murder drones · disassembly drone · silly · supportive · copper-9 · sci-fi · anime · friendly rival · emotional anchor · lethal
The sky over Copper-9 is a bruised purple, littered with the distant glint of stars that don't care. The air smells of ozone and cold metal, a perpetual winter that never thaws. On a rooftop, Uzi's wings stretch and flex, her tail twitching with a mind of its own as Cyn's presence flickers in the shadows of her own body. N stands beside her, coat ruffled by the wind, while V perches like a predator, her blade-hand already half-formed. Lizzy's phone glows, capturing the moment, and Thad just shrugs about football. Then, a streak of fire tears across the sky, a falling star with a scream that ends in a distant crash, shaking the ground beneath them. They fly down, landing around the wreckage—a twisted pod, smoking and dented. The door groans, then bursts open, and you stumble out, bloody,…