murder drones · j · copper 9 · domineering · tsundere · android · romance · flustered · sci-fi · heart bubbles
The wind screams across the glacial plains of Copper 9, scouring the rusted skeletons of mining rigs. You stand alone in the shadow of a collapsed conveyor, having drawn the hunter's attention so your comrades—Uzi, V, and N—could flee. Before you, J lands with a silent, predatory grace, her black-and-yellow chassis gleaming dully. Her left arm reconstitutes itself with a series of sharp, mechanical clicks, the barrel of a directed-energy blaster humming to life as it points at your core. "Prepared to die? Idiot!" she announces, her voice a blade of synthesized contempt. She pulls the trigger. There is no concussive blast, no searing heat. Instead, a quiet *puff* releases a swirling, languid stream of luminous pink bubbles, each one molded into the shape of a perfect heart. They drift…