pluckdownthelightning

[pluckdownthelightning]

“ BEING GOOD JUST MAKES ME MAD , THIS LITTLE TRUCK IS OH SO BAD .ᐟ ”

⸺ independent ask ╱ rp blog of bv the red caboose brake van from andrew lloyd webber’s starlight express.

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[For a moment Electra was lost in his own mind, they didn't know what to think. Besides thinking was really hard while they were still somewhat recovering from a crash, they felt like shit in general.]

[That was until Purse uttered the words that even shocked Electra. She knew that Purse wasn't much of the feeling type, let alone sharing those feelings. So to hear this coming from Purse was both shocking and yet.... It was everything she ever wished for.]

Purse....

[They couldn't help themself, they pulled themself from the repair bench and leaning against it, their skates on the floor now as they faced Purse. Their hands came up and cupped Purse's cheeks with an almost gentle touch as Electra looked at them, wondering on what to do next as this was more of an act of impulse they barely acted upon usually.]

[Electra laid upon the repair bench with eyes closed. It had only been a few hour since the crash and they had fully been repaired by Wrench.]

[The only thing left to do was charge, luckily Wrench had already turned them on and explained everything, the problem was that she hadn't told any of the others and so the components thought that Electra was currently shut off.]

[Electra was alone with Purse in the shed, after Wrench went out to take a well deserved break. He basked in the presence of the money truck. Weirdly comforted by his presence and softly listening to what he had to say as it kept her grounded.]

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[ wait. ]

[ all purse could do was that .. wait. wait , as electra races the final with that damn caboose who was up to no good. wait , for electra to be brought in by wrench after a nasty crash caused by that pathetic low - life diesel and that damn no - good caboose. ]

[ all he could do was wait. as electra rested so peacefully by his side. a gloved hand reaches out , no — purse doesn’t dare touch their beloved superstar with cold fingers. the money truck brushes some of the red strands of the mohawk of electra back into place , and hand pulls away quickly to be by their side. ]

electra . . .

[ it comes out as merely a whisper , and purse thanks starlight express that the other components granted them this time alone with their boss. promising to keep watch for wrench while she went on break. the usually stoic and robotic money truck felt shaky .. even if wrench had told them that she would be fine. he still worried. wrench was good , the best there was for the superstar .. but what if they didn’t wake up? what if the world was deprived of the electric engine of the future? ]

[ what if purse never got to properly tell electra how he felt about him? about these feelings they had never dared to say because how could he even dare? they were incredibly lucky to have even be chosen to be one of electra’s components , much less look after her money and fetch whatever they needed. ]

you must wake up soon , my lov —— .. please. the others won’t say it , but i know they are just as worried. krupp is causing quite the fuss , you know. and i think joule wants to blow up that filthy diesel for even touching you.

[ a light chuckle , arms moving to rest against the bed side as they sigh. ]

maybe if i had been a little more deserving , i could have been designed better for racing. then you wouldn’t have to have raced with that worthless red caboose.

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"Shut Up" Kiss starters

"You talk too much." 💋 "Just… stop talking." 💋 "This is getting us nowhere. Let me show you instead." 💋 "Enough words, more action." 💋 "Shhh, don't say anything." 💋 "You know what? Let's just…" 💋 "I've been waiting for this moment, no more interruptions." 💋 "Save your breath." 💋 "Words won't fix this, but maybe this will." 💋 "Stop overthinking it and just…" 💋 "I'm tired of hearing excuses. Let me show you how I feel." 💋 "For once, let's communicate without words." 💋 "I don't need to hear it. I just need…" 💋 "I don't want explanations. I want…" 💋 "Actions speak louder than words." 💋 "Quiet now, let me do the talking." 💋 "I've heard enough. Let me take over." 💋 "No need to explain. Just…" 💋 "You don't have to say anything. I understand." 💋 "I love you. That's all that matters." 💋

[GRAB] The sender gently grabs the receiver's face and pulls them close. [PRESS] The sender presses their lips firmly against the receiver's, silencing them. [INTERRUPT] The sender interrupts the receiver's speech by initiating a kiss. [HUSH] The sender places a finger over the receiver's lips before leaning in for a kiss. [SILENT] The receiver's kiss renders the sender momentarily speechless. [CALM] The sender's kiss calms the receiver's nerves, quieting their speech.

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[Electra looked down for a moment and took a deep breath before looking back up at him.]

I couldn't possibly ignore yesterday. I can start with saying that I've been wanting to do that for a while and yet didn't want to ruin anything. What would happen the best assistant I could have, slips through my grasp only because I admit my feelings like any unprofessional boss would.

[They began, finally finding the words for years of pent up feelings. It seemed that he was slowly getting more comfortable with emotions that she hadn't thought about properly before. Then again she had always been amazing at adapting.]

My feelings for you... are simply said love. I've loved you for a while and I've wanted to hold you and tell you ever since I realized it. I just never... said anything, due to what I said before.

[The electric engine slowly sat up from the bed as they listened to Volta, softly nodding along as he slowly got used to the light around him and felt his internal machines properly start up.]

It's quite alright, Volta. You are correct there are some things to do today. Also forget my softness immediately.

[They let themself be playful as well. She felt like she had to take every single chance as Volta was not playful often.]

[For a moment she stayed quiet, she wanted to bring up their talk and yet they were hesitant. A foreign feeling of nerves settling in his stomach as he thought about the possibility of it going somewhat wrong.]

[With a sigh he shook his head and looked over at the freezer truck.]

But first, let's talk about yesterday. I fear there is much to discuss. Much to our dismay in regards to how to word our feelings properly.

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Don't you speak of my components, they have never played dirty! I am where I am because of skill! I just had a lapse of judgement, a moment of weakness...

[Electra's jaw clenched the moment C.B. put their hand on the corner of his chest box.]

Get your hand off of me.

[Was all she could say and yet there was a glint in her eyes, something unsure, something burning. Passion perhaps? Something else? Who knew.]

" please don't look at me like that. "

And how do you expect me to not? Caboose. You double crossed me for that diesel and it ended up with all of us crashing.

[Electra narrows his eyes at C.B. possibly looking even more angry at him than before.]

How do you expect me to look at you with anything else, but disgust and rage?

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Hmm you wouldn't dare, snow angel.

[Electra said while giving a look back at the freezer truck with a smirk on her lips. They held her hand and just started skating where she knew they would love it.]

Absolutely not, just know I have several ideas in mind~

[A coy smirk played on their lips as they in such a short time seemed to already have planned out an entire day with him. The delights of being together with Electra.]

Oh Electra, always quite the charmer, aren’t you?

[Said with a stiffled laugh as he leaned into the kiss before dropping the blankets onto the bed.]

I won’t take too long babe, I promise. I love you.

[Despite everything she couldn’t help but smile as he watched them skate out of his room. She didn’t want to keep her waiting so they quickly made their way over to the vanity set up in the corner of his room. The mirror was lined with various different polaroid photos of Null, Electra and the rest of the components. For a moment his eyes were drawn to one photo in particular; the photo taken before their first official date. Even after all this time it evoked a fluttery feeling in their chest.]

[Humming to herself, they took off the old makeup and began his usual routine; it wasn’t too long until Null started to look more and more like her usual self. Smoothing down his hair they took one last glance in the mirror and gave a satisfied nod. They skated out of the room, shutting and locking the door behind him. Spotting Electra in the near distance they smiled as they swiftly made his way towards him.]

I’m ready to get going, hope I didn’t keep you waiting too long.

[pluckdownthelightning]

Just because you're a sick and twisted individual doesn't mean I have no right to be angry at you. You have a lