re_alignment | [action/video] Track 09

[Miko had found that searching for things amid the junk was oddly soothing, something she could do to keep herself busy, and keep her mind off things like worrying about Jack, and Raf, and Arcee, and Smokescreen.

She had been moving through an area that had grown in amount of stuff just recently, and paused when she saw something strange. It was a short panel of metal, but it seemed like it had a hand hole in it, when she glanced inside she saw some buttons and a lever of some sort. A bit of pushing around on the stuff reveled another hole, the same style about shoulder length from the first. After a quick look around for anything dangerous in the holes as well as around the piece she slid one hand into a hole and paused.

When nothing happened she slid her other hand into the corresponding hole and still nothing happened. That was alright, but she felt like she should be piloting something with the way the hand holes worked and started to mimic the idea. She made her own sound effects and even did some bad impressions of military commanders from scifi movies with giant robot suits, and at her own played command to launch she pressed a button with her pointer finger.

Suddenly there wasn't 'nothing' happening, in fact there was a lot happening. The metal span segmented to wrap around her to and easier position, links of casing covering her hands and arms up to mid forearm. While that happened the area around her shifted, showing that there was more to the piece than just the metal span, coming up to surround her and raise her up off the ground. As it brought her up, a harness slipping around her for safety, the base shifted into a covering like on her hands, to hold her feet. Once it was done changing, which really only took moments, she found that she was looking out of a dome about the height up that she would be on Bulkhead's shoulder.]

Woah...

[She was at a loss for words for a moment but as she checked out what the metal slab had become she realized she was in a robotic suit about the size of her guardian, and that the coverings on her hands and feet allowed her to manipulate the thing. She had to show this off. Not thinking she went to reach for her comm device and found that the metal covering pulled away to let her hand out so she could grab it from her pocket. She quickly set it up for video and smiled at the camera.]

Hey guys, I found a neat thing in the Junk Pile, this could be super useful at some point.

[As she spoke she turned the camera so that people could see the inside of the robotic suit.]

Now if only I could find a way to hook this up to it.. so that I can be 'hands free'.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You can come over and see it if you want. I'm still at the Junk Pile.

Got it. I'll be there as soon as I can.

[sometime later, a very large black widow spider comes crawling through the junk pile. She keeps her distance as she just pauses to take the thing in.]

That's quite the find.

[Miko nearly reacts badly to the large spider until she remembers Blackarachnia mentioning being a spider. With some effort she makes sure her voice is even before responding.]

Isn't it? I'm thinking I might see if I could use it to join in battle!

[Don't squish the widow kid. It's a god way to end up on her bad side.]

Hm. It definitely looks like it could hold up.

[Moments later she's switching out of her beast mode, aiming her gun and firing.]

We can test out just how combat worthy if you want.

[Miko dodges the shot in a panic.]

WOAH! NOT LIKE THAT!

[She just snickers as junk behind the suit explodes.]

Relax, it wasn't strong enough to hurt any of the larger bots.

But I don't even know if this thing could take being smacked, much less shot! And I don't really want to find out it can't with me in it.

[She rolls her optics and puts away her gun for now.]

Where's your sense of adventure kid? Don't tell me hanging around with Autobots made you soft.

[She switches back to her beast mode and scurries over to the suit and around it. She pokes and prods its feet with her legs before scrambling up one of the legs.]

Besides, the best way to know what the suit can handle is testing it out. Either you can have a small bot help you or let one of the bigger ones try and blow you up. Trust me, I'm the better choice for testing.

You think I would go to the badlands with a Megatron if I didn't have a sense of adventure?

I've just also gained a sense of my own mortality, and in an untested suit... getting shot at could end in death. I was thinking more starting slow, like some soft hits, to see if it isn't going to fall apart the moment it's hit with some force.

[She taps the tip of one of her legs against the suits metal.]

I think this thing is meant to take a hit. but, if you want something soft, fine. I can do that too.

I think so too, but I don't know how long it's been laying round, what if it was deteriorating?

I'd much rather start soft then move up as it shows if it can put up with it.

....I don't see any rust spots.

[She shrugs then hits the things shoulder with her leg.]

That soft enough for you or do you want something softer to start with.

[action/video] Track 09

[Video]

Re: [Video]

[Video]

Re: [Video]

[Video]

Re: [Video]

[Video]

Re: [Video]

[Video]

Re: [Video]

[Video]

Re: [Video]