video ↔ un: lockon.stratos

[lockonstratos]

(( The camera comes on revealing a young man with unruly hair, an easy smile, and eyepatch over his right eye. He chuckles to himself, pleased the communications device is like the ones he's accustomed to... for the most part. Talking to a nameless, faceless group is a little different than he's used to. Before he says anything, something a little helpless and a little embarrassed flickers across his face. When he finally speaks, there's a faint lilt in his voice that easily identifies him as Irish (at least to those familiar with the accent). ))

I seem to have lost my partner on the way here. If anyone sees a little orange robot rolling around, about... (( He gestures with his hands to indicate roughly the size of a volleyball. )) this big, answers to 'Haro', could you let me know?

(( Oh, right. It's an open network, not like the secure one he used to communicate with other members of Celestial Being back home; he needs to identify himself. For a second he looks abashed, then smiles again. ))

The name's Lockon Stratos.

(( Why, yes, he is making finger guns before leaning in to turn off the feed. ))

Comments

video; un: zewujun

[ze_uwu_jun]

Forgive me, but I have only recently encountered anything more ... advanced than mechanized puppets. What does your companion do?

[lockonstratos]

Haro's my co-pilot. He helps with maintanence, too.

[ze_uwu_jun]

Pilot?

[ Xichen hesitates a moment to fit the word with something that he knows. ]

Like those who... fly the craft that brought us from the Iris moon to here?

[lockonstratos]

Sort of like that, yeah.

voice - un: disconinjafrog

[dj_jiraiya]

You sure it came with you? Not everyone arrives with their companions, mechanical or not.

[lockonstratos]

Hmm. That's a good question. I don't remember seeing Haro when I arrived. I just assumed since he was with me before...

[dj_jiraiya]

Sorry, man, if he wasn't with you when you woke up on the Iris moon, he's probably not here.

There's a shop called the Ware Wolf Shop, they sell this item, I think it's a kind of magical chalk? It lets people bring back certain things from home. A friend got their dog, so it could work on your Haro machine.

[lockonstratos]

Magic, huh? I guess it's not so hard to believe since I ended up here. You showed up the same way?

text | un: kingjj

[kingfuckboy]

[ listen, this is the most legitimate thing to focus on: ]

you have a robot?!

[lockonstratos]

He's not mine, really. He just works closest with me.

[kingfuckboy]

i mean that's basically yours
and he answers to a name

i've been in a mecha before but it's way nicer to have a robot partner
that's really cool man

[lockonstratos]

You've been in a mech before? What kind?

text | un: kishibe

[penpoint]

He likely didn't arrive with you, but lucky for you - you'll have opportunities to get him back should you find Lumi around.

[lockonstratos]

Lumi? Is that a person?

[penpoint]

Yeah, he the one who runs Ware Wolf Shop. He can help you get a method to get things from home. From my understanding, there's very few limitations. Certainly a robot wouldn't be outside of the possibilities.

[lockonstratos]

Thanks for the info. I'll have to figure out how to meet this Lumi.

[video; un: oniichan]

[immature]

Your partner's a robot?

[lockonstratos]

That's right! We fly together.

[immature]

No kidding? So, you're, like, flying planes with a robot co-pilot? That's awesome!

[mingyues]

I hope you will find your partner without too much trouble.

[lockonstratos]

I get the impression he's not here... yet.

[mingyues]

Then I hope he does. It is lonely to be without one's partner.

video;

[boobytraps]

Business partner? ... Sexual partner?

( a beat. )

What does 'robot' mean in this context?

this is the most amazing username for Isabela

[lockonstratos]

Co-pilot.

(( He doesn't seem to mind explaining if the genial look is any indication. ))

He's a machine with intelligence.

honestly I was pleasantly surprised it wasn't taken already!

[boobytraps]

Oh. ( She blinks. ) Are you a sailor?