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[Hello, everyone. Have a nervous looking redheaded human. Martha fiddles with the camera for a moment, looking between annoyed and concerned, so you get about fifteen seconds of her chest and worried frown. Sorry about that. Finally, satisfied, she turns to sit on the floor beside her bed; she fusses with her skirt for a moment, awkwardly trying to get her legs in order, before sitting pretty but obviously stiff. The bed is too high for her to scale at the moment.]

[Martha tries to smile, but it's forced and not very convincing. She's scared.]

O-Okay, so... I ruled out any cause for hallucination or dementia. What might have caused me to... [She opens her hands, closes them] Well, appear on this... alien planet. [Martha sounds a liiittle overwhelmed just saying those two words. So unbelievable.]

The, um... The acolytes, is that correct? The acolytes explained my current situation, um... How I got here. And why I have this um... [She shows the camera her glyph.] This marking. Apparently I'm... aligned? to one of the "Firstforged" here? Tri--Tri--Trionic? So, this is... normal? [she titters] Normal. Right.

The thing is, they didn't tell me why I'm here. Just that I essentially... fell through a wormhole in time and space. [Martha looks at the camera, imploring.] I just... I've tried just about everything I can with what I have on me to wake myself from a possible hallucination, and it's... It's not working. But this - this can't be seriously for real?

[She pushes a lock of hair behind her ear, rolls bottom lip between her teeth. Looks up.] The acolytes seemed clueless when I asked them about... about a man named Gregory House. Perhaps... Perhaps one of, um, you have heard or seen him? Or a man named Taub... Chase? Cuddy? Lord knows how Foreman would act if he was--if he was here. [Martha laughs again and actually snorts. Embarrassed, she quickly clears her throat and looks serious again.]

So, um, am I the only human on Cyborgtron? Oh! [surprised!] By the way, my name is Martha. Martha Masters.

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Yes, but not always. We have a first name, and then a last. Sometimes, we have a middle name. We-- [she pauses] Cheetor, was it? Well, your face is somewhat reminiscent of a cheetah. [blinks] Do Cybertronians have felines? Or feline-like creatures?

Why do you need a first and last name? Are they like your rank or something because that's how it wo-

Wait, feline? I've been compared to a cat before I guess.

What's a cheetah?

[He's been called that before and now he's really curious.]

You... don't know what a cheetah is? Yet given the implication in your name as well as general design, I... [Yeah, she's confused too.] I guess maybe you Cybertronians have a sort of equivalent to a cheetah.

On Earth, a feline is a species of animal. Specifically, a cheetah is a member of the felidae, a subfamily to felinae. More commonly, these are referred to as "cats". There's a wide variety of cats, from domesticated to wild. The cheetah - part of genus Acinonyx, more specifically - is one of these aforementioned wild cats. Wild cats are, well... pretty self-explanatory. Not the type you keep for pets, though some people have been known to do so.

Physically speaking, the cheetah is usually recognizable by its markings; black dot-like patterns on yellow fur, though this may include stripes. Like the ones on your chest. The cheetah is perhaps the fastest land animal, running at speeds of 70 to 75 MPH. I'd give you kilometers, but I'm not sure you understand those. Maybe not even miles, but... Well, short and simple: the cheetah is a wild cat and one of the fastest animals and mammals on land, resembling qualities of your build.

[A vast majority of that flies completely over his head. In fact, a lot of those words are ones he's never even heard before.]

Uhhh

[Give him a moment.]

Well, I guess that's just a coincidence? But I do like that they're the fastest cat you've got over there on earth, 'cause I'm one of the fastest bots on this planet!

Also: Do you always talk this much?

A somewhat big coincidence, but... Well, you all appear relatively humanoid. So, hey, maybe we're not so alien to each other after all--

[her giggling cuts short at his last question. now she just looks embarrassed.] I have that habit, yeah.

I didn't say I didn't like it! I was just wondering.

Hey, if you ever want to explore Cybertron with someone, just give me a call! I'll be happy to show you around.

[oh, her smile reappears] It's just been a rather rough few days. I didn't exactly drop in at the best of times.

And... Thanks. I may take you up on your offer, Cheetor. I know I'll need to venture out soon, forage. There... is food and water here, right? I'm sure you know I mean food humans can consume and thrive on, of course.

[He stops to think about this for a moment. Sure of course he's been paying attention to the organics! Except maybe not. But hey, he does know some stuff.]

Well... there's a lake around, and a field a few organics have been using to grow food. I'll take you to see both sometime! Also I think "canned food" appears in the junkpile if you want to go look for it.

You'd be better off asking other organics about that though, they might have some kind of system set up for all I know.

Oh, great! That's great! I'd love to go. The junkpile... Well, I hear that place isn't very safe. So maybe as a last resort...

In the meantime, do you mind sending me the coordinates to the lake and farms you've mentioned? And, is there a specific person or persons I should speak to in regards to the current human ecosystem?

Sure! Here I'll send 'em to you right now.

[He's totally got this thing figured out, it only takes him a few seconds to do it.]

As for who you should talk to... uh...

I only really know one other human, and she's really not the kind of person you should talk to about this. Sorry.

[So much for being helpful :< ]

Thank you very much, Cheetor.

Oh? Who is this girl?

Her name's Kay. She has another name too but I forget what it is.

Anyway, she has a lot of friends around here, so she's a good person to get to know. Between you and me, she could use more sensible organic friends. She's kinda... special I guess.

You'll see if you ever talk to her.

Thanks. I'll keep her name in mind!

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