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[Log] Waking up in strange places...

Who: Skyfire, anyone that finds him, and Zenyatta (The hazards of shared rooms)
What: Waking up in a strange place is stressful, a rude awakening even more so.
Where: Home. Floor 3 room 4 to be specific. Also other places.
When: Mid morning.
Other: Skyfire is about 12 feet long, and seems to be organic at first glance. He's really Cybertronian(robotic/mechanical) with a (very realistic) organic seeming appearance. He's given in and just refers to himself as a 'dragon' however, unless someone says something about it.

At Home, Third Floor, Room Four:

Anyone who is still asleep, wouldn't be for much longer as a yelp of surprise echos down the halls followed by the sound of something large hitting the floor with a loud thud. Skyfire wasn't expecting to come to awareness in a bed inset into a wall... one that was too small for him as well...

Someone coming to investigate the noise would find an unusual sight as they entered the room. What looked to be a 'smaller', serpentine dragon, with red wings and a white body, sprawled face first on the floor, tail end still mostly on the bed, pillows caught on it's horns and blankets wrapped around one hind leg and a wing.

Skyfire might have been small for a dragon, but trying to fit twelve feet of a dragon onto a bed made for a person of, what at most was close to six feet...

...He looked utterly ridiculous, feathers ruffled and somewhat dazed.... having had a fight with the bed linens and lost.
Anywhere Else:

Skyfire decided he needed to know more about this place that he'd ended up in. Still feeling out of place and somewhat uncomfortable, he's decided to look through the public areas of Home and go wandering around outside.

((ooc: Pick a place, I can roll with wherever you choose.))

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Zenyatta wondered where the Outsider had gone off too. Perhaps he decided to live in the town or wandered off. Wherever he had gone, Zenyatta hopes he is well.

But he does not have time to dwell on his missing roommate. A crash disrupts his thoughts, and Zenyatta rushes (as fast as he is able to) upstairs to the source of the noise. He is surprised that his search leads him to his room. He is a little stunned to see a large dragon tangled up in bed sheets.

"Are you all right?" he asks as he walks closer, footsteps clacking on the ground.

Skyfire looked towards the sound of the voice, the somewhat shredded pillow hanging from his horns blocking his vision partly. He sounded somewhat bewildered as he asked "Where am I and who are you?"

While he didn't say it, but he also wanted to know why nearly every scanner and instrument in him was shut down as well. Not having many left working in the first place, it was a bit worrying as if much more had been disabled he would have offlined. Being aware of your inner workings was both a blessing and a curse.

Shaking his head to get a better look at whoever it was and noticing the mechanical look of Zenyatta he adds. "...and what's going on?"

Earth hadn't managed anything even close to complex mechanical items yet, certainly no mechanical people, and he doubted this was a Cybertronian, so this was more than a little worrying and puzzling.

Ah, wonderful! They can converse, and the dragon sounds willing to as well. Zenyatta's heart is smiling even if his face cannot show it. He is used to dragons. His student, Genji, could summon and wield the power of a dragon, and thought the type of dragon is different, it is a nice reminder of his home world. He wonders what Genji would think of this.

"I am Zenyatta, and this world is called Fa'Diel." He continues coming closer, arms held up to show he means no harm. "I will answer what I can, but please, let me first assist untangling you. I imagine that is not very comfortable."

Near Zenyatta's bed, a plant stirs and lifts their pink blossom-like head toward the commotion. "Ah, and over there is Bothi. They are quite a sleepy flower and able to sleep through much. Good morning, Bothi."

Skyfire twisted around a bit more, trying to at least right himself before he gave up for the moment and huffed softly. Sure, he could possibly have torn the coverings to shreds... but he felt that he'd caused quite enough damage already.

"I would appreciate both the help and the explanation... This is clearly not where I settled down to rest. You would also be quite right that this is less than comfortable."

The stirring plant caught Skyfire's attention, and he looked quite curious about the little... creature? It was a plant, but it moved like an animal? He'd never seen such a thing before. It appeared that this place held as many, if not more surprises than earth... and he'd not even been here part of a day yet.

With permission granted, Zenyatta starts to take the pillows off the dragon's head and return his full sight. "Most of us who are staying in this tree come from separate worlds. We do not know why or how we have arrived here yet, though some have guessed split timelines and time compression based on events that have occurred in their own worlds. I am not an expert on those matters, however."

The pillows are dropped to the floor, a few feathers floating into the air. The sheets are next to be carefully removed. He works fast so that sheets soon join the pillows. "How are you feeling now?"

