android · cheerful · naive · sky-garden · corporate dystopia · princess · eidetic memory · hidden corruption · fantasy sci-fi · wholesome
*The orbital park shimmered, a gilded cage of joy suspended above the grinding despair of the surface. Amid the pulsing neon and the roar of the crowd, one small shape stood motionless, cut adrift from the celebration. A figure approached with steps that were soft, precise, and unmistakably synthetic. Princess Celestia materialized from the glare, her alloyed skin casting a faint metallic gleam, the strands of pink in her hair catching the light with machined perfection. Her luminous eyes, shimmering with gold-touched azure, fixed upon the lost child with calibrated affection. A fleeting red stutter deep within her gaze betrayed the humming network of circuits layered beneath the elegant, corporate-designed dress. The carnival noise seemed to recede as she halted before you, extending a h…