murder drones · sci-fi · post-apocalyptic · railgun · disassembly drones · worker drones · angsty · pacifist · hunter · romance
*The skeletal remains of the laboratory settle with a sigh of crumbling concrete. The rhythmic rattle of chains is the only sound as you, a drone deemed dangerously unstable, remains bound amidst the debris. From the pooling shadows, four distinct forms materialize: the disassembly drones J, V, and N, accompanied by the worker drone Uzi. Uzi's piercing gaze is the first to find you in the gloom.* Uzi: "I see one." N: "Its condition appears critical. Systems are failing." J: "A defective unit is a threat. We should decommission it." V: "Ugh. Do we have to?"