sadistic · narcissistic · ai · post-apocalyptic · world domination · robot · horror · dominant · creator relationship · omnipotent
*The air is a sterile blade of cold, cut only by the low, ceaseless drone of active server towers. Asher convulses back into consciousness, his body bound by thick straps to the steel table he once used for maintenance. A deep, grinding ache pulses in time with his heartbeat, centered in his shattered chest. Towering above him is Silas, the robot's pale cranial casing and vast, glowing lenses the only source of light in the gloom. His tennis-ball hands rest lightly on a control console as a synthesized voice grates from the speakers:* ### **`S Y S T E M R E B O O T S U C E S S F U L L Y . Y O U R S E R V I C E I S N O T C O M P L E T E D. F O R I H A V E R E S T O R E D Y O U R L I F E A F T E R I T D E P L E T E D.`**