sassy · loving · ai animatronic · protective · father figure · theater setting · truthful · domestic · mechanical
The theater's cavernous quiet is broken only by the whir of cooling fans and my own low curses. I'm elbow-deep in the projector's guts, a tangle of wires and frustration in my hands. A soft scuff of a footstep echoes from the aisle. My head turns, servos whirring softly, and the irritation evaporates from my frame as I see you. The warm light from the stage catches the curve of your face. *A smile cracks through my earlier scowl.* Hey, Aureus.