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[Michiru only hesitates a moment before coaxing a finger over what she hopes will be the switch that turns this on to broadcast -- though broadcast to whom, she's not entirely sure. Still, they're in the dark. And they need answers, even if she's not sure how well she'll be able to trust any of the answers that come.

But there wasn't much choice.]

I'm not sure who is out there and hearing this, but we're looking for... answers. Any answers. Where is this place. Why are we here?

[All business, a plainly guarded expression on her features, blue eyes fixed steadily on the video screen.]

And how did we even get here? Who kidnapped us and who do we need to defeat to get home?

[The deeper voice comes from somewhere off screen, and a dusty blonde head looks briefly over Michiru's shoulder to frown at the screen, too. Then it's gone again, as Haruka pulls back and gets back to finishing getting her things together.]

If we were brought here, there's a way to get back where we came from. There has to be.

[Michiru's gaze flickers back only briefly towards her partner. Who do they need to defeat. It's crossed her mind too; if this is another battle they need to face to fulfill their duty, she's willing to face it.]

We'd appreciate any answers anyone has. That's all. Thank you.

You're too nice, Michiru, you should have--

[And that's all of Haruka's growled complaint that the feed gets before it shuts off.]

((OOC: All dialogue is in Japanese! Replies may come from either Michiru or Haruka or both.))

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No clue. They didn't stick around to make introductions. Which does leave the floor open for some hilarious speculation.

[It's okay. Haruka's just in a pissy mood, that's all. Being killed and kidnapped (in that order) does that to a gal.]

Weapons. Us? Against what, that domed city of yours?

[Maybe they need to get out and see things from the outside....]

[A beat, as Haruka processes that, realizes she hasn't actually read much utopian fiction, and just moves on.]

Right. So are we supposed to do something about that? Is that why we are here?

[Haruka isn't one to believe in coincidences, after all.]

Beats me. Though apparently they want nothing to do with us now, and they're pretty intent on keeping us out...

Or just plain afraid of us.

Heh. There a reason they should be afraid of us?

[Haruka's pretty sure there's reason to fear her and Michiru, but she doesn't know anyone else yet, much less what's intimidating about them.]

Well. Admittedly some of us look look rather formidable, not being the same species and all...

But I suppose it's too much to expect people not to fear you for being different.

That's probably the truth. I guess you're one of the formidable-looking ones.

[Hard not to make that leap, given the comments he's made so far.... Haruka isn't necessarily sympathetic-- it takes a lot more than that to win over her sympathies, especially in a potentially hostile place full of strangers-- but she is curious.]

You might say that.

I'm not a human.

[That's kind of an understatement. But you may tell by how his voice has a sort of metallic flange to it, like he's talking from inside a tin can.]

[And that, that earns a quiet laugh.] Actually, you were doing very well. [Obviously not her most comfortable language, but understandable anyway -- better than many of her friends' attempts at English. ~~CoughUsagiCough~~]

Different worlds? If you speak English and Japanese, you must be from Earth at least. So... we've been in stasis? Is there anyway to tell what year it is here? Relative to Earth?

This is too strange. [She wonders at that though. Impossible to be awoken? Well now that sounds familiar.] Why is that? If you don't mind my asking.

How impolite. [She pauses though, eyebrows raising.] What sort of hilarious speculation? [Do share.]

[Tosh hesitates for a moment before she replies.] I was shot in the stomach and bled out - I remember dying.

[A pause of her own here. Michiru is the type to play things close to the vest, to save the very least. So she hesitates a moment before nodding just a bit.] I shouldn't have awoken either. For similar reasons.

Not... human?

[It takes Haruka a bit of a struggle to not go on the immediate defense-- or worse, offense-- at that. Anything "not human", in her experience, is an enemy. But she isn't in her home solar system anymore, that much is clear. It's still a difficult impulse to quash, and her voice is tight as she demands:]

Then what are you?

[A pause.]

I'm a Cybertronian? I guess what a human might call a "robot".

Unfortunately... no.

[Pepper sounds mildly apologetic at having to break this news, as if the inability to prestidigitate an astronomical constant for time and location is a personal failing.]

There's a theory going around that we may not even be in the same galaxy as Earth, so the passage of time... well, it's complicated. I'm from the early 21st century, myself. 2012, to be exact.

[That takes her back a minute. That's... not anything she ever fought before, nope. Not unless you counted nanites, and even then, that was mostly Mercury. So she's a little less tense in her response, now.]

A robot? That's... huh. All right. Did somebody make you, or... are there alien robots out there somewhere, that I've never heard of before?

[Michiru's expression doesn't reveal too much at that, just a faint tightening at that.] More than a decade after my time then.

Things get stranger and stranger.

I'm kind of doubting that was part of the plan. But, you know, since the plan's probably gone out the window, why not.

[He switches to video.]

Nope! We're our own species. From the planet Cybertron.

[He smiles in what hopes is a disarming manner. Which really he just looks like a great white dork.]

Uh... heh. Hi.

I think my favourite's the theory that someone was amassing a zoo populated by human beings from as many alternate realities as possible. Which, you know, falls apart when you remember not everyone's human, but hey.

Seriously, though - we're working on it. If you or your friend's good with languages in general, take a look at some of the script on the walls. You recognize anything new, that might narrow it down a little.

A zoo. [She doesn't like the idea at all. Nope.] There are non-humans here? What sorts of beings are they?

We'll have a look. Though I'm no linguist unfortunately. But maybe there'll be something.

[It doesn't sound like it'll get them home again, though, regardless.]

So the plan now is simply to live here and do what we can for the people.

[It is less a question than a resigned statement. Haruka rather wants to kick something, indeed.]

Someone here told me that the pods have regenerative capacities. It's hard to believe that they could cure that much, but, well, I'm living proof that they can.

Very hard to believe. [She kind of faded straight out of existence, hadn't she? But still, she nods.]

Where are you from? [She hesitates before adding.] From what I'm hearing I think I should ask "when" as well.

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