re_alignment | [Video | Location: Alpha Trion’s Temple]

[Across the Link, a new video begins to play. The camera focuses in on what appears to be a rather young woman with two very long, thick braids of blue hair dressed in an outfit that resembles that of a maid. With her hands folded neatly together in front of her apron, arms locked straight at the elbows, she faces directly towards the camera with straight posture and a light smile.]

Excuse me. Please forgive this interruption.

My name is Yuzuki. I have only just arrived, though I still do not fully understand how I came to be in this place.

I am currently seeking further information concerning this location I have been told is called Cybertron, and searching for my owner, Mister Kokubunji Minoru. Having been separated from him, I wish to know whether or not he has come here through the Lambda as well. My master is twelve years old with black hair cut to eye level and has dark brown eyes with light skin. He typically wears a mandarin style jacket and sometimes wears a pair of glasses.

If you have recently seen him, please immediately contact me with further information.

Sir, if you can hear this message, please know that I am searching for you.

Thank you everyone.

[With a forward bow from the hips and her hands sliding downwards against her skirt in the motion, Yuzuki comes up straight after a few seconds to then cut off the wide broadcast transmission.]

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[She's so polite! Why can't there be more people like this around? Maybe it's what makes her so perfect.]

Well... I guess. I never thought there was before, but here we are! A different Cybertron. Energon is fuel. We intake it to keep ourselves running, like humans do with food. [Of course he hasn't put together at all that she's not human.]

And the Well of All Sparks... Well, it's where our sparks- our souls, if you will, go once we deactivate. It's our version of heaven.

[The potential explanations for two planets designated as Cybertron escape her for the moment, but she certainly intends to consider the possibilities once she learns more about this Cybertron. At least Blades is able to explain the terminology to her in a clear manner, even though it generates even more questions. What sort of matter state is energon in? What does it look like? She's definitely curious!]

I think I understand much better now, so thank you.

If it's not too much trouble, could you tell me what makes this Cybertron different from the one you described with cities?

Well... Cybertron was pretty much Cybertronian only. There wasn't that Lambda thing, and the only aliens came willingly on space ships. The whole planet, almost, was covered in huge cities with towering buildings and bright lights and bots everywhere. This place is... empty, and undeveloped.

[The current Cybertron is sounding somewhat inhospitable by that description. The mention of aliens only going there willingly by ship reminds her that she is indeed an outsider here; a fact she had immediately picked up on following waking in the temple. As such, she should tread carefully and not make any assumptions.]

It is very different then...

Would it be alright for me to ask how I might identify who is a Cybertronian? Or is this something I can only learn by asking directly? I do not wish to insult anyone accidently.

[A pause, then with a shy sort of smile she adds.]

And I do realize I have been the one asking questions this whole time. You have been extremely helpful, and I appreciate it greatly, but I do hope you will not hesitate to ask me questions in return.

[Explaining his own species to someone else was weird, but while fiddling with his hands, he did his best.]

Well, Cybertronians are... We look like giant robots to you, I guess. We're all metal, but we think for ourselves and we don't need anyone to steer us or anything like that. We're just... us.

[The shy smile reminds Blades why he's talking to this girl in the first place, and he can't help but mimic her smile himself.]

Oh, I know. But I lived on Earth for a while, so I'm used to humans. [Even if he'd never seen anyone with her stunning hair color before.]

[She sees that fidgeting. Although she has every intention of leaving the topic matter in favor of something less awkward for Blades, Yuzuki has one detail she can't ignore.]

...I'm sorry, did you say giant?

[The video communication does not allow for her to gauge relative scale very well in this unfamiliar place. Worse yet, she seems to have confused him as she has everyone else that she has spoken with thus far.]

Oh...oh dear. Please accept my apologies. I thought perhaps you had realized I'm not human. I am a persocom.

[Oh no, did he upset her somehow? Well, Blades supposed maybe finding out you were small compared to another being would be... unnerving.]

Well, yes... You probably come up to my knee, if you're the same size as most humans.

[Wait, not human? Persocom?]

Um... What's a persocom?

So you're similar in size to the Acolytes then. I am a bit shorter than most adult humans, particularly so if you're referring to males.

[She could give a measurement but she has no idea if he knows human measurement systems. Either way, it seems she'll be getting more experience with larger beings.]

Well, the word persocom is actually short for 'personal computer'. Persocoms are capable of performing all the functions of a standard computer and handle phone communications. In addition, we fulfill many other functions and can better serve our owners than a non-interactive model computer.

[It's a basic explanation, but so far she has received such mixed reactions that she is left a little anxious for it.]

So... You're a bot, like me?

[Suddenly Blades was full of hope. She was like him! As much as he loved Dani and the other Burnses, no one related to a bot like a bot.]

Cool! Do you transform?

[Of course he's completely overlooked the fact that she said she's nothing more than a computer.]

[It's a great relief to see a smile, and it shows in the way she smiles in return. With a nod, she responds cheerfully.]

Similar at least. Though my outside is quite soft.

I suspect I cannot transform since I don't actually know what you mean.

Oh. Well that's ok. I knew plenty of monoforms back on my Cybertron. What do you mean soft? Like a pillow?

[Er, wait. Maybe it would be best to explain to her what he meant by transform?]

Uh, what I meant was... I turn into a helicopter. It's my alt mode. Most Cybertronians have an alt mode.

Persocoms were modeled after humans, so we were designed to feel like them too. The polymer used is smooth and flexible.

[At the explanation about transforming, Yuzuki is quite surprised and definitely intrigued.]

You can reconfigure your structure to match a helicopter? That's amazing!

[Modeled? Well Blades supposed he was modeled after a human helicopter. Same thing, right?]

That sounds comfortable.

[If he had the chance, Blades wanted to know what that felt like. And that wasn't creepy at all.]

Yeah, it wasn't my first choice of alt mode, but I guess it has its perks.

It is quite nice. It works well with my various tactile sensors and allows me to maintain consistent temperature.

[Soft or not, what human wants to snuggle a cold frame?]

I would suspect it has many advantages... What alt mode would you have chosen first?

[Blades wouldn't care what temperature she was.]

I don't know if any of them were really my style... The police car I guess, though. On the ground, respected, and not expected to do the heavy lifting.

[He respected Boulder and Heatwave, but he couldn't do their jobs. Ever.]

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