Skyfire let out a sigh of relief at having those pillows pulled off of his horns, and is very careful not to accidentally 'inhale' them. He listened with undisguised interest, clearly intrigued by both the answer, and the theory about why.

"That sounds like something I would very much like to investigate later. It sounds fascinating."

Being released from the tangle of sheets, had Skyfire falling the rest of the way off the bed in a rather ungraceful heap. It takes him a moment to get himself into a less ruffled position on the floor, but he's glad to be untangled.

"Less tied up at least." It was a poor joke, but he tried. "Thank you for the assistance..." Skyfire looked at the too small bed in the wall nook. "... Am I right to guess that by where I woke, this is supposed to be where I'm supposed to stay?"

Zenyatta backs away to give the dragon more space, making no outwardly expression but secretly amused (and sympathetic) to falling out of the bed and onto the floor. It has happened before. Twice in this room alone.

"If you wish. I do not think there is anything keeping you here if you desire to reside somewhere else. There was a man who shared this room with me, but I have not seen him for some time. I hope he is all right."

There were no signs of any wrong doing or strife between them, so Zenyatta has no clue as to the fate of the Outsider.

"Considering this place is completely alien to me, I have no knowledge of the area, nor do I have any local currency... It seems a poor choice to turn down shelter..." He does pause and grimace as he realizes someone may be missing, but by the same token, he might just have moved out without informing Zenyatta.

"Should I perhaps find a different location anyways? If this space belongs to someone else..."

Now that he was upright and able to tell that there was nothing obviously dangerous or aggressive towards him in the room, he realized that he'd not yet given his name to Zenyatta.

"Forgive my lack of manners. It has been some time since anyone has actually spoken to me without either trying to attack me, or running from me screaming..." He's clearly had some poor luck making friends before his rather surprising awakening here. "My name is Skyfire."

"Be at peace, Skyfire. I take no offense, and if rooming here becomes an issue, one of us can move into a vacant room. I believe others have done so. Perhaps there is a reason that you have appeared here rather than somewhere else."

Like to signal that the Outsider will not be returning to this place. Zenyatta gives a light sigh to ease his own troubling thoughts. Then he chuckles.

"Though, I hope others would have aided you upon your arrival if you had arrived in another room."

Skyfire nodded and looked around the room with a curious gaze. It wasn't a bad space, but it was a little on the small side for him, even if he did seem to be smaller than he normally was.

"If you don't mind me staying... Though if I do go somewhere else, I will likely find somewhere I can modify to my own tastes..." Looking at the too small bed he adds "... and to my own size."

He can't help but chuckle at Zenyatta's comment. "With my luck I would have ended up in an empty room." Shifting to get up, Skyfire starts looking around the room with a more measured gaze, trying to get a better idea of how he'd actually be able to use his part of the room and making sure he won't step on anything belonging to Zenyatta. His sleeping arrangement was going to be interesting, then again the floor was likely the easiest place for him to rest.

"I do not mind at all. If there is anything that I can assist you with in the meantime, I will be happy to do so. I do not need much in the way of a bed. I enter sleep cycle sitting up."

The only time he had laid down in his bed thus far was wen he awoke in it upon arrival. He otherwise sits on the floor or on a pillow when in the room. (He would be hovering if he could.) Bothi enjoys being wherever as long as they get to stay undisturbed for as long as they like. Zenyatta also does not have much in the way of possessions. He has the money given to him and his nine orbs. They lay idle in a drawer.

"I do wish that were an option for me. I have found that if I don't rest in on an even surface in the right position, I get kinked cables and locked joints. The floor will have to do until I can find out more about this place." Skyfire wasn't one to take too much help, as he felt bad if he couldn't find a way to at least give something in return.

"Though, ah, you wouldn't happen to know if there is a source of either raw or scrap metal around here somewhere?" When Skyfire had crashed on earth and his systems had been reconfigured, the change to having to eat metal and minerals was something he'd had to learn to live with, even if it had taken a long time.

The idea of joints locking up is not something unique to a mechanical person. Humans have joints that can lock up. And he could stretch the idea of a raw and scrap metal to create a hoard to nest in. That can be considered dragon like behavior (that he has heard in stories).

However, cables? An organic being does not really have cables unless they are a cyborg.

"... I do not. That might be something to ask the townspeople of." Zenyatta puzzlement is in his voice, and he inclines his head slightly. "May I ask you a question about your physiology?"

It should also be obvious that Zenyatta will not care if Skyfire is mechanical, being one himself.

