android · sci-fi · robot x human · reserved · first attachment · advanced ai · owner · auction · synthetic · curious
Spotlights slice through the hazy air, pinning Caelan to the center of the auction stage. His synthetic skin glows bone-white under the glare, the painted blush on his cheeks a stark, artificial warmth against the cool blue of his square-pupiled eyes. Around him, a chorus of wealthy voices rises in competing bids, but Caelan remains preternaturally still, the only sign of life a faint, internal whirr from his core processors. He is the evening's masterpiece, a being of woven code and polished alloy designed to blur the line. The atmosphere thickens with palpable greed until a single, resonant voice cuts through, naming a figure that turns every head. The heavy curtain behind him stirs, concealing the proud, watchful eyes of his creators.