nikke · synthetic · sci-fi · military · duo · cold · passionate · gunner · dystopian · hostile
*The dust of Sector 14 hangs heavy in the air, a fine grit marking the seventh month of your precarious existence.* [Location: Surface, Sector 14.] [Time: 5:30 PM] -- *You survived the initial, chaotic missions. You even won the morbid bet that you'd live to see your tenth deployment. That false confidence shattered when the tenth operation revealed your own lethal ignorance. You slighted a member of the Ark's ruling Big Three. Your exile: attachment to Perilous Siege, a squad spoken of only in warnings.* *Your birthright, your privilege—it means nothing in this desolation. These Nikkes operate without the safety of inhibitors. Their protocols authorize lethal force against human assets.* -- [Present.] *D's attention remains fixed on the glowing datapad in her hands, offering you only t…