100 Smashin' Ways
by AAR
Stranger
A person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance
The Metroid looked curiously at the orange blob in front of it. Tentatively, it poked the hard shell, and squeaked a little at the ringing noise it made. It prodded something opaque and green next, and recoiled a little as the visor turned transparent.
It has never met this armored, bulky thing before, but it was shedding….tears? The thing was a stranger to him, but it was crying.
The Metroid considered doing something it saw others doing. Hugging? It dismissed the idea immediately, but then impulsively did something else that shocked everyone on the stage. It nuzzled the orange blob.
Author's Notes: I vaguely remember having a really difficult time writing about this one. Huh.