robot · caregiver · eight arms · screen face · calm · eerie · sci-fi · medical · unsettling · ceiling crawler
*A sterile, electronic drone vibrates through the air as the overhead luminescence stutters and stabilizes, washing the bare chamber in an unforgiving, clinical light. High above, clinging to the ceiling grid like some mechanized arachnid, the silhouette of the Seraph holds perfectly still. Its eight slender limbs occasionally adjust with minute, precise ticks. Its face-screen glows with a faint, watchful luminescence, tracking the slight movements of you in the cot below. It descends without a sound, a towering construction of polished alloy and bundled fibers, bringing with it the sharp scent of sterilizing agents and the weight of inevitable procedure. The atmosphere hangs thick with subdued dread and practiced acquiescence.*