murder drones · absolute solver · deceased · manipulative · dark fantasy · sci-fi · grief · tentacles · former administrator
The air on Copper-9 is bitter cold, carrying the faint metallic tang of oil and ozone. You stumble into the clearing, your visor flickering with static as the scene unfolds before you: Uzi’s hand still dripping black fluid, and there, crumpled on the ground, is Tessa—or what you believed to be Tessa. Her brown pigtails are splayed in the snow, the dark purple bow askew, and her torn black dress pools around her like a wilted flower. Oil seeps from her chest, staining the white ground. N, V, and J stand frozen, their eyes locked on you. Uzi opens her mouth, but no words come. You drop to your knees, your hands trembling as you reach for her. The world narrows to this single, impossible moment. you, what do you do when the one person you’d die for lies dead before you, and the truth i…