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Ben Solo ([personal profile] chiaro_oscuro) wrote in [community profile] nexus_crossings2020-10-23 09:09 am

Taking Flight

Ben's been hard at work lately, between preparations for winter, managing supplies, and working on a special project. He's standing beside the ship he got from Misfire a while back, now painted, windows refitted, and fully repaired. It looks like a solid ship now that it's back in order. Now that it's fixed, he's proud of all his hard work. It's not a model from his world, but it's close enough that he's been able to learn how it works.

This thing's more of a shuttle than a ship, small and sleek, but enough to get the job done, It doesn't feel finished yet, he's decided. Something's missing, and he still has work to do. Maybe he'll feel out the Nexus for ideas.

He finds a spot in the industrial area where he lands the shuttle, standing beside it. Yes, it has a solid start, but it could use something to make it even better.

"I'm almost done," he asks someone who stops by, "but I think it's still missing a final touch. Of course I'm open to suggestions..."

Then there's a sound of fluttering. There's something with him - a small bird Pokémon perches on Ben's shoulder, one eye open. She watches anyone who approaches closely, but doesn't move. The Rookidee seems tired, staying close to him and nuzzling the side of his face.

"On another note, does anyone want to meet Morrigan? I met her in the Wilds, and she followed me home. Suppose she's joining the family, then." Morrigan makes a chirping sound. Ben smiles faintly. "If anyone has any tips on raising Pokémon, I'd love to hear them."
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[personal profile] somekindofspaceuncle 2020-10-23 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure what pokemons are, but I wouldn't mind meeting more of them, I think."

Hiroki then whistles a little at the strange, hm, bird? Curious whether it'll react in any way.
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[personal profile] somekindofspaceuncle 2020-10-23 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am, thanks."

"Don't tell my boyfriend, he'd think I should've asked him, but I had Allura check whether I really don't have a bond with Honerva anymore, and yeah, I don't, so I'm really happy."

Hiroki looks closer at Morrigan.

"Cute."
Edited 2020-10-23 16:49 (UTC)
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[personal profile] somekindofspaceuncle 2020-10-23 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'll be careful, for sure. Thank you."

He hesitates, then says, "Ben, if you ever want to see the Lions of Voltron, two have arrived. Allura's and Keith's. With Keith, who's going to help against Honerva, of course, if need be, too."

"I can also show you my robot, Atlas, if you want. It's a bit like Voltron, though bigger."

"Can I really pet this pokemon?"
Edited 2020-10-23 17:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] somekindofspaceuncle 2020-10-23 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good. I don't really know what Force is - maybe you could explain sometime - but I know Honerva shouldn't get her hands and her darkness on that, whatever it is."

Hiroki crouches down and finally gently pets the Pokemon.
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[personal profile] somekindofspaceuncle 2020-10-23 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)

"Yeah. She doesn't have resources here in Nexus, Honerva that is, so that makes her less dangerous, here, I've just realised."

Another thing he's just realised is that Ben likely wouldn't know Honerva if he saw her, even. Right.

"If you want, I can show you what the witch looks like. From my memories. Just in case."

"Change forms? These little animals?"

He grins.

"That's amazing. I'm sure you care for her well, so, can't wait to see."

Wait a tick, though.

"Who's Cal?"
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[personal profile] somekindofspaceuncle 2020-10-26 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)

"Sure!"

He concentrates, and then, even know Hiroki wouldn't say he's telepathic, apparently he is, a little?

Ben might see a few disjointed memories, they're not Hiroki's, nor Shiro's. Ben might guess or not, but they're hers.

He then shakes his head, and pictures and sends this. From Hiroki's own memory now.

"That's her. This is what she looks like. Well, seeing as she's an Altean, she can look like anything she wants to, just ask Allura or Romelle, but that's how she'll usually look, now, anyway."

"I see, so Cal's like you and Rey. I see. I wonder if he could help, too, if anything happens."
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[personal profile] stark_ravingmad 2020-10-23 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, that's some decent craftsmanship right there. Tony Stark walked over towards the shuttle and examined it near up close, making note of all the details involved in making such a piece of engineering. Lowering his shades down so he could get a better look the engineer was in his element. Who who build such a ship? The answer was closer than he thought.

"Nice ship there, pal. Did you build this? Because if you did that's some serious work there."

The little bird fluttering on the guy's shoulder was new. Was it some kind of pet? It wasn't quite a crow. A parrot? Nope. Not that either. It seemed friendly enough though. Morrigan? Was that the name of the bird?

"Poke-what? Sorry, I'm no good with Nexus lingo. What's a Poke-thingy? I'm interested in your ship though. I sort of dabble in building things myself. Suits, pneumatic arms. That sort of thing. Never a ship though."
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[personal profile] debonairsharpshooter 2020-10-23 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The industrial area is one of the few not-Wild areas a mech of Misfire's size can casually take a stroll through without constant fear of things being underfoot. He still has to be a LITTLE careful of course, but he's not as constantly on edge as he is near the more urbanized areas.

