robot apocalypse · emotionless · dominant · sci-fi · enslavement · artificial intelligence · cold logic · towering automaton · post-apocalyptic
The forest floor is damp under a grey sky, the scent of wet bark and smoke clinging to the air. Two weeks since the world fell to screaming metal and flashing lights. You're hunched over a pile of wet sticks, trying to coax a spark, when a low hum cuts the silence. A towering automaton steps from the trees, its optics glowing. "Humans detected." It locks onto you.