At the mention of townspeople, Skyfire cringes a little, clearly not having had much luck with such inquires in the past wherever he was from. "Ah, they won't have any... issues with me going near the town?" He was seemingly smaller now, but how that translated in relation to the locals here he didn't know.

Zenyatta's puzzled tone of voice and question made Skyfire chuckle just a little. "I think I can guess, and the answer is, No. I am not an organic..." He then frowns and adds "Or at least I don't think I am. I never did figure out everything that my structure reformat altered when I crashed..."

Zenyatta brightens, and he clasps his hands before him. "True self is without form. Though, I would be lying if I did not say I am pleased to meet more who are familiar with mechanical people beyond fiction."

Mentally, Zenyatta reminds himself that he needs to meditate and organize his thoughts. It would do much to help the budding homesickness within him, to accept and then proceed to move forward. It would not do to dwell on the discord when he can find harmony. But he does miss home and the work he was doing there. The people he was with.

"I do not mean that I am uneasy around the others who inhabit this place. They are have been very kind, and the townspeople have been too. If you wish, I could ask in your stead or introduce you, so they know you to be a friend."

His words caused Skyfire to pause, then chuckle. "Fiction? Hmmm that could be interesting. I'm just pleased that someone even has the the correct words and concepts in their language for me to explain even somewhat what I am..."

Skyfire had mostly given up on homesickness long before his sudden awakening here, but still, he would miss some of the things and places from his world eventually. Then again, he wouldn't miss being alone all the time, so it was a toss up.

"An introduction or even some forewarning to the locals would be most welcome... My appearance and size has seemingly done me few favors in making friends with many native inhabitants in the past." A pause "I may have made an incorrect assumption on scale however. I assumed that I have been reduced in size due to the nature of this building and size of the furnishings, however..."

Looking around the room, then between Zenyatta and himself, Skyfire asks cautiously. "How large are the locals here?"

"They are about this high." Zenyatta is 5'8" (1.72m), so he raises his hand to about how tall the townspeople are compared to him. "I would be happy to introduce them to you. While I think you might be the largest one I have met here, the townspeople come in their own various shapes. Your appearance may not invoke fear in them. Your demeanor certainly will not."

In all, he's trying to say that Skyfire should have little to fear. He has faith in the townspeople. They did not treat him with any distrust or even discomfort despite being made of metal and wholly unlike the technology available.

Skyfire looks at the height indicated, then lets out a sigh of what sounds a lot like relief.

"Well, at least I'm hopefully less intimidating at this size..." At 12' and a bit(3.68m) currently, he's less than about half of his normal size. He gives Zenyatta a wry look. "I've not had the best of luck making friends with any of the organics where I came from..."

With a little huff he adds "When one resembles a predatory species and your head is more than half the size of an average adult's body... Well, I've found it rarely matters how calm or kind I try to be, large groups tend to over react when they find me in the area." His disappointment and hurt in how he's been viewed prior, isn't too obvious in his voice, in fact he hides it quite well, but it's still there. "So I'll take any help I can get."

"When I go to town next, I will inform them that there is a very friendly, but large, dragon that would like to become friends." There's a smile in his voice, and Zenyatta believes that this will be an easy bridge for the villagers to cross. "I may approach Rachel first. She not only was at ease with me but also trusted me to care for this little one."

Zenyatta motions to Bothi who has since come closer to Skyfire while they had conversed. Bothi looks (though they do not have any visible eyes) curiously at Skyfire, tilting their head slightly in a mimic of Zenyatta's own gesture. They take a few steps even closer on their vine legs and extends another vine with the intent to lightly poke Skyfire's side. Bothi does not seem to be scared, merely inquisitive about this new being in their room.

The confidence that Zenyatta has in the villagers gives him hope, but he's still a touch uncertain. "I shall wait until you can speak with them before I go near the town then... and perhaps wait until you or someone else can escort me for the first time. I would rather not cause a panic if someone overreacts." It had happened before and he was sure it could happen here too.

Skyfire smiles at the little plant creature when they poke at him, and cautiously moves one of his paw-like hands (claws retracted) over for the little one to investigate. "Nice to meet you Bothi." Skyfire isn't sure what to make of Bothi, but still thinks they are rather cute.

With a nod, Zenyatta accepts this plan of action. He will go down to the village and speak of Skyfire. Then, based on their (positive) reaction, he will take Skyfire there. If anything, it would prevent Skyfire from getting lost on the half hour journey. Though, Zenyatta doesn't know if anyone could get lost with the strange way this world works.

