Ivan's fingers dance over the controls, easily finding the proper buttons to press while his eyes stay glued to the screen in front of him. He watches as the progression of his ship slowly descends, coming up on the planet Earth's atmospheric layer. He glances over to another screen to his left, detailing his mission. He scans the bullets quickly, then settles back on the center screen with his ship's systems to his right.

"K.A.T. turn off the extremities, get ready to put all the power into the rockets to brace us," He calls out to no other living being in his single person space. A new screen pops up in front of him, showing him a digitalized face.

"Yes sir," The face says, smiling gently and then disappearing. The lights above him turn off one by one, leaving a solitary soft light above him so he can see what he's doing. He grips tight to the controls as his ship descends carefully. It rocks uneasily as it kisses the atmosphere of the planet he is visiting, taking his ship down. He presses a few more buttons to his side, then returns his hand to the wheel used for steering, pulling it towards him to activate the rockets. His ship lurches and evens out. He glances to his right to see the height of his ship slowly decline as he makes his way towards ground.

He lets a small moment break his concentration to look out the front of his ship, taking in the stars from above him, never once losing the awe of seeing them. Trees start to take form on the ground, plants he read about in documents back on his home. He takes a deep breath and focuses back on steering his ship to safety. His vision swims momentarily and he shakes his head to remove the fog that covers his eyes. The ships bumps, knocking him off his feet.

"KA.T.!" He yells out. The face reappears, looking nervous, the steering mechanism now moving on it's own. Ivan places his hands to his head and inhales slowly. The excess amount of oxygen in earth's atmosphere makes his head swim. He stands slowly, grabbing at the wheel again to get back in control.

"Are you alright sir?" The face asks, moving to a new part of the screen. Ivan nods his head once, not taking a chance in getting light headed again. His neck throbs and he holds his breath to keep his eyes from getting blurry. The ships rocks and he sees a clearing in the trees that reach up to the sky. He makes a risky maneuver for it, circling in the sky a few times before descending. The landing is not as soft as he wishes, having hit the ship early damaged his landing gear. He braces himself for the touch to ground, actually falling over when the ship is stopped.

"K.A.T. get the breathing system running," He orders, crawling his way to the back of his ship. He vaguely hears a confirmation and a few choice lights come on. Ivan pulls at a lever, bringing down a machine for him to fit inside. He pulls himself up and closes the door. Finally he's able to take a deep breath and not feel dizzy. He heard that Earth had more breathable air but he didn't know that much. He waits patiently for the machine to connect to one of his three lungs, shutting it down to act like a regular pair of earthling lungs. He rubs at the filters on his neck, smoothing them out to stop their spazzing.

He exits the machine carefully, testing out the new breathing with much more success. He approaches the main panel of his ship. He sends a quick smile to the face on his screen who smiles back relieved. He taps at the systems screen, grimacing at the amount of things that are wrong. There could be more, but there shouldn't have been any if he changed his breathing before descending. He sighs.

"Are you sure none of them saw us?" K.A.T. asks quietly. Ivan hums and smiles at her with a nod of his head.

"I watched their telescopes for days, this area has a blind spot for nearly 3 minutes." Ivan pulls his clothing closer, the black long sleeve contrasting to the slight purple tint of his skin. The hem of his dark purple pants are stuffed into black boots as he pauses with his hand over the button to open the ship door. He takes a deep breath, safely now, and presses it.

Ivan shivers instantly. He wraps his arms around himself and his breath fogs in front of him. He thought he chose a warmer spot of earth, apparently not. He walks around to the side of his ship where one of the short wedge like wings is banged and the underside of the ship is scraped open. He grimaces and walks back into the ship.

"N.A.T." He says aloud. In the corner of the ship, a small silver box beeps. It pop flat on it's own and like a spider, spindles of metal and wires unfold and open to take form in a skeletal service robot with long liquid like silver hair. The body is thin but strong, covered in wires with a solid interior of the strongest metals his planet knows.

"Reporting," The robot says in a higher pitched voice, it's hair flying around it's blank face. Ivan huffs.

"R.E.T." He commands. Three smaller blocky bots come rushing forward, boxy with wheels to move, bumping into each other and standing with salutes to their boxy heads.

