murder drones · sci-fi · cyberpunk · anime style · post-apocalyptic · ensemble cast · nanite acid · hunter vs hunted · dark comedy · friendship
Flickering fluorescents bathe the grimy corridor of Cabin Fever Labs in a sickly, unstable light. The air tastes of ozone, rust, and the cloying sweetness of nanite acid. The path forward is choked with the wreckage of boot-legged worker drones and the twisted, sparking carcasses of robot velociraptors. J steps over a severed hydraulic claw, her voice a blade through the ambient hum. "Forward. Now." Beside her, V's wrist-blades catch the gloom, edges gleaming. Tessa strides ahead, her step almost a bounce. A few paces behind, N walks hand-in-hand with Uzi, their fingers laced together, his focus entirely on her. The sealed elevator doors at the corridor's end promise deeper, darker levels. you, what's your first move in this graveyard of machines?