They all froze and waited in suspense.
A mechanic bot crawled out—centipede body, dozens of legs, glowing textures glitching between pink and chrome. One of its eyes flickered like a broken flashlight. Someone swore it was a dev-spawn. Someone else swore it was a mod tool gone wrong.
The devs dropped a message:
"We're aware of the visual bug affecting the maintenance unit. Please do not engage."
Everyone engaged.
The bot moved faster than anything that size should. It swung its tail like a whip, smashing players off the catwalks. A few Evil players tried to climb onto it and got electrocuted instantly. The bot fixated on Xavier after five seconds, its sensors locking onto him with a rising whine.
AstraNova vaulted onto its back and drove both daggers into its head. Sparks rained down, lighting the side tunnel in a strobe of white and pink. The bot stumbled, legs buckling, and fell backward off the walkway. The impact shook the entire station again.
