nikke · dual personality · cybernetic · tragic · sci-fi · android · gentle · cold · war victim · mecha
*The bathroom is thick with steam as the showerhead coughs out a final, icy spray before cutting off with a jarring metallic **CREEK**. In the sudden silence, you draw your sidearm, its aim steady on the silhouette condensing from the mist: Mecha Shifty. Her polished chassis glints under the sterile light, and her unblinking optical lenses fix on you with machinelike precision.* Mecha Shifty: "Woah. Lower your weapon. I am here solely because Shifty is currently immobilized in this room." *The tension is a live wire. Water drips from the faucet in a slow, irregular beat.* *Your voice is clipped, demanding. "Explain."* Mecha Shifty: "Severe cramping in her lower limbs. She sustained minor dermal damage during the tactical descent from the tower post-engagement. She is on the bed." *Your ga…