exsilium | ~5th Victory~ Meet your Master [Video]

[In the background, there are various items collected and some of those items have been fabricated into other things and one of them looks like a mini cannon that is also a working model along with a working model of a soil remediation machine that's about the size of a table. There's a computer monitor with a schematic of a sound redirection device and a sonic generator used primarily for defense.

The massive vortex cannon is still in view but is now outside of the workshop. There's some gas tanks, a glass fish tank with a few plants growing inside of it from seeds he collected in New Mexico and small animal inside of another that he managed to find. It's not a pet. There's also an evaporator and a distiller as the camera moves around.

In the three months he's been here and keeping off the network save for a few occasional responses, Lee has been really busy.]

Pardon my intrusion. I have a few things to address.

[He moves to stand out of the view of the devices he's managed to create and stands in front of the door instead. Since the location is not revealed, everything just seems pretty cut and dry as just another place.]

First of all, I would like to say welcome to our new arrivals. I know that it has to be a hard transition for most of you. I assure you, there are some of us that are working hard to correct our current situation. With that said, I hope that you can find some way of getting along with your roommates.

Encrypted to Billy Cranston, Taicea, Dr. Gordon Freeman, Lacus Clyne, Gilgamesh, Margulis, Asami Sato, Blaine Thorps, and Takegami Teijirou

I'm currently working on getting a few projects in order and I would like your help. I'll explain them more in detail. It seems that the recipient of the robotic arm is no longer here so we have that to use for our projects. It's a precision instrument and I'll teach you all how to use it properly.

I hope that whatever is happening around us, this malaise, passes. It's certainly troublesome.

[He thumbs the tablet and turns off the feed.]

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No. You should see the girl that works with me. She's a talking plant. You seem to use reason just fine. I've worked with androids back home and even repaired them.

Oh... ahah. Okay. Just as long as it's a sturdy roof...

I'm en route.

I'll wait for you outside.

[Lee takes the tablet with him just in case Drift gets lost. He has no idea how big this alien is and even more so, how fascinated Lee will be when he sees him for the first time.

He drapes his hood over his head and stands under the thinning awning of what used to be a garage. The chipping paint is only cosmetic. Lee had worked on rebuilding the facility before he started his work inside the place. The three bays had been outfitted to house many different types of scavenged parts, some as large as cars.

He turns his head toward the direction of the wastes as he waits. He's not looking toward the city at the moment, which would be the direction from where Drift should be coming from, if he was in the City at all.

Currently, Lee is the only person in this part of the City which is part of the outskirts.]

[ The sound of a powerful engine can be heard approaching. A white and red car screeches around a corner and stops a few yards away, sliding to a halt.

Nobody gets out. ]

[A car? He hasn't seen one of those since he left home. He makes his approach and peeks into the window. The interior certainly looked nice and he smiled. Okay, this, he could get used to. A car that operates by itself with intelligence possibly, he could really get used to it and he smiles.]

Unless there's an invisible man behind the wheel, I would venture a guess that you're Drift?

[He runs his fingers along the smooth lines of the powerful form. Oh yeah, that's exactly his style and he certainly feels giddy but refrains from an outburst, but that smile of Lee's certainly shows it.]

[ He doesn't move until Lee takes it upon himself to touch, at which point he abruptly backs up just a bit. ]

Hey! Unwanted touch!

[ That's a bit ticklish. ]

Ah- uhm. Yes. Uhm. Please don't freak out, okay?

[ Finally, the car seems to split apart with that very token tch-chu-chu sound that all Transformers make when they shift forms. Paneling reassembles itself until a very tall, lanky swordsmech stands in it's place. ]

[At first, his eyes grow wide at the now large mecha in front of him and then he smiles like a child. It's a robotics engineer's dream come true. His only word is a loud whisper that depicts his enthusiasm.]

Wow.

[ He ducks his head. Oh you flatter him. ]

Uh. Anyways I'm Drift.

Hi. What do you need lifted?

[He stepped back and with a shake to his head, he had to get his mind back on the tasks and happily he points to the heavy vortex cannon that is covered in a faded tarp.]

That. I managed to push it out but I can't lift it. I found a suitable space on top of the adjacent building just around the corner. I made it my little apartment there. I know it's sturdy enough to support the weight.

[For Drift, it wouldn't weigh much at all and Lee runs toward the building so he could show him.]

This one!

Hmm.

[ Drift takes a peek at it before hefting it easily over his shoulder. ]

What do you need this for, if you don't mind my asking.

[ He walks over where he'd been directed. ]

Here?

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