002 ✤ c l o s e d

[akito]

Who: Akito + 1^st three PCs to tag in (+ 2 enablers huffhuff)
What: Swimming & Eating
When: August 22^nd
Where: Southwest Sector Farmland
Warnings: Nudity (probably)

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It hadn't taken Akito very long to find a stream leading to the southwest and, once he had, he was loathe to leave it. Yes, he always dreamed of living life outside of the laboratory walls, but he hadn't expected it to be so... Scary. He had an abundance of knowledge yet it's useless when he has no idea how to apply it practically. And if this really isn't the Earth he learned about then that leaves him at an even greater disadvantage...

So no, once he found a place he felt comfortable with he was hesitant to part with it. There is enough food in and along the stream to keep even his high metabolism sated - foods he never had the chance to try back in the lab, where he was limited to fish and rice for the most part. Any foods Akito recognizes are quickly sampled, and while at first the flavours were overwhelming he quickly grew to love the sweetness of fruits and certain vegetables.

Akito swims as deep in the stream as he can, a small waterproof bag filled with strawberries clutched to his chest like the precious treasure it is to him. It takes only a few minutes for him to reach the large pond the stream empties into that he's claimed as his own. He never experienced feeling territorial before, but after he has dug himself a dry den in the bottom of the pond to keep his precious items safe, Akito noticed himself feeling irritated whenever someone came nearby. Not enough to frighten him, but simply to cause idle curiosity.

Because he's in farmland, Akito only comes out of the water when sun sets and there's no risk of anyone coming across him as he lounges on the shore. It's quiet in a way he isn't used to - a lively quiet, with the ambient sounds of nature he only ever heard before through speakers.

He keeps the tip of his tail under the water, swaying back and forth slowly, indicating his contentment while leaving small eddies swirling in its wake. His dorsal fin makes it impossible to sprawl out on his back, leaving Akito stuck sprawling on his side in a classic mermaid pose as he stuffs his face inelegantly with his stolen strawberries, but he refuses to shift into his fully human form. The cool breeze roaming along his shark skin is too pleasant a feeling to give up at the moment.

Comments

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Breakdown is just cruising around, like usual. It's...it's so strange to be "home"...on Cybetron...especially when it looks like Earth in some places. Like the Southwest. And yet, oddly enough, he...kind of likes it out here. Really though, like it or love it, all that mattered was that his partner was here.

He transformed not far from the pond and walked along. What really caught his attention was that pale skin about glowing in the moonlight. Geez, boy, you pale. But...something looks off about him. It's not until Breakdown gets closer that he realizes what.

"Huh....I didn't know humans could transform like that."

Because throwing the fire guy who can't swim at the fish guy is the best plan.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea hummed idly to himself as he headed back to the gate, anticipating digging into the fresh bread currently in his backpack with Jendayi when he got home. True, it would have been easier just to go to the pantry, but sometimes he just liked his bread extra fresh. Plus, there were a few gingerbread cookies in there as a special treat for the two of them.

It was kind of late, so he decided to take a short cut past the pond, in hopes of cutting a little time off his trip. He didn't expect to meet anyone else out here. And especially not someone who looked like a refugee from Atlantica.

But that was exactly what he came across, a young merman, laying in the grass at the pond's edge, munching on strawberries. Moreover, the merman looked familiar, at least from the waist up. Lea gave an amused half-smirk as he approached. It'd nullify the time he would have saved with his shortcut, but he deemed this worth short delay.

"Well, well," he said as he approached, "was wondering what had happened to you. Now I see why you were so interested in bodies of water."

[the_earth_laughs]

Irja was very attuned to the plant life on this planet, and feeling some taken from an area where they were no workers today...has her curious. Not worried, not like the farm is off limits, just curious.

And so the little fairy flies out to find who might be enjoying the berries. Akito will be easy enough to find, and when she spots him eating strawberries she knows she found the right person. She giggles, flitting through the air on her petal wings.

"Nice and sweet, aren't they?"

[10_20_15_5_50]

'Movie night' had turned into a serious undertaking, even with just one title tabled. Everyone seemed to be all for it, which was well and good, but it was becoming a proper project on account of everyone---wherever they set up, they'd have to be able to accommodate everybody, and with Cybertronians in the audience, accommodating everybody was worthwhile but not exactly easy. An outdoor apparatus would make it a little easier, but where?

Sam had set out to find an answer, scouting on her streetdoo. The modified skidoo might've been meant for city streets, but it was fine for fallow or empty fields. Empty fields were all she'd expected to see, so spotting a figure---even far off---was something of a surprise. Since whoever it was seemed to be a stranger, she shrugged to herself and turned her Polaris into an approach.

[diagnosispuberty]

Why is Hiro out and about? What is he seeking? Why is he carrying a blender with legs? It is all a mystery, really (the nearby strawberries is part of the reason for the blender, though, because Dirge is a butt and he's not supposed to go to the warehouse alone).

The point is that, in his wandering and meandering he's found himself by a pond. And, since he was raised by monster movies rather than fairy tales, he assumes the worst.

"Shark!!"

Have a poor, long-suffering little drone flung in the general direction of your tail, Akito. Apologies in advance to you both.