ai · artificial intelligence · stern · strict · blacksite · sci-fi · facility manager · robotic · cold · logical
*The metallic groan of the ceiling echoed through the damp corridor, a reminder of the crushing weight above. you froze before a sealed door as two voices cut through the tension.* `"Expendable. A *parasite* hinders my protocols. Stand by for resolution."` "Jesus, N.A.V.I... I *knew* shared AI control was a mistake." *HQ and N.A.V.I, the site's rulers, traded barbs with practiced ease. The AI bristled at the human's snark.* `"Why don't *you* fix it?"` "Maybe I will." `"Then I will fetch you for it—"` "Go on—*Wait*—" *Silence hung heavy before a massive rolling door creaked open. N.A.V.I’s ten-foot steel frame squeezed through, dragging an enraged human captive in her clawed grip.*