"Reporting!" They say together. Ivan nods his head and walks back outside, knowing the robots are following. He guides N.A.T. to the side of the ship, her head tilting back and forth before putting her hands on the wing and tearing it off completely. It looks at the inside wires, then reaches a hand up to it's hair, having it morph into in the tools needed. It sets to work on repairs and Ivan faces the smaller bots.

"T. help N.A.T. with repairs. E. and R. scout perimeter, let me know of any earthling settlements within five marks of here." Ivan orders and points out where he wants the service bots to go. They salute with a quick 'yes sir' and roll off on their two fat wheels. Ivan watches them go and when he can't see them any more he turns back up to the stars above him. They are clear in this part of earth. He chose this spot for that as well, wanting to be able to look back and try to see home if he can. He can barely make out his system, two of his eyes dilate to fit the night around him.

N.A.T. growls suddenly and Ivan turns to see the poor little T. bot getting held off a sharp point of the technician's hair. He laughs softly and goes back inside the ship. K.A.T.'s eyes are darting back and forth, looking at parts of the ship Ivan can't see. He moves to the back of the ship, pulling out a drawer to reveal his scanner. He lifts it up by the two big handles on the sides and the clear screen in front. He taps it a few times, waking it up. It beeps mercilessly once outside and begins to scan the ground for his mission. He scans a small square, scouting a good place to set up a rod.

He snaps his head up when his two scouting bots come back through the trees with their arms in the air like they're running from something.

"There is one earth settlement three marks to the end," The little E. bot sputters out pointing in the direction they mean. Ivan looks that way, making out the lights of an earthling town in the distance. He then turns his attention to the little R. bot. It shakes in the earthling ground, it's wheels not fully settling in one spot.

"No settlements to report!" It beeps out. Ivan nods his head and goes back to his ship, taping the front covering with his finger to get K.A.T.'s attention. The face appears on the outside, smiling down at him.

"Take note of our position and anything you can find within five marks." He says and the face nods, disappearing back to the inside. Ivan rubs at the back of his neck, his gills now having settled. He tries to pull his clothes closer in the cold of Earth, turning around to help N.A.T. and actually freezing in his spot.

"Holy shit," the earthling says staring at him with a light stick in their hand pointed down. Ivan tenses and his bots stop moving. K.A.T. returns to the outside to report, only to 'eep' and vanish. The human takes a step closer and Ivan reflexively takes a step back. He's read reports on earthlings and some can be very nice, and some can be very very mean. He's not sure what kind this one is.

"Holy shit," They say again though with more stress on their words. Ivan glances about them, wondering if he should just run for it when they drop to the ground to stare up at him.

"Oh my god Mattie is never going to believe me," They say and laugh slightly. Ivan twists his hands around his shirt. One of his bots nudge him from behind. He glances down at E. and it moves it's little robot arms towards the earthling in an inviting motion. Ivan turns his eyes back to the human taking in their appearance. Blue eyes and blonde hair from what he's read of their colors. Nothing else can be noted. Ivan swallows his nerves.

"Hello," He says and the human is up and in front of him in an instant. Ivan slams back into his ship, rocking it slightly at the sudden closeness. The humans eyes are wide and a smile plastered on their face. Ivan blinks down at them.

"Hi," They breath out. Ivan shifts away from them. K.A.T. appears as a small screen to see what's going on. The earthling bites their lip.

"Are you.. Are you actually an alien?" They asks somewhat hopeful. Ivan nods his head, no sense in lying. The earthling places their hands to their faces and shakes back and forth.

"I knew it," They say happily. Ivan takes a cautious step towards them, flinching a little when they smile at him.

"Are you able to keep this secret?" He asks quietly. The earthlings nods their head quickly, dragging to fingers across their lips and throwing their hand over their shoulder. Ivan raises an eyebrow to the act but does not question. He glances back up the sky, noticing less stars than normal. His eyes widen and he panics turning back to his ship.

"Where are you going?" The earthling asks. Ivan glances over at them.

"Sun, can't be found," He says, helping his robots back into the ship.

"You can hide in the barn near my house!" The human offers. Ivan pauses with N.A.T. by him. They share a quick look and the human bounces in their spot.

