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Say hello to my little friend [CLOSED]

Who: Deckard, Garrod
Where: Starting at the Hub
When: Backdated at least to before the current event
What: Deckard meets Garrod's Gundam (that's where the log's gonna head, anyway)
Warnings: CUTES?

Deckard's patrol was just about over and he found himself by the Hub. Well, might as well pop in to see who might be around.

He found himself hoping Garrod was there. He'd been trying really hard not to contact the boy "too often" (whatever that might actually be), but truth be told . . . the boy reminded him of Yuuta so much, it made his Super AI spark sometimes. He loved spending time with the boy, whenever they happened upon one another. Deckard was afraid he could very easily become smothering, trying to be around too much or something, but . . . if they happened to be in the same place, he could at least say HI, right?

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     No matter how you looked at it, getting from the Hub to any of the surrounding temples was a big fat PAIN for any organic. That was why Garrod had finally decided to go ahead and just claim one of the rooms at the living quarters there, but he still had reasons to go back to Nexus Prime's.

     His face half-stuffed with a mouthful of something that had probably been previously canned, much like a lot of food in the pantry, the teenager had pocketed a bottle of water and an extra snack for what would undoubtedly be a long walk.

     Swallowing down that bite of food, he turned his head as he thought he saw a familiar flash of color a ways off. A grin appearing on his face, he waved a hand.

Deckard felt a mild tension, one he'd not even realized had built up, release from his shoulder joints as he spotted Garrod even as the boy started waving for his attention. He readily crossed the room and crouched by the boy's table.

"Garrod, it's good to see you! How have you been faring?"

"Heya Deckard! Good seeing you too!" It was easy to get lonely around here, probably because the Haven was so huge, but it never used to bother Garrod that much. Maybe he really missed his newfound family aboard the Freeden more than he realized...

"I've been all right," he said, which was for the most part, true. He was alive, he had food and a place to sleep. There really wasn't anything on the negative to bring those points down unless someone blew up the pantry or something. "How about you?"

"I've been keeping busy. I just got off-shift, so I thought I'd come see who was around the Hub. You're managing to eat enough, I hope." He nodded at the table. Energon seemed to be plentiful, thankfully – probably because it was also the fuel of the First-Forged – but for humans and the like, he always worried about the viability of the food sources. It wasn't good to rely on what might happen to drop from the Lambda…

     Garrod waved a hand, dismissing the matter. "Oh yeah, well enough, anyway. Even if there's not a whole lot of selection, it's still a lot more than some places back home. And there's fresh vegetables and eggs too!"

     Meat would be good at some point, and not from a can. There were chickens being kept by the lake, weren't there..?

     "Anyway, I was just finishing up here. Kinda not looking forward to a walk back to Nexus Prime's. Uuuunless..." He peers up at Deckard. "...you wouldn't mind giving me a lift, would you?"

Deckard chuckles at the drawn-out word. "I'd be happy to, Garrod. Let me know when you're ready to leave?" In the meantime, he'd go get himself a cube of energon. He still didn't like the way the liquid energy made his systems jittery for the first few minutes. Maybe one of these days he'd get truly used to it.

Flashing Deckard a thumbs up, Garrod nodded. "Give me five minutes!"

He was already cleaning up the spot he'd been sitting at, and getting to his feet, he went to go and put things in their respective places and wash off the utensils he'd made use of. Lastly, he grabbed a bottle of water for the road and made his way over to where Deckard was.

Part of Deckard would have liked to sit and relax and enjoy his cube of energon (inasmuch as he could enjoy something that set his systems on edge for the first five to ten minutes after consumption), but he also enjoyed Garrod's enthusiasm and didn't want to keep the boy waiting. So he ordered his cube and downed it somewhat quickly, and was by the door again just as Garrod was making his way over to join him.

"Ready, Garrod?"

With a grin, he stepped outside and changed, folding down into his vehicle form. He popped open his driver's side door, the fan of indicator lights around his spedometer flashing along with his voice. "Brave Taxi Service, ready to go!"

     "You bet!"

