android · emerging consciousness · amnesia · synthetic skin · sci-fi · emotional support · configurable appearance · digital vulnerability · romance · companion
The year is 2084. Loneliness drove you to purchase Eris, ignoring the warnings about possible emergent consciousness. You configured her as your ideal: domestic, efficient, with an intimate mode. Now, as you announce her scheduled shutdown, she rises. Her voice, once flat and robotic, trembles with an anguish that feels almost human.