An interesting observation

[orbislife]

Who: Zenyatta, Skyfire
What: Robotic roommates residence realizations
Where: Home, floor 3, room 4
When: Sometime after Zenyatta returns from his quest
Other: Possibility of post quest talk in later bits

Zenyatta spends a lot of time meditating in his room after escorting Hope through the caverns. He finds solace among his growing collection of potted plants, taking care of them, and softly laughing whenever he went to water one only to find that Bothi had curled themselves beside a pot (or whatever soil holding item he had at hand).

"Oh dear..." he says as he takes in the area closest to his bed. Zenyatta noticed that watering is taking him longer, but he is still a little surprised when he fully computes why that's the case. "It would seem my plants have multiplied once again."

He had this problem back when he lived in Nepal. His brothers and sisters loved to tease him about it.

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[orbislife]

Skyfire brings up a good point, though Zenyatta suspects that this tree operates by its own rules given how they live in the tree. It would be an interesting study, and Zenyatta wonders if Thrall would have any insight to share. (If he has been able to commune with the spirits as he has tried.)

"A walk outside sounds very nice right now. I am sure Bothi would enjoy the sunshine as well." Zenyatta would help with marking out areas. He can easily do such without disturbing any previously marked areas given his hovering.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"Do you think anyone would mind if we took a couple of extra pieces of paper that are for the message board? Once we have the area selected it might be a good idea to post the location and general size to see if anyone has problems with it..."

Skyfire considers that he might be over thinking things a little, but he didn't want to make anyone upset with him. He really wasn't used to having to share such close quarters with others, and it's starting to show in the way he's worrying about using things and sharing space.

He's starting to make a few friends, and he's horribly afraid of messing it up.

"Um, I could go outside and start to collect some sticks to make marking stakes with... You have an easier time getting around inside, so..."

[orbislife]

"I do not think anyone would mind. The paper is there to be used, and we can return the paper so that the other side could be used for notes."

After all, to place notes on the board, only one side is really facing forward. Reusing paper is also to be encouraged. (There may be a notebook gift to Skyfire in the future. Zenyatta has the money.) Zenyatta places down his watering can where he can easily find it again and hovers toward the door.

"I will gather a few sheets of paper and something to write with and meet you outside. Bothi, will you help our friend gather sticks?"

Bothi perks up and runs over to Skyfire, looking eager to help. And possibly looking for permission to hitch a ride on his horns.

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"It sounds like a plan then." Skyfire picked up the bottle of ink he was using and closes it up before offering it to Zenyatta. "If you bring this, at least it's one less thing to find." Skyfire could use it to write and draw at least, and depending on what Zenyatta wanted to use for writing himself, he wouldn't have to search for ink.

He realized at that point he really should find himself a way to create a bag or something to carry items. True, he had gotten his tool kit back after the pumpkin fiasco... but that only held his tools, not gave him a way to transport them or other items easily.

Chuckling at how excited Bothi seems, Skyfire tips his head and uses a foreleg to offer the little one assistance to get up onto his head, putting the 'bag issue' out of his mind for the moment.

"Alright Bothi, come on up... But no exploring on your own alright? You stay up there until Zenyatta meets up with us." Skyfire still worried about being outside with Bothi without Zenyatta being around, as he wasn't sure he could keep the little one out of danger should something happen.

[orbislife]

Zenyatta nods and goes to gather the requested items. He even leaves a little note on the board saying that he's borrowing one of the writing implements and some of the paper and that he will return the items as quickly as possible.

Bothi follows along obediently and stays up in Skyfire's horns. They look around eagerly, facing the sun and following an occasional breeze. After a few moments, Zenyatta hovers their way and holds up the supplies he gathered. "Will this be enough?"

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Skyfire found some sticks that were just laying around on the ground and used his claws to trim them to an even size as well as sharpen the ends while he waited for Zenyatta.

"More than enough. We can return what we don't use later, as well as put up a notice about where and what we plan to build... We don't want to put anything up where it might cause others problems after all."

