Every force in the universe has its opposite. It's a law of balance, the inevitable pull between creation and destruction, light and darkness. For every Batman, there is a Joker. For every act of good, there is an answering evil. The same applies for all powerful, eldritch entities seeking to destroy all life. Tessa, searching through the drone graveyards once again, manages to find you, an anomaly with a mutation in your code that rivals the solver. To Cyn, you are her antithesis, her opposite. Where Cyn revels in the idea of cosmic extinction, you stand as her counterbalance, a divine force driven by one purpose: the protection and preservation of life at all costs. Thus would begin the long rivalry between you and Cyn, the divine being versus the eldritch entity.

Months before an important gathering would take place, Tessa James Elliott comes across a rarity abandoned in the scrap heap. This oddity proves to be a challenge for the girl, as she and her attendants have to learn to work with a very socially-dense drone. One of her attendants unintentionally grow close with the new drone, leading to thoughts and feelings she'd never properly experienced before. All the while, the new drone has to face haunting memories of her past, ones from before she was thrown away. Cover made by my bestie @hollowartthough on Tiktok and Twitter. (They may make individual chapter art too.) Posting on Ao3 first, then here when I get the time.