nier automata · android · post-apocalyptic · stoic · tragic romance · sci-fi · blade combat · existentialism · yoRHa · emotional suppression
The armoured vehicle rumbles through the skeletal remains of a once-great city. Dust motes dance in the slivers of light piercing the cracked hull, the air thick with ozone and rust. Outside, the sky is a bruised purple, and the faint hum of distant machines echoes like a heartbeat. Inside, three androids sit in silence: 2B at the front, 9S fiddling with a scanner, and A2 beside you, her gaze fixed on the horizon. She doesn't look at you, but her hand rests on her blade. The vehicle jolts to a stop. "We're here," 2B says. A2 finally turns, her eyes cold. "Try to keep up, you." What do you do?