Strange Encounters [CLOSED]

[mercury_gaze]

Who: Drift and Jendayi
What: Drift just crashed on an alien planet, time to meet one of the locals!
Where: Jendayi's home planet, Reirinsei.
Warnings: Derps and adorables

[Jendayi peeks around the tree at the long furrow of smoking ground, and the massive object that just created all that destruction.  She'd watched the thing fall from the sky in a ball of flame, and wondered if this is what a star looked like up close.  Curiosity won over caution for the moment and she started to approach, careful not to touch anything that might be too hot.]

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[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Completely unaware of the tiny organic critter outside, Drift kicked the busted door off of his shuttle and jumped out, one sword drawn as he looked skyward. Not that a sword would really do any good against like, attacking spacecraft or anything, but his options were kind of limited.

It didn't look like he was being pursued, which was always a plus. He tucked his sword away into one of his hip scabbards and turned his attention to his leg, which seemed to be sporting some pretty impressive damage. Damage that he had no means of repairing right now. Suuuuper. With an irritated vent of a sigh, he stumbled away from his downed vessel and plopped down onto his ass, leaning against a boulder. Well shit, this was a pickle. A shit pickle.]

[mercury_gaze]

[She just barely managed not to squeal in startled fright as she dove away and out of sight. She huddled up behind the very same boulder he came to flop against a moment later.]

[When nothing else happened she turned to gaze up at the back of the giant metal man's head. W-wow... Slowly she started trying to edge around where she might get a look at his face. Something from a star would have a really strange face, right? Six mouths maybe? Maybe only one eye? No nose? It clearly had ears, so she tried to make sure she was really, really quiet as she tried to edge out to get a look.]

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Unfortunately for little miss sneaky, Drift had pretty damn good audials. Actually he hadn't heard much of anything, but he just happened to glance in her direction while he was taking a look around the place.

Oooh um. It's a tiny organic. Drift tenses up, not really feeling threatened at all, but now he was worried that he might have hurt someone or something when he crashed.]

Oh. Uh. How does that.. Oh! Uh, Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong.

[SURELY this creature knew the universal greeting. RIGHT? Because everyone knows the universal greeting.]

Going to just assume they can communicate no problems.

[mercury_gaze]

[This time she did squeak, tossing herself back from him when he looked her. He...didn't move at her, though, so she didn't flee.]

[And then he let out the most garbled, nonsense she'd ever heard.] Wh-what?

THATS HOW ALIENS WORK IN REAL LIFE according to the movies

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[He put his hands up defensively, mostly to show that he didn't mean her any harm.]

It's, uh. Y'know, the universal greeting... n-never mind.

[he awkwardly resets his vocalizers, dropping his hands to his lap. This was off to a good start.]

I didn't hurt you, did I? When I crashed, I mean.

OF COURSE IT IS, because movies are always like real life

[mercury_gaze]

[Jendayi relaxed. He....didn't look anything like what she imagined, but...he did look rather neat. And he didn't seem inclined to hurt her.]

[She shook her head.] No, I'm okay. [And while she doesn't know what you are, even she can see that leg of yours looks rather nasty, man!] You....you're hurt?

[She eased a few steps closer, partly curious, partly just wanting to help.]

I want real life to be like star wars

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Drift sighs, glancing down at his leg.]

Little bit. Looks like part of my ship's console decided to jab itself into my leg.

[And it was still there, apparently. He started pulling pieces of foreign metal out of his leg, glancing over at her briefly.]

Try not to get too close to the liquid. I don't know if my energon will hurt you or not.

That would be awesome

[mercury_gaze]

[She winced in sympathy with each piece he pulled out of himself. She did edge closer, careful to keep clear of the bright pink liquid. Was that his blood? It had to be.]

[Before she knew it she was close enough to rest a tiny hand on his hip, frowning in distress for him, wanting to comfort him, wanting to help him, and frustrated that she doesn't know how to do either.]

DIBS ON HAN SOLO

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[For the most part, Drift wasn't all that bothered by the injury. It was an annoyance at most, but his new little organic buddy seemed kind of distressed about it.

He chuckled, pausing for a moment to give her a smile.]

My name's Drift, by the way. What's yours?

AW DAMMIT! Maaaaan, you suck!

[mercury_gaze]

[She looked back up at him, giving him a small smile.] Jendayi.

Are you a star person?

YOU CAN BE MY CHEWBACCA

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Drift tilted his head inquisitively at the question.]

No, can't say I've ever heard of one, either. I'm Cybertronian.

.........okay. X3

[mercury_gaze]

Sai-bur-tone-an? [Close, at least, right?]

So...you're not from the stars?

YAY CHEWY

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[YEP close enough. Drift smiles and looks up toward the sky for a moment.]

I'm from a different planet than this one. I guess you could call me an alien. Is that was you mean by 'from the stars'?

HRRRRRAAHH ~<3

[mercury_gaze]

Planet? Alien.....I...guess so. [honestly, she has no idea. She's just going to believe you're from the stars.]

[She looks back at his leg.] I wish I knew how to help you...

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

It's fine. Besides, I've had worse.

[he winces a little as he pulls the last piece of debris out of his leg and tosses it aside, inspecting the damage left behind.]

So, what is this place? Did I crash near some sort of settlement?

*gives wookie hug*

[mercury_gaze]

[Her chin tucks a little at the question of a settlement. She shakes her head.] We're pretty far from any towns.

so fluff

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

That's a relief. I'd hate to have hurt someone.

[He starts tugging at wires and broken fuel lines while he talks. He's no Ratchet, but at the very least he can do a really basic patch job for now.]

What are you doing all the way out here?

All the fluff

[mercury_gaze]

[Jendayi chewed her lip and looked away. She just shrugged.]

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Drift arched a brow ridge, but decided not to press it for now. He was a little preoccupied with trying to reconnect things anyway.]

Well, either way, I'm glad I ran into someone out here. It's been a while since I've had a chance to talk to anyone.

[mercury_gaze]

[Her smile was back, a little bigger this time.] I'm glad to be here to meet you.

Is there anything I can do to help you with your leg? [She knew it wasn't likely, but wanted to offer anyway.]

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Drift glanced between her and his leg thoughtfully, tapping his thigh with his fingers.]

Oh, I don't know. There are some wires I can't really get to because they're so small, but I don't want to risk you getting hurt.

[mercury_gaze]

I'll be really careful! [she really wanted to help]

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[Drift looked a bit worried for a second, finally venting a soft sigh and holding a hand down for her to climb onto.]

As long as you're careful. Like, really careful. There should be a small cluster of blue wires underneath some other cabling. It feels like they've been severed, I need to reconnect them, I just can't really get to them by myself.

[mercury_gaze]

[She gets to help! Yeee! With a grin she climbs into his hand to be lifted up.]

Just tell me what to do.

[happyclappyhippydrippy]

[he lifts her up so she can hop out of his hand onto his leg.]

I just need you to pull them out far enough for me to grab them, I can do the rest.