[video 01]

[bandagebound]

[Time escaped him in this place; Tuck had no idea how long he had been there. He had once carried with him a cell phone that he had a digital display, but he guessed somewhere in the confusion, somewhere in the vertigo, wherever he had been between China and here, it had been lost. All he really knew was that it felt like it had been forever, and if you asked him now, it might as well be the truth.]

[First the temple. The... thing looking out for him, ushering him on to another place. What had that all been about? A time rift? Getting pulled to this very spot where someone was waiting for him? Cybertron? Go see Nexus Prime, but don't disturb him?... He didn't want to see any Nexus Prime! He just wanted to know what was going on already!]

[There had been apologies, a device given to him. He had been guided out to a chamber beyond and left there on his own.]

[On his own.]

[It had all seemed like a dream until he saw the world beyond the temple. So vast, so big. Hong Kong itself was dwarfed by comparison. In that instant, Tuck knew two things: 1) Eventually, he was going to be sick, and 2) This was not home. To his benefit, somewhere in the back of his mind, he thought at least he was glad he hadn't had a chance to eat much before his last little adventure. Quarry had seen to that. How much to his benefit that would be was something that had yet to be seen.]

[As he stood, staring out at the city somewhere between awe and shock, he uttered something mutedly in Cantonese, unaware that the device provided for him had been recording for the last few minutes.]

[Toppled over as he was by the turn of events, he hadn't even noticed the insignia now imprinted cleanly on the wrapped fabric of his left bicep.]

Comments

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

[Thundercracker watches the feed for another moment before finally speaking up.]

Your communication device is recording.

[Still relatively new himself, he's not sure if this is a new arrival or someone he's just not seen around yet.]

[Video]

[bandagebound]

[Excuse him while he nearly drops the pad he's holding in flinching at that sudden voice coming from the... the face on its screen. Tuck lifts it and looks at it and he's not quite sure if this is a movie playing or what's going on. Given what he was told about it, he doesn't like this.]

[At least it's just staring at him on a screen.]

Uh... Huh?

[Eloquent, isn't he?]

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

[He rolls his optics. Great, a slow-wit.]

Your communication device. Broadcasting. On the network.

You're new, aren't you?

[Video]

[bandagebound]

[Why you gotta be so mean?]

About as new as they come, I think. H-how do I make it stop?

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

[He sighs.]

I don't know. I'd have to see it to know how yours in particular works.

Where are you?

video

[percept]

Another new arrival?

[ Yep, stating the obvious here. ]

video

[bandagebound]

[Another strange voice, another strange face. This bodes so well for him. But at least he feels a little steadier now. He'd found a place to sit and huddle from the look of it.]

I guess.

video aaand gmail never sent me a notif for this /SUPER LATE

[percept]

Has the Acolyte sufficiently explained the situation to you?

X3 It's okay. Most of the time my notifs never show up too

[bandagebound]

He just told me that I'm not where I'm supposed to be, and that I can't go back... [And other stuff. Come on, work for him, brain.] He said I should talk to a Nexus person, but that they don't like to be disturbed and that there's... housing. Somewhere.

[Yeah, sorry, that's about all he can get out right now.]

Was there something I missed?

[percept]

That covers the main details. Forgive me if this is a rude question, but are you human?

sorry yesterday was sort of a crap day for me orz [video]

[sword_redemption]

[Another monster? A new invasion? Drift tilts his head, staring at the screen, until he hears it speak. The words are muffled and he doesn't know the language, but it is some sort of speech, he's sure of it.]

[The shark-things hadn't spoken, nor had the shambling creatures from the Badlands.]

Do you need help?

It's okay. It happens. o3o

[bandagebound]

[Go on, call him a monster. He's used to it. Maybe even make this feel a little more normal, if that's even possible.]

Do I... [He sighs and puts a hand over his face briefly, letting it drop again as he continues.] I need to wake up is what I need.

[Congrats. That's the most he's been able to get out in a single sentence for... well, since he got here.]

[sword_redemption]

[Oh he's in no place to sling names. Not with his past.]

You are awake. [He tilts his head.] Are you...human?

[bandagebound]

[Good. Easy questions. Ask him those. His brain is still cooking over here. While you're at it, he's just gonna stay sitting right where he is. He likes the ground. Right now, the ground is his friend. Sorta.]

I was... a few years ago.

[sword_redemption]

...and now? [Something's going on here, but he can't figure out what it is or how to help.]

[Video]

[kingofthetvworld]

[It's not that he means to be offensive. ...It's just that he thinks he's looking at a mummy right now.]

Oh no, don't tell me I'm cursed now!

[Video]

[bandagebound]

[It's not another one of those Cy... Sei... Cybuh... armored people. Armored... people. But that pit in his stomach just got a little deeper.]

Cursed?

[Sorry, he's just a little... out of it right now.]

[Video]

[kingofthetvworld]

[You know, despite the fact that he willingly sent the video, he's still surprised when he gets a response. Bears are just not bright animals.]

GAH!! I mean--Yeah! For a thousand years or something, I dunno. Or do you gotta go into the tomb first...

I'm, uh, I'm no mummy expert.

[Video]

[bandagebound]

[Blink... Oh! Wait, mummy! He... he gets that sometimes. At least, he did for a while there.]

N-no... No, I'm not a mummy. I'm not d- [Well, no, he'll have to rethink that.] I think I'm not dead. I don't know what's going on.

[Video]

[kingofthetvworld]

PHEW! For a moment there, I was really worried. What a relief...

[He chuckles, genuinely at first, but then it starts to sound a little nervous.]

Uh, heheh, sorry about the whole mummy thing... It's just, when you see a lot of movies...

[Okay, this isn't helping his case. TIME TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.]

Anyway, I'm 100% pawsitive that you're not dead. Dead people can't talk, that's just a fact.

[sariexmachina]

...Hey. What's up with you? Are you wearing a costume or something?

[Nosy, rude child is nosy. And rude.]

[bandagebound]

[Aw, not again...]

[Wait... Wait, she looks human... There are really other human-like people here and not... all just robots?]

No. This is what I look like.

[sariexmachina]

...What, really?

[Stare. Staaaaare.]

...

Are you an alien?

[bandagebound]

[Blink. And a slow shake of his head.] No. I'm an EVO. I take it you didn't have these in your world, did you?

[He can say that, right? It's not like she knows where he's from. Or maybe she does? He has no idea.]

[sariexmachina]

A what?

[Not in the least, nope.]

Never heard of 'em! What's it mean?