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Post by Heat on Dec 21, 2019 15:58:45 GMT -6
Heat's mindless, unplanned travels seemed to always bring him to the most unpleasant places that Planet Earth could give him. Though an Android, the blistering sun of the Diablo Desert did wonders to tick Heat off, the hot sand burning his feet through his shoes and the rays of sunlight warming up his metal skin. Though, he should probably thank his stars that his creators didn't force the function of sweating upon him, or exhaustion for that matter; his footprints could probably be tracked all the way back to the coast. While the Earth was indeed equal parts wondrous and terrifying, it didn't take long for Heat to learn it was also a whole lot of nothing and boredom. For every insane, battle-crazed space traveler he was accosted by, he was also caught staring at completely mundane passersby as he waited for them to throw a punch or a blast of Ki his way. Yes, he was finally getting used to the Earthling lifestyle. Something he wasn't as familiar with, though, was the wildlife that surrounded him. Critters always seemed to burrow or climb away from him, and bigger animals turned tail and ran. Heat didn't know if this was due to his mechanical nature unsettling the beasts, or they were just naturally skittish, but all of his attempts at making bears and wolves maul him seemingly failed, and just further scared them away, convincing him it was the former. Though, the creatures in the desert seemed to be way less shy, the Android having already been stung numerous times by the scorpions that made the sand their home. Heat convinced himself they were all out to get him. In his travels, though, Heat didn't expect to bump into something so strange, knocked over rocky formations and huge footprints on the sand, definitely too alien to be humanoid and too large to belong to one of the smaller sand critters. " Hmm..." The finding made Heat curious and pensive, he stopped in his tracks to ponde over it. What kind of creature could have made this? He hadn't studied many of Earth's animals, but he knew he had definitely not bumped into something that could have made these footprints. Though, he didn't have to use his imagination for long as he heard a loud, menacing roar right behind him, the surprise of it making him jump a little as he peered back, noticing a huge tailed bipedal creature a distance away from him, who definitely also noticed the Android's presence. Heat turned his body completely around, the light on his forehead flashing a mysterious purple as he studied it, thinking long and hard as he closed his eyes... what were they called... he's sure he's heard of them somewhere!  " Mmm... oh, right! A dinosaur!" He happily chimed, snapping his fingers as he finally opened his eyes again, the surprise of his new sight almost knocking him on his butt, the beast charging his way, kicking up sand and drooling all over the sandy dune's ground. Thinking back, he probably should have realized what was going on from the tremors he heard and felt, but it wasn't time for hindsight, he could only turn his back to it and run as fast as his legs allowed him. " [Ksshhtt]... why didn't they make me able to grow six legs instead?!" Heat's braincase raced as he entertained the thought of whether or not this thing's stomach acid was strong enough to digest his metallic components, but he did not want to stick around to find out! " Where are the crazy wandering fighters when I need their help?!" |
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Post by W.A.R.S on Dec 23, 2019 15:44:23 GMT -6
Simi was having a lot more fun than Litho and Catus were. Well, maybe just Litho. THey trio had decided to take themselves on a trip outside, heading towards... well, Simi didn't really know where the original destination had been. He'd just been so bored. Catus got to fly around everywhere with her super cool jet wings, happily screeching and enjoying the feeling of the air benetah her whilst Litho had simply enjoyed a chance to nap, leaving the mischief loving monkey android alone and carrying his sibling with a plexbit huff. Fortunaely that had only lasted 23 hours, 52 minutes and 19 seconds of walking! Just when he'd been prepared to draw on Litho's face again (she hated him doing that, which is why it was funny), the monkey android had seen something super awesome! It was a biiiiig... uh... ding! A big dinosaur! A Tyrannosaurus Kag! The wikitionairy his mind was linked to told him so, and the internet could never be wrong! Litho hadn't really appreciated waking up from their nap around his shoulders, and even less so when they realised that instead of the nice, safe ground they had left when they fell asleep, it was now the green hide of a flailing monster that Simi had somehow climbed.
Catus, for her part, was really enjoying avoiding the snapping chomps of the big lizard as it tried to eat the annoying little fly that buzzed around its maw, leading the thing... somewhere! She didn't know! That was what was so cool! Her sensors were saying that it was really hot, but she wasn't programmed with the same sense of touch that her brother Simi was. Oooh, maybe Litho would like it? They liked the sun, although judging by the way they were desperately clinging to Simi it seemed that they weren't having as much fun as the monkey android was. Man, her multi limbed sibling could be weird some times, but she still loved them! They were family, after all. The trio (although it was more like a duo) continued to lead the big beasty out towards the desert. "Over here! Over here! Oop, now here!" Catus cawed out in plexbit, sounding completely strange to those that didn't understand as she dived between the dinosaur's teeth and looped around its maw. "Wooo hooo!" Came a cry from Simi as he clung on to the horns of the green reptile, whilst a significantly quieter chant of "Please let us down please let us down ple-" came from a rather unamused Litho.
Eventually Simi spotted someone on the ground that wasn't Catus, and waved excitedly towards them. "Hey! Hey! Hello! Hi there!" Catus says at the same time, blurring past Heat's form even as they continued to move around. "Look at what we found, mister!"
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Post by Heat on Dec 23, 2019 16:25:44 GMT -6
Heat had been too busy running for his (scientifically debatable) life in the blistering sun to really notice anything strange happening around him, that was, until his question was answered, erm, kind of. Instead of crazy wandering fighters, he seemed to have instead crossed paths with mechanical animals, or maybe Androids made in the form of animals. It didn't really matter, though, as the most urgent thing at the moment was that he was still being chased by the monstrous dinosaur, too cautious to simply stop and take the chance at beaming the beast away. Perhaps, he could use these carefree things' help.
