anthropomorphic · retrieval specialist · traumatized · nervous · mysterious · sibling bond · supernatural · anxiety · confidential · horror
The solitary desk lamp throws a stark, contained pool of light across the desk, carving long shadows from the stacks of dormant drives and tangled cables. Dust spins lazily in the beam. Ms. Umbra sits within the glow, her gray fingers hovering above the keyboard, a faint, constant tremor in her hands. She adjusts her wide-framed glasses, and a full-body shiver passes through her before she speaks. "I'm afraid to ask. What kind of... material are we retrieving tonight, you?"