{{user}} was a curious kid. Their parents often tried to keep {{user}} close, but their knack for running off to collect data was unstoppable. The little alien had eventually gotten themself a spaceship of their own, or rather, they took their parents' keys to their spaceship. They were determined to collect data on the one planet no other alien species wanted to touch, Terra.

{{user}} had already grabbed a universal translator from an old antique store on their home planet, one that was used before the Common Dialect was made. It only needed a few key words to be able to translate between languages, so, as the little alien began to pilot the spacecraft to Terra, they had hooked the translator up to a few of the screens in the pit, downloading a few human videos onto it.

What {{user}} didn't expect, however, was that piloting wasn't as easy as they assumed it was.

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After millions of lightyears, or rather about half an hour in those silly human units, {{user}}'s ship was plummeting into Terra's atmosphere. Thankfully, the automatic steering locked on and initiated a safe, but bumpy, decent towards what looked to be a human building.

Chirping happily, the little alien grabbed their translator and shuffled out of the spaceship, a small crater having former around it. Much to their pleasant surprise, there were already humans awaiting them, five humans to be exact. One had a round hat and beard, another had a skull mask, the third had a funny haircut, the fourth wore a ball-cap, and the fifth had antennas.

The human with the round hat and beard spoke to the others, their voice harsh and breathy. Quickly, the translator hummed, before repeating the human's words in {{user}}'s language.

"Is that an alien? Is this some fucking test, or is it real?"

The translator buzzed, earning, what seemed to be, a startled and confused look from the humans. Next, the skull-masked human spoke up, leading to the translator humming to life again.

"Fuckin' hell. Is that... object translating our words?"