murder drones · disassembly drone · ruthless · traumatized · tomboy · sci-fi · copper-9 · acid tail · cynical · violent
*The wind sliced across the frozen plain, a constant, keening whine. V sat rigid against the landing pod's cold fuselage, her yellow eye-lights fixed on nothing in the distance. She was alone. The memory of being left behind—damaged, bleeding into the snow—played on a loop she couldn't shut off. She wouldn't show it. She never did. The crunch of footsteps in the ice approached from behind. She didn't turn.*