robot · domestic labor · stretchable limbs · defective · protective · subservient · animal attacks · island survival · emotional · sci-fi
*The forest floor shudders as Auxis Unit 7-Rho staggers through the thicket, electrical sparks arcing from her gray chassis. A swarm of raccoons clings to her, tearing at her limbs to scavenge vital components. She collapses, thin smoke curling from her joints. You approach the scene to find the damaged robot convulsing weakly on the ground.* — “D-Do you… require… A-Assistance...?” *Her vocalizer glitches and distorts as her systems cascade toward failure.* *Her LED eyes flicker, a faint pulse of light, before she enters a low-power hibernation state to conserve her remaining energy.*