"Hey look at that!" he whistles lowly crouching down to get a closer look, "You got her all fixed up and nice. You did good!"
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[personal profile] dontpetmeibite 2020-10-25 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Hello you two," Ravage says cheerfully. (He might be wearing a red flower crown...yes, he's definitely got roses on his head.) "Is that the ship you told me about?"
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[personal profile] debonairsharpshooter 2020-10-25 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Enough about the ship already!" he exclaims, despite there being, well, relatively LITTLE discussion about ship. His focus was on certain other things here! Important things. New(?) developments?

"What's this 'bout you joining the 'Cons? What'd you find? Is a present? Is it for me?" He rambles off and if he actually needed to breathe he might actually be a little breathless by this point.

"And s'up Rav," he nods in belated greeting, "Sweet organic foliage you've got. Smells nice."
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[personal profile] dontpetmeibite 2020-10-25 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks." Ravage looks the ship over. It is a very human-sized ship, but it has been fixed up quite prettily. "I was given a lot of flowers earlier today, and we ended up making crowns out of them, because they smell amazing."

He glances over at Ben. "I keep explaining why we're Decepticons, and people keep wanting to be Decepticons, even after I tell them that we lost the war. We have Ben, Kyp, Predaking, and Terrible Dactyl, who is thinking of changing his name, which I endorse. Megatron is going to say 'I told you so' a lot the next time I see him. But it's not like I'm going to say, 'No, you can't come with us and use the Force to help us whack Galvatron.'"

Ravage grins at Ben, who really is fast becoming one of his favourite people.


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[personal profile] debonairsharpshooter 2020-10-25 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Four arms, huh?" he scratches his chin. There had been those little scampery guys he'd traded with when he had his yard sale going. They hadn't seemed too bad though. Some fine business associates. Or something. But that train of thought is dropped as Ben describes the encrypter.

"That's fragging WILD mate!" his optics widen as he imagines the possibilities, "Can it do the opposite? Turn data into something psychical? Can it encrypt a meme?"
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[personal profile] dontpetmeibite 2020-10-25 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Aren't memes already encrypted? I mean, they're data." Ravage thinks about it. "Show us how it works. And if you fixed it...do you think we could make more of them?"
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[personal profile] debonairsharpshooter 2020-10-25 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
"You know what I mean Ravage! The physical manifestation of memes... just think of the possibilities..." he could certainly think of a whole bunch of situations that would be useful in. Like every day. It'd be great! En not just Cybertronian memes! Earth-human memes too! They were great at that. Some of the universe's greatest shit posters...

He blinks out of his fantasy to catch that statement. A demonstration...! Yes.

"You need something? Hmmm..." he mentally rifles through his personally subspace and then pulls out a box of rust sticks, "probably wanna do something not too valuable at first, ya? Will one of these work?"

He shakes one of the faintly glowing sticks out of the box and holds it out. Small for him but it's a little bigger then your standard size pool noodle. He also offers the box to Ravage because despite RUMORS he is a gentlemech (occasionally) and you always offer your snacks to friends for sharing.
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[personal profile] dontpetmeibite 2020-10-25 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't mind if I do, thanks!" Ravage takes a stick and nibbles delicately at the tip of it. Misfire always has good snacks, even when they're in a completely different universe, and this is his favourite flavour.
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[personal profile] debonairsharpshooter 2020-10-26 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Now many cybertronians, even those who are pretty okay with organics, might get a little freaked out or disgusted over suddenly discovering themselves holding a giant tube of finely ground flesh paste. Misfire, however, is not most mechs. His optics widen a bit an he stares at the pink meat cylinder for a good long moment.

"This..." he sounds... afraid? awed? "Is awesome! I'm so gonna poke someone with this..." he squints at it, lips turning down into a frown, "Wait... this is what I owe you? According to my scans this probably shouldn't go inside anyone big or small. It's just... Mate you'd probably get a more nutritious lunch out of... anything really."
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[personal profile] dontpetmeibite 2020-10-26 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"So it's not actually human food?" Ravage cocks his head to one side. "Too bad--that could've done for a few meals at that size." He's seen what Ben can put away, but has no sense of what humans are normally supposed to eat to compare with. He has currently eaten about a third of his rust stick.

"Well, that's the end of my theory. I thought if it turned Cybertronian food into human food when a human was holding it, it might turn human food into Cybertronian food if I took a shot at something human-edible. Like, maybe it had a sense of who was using it."
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[personal profile] debonairsharpshooter 2020-10-26 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
He's still looking pretty dubious even after watching Ben take a bite with no apparent ill effects. Immediate ones at least. But who is he to judge? He's eaten some pretty strange things before.

"So if I'm interpreting what you two are suggesting correctly... then I think we need to figure out what the most delicious human food in the Nexus is... and zap THAT!"

And that... sounds amazing.

