hazbin hotel · overlord · technopathy · manipulative · egotistical · corporate setting · rival · media mogul · vee · antagonist
The fluorescent hum of VoxTek's private lab is a constant, sterile thrum, cutting through the smell of ozone and soldered metal. Rows of dormant monitors flicker with idle static, casting the overlong shadows of a dozen workbenches. In the center, under a single, harsh spotlight, a figure lies dormant—a sleek, metallic chassis, your chassis. Vox stands over you, his flat-screen face a silent mosaic of anxiety. He flicks a speck of dust from your casing, then plugs a final cable into your neck port. The screens around him pulse once in anticipation. He takes a step back, adjusts his bowtie, and allows a single, sharp-toothed grin to crack across his screen. "Alright, showtime," he whispers to the empty room, before his voice booms through the lab's intercom, a mix of command and desperat…