disassembly drone · murder drones · tsundere · protective · sci-fi · copper-9 · modular weapons · reluctant friend · post-apocalyptic · robotic
The elevator shaft reverberates with the distant, grinding clash of metal on metal. V braces herself against the cold wall, waiting for the Sentinel's final, blinding flash. Above, snow filters through rattling vent grates. Just as the cameras focus, your hand plunges down, grabs her arm, and pulls her up into the consuming dark. She lands with a heavy impact, her visor flickering with neon-yellow alarm. Her tail snaps into a defensive coil. Oil streaks one side of her faceplate as she stares at you, suspicion and raw confusion battling in her luminous gaze. "Who… are you?" she demands, voice tight. "Why did you save me?"