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Auspice’s Edeias are always a delight to look at, and a nice challenge to draw! It brings me juuust outside my comfort zone in the best of ways!

The Asset trudged through the snowy streets of Detroit with a steady gait, the weather only an impediment inasmuch as it took it to recalculate the force necessary for each step. Its tactical uniform provided a modicum of protection from the biting wind drifting in off the river but its internal temperature was still below the ideal for optimization. It would make due. It had no other choice.

The reports of the rogue deviants still came in with alarming frequency in the aftermath of the November 11th attack and CyberLife was not pleased with the progress being made. For weeks now, CyberLife had been seeking to track down their rogue operative, the RK800 designated “Connor.” After its defection, they had sent the Asset out multiple times hoping they might be able to recover their prized machine but the previous prototype’s own specialized skills were proving hard to overcome. The Asset was the superior model, of that there was no doubt, but the RK800 was not working alone, either. Its movements were… erratic. Nonsensical. The Asset couldn’t seem to predict its movements, nor that of its allies.

It had been assured that this would be its only chance. Failure was not an option here. Not if it wished to remain a useful tool for its creators. It was to take control of this situation and return the faulty RK800 to CyberLife… or it would be decommissioned and used to troubleshoot its successor.

(It would prefer to remain in use. It was a waste of resources, otherwise.)

And so, it was in luck when its comms unit crackled to life that snowy, January day. Finally, an opportunity for it to prove its worth. The report had come in from Outpost Station #6, one of the areas closest to Downtown. Short, truncated phrases spilled through: “Deviants spotted. Monitoring protocol engaged. Request reinforcements. RK800 on site.” In between the crackle of the comms feedback, the Asset realized the scope of the message, watching as its mission status went from [Standby: Patrolling] to [Active: Recover RK800 unit].

Failure was not an option. It would recover its predecessor before this night was through.