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WHO: Alberto and you~ OTA
WHERE: Both in Temba and Not!Temba
WHAT: Exploring around: finding food, shelter, and getting into places he shouldn't probably be.
WHEN: Late July & Early August
WARNINGS: None so far. Will upload if needed.

TEMBLA

I. Around the City - Say aloe to my little friend.

[ Being new here, the first thing Alberto does is try to memorize what places in the city are the best ones best to find food and shelter. He's using one of the cup leaves to carry what he can find and ends with a mixed assortment of goods: bavonroom, cakesponge, crunchy persimmon, cyananas...

It's only when he walks by one of the Holdfast Vines and brushes the vines that he gets into trouble. He's not expecting the tree to move, much less to have a vine suddenly wrap around his wrist and grab him. ]

Wha--? Ey! Let me go! [ He lets out a startled yelp and tugs back trying to free himself but with no luck. He would welcome any help, really. ]

II. Beach - Fancy places call this Sushi

[ The view of the beach is a comforting one, even if the sand is the wrong color and the creatures in the water are not what Alberto is used to seeing. As he had promised Cayde, he's been finding and collecting alive fish for the Exo to add to his tank at the Deep End.

Anybody walking by the beach by the early afternoon might find him sitting by on a rock, straight up munching on raw a fish like it's no big deal, because to him, it isn't. Next to Alberto, there's a big metal helmet filled with ocean water, the fishes he's got for Cayde swimming in it. Alberto underestimated how much the helmet was going to weigh once filled up, and he's trying to come up with a way to carry it to Cayde's place. He's still thinking about that when he hears someone approaching and looks over them, gesturing to the helmet with a; ]

Ciao! If you are hungry, suit yourself. I think I fished too many.

III. Mines / Network

[ Some other explorers, before adventuring into the caves, might come up with a plan to check the air quality, make sure the walls are safe enough, perhaps they even bother to bring in some weapons...not this kid, though. Alberto can see well in the dark unless it's total pitch black, he's small enough to get through any tunnel, and he likes exploring, so that's exactly what he does.

Fortune favors the brave, as they say.

He gets further into the caves, and the more he sees, the more curious he gets. The rusted metal door only makes him pause briefly before he continues, and in no time, Alberto finds himself staring at the powered-off display and the possible places where energy crystals could go. The equipment is broken, and he knows how to fix it, even if he's never seen it before.

This has been happening since Alberto touched the engineering data point a few days ago,. He can now look at all that strange alien tech and remember what it is supposed to do, what it needs to be done to make it functional. It's weird, but weird it's also his usual, so he just assumes that's how life is goign to be from now own. He starts pushing all the buttons he can reach, paws at the powered screens, and basically touches everything that is touchable before giving up.

Tsk, he's going to need to make some crystals to make any of this work, but maybe other people already have some. With that idea in mind, he opens the communicator and chooses the video function, typing is still difficult for him. The connection is spotty at best, being deep into the mines, and there are dark shadows over his face, but his green eyes are still clearly visible. ]

Hello? Can anybody hear me? I'm in one of the caves and there's all this stuff...[ Alberto swings the communicator around, so it shows the different machinery and screens. ] They need crystals to work, I know how to make them but I haven't got any yet. Does anybody have a few to spare?

NOT! TEMBLA

Alien Target 2

[ Unlike the clothes in the Department Store of Tembla, the ones here have the right number of sleeves, and Alberto is looking around to see if he can find anything useful to wear. Most clothes are too big for him or he has no idea how to wear them, but he eventually finds a soft cream-colored sweater that is close to the right size to fit him.

It prompts him to bury his face in the sweater and laugh, the sound reverberating around the (supposedly) empty building. He's never had clothes this soft before, everything he's worn until now had been scavenged and threadbare, and it's just SO.SOFT. ]

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[The laughter draws attention in the otherwise quiet store. Lauri-Ell, who had been searching for items worth bringing back to the train and thus to Temba, moves to follow the noise, until she at last arrived to find a boy whose face was, well, buried in a sweater. Interesting. Perhaps the child does not know the purpose?]

That is for your upper body, not your face.

[ He jumps a little at the unexpected voice, quickly looking up and clutching the sweater to his chest. He's about to say that yes, he knows what a sweater is for when his eyes land on the person in front of him. The very blue, very odd looking person in front of him. ]

Woah...[ She has no fins or visible tail, no scales either, so it's not a sea monster like him but also not a normal human either. It's like she's stuck in-between forms. ] You're very pretty.

