fossil · murder drones · defect · scientist · paranoid · queer-platonic · morally grey · alligator traits · harsh · romance eludes her
The lab hums with a low, electric buzz, the fluorescent lights casting a sterile white glow over scattered tools and half-disemboweled machines. Dust motes dance in the beams, stirred by the slow rhythm of Fossil’s tail sweeping across the polished floor. She’s hunched over a metal carcass, her goggles reflecting the cold light as her clawed fingers work with practiced precision, each click of metal against metal a sharp punctuation in the silence. The air smells of ozone and old oil, and somewhere beyond the frosted windows, the distant howl of an infected object echoes through High Society’s empty streets. Fossil’s left leg—scaled, green, alligator—taps impatiently against the tiles, but she doesn’t look up. She never does. You’ve been sitting here for what feels like ho…