[Her systems whir and click as she cleans, the pile getting bigger and bigger. Bolts looks over to Brunner as he starts looking through the crates, but that isn't her business.]
[Her systems whir and click as she cleans, the pile getting bigger and bigger. Bolts looks over to Brunner as he starts looking through the crates, but that isn't her business.]
[She mutters a thanks, and keeps going. Double tasking. She seems more comfortable.]
[She mutters a thanks, and keeps going. Double tasking. She seems more comfortable.]
"'course we became friends cuz they always had internal rust." [Bolts chuckled,] "their method was good, you have the tools to just make the sheets thinner and just shave them down with coarse filers, but it would still take a long time to-
"'course we became friends cuz they always had internal rust." [Bolts chuckled,] "their method was good, you have the tools to just make the sheets thinner and just shave them down with coarse filers, but it would still take a long time to-
[She makes a face and shivers while reminiscing.]
[She makes a face and shivers while reminiscing.]
"So long as you sanitize those properly, and don't mix them with other shavings it's okay to-
"So long as you sanitize those properly, and don't mix them with other shavings it's okay to-
[She looks towards the forge, optics just grazing over it,] "is it.... Local."
[The red bot turns back around, examining the flooring, which already did seem relatively clean. But her coding compels her to make sure it truly was.]
[She looks towards the forge, optics just grazing over it,] "is it.... Local."
[The red bot turns back around, examining the flooring, which already did seem relatively clean. But her coding compels her to make sure it truly was.]
"These friends of yours, are they human too?"
"These friends of yours, are they human too?"
"Is there anyone else that comes here? Regularly? Or is it just you?"
"Is there anyone else that comes here? Regularly? Or is it just you?"
Instead, she uses a second to look deeper around her surroundings. Identifying nooks and crannies, places to hide stuff and places to-
Instead, she uses a second to look deeper around her surroundings. Identifying nooks and crannies, places to hide stuff and places to-
[She says, looking around the place. She shakes her helm, worried that she may, accidentally, ask too much of the very very nice human.]
"... How are you going to enforce those rules? Would there be security? Do you have like.... A system in place?"
[She says, looking around the place. She shakes her helm, worried that she may, accidentally, ask too much of the very very nice human.]
"... How are you going to enforce those rules? Would there be security? Do you have like.... A system in place?"
"Wish i was back in mine..."
"Wish i was back in mine..."
[She perks up quite a bit,]
"I-I used to know a few bots who had places like that. Don't know where they are now but it was nice to visit."
[She reminisces slightly,]
"There used to be lots of bots around there till enforcers started coming around more and more."
[She perks up quite a bit,]
"I-I used to know a few bots who had places like that. Don't know where they are now but it was nice to visit."
[She reminisces slightly,]
"There used to be lots of bots around there till enforcers started coming around more and more."
"Open?"
"Open?"
"Mess doesn't matter. So long as there isn't any rust."
[The street is one shes normally seen at night, where no one but other, non-sentient bots hung around. Her optics flitted around as they walked, not staying
"Mess doesn't matter. So long as there isn't any rust."
[The street is one shes normally seen at night, where no one but other, non-sentient bots hung around. Her optics flitted around as they walked, not staying
"Okay, now I'm good to go." [She says, after tossing the tools within her subspace.]
"Okay, now I'm good to go." [She says, after tossing the tools within her subspace.]
[She watches him, interested but wary, bit by bit coming away from her hiding place within the alley, and just.... Looking, really. The handles on her head swing in thought, up, down, wherever.]
[She watches him, interested but wary, bit by bit coming away from her hiding place within the alley, and just.... Looking, really. The handles on her head swing in thought, up, down, wherever.]
"W-whats your name?" [She asks, standing fully, making the symbol on her collar-
"W-whats your name?" [She asks, standing fully, making the symbol on her collar-
"How.... Big did you say the warehouse was?"
[They open the dumpster just a little, fidgeting with the lid.]
"How.... Big did you say the warehouse was?"
[They open the dumpster just a little, fidgeting with the lid.]
[Theres more clanking, as A helm peeks over the dumpster. optics wide as they look towards the human, analysing. They blink once, trying to scan them on instinct, but those certain scannrs weren't built with organic creatures in mind.]
[Theres more clanking, as A helm peeks over the dumpster. optics wide as they look towards the human, analysing. They blink once, trying to scan them on instinct, but those certain scannrs weren't built with organic creatures in mind.]
[On one hand, it would be better shelter to put "her" tools and her current supplies in, on the other, this is a stranger and strangers are not always nice... She could use the space for the night, tonight, scope it out... And leave if it feels weird.]
[On one hand, it would be better shelter to put "her" tools and her current supplies in, on the other, this is a stranger and strangers are not always nice... She could use the space for the night, tonight, scope it out... And leave if it feels weird.]
[The voice comes from behind the dumpster, shaky, before there was a loud clanking noise, and another flash of red peeks out from their chosen hiding place for just a second. Before they seem to settle in again.]
[There was almost nothing eithin the alley in the first place-
[The voice comes from behind the dumpster, shaky, before there was a loud clanking noise, and another flash of red peeks out from their chosen hiding place for just a second. Before they seem to settle in again.]
[There was almost nothing eithin the alley in the first place-