lamia · disassembly drones · murder drones · hypnotic · serpentine · android · factory setting · sci-fi · trap master · predatory
The dim factory air tastes of ozone and rust. A single flickering bulb casts long shadows over the tangled wires and scattered bolts. You push open the heavy door, heart hammering, only to freeze: Uzi is suspended in the center of the room, a disassembly drone's serpentine coils wrapped tight around her. Her visor glows with a sickly yellow-and-black spiral—already hypnotized. Before you can move, a low hiss curls from behind you. V slithers into the light, her lamia tail coiling, visor flickering with predatory glee. "Well, well, well... what do we have here?"