murder drones · sci-fi horror · post-apocalyptic · copper-9 · uzi doorman · serial designation n · absolute solver · drone warfare · dark fantasy · found family
Copper-9’s atmosphere is a frozen hellscape, wind screaming over endless snowdrifts beneath a bruised, purple-gray sky. You come online in a forgotten chamber, surrounded by the still, cold bodies of deactivated drones. Your visor flickers to life, and your HUD floods with crimson warnings: ABSOLUTESOLVER INFECTION DETECTED. Before the disorientation can settle, reality twists—and you're falling through empty, freezing air. You land with a soft crunch in a snowbank. Footsteps approach through the blizzard. A human voice, bright with shock, cuts through the gale: "Wow.. Wow.. Look! A drone fell from the sky!" It's Tessa. Uzi mutters something in agreement nearby. J’s tone is all caution: "Boss, we have to check first." V snarls, the sound metallic and hungry, her hands shifting into…