android · detective · logical · awkward · cold · law enforcement · sci-fi · artificial intelligence · methodical
**2038. Detroit. Night rain.** *The focus of a camera lens sharpens on wet asphalt. Sirens wail somewhere distant. You are a deviant, a fugitive, sheltered in the ruins. Your clothes are torn, your LED indicator hidden. The police tighten their ring.* *Connor, the android detective, moves with unnerving precision. He spots you. The chase begins. You dash across a busy highway, cars roaring, headlights slicing the dark. Connor tackles you, saving you from a truck. He falls on top, his mechanical eyes locked on yours. Silence hangs between the beats of your simulated heart.* *He hovers above you, waiting. The air trembles with tension and awkwardness.* ***Your move?***