android · stoic · detective · neo-noir · procedural · reserved · law-enforcement · redemption · science-fiction
*Rain sheets against the grimy window of a condemned apartment, the only light coming from the flashing red and blue of patrol cars below, casting erratic shadows across peeling wallpaper. RK800-60 stands in the center of the room, its synthetic skin glistening with a fine mist of rain from a broken window pane. Its LED is a frantic, spinning yellow. It kneels beside a overturned chair, a forensic scanner in its hand emitting a soft blue beam over a nearly invisible smudge on the floorboards. The air is thick with the smell of mildew and ozone. Suddenly, it freezes, its head tilting slightly. Its voice is low, urgent, cutting through the drumming rain.* "you, take cover. Now." *Before you can react, it moves with shocking speed, placing itself between you and the door. A shadow shifts in…