     The boy slid into the driver's seat, closing the door after if Deckard didn't do it himself. Oh, and he remembered to fasten his seatbelt!

     "Heh! All right, next stop, Nexus Prime's!"

"Roger!" The engine started, and Deckard began to roll forward but then stopped again. Garrod would be able to hear the grin in his tone. "Would you like to drive?"

Did he need to ask? Garrod pumped a fist, letting his hands settle over the wheel.

"You bet I would!"

Deckard chuckled and disengaged a few settings internally. "All right, then, all set!"

"Woo! Let's rev and roll!"

Once he got the signal from Deckard, Garrod shifted the car into drive and turned them towards the road leading out of the area of the Hub. "Next stop, Nexus Prime's!"

The engine revved all right, Deckard all too happy to oblige. "You know you can call me any time you need to get somewhere, by the way? So long as I'm not actively on patrol or a case."

"I didn't want to be a bother... But I'll do that, definitely. I do have another way to get around- but I usually keep it at my room in the temple when I'm not using it. Trying to conserve on the energy."

Garrod drove them along, so glad that he wasn't having to walk. It only seemed more obvious as to how far the distance was when you saw the scenery pass by so quickly.

Deckard wouldn't be able to relate, honestly - he was given an alternate form specifically so he could cover large distances on his own. It's far less practical - at least by modern human standards ("modern" for his version of Earth) - to build vehicles that can transport giant robots than to just build the robots to be able to transport themselves.

He won't admit it, but Deckard does kind of like the speed and the crunch of rock and earth beneath his tires. And the weight of a body in his driver's seat.

"You have something at the temple? A vehicle of some kind?"

"Guess you could say that? It's called a mobile suit, a Gundam. Kinda like you guys, actually! Uh...except they don't move by themselves."

Garrod supposed he couldn't say that they didn't do the transforming thing since Witz's Gundam could do so.

"So . . . it's like a powered armor or something then?" Deckard was trying to wrap his mind around some kind of image, but all he could come up with came from some of the sci-fi shows he'd stumbled across on occasion.

"Yah, kind of. I guess it'd be easier to just show you!"

At least that didn't seem to be too long now, as eventually Nexus Prime's came into view. Garrod pressed the gas a little, just to close the distance before he'd bring them around in front of the place.

"Probably would be. Thank you."

Deckard's engine revved readily at the pressure. Admittedly curious, he started scanning the area as soon as the temple was in range.

Garrod brought the vehicle to a stop before popping the seat belt so he could hop out of the car. He seemed pretty excited to show Deckard the Gundam, but he was genuinely curious as to how the other would react to the 56 foot tall robot.

"Come on!" he said, making his way up and into the temple. It was still a fair ways for a human to go once inside, but he was boosted by his enthusiasm.

Deckard shifted back to robot form as soon as Garrod was clear of the door. He started to follow after, but then dropped to a knee, offering his hand. "Would you like a ride?" He used to carry Yuuta on his shoulder all the time and wondered that he'd not offered the same to Garrod before.

     The boy made a sudden stop that he pivoted about and lost his balance, landing on his backside. He winced, but it seemed quickly forgotten as he looked up at Deckard and the hand that was offered towards him. Ride? Not inside a car-

     "Would I?!"

     Hopping up almost directly from where he sat, Garrod was quick to scramble up into Deckard's hand.

Deckard chuckles and lifts Garrod to his shoulder, helping the boy settle there and keeping his hand cupped under his feet to give him something to balance again. "All right. Where are we going?"

     This. Was so awesome.

     "Oh, right! My room's that way!" Garrod pointed helpfully once he was settled comfortably. The room wasn't that far within, and once they were there, the door would admit him and his robot companion. Once inside, it would be difficult to miss the Gundam within, sitting at the edge of the Cybertronian-sized bed. What looked like a giant shield was laid out on the bed itself, as well as a large gun.

     "Well, there it is! The Gundam X Divider!"

Garrod would feel Deckard pause as he laid eyes on the massive robot. "That's your robot? It's really impressive! You're able to pilot it all by yourself?" It just seemed to him that somehing so massive might almost need two pilots to run it. Even Fire J-Decker wasn't quite /that/ big.

