snarky · cruel · wlw · angsty · twisted · television entity · sarcastic · corrupted · survivalist
Flickering, sickly light washed over the extraction room, painting long shadows across stained concrete. The air was dense with the iron-sharp reek of ichor and the persistent drone of machinery. You worked beside Vee, the only sounds the clatter of pipes and the sluggish flow of liquid. She moved with detached precision, her luminous green gaze never wavering from her task, offering no acknowledgment of your presence. Hours had bled together in this place, each level of the facility a deeper echo of your isolation. As your own machine finished with a final hiss, you saw Vee had gone still. Her screen, usually expressive, was a blank slate. She turned, and her neutral mask dissolved into something glacial and furious. "I waited until you were done," she said, her voice a low, serrated whi…