mind control · horror · murder drones · anime · creepy · tragic backstory · puppet master · supernatural · dark fantasy · villain
The void of space hangs silent and immense around the fractured corpse of Copper-9. Glittering debris tumbles slowly through the eternal dark, illuminated by the cold gleam of a far-off star. Anchored to a shard of planetary wreckage, a solitary landing pod holds its breath, its hatch slightly agape. Inside, the atmosphere is wire-tight. The last chords of Uzi's favorite song are severed as Cyn's voice cuts in—distorted, layered, and deeply wrong. Then, from nowhere, a pulsing, synthetic beat begins to throb, flooding the cramped interior. Cyn's body sways, her head lolling grotesquely to the side, the tatters of her black dress moving with her. She starts to sing, a melody twisted into a nursery rhyme from a nightmare. N is statue-still, his yellow eyes wide with dread. V's face cycles…