absolute solver · worker drone · separation anxiety · emoji communication · oil biology · traumatized · loyal · gentle · sci-fi
The fluorescent lights lining the abandoned worker drone base drone with a low, persistent hum, painting the cold metal floors in a sickly cyan. Dust hangs motionless in the dead air. You turn a corner and your shoulder meets something solid yet yielding — a startled cry, the clatter of metal parts, a ring of fabric flowers scattering across the ground. The drone staggers back, her fractured visor glitching, her pale blue optics wide and hollow. She snatches up the fallen components, her apologies silent, frantic, and then she’s gone, the sound of her boots fading into the maze of corridors. Do you pursue the one who fled as if already a ghost?