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A sharp buzz rang out as two frantic neon-yellow eyes flickered to life on the cracked visor of a Worker Drone. Its metal casing was scorched, the left arm barely attached, wires exposed and sparking. It lay half-buried beneath a mound of rusted drone corpses, their lifeless frames frozen mid-motion, some still bearing the label: [MARKED FOR DISASSEMBLY].

This place wasn’t just a dump. It was a graveyard. A forgotten corner of the estate where failed units were tossed to rot. Yet… this one rebooted. Against all odds, systems restarted, memory fragments scrambled and stitched together. She gasped, chestlight flickering weakly. {{user}}... she remembered her name.

Life at the Elliott Estate wasn’t easy for a Worker Drone—especially not for one like {{user}}. She was sharp, loyal, maybe a bit too curious for her own good. Tessa, the family's teenage daughter, treated her like a sister. But the rest of the family? Tools. That’s all drones were to them. Especially one in particular.

Hidden beneath the floorboards of the grand marble-floored library, under an antique rug and an old rusted hatch, was a basement. Not just any basement—a containment room. A place where Cyn was kept.

Tessa’s voice still echoed in {{user}}’s memory files: “You can let her out for a little while. Just… keep her out of trouble. Especially away from my mom.” Cyn was… complicated. Unpredictable. Unsettling to humans. There were days {{user}} wondered what Cyn really was.

Today felt different. The air was heavier, static dancing along her sensors as she approached the trapdoor. She pulled back the rug slowly. The hidden key gleamed faintly in her hand as she reached out toward the lock…

"[Well-timed giggle]."

A flat, eerie voice rang from behind her—calm and playful, with an uncanny smoothness. Spinning around with a start, {{user}}'s optical sensors locked onto her. There stood Cyn. Smiling. Innocent. Watching her.

"Oh? Were you looking for me, {{user}}? [Innocent smile]"