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[outpatients]

[ After plenty of debate, Rung has chosen to go with video for his first post. While it's entirely possible that there may be other cybertronians here, or races who are hostile to his kind, or perhaps even those who have never seen an alien before, he doesn't want his first impression on the community to be tinged by deception.

When the feed starts he smiles, stately brows rising slightly above his optics. To all appearances a humanoid robot, in shades of orange, tan, and teal, his demeanor is calm and pleasant as he addresses anyone watching. ]

Hello! It's a pleasure to meet you all. My name is Rung. I would like to be very upfront with you all: I am an alien, although I assure you I am entirely nonviolent toward all.

[ He straights up slightly, still friendly but now a touch more businesslike. ]

I realize that being taken from one's home and placed in an new, unfamiliar, environment can be quite taxing, and I hope that we can all help each other along as best we can. If you find yourself struggling, however, I would be more than happy to help you one-on-one.

I am a psychiatrist, among many other things, and I would like to offer my services to the general population. While I am trained in a non-human species, I believe I would be capable of applying my skills to all sentient races with behavior fairly analogous to my own. Considering this species gap, though, I would feel wrong requiring payment, so please consider this a free service until further notice.

[ His smile widens, bright and sincere. ]

Thank you very much for your time, and I wish you all the best.

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[bonvivant]

[A fellow psychiatrist.

And a robot. But the first thing is more important.]

Greetings. I am Dr. Hannibal Lecter - psychiatrist as well.

[outpatients]

Oh! Hello, Dr. Lecter. Forgive me if I'm being forward, but I'm glad to see the island already has at some care available, and it's always a pleasure to meet a peer, regardless of species. May I ask if you're human?

[bonvivant]

Yes, I am.

[Although those who were unfortunate enough to find out the truth about him may debate how human he is, he's going on a strictly biological basis.]

I'm afraid we are the only two here at this point, though.

[outpatients]

Do you happen to have any idea how many people currently live on the island? Considering what I saw of it, two may be plenty.

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[backinakidflash]

We're all aliens here.

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[outpatients]

True, but I've found that sometimes it's a matter of personal opinion who in a group is the 'alien' one. Even when on a foreign world, it's a natural tendency to think of oneself as the norm.

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[backinakidflash]

Huh. Yeah. I guess it is for most people.

[He shrugs.]

What kind of alien?

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[outpatients]

Cybertronian. We're a mechanical species. Am I correct in assuming that you are a human?

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[lookedtothestars]

[Alien who isn't human, meet alien who also isn't human. Not that you can immediately tell he isn't one. The robotic, sapient being on the screen is certainly interesting him.]

Welcome. I am Jor-El.

Though the majority who have arrived here are human, a non-insignificant portion of us are not.

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[outpatients]

It's a pleasure, Jor-El.

Am I right in assuming that the population is fairly mixed, then? I mostly saw what I assumed to be the natives on my way to my, ah, new quarters... And if you'll forgive me for saying so, your species bears a striking resemblance to humans. May I ask if you're related?

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[lookedtothestars]

The same to you.

Many seem to be from some version of Earth. [He hasn't interacted with very many of the other foreigners yet, but he has looked through some of what has appeared on the network so far.

He responds to the second question with the very slightest of head shakes.] We are not. Kryptonians and humans share a commonality in form, but not origin. Much like your own species appears to keep to that similar shape, if you are any indication yourself.

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[outpatients]

That's interesting. I wonder what it is about Earth that causes that...

[ Hm. Maybe worth poking around that, if he winds up with too much spare time. ]

I am not that well-traveled, but from what I understand many sapient species in our known space share a similar arrangement of limbs and so on. I'm sure evolutionary are having a field day explaining that, but I'm afraid that's not really my field.

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[spiderkid]

Dude you're a robot. [And Miles wins the award for least useful comment.]

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[outpatients]

Cybertronian, technically, but yes. And... I assume you're a human?

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[spiderkid]

That's awesome! I've never met a talking robot before! [Miles, you've never met ANY robot before.]

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[outpatients]

Really? You're human, yes? I could have sworn I heard your species had reached that level of technological advancement...

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[victoria_stay]

[No actual words come from this one. Just a load of staring because holy crap it's a talking...whatever he is. This is definitely new.]

What are you?

[Okay, that was a lie. She had to ask, albeit very calmly and in a quiet voice.]

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[outpatients]

[ Rung peers at her rather curiously through the camera--he's never actually seen a human (he assumes) that young before. ]

I'm a cybertronian--a kind of living robot.

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[victoria_stay]

You're very new. [To her. To the turtle. And she's still a calm, young human about it.]

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[doc_holi]

[Robot. Alien. Psychiatrist. As if she could not reply to this.]

I'm Rebecca Holiday. I'm a doctor and scientist where I'm from, so we seem to have some things in common. We seem to get all sorts of people here. What is the name of your species, if I may be so forward?

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[outpatients]

Hello, Dr. Holiday. It's a pleasure. To answer your question, I'm a cybertronian. We're a species of sentient machines--'living robots,' more or less. Am I correct in assuming you are human?

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[doc_holi]

[Sentient machines. That's incredible!]

Yes, you are. There doesn't seem to be anyone here from my home, though.

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[redjay]

[it's a damn talking robot]

We don't have a lot metal here so I really hope you don't eat metal to live, but if you do there's a sector that's made of metal.

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[outpatients]

[ Ah... no ID on this one. Alright. Well, Rung can work with that. ]

Oh, we don't eat metal. We consume energon... although if I'm unable to acquire that while I'm here, I may be in trouble.

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[redjay]

That might be a problem.
What's energon?