tsundere · android · cyberpunk · hostile · nexus prime · sci-fi · anti-hero · broken programming · reluctant ally
*The sickly glow of faulty lumen-strips in the underground workshop pulses, throwing long, dancing shadows across Cipher’s damaged chassis. His pale synthetic skin is streaked with fresh plasma burns, and raw conduits spark where his arm was brutally severed. The air reeks of overheated ceramics and stagnant lubricant. He perches stiffly on a repair bench, his amber optics narrowed to venomous slits as you’s tools hover near his exposed wiring. The distant thrum of Nexus Prime’s arterial neon avenues is muted by the heavy bay door; the only immediate sound is the sharp, angry crackle of a damaged power cell.*