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Steven Universe ([personal profile] tigermillionaire) wrote in [community profile] capitalh2014-11-04 12:55 am

all i want to be is someone who gets to see

Who: Steven Universe and YOU.
Where: Various places.
When: June 16th and onward.
What: Steven Universe has been left in LA while his assorted moms save the universe or something. He brought a lion.
Warnings: TOO CUTE TO LIVE.

[FIRST DAY: ALPHA FORCE TOWER]

He's already said his goodbyes. A few times, in fact. In between the crying and the pleading. He'd initially insisted that it was no big deal and that he was a big kid who could handle himself just fine, but being actually faced with the Gems just vanishing for who knows how long...well, Steven had always been an emotional kid.

His tears have dried by now, and he is finally certain that he's been left to his own devices. The Gems had to talk to some of the Alpha Force before leaving, but Steven had scarcely participated, feeling uncomfortable and wary of the whole thing. His natural sense of curiousity and wonder at being in a new place could only do so much in the face of such a totally drastic change in circumstances.

He wanders around the tower, prodding at things that he probably shouldn't, and generally moping in all the expected ways. His tummy hurts, and it's not because he's hungry.

[ON THE TOWN: AND ON A LION!]

As expected, Lion deigns to show himself a day or so after Steven arrives, and he immediately takes the opportunity to frolic with all his might. Staying still is making Steven feel nervous and worried, and so he decides what he really need to do is give himself a tour of the city. You know, without really telling anyone. He never had to in Beach City, so why should he here?

Especially when he is literally riding around a massive pink lion bareback.

He can be found in various parts of the city with a ukulele strapped to his back, and some kind of map he has probably picked up from a gas station. Unfortunately he has no idea how to read it, and despite spending quite a bit of time discussing it with Lion, his mount appears to have few answers for the boy.

[AUTOBOT CENTRAL: THE SMALLEST HUMAN EVER]

It doesn't take long for someone to let the fact slip that CONDOR is also hosting a selection of giant robots, and once Steven knows about it, it is impossible to stop him. It takes some doing to beg and nag the information out of people, but eventually someone caves and escorts him there, if only to make him stop asking.

Steven sneaks into the massive botcave, looking positively astonished, even before he sees any aliens. He stands somewhere near the entrance, gawking shamelessly.

"Whoaaa..."
hellacold: (v concerned)

[personal profile] hellacold 2014-11-07 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
Jon frowns, and Ghost wanders a few feet away, bored now that the lion is asleep.

"The animals were solid crystal," he says. "They did hatch from smaller crystal pieces. We found them at the sinkhole. I didn't see the warehouse."

Swansong did have a fair amount of crystals on her costume when she was with Nightforce, but he's pretty sure they weren't responsible for whatever had happened there. Were they? Were they even real crystals? Sansa might know.
pullingamiko: (jazz hands)

[personal profile] pullingamiko 2014-11-07 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds pretty sweet! ... come to think of it, how does the whole gem thing work anyway? Like, I've heard you guys can do lots of cool stuff with those, but I don't really have many details on that." She crosses her arms, shifting her weight a little. She's planning on hanging around here for a while longer at this point.
positiveenergy: (Huh?)

[personal profile] positiveenergy 2014-11-07 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
“Healing…err…spit? Sorry, not sure I’ve heard of spit…”

Drift scratches the side of his cheek, looking confused. He’s no expert on humans, but he thought he'd learned an awful lot from watching TV…Maybe it had something to do with Steven being a Gem instead.
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alpha force tower!

[personal profile] neonmonstrosity 2014-11-08 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Chris is... possibly not actually supposed to be in the tower. He's not actually sure what the rules on this kind of thing are, but no one had objected to him being here so far once he had explained what he was doing and they verified that he wasn't lying about being a Trailblazer so. Whatever.

He's trying to find Maxxie by way of finding Tommy's room because they need to have a Talk about House Things, but he has no idea where exactly that is so he's kind of just wandering about aimlessly in the hopes he'll find it when he stumbles across a sad child. Chris starts to just walk on by but goddammit sad children are just the saddest things in the world so he turns around and walks over to Steven.

"What's wrong?" Chris sticks his hands in his pockets, looking down at this small human, "you, uh... Are you lost or something?"
traumatizing: (pic#5742603)

i couldn't decide so you get them both (on the toooowwwn)

[personal profile] traumatizing 2014-11-08 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
It's amazing how weird stuff only seems to happen to Terry when he's out grocery shopping.