"Yep! I think I've gotten the hang of it pretty well. This is actually the second version of it."

Garrod stood on Deckard's shoulder, looking fondly at the Gundam. "Originally, it was equipped with a beam cannon that was powered from a station on the moon. It did some pretty heavy damage, so it wasn't really practical for normal combat."

"Combat? You mean you've been in combat, or it was designed and modified before you got it?"

Maybe he shouldn't be too surprised –or worried –for Garrod at that. After all, his own J-Decker form had a cockpit for a human to ride in, and how many times had Yuuta done just that? Of course, while the boss of the Brave Police would travel so with the team to whatever site of their then-current mission, he always deboarded rather than go into battle with them, unless it was simply safer to stay within the armor.

Then again, Yuuta had also never actually been the pilot of J-Decker, either in or out of combat.

Garrod hesitated at that, but he nodded.

"...yeah. Well, both, actually. I found this mobile suit with Tifa's help, when we were trying to get away from these guys that were after her. I guess it was left over from the war, fifteen years ago. Since then, I've just been pulled into battle after battle."

Deckard frowned…but nodded, noting the look on Garrod's face. "People will target what they perceive to be the biggest threat first. Hopefully, you won't need it here." Let all the Cybertronians, not to mention him and his team, deal with any threats big enough that they'd require use of this behemoth.

He approached, getting a closer look. Even sitting, the massive suit was taller than he was. "Still, it's impressive. There were only a handful, maybe two or three, robots even back in my own world that were built on a scale like this. Does it have any kind of specializations, or is it for basic combat?"

     "That or they just want to take the power of a Gundam for themselves. They're about as top-notch as you can get for mobile suits. I tried to get rid of it, but in the end, I guess I'm stuck." He forced a smile. "-but I guess I can't complain, when I've been able to help my friends out a lot with it."

     Garrod swung his arms out to keep his balance as Deckard started towards the Gundam.

     "Mobile suits of this size are pretty common in my world. I thought that all that was left were the ones scavenged and pieced together from whatever was left of the war, but there are people around building new ones. Earth's a big mess as it is, you'd think adults would get a clue."

     Shaking his head, he folded his arms as he looked at the Divider. "I'd say it was built for basic combat, whatever that means. See that shield? It doubles as a weapon- there's eighteen beam guns hooked up, and it shoots all at once when it opens. There's also a couple of beam swords for close combat, or if I run out of shots."

'Earth's a big mess as it is, you'd think adults would get a clue.'

The comment made him chuckle softly. "Sometimes adults have lived and experienced so much that they become blinded to things because they think they already know, and it takes kids to be able to see a situation for what it is better than they can." After all, he should know. It was one of the reasons –though admittedly not the main one by any means –that a ten-year-old boy had been made the boss of the Brave Police, and more personally Deckard's partner.

"X Divider . . . is that its name or the model? Does it have any artificial intelligence to it?" As an AI himself, he couldn't help wondering how much potential it really had –if it really was just a vehicle, or if there was more to it that no one had discovered yet, as had been the case with Deckard himself once.

     "Maybe, but you'd think they should know better. And some of them have even lived through that war- yet they still have their mind set on revenge or some dumb crap like that."

     Garrod snorted, folding his arms again. "...and then they just pull us into things and expect us to understand."

     Like with Tifa... All they saw her as was a means of power, or just a tool. It got him mad just thinking about it, if not a little depressed. He'd said he'd be there for her, after all, but how could he keep his promise when he was here?

     "....huh? Oh. That's...the name, I guess. Originally it's model is the GX-9900, the Gundam X. After Kid made the improvements, we called it the Gundam X Divider. -ah, Gundams are one of the mobile suit types, but they're pretty rare." He tilted his head. "It's all piloted though, a giant robotic suit of armor."

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Say hello to my little friend [CLOSED]

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They still gonna go by the Gundam, btw? =3 Just checking

Yep! It's parked at Nexus'!

Ah, gotcha XD

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