#alien!alma

[beasts-at-our-core]

Ship Chase

@silver-blooded-synthetics w/ Alien!Alma and Rachel

It had been a decent while since Rachel had first discovered the injured alien in her backyard. A few months, if she had to guess? Long enough for an entire winter to pass at the bare minimum. Once he was healed, they went to find his ship and ensure that it was safe and secure (and, most importantly, hidden). Once they were able to confirm that it had suffered no damages upon arrival to Earth, they safely hid it away and Alma carefully made note of where its specific coordinates were the next time they had to find it.

In the months that followed, he had essentially been her housemate. It was a bit of an adjustment, at first, but Alma very quickly became easy company to have. It was strangely easy to get used to having him around, once Rachel was able to set up a surround sound speaker system in her house that was able to be connected to through Bluetooth to make communicating with her as easy as possible. Technomorphs, as they were called, were a fascinating species.

Of course, she couldn't reasonably take him out during the day. Not until she was comfortable enough to be able to do so without risking physical injury to him by passersby. And since the winter had closed in on them, she didn't want to risk him getting hurt by the cold. So, during the winter, whenever she was home, she spent her time with him. She had to admit...it was nice having someone else living with her. Her house felt significantly less empty.

But now that the snows and ice had thawed and winter had swiftly made its exit, the pair of them now located Alma's ship once more to check on it and perform a routine diagnostic, especially with the weather it had endured. The ship was apparently as sentient as Alma was, functioning more as a steed of sorts as the closest human equivalent than a ship while still being technological in nature, much like Alma himself.

It fascinated her to no end...and she wanted to learn as much about it for herself. And she wanted to make a good impression on it, so she tried to be as helpful to Alma as she could while he checked to make sure everything was as it should be. They did this during a particularly warm night to be as less disruptive as possible.

The interior of the ship was just as fascinating to her, of a similar aesthetic to Alma himself. It thrummed to life once they boarded and even while walking through it, she could feel the life that emanated from it. Such a fascinating thing, almost like living technology in a way...she couldn't help but constantly shower compliments on it as they navigated the ship, Alma guiding her as they did so.

"So, anything out of sorts so far that you can tell?" Rachel asked, wanting a baseline for what to expect and what sorts of oddities she needed to look for that Alma should be made aware of.

[beasts-at-our-core]

Technologic Extra Terrestrial - Closed Starter w/ @the-mind-of-xelyn‘s Alien!Alma & Rachel

It was a late night. The sun had gone down, cloaking the western hemisphere in darkness. The sky would be alight with stars were it not for the city’s copious amounts of light pollution.

But the night was still peaceful. Cool. Crisp. And Rachel was comfortably seated in her home. Bear was happily snoozing by her chair in he kitchen, a desk lamp on the table in absence of lighting. Not that she was out of electricity, but it just seemed like an easier and more comfortable environment than the harsh lighting of the other lights.

The woman was reading. Or, more accurately, rereading one of her favourite book series. She was reading Silverwing. It was a short series, with three books and a prequel book set in the prehistoric period and instead of starring bats, it starred chiropters, the ancient precursor to bats.

She had some music on in the background playing from her wireless speaker. Nothing with lyrics, just some easy listening instrumental music. It was calm and soothing and mainly featured contemporary piano arrangements.

Rachel didn’t pay much attention to it...until it began to stutter. With static.

Which was odd. Because her speaker was connected via bluetooth to her phone. It wasn’t connected to the radio.

Before she could even react, Bear suddenly stood to attention and growled, barking loudly and rushing to the backyard sliding door. “Bear! Shush! What are you barking at?!” It was late at night and the last thing she wanted was attention or a noise complaint from the neighbours.

“Oh my God!”

Though, once she looked in the yard, she felt her chest constrict. There was a hulking figure standing upright in the grass. For a moment in her fear, Rachel was afraid Howard had finally decided to break into her home to do God knew what to her. Until she realized that this silhouette looked nothing like Howard.

For one thing, it was much taller and she was pretty sure Howard didn’t glow.

Once it noticed her, she froze. It faced her, and in the cool light of both its markings and the warm light of her desk lamp, she could see an outline of the creature. And her fear began to subside.

It was there, but it was beginning to be replaced with intrigue rather than fear. Nevertheless, she retained her sense of caution. She was fascinated, but cautious still. “Oh my God...” She muttered when the creature’s form became clearer. Whatever it was, it wasn’t human.

But she couldn’t help but have the distinct feeling it wasn’t an android, either. She wasn’t sure what it was, and she wasn’t quite sure she wanted to find out what it was just yet.

For now, she didn’t make any sudden moves or sounds, holding Bear close by the collar so he wouldn’t trigger its attack. She only stared at it, hoping it wasn’t a hostile creature.

[sungyoja-a]

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And yes that small size will be alien!Alma’s canon size.