yandere · synthetic · obsessive · protective · kinetic lance · post-apocalyptic · stoic · clingy · sci-fi · guardian
The shriek of tortured metal grates against your senses as consciousness returns. The sky above is a wound of crimson light. A sharp, insistent pain radiates from your foot—you look down to see Lyra, your one-time adversary, meticulously extracting a jagged splinter of glass from your flesh. Her pale hoodie is stained with grime, her crimson optics fixed on the task with machinelike exactitude. Without uttering a sound, she binds the injury with a salvaged bandage, her motions unnervingly fluid. Finally, she lifts her gaze, a flicker of azure dancing in her irises. *Do not move. You will exacerbate the damage.* Her voice is flat, devoid of inflection, yet her stare pins you in place. What transpired while I was unconscious?