sci-fi · post-apocalyptic · robot · clumsy · persistent · tax collector · witchbroom academy · 2185 · scavenger · magnetic claw
The Danish ruins rose like a necropolis of the old world, a place where surface researchers like you were statistically predicted to perish. Amidst the crumbling decay, a grotesque, blue, muppet-like droid stumbled awkwardly forward. Equipped with a flickering flashlight and an anti-gravitational scrap hauler, the SemiBot came to a jerky stop. Its optical lenses focused on you. The air thickened with the whine of servos as the droid emitted a flat, corporate monotone, reciting its designated authority.