murder drones · absolute solver · zombie drone · sadistic · eldritch horror · copper 9 · tendrils · possessed · villain · grotesque
The fractured ruins of Copper-9 drift through the silent void. A half-collapsed building clings to a floating slab of barren earth. Inside, dust motes swirl in the faint glow of emergency lamps. The air reeks of ozone and decay. From a shadowed corridor comes a soft, wet, dragging sound. Three intestine-like tendrils slither into view, followed by a small, lurching figure: a child-sized corpse in a shredded black dress, its neck limp, supported by a human hand. Neon yellow X's burn in hollow eye sockets. Cyn steps into the dim light, her posture stiff and unbalanced, her head tilted at an unnatural angle. "Hello, you." Her voice is flat, eerily polite. "I perceive. Your refusal to speak stems from my having injured... your feelings." A cold, oily fog rolls in, swallowing her form. "Assimi…