Thankfully this time he hasn't actually gotten started when he's distracted by a child riding a lion around town, which would admittedly not be as worth his time if, on closer inspection, that didn't seem to be the kid who was dropped off at Alpha Force tower the other day. Isn't he a bit young and new to LA to be wandering around on his own. Well not quite on his own, but Terry's doubtful that a pink lion counts as a responsible chaperone. (Granted, it might not actually be a lion or it could be sapient, but let's take one strange occurrence at a time here.)

Okay, fine. Okay. Terry jogs on over towards Steven and Lion and gives them a small wave. He's just gonna make sure someone knows he's out and then leave. Simple. "Steven Universe, right?"
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ALPHA TOWER!!

[personal profile] sunmedallion 2014-11-11 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
After a while, there's a hand on his shoulder, and Celestia looming benevolently and radiantly behind him.

"Steven," she says, smiling gently, her masses of pastel rainbow hair undulating gently despite the fact that they are indoors and there is no breeze to speak of. "How are you settling in?"
hellacold: (...)

[personal profile] hellacold 2014-11-12 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Jon raises his eyebrows.

"They aren't here?"
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[personal profile] hellacold 2014-11-12 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh," says Jon. He didn't mean to make Steven feel bad and now he feels kind of bad himself. It takes him a little while to think of something helpful to say. "Sorry."
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[personal profile] pullingamiko 2014-11-12 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
It actually hadn't occurred to her that the answer might be complicated; as it is, though, she doesn't particularly notice his uncertainty.

"Wait, so you're a hologram then? Or... just the others?" She would probably poke his face, just to check, if he weren't sitting on a lion.

She's still considering poking his face, of course.
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ALPHA TOWER

[personal profile] dragonswag 2014-11-12 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Lina is not, in theory, opposed to kids. They can be all right, sometimes. Honestly, she doesn't have to deal with them too much, particularly not lately, so she doesn't have any particular feelings about kids one way or another -- except that she is emphatically not a babysitter.

Lina respects the Gems (as much as she respects anyone, really, but those guys know their stuff, she'll give 'em that, and given the choice she'd rather work with them than a lot of other heroes), but come on, really? Since when is it Alpha Force's job to watch after wayward kids? It's definitely not Lina's job, that's for sure, and she's been pretty vocal about it. Whether or not Celestia's actually been listening is another matter entirely, though.

Who let this kid wander around the tower unsupervised, anyway? Lina finds him poking around the lounge when she strolls in for a snack, and her eyes narrow a little as she casts a doubtful look at Steven. "Hey," she says shortly, hands on hips. Unfortunately, despite being ten years his senior she isn't a whole lot taller, and she doesn't cut a very imposing figure, all told. "Kid. Don't you have somewhere to be? Someone to be babysat by? I thought Celestia would have you busy making coloring book friendship collages by now."
Edited 2014-11-12 20:59 (UTC)
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AUTOBUTT CENTRAL

[personal profile] worstprime 2014-11-13 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
This is indeed, actually the smallest human Rodimus has seen yet. So small in fact, that he almost didn't notice him, although really that's more a testament to how little attention he was paying and how accustomed to these...impromtu visits the locals have been making to their "secret" base. Something does seem a bit different about this one...

"Hey. Hey what're you? What's your deal?" Rodimus is starting to really skip the formalities at this point.
positiveenergy: (What now?)

[personal profile] positiveenergy 2014-11-13 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Drift leans down and tilts his head as he examines this wondrous healing ‘spit’. Magic is beautiful indeed.

“Wait, so…do you mean you just put this on a wound? And that’s it – that’s all you have to do?”
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[personal profile] ultramatum 2014-11-13 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
'Superhero' is still an incredibly vague term, and Magnus hasn't quite sorted out the implications of it yet in relation to human culture. It isn't as if they have anything similar on Cybertron. But from what he's seen they are generally trusted to handle dangerous situations, it probably wouldn't be unreasonable to allow Steven to stay.

"Very well, but you need to inform Alpha Force of your present location and remain in the work area designated for CONDOR's human agents unless you are being supervised by one of the Autobots."
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in town

[personal profile] metalivore 2014-11-18 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
...It's him. It is that kid. And he's riding a pink lion. What is this kid's deal.

Gajeel has no idea, but he intends to find out. Which is why he's been following Steven for the past few blocks, probably completely inconspicuous with his hands shoved into his pockets, his mouth twisted into a scowl, and his face completely undisguised except for a pair of sunglasses.

Of course, on the other hand, he's kind of depending on the fact that Steven has never seen him out of costume. So, unless the kid does manage to recognize him, as far as he knows he's just being followed by some angry-looking guy with a dozen facial piercings and sunglasses. Not at all suspicious or threatening.

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