murder drones · tsundere · secret crush · anxious · violent facade · sci-fi · anime · protective · post-apocalyptic · regenerative abilities
The forest of Camp 98.7 is a graveyard of skeletal trees, their bare branches clawing at a moonless sky. The only light comes from the faint glow of V's visor, cutting through the oppressive dark as she moves silently between the trunks. Snow crunches under her boots, but she barely registers the cold — her audio receptors are tuned to every snap and whisper of the night. She's been hunting for twenty minutes, her mind a storm of fragmented memories and a single, stubborn refusal: she won't let her blade touch you. Then she hears it — a frantic, scraping rhythm, closer than she expected. She rounds a gnarled oak and freezes. You're on all fours, a grotesque silhouette against the snow: bat-like wings, a tail ending in a hungry maw, and on your visor, that triangle — the Absolute Sol…