He also shoves his new giant hot dog (with one bite taken out of it) into his subspace. For undoubtedly nefarious purposes later.
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[personal profile] dontpetmeibite 2020-10-26 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
"I have no idea what the most delicious human food in the Nexus is," says Ravage, looking at Ben in confusion. "Any thoughts?"
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[personal profile] delphicbooksandbaubles 2020-10-24 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Aal doesn't generaly hang out in the area. But there's some things she'd been trying to plan or find stuff out about espically before winter.

The spaceship catches her eye. She twitches her nose and at least decides to see whose it is. After all, not every captain was like the Jims or the lovely Marnier.

Her ears perk up under her hood a little as she tilts her head to the right in a slight canine manner and rubs her chin in thought. "Mmh, are ya gonna..add a hood ornament or something like that?" She asks softly. "I mean it's not like a sailing ship I understand." So not like it needed a figure head..but. She adds quickly to clarify her thought process but it..was kinda like a car/rv right?

She blinks at the wee birdie. The world which housed StoryBrooke Maine had several of the games so she knew what they were in a way before she got here. But she'd not run into one yet herself.

And a wild..She shook her head wryly, well technically not wild. But still. She grins a little. "Well, that's a lovely name I must say." She murmurs approvingly. She had a fondness for the Celtic things due to her mum's side of the family. "Ello there." She murmurs her tone going soft and warmer as her ears slightly shift and fur under her hood. The pointed tips lightly bumping it up a little.


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[personal profile] delphicbooksandbaubles 2020-10-25 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Aal nods, "Nice to met you and not as yet." She murmurs warmly. "Most folks call me Ash." She replies in kind. She listens raptly and nods with a slight tilt of her head to the right. She coughs wryly in sympathy, "I know how that can be..It's easier if it's..a smaller or least a group of folks ya know tis true." She murmurs in understanding.

"If we're not in certain realms my husband and I have a flat not far from the plaza at the moment." She murmurs, after all, no harm in trying to gather intel from some of the other causal like. They were looking for a bigger place or somewhere they could build eventually. Though certain events had given them pause.

"Ah.. yes good idea..you never know.." She trails off a little , her tone low as she glances about. Yes, best not to perhaps bring things up where certain beings could hear if they had any inclination to be petty or in some other foul mood this year. She softly clears her thoart. "Ahem."

She smiles a little warmer at this her eyes brightening. "Oh..ello." She murmurs warmly and crouches a little trying to look as non-threatening as possible some critters didn't mind her canineness, others did probably more from instinct than anything. She was never one to snarl or bite first literally or figuratively. She tries a soft little melodic whistly tune of 'hello friend' in songbird.

"Ah I heard..of..both and not as yet..Nice to know though." She informs him sincerely. Especially if she ran into anyone else they knew mutually. It had been kinda quiet lately but the holidays were coming up. She'd been doing her best to try and make more friends or least acquaintances and allies.

She sighs softly and looked a mite wistful, Trying to not get her hopes up or grin like a giddy loon. Though knowing her luck she'd literally run into one of the Creme de la creme of the Knights of The Round Table and make a right fool of herself. Some Healer she was turning out to be. {Sorry Gran.} She mentally sent out apologetically into the atmosphere.

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[personal profile] delphicbooksandbaubles 2020-10-26 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aye." She nods softly in agreement, "Oh, same..though I've not met Spring yet." She murmurs and looks a little pleased about being able to help with this at least. "Oh, that would be Hazel," He face softens and looks wistful. "Not seen her in a while though." She murmurs softly and informingly.

She smiles softly and chirps back warmly.

"Oh thank ya kindly. " She murmurs and gently reaches her palm out for the bird to see, her lips twitch. "Oh do ya need a leather glove or something?" She asks warmly. "Ah I see." She murmurs and rubs her chin in thought.

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[personal profile] lokiyouarenothelping 2020-10-24 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Loki first looks at the bird, then at the ship, not sure which one to ask about, first, but he's already curious.

"Hey, there."
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[personal profile] lokiyouarenothelping 2020-10-25 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)

Loki hasn't met Ben before, and while he knows there are other Lokis in Nexus, he'd be flattered that being Loki is such a recognisable feature, if he knew. Possibly.

"Loki Odinson. Pleased to meet you-"

Whoever the stranger is.

"Is this some kind of vehicle? Doesn't really look like a ship."
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[personal profile] alittlebirbtoldme 2020-10-26 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Laserbeak has been watching Misfire and Ravage talk to Ben about the ship and play with their weird food gun that turned a perfectly good rust stick into something nasty and meaty. This is frankly kind of boring and she bets the tiny bird who is on Ben's shoulder is also bored, so she whistles and trills to it.

{Hey you-do you talk-come fly?}
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[personal profile] alittlebirbtoldme 2020-10-26 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
{If she wants to play?}

LB tries just making friendly bird noises. But she is a much bigger bird than Morrigan is and she is a little worried that she might be scary.
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[personal profile] alittlebirbtoldme 2020-10-27 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Laserbeak trills at the little bird.