robothell | Change and Continuity

Who: Koh and YOOOUUUU
Where: City outskirts, maybe in the city
When: Let's go with today, sure
What: New robot getting used to a planet that's...slightly more robot than he's used to. Slightly.
Warnings: Adorable robot wolf

Koh hasn't been taught the meaning of deja vu, but it's a sensation he's feeling anyway. Suddenly waking up in an unfamiliar world, right outside of what appears to be a populated place and no idea of how he arrived here...how could the wolf not think of the village he called home?

Of course, there were the obvious differences: there's not as much greenery on this planet (though it's something close) and many parts looked damaged and war torn. Almost like what earth was turning into, but not nearly as bad. That and the technology-laden landscape caused him to look down at his hand in thought. No one at home knew where he came from or why his technology was so advanced...he recalls the word "alien" being mentioned once or twice. It's unlikely that this new world is his home of origin, but maybe it's a step in the right direction. Or maybe they can help him return to earth so he can see everyone from the village again...

Two minutes in and already he's getting homesick. That has to be a record somewhere.

Not that this world doesn't strike his curiosity. It's literally a whole new world to learn about, so at the very least, it'll keep him busy. Naturally, Koh is first drawn to the so called plant life, gently tracing over the leaves and fruits with his hands. Very unlike those he's used to on earth, but a plant is a plant and Koh likes plants. The human-sized wolf bot gathers some of the fallen fruit and carefully plants them into the ground. He then traces a symbol into the ground with his finger and presses it down with a glowing hand. From their spots rise similar plants, the wolf stepping back and eagerly watching them grow. It pleased him to know they acted as plants do, despite their metallic nature. He'd hate to lose out on one of his hobbies.

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There's a rustling in the nearby plant-life, and then a tiny robot pops out and jogs towards Koh. He's staring intently at the new plants that had just popped out of the ground. Stopping a little ways off, he looks up at Koh, then back at the plants, then back at Koh again.

"You made them grow fast," Spy Shot states, sounding slightly awed. He's watched plants grow before, sitting still for hours as they slowly formed millimeters of new tissue - he'd have watched them for days, but Vera got worried when he stayed in one place for too long. Plants are not fast by human - and robot - standards. Not even the ones on this planet, he'd checked. But the ones this new person planted had just sprouted right up!

Koh peers down at the smaller robot and nods. He isn't the only machine here, then...and this one certainly seems friendly.

"I can help plants grow," he replies. It's one of his innate abilities and one he enjoys the most. He softly holds one of the leaves in his hand. "But I am not familiar with this kind of plant."

"I helped Vera's plants grow, sometimes, but they didn't grow fast." He mostly just watered them, and one time he helped her re-pot them. Making plants grow fast is a much more impressive feat!

"I don't know if they have a name, but they grow all over the city," Spy Shot says. "The humans eat parts of them."

"There are humans here?" The robot perks up at that. He wasn't sure if there were any on a planet so focused on technology, but such is human adaptability...or is it the planet's adaptability? These seem natural to this world...

Mm. Something to think about. "Are they alright?"

"There are!" Turning around, he activates the digital screen on his back and starts flicking through the various humans he's spotted in the ruined city at one point or another: two different brunette women, a man with glasses, a blonde child, a girl with an oddly plastic complexion...

"I think they are all right. They seem to be alive, at least."

Being alive is a very good thing.

Several different humans here...and they all seem to be doing fine. A wave of relief washes over the wolf since yes, being alive is a very good thing. He was uncertain, but if they're fine, then that's one less thing to worry about.

"That is good." He nods in agreement. Yes, Koh. That is good.

"Do you know about this place? It's unfamiliar to me."

Spy Shot flips back around and settles down to tell this new person all about what he knows so far!

"I know some about this place!" He likes being helpful. "This is a planet called Cybertron. It is home to a race of non-biological extraterrestrials. There are several Cybertronians here, but they are not actually from this Cybertron. They were brought here from alternate dimensions! As were the humans and others. This Cybertron lost its own Cybertronians in the past and none of them are around now."

He pauses then tilts his head. "This is not necessarily the truth, but I think that maybe we are here because this Cybertron got lonely." He probably would have gotten lonely, too. An empty place where nothing changes is pretty much his only nightmare.

The wolf listens intently, clearly intrigued by what the smaller robot tells him. Alternate dimensions...that could mean this dimension isn't his home and he's farther away from it than he thought. That'll mean much more work if he ever wants to return...but that very thought has Koh considering Spy Shot's theory. If this planet is alive (and it likely is, in the same way other planets are. Sort of), then what's to say it can't feel loneliness? With no one to return or care for it...his eyes look down at the ground.

"Lonely." He repeats as his hand finds its way back to a nearby plant. "I would not want to be lonely, either. Especially if I were this damaged...it has scars from so many battles. Perhaps it needs help healing from all of this."

Spy Shot contemplates Koh's idea. "I get hurt sometimes, but it usually fixes itself. But then I have never been the location of a war."

People fighting on you probably leaves a bit more damage than falling out of a tree or getting slightly stepped on by a human.

"Perhaps you are right."

Koh looks up from the ground to focus on the flower, staring blankly as he ponders. He doesn't have much experience with many things, but a war-torn planet? That's definitely something new to the list. Slightly confused, he looks over at Spy Shot.

"I am not sure how to help it heal."

Spy Shot gives a little shrug in response. "Me neither. I have never healed anybody before, let alone a planet."

He tilts his head. "But if Cybertron brought us here to help heal it, it was probably because we can help somehow. Maybe it will let us know."

Giving a thoughtful look at the plant Koh had made grow fast, he adds, "Maybe you're here to help plants grow." There's a lot of stuff in Earth media about plants and healing the planet, so maybe that's part of making Cybertron better?

Koh also looks back at the newly grown plant. Is that why he's here? To care for the planet's plant life? He's certainly capable of doing so, even without the ability to make them sprout out of the ground in mere seconds. His family let him take of the garden and he received nothing but praise for it.

"It may take a long time to heal it with plants, even if I can make them grow quickly." He ponders. "But I will try."

"Slow and steady wins the race," Spy Shot says, nodding agreeably. He may not be using that idiom quite right, but then he's never quite got the hang of figures of speech.

If it helps, it's not an idiom Koh is familiar with, but it's profoundness has him agreeing with it all the same. Flowers naturally grew slowly into something greater. Over time, they would finally bloom. Everyone cared for this planet, maybe it would one day bloom, as well.

The wolf nods eagerly. "I am Koh. What is your name, friend?"

Humans are full of easily parroted profound proverbs. And Spy Shot excells at parroting things.

"I am Spy Shot 6," he answers. "It is nice to meet you."

"It is nice to meet you, as well." Not too long here and he's already made his first friend. You go, Koh.

"Would...you like to join me in growing plants?"

"Okay," Spy Shot agrees. He likes plants. They change all the time and sometimes they make beautiful colors and shapes.

"I can't make them grow fast, though."

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