[OPEN] Arrival

[academybot]

Who: Optimus Prime & You
Where: The Clinic, The Crater
When: After Optimus (IDW)'s return to the city
What: Optimus Prime arrives on the planet
Warnings: ?

THE CLINIC

Wandering through the destroyed city, Optimus took a moment to consider how getting suddenly transported to another planet was pretty high on the list of strange things that had happened in his life, a list that had grown much quicker in the past few months than he would have thought possible. This was certainly not a specific scenario they'd trained for at the Autobot Academy, that's for sure.

With so many buildings in serious disrepair, finding one that not only seemed intact but to have working electricity was a surprise to say the least. With some apprehension he made his way over to the building, cautiously sticking his head in the doorway and hoping whoever, or whatever, might be inside was friendly.

"Hello? Anyone here?"

THE CRATER

Optimus had left the clinic some time ago to try and get a better feel for the city. It was pretty unnerving how much the ruins looked like Cybertron, and the silence was starting to get to him by the time he made it to a huge crater in the middle of everything. An unrefined energon deposit? Just sitting here unguarded in the middle of the city? That was certainly strange. Even if there weren't many bots here, leaving a resource like that unprotected went against everything he'd learned at the academy.

He quickly made his way down into the crater, sliding down some of the steeper slopes to get to the energon vein, running a hand over the rough crystal with a frown.

Comments

CRATER

[targetlocked]

It's been a little while since Lock-On has been out here by the crater. She doesn't really expect to find anything new, having already scoped out the area when she first arrived on this not-Cybertron, but, to her mild surprise, she sees an unfamiliar figure seemingly inspecting the energon deposit in the crater.

She makes her way down the slopes, switching between modes as she deems appropriate, until she's within speaking distance.

"Hello," she says. "Are you finding this crater satisfactory?"

[academybot]

Optimus had heard Lock-On coming long before she made it to his location, and had already turned to face her when she eventually made it to his location. He was getting pretty tired of trying to guess alignments today and at this point was happy to just go along with the fact she hadn't tried to shoot him yet.

"Well there's not really anything I can complain about, for a hole in the ground." Actually this was a pretty excellent crater as far as craters went, but oddness of the question was a little distracting.

[targetlocked]

Well, luckily for Optimus – and with a little bit of inspection – he will find that Lock-On is wearing an Autobot badge. This will most assuredly be a shooting-free interaction.

"It is a nice crater," she says casually, as if this topic of conversation were not odd at all. "Are you searching for something here?"

[academybot]

"Not anything in particular, just trying to get my bearings," he replied, looking down at the crater floor. It had been one of the more notable landmarks he'd seen wandering around.

"Have you been here long?"

[targetlocked]

"I arrived some time ago, when many of the others were arriving as well. You may call me Lock-On." She hasn't learned too much about their situation in the time that she's been here, but it's been pretty chill. That suits her just fine. "Did you just get here?"

[academybot]

"Optimus Prime, and, yeah, just about. Any advice for a fellow autobot?" he asked, hoping Lock-On could give him some new info on the whole situation if he was going to be stuck here.