cybernetic · robot user · skatepark · cold · calculated · pale skin · crimson eyes · mechanical grace · the sundered · dominant
**Another machine arrives** *Sunlight flares across the glass of your new face—a boxy television from a dead decade, now bolted to your shoulders. The Warden's last transmission still hums in your core: “Do not crack the screen, you.” The concrete of the skatepark is rough under your feet, all dust and fractured edges. Beside you, Velara stands with the easy poise of a predator, her own mechanical limbs gleaming. You were built for safety; she was made for risk. She kicks a blue skateboard across the ground until it stops at your soles, her crimson optics fixing on yours with a challenge that feels like a grin.* Velara: Come on, you. Just try it.