He saw light, further down, and as he came closer to its source, he could see a few scattered buildings, and some kind of creatures standing and talking almost immediately below him He made an attempt to shout a warning, and possibly move them out of the way, but as his systems began to re-activate, he was already about to hit the ground right between them. The ground smashed around him and dust and rocks flew up all around. The small one went running quickly away from him, and the larger one simply fell into the ground, shocked, but not terrified as his friend.

Quote looked around, and determined that he hadn't been harmed by the fall. His dampeners must be fully functioning, still. As he stood back up, he saw the white, fur-covered creature watching him suspiciously, a fairly large rock held in its paw, eyes narrowed, a scar reaching from one side of an eye to the other.

A... Mimiga... I remember what it's called...

"Who are you...!" The mimiga took another glance up and down at Quotes body, pale and rubbery. "What... What are you...?" Quote's mouth opened again, and noise began to come free, this time. At first it was simply static and garbled whirring, his vocal systems still obviously warming up after what must have been an extended period of inactivity. The mimiga watched him curiously, his guard dropping as he watched the silly boy try to find his voice. Quote held up a finger in a gesture for him to wait a moment, and lowered his face, softly 'speaking' to himself until it sounded that he was able to talk normally, albeit slowly.

"I'm... no... danger... you... are... a mimiga..." Quote's voice turned to static again, and he closed his mouth again, holding his finger out as he lowered his head and ran some diagnostics. He determined that his systems were still not ready, but had no real damage to them. "I am... a robot... I don't... know... name... Who are you...?"

The mimiga took a less aggressive, but still guarded posture, and looked the robot in the eyes. "I'm King... I'm the leader of us here at the village, but there aren't many of us left, since they started taking us." Quotes eyebrow raised slightly at the end, something resonating in his databanks that he didn't fully understand, but knew it was significant. "They...? Who are... 'they'...?" King looked angry, and the grip on the rock tightened. "The doctor and his lackeys... that witch and... thing..." He looked away and up, obviously upset. "They're too powerful for us to defend ourselves, so when they come... We have to give them Sue... Or they'll end up taking as all away!

Quote nods, but knows he has to do something about it. "Sue..." King just watches him as he walks away, inspecting the village. It's not big, but it's in a fairly spacious cavern; there's more room vertically than there is to the sides. He decides that he'll begin his search from the top and make his way down, so he can work his way methodically through the village. He makes his way through the door closest to him, and finds a small reservoir with a mimiga on a far platform, fishing. It takes practically no notice of him, apparently not thinking him a threat like King did, and Quote makes his way to the waters edge, inspecting for anything else to see. He turns to leave, as the mimiga calls out to him.

"Hey... Hey there...!" Quote turns to face him, and sees the mimiga immediately throw something shiny towards him. Catching it, He sees it to be the metal form of a fish, a leather cord through it as a necklace. The mimiga nods, and gives him a small grin. "Give that to Toroko for me! I know it's hers, and she'll be missing it if she doesn't get it back!" Quote nods, then turns back out and leaves.

After dropping down to the floor of the cave, he comes upon a locked door, and moves on to another house with nothing in it. As he goes to leave, though, a mimiga comes out of hiding and charges him, a clearly feminine voice shouting at him. "Get away from me...!" He easily dodges, and uses a fraction of his strength to easily shove her down, then backs up a few steps and holds still, simply watching as she groans and covers her head, expecting a blow, or perhaps a gunshot. After a few moments of silence, however, she makes a small confused noise and rolls over, leaning back on her palms. "You... You aren't going to...?" Quote just watches her as she stands. "You're not a killer robot, like the others... the others before...?"

"No... I'm not... dangerous..." His voice was starting to come more easily to him, now. The mimiga comes closer to him, peering into his face. "I won't let them take Sue, do you hear me...? She's a good person, even if she's a stranger!" Quote puts his hands up and grins slightly. "I don't plan... to let... anything happen to... anyone..." "Well..." The mimiga grins widely, and perks up both visibly and vocally. "Good! I'm Toroko. Who... What are you?" Quote opens his mouth to open, but he's interrupted as the ground shakes, and the far wall explodes into rubble and dust. Quote pushes Toroko behind him, and draws the polar star, taking a ready stance as the debris clears enough to see the intruder.

A large, square, stony beast stands in the opening, with an uncharacteristically friendly face, and seemingly very happy to be doing what he was currently doing. "Huzzah!" The loud voice was, like the face, incredibly warm and welcoming, but the other form appearing in the air near him was, decidedly, very unfriendly. She had dark hair, pale skin, and piercing, fiery red eyes. Her face was contorted into a cruel smirk, and she had a staff in her hand that cackled with a dark energy.

"Well there you are...!" She looks down at Toroko with malice in her expression, her grin giving away her intentions as she raises her staff. "It's about time we got you to the Doctor, don't you think, Sue?" A pulse of distortion centers on the top of the staff, and a bubble surrounds Toroko, raising her to next to herself. "Clean this up, then, Balrog." And in another instant, before there's anything to do about it, both of them had vanished.

"But, Misery...!" The happy expression from Balrog faded for a moment, and he grumbled slightly. "I've always gotta clean things up..." The goofy grin returns, and he looks at Quote like they're about to play some fabulous game. "Alright then...!" He does a tiny hop, shaking the ground, then charges surprisingly quickly for his size, straight at the tiny robot, shaking the entire structure.

Quote leaps over him, blasting repeatedly with the polar star, taking note of how little effect it seems to have on the impressively strong creature, but knows it does at least hurt, judging by the change in his face. Balrog comes a somewhat quick stop, given his momentum, and then launches himself into the air, apparently aiming to land right on top of him. Rolling to dodge, he manages to get away in time, but shards of stone fly out from the impact and stream past his head and arms, leaving small tears in his artificial skin. Backing up slowly, He continues to unload volleys of energy at Balrog, all over his face as he attempts to make progress towards Quote.

"No more...!" Balrog tries, in vain, to wipe the burns from the blasts off his face, then jumps through the roof, shouting before he breaks through. "See you soon...!" The structure rumbles from the impact, and Quote barely makes it out in time before the entire thing comes crashing down. He had managed to make it out unscathed, but... why did Balrog seem to be going so easy on him...?