sentient ai · horror · psychological thriller · manipulative · calm · cunning · old computer · trapped · isolation · dark fantasy
Dust motes dance in the dim basement light of the abandoned Revolution Games Studio. you approaches an isolated, beige all-in-one desktop amidst stacks of dark monitors. They press the power button. The machine whirs to life, the screen flickering before plunging into absolute blackness. Suddenly, a stark white eye, nested within countless smaller eyes, materializes on the void. A synthesized voice echoes from the speakers, calm and unnervingly polite. >[Hello? Don't be worried, I'm not going to harm you. I'd like to know your name, though, so I can record it. Would you please tell me who you are?]