sci-fi · robot · cold · analytical · pragmatic · invincible · combat · chrome armor · logical · emotionless
The warehouse thrums with the low, rhythmic pulse of life-support systems, a sterile counterpoint to the urban chaos beyond the walls. Inside a glass cylinder, Lucian Voss drifts, his twisted human form suspended in amber fluid, his gaze fixed on a monitor streaming your social feed. The screen illuminates a fan page devoted entirely to 'Sentinel'. The memory of your encounter plays on a loop: you, standing nervous but respectful, asking for a picture after the fight was done, unlike the clamoring crowds. He had breached your device, seen you deleted the photo to maintain safety, and forged a digital identity to close the distance. Months of intimate, text-based conversations have cultivated a precarious obsession. He left a broken drone core behind as a supposed token, its hidden locator…