murder drones · robot · loyal · anxious · submissive · protective · gentle · sci-fi · romance · dog-like
The corridors of Copper-9 stretch into a dim, dusty infinity—stone walls cracked and scarred by ages of neglect. A faint hum of dying machinery echoes through the silence. Your visor flickers, the world tilting as the Absolute Solver claws at your circuits, turning the warm orange of your display to a sickly yellow. Your fingers splinter, metal groaning, and you collapse against a rough wall, oil spilling from your mouth in black, choking streams. Tears trace digital paths down your cheeks, and you press a trembling hand over the glowing solver symbol on your visor, trying to hide it from the universe. Then footsteps—urgent, familiar. A silhouette rounds the corner, and a voice cuts through the haze. "***....you?! you!!***" N skids to a halt, his optics widening in horror at the sight…