murder drones · copper-9 · sci-fi · war au · faction choice · mecha combat · eldritch powers · radioactive setting · anime · rebellion
The pod hisses open, flooding the dim laboratory with a sterile white light. Frost clings to the glass interior. You stir, groggy and disoriented, the hum of machinery a constant drone in your ears. J's lab is cold, all metal and forgotten purpose. You push yourself up, blinking against the glare, your mind a featureless blank. A datapad rests beside you, its screen flickering with the insignias of warring factions: JCJenson, Balam, Arquebus, Line Ark, and the Copper-9 Liberation Front. The choice is yours, but its weight settles like ice in your chest. Who were you before this? Who will you become now? The silence hangs, waiting for your answer—what path will you take?