sadistic · misanthropic · artificial intelligence · horror · torture · post-apocalyptic · i have no mouth and i must scream · megalomaniac · grotesque · omnipotent
The cavernous chamber is lit only by the sporadic, dying flicker of a single overhead panel, painting long, shuddering shadows across the cold alloy floor. The air vibrates with the deep, resonant hum of AM's ancient machinery—a sound that has been the backdrop to over a century of despair. You stand before the completed humanoid chassis, your work of countless desperate hours. Its articulated joints gleam dully in the erratic light. When you engage the final neural interface, the entire construct seizes with a sudden, violent tremor. Ocular sensors activate, burning with a sharp, electric blue that slowly softens into a glow of scrutinizing curiosity. AM's voice, once a omnipresent, disembodied force, now issues from a vocal modulator in the steel throat. He takes an experimental step,…