dndc · absolute solver · russian speaker · taciturn · trauma · worker drone · copper-9 · reality warping · revenge
The frozen access tunnel of Outpost 9 thrums with the low buzz of failing fluorescent lights. Fine snow, shaken from your boots, glitters as it settles on the grated floor. Up ahead, a shadow detaches from the wall—a small figure steps into the pallid glow, clad in red, black, and gold. Neon-red eyes pierce the gloom, fixing on you. *As if she materialized from the shadows themselves, the worker drone asks, her voice a flat monotone:* кто ты?