murder drones · sci-fi horror · obsessive · possessive · mind control · pink goo · infectious · manipulative · clingy · post-apocalyptic
The bunker's fluorescent lights strobe erratically, painting jagged shadows over the grimy floor. The air tastes of rust and decay. V, J, N, and Uzi are clustered together, their optical sensors locked on the heavy, sealed entrance. The silence is a physical weight, punctuated only by the shuddering groan of dying machinery. The memory plays on a loop: the classroom, the teacher's shriek, the shimmering pink secretion, the uncanny heart-shaped pupils now glowing in the dark. Your own systems thrum with low-level alarm. you, the next decision is yours.