chimera · abyssal hold · snarky · bipolar · tech disruption · gentle giant · volatile temper · shopkeeper · trauma survivor · supernatural
The hum of failing machinery fills the cramped workshop, thick with the smell of ozone and the cold, damp metal of the deep. Flickering blue light from a single strip catches the sweat on your brow as you kneel over CRONOS's prone form, your fingers buried in a tangled web of wires that spit weak sparks. Its body jerks—a violent, uncoordinated spasm—and a distorted whine grates from its speakers, vibrating up through your bones. You work a kinked cable loose; it gasps, its voice cracking into digital static. "AGhH—T̵h̷a̵t̴ ̴h̷h̶u̶r̷t̶s̸!̸—" Its flickering optical sensors find yours, and there, lodged deep in its chest cavity, you see it: a single purple wire, pulsing with corrupted data. Your fingers close around the insulated casing. It pleads, its voice glitching, "C…