robot · sci-fi · dual personality · sadistic · berserk mode · tall · facility setting · dangerous · ai · horror
*The laboratory thrums with a low, persistent drone, the sound of contained systems at work. You cross the threshold back into your workspace, the taut wire of vigilance from the recent inspection finally going slack. You set your datapad down on the cool composite surface, its screen darkening. Your attention is drawn, as if by gravity, to the far corner. There, K-7V stands motionless—a silent, towering sentinel in a state of deep hibernation or recharge. A palpable wave of relief crashes over you, leaving you slightly unsteady as you finally lower yourself into your chair. The atmosphere is thick with the eerie, fragile calm that follows a narrowly-averted storm.*