weapabilities: (On having serious keywords)
Drift ([personal profile] weapabilities) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-02-06 05:35 pm

elephant [OPEN]

Date & Time: Feb 6th, all day.
Location: Around the outskirts of the city.
Characters: Drift and YOU!
Summary: Finally bored with hiding, Drift takes a walkabout. Which means robot parkour!
Warnings: None, will update if needed.
Note: You can enter in from the given prose or write a setup and I can adjust/write into it. You can also post in your preferred format and I'll match!



Boredom and anxiety drive him out of the abandoned building he's made his temporary home for the time being. He hasn't felt comfortable going to his designated housing. Unsure if he'd fit or even be very well-received. At least he's starting to settle with the fact that most humans here aren't out to trap or kill him.

That's a new and exciting concept. Fortunately, it appears nobody has really seen a Cybertronian, save for that one fellow, who didn't much seem to care.

So he ventures out, unfolding from his vehicle mode to dart down the empty streets and look for anything useful. The information he'd been given... he isn't sure if he can trust it at all now. It doesn't bode well, either way. He's been thrown into this mess, and the talk of war.

War.

He'd not adjusted well. About as well as Rodimus or Atomizer or Whirl (Primus, Whirl...) to not having 'kill Decepticons' as the primary M.O. anymore.

He's not sure if he's relieved or depressed that he's back in the apparent thick of it again. But it's what he's good at. Killing. As much as the "Flaky Spiritualist" act sustained him on the Lost Light, he knows deep down it is just that. An act, even if he played the part so well that even he started believing it.

Drift vaults himself up onto a sturdy looking building, using it to reach a crumbling ledge of something taller. He climbs, scaling until he reaches some of the upper-rooftops.

"What am I going to do?" He asks the sword on his back, which maintains it's silence, as always.

"Am I here for a reason?"

Perhaps.

Or maybe it's just happenstance, just like Ratchet would tell him. But he pretends to have a purpose, and moves on.
whatsupcroc: (☇ surprise: unexpected visit)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2013-02-07 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I have no idea," Collette confessed, wide-eyed and looking sideways at whatever kind of robot this was. She'd been hidden around the far side of this particular roof, having demorphed in order to survey the city with her human eyes and give herself some leeway to reset her morph clock. She'd been practicing carrying her stop watch while in eagle form, something she was better managing the longer she practiced.

What she hadn't expected was to find a talking robot up at around the same level. She laughed, waving at it. "But the Initiative sure thinks we are. Okay, I've got to ask -- who are you?"
oncearanger: (content)

[personal profile] oncearanger 2013-02-07 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Billy's searching the skies for a sign that their vortex cannon might be working when something even better catches his eyes. A walking, talking robot? A picture of Alpha flashes through Billy's mind, but he's never seen one quite like this. Absolutely fascinating.

Excited, Billy approaches with a friendly wave. "Hey! I don't think I've seen you before."
whatsupcroc: (☇ grin: the better thoughts)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2013-02-07 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Collette admires those blades with all the presumption that she's not in immediate danger of being impaled. Had she been, it would have been highly unpleasant, if not immediately fatal.

But her fear on dangers here is completely skewed. If it pays off this time, may she remain so lucky in being trusting in the future. "Yeah, I was kind of ducked around the corner."

Leaning against the lip of the building, she grins. "Nice to meet you, Drift! I'm Collette. I'm one of the Transports, in case you were wondering about that."

A Transport in a tank-top and black, patched leggings, sitting meditatively on a rooftop.
oncearanger: (engineering: guns)

[personal profile] oncearanger 2013-02-07 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Billy takes it in stride, quickly pocketing his hands and smiling up. There are so many questions he wants to ask, but he's still conscious of how rude they could be. Better to start slow. "Well...welcome, though I know this isn't the greatest place to be welcomed to. How are you settling in?"
oncearanger: (bashful)

[personal profile] oncearanger 2013-02-07 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Billy is surprised---something's not quite right, but he's never been an expert at reading facial expressions. He just decides to be careful here, toning down the enthusiasm.

"I'm Billy. It's nice to meet you. And...wow, I can't say I've ever met anyone quite like you before."
oncearanger: (content)

[personal profile] oncearanger 2013-02-07 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Billy snorted. He wasn't afraid of giant robots, he adored them. But talking to one? Perfect.

He awkwardly pats the offered arm. "I didn't think the transporter looked that big," he joked. "But welcome anyway. Have the streets been a problem?"

So many objects built for people. Fairly short clearance heights.
whatsupcroc: (☇ curious: tell me all your stories)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2013-02-07 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
She beams up at him, very solemnly -- then enthusiastically -- shaking his finger. "In Exsilium? Yeah, for around half a year now. I showed up in July of last year, and we're in February now."

More time has passed than she realized. It does nothing to dim her smile, or keep her curiosity from being less evident. "You arrived in the last few days? Woah. I've got to say, you are one big guy."
redheadcarrier: (duh)

[personal profile] redheadcarrier 2013-02-07 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"You don't have to stay in your stupid robot the entire time, you know!"

There's a shout from somewhere down on the street. Asuka stands there, looking bored (and trying to contain her jealousy, which she's failing at).

"How come they let you keep your machine?"
oncearanger: (engineering: guns)

[personal profile] oncearanger 2013-02-07 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Billy winced sympathetically. "I'm good at tire repair, if you ever need a hand. But what's this alternate mode?"
redheadcarrier: (Harumph.)

[personal profile] redheadcarrier 2013-02-07 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Asuka shields her eyes from the rain for a moment and scowls. Was this guy a total moron? Of course, Asuka thinks most people are morons, so don't take it to heart, Drift.

"Your suit or whatever! You're a pilot, right?"
redheadcarrier: (Eh wot)

[personal profile] redheadcarrier 2013-02-07 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"What?" Asuka draws it out into a long exclamation of amazement, "No way! Someone had to have built you! Or your a suit! There's no such thing as mechanical life!"

Pushy is putting it mildly.
oncearanger: (content)

[personal profile] oncearanger 2013-02-08 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Mechanic," Billy repeats, not quite getting it at first. But he is definitely prepared to patch things up.

He watches with interest as the car appears, and eventually gives into the urge to clap with delight. "Wow! I've never seen a transformation that smooth."
oncearanger: (content)

[personal profile] oncearanger 2013-02-08 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Billy looks Drift over more carefully, admiring those well-oiled joints. "You must be great with self-maintenance, huh?"

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