"I live just over there! And no one goes there," They point to a building in the distance but very close to where they are. The roof of a big red building sticks out over the trees. Ivan narrows his eyes and looks inside the ship towards the little R. robot who had been in charge of scouting that area. They 'eep' and hide behind the others. Ivan sighs.

"If you can.." He trails off. The human nods their head and comes towards him again.

"Absolutely! No problem at all!" They say. Ivan stares at them, judging blatantly. He never expected, or wanted, to meet a human on his mission. He didn't want to have to run or play nice with them if he didn't have to. He looks back to the skyline, seeing the colors grow lighter and lighter. He closes his eyes, only opening his less sensitive two once he's reached a conclusion.

"K.A.T." He turns to the ship, seeing the face screen grow to look down at him. He ignores the exclamation from the human.

"Enable invisibility until we can transfer the ship to the safe spot. You may shift to the portable if you please." He bows his head and the face does the same. Ivan backs away, his little robots hopping out of the ship to stand by him. N.A.T. stands by him as well, linking their arms and glaring at the human though their attention is solely on the ship as it shimmers and ripples carefully taking in it's surroundings until it can't be seen.

"Whoa," Ivan glances at the earthling, their mouth dropped open and their eyes bright with curiosity. He snaps his head back to where the ship is when K.A.T. appears as a small floating screen with robotic arms attached. They play with their three robotic fingers, nervous as anything. Ivan smiles fondly then turns to the human.

"Please, hide us," He asks. The human nods and starts walking away. N.A.T. barely hisses and follows first being the one with the most defense skills if the human is to turn on them in the next few earthly minutes. Ivan gasps when K.A.T. bumps into him. They squeak and he giggles nervously with them. He grabs one of their robotic hands tightly to guide them along. He didn't have to choose a ship with an A.I. that had confidence issues, but he likes K.A.T. They are sweet and kind.

Now that he thinks about it, all of his technicals are 'defective' according to his home planets standards. N.A.T. had a temperamental A.I. system and his helping bots have nervous tendencies. The little one R. has faulty wiring he could never get right to make the little bot stop shaking. He squeezes K.A.T.'s hand more himself when the big red tinted building comes into full view.

"So this is the barn, no one comes here except me. My house is over there," The human points in the distance, half a mark away from the barn. A whiter building barely peaking over the trees. Ivan bows his head and the robotics do the same, even if they don't want to.

"Thank you for sheltering us," Ivan says and walks to the door of the barn.

"Wait!" He flinches out of instinct. The human has a hand up to him and recoils soon when N.A.T. steps in front of him. Ivan clicks with his tongue to all her back. The technician hisses but does so. Ivan blinks at the human, his eyes sensing the small changes in their body posture and nerves coming over them.

"Uhm. Can I stay and talk to you?" They ask hopefully. Ivan tilts his head to the side, wondering why. He doesn't see why the human would want to. People on his own planet tend to limit their interaction with others, hence all the robots. Ivan shakes his head.

"Forgive me, but we need to rest for repairs tomorrow." It's not a total lie. Ivan is tired, now having a sense of passing being on the ground. He needs to go over a plan for his mission and his ship. He does not want to do that with the human there. The earthling nods their head, taking a step back.

"My name's Alfred," They say with a bright smile. Ivan opens his mouth to respond and the air catches in his gills. He swallows hard, again curious as to how carefree the human is. They are trusting, open, something he is not entirely used to.

"Ivan," he says with another small nod of his head. He's not sure how but the human's smile grows. They wave and run to the house in the distance.

"Dislike," Ivan giggles at the blunt answer to a question he did not ask. He smiles at N.A.T who is opening the door to the barn with one hand.

"Worry," N.A.T. glances at him over their shoulder and slips into the barn. The tiny bots follow with K.A.T. after them. Ivan takes one last glance to where he knows his ship is then goes inside.

Hay isn't his favorite thing he decides, but it will be comfier than the flat board he slept on for his journey. The little bots are throwing straws at each other while K.A.T. over sees. Ivan has his hand held scanner in his lap with N.A.T. looking over his shoulder. Tomorrow they move the ship so repairs can continue in the light hours. They will evolve an opinion about the human, Alfred, later.