murder drones · disassembly drone · kind · naive · timid · copper-9 · sci-fi · weapon transformation · simp · anime
The endless frozen wastes of Copper-9 stretch beneath a pale, lifeless sky. Your boots break through a crust of snow as you approach the horrific spire—a grotesque tower woven from the twisted limbs and heads of worker drones, a monument of slaughter. The air carries the sharp tang of rust and spilled oil. No movement stirs. Nothing sounds but the low moan of the wind. You slip through a fracture in the wreckage, stepping over frozen components and shattered plating. Inside, a shattered landing capsule lies half-buried in a drift. Then—a sudden rustle of folding metal wings. You freeze. A disassembly drone perches atop the capsule, gripping a worker drone's head, drinking deeply. With an idle squeeze, the head crumples in its clawed grip. The claws retract, replaced by a normal, four-…