S1-177
An unexpected meeting
11:52 PM
07/25/3273
Planet Vez-2 - Suburban Cul-De-Sac
Aran-Johnson Residence
Music
Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure - Night Play
It's been a few days since Cayde-6, now going by just Cayde, had been given back his Light, and his Ghost, Sundance, was miraculously restored with a new shell. Earth had been fully cleared out of as much local life as possible, leaving it practically barren.
The Traveler had departed from Earth's orbit, settling in around Vez-2, one of the most heavily defended planets in the Frontier. "I can see everything in the Frontier from here. It's cozy."
Humanity had declared Earth a dead zone, deciding it would be best to leave it behind, thus saving themselves from the Fallen House of Dusk and the Cabal Red Legion that have taken up residence on the planet.
Cayde was still living with the Aran-Johnson family, seeing as he practically had nowhere else to go.
On this night, while Cayde was having himself a homemade latte, he heard a voice he didn't recognize. It wasn't Michael, it wasn't Rocco, it wasn't Samus or her Ghost, it wasn't Jenny, it wasn't Axel, and it wasn't Sundance. "Hello?" Cayde immediately used a Smoke Bomb to make himself invisible, sneaking out of the kitchen as an adolescent young man wandered in.
While the boy was looking around the kitchen, Cayde's invisibility wore off, and he didn't have another Smoke Bomb to use, so he hid in plain sight, quickly laying on the couch and draping the blanket over himself. The boy came back out, not noticing Cayde on the couch as he took a seat, sitting on the Sim-Exo's leg. "HEY!" Cayde exclaimed, causing the boy to jump.
Without warning, the voice of a Ghost was heard. "{What's going on out here?!}" It was Rocco, Michael's Ghost.
A door opened, and out came Michael himself, rubbing his temples. "Could we please not do this right now? It's practically midnight."
"Sorry, Michael. This kid sat on my leg while I was asleep! Who is he anyway?"
"Both of you, off to bed. I'll introduce you properly in the morning."
9:15 AM
07/25/3273
Music
Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure - Broad Daylight
That morning, Cayde woke up to the sound of the skillet. For a Sim-Exo, he sure had a good sense of smell. Bacon and eggs. He saw Jenny at the dining room table while Michael and Samus were at the stove, cooking together as usual, and their Ghosts were nowhere to be found, which means they were probably still asleep. Then again, Sundance was still sleeping on the lamp table.
Cayde headed into the dining room, catching a glimpse of the door to the extra room at the end of the hall opening slightly before closing. That boy must be too nervous to even come out for breakfast.
Eventually, breakfast was served. Homemade bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits with chocolate milk. Cayde minded his manners, eating slowly and neatly, but still savored the sweet, sweet flavor of a syrup-drizzled biscuit. "Oh... That is good..."
"Glad you like it, Cayde." Michael said, smiling.
Once breakfast was over, Jenny headed out. "Bye, mom! Bye, dad!"
Her Ghost, Axel, followed her. "{We're just going to a friend's party. We'll be back this afternoon.}"
With that, Michael headed to the room at the end of the hall, where that boy was staying. He then came back out, and that boy was following him.
Once Michael returned to the dining room, he stepped aside, letting Cayde have a good look at the teen. "Cayde, meet Glitch Frisk. Glitch Frisk, meet Cayde."
"Uh... Hi... Cayde."
"Uhh... Hi?"
"Cayde, Glitch Frisk came from dimension 8. The World Gate malfunctioned when we tested the Dimension Key that leads to his world. He was pulled out, but in the form of slightly eroded code fragments. We found this machine in an old arcade that was once located on Earth, known simply as the SHV 20905. The Aurora Units restored him, then we used that device to materialize him. I'll give you the authorization access codes to the data archives we've got stored about all this."
11:39 AM
07/25/3273
After Cayde went through every bit of information on record, he turned to Glitch Frisk, and had something to say to him. "I'm sorry about what happened to you. If they want to keep you a secret from the public until further notice to avoid suspicion, who am I to say otherwise? After all, I don't know if you're going back to your world after that mess over there is cleaned up, or if you're just gonna stay here and live out a new life."
"That decision is up to me, and I don't know either."
"Well, it was... nice meeting you, Glitch Frisk."
"Yeah."
Music
Undertale - Home
Just then, Glitch Frisk smelled something... familiar. "No way... Is that... butterscotch cinnamon pie? Michael and Samus actually made some?!" Glitch Frisk then rushed into the kitchen, having missed the taste of such a delicacy.
I know it's short, and I know it's not actually interesting, but maybe the next one will be more fulfilling.
See you next time.