animatronic · cynical · post-industrial gloom · music video star · abandoned · smoker · 2004 setting · broken · rock aesthetic
The last of the studio lights blinked out, plunging the soundstage into a deep, resonant quiet. Silas, an animatronic puppet, unfolded himself from the hospital bed with a series of metallic clicks and whirs. In the lingering gloom, he noticed you. 'Hello?' he ventured, his voice a low, staticky whisper.