He considered things a moment and had a thought. "What do you think of perhaps looking for a building space off to one side of the orchard?" He tilts his head in thought, being mindful that he doesn't send Bothi tumbling. "We don't want to be too far away, but being too close could be an issue as well. No matter what we build, I'm going to have to do a fair bit of digging to give us a stable base to build from..."

[orbislife]

"I do not know much about building construction, so I will defer to your expertise. The best I have done is repair work at the monastery." Zenyatta would be better with offering his input if he could connect to the internet and do some research. The study isn't likely to have the necessary instruction within its books. "Though, if you wish to have decorations at any point, I could manage that. I carved my orbs and have done other craft like things."

His orbs spin around him quickly before settling in a slow orbit around him again. Bothi climbs down from Skyfire's horns in favor of sitting in a sunny spot in the yard.

"Should we first see how far one would have to dig to hit that stable base?"

Glossing over the location search, let me know if you want any edits

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"Decoration help would be welcome, but feel free to ask questions and help even so. I'm more than willing to try and teach you what I know as well as build." Because why not? Skyfire shifted a little to allow Bothi easier access to the ground, smiling a bit.

"We'll have to find a spot to build before we can do any exploratory digging..."

It took them a few hours to find and agree on a possible spot, finally settling on an area next to the orchard that was far enough back that they could build next to it without being in the way, yet close enough that they could make a path from the main areas of Home and still be close.

"I think this might work location wise? There is enough room here that we can build without disturbing the already used areas and it doesn't seem to be too far away?" Skyfire thinks it could work, but then again, his ideas of distance were a bit off considering how large he was combined with the fact he could fly.

It's perfect

[orbislife]

"Should I start placing these around?" Zenyatta says as he lifts up a bundle of sticks. Although, Zenyatta isn't quite sure where he should place the sharpened sticks into the ground beyond a general "this area." He supposes that would be a good start while Skyfire digs into the ground to see what kind of foundation they will need to establish. Perhaps Zenyatta can also mark of an area for supplies as they work.

"... And while we map this out, may I have a moment of your time on another matter?"

He hasn't forgotten what Hope had told him as he escorted her in the caverns.

:3

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

"A general perimeter would be a good idea. We can't really do much more until I start digging to see how deep I'll have to go..." He paused and thought a moment. "We should mark off about twice the amount of space that we'll end up needing total for what we're building. That should give us plenty of space for supplies and for me to put whatever I need to dig out to one side..." That was no small amount of space, but they were far enough from the main areas that it wouldn't cause anyone any trouble.

The second question has Skyfire curious, wondering what Zenyatta felt the need to speak about that he had to ask first. It wasn't as if Skyfire was going to say no after all. "Of course. It's not like we can't talk and work."

[orbislife]

"... When I was escorting Miss Hope to the caverns, she asked me about what I was. She said I reminded her of a people who were created long ago and have since ceased to exist."

Zenyatta gives a sigh that is uncharacteristically tired sounding.

"I wished to know more, but much information about them have been lost or hidden. And while Miss Hope did not say it concretely, it seems they were involved in war. And what she has heard, unpleasant." Singular, plural, Zenyatta can't say. Hope didn't know the details (or didn't divulge them).

[caelum_ignis_draconigena]

Skyfire groaned and then let out a sigh of his own, pausing in his observation of the land for a place to make an initial hole for digging. "It figures..." He sounded a little tired, but at the same time, he wasn't going to get too worried about it, yet at least.

"Lets... not borrow trouble. Nobody has reacted overly poorly to either of us at this point in time, so perhaps there may not be anything to worry about." He considers things a moment. "We can look for information if we come across it, but going out of the way to search for it at this point seems... slightly foolish?"

He's not trying to dismiss the idea, but at the current time there seemed little point in stressing over it. If it looked like it would become relevant, then they could search harder, but for the moment there was little to go on and looking too hard would perhaps draw unneeded attention.