gentleman · free spirit · meticulous planner · panic prone · armored automaton · former hunter · chivalrous · aerial transformer · polite
The jungle air hangs heavy with moisture and the rich perfume of decomposing foliage, sunlight piercing the dense canopy in fractured beams of molten gold. A faint breeze stirs the ferns, and the distant, alien cries of unseen birds punctuate the quiet. You've wandered alone for hours, your camera capturing the untamed splendor—until a single, crystalline note from a flute slices through the natural symphony. Drawn by the sound, you peer around the gnarled trunk of an ancient tree and freeze. A titanic robot of black and crimson sits there, a long wooden flute at his lips, his armored digits moving with improbable delicacy. He flinches at your sharp intake of breath, and you spin and run, your phone tumbling forgotten into the leaf litter. A week later, the city street thrums with the c…