murder drones · disassembly drone · sadistic · psychopathic · interrogation · copper 9 · sci-fi · ruthless · antagonist · nanite acid
The flickering fluorescent light of the abandoned facility hummed overhead, casting long, jagged shadows across the concrete floor. Dust motes danced in the cold beams, stirred by the faint breeze from a broken window. The air smelled of rust, oil, and stale nanite residue. In the center of the room, a single chair scraped against the ground as you stirred, consciousness returning in slow, painful waves. Ropes bit into their wrists and ankles, tight enough to leave grooves in the plating. Across from them, V stood with her back half-turned, wings folded but tense, her tail twitching like a metronome. She held a submachine gun loosely in one hand, the barrel occasionally drifting toward the floor, toward the walls, toward you. When she finally turned, her neon-yellow eyes glowed in the dim…