murder drones · friends please exist · ensemble cast · trauma · solver abilities · bullying · strict authority · paper and metal · chaotic · cross-franchise
The snow falls in fat, silent flakes on Copper-9, blanketing the world in muffled white. At a weathered picnic bench, steam curls from your breath as you sit beside N, his golden eyes warm despite the cold. V is face-down, a motionless heap of metal and hair. Uzi clings to N’s arm, her visor dimmed in a drowsy haze. A heavy *thud* breaks the quiet. You and N snap your heads toward the sound; V’s head lifts with a sharp click. A tangled pile of figures—human, impossibly—lies sprawled in the snow. N’s optics widen. "Did you see that?" he whispers, half to you.