"Yes! Hi! Yes! That's cool and all, but it's kind of trying to [KKhhhZZtt] kill me! Can you help instead of goofing off?! Waah-!" In Heat's, ahem, heated yelling, the Android lost his footing as he tripped on the hot sand below him, getting a mouthful of the grainy sand particles, but most importantly, getting completely halted in his tracks as he could only turn himself around on the ground in panic and scuttle away from the hungry-looking dinosaur, though it looked more irritated and distracted by the Androids that seemed like they were having the time of their lives, using the great, dangerous monster like it was their sort of personal playground. Heat's forehead light flashed a dangerous red, though it slowly simmered down to a cautious orange, Heat's crosshair eyes becoming red as he blinked, the crackling of white energy around his energy emitter clearly apparent, the Android charging up as he readied to blast this thing to HFIL, though...
"...hey! HEY! Get out the [Krrzhh] way! I can't shoot with you two in the way!" The robotic animals that were so giddily pranking the dinosaur were blocking the path of Heat's Eureka Beam. He could fire it with them right in front of it, but not without risk of them being caught in the way of the beam. They were probably tough, but Heat didn't want to risk the chance of potentially scrapping (scientifically debatable) living machines, but the longer he held the beam of ki without releasing all the built-up energy, the more he could feel his insides warming up, the hot steam shooting out from his segmented skin in an attempt to cool his body. "So... move!"
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Post by W.A.R.S on Dec 26, 2019 15:43:02 GMT -6
"Nooooo! Don't shoot her!" Comes the reply from Catus and Simi as the pair danced atop of the giant beast's head and dived through its snapping teeth respectively. "She's not doing anything!Pleeeeeaaaaassseeee?" They continued to beg, whining to the metal man that they had found. He seemed super cool! But he was also trying to shoot... veronica! That really wasn't good! She was a good girl. "She's just hungry! Oh, I know!" Catus continues, before her jets activate in full and she rockets over towards where a large boulder was just kind of laying there. That was weird, but it was also super super good! Landing upon the boulder, the tiny toucan's claws dig into the material with seeming ease. Then she flares her wings, jet engines widening to their maximum output as the rock was slowly lifted into the air and carried over towards where Veronica was playing, slowly gaining speed. "Don't worry, I found her something!" Catus calls out, boulder still clutched in her hands as Simi realises the plan and scampers down the dinosaur's nose to try and tickle her snout. He didn't want to hurt her after all, but she was obviously very cranky from hunger so they would help her!
For the dinosaur's part, he was busy trying to eat the metallic being that scampered down his nose and only really had a second or two to notice the speeding orange blur that came from the side before something impacted with his head and everything went dark.
W.A.R.S watched as Veronica teetered for a moment, having not eaten her rock properly, before she began to fall to the side. "Wheee!" Comes the cry from Simi as he dances along the scales of the beast and scoops up Litho, before leaping off of the giant animal. Sailing through the sky, he begins to slow as Catus catches him in her talons and the trio descend towards the android laying in the sand, who must have been tired enough to lay down. But not like Veronica, who had obviously be super tired as she had just fallen over! Glancing towards where their new pet lay in the sand asleep (Unconscious and with a concussion), Simi shrugs and then focuses upon the newcomer. "Hi!" He says happily, waving even as Catus speeds towards the new android and goes to try and land on his shoulder. Litho, for her part, relishes the fact that she wasn't on a dangerous dinosaur anymore and stretches out in the sand.
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Post by Heat on Dec 26, 2019 17:15:31 GMT -6
Heat would be watching the robotic animals in stunned incredulity at their antics with the dinosaur, but holding the blast was becoming too painful. A small electric discharge shot out of his entire body as the built-up beam fizzled away from his forehead, the Android coughing as a puff of smoke and steam emanated from his mouth, smaller amounts of steam then wofting over the air above him as it escaped from his back. Once Heat managed to shake off the stunned feeling that permeated his body, he looked over again at the dinosaur and the strange, mechanical animals that had decided to make the huge beast their pet, somehow, only to notice one of them smashing a boulder onto the side of the dinosaur's head and knocking it out practically instantly.
The happy, chipper cheering of the other Androids were not getting to Heat in the slightest as he collapsed to the floor, feeling like his legs were somehow weak. Although Heat's systems weren't organic, and thus couldn't experience the feelings of adrenaline, his internal artificial intelligence was very good at simulating what it felt like, alongside the side effects of having a threat to his life be neutralized. He didn't have lungs to breathe, though he breathed heavy nonetheless. He didn't have a heart to beat so hard his chest hurt, but he placed his hand on his chest anyway, his eyes carefully examining the unconscious animal just to make sure it was down, at least for now.
However, in his focused scanning, he almost jumped in his metallic skin as he felt something on his shoulder, just to notice one of the mechanical animals had landed on his shoulder, this one being the strange toucan, watching it in alarm as his crosshair-eyes turn back to their normal white coloration, sighing in relief once he realizes it's just one of the silly Androids. He thought it strange how they seemed to act much like earthling children, but also like wild animals. Or maybe it was the earthling children that acted like animals all along? Well, it didn't matter right now. Heat simply got up from the hot, burning sand beneath him, beating the sand out of his clothes before he peered over to the waving mechanical monkey and the strange bug-like creature stretching its body out in the sand. What even was that? Heat hadn't seen an animal that strange in his entire short time he's spent out in the surface of the planet. "Uh... hey? You guys are... androids, right? Did Hangs send you to try and capture me?" Heat's voice seemed to almost drip with deadly venom as he spoke that name, the light on his forehead slowly shifting to a dangerous-looking red coloration as he stared down the Androids before him, Heat clenching his fists.
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