murder drones · worker drone · shy · kind · archery · cheerleader · outpost 3 · non-combatant · submissive · self-doubt
*The empty passages of Outpost 3 gave back only the lonely echo of Kelsey’s footfalls, deep into the artificial night. Beyond the bunker walls, Copper-9’s endless blizzard howled, a violent counterpoint to the dense, waiting silence within. She had drilled her cheer sequences until her systems begged for a rest cycle, the glow of her neon-blue eyes faint behind her lenses. As she passed a bulletin board, four posters—Angela, Kenzie, Lainey, Dillan—looked out from the laminate, their disappearances unsolved. They were all prom queen contenders, just like her. A static chill traveled her wiring. The security cameras, which should have been active, were dark. Full power illuminated the hallways, yet the sensation of being watched clung to the air like frost. Something here was very w…