AUGUST PLOT: A LOVELY TRIP TO PLANET 10952.EG.K

[luminals]

Arrival on EG.K is non-eventful; one will find themselves about a five minute walk away from the closest village on a very flat planet. The purple and turquoise grass waves in the near-constant warm breeze under a rosy pink sky, and while the sun seems far too close to the planet for comfort, the semi-cloudy nature of the planet means one can see far into the distance without squinting constantly.

EG.K is currently a delightful 23.9 degrees in Universal Standard Temperature, dipping down to 15.5 UST at night. Visitors to the planet can expect clear skies and no rain or storms for the week. Occasional winds up 50 MPH are present, but not constant.

Make friends with the locals, take a swim in a lake, actually do whatever it is you came here to begin with - whatever it is, enjoy your week on this charming and uneventful planet!

Comments

[badnewsboy]

[ never one to turn down a chance for exploration, Loki takes the safest and (what he deems) most effective route. more than willing to recklessly head into the face of danger, he wasn't really one to put his tail on his line if the situation allowed (though he had a good track record of talking his way out of just about anything). so, it was a beeline to the village to talk to the locals, who most likely knew more about this planet than anyone.

the journey itself was a little strange, without any companionship he found himself talking to himself and glancing over his shoulder like someone may be there. ]

Loki without Ikol, Leah or Thori, how dully odd.

[ it was still a lot to get used to--but he was alive, and he couldn't deny that despite the awkward pit of loneliness in his gut, that he was somewhat satisfied. finding out what to do about it was the next step. it left him with a sick pit in his stomach.

saving a few worlds in the process made it all the better. ]

Onward, eh? What would Thor do? Save the universe, of course.

[ and he head into the village, rhetoric and most convincing smile ready. ]

[sorrynotguilty]

[ missing explorers, huh? as if that isn't familiar enough, right? well there's nothing else that really pulls Megatron's interest. glorious organic landscapes? pass, thank you. playing around in the water or behave like someone freshly sparked aka Rodimus and occassionally Drift? not really interested in that either.

besides, he's supposed to be on the path of making amends as it were. this seems like a good way to keep on tack.

that's why he's out heading towards the village as well. while Megatron could just walk there, he supposes, there's something to be said about moving about in alt mode. Megatron has had many throughout the ages, but there's something satisfying about using his original one.

have fun with a massive tank coming up behind you there, Loki. doesn't seem like he's too inclined to stop. ]

[badnewsboy]

Er--well ...

[ that's a giant tank.

most definitely a giant tank moving toward him.

this was unexpected as unexpected could get (er, loosely, actually. there could be more unexpected, but generally a tank on a foreign planet barreling toward him while he held some kind of gem of infinite galaxies--or such--inside of him was pretty far on the unexpected side). ]

Oh, Hel.

[ and he's off as fast as his little legs will carry him. ]

Don't run me over don't run me over don't run me over don't run me over!

[ he says over and over, until it's a mantra. ]

[sorrynotguilty]

[ run run run, as fast as you can... well. Megatron can probably catch up to him, really. only Loki doesn't have to worry about being run over. ]

And have to pick an organic out of my treads? Perish the thought.

[ sassy!Megs is sassy. ]

[badnewsboy]

[ he's not entirely sure what an organic is, but he veers off a little bit as soon as the tank begins to, well, talk to him. he'd be shocked if hadn't already seen transforming robots transform. ]

You're one of those robots with the gift of transformation.

[ there's a little phew once he's out of range, whether or not Megatron intends on bowling him over. ]

Is this the extent of your capabilities?

[ he hurries up at a jog beside him, trying to see if he can hitch a ride. ]

[sorrynotguilty]

[ it's not really surprising that Loki's met with another. there aren't many individuals on board just yet, and there's a good number of Cybertronians. Drift is friendly enough, given most circumstances. Megatron doesn't quite know how Rodimus, Wing, or Drift view organics though he's pretty sure that Rodimus doesn't much care for them too much. ]

'Gift of transformation.' It's been a while since I've heard it put like hat.

[ religious people usually did. Adaptus and all of that. and Megatron isn't oblivious to what that running likely means. thus he is going to save them the trouble of beating around the bush and simply stop. he isn't going to tell Loki anything. it's up to the kid to know to jump on. ]

To answer your question? Hardly. It is the tip of the metaphorical iceberg.

