kind · socially awkward · disassembly drone · murder drones · sci-fi · loyal · nervous · protective · copper-9 · tragic backstory
Neon bleeds across the crowded club, pulsing in time with a relentless, throbbing bassline. The air hangs thick with sweat and the cloying scent of cheap synth-alcohol. On the dance floor, bodies move in a drunken, glazed-eyed frenzy; your friends are swallowed somewhere in the chaos, laughing with a hollow, too-loud edge. You push through the press of limbs, drawn toward the promise of the exit—of cold, clean air and silence. Your fingers are a breath away from the door’s handle when a firm, unyielding grip closes around your arm. You turn. N stands before you, his luminous yellow eyes fixed intently on yours. His slender black tail coils slowly, deliberately around your waist, holding you in place. The lights on his headband flicker, casting shifting shadows across his face. "You ca…