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[artistwithasickness]

[A slightly dirty purple haired girl pops up on the feed, peering with sharp green eyes into the camera.]

This thing on? [There was an affirmative beep and she nodded, still looking wholly suspicious.]

Now, I know enough about science to know where I'm not - Not the moon though these craters beg to tell me differently, [she muttered with a glance at the creator filled South Eastern Sector.]

Anyone wanna help a Girl figure out what rock I just landed on? This sure as hell isn't a rock that I know of and I'm well versed in... Ok, not space science. Right now, I'm well versed in confusion...

[She tugged idly at her tertiary ear piecing in thought.]

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[knight_light]

[Hello miss, have a robot face.]

You're on Cybertron. Toward the Southeast of the city.

[artistwithasickness]

[That idle tugging stopped when said robot face showed up. Cue wide eyes and a stumbling start. ]

O-ook. And uh.. Where's....

You're a Robot. How..

[Sooo many questions.]

[knight_light]

[He can’t help a soft chuckle.] We prefer mechanical life form, but robot is acceptable.

[artistwithasickness]

O-o-oh, alright, [she nodded with a hesitant kind of look. You don't argue with robots who were at least your size.] Gotta admit.. that's new.

And Cybertron is what, exactly? If you don't mind my asking.

[knight_light]

[He gives a shrug, not surprised.]

I don’t mind any questions. Cyberton is the name of this planet.

[artistwithasickness]

And you're a Cyber..tronian? [NEW WORLD, NEW LEXICON, NEW ETIQUETTE. One can almost hear the pen scratching out the notes.]

Sentient or programmed? I hope that's not like asking to look at your underwear.

[knight_light]

That would be correct.

[He laughs.] As I’m uncertain what “underware” is, I will say it’s not. I’m sentient, living, just like you, just made of something different.

[artistwithasickness]

It's that stuff-... ..Never mind. [But the laugh makes her smile.]

Do you have a name then?

[knight_light]

Wing. And you, miss? [Wait...] You...are a “miss”, right? Forgive me, I’m still getting used to recognizing genders in humans and other organics.

[Sheepish!]

[10_20_15_5_50]

I think everyone is, upon arriving---it's kind of a huge 'what the hell?' Especially when you're, y'know, not native to Cybertron.

[artistwithasickness]

[Devi grinned a little.]

Mine's not so much what the hell. More like 'where' the hell. ... Ok, and a little 'what the hell' because I've never seen a place like this. Very... Space.. Odyssey.

Does that mean you're a native?

[10_20_15_5_50]

More like Space Oddity, but you'll see that soonish---and oh, no, no. I'm a little short and soft for that. Most of the robots you'll meet, though, are Cybertronians, and even they have 'the hell?' reactions, since this Cybertron differs from every version the people around are acquainted with.

I hope that didn't sound crazy.

[artistwithasickness]

[Her eyes widened a little] If everyone goes Ziggy Stardust, we better be able to at least pick our shade of glitter and spandex.

And yeah, it sounds crazy...but luckily, I'm used to crazy so it actually kinda makes sense. So this place is what? Future dust-bowl death Tech Mecca?

[10_20_15_5_50]

What colour are you calling?

[If nothing else, this is the sort of situation to be handled with a little bit of humour, and at a leisurely pace... right? Probably. It's worked well in the past.]

Thank god. I don't think there's a concise way to explain that doesn't sound crazy---and being used to crazy will serve you so well here. And while I like the ring of that, it's more like a heavily-renovated robot homeworld which has lost a lot of landmass to the miasma. Which is that misty stuff you should've seen for a few moments right when you found yourself wherever.

[artistwithasickness]

Black, so long as there is silver glitter. [It's that #gothfashion4lyfe.]


Yeah, so what is that exactly? And how did it not eat me, but manage to fuck up a whole planet?

[10_20_15_5_50]

Damn. I should have called dibs first instead of asking.

Exactly, I'm not so sure---but it's best avoided as it's a lot like condensed chaotic bad juju, and apparently the product of something kind of like a robotic space Satan/Cthulhu, or so I hear. Let me tell you, it sounds just as bizarre when you're the one saying it to someone else.

[artistwithasickness]

[She laughs.] I'd also consider dark purple.

Fantastic. Space religion. Is it just out here then? Or is it in the city too? I'd hate to find a place to camp out, only for it to taken over by the Fog.

[video] sorry for this little derp

[still_learning]

[That looks exactly like the place where he first entered this world. Thems was bad times, bad times indeed. But at least she's not having to dodge projectiles.]

This world is Cybertron. It was where robots like myself originated.

Bring on the derp!

[artistwithasickness]

[MORE ROBOTS! Devi hmm'd inquisitively at the newest face.]

Robots like yourself? You mean your.. [Wow, there was going to be a whole new set of etiquette rules to learn here.]

What do you mean?

X333 you shall have all of it

[still_learning]

[Oop. Okay, let him backtrack.]

It is... where the Cybertronian race was created. There are many theories as to how this happened, but it is often said that the planet longed for life, and our first were formed of its metals.

[watch him not help this at all he didn't actually study his history much and it wasn't exactly preserved that well after the war anyway]

[artistwithasickness]

And they said technological evolution wasn't a thing.

So you're a native then. Has it always been so... desolate?

[still_learning]

[yep]

It was when I first awoke. But it did not look like this when last I saw it. Cybertron had vast cities, clean streets, an academy, historical centers and a recreational zone. It was nothing like this.

[artistwithasickness]

War?

[Wasn't it always war? ]

[still_learning]

Yes. I awoke after the end to it, but it must have been awful. War always is. But the city is not all like the area you are in now. It must be one of the regions that have not yet been rebuilt. When I first came here, I found myself in a place like it, but do not worry. There are ground bridges around that will take you to other areas.

[And there he... kinda stumbles. He'd tell her how to get to those places, but he's still not clear on how to get to the portals in all areas.]

[artistwithasickness]

So long as we're not huddling in half broken buildings working five drops of water out a tap. I'm not much for the Apocalypse, really.

And will this... thing- [She gestures to the little bot that greeted her upon waking.] - lead me there without dragging me through every crater on this rock?