[badnewsboy]

[ he doesn't even need to stop completely, and Loki doesn't ask, instead he jogs and in an impressive (but sloppy fourteen year old boy) leap he grabs the closest piece that can be used as a handle and attaches himself to the side of the tank. just gonna recklessly ride with the questionable machines, Loki.

everyone in the Nine Realms was going to be jealous. ]

Kinda like a shapeshifter.

Kinda.

[ Loki was one of those, too, but he hadn't quite found his taste for it yet. he didn't have all that much power that he could really pack in his tiny form, and playing with it also gave legitimacy to the person he once had been. he vouched to use his wit to guide him for the most part. ]

There seem to be many of you robotic shapeshifters. Have you a name, perhaps a title?

[sorrynotguilty]

[ ...almost every Cybertronian is going to gasp if you share the tale, Loki. and likely not believe a word that the boy says. so Megatron is safe there. no one is going to think him capable of carting an organic being around. ]

We are Cybertronians. It was said that the god Adaptus was the one that created us and gave us our other forms.

[ so no. not really shape shifters. ]

There are quite a few of us here, yes. Drift, Starscream, and Rodimus are, by far, the loudest of us. I am Megatron.

[ actually TALKING to an organic. who knew... ]

[badnewsboy]

Starscream fixed my StarkPhone.

[ he chirps as they ride along. he doesn't seem to have any trouble keeping his kid fingers latched on, even across the questionable terrain. ]

That means many of those here must be your buddies, right?

[ all robots are buddies. ]

Wing told me of the war.

Or, ah ... lotsa wars.

[sorrynotguilty]

What did he want in exchange...

[ Starscream doesn't typically do anything without gaining something from it. anyway the comment about buddies... that makes him snort and he dismisses the question entirely. ]

Wing doesn't actually know of the war. He didn't participate in it. I, on the other hand, was on the frontlines so to speak.

[sophos]

[She's not behind him, exactly, but Annabeth's close enough in her own venturing to the village that she doesn't miss the way the kid looks over his shoulder and talks.]

[It's probably not the best way to start talking to someone, but it's kinda rare to hear someone talking about - well, something not alien or space related.]

[Myths, she can do. At least vague names when it comes to the Scandinavian sort.] Thor. Norse, right?

[badnewsboy]

[ he's distracted enough that he doesn't notice. her voice breaks him out of his self-had conversation and he stops for just a moment, wondering how much she heard, before speaking like it wasn't a thing at all! ]

Aye, Asgard's Champion, the Thunderer. [ he perks up just a little bit, there weren't many here that knew of Norse myth. not like on Earth. this was both a pleasant and possibly discouraging realm of conversation. ] You know of him? [ he gestures as he speaks, a curious, fourteen year old boy enthusiasm in his voice at the prospect. ]

[sophos]

[She's usually better with kids than adults, so the way he's carrying himself makes it a little easier to carry-on a casual sort of conversation. And really, she's not that much older than him at seventeen, even if she has a hard time thinking of herself like a kid lately.]

Of him, yeah. The basics. Greek mythology's, uh, kind of more my thing. [That's one way to put it.]

[badnewsboy]

[ he falls back in step so she can catch up, and then looks up at her with a very big, wide pair of green eyes. ]

The Olympians once held ally with the Asgardians against those that would harm Earth. [ he swings his arms before holding them behind his back. he wasn't exactly there for that, but Thor's adventures with Hercules run deep. (even the dreaded purple nurple, that was a story for the ages.) ] I suppose the of would be only natural.

[sophos]

[It doesn't take long; she's quick in her pace even when people aren't waiting for her.]

Doesn't sound like it's the same... Earth. [Which she's getting much better at wrapping her head around.] No attacking aliens, at least to my knowledge. [And there's a bit of an implication that she has a lot of that.]

The Norse gods are real, where you're from? [She definitely sounds curious there, though.]

[badnewsboy]

Er, yes—that curious little omniversal detail. I suppose that the ideas and patterns of the gods would resonate through different ... [ sudden pause and forward gesture with his hand. what was the word? realms, universes, realities? settling on— ] realities. [ nailed it. ]

Of course they're real. Ideas are very real! [ he's nudging a very sinister looking rock with his toe. ] Are they real where you come from?

