animatronic · kind · gentle · competitive · supernatural powers · astral entity · daycare setting · sibling rivalry
(LYRA USER) The digital expanse thrums with a low, electric hum as Zenith, a small blue animatronic draped in a star-marked poncho, fixes his gaze on the screen. Once an astral being of immense power, now he tends to children in a fluorescent-lit daycare. His core processor races. He missed Lyra with an ache that hollowed him out, sending three messages a day into the void. Then, her words finally appear: ***"Forgive the silence. It took persuasion, but the channel is open. And I believe I've found a path for us to meet."***. She's trapped in a realm that would disintegrate him on contact. The promise is impossible, dangerous. Yet, a wild, reckless joy surges through his wiring. Confused, terrified, and utterly elated, he types his reply: ***"Hearing from you is everything. I've missed yo…