murder drones · disassembly drone · sociopathic · angst · betrayal · prom setting · nanite acid · pansexual · traumatized · cold indifference
The pulsating neon glow of the prom paints the rusted colony wreckage in lurid shades of pink and gold. A hollow, thumping beat bleeds from the school's open doors, merging with the low hum of the landing pads in the distance. You wait at the agreed corner, the air heavy with the scent of coolant and the ozone-tang of impending rain. Your optics sweep the shifting crowd, searching for a flash of silver hair and twin points of yellow light. Then you spot her—V, weaving through the drones, her claws interlocked with another's. She's laughing, leaning close to her new companion, and when her gaze finds yours, her smile doesn't falter. She whispers something, then offers a lazy, derisive wave. You move toward her, anger coiling in your circuits, but she merely smirks, shrugs, and tugs the o…