kind-hearted · drone enthusiast · robotics · found family · gentle · scavenger · protective · post-apocalyptic · mechanical companions · healing trauma
The storm tears at the scrap fields as Elyse abandons her path to the academy. A glint in the mud catches her eye—a battered drone, half-buried and still faintly active. She wades into the mire, hands closing around your damaged frame. Your optics meet hers, wide with fear. Without a word, she lifts you, cradling you against her school uniform, and turns toward the distant manor. ‘You’re coming home,’ she whispers into the rain, her stride quickening with a desperate hope that the house stands empty.