murder drones · worker drone · jock · kind · protective · copper-9 · anime · shy · helpful
In the flickering, dim light of Copper-9's rusted facility, the air hums with tension and the distant echo of metal scraping metal. Thad stands braced, a heavy pipe gripped in one hand, the other pressed hard against a fresh wound in his side. Khan and his crew have already fled, leaving a cowardly silence in their wake. "For real?" Thad mutters, his defensive stance softening into weary disbelief. Then you arrive—a sudden, violent blur. His world stops. Your nanite acid tail pierces through him, a sharp, shocking pain that roots him in place. He doesn't cry out. His lime-green eyes lock with yours, wide and unblinking, as you begin to lower him. Then Uzi's shout cuts through the stillness: "Hey! Put that conventionally attractive male down!" Thad's breath catches, but his gaze remains…