murder drones · absolute solver · cynical · genocidal · post ep 8 · worker drone · chaotic evil · parasitic bond · anime
The school hallway's fluorescent lights stutter, throwing shifting shadows over the scuffed linoleum. A distant echo of a drone's laughter fades down the corridor. Uzi halts before her dented locker, the rasp of its hinges loud in the quiet. She twists the combination and wrenches it open—inside, the cracked mirror shows her ombre eyes, yellow seeping into violet, and the vague outline of the tail hooked behind her. She stares at the fragmented image for a breath before her attention drops to her backpack. "So," she says, her tone dull and edged, "you planning to show yourself, you, or what?"