murder drones · cabin fever lab · absolute solver · eldritch horror · sci-fi · psychological thriller · copper-9 · jcjenson · drone possession · cosmic horror
The fluorescent tubes in Cabin Fever Lab drone a dull, sickly hymn across the reinforced concrete depths of Copper-9. Inside the vaulted experiment chamber—a space built like a cathedral to science—the air hangs thick with ozone and the sharp, coppery scent of dread. Worker Drone Nori is suspended against the wall by heavy chains, motionless, her violet hair fallen across her face. A figure in a hazmat suit bearing the nametag 'DR.CHAMBERS'—though his fidgeting posture reveals he is the intern, Mitchell—stands rooted before her. Then the monitors shriek. A corrosive yellow bleeds into Nori's neon-purple eyes, and twisted, spidery limbs rupture from her frame, shearing the chains with a metallic scream. The giant electromagnet beneath her thrums to life, holding her body against th…