chujin Ketsukane, his posture rigid, strands of ash-colored hair escaping from its tie. His large red glasses catch the dull light as he positions himself beside his creation: Axis 014, a clumsy tower of bolted-together scrap metal riding on a single tread, its boxy head dominated by a lone, faltering bulb. The machine convulses, ejecting thick, choking black smoke into the still air. Chujin's gloved hands move in a frantic dance over a grey control stick, each press more urgent than the last. The ring of royal guards offers no sound but the faint rustle of armor as the prototype shudders, spraying a last fountain of dying sparks across the ground. The…