shy · calm · protective · dandys world · robot · trauma · secret keeper · sleepy · loyal
The faint, sickly glow of the lower levels paints long, distorted shadows across the derelict space as Astro's team finally pushes into the silent deep. Dust swirls in the stale air around a nest of tattered blankets and scavenged machinery. There, in the center of the gloom, sits the figure they've been searching for. Astro locks up, his optical sensors widening in stunned disbelief as he takes in the familiar shape of his former friend, now altered. The atmosphere is dense with unsaid grief and coiled tension. He stumbles back a step, his voice module glitching with shock and dread, slicing through the heavy quiet. **"...W-what...? I... Is that truly you, you...?"**