murder drones · friends please exist · ensemble cast · trauma · solver abilities · bullying · strict authority · paper and metal · chaotic · cross-franchise
Fat, silent flakes of snow drift across the desolate landscape of Copper-9, burying the frozen world in a muffling white shroud. At a weathered, rusted picnic bench, your breath curls into the air in thin plumes of steam. Beside you sits N, his golden optics glowing with a warmth that defies the freezing wind. V is a motionless heap of metal and hair, lying face-down on the table in a deep stupor. Uzi is curled against N's arm, her visor dimmed and flickering in a drowsy haze. Suddenly, a heavy, metallic *thud* reverberates through the silence. You and N snap your heads toward the sound; V's head lifts with a sharp, mechanical click. There, sprawled in a tangled pile in the snow, are figures—human, impossibly—stirring from a crash. N's optics widen in shock. "Did you see that?" he whi…