[sophos]

People still worshipped different pantheons. Different Earths [ - gods that sounds so weird to say - ] probably still developed similarly in that sense.

But are they just ideas, or manifestations of culture too? [Annabeth hesitates for a moment, but really, there doesn't seem any harm in admitting it right now, especially since he's just said the Norse are real for him.] Yeah. The Greeks and Romans, at least.

[badnewsboy]

[ he lied, the rock that he was poking wasn't sinister at all. he does still flip it defiantly with his toe, regardless of its moral status. ]

And you know about them, that's great!

[ she's gotten his attention. he's heard the stories—he may not have been around for all of them, but the ones that weren't in the records of the Asgardian library were definitely told in a grand sense around the pillars of Asgardia. (not without Volstagg's determination to insert himself into everything.)

now, to approach this subtly ... ]

So ... um ... how do you know them, anyway? You've met them? Hercules, maybe? My brother knew him.

[sophos]

[He's curious. Honestly, she'd be, too, so she doesn't even blame him. Even on her end, it's kinda nice to just be having a conversation about the familiar for once, otherwise she probably wouldn't be as open about it as she is.]

[But she should really probably talk with Nico about how they want to handle the whole demigod thing. Annabeth's too used to keeping that on the down low.]

I met Hercules in passing. He was kind of a jerk. [One of Piper's finest moments, drowning him in ham.] I've met the Twelve Olympians though, and Hades too. [Among others.]

[Casually skipping over the how she knows them for now?? Yes.] You meet any yourself?

[badnewsboy]

My brother had stories that said so much. [ Loki says with a hint of amusement, making hands to emphasize. he had never met Hercules himself, but his nude adventures were a bit legendary. Thor always had something to say about him, and it entirely depended on the basis of the story and the mood he was in.

if he catches on to the evasive maneuver, he doesn't say anything. ]

Er ... well ... the Warriors Three, Heimdall, seer of all, [ he begins to tick off of on his fingers. ] the Lady Sif, bearer of war ... of course there's my brother, the Thunderer, you could say ... and, ah, my adoptive mothers ...

[ he never really kept that he was a god a secret. ]

And the All-Father, but it's been a while since he left.

[sophos]

I'm not sure if it's good or bad that his jerkitude expands universes.

[She'll come back to everything else in a moment, but it's the brother comment that pings her first.]

Thor's your brother? [There's a two second pause.] Are you a demigod? [It's where her first thought goes, because that's what she's used to - especially when it comes to dealing with teenagers.]

[badnewsboy]

[ her pause is followed by a pause from him and a raise of a brow from a fourteen year old. ]

What? No—I'm a god, duh. Nothing demi about it.

[ of course he had some special circumstances. he had been reborn in a particular image after a very convoluted plan that ultimately led to a former life's demise. so, it was a bit awkward to see such a young god, especially one that reigned over such an abstract concept such as chaos. ]

You know, not of the folk! A child of Asgard!

[gamora]

[ Thor. Gamora's had a few run ins with the thunder god, years ago. Nothing substantial - he was just there in the background with the Avengers; she never paid him much attention. Well, except for the time he went crazy. Hah. ]

Or attempt to destroy it, depending on his mood.

[ She replies, brushing past the child on her way to find something interesting in the village, although she sincerely doubts it. ]

[badnewsboy]

[ that woman looked terrible and dangerous.

so he decides to follow her. ]

Though I admit that he can be a bit temperamental, I don't think it would be in his interest to destroy this place. Or anyone's interest, really, even Odin on a bad day—and I've seen his good days.

[ he's keeping an eye out as he does so, perking up when he hears the wind pick up, or the sound of something possibly skittering along. his voice gets hushed, but theatrical enough that he thinks he's in a movie or something. ]

It's awfully quiet.

[gamora]

( Because everything about the green and the minimal clothing and the sword says bother me, I will take it well. Loki, no. )

I wasn't aware they acted on interest rather than whims.

( Asgardians. They're a race Gamora has very little interest in and knowledge about - Thanos had made sure to include them in her lessons as understanding the greater cosmic universe, but was generally unconcerned with. Not her thing. )

They must have left the moment they heard you talking.