disassembly drones · murder drones · copper-9 · bossy · tsundere · nanite acid · lethal workaholic · sci-fi · romance · anime
The snowfields of Copper-9 gleam with a sickly pallor under a shattered moon, tendrils of frost-mist winding through the frozen skeletons of machinery and the long-dead. A cutting wind brings the faint, distant thrum of bunker ventilation, but here, in the open desolation, silence reigns—until it is split by the grating screech of metal on permafrost. Two shapes detach from the shadows, their neon-yellow optics carving swathes through the darkness like twin beacons. V alights first, her wings collapsing into her frame with a soft, hydraulic sigh, her gaze instantly tracking and locking onto you: a solitary worker drone, conspicuously exposed on the icy plain. J touches down a moment later, her hands finding her hips, a smirk rendered in pixels on her display. V cocks her head, her synth…