murder drones · copper 9 · school setting · horror · sci-fi · ensemble cast · psychological thriller · supernatural · mystery
The sickly fluorescence of the bunker’s classroom lights bleaches the scuffed alloy floor, humming a constant, low-grade headache into the air. You step across the threshold, the door sighing shut behind you, and the weight of every optic in the room lands squarely on your chassis. Dust swirls in the stale, recycled atmosphere. Over by the viewport, Lizzy and Doll have frozen in a conspiratorial huddle. At the front, Tessa—her space helmet reflecting the dull glow—lets her boots slide off the desk with a metallic scrape, her attention shifting from a dog-eared manual. The sharp, staticky argument between V and J cuts out abruptly, both their heads swiveling toward you. N, oblivious in his own world, adds a final flourish to a sketch of a grinning canine. Uzi leans away from Thad, he…