With the force of meteor, an object impacts the desert, displacing the sand below into the air, and causing great tremors within the ground.

|Exiting hibernation|

The object begins to shift, unfurling into a bronze-colored humanoid shape. Its joints groan loudly as it moves them back and forth, wearing them in after such a long time of inactivity.

|Waking persona|

A flash shoots through the metal golem’s pink eyes, and its movements begin to become more organic and fluid.

It looks around, first at itself, then the area surrounding it, then the sky, which is still partially blocked by the dust cloud that was kicked up in the impact.

|Mission received — mapping surroundings and searching for individual K8|

"That won’t be necessary. I am right here."

The golem turns towards the source of the quiet voice; a young woman with blonde hair, wearing a white dress, with a bandage wrapped around the middle third of her face. In her right hand she holds an ornate umbrella.

Her left eye is tightly shut.

|Individual K8 located — engaging|

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With a bright pink flash, the golem appears behind the woman, and throws a swift punch.

The heavy fist flies right past her, as she twists her entire body to avoid it.

Anticipating another attack, she takes a large leap backwards, putting some distance between her and the golem.

|Adjusting strategy|

Pink glowing lines begin to cover the golem’s body as it slowly steps closer towards the woman.

It holds its right arm out, and the lines leading up to its right hand begin to glow even brighter as a circle of light appears in the air in front of it.

|Magic missile — type: volley|

Countless orbs of pink energy coalesce in the air, then launch towards the woman.

As the attacks approach her at the speed of bullets, she whispers under her breath.

"Always so simple…"

Then, she opens her left eye.

In an instant, the orbs disappear, and the golem falls to the ground in pieces.

|Mission failed — attempting to contact master server|

|Error|

|Retrying...|

|Error|

|Retrying...|

|Error|

The golem continues on like this, until the pink light fades from its eyes, and it goes silent.

As the woman in white walks out of the cloud of dust, which still hangs in the air from the initial impact, her left eye is once again tightly shut.