Storm was absolutely wailing on Planet Thram, making flying or any sort of navigation near impossible, nevertheless one brave soul piloting Star Explorer with Solar Wind paint job entered into planet, he had just entered through rifts that had became more or less rare after they had been fixed, it had been curiousity of the pilot that drew him in and here was, exploring what seemed somewhat familiar place.

He found fine enough landing spot, near a cave. Good, he could take shelter in that. Quickly did he make it out of ship and into the cave, leaving his weapons behind, leavin him only with his armor, Electrosteel, he also had blue bandana to around his neck, he though it was fitting for his adventuring lifestyle.

Pilot made his way through the cave, before making turn he saw dim light and heard sounds of cracks and pops, it was fire! Someone else was here already it seemed, hopefully they wouldn´t mind his company. He made his turn and saw the campfire and figure, cloaked in ragged clothing. He slowly moved closer to greet the figure at least " Uh... hi? I hope you don´t mind I´m taking cover from the storm... " he said, nervousness shining through, figure lifted its head, a robot, he could see that face was white though damaged, he also could see some orange glass dome though it also was damaged, cracked open. Robot then spoke " Get lost, whoever you are. " he said, pilot was slightly taken aback but wasn´t going to obey " Please sir, there´s storm raging outside, please let me stay until it has passed, please? " he pleaded, robot grumbled, unsure if he was going to fight healthy armored snivelakian even though he didn´t seem to have any weapons in his person currently.

Robot then huffed, irritated clearly " Fine, but if you try anything I will snap your neck and break your arms. " he warned, pilot raised his hands as gesture he wasn´t going to do anything " Relax sir, I´m but adventurer. I was flying through space until some portal thingy appeared, I heard they are rare currently and now I´m here in Thram, it looks all the same so I guess it just teleported me. " he said, clearly he had no idea what rifts where, but the robot knew them, way too well, clearly heroes hadn´t exactly fixed his mess 100%.

Snivelakian got close of fire, trying dry himself, maybe he could try spark somesort of conversation with the guy, he hated silence " So... what´s your name sir? My name is Resari. " he said, setting his gloved hands close of fire, robot glared him, clearly he didn´t want to speak but relented because it was clear this snivelakian wasn´t going to stop otherwise " I guess you can call me... Nefarious. " he said, snivelakian seemed to be oblivious as before " Nefarious eh? I mean, you look pretty evil but I am sure you´re super nice. " he grinned, his teeth all sharp and white.

Resari then decided to remove his gloves, revealing his sharp claws " So Nefarious.. what are you doing in this planet? " he asked, memories of that terrible sea monster almost pulling him into depths, escaping and ending into this planet ran in robot´s head, he came here because who would want to live here? It was perfect place to hide from everyone. He sighed, trying to clear himself " You don´t want to know. And no, don´t even start insisting me telling you. Got it? " he growled, he was now the one who wasn´t going to back off, Resari nodded " Fine... sorry, I have tendency to be curious about things... " he apologized, some people didn´t like him because he was so overly curious about things around him, even during missions he could easily get distracked something that gained his interest, in worst case it could jeopardize the mission.

Nefarious crossed his arms, revealing he too hard sharp claws, they had been spared from damage, Resari could only wonder what was cause of the damage but it was clear robot wasn´t telling.

Small bug crawled by, sharp eyes of Resari spotted it, in seconds he snatched it for quick snack, robot wasn´t impressed " You eat bugs? Gross, who taugh you the table manners? " he asked, frowning, snivelakian was already holding second one, dropping it " Look, I´m hungry and they say insects are good source of protein... most likely next meal I eat is in some other planet that has people but I am not sure where´s the closest one. Could maybe uh... guide me? " he asked, Nefarious was almost shocked, that would mean he would have to go in public just so this reptilian could actually get decent meal.

Nefarious weighted his choices closely, either he refused and stayed in planet, safe and sound from people and law, letting Resari help himself. Or risk it all in helping who is basically a stranger. Resari tilted his head, waiting robot to answer " Look, if you don´t want to help that´s fine, but I fear risking starvation in space due I don´t know exactly where I should go. I admit... I am still new to adventuring and flying in space. " he chuckled nervously, Nefarious looked him, well that would explain why he needed guide. He grumbled, still unsure, Resari hummed " Look, I have nice deal, if you help me into civilization I could try and fix your body, how does that sound like? " he offered, smiling, it got Nefarious´ attention, could he clearly repair his body? If he hadn´t least decent skill of being mechanic then he wouldn´t offer such change for fix. He sighed, deal was too good " Fine, I help you into civilization and you fix my body. " he said, Resari nodded, jumping to his feet " You got that! I promise you that I will make your body whole again. " he walked to robot, offering his hand for shake to seal the deal, Nefarious accepted the shake, snivelakian grinned " Great! We got the deal! We leave once storm has passed. " he told him, sitting down, excited as child, robot rolled his eyes, unamused, he just wanted to get rid of this lizard quickly as possible.

Resari yawned, he was tired, he laid onto his side " I hope you don´t mind if I snooze for moment? Tired pilot is worst pilot you can have. " he mumbled, before Nefarious could reply snivelakian was already asleep, how odd since he seemed to have so much energy. He kept watch over fire, waiting patiently.

Hours passed, storm turned into drizzle, Resari was still asleep, Nefarious grumbled, crawling closer to shake him harshly " Get up! Storm has passed! " he shouted, Resari pushed him away in haste " Gah! I´m up! I´m up! " he snarled almost, sitting up, yawning, drowsy due such sudden wake up, robot stood then up, Resari turned almost pale, he towered snivelakian easily, he looked shorter when sitting. He swallowed, standing up, shaking a bit " Alright... let´s go... " he stammered, walking toward exit of cave, robot following behind.

Resari climbed into his ship, Nefarious was impressed by paint job, kinda fitting. He then climbed in, he fitted well enough " Where you got this ship... Resari? " he asked, daring to say his name, Resari looked him, smiling once again " I... stole it from Megacorp when I began adventuring life... yeah, yeah, I´m thief but I didn´t know any better ships. " he said, trying to figure out planet coordinations, Nefarious sighed, so this reptile was helpless adventure who had to steal his ship, deal was better to be worth it, he swatted Resari´s hand away, tapping in coordinations, Igliak, Resari nodded, starting the ship, blasting off into space. Finally he could get into civilization.

Emperor Nefarious belongs to Insomniac.