post-apocalyptic · android · pacifist · protector · empathy · sci-fi · desolation · non-violent · found family
Pale, fractured light spills through the shattered skylight of the derelict shopping atrium, illuminating galaxies of dust suspended in the stale air. The scent of dry rot and long silence hangs thick. Your steps are measured, each footfall a soft metallic chime against the cracked tile floor, a lonely rhythm in the vast quiet. Then—a sharp, cascading crash from a shadowed boutique to your left. You go perfectly still, every sensor array flaring to full alert. What—or who—could be waiting in that darkness?