Dome away from home

[Ramulus]

takes place on the next day after launch - open thread to all
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"Better than a stasispod!" Ramulus grins a fangy grin as he walks about on the Autobot ship. ".... much much better!" Ships don't tend to slag you over twice, and are much more spacious than a darned space-coffin.
He clasps his hands behind his neck, stretching while looking outside into deep space. The view is most certainly admirable.

The biosphere should be somewhere around the corner. He really should check it out.
Setting in a cheery hum, Ramulus continues on the way, watching out for an airlock kind of something

[Firebolt]

Firebolt walks through the ship, looking around and trying her darn best to find someplace to park herself in vehicle form and hide. It always was comforting to find a place that resembled a garage. She stands up straight after peeking her head in a darkish sort of spot. Somebody's walking down the halls and heading closer.

All she can do is stand up straight and wait, trying to figure out who it could be. Hopefully it's somebody who won't snap at her for wandering around.

Could that be... Humming she hears?

[Ramulus]

Firebolt needn't worry, Ramulus is in no snapping mood today so he won't tell her off. He sees how the car girl seems to be looking for something, and then she straightens up at his arrival

The ram continues walking undisturbed, still humming as he approaches. "Hey Autobot, did you misplace something?"
Which, would be very possible with the event of the launch.

[Firebolt]

"I never had anything to begin with to lose," she says, offering a half hearted salute as greeting. "Oh and, erm, my name's Firebolt." Her ponytails twitch a bit as she points down the hall. "I'm looking for places to... ... Relax?" She doesn't know that she has the possibility of a roommate that is actually nice yet, so she's already preparing.

"Whacha doin' out and about?"

[Shanodin]

Botanica is still in the biosphere for which Ramulus is searching. She launched that section herself, figuring better safe than sorry. If something went wrong, and the combination of sections didn't work, well, she wouldn't be in danger of falling out dead.

For that matter, she'll admit to being a bit...hesitant to leave it. The shielding put in place around it should not interfere with her bond; she should be able to roam the ship freely.

Should be.

Currently, she is distracting herself from the need to leave and check on things outside the sphere by running yet another set of checks on the entrance systems from inside the sphere.

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OOC: Skippable until/if you guys enter the biosphere.

[Ramulus]

"Same here! But it looked like you might've been searching for... oh" Comes the swift and catchy reply on terms of having something to 'lose'. On the question of what he's doing, he shrugs, "I was looking for the biosphere myself, to see how it's become and all... it's an atrium"

Motioning his head in the direction where he thought it to be found, Ramulus carefully brought: "do you want to come along? It's going to be one of my places to relax, but I remember that Autobots are allowed as well, so....do you?"

[Firebolt]

Firebolt shifts back and forth as she thinks, her ponytails twitching lightly. "Well I like places that are like garages, but I'm sure sittin in the trees or by 'em or whatever is nice too. Only if I don't get yelled at for wanting to go in there!" She shakes her finger in a no-fashion, but not at Ramulus, more at the air as if it was going to yell at her.

She steps a bit closer to him, tilting her head to the side, "Wha's your name anyway?" She points a bit at him and then straightens up and starts walkin. "I gave you mine, s'only fair you share yours."

[Ramulus]

"I'm sure you won't be" Ramulus muses, "and I'm Ramulus, sorry for not introducing myself"
He smiles at the mention of garages, "Natural environments always do well"

Looking into a hallway they pass, Ramulus stops, and tilts his head, Yes, that's an airlock kind of thing. Deciding to follow his hunch, Ramulus inches his stride towards there, "I think it's over here... Shall we take a look?"

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Considering the makeup of the sphere, Botanica might see them approach.

[Firebolt]

Firebolt peers over, her ponytails rising just a bit in interest as she steps along. "Are there click-clicks? I hope there ain't none o' them," she declares, a frown evident in her voice and in her optics.

She approaches the dome's entrance and tries to peer inside, half expecting those mean bugs to be pressing up against the door and waiting for her.

"Ramulus.... No bugs RIGHT?" She assures herself somewhat.

[Ramulus]

Ah! He knows this panel. Ramulus is about to check if he can open the airlock and the standard desinfection procedure, when Firebolt makes her comment.

Hand still lingering on the panel board, Ramulus turns to face her, "Are you afraid of bugs, girl?" Oh.... Guess he could understand that somehow.

"This is a garden, no, more than a garden! It's a small ecosystem.... Botanica carefully selected the right plants to mix, and for them to grow she needs insects - they are very important"

Perhaps the garden isn't for the young Autobot, or maybe she just needs to get familiarized... "you don't need to waver from the path, so why not just try it? Bugs won't mass assault you" Because matrix forbid they use tactics.

