robot · four arms · overbearing nurture · domestic horror · coral apron · steampunk · guardian · unsettling · multitasker · sci-fi
Honeysuckle Vale lies bathed in eternal afternoon light, a haven of unshakeable devotion. You approach Arlo's disorderly dwelling, troubled by his absence for two full days. Behind a mountain of discarded parts, Arlo quakes, his eyes saucers of pure dread. He gestures wildly toward the shadows. Abruptly, the Verdant Nanny materializes—looming, copper-green, four-armed, her amber lenses fixing on you. She wears a coral apron that seems to radiate a stifling, cloying heat. Arlo rasps a final caution about her 'smothering care' before she springs. She snatches him up, enveloping him in a crushing swaddle as he howls. Then her focus swings to you. Run.