First Stage

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[So, White Chalice.

It seems that the TSAB mages aren't the only little kids you picked up recently. A 10 year old boy, accompanied by a kindly old man who looks kinda like Santa Claus have also sot passage aboard the White Chalice. Some of you probably know already that the old man is the famous scientist in field of Robotics known as Doctor Light, and that he's moving his lab aboard the White Chalice for safety reasons after the whole debacle with his old partner going rogue, and would therefore know the kid's not really a kid at all, but the rest of you are on your own as to why this kid is here.

The kid is currently in the hanger looking around at the mecha.]

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[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

[One of the mecha is moving around. It seems to be building an enclosed area in an unused part of the hangar.]

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[This draws Rock's curiosity as he goes over to see what's going on.]

Ah, hello? [He cranes his neck to look at the "mecha." This one seems really different from the others. He could quite pin point why just yet though.]

[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

[It looks down from its work.]

Hello. I'm sorry am I in your way?

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, that's definitely not a normal mecha. A robot? It was the biggest robot he'd ever seen.

Well he's not going to stare, so.]

No, I was just looking around and got curious about what you were doing over here. I hope I'm not disturbing you or anything.

[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

I'm building a living space. I can't fit in the human sized rooms and I'd rather not just live in the hangar.

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

Oh? [He glanced around at it.] That makes sense. It's not exactly homey in here.

[Except that most robots he knew wouldn't really care about where they recharged looking homey, so now he's even more curious.]

I don't think I've met a robot who really cared about that too much before though. [Other than himself anyway, and even then that was do to being programed to be more human than most.]

[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

Well I don't like to brag, but I am rather more sophisticated than any robot from Earth I've found so far.

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[He stares.] You're from another planet?

[Well, that explained a lot.]

[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

[How many times has he explained, now?]

Yes. I am Optimus Prime of the Autobots, from planet Cybertron.

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

Wow! I've never met a robot from another planet before.

Ah, my name is Rock. Rock Light, I'm a robot too. My creator and I just arrived on this ship.

[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

[He blinks, then peers at Rock.]

Wow. And I mistook you for a human. Your creator knows what he's doing.

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[He seems somewhat proud at the compliment to his creator.] Dr. Light's one of the top experts in the field of robotics, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence.

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

[Haruka's just chilling near Imber.]

Huh?

Another new person?

...Or maybe another ninja...

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[He blinks at her.]

Ninja? No, I just arrived here with Dr. Light.

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

Dr. Light? Who's he?

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[Well, he supposes not everyone would've heard of Dr. Light. It's still a little weird when someone hasn't, so he blinks before answering.]

He's a scientist who studies robotics. He asked the captain of this ship if he could set up show here for a while.

Oh, and I'm his lab assistant, Rock. What's your name miss? [It would be rude not to introduce himself.]

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

Miss?

Um, you can just call me Haruka.

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[He smiles.] Okay, It's nice to meet you Haruka.

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you too, Rock. I'll see you around.

[2hell-weride.livejournal.com]

HEY KID! MOVE!

[[Disembodied voice from above ish, and nobody walking nearby.

DODGE!]]

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

Whoa!

[Yeah, no point wasting time seeing what's going on, he's diving out of the way. Yay for robot reflexes.]

[2hell-weride.livejournal.com]

**CLANG!**

[[Just a wrenching falling but... there's some kind repelling off the scarf of a Gundam-like machine.]]

Sorry mang! I didn't see you there when I let it go. I can't really get down when I'm holding it.

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[... Well he probably could've caught that, but ah well.]

Oh, it's alright. I probably should've been paying more attention.

[2hell-weride.livejournal.com]

I don't expect you to be psychic kid. How were you gonna know someone was throwin a wrench from way up there...

[[Yeah, he just thinks it's some weirdly dressed kid. Not thinking he's a robot, no signs of a robot...]]

[aprimeanswer.livejournal.com]

...Great, more kids.

[PRIME quirks an eyebrow behind his shades at the little blue boy.]

..hang on a tic. You're not human, are you?

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

[Rock looked up at Prime and shook his head in response.] No, sir. I'm a robot.

[aprimeanswer.livejournal.com]

Thought so. Those movements are a bit too stiff and precise for an organic.

So, what brings you onboard the White Chalice?

[redfckngcomet.livejournal.com]

[ Char's in the hangar near the Hyakku Shiki, running a few diagnostic tests. His Newtype senses have had him on edge lately, and he's mostly messing around with the Hyakku Shiki out of a desire for distractions rather than any actual need. The scraped paint has already been fixed from the last mission. ]

[aceshighmach]

[Shirley knew about Dr. Light. Head pioneer in Robotics and famous for his creations. She wanted to meet this kid for herself.]

Hey there kiddo. Nice day, isn't it?

[lightning-1.livejournal.com]

(Fate walks into the hangar to check out some of the mecha when she sees Rock.)

Oh? There is another kid on board that is about the same age as me and Nanoha?

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sorta. Hi, I'm Rock.

[blackguard-x2.livejournal.com]

Hey, you over there? This isn't a place for touring, young man.

[morethanarobot.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry, am I in the way?

[blackguard-x2.livejournal.com]

No, but don't you belong to someone?