It's a Gundam!

[second_destiny]

Who: Asem Asuno; open
Where: In the skies over Hinoto-Ri, ending in an open field in the Capricorn District
Summary: Asem searches for a place to land his Gundam. Gawkers welcome!
Warnings: Giant robots.

In the skies above Hinoto-Ri, an odd sort of machine flew. It seemed to have no destination in mind, just flying back and forth over the city, as if its pilot were looking for something but he didn't know where in the city it was.

However, after about half an hour, it began to slow down and descend. As it descended, though, it transformed; before, it looked something like a plane, but now, it was clearly a humanoid robot. Rear thrusters fired to slow its descent; it seemed to be descending toward the Capricorn District.

Within the cockpit, Asem carefully guided the Gundam down. Careful not to scorch anything, he set the mobile suit down on the plains as gently as he could manage. The Gundam would likely leave a pair of footprints, but no other damage was done.

Now that the Gundam was down, Asem switched the machine off, pulled the AGE Device out, and took his helmet off. The hatch opened, and Asem descended via cable to the ground. Once on the ground, Asem pressed a button on the AGE Device, and the cable retracted and the hatch closed.

[[OoC: For reference, Asem is wearing a white, form-fitting flight suit, with black wrists and chest piece. Also, this is the Gundam in the log. It's about nineteen meters tall.]]

Comments

[zero_to_herooo]

A projectile broke through a nearby cloudbank at high speed, flaring vermillion as it spun itself into a tight series of Aileron rolls. Eiji wheeled about, allowing his wings to carry him swiftly toward the machine's line of flight until he was keeping pace beside it.

What kind of plane was this? Obviously, he had to find out.

[second_destiny]

Well, that certainly caught Asem's attention. He maintained his current flight path and flipped on the Gundam AGE-2's IFF transponder to see if the other craft could detect it. He had no way of knowing if this was a friendly or a hostile, so he decided to see how it would react to the signal -- if it reacted at all.

[zero_to_herooo]

Eiji, not being a robot or anything, couldn't pick up transponder signals. But he did give Asem a litle wave.

This definitely didn't really look like any plane he'd ever seen -- more like a space alien (or a spacecraft designed to transport said alien). He reached into his belt, removed a small green drink can, and popped it open.

It transformed into a small, grasshopper-like robot.

"Hello?" he said, speaking into the robot's microphone. Maybe the pilot of the craft could pick up his signal!

[second_destiny]

There were few types of signals a mobile suit couldn't pick up. It came through just fine in the cockpit.

"Hello? Is this the pilot of the other machine?" Sure, it was too small to be a mobile suit, but maybe there was a small being inside it? It stood to reason, at least in Asem's mind.

[zero_to_herooo]

Eiji laughed. "Yeah, I guess you could say that. I'm not a machine, though."

Actually, he'd be kind of hard-pressed to describe exactly what OOO was made out of. Maybe he should have asked Ankh or President Kougami before, but it had never really come up.

"Where're you going?"

[second_destiny]

"Not a machine...? Then what..." Asem trailed off. He thought about it for a moment, and then... "Wait a second. Powered armor? Is that powered armor?"

Unfortunately, he was too preoccupied with that to answer the question.

[misery_hates_company]

Robots.

A part of her knew better at this point, of course; a robot was just as capable of saving life as anybody. But the old biases were still there, the memories of robots swarming the island, killing anybody they caught sight of with rabbit ears. She didn't care, really. She just had to do what her master commanded. But she'd had to fight her own fair share of the things, and the old prejudices remained even in light of the extraordinary accomplishments of THAT robot.

Size, of course, just made them more grating, especially when they're setting down in prime reagent territory. She can't hide her scowl as it sets down, her defenses on full standby. They really WILL let all sorts in here.

[second_destiny]

Asem doesn't realize that someone is nearby as he closes the hatch on the Gundam after descending to the ground, much less that it's someone who is automatically suspicious of him. He seems to be walking off somewhere, until he finally notices her and stops.

"...Er..."

Asem doesn't know what to say. That look on Misery's face makes him uncomfortable, but he has no idea what the story here is.

[misery_hates_company]

She taps her foot. "Surely there must be SOME better place to put down your... machine," she says, her voice betraying her contempt for it. Talk about friendly natives. "This is a place of NATURE, you know."

[second_destiny]

Wow. Geez, it wasn't like it was a permanent addition.

"If there was a better place, I would have set it down there, not here. Besides, I made sure it was out of the way."

[misery_hates_company]

"Out of everybody ELSE'S way. I was working here."

She holds up a bag. "You must be new here. I certainly don't remember your face from before. Then again, I don't usually bother to remember faces." Although she's probably going to remember YOURS, robot boy.

[ice_cream_ai]

That is... amazing! Kaito quietly made a very gleeful sound at seeing the giant robot touch down. A real life mecha! Awesome! He ran over once it's finished touching down to get a better look at it.

[second_destiny]

Well, this was someone who Asem couldn't miss. He turned to meet him after closing the AGE-2's hatch.

"Uh, hi."

[ice_cream_ai]

"Is that your mech?" Kaito had to ask immediately as he gives it a good look over, oh it's real! That's completely awesome!

[second_destiny]

"That?" Asem motioned toward the AGE-2. "Yeah, that's my mobile suit. I was brought here along with it."

[gandere]

Hidden high up in a nearby tree would be a girl with dark hair and blue eyes. She didn't seem to care much for the machine until it began to land, blowing leaves right off the branches and causing her hair to get tangled within them. It would take her a few minutes to free herself from the mess, but once she had?

He could expect a very angry girl strolling up towards the machine. With fists clenched tightly, she moved hastily towards the boy.

"Hey!" Just in case he thought he could get away and all. "You right there!"

[second_destiny]

"Huh?" Asem stopped. Uh-oh. This girl didn't look happy. "Is something wrong?"

[gandere]

Pointing to her disheveled hair with an even bigger frown.

"Yes. Your weird robot thing messed me up!"

[second_destiny]

Asem blinked. He hadn't seen her, and he didn't hit any trees or anything...

"But how?"

[gandere]

"There was a lot of wind involved with your landing, don't you think?! You should really be more considerate of where you park that thing!"

Even though he had parked it in a clearing. Ah Rin.

[otakuro]

"Wha....."

So he'd seen Brainstorm, of course. And the guy had been awesome. But it was one thing to see a big robot sitting down chatting about COMPs and another to see a mech in action - a real life mech flying through the skies. And yeah, there was Stupor Sentai and their live action machines, but seeing it in the screen didn't even come close to seeing it right above your head.

All of this is good enough reason for Atsuro to stay stock still in shock even as the mech descends less than 30 feet away from him. So much for a survival instinct.

[second_destiny]

During the landing procedure, one of the Gundam AGE-2's sensors beeped in the cockpit. Asem checked the sensor -- and saw a kid not much younger than himself too close for comfort. Carefully, Asem guided the Gundam away and set it down at a significantly safer distance. Once he was out of the cockpit and had his helmet off, though, he walked straight toward him.

[otakuro]

Atsuro finally stops staring long enough to close his mouth so his drool doesn't escape. Then he gets right back to it.

"...Wow."

[second_destiny]

Asem stops within speaking range. He looks a bit perplexed by the look on Atsuro's face, but he shakes that off quickly enough.

"Hey. You need to be more careful, all right? I only saw you because a proximity sensor went off."

[otakuro]

"...........You're a mech pilot!"

Atsuro suddenly points an accusatory finger and ignores Asem entirely. "How does that even exist?! You -- It's impossible, right?! There's no way a robot that size can be real...!"