Aibo

... from. the ground.

this person didn't seem too happy about having to crawl, giving an almost pained grunt when his knee hit the ground. ]

Sorry. Hi— uh. What are you doing out here??

[ though visibly irritated about something, he kept a gentle tone with them. ]

( @aibo-posting )

Oh-? Oh ! Oh, hello.. I. I think I might be a bit lost.. Tried to go look for something for the day and forgot where I was going, and ended up scrambling about when I realized I didn't know where I was...

Huh. Well— wait. How. long have you even been out here? I don't recognize you from the 'Corps base or anything.

Oh.. I've been here for... a couple days? maybe a week or more. Not exactly sure. I don't... I don't have an official job or anything. It's a bit difficult to explain..

was there really anything aibo could do about that in the state he was left in, though?

he took a deep breath to keep the concern from spreading to his face, carefully shifting to sit fully outside of the foliage. ]

Don't even worry about it.

[ ... and the reason he wasn't standing up became very clear very fast. one leg was twisted and visibly broken, the other having a prosthetic attached that seemed to have been broken and soon fixed. presumably with whatever scrap he could find around. ]

What were you trying to find out here, anyway? And— actually, no, better question— is your S.O.S. signal working? I'm sure at least someone's still available to answer.

... from. the ground.

this person didn't seem too happy about having to crawl, giving an almost pained grunt when his knee hit the ground. ]

Sorry. Hi— uh. What are you doing out here??

[ though visibly irritated about something, he kept a gentle tone with them. ]

( @aibo-posting )

Oh-? Oh ! Oh, hello.. I. I think I might be a bit lost.. Tried to go look for something for the day and forgot where I was going, and ended up scrambling about when I realized I didn't know where I was...

Huh. Well— wait. How. long have you even been out here? I don't recognize you from the 'Corps base or anything.

[.. ah. If it was, they're definitely gone now, as you see the source of the noise come around the corner of a wall and run directly into a rock. Some distance away from you is. some kind of drone? It looks VERY worse for wear, with a bandaid slapped right over the front of it, and beeping furiously.]

(@pebble-pitcher-posting)

[ the buzzing and beeping breaking up the usual forest-like ambience, while reminding him of the comfort of his workshop, felt grating on the ears. this kind of rapid beeping never meant anything good. could it be a self-destruct mechanism? a warning? whatever it was, it meant aibo couldn't stay here. normally, he would jump at the chance to maybe get a glimpse at what was making the noise, but he was in no state to do that now! a sharp pain shot through his good leg when he tried to get up to get away. his head was pounding. it was getting even closer, louder, and—

...

it... ran right into a rock.

a broken-down drone of sorts, huh. well that was one way to bring his guard down. the band-aid slapped on, the missing parts, the big scoop taken out of it... there wasn't much he could do, but he could certainly try to fix it up? he opted to pathetically crawl towards it. ]

Hey- stay there.

[ could it even register voice commands? ]

You've been through a lot, haven't you?

[ his voice was much softer than normal, as if he was moreso mumbling to himself than expecting a response. ]

I'm not much of a repair guy, but I'll see what I can do. I'd need to find your missing parts, though... and probably more metal.

[ only problem, though, is that he couldn't see anything he could use in place of his cane. not that he could get to it if he did find something! with a sigh, he shifted his sitting position and reached inside of his suit for his tools. ]

[.. ah. If it was, they're definitely gone now, as you see the source of the noise come around the corner of a wall and run directly into a rock. Some distance away from you is. some kind of drone? It looks VERY worse for wear, with a bandaid slapped right over the front of it, and beeping furiously.]

(@pebble-pitcher-posting)

[ the buzzing and beeping breaking up the usual forest-like ambience, while reminding him of the comfort of his workshop, felt grating on the ears. this kind of rapid beeping never meant anything good. could it be a self-destruct mechanism? a warning? whatever it was, it meant aibo couldn't stay here. normally, he would jump at the chance to maybe get a glimpse at what was making the noise, but he was in no state to do that now! a sharp pain shot through his good leg when he tried to get up to get away. his head was pounding. it was getting even closer, louder, and—

...

it... ran right into a rock.

a broken-down drone of sorts, huh. well that was one way to bring his guard down. the band-aid slapped on, the missing parts, the big scoop taken out of it... there wasn't much he could do, but he could certainly try to fix it up? he opted to pathetically crawl towards it. ]

Hey- stay there.

[ could it even register voice commands? ]

You've been through a lot, haven't you?

[ his voice was much softer than normal, as if he was moreso mumbling to himself than expecting a response. ]

I'm not much of a repair guy, but I'll see what I can do. I'd need to find your missing parts, though... and probably more metal.

[ only problem, though, is that he couldn't see anything he could use in place of his cane. not that he could get to it if he did find something! with a sigh, he shifted his sitting position and reached inside of his suit for his tools. ]

Hell no. In fact, I couldn't be doing worse! It's almost comical!! I've barely been able to move from where I landed, I can't send an S.O.S., AND I've been hearing some weird ass beeping sound nearby for hours!

Hope you find something to eat soon. I'm sure there's some fruit around, I know some people back at the old base got some good use out of it when they were out here.

...

Hell no. In fact, I couldn't be doing worse! It's almost comical!! I've barely been able to move from where I landed, I can't send an S.O.S., AND I've been hearing some weird ass beeping sound nearby for hours!