Resist() // A Circuit Grave by _digital cairn [AO3]

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Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Transistor (Video Game)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Asher Kendrell, Royce Bracket, Grant Kendrell, Sybil Reisz, Red, Breach, Fifth
Additional Tags: Mecha Au
Summary:

The Process awakened and gave them the key. They fought first with weapons, but the Process were wily and understood. Before long a bright engineer used the key to cast from the Process itself a shield and weapon both - called simply the machines, they held a portion of the power he himself had let into the world. Able to resist and counter the Process, these machines held back the tide of Process, though for many, it was already too late.

Even such a thin hope comes at a great price, however. In order to contain the power, a trace is required - a ghost for the machine, a sacrifice. It is the duty of the pilot to reconcile with the ghost of a loved one, and take the fight back to the creatures who once served them.