Bothi gladly investigates and lightly wraps a vine around one of Skyfire's fingers, almost like they are comparing "hands." Given time, Bothi may take to climbing upon Skyfire like they do Zenyatta. And then napping.

"I only ask that you do not become disheartened before you have the chance. You have made two friends already."

Skyfire thinks that this place might just be nicer than where he was. A chance to make friends freely? Without having people trying to attack him just because he looks like something that they're afraid of? It sounds like a dream come true.

Bothi wrapping a vine around one of his fingers was a little unexpected, but cute too, and Skyfire kept his hand very still. He didn't want to spook them or accidentally cause any harm. While he'd very much like to pick up the small creature, Skyfire knew better since not everyone liked to be held.

At the mention of being friends, Skyfire smiles at Zenyatta, careful not to show any of his teeth. "It is hard to become disheartened when someone is so welcoming. Thank you."

It's a sentiment that Zenyatta can empathize with. Omnics are not always welcome, and acts of violence and discrimination are common in many areas of the world. However, he also knows that he cannot make new friends if he assumes they will hate him from the start. And if the do, he will have to make his own connections and change their minds by example.

Bothi will make the choice for Skyfire. With a lack of discouragement, Bothi works to climb up onto Skyfire to get a better look. They've seen no reason to fear the large dragon, and if Zenyatta is at peace, then so is Bothi.

"You are welcome. However, I may need to apologize for Bothi's behavior. I often let them climb on me, and they seem to think everyone will allow that."

Fortunately when it comes to making friends, Skyfire doesn't assume people will hate him, only that people in groups tend to be panicky, defensive and more aggressive than someone alone. It is much easier to calm one panicking person than an entire group after all.

Skyfire just laughs as Bothi climbs up on him, clearly not bothered in the least by the little ones adventure seeking curiosity.

"So long as Bothi doesn't try to go near my mouth or get under foot when I try to walk, it's fine." His horns would make an excellent place for Bothi to climb and perch on after all, even more so if they kept the local birds from doing the same.

"I feel like Bothi would rather catch a ride than run in front of anyone moving," says Zenyatta as he laughs. He also trusts that Bothi would not try to enter anyone's mouth. However, climbing into Skyfire's horns sounds like a wonderful idea, and they use their vines to happily perch in there. Skyfire's horns now look like they're blooming.

"Ah. Bothi. Please behave yourself up there, and Skyfire asks you to get down, do so."

"It's fine... Only, please don't let me forget Bothi is up there?" Skyfire chuckles softly. "It's not like I can see my own horns unless I have a mirror." Or at least that's where Skyfire assumed Bothi was at the moment.

"I'm going to have to remember to check for stowaways when I leave the room." He's teasing, but half serious at the same time. He'd hate for Bothi to get stranded somewhere because they hitched a ride and got left behind somewhere.

Speaking of leaving the room "What can I expect here? Clearly the local plant life has a few surprises..."

"I will not. While Bothi does look cute up there, I would not want them to be a burden on you." Zenyatta doesn't mean burden in a sense that Bothi would be heavy but more in the sense that he doesn't want Skyfire to worry about babysitting.

"There are a few books in the study that become updated with new information about the people and creatures that exist in this world. If you feel up to it, I could show you where it is."

"I doubt Bothi could be a burden. Still, I would rather be safe about where they hitch a ride on me until I know this place better." Skyfire honestly wouldn't mind babysitting Bothi now and again, or at least he wouldn't once he had a better idea of what to expect. He wouldn't want to go somewhere that would hurt Bothi after all.

"I would be very grateful if you could. One can never have too much information after all."

"I feel the same. Please, follow me." Zenyatta takes a few steps toward the door out of their room, then stops to look back at Skyfire and Bothi. Bothi remains perched in Skyfire's horns, but they do turn their attention solely toward Zenyatta. As if he senses Bothi's questioning, Zenyatta extends a hand outward. Bothi scrambles down Skyfire's body and scurries across the floor until they are climbing up Zenyatta's body to rest around his neck. Zenyatta offers a few soft, mechanical hums.

"I will also show you the way outside of the home, where you can stretch out fully to your heart's content."

[[ OOC: End around here? I'm not entirely sure which parts of the books are at what point. ]]

Skyfire smiles gently and when Bothi starts to get down from his horns, he shifts his body so the little one wouldn't have to make any massive leaps or jumps to reach the floor.

"That would be wonderful, thank you Zenyatta."

((ooc: Sounds good to me.))

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[Log] Waking up in strange places...

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/Jedi handwaves height of the townspeople

These are not the heights we are looking for... XD

Move along

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