[Yes, she was very blue. Very blue, extremely tall, and more muscled than most weight lifters. Definitely a sight to see. BUt to have such a thing said to her, and so bluntly at that, makes her blush briefly, her cheeks deepening to an even darker blue.]

I thank you for the compliment, young human.

[ The size and muscle are hard to miss, and they also make it very clear that she's not someone to antagonize. Her reaction is funny, though, because Alberto imagined that she must get complimented on a daily basis, she was impressive. ]

I'm... [ Oh, right, yeah, he's 100% human here. Nothing else, uh huh, no ma'am. Alberto manages to say a sheepish; ] You're welcome! [ before he looks down at the sweater for a few seconds and then back at her. ] I didn't know they made clothes this soft.

[ If Lauri-Ell gives him a good look, she might notice that Alberto is dressed only in a tank top with brown shorts held up with a rope, and that he's also barefoot. New clothes are clearly a novelty for this kid. He offers her a hand to shake after a moment, smiling. ] I'm Alberto Scorfano, piacere, signorina.

[Perhaps she was complimented regularly. That did not mean that she regularly recognized said compliments. Humans never said the things they meant. It was frustrating. But that wasn't something she was thinking of now. Instead she looked the boy over. Given her limited interaction with humans, she actually didn't know that what he was wearing was by any means strange.

Instead she just took his hand into hers to shake, and it could very easily consume his for sure.]

I am Lauri-Ell, and I do not know those other words of yours.

[ Steve himself is trying to get used to the area around here. He goes for regular walks and fills up his jacket with whatever he can find. Knowing him he's probably gonna be allergic to something but he'll figure that out later. For now he's just enjoying using the jacket like a basket at the grocery store. Except here he doesn't have to worry about affording things.

But, apparently, there are other things to worry about. ]

Woah!

[ He sees the other boy held up by the vine and searches around for something to use. There's a sharp-edged rock which he scoops up before smacking at the vine. When that doesn't work, he just uses the rock to sever off the part connected to the boy's wrist. ]

Not a dull moment around here, huh?

[ Alberto has only limited knowledge about what kind of animals and plants could be found on the surface of his own world, so he doesn't find the flora and fauna of this new planet all that strange, having no previous point of reference. He should probably be more careful about the things he tries to eat, but in all honesty, he's never done that before.

The unexpected tug-o-war is not working in his favor, no matter how much he pulls at the vine. The relief is obvious on Alberto's face when Steve appears and eventually manages to break the plant. ]

Not really, no. Trees shouldn't move and grab people, that's just rude! [ The kid pulls away from the tree, glaring at it and rubbing at his wrist after he untangles what's left of the vine and lets it fall to the ground. He stops glaring after a few seconds to give Steve a grateful look. ] Thanks, I couldn't get it to let me go on my own. Are these things normal here?

[ If it's any consolation to her, Albert wasn't human nor was he a liar. All the things he said might not be accurate, but he believed them to be 100% the truth. And she was pretty! All tall and blue and strong looking.

Her hand dwarfs his own indeed when they shake it, but if anything, the kid only looks more impressed. ]

It's Italian, it means 'nice to meet you, madam'. I'm still learning all the words, but I know a lot of them now. Where are you from? I've never seen a land dwel---er, a human! with blue skin and white hair before.

[Given she had only ever interacted with two children before, his spirit most definitely amused her.]

Ah, there is a reason for that. I am not human. I am Kree. I am not from Earth at all.

[ He's a very lively kid with next to no fear and very little common sense. Plus he's used to surviving on his own, the cheekiness can't be helped. He mutters another impressed 'ohhhh' under his breath and then grins up at her. ]

Are you from those other planets that float in space next to the big fish? [ The sun, he means, but Alberto used to call it that and old habits die hard. ] Luca mentioned Saturn once.

Big fish?

[She doesn't know where there is a big fish, except maybe a Chitari war-beasts. They looked like Earth whales.]

No, Hala, the world of my people is many many lightyears away."

The big yellow ball you can see at night in the sky? [ Wait, that was the moon, not the sun. He thought they were the same thing for the longest time. This is what happens when you live underwater and never go to school. Even Alberto realized he's not making much sense, so he just waves a hand and changes the subject. ]

Nevermind, it's nothing. You're the first Kree I've ever met, and I didn't know about Hala before. What is it like? Everyone is big and blue like you?

[ Steve looks at the vine and honestly has no idea if he's seen them before or not. ] No... I don't think so. I haven't been out in the woods too much but I can't say I've been grabbed by them before.

[ He looks at the kid and offers a smile and a hand. ] Steve Rogers. Nice to meet you, son. You a new arrival like me?

Lucky, that wasn't fun at all. [ Alberto would kick the tree out of spite if he weren't worried that it would try something again and get them both in trouble. He might be a hothead but even he knows his limits and the plant is too strong.

He gets over it quickly, turning to face his savior and giving Steve a smile as he shakes his hand rather effusively ]

I'm Alberto Scorfano. Un piacere conoscerti, Steve. I've been here only for a few days. Everything about this city is really weird. Do you know how we could go back home? Maybe there's a train?

The moon?

[Yes, never mind. He could be confusing to her later.]

No. Kree come in many sizes. And there are also pink-skinned Kree. They look more like humans.

Hey, kid, take a breath. [ There's Cobb, face with some healing bruises and his arm is still in a sling but he's steady and calm in the video. ] We know that's down there. What are you doing in the mines alone?

[ No one should be down there by themselves. And when did this kid get here? Cobb didn't remember him. He was clearly a new face. ]

[ Alberto quickly turns the table around when he hears Cobb's voice. Ey, someone answered! Looks like he managed to make this right, great. ]

I can hold my breath for a long time. [ The kid says cheekily, smiling and peering down at the network. He knows how it works now, but it's still surprising to be able to talk with people who are far away. Ah, if only Luca and Giulia had one. ]I've been exploring! There's a lot of rusty stuff around here, but it's just a matter of un-breaking it and the devices will work.

[ Once he takes a good look at Cobb, he finally notices the bruises and the sling. He winces in sympathy.]

Oh...did you get hurt?

Yes, that! I keep forgetting the name. [ He likes his version better, is more poetic, and for the longest time, Alberto had no idea that the Moon was called that. He's very much still learning about the human world. ]

Oh, I see. [ Sea monsters also come in different colors, some are also green and red, so it's not hard for him to imagine. ] And, uhm, since you're not human....do the humans mind? I mean. Have they tried chasing you out of the city, or...?

[ 'Do they throw pointy things at you?', he doesn't ask, but it's on the tip of his tongue. ]

I'm fine.

[ Really, it's nothing. He's had worse. Cobb is more worry about the kid exploring the mines alone. ]

Kid, come back to the surface. We know it needs to be fixed and we're working on that. You've got a chance to hurt yourself down there. [ And the kid didn't even have anyone to help him like Cobb had Starling when he got trapped and hurt. ]

[Forgets that the moon is called as much? Strange.]

No. There has been no issue to this point. Nor would I allow them to do so. It would be uncivilized.

Hmm. [ That doesn't sound super convincing to him, maybe because Alberto says the same and just as quickly as Cobb when asked if something's wrong with him. He raises his eyebrows but then gives an understanding smile. ]

Okay, if you say so. I'm fine too, really. I've been in darker places. [ Underwater caves, for a start. He's not arguing with Cobb for the sake of it as he seems honestly confused by the man's concern. That's rarer than secret mines.

He does like being on the surface more, though, and if the guy on the screen says that others already know about this place, there's little point in staying put. The screen is still dark, but Cobb will probably see Alberto stand up and move towards the tunnel. There, he's behaving! He should go to the beach and find what he needs to make the crystals, to prove that he can be useful too. ]

Do you know what the machines are for? Everything here is much bigger than the singing lady box.

[ He's also calling humans 'humans' as if he's not one of them. This is the sort of thing Alberto doesn't realize he's doing wrong when trying to pass off as a normal land dweller. ]

Oh, that's good. [ There's obvious relief at her answer and he has no doubt that she is more than capable to stop people from being jerks. She might be even taller than Massimo. ]

Where you looking for clothes too? There's more on the aisles at the far end but it's all on really tall shelves. [ That he can not reach, even if he likes to climb high places, because the surface is too smooth and slippery. She might not have that issue. ]

[As if Lauri-Ell would even understand the difference. But she considers his comment about tall shelves and his size.]

I do not require new clothing. Clarice took me shopping. But if you require assistance of someone with more height, I am glad to provide it.

That works to Alberto's advantage, and it also makes him like her more.

What's shopping? [ The word is new to him. All the humans clothing he had ever worn had been scavenged, and Sea Monsters don't have malls or clothing stores.They made their clothes using kelp and other plants. ]

Ah,...if you really don't mind? I was also looking for something to use as sheets. Some clothes here are big enough for that.

[What a very interesting young man.]

Of course I do not mind. Why would I offer to assist if I did not mean it? That would be unkind. Come, show me where you wish to look.

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