And there is no explanation, these creatures are just victims [closed]

[thegoodtouch]

Characters: Optimus Prime, Lightning, Harlequin, Penelo
Content: Looking for Chez Sparklepire.
Setting: Deck of Convoy --> just north of Spoons
Time: Early morning, the day after Fred Ecks' announcement
Warnings: None

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[fire_water_wood]

A nervous little puppet had scrambled out of bed in a hurry this morning. He didn't even go get breakfast first. He wanted to make damned sure he wasn't late! After all, he would be serving with the captain himself today

[penny_dancer]

Penelo was next on deck, wearing the cloak Migelo had insisted she take with her and carrying her staff. The captain was standing on deck next to a really short...demihuman? He seemed to be made of wood. Strange.

"I'm here, Captain."

Lightning can tag in anytime

[thegoodtouch]

Prime nodded to Penelo, then glanced down at the trembling and bowing wooden puppet. "Just 'Prime' will do," he said, crouching down on one knee to address Harlequin. "Are you ready?" His question was to both the puppet and the young woman. "We're waiting on one more person. Here," he said, handing Harlequin a small radio (that in actuality was about the size of his torso) with a strap to help him carry it. "Take this. You'll use it to contact us if you find anything."

[fire_water_wood]

Harlequin resisted the urge to draw back as the captain knelt down. "Y-yes, sir," he murmured to both the question and the comment before it, keeping his gaze down.

He accepted the radio, slinging the strap over his head and across his torso, the bulk hanging alongside his hip. He made himself look up to meet glowing, sapphire eyes and saluted again. "Understood, captain. I'll do my best, sir."

He'd also brought his . . . what he'd come to think of as his spelunking-kit - the backpack of supplies he'd put together months ago for crawling through and mapping the ventilation system of the Winding Way. What could help him get into and around a ship's ducts could do the same for those of a home, after all, or anything else the puppet might be asked to do.