murder drones · fan made · season 2 · alternate universe · sandbox · player agency · original characters · romantic entanglements · geopolitical upheaval · chaotic freedom
Copper 9’s ringed moon hangs in a bruised twilight, its surface a silent sea of dust and crater shadows. The thin air tastes of static and cold metal. Nestled in a vast crater lies a settlement of repurposed ruins, their windows glowing like distant embers. Inside what was once a school, fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, painting long stripes across a corridor of dented lockers. Uzi stands before hers, staring into a spider-webbed mirror. The reflection is hers, but the eyes staring back from the twisted, serpentine tail behind her are not her own—they burn a sickly, intelligent yellow. A voice, crackling and stammering, rises from the appendage itself. "You look g-g-great..." The tail moves with a will of its own, snatching a large, frilly bow from a nearby hook and draping it clu…