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[ At first, the video is so up close and zoomed in that all there is to see, is a bright warm light. But as the camera starts to pull back, it becomes more apparent that it might in fact be a bright eye, a lens of sorts, narrowing and widening as it twists. It's squinting more like, curiously, until it's wide open all over again, a face soon staring down at the device.

More of him comes into view as he pulls it back - a robotic head, then his neck, barely his shoulders - which is right around when he’s distracted by a bird passing overhead, looking around himself a bit before he finally drops his attention back down to the comm.

For a moment, he tips it every which way, offering everyone a wonderfully disorienting show (and if you can make it out through the blur, the visual of a junkyard in Maurtia Falls behind him). When he finally stops, he just looks confused, head tipped sideways as he attempts to ascertain the situation at hand. If he had a larger grasp on the English language, you bet your patooties he would be saying something about how this isn't where he’s supposed to be.

Which can be proven instead by what he does say, voice all grinding metal as he rolls the words like rocks. ]

Home? ...I, hero?

[ ooc; if you think you can figure out where he is, feel free jump right in to action if you want! ]

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[ At first, she has no idea what she's supposed to be looking at until she gets a better view of what it is: a robot.

Her eyes widen and her mouth hangs open in silence for a few seconds before she decides to speak up. ]

... hi there, big guy.

[ He's pretty much used to the gaping at this point and he smiles all excitedly. So many people! This is exceedingly thrilling. So many people who aren't horrified.

Which is exactly why he waves. ]

[ It appears friendly enough...

An owlish blink later and she's waving her own hand very slowly. ]

Do you have a name?

No name.

[ He's collecting them though, which he thinks is kind of funny. ]

None, huh? "Iron Giant" doesn't sound like much one.

[ He's aptly named, if nothing else. ]

How about... Iron? For short. IG?

Good.

[ Man, he's so amenable to all these names. Mostly he just wants to find out what people want to call him because it's fun. ]

Ig.

IG sounds good, huh?

I'm Power Girl. [ She gestures to herself and offers a small smile. ] Or PG for short.

[ That sounds an awful lot like Superman. Even if Hogarth never showed him any comics with girls in them, it still counts. Though... he wants to ask which one she likes better, which is why he's fumbling with silence for a few moments longer than he might otherwise. ]

PG okay?

I only let my close friends call me that, but I'll make an exception.

[ It doesn't look highly intelligent, but who knows? It understands her well enough so far. ]

Guessin' you're new here.

[ Oh. Maybe he should've picked the other one - he's not exactly a close friend. Hogarth is close friend, but he never gave him a different name. ]

New here. New in Rockwell.

You're not the only one who's new here. [ She makes a vague gesture. ] A lot of us aren't from this world.

Did the soldiers on the base tell you anything?

[ Thinking is required to answer this question. A lot of thinking. ]

Job. House. Powers.

[ That's a relief. She nods slowly. ]

That's great.

[ Then she pauses, wondering what to ask next. It's half-tempting to ask if he's friendly. ]

They tell you where your house is? Or how you're going to fit? You look pretty big there.

[ This one is weirdly hard to pronounce for him so it takes a second for him to dredge up the words. ]

Ma...urtia Falls. House. Too small.

Yeah, I had a feeling...

[ She scratches the bridge of her nose. ]

Is there anywhere you can go?

Stay here.

[ He doesn't really know where else he'd go... ]

Just... there?

[ An open area is better, sure... but it does seem kind of lonely. ]

Okay, but will you be alright there?

[ He has no idea how to answer that. Apart from what he thinks is the obvious. ]

Yes. Good.

Alright... if you need anything, use the communicator to get in touch with the network. For help, you know?

Ask everyone?

People do all the time on this thing. There will be people willing to help you, as long as you ask.

[ Well. There's a new concept. He gives a 'huh' before nodding. ]

Ask.

Right on. You ask for help.

Ask you?

[ Aww. ]

Yep! Feel free to ask ol' PG for help if you need it.

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