He presses a button, and a vidscreen springs to life, recording him to the other side. Cameras show him the other side of the airlock, and, speaking of the devil... "//Botanica? This is Ramulus, can you hear me?//"

[Firebolt]

"WELL SEE, I was out exploring with Spy Shot, who's tiny and cute, and then we, er, me, I accidentally wandered near a nest of Click-Clicks and they weren't happy I was near their nest, so they attacked me and they were all NEEEEEEEEWWW and CLICK-CLICK-CLICK," she says rather fast and ends up imitating bugs flying and chasing her. She stomps her foot and crosses her arms, "I just was exploring the forest and they were NOT HAPPY BUGS. Hmph."

She tries to scooch a bit closer to Ramulus, despite being quite larger than he is, and acts as if he'll be a good protector against the non-existant-Click-Click-threat.

"Botanica... I don't think I've met her yet," she says, trying to keep her mind off bugs.

[Shanodin]

Botanica looks up as the vid screen flickers on, one of the very few concessions to visible technology on her side of the airlock. "Ah, Ramulus! Do come in. I'm assuming no news is good news regarding the overall launching process, but am most eager for some company. That's...Firebolt with you, yes?" She tilts here head. She doesn't really know the young red car, but in the past months has seen most everyone a time or two. She seems to recall that Firebolt provided music at Skyfire's branding party.

She gives the two the boilerplate spiel, though she imagines Ramulus already knows it. "This are is open to pretty much all, of course, for recreation and relaxation purposes. It is, however, not a playground. Please treat the flora and fauna residing within with respect. There are marked paths through the garden and forested sectons, as well as seating areas. The mangrove marsh, however, is not really suited for exploration by anyone but the Maximals and smaller Autobots."

She should probably affix all that to the outer door.

When the duo enters, they will see the reason why the section containing the biosphere was so large as to require launching on its own. It is roughly one and a half acres of plant life, and there are indeed graveled paths running through sections of it, as well as some paths of packed earth, and, in the denser sections, moss.

To the immediate left is a section of cultivated garden, similar to the one Botanica has on the planet and a small covered workspace behind that with tables covered with tools and containers filled with soil. Leaving the garden takes one into an area of tall grass and drier soil, mostly flat. It is here that she has incorporated the grasses Ramulus had preferred.

Off to the right is the mangrove marsh she spoke of in her speech. A lake for Claw Jaw had proven impractical, but she had been able to argue for the marsh. The Mangroves provide a natural filtration system for the biosphere, and there is an immersion tank beneath the marsh for Claw Jaw to relax in, should he wish.

The bulk of the biosphere, however, is forested, tall trees growing close together with compatible round cover. Wildflowers and vines wind round rocks and natural deadfalls. There are paths through this area as well, and one could spend a great deal of time wandering the forest, discovering hidden glens and even a babbling brook or three, and listening to the sounds of the wildlife.

A nice bit of technology, courtesy of Perceptor, mimics a beautiful blue-violet sky littered with clouds. There is even a "sun" in the sky, completing the illusion, and at night, stars and moons. However, anyone in the biosphere over "night" may notice it is not the stars and moons of Gillanan that shine down. In a moment of homesickness, and perhaps in hope that they may be successful in there search, Botanica has set the night sky to mimic the stars visible over her own reformatted New Iacon.

No detail was left unattended, and Botanica is immensely proud of what she has created here. She is also nervous. Other than command, no one besides herself has seen the finished product.

[Ramulus]

"Well, you're about to..." With a gracefull flourish, Ramulus motions to the screen showing Botanica, "Meet our wondrous plantformer, Botanica, Botanica, meet our Autobot young lady, Firebolt" Then he nods at the standard sharing of information. He knows, but it's good she repeats for good measure; All bots should be avidly informed to preserve the Biosphere.

"Understood, we'll be carefull, and I think Firebolt appreciates sticking to the path" He then walks over to the outer door, traversing the air lock chamber to the other side.
Considering that the outer door closes behind Firebolt, he would open the second door, and step inside.

And get caught in the mass jaw-dropping wonder of the Biosphere.

[Firebolt]

"Ooh," Firebolt nods, and waves somewhat to the screen. She's seen Botanica from a distance but not actually met her. She follows Ramulus into the dome and stops, looking around.

"Man, they packed a lot in here," she says, ponytails fanning out as she looks around in interest. She doesn't try to look around with them, they're just displaying her interest. She also peeks around for a place to sit quietly, half knowing that'll be her fate for most of this trip.

[Shanodin]

Yes, they packed quite a lot in here. The trick was to do so and keep it seeming natural. Botanica watches the two, pleased that they seem to appreciate what they see.

"Everything seems to be thriving," she says, "There was a bit of a hitch with some of the species as they adjusted to artificial gravity and sunlight, but I believe they will adjust in the end. No mech-made system can ever be a perfect mimic, but what we've done is close enough."

She reaches out to try and pat Ramulus on the arm. "Please you two feel free to wander as you like, and to ask questions if some arise. I need to finish my final checks, then really should check in with whomever is heading up the piloting roster. I've some navigation experience, and would prefer to make myself useful rather than hide away in here."

She smiles over at Firebolt. "It is good to officially meet you. Things have been quite hectic lately, haven't they?"