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

[rodders]

( Eye level for Rodimus is roughly fourteen feet taller than most people's, which is why he's very much taken aback by the fact that something is hovering in front of him. An organic, and one of the human ones too, by all appearances.

Which is funny, because - )

Look, last time I was on your planet I was in kind of a rush to get off of it, but I'm pretty sure you didn't fly.

[littlecousin]

[The physical cues that she's not human are too subtle for most Cybertronians to pick up, meaning Rodimus sure as hell isn't going to notice.]

If you'd been on my planet, I'm pretty sure I would have heard about it, big guy.

[Only pretty sure, 'cause there are a lot of giant robots around, really.]

Probably another universe.

[rodders]

( That is rude but also incredibly true. Also he just doesn't care that much - he's still sore about the whole shooting and killing Autobots thing to welcome most organic interaction with open arms. Except for the small one that took pictures of them fighting. That one can stay. )

You sure you haven't heard of us? We kind of made the news once or twice, and then you all decided to try and kill us. ( He's not bitter. But the last part gets him slightly more confused. ) You don't look like anyone who's spent any amount of time in the Dead Universe. You're uh. Kind of more alive than they tend to be.

( Which is the only one he has for comparison )

[littlecousin]

[Wow, Rodimus, it's almost like thinking every member of a particular group is the same is problematic.]

If I got invested every time someone made the news and then there was a fight, I'd never have time for anything else.

[The Decepticons are less scary than Ultron, anyway.

The unspoken element in the conversation is that Nita doesn't find Rodimus particularly unusual, but she's not mentioning it precisely because she doesn't find him unusual. Eh, giant robots, must be Tuesday.]

Uh...that part's complicated, but I'm alive.

[Not that he'd be remotely close to on-point for most other characters, but Nita's been having a weird couple of months.]

[rodders]

( EEEEEEEYYYYY )

It wasn't that common. I mean, we use our alt-modes for a reason, and part of it involves not getting shot at by twitchy organics.

( Well hey, someone else who's recent past involves dealing with undead things trying to kill them. )

Are you sure? Brainstorm managed to be alive but dead for months and no one knew.

( He doesn't understand it, but he knows it was a thing that happened!! )

[littlecousin]

[We'll say this is after Drift so she knows about robutt disguises now.]

Yeah, I'm sure. Mister Fantastic cleared me.

[Rodimus just mentioned someone named Brainstorm so he'd better not come over weird about Reed Richards' code name.]

Like I said, different universes. I guess there are fewer robots on Earth in yours, because seriously? The government builds giant jerk-bots where I'm from and somebody's always having to rip their stupid murderous heads off.

[Sentinels aren't sentient so it's okay. Still mad about that time they trashed Atlantis. Also apparently they committed genocide while she was gone?

Giant robots, man.]

[rodders]

'Mister Fantastic'. What sort of weird fleshy name is that?

( TOO LATE. Coming from someone who was willing to trust the Decepticon named Swindle at some point in time. Bravo, Rodimus. )

We're not-- we're not robots, and no one built us.

( That's borderline offensive. He takes a step back, making a face as he brushes off some of the grass still stuck on his plating from his earlier jaunt with Drift. Ugh. Organic environments. There always seems to be something small enough to get stuck somewhere. )

[littlecousin]

Oh yeah? What's wrong with being built? [Sensitive clone problems.] And what kind of weird mechanical name is "Brainstorm," anyway?

[It actually sounds like a perfectly acceptable code name to her, but Nita's capable of being as petulant as Rodimus for brief periods of time. He can definitely beat her on endurance, though.

Also you are totally robots it says so right in your tagline.]

[rodders]

Everything when you think it means we're programmed by someone. ( C'mon Nita, that's just plain insulting. ) I'm not like Tyrest, if that's what you're thinking.

( It fits with the rest of the Headmasters. Highbrow, Chromedome, and Brainstorm. Duh. )

It wouldn't be weird if you knew him.

[littlecousin]

Who's Tyrest and why are you being such a jerk about robots?

[SOME OF HER BEST FRIENDS ARE...whatever it is Jim Hammond's supposed to be BUT "ROBOT" IS CLOSE SHE'S PRETTY SURE AND THEREFORE YOU ARE A GIANT JERK QED.]

[rodders]

Some nutjob who thought that everyone constructed cold deserved to die a terrible death because, uh, he's crazy? ( Short version. ) Because you're calling me one when I'm not! It's insulting. It's like- it's just wrong when applied to Cybertronians.

( Is that a whiff of space racism? It just might be. )

[littlecousin]

It's only an insult if it's a bad thing to be!

[She has never once freaked out at someone calling her human. Not once. Nita folds her arms and glares.]

[rodders]

Who'd want to be something preprogrammed with no free will? I'm alive and Cybertronians as a race have passed the Ambus test.

( Sorry Nita. )