Meet and Greet and Everything Else

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Who: Anyone near the Rec Center/Bar
Where: Haven's Hub and Rec Center
When: The first week of November
What: This is the general meet and greet for Glyphless as Wing and Drift invited everyone to the bar for some R&R, shelter, fuel and medical attention.
Warnings: None at the moment!

Tag in your own threads and tag anyone else you want to meet! Anyone is welcome, not just Glyphless.



Well it certainly is buzzing with activity, the new surge of glyphless wanderers has certainly made work, but it's not too gloom and doom. People are getting fed, and getting repairs if needed. And spirits seem decent if not a little tense for obvious reasons.

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[thxforthememories]

There is nothing physically wrong with him. Scans proved that much. But the missing memories, the missing... everything... still chew at him. It's not a comfortable feeling. So it makes sense to gravitate to someone... familiar.

Vandal's the first one he sees.

He probably should learn to make more noise when he moves, but the quiet steps are a deeply ingrained habit. He approaches where she's flitting around without a word, hovering uncertainly. Should he bother her? Say something...?

He settles for shifting his weight, in such a way his joints creak.

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She startles, naturally. She's not a relaxed person by any means, despite how casually she presents herself. Turning, she looks up at him, a little surprised to see him out and about again.

"Kagerou... hey." Currently her helm is tucked under her arm, a bottle of water(?) in the other hand.

"What brings you down here...?"

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"I... sorry."

He saw her startle. And that hadn't been his intention. He should have said something. But nothing to be done now. He kneels, slowly, to better speak with her.

"Someone said others were down here. Like you." He pauses. "I... I should thank you. So I came."

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She smiles and shakes her head,

"It's okay. Just a little on edge I guess."

After Starscream's news. She helps herself to climbing him in a few steps and seating herself on his shoulder.

"Thank me? For what?"

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"On edge? Are you all right?"

He doesn't move to stop her climbing. Frankly, he's a little impressed she managed to do it so easily. He just watches her.

"For helping me." Isn't it obvious? Why else would he thank her? Then again... a lot of things obvious to others aren't to him. Maybe it's like that.

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"Yeah, just been a stressful past week or two."

She pats him on the helm.

"Oh, don't worry about it. What are friends for? I'm just happy you're alive."

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"Stressful..."

He turns his head toward her, after he's patted. It means he has to look at her out of the corner of his eye, but it doesn't seem to bother him. "I'm sorry. That it's been stressful."

And then he's looking away again. "Alive -- what do you think that make this, then? A third chance?"

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"Yeah... that's okay. S'life."

She doesn't seem terribly worried right now. Mostly glad to see him.

"Ah... yeah. You must be extra lucky, a survivor."

[thxforthememories]

He regards her for a moment, steadily, before speaking. The corner of his mouth twitches -- close to a smile. "Life, right." Then his head cants to the side. "I remember though. What I said to you, about making it less ugly. They didn't take that from me."

He lifts his hand, offering a finger in a sort of handshake. Kay had hugged it before, hence the offer. "I still feel that way."

She's helped him. What sort of friend would he be if he didn't try to do the same? Though the quasi-smile fades at the word "survivor", and he shakes his head.

"I don't know if that's true."

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"Good. See? You still have the important stuff." She chuckles, tapping on his helm playfully.

"I'm glad. You make it less ugly just existing, Kagerou."

She reaches out and grabs the offered finger, just holding it like you'd hold someone's hand.

"I think so. Most people only go one for one, hun."

[thxforthememories]

"I do... So far." He tilts his head out of the way slightly, though the tapping really doesn't bother him. What she says next makes his optic widen. It makes him sound... important. He'll never get used to hearing that from someone else.

"I... do?" He blinks. "No, I don't think... You're the one who does that. By helping so much."

His finger curls slightly, gripping her hand back as gently and carefully as he can.

"And now there's been two." His expression sobers. "It means I need to be more careful, doesn't it?"

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"I know I'm right. Don't argue with me, or I'll get angry. You don't wanna se me angry, do you Kagerou? just trust me on this."

It's so easy when they're adorable and naive.

"Yes, it does mean you need to be more careful. Why don't you stay and help out in the medbay? We always need people to help keep supplies moving, and most of us are on the small side."

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His optic widens, and he shakes his head. "I don't want to upset you, no. I do trust you."

He is afraid, for a moment or two, that he's actually upset her somehow. He hadn't wanted that. Should he apologize?

"I'm not sure." He looks away from her, toward a convenient corner. "They asked me to be a part of the other Brave Police. Of the police force itself. I'm built for stealth and combat... not repairs..."

But he was never meant for real police work. Was he? Never meant to survive.

What is he supposed to do?