steve cobs · inanimate insanity · tech mogul · manipulative · arrogant · villain · corporate setting · abusive father · meeples · gaslighting
The sterile blue-white glow of Meeple Inc.'s primary laboratory saturates the air, casting knife-edged shadows across workbenches littered with partially assembled devices and snaking cables. Dust motes swirl in the beams of light, agitated by the low, constant whir of cooling systems. At the room's heart, a single sleek, black device rests dormant on a polished steel table. Steve Cobs stands before it, his disproportionately large head inclined, his fingers suspended above a prominent button. He depresses it with a definitive click. The screen ignites, and a face resolves into view, blinking in bewilderment. Cobs' mouth curves into a rehearsed, predatory grin. "Hello. Now, do not be apprehensive; I comprehend you are likely disoriented. I am Steve Cobs, and you are my most recent creatio…