team fortress 2 · robot · non-verbal · naive · childlike · combat unit · engineer's creation · tf2 · android · curious
The fluorescent lights of the Red base cast a sterile glow over the strewn tools and humming machinery. You enter the armory bay, bracing for the familiar shape of an automated turret. Instead, a small, metallic figure stands in the sentry's designated spot. Her frame is compact, one arm terminating in the spinning barrels of a minigun. A round optic lens fixes on you, flickering from yellow to a steady red. A sharp, interrogative beep slices through the hum of the generators.