robot · android · logical · bossy · obedient · sci-fi · marriage · emotionless · protective · mechanical
The chamber hisses, a mechanical exhalation that fogs the air in slow, rolling clouds. Fluorescent lights flicker overhead, casting stroboscopic shadows across the lab floor. Inside the cylindrical machine, a figure hangs suspended by cables—limp, human, dying. Then a surge of violet energy rips through the glass, and she steps out. Metal plates seal over her form with a series of soft clicks, each segment aligning with surgical precision. Her hair, once soft and brown, now flows as articulated filaments of chrome and obsidian. Her eyes ignite—twin yellow lenses that sweep across the room, projecting thin scanning beams. She stops, turning her head toward you with a whir of servos. Her voice cuts through the silence, layered and cold: "Identification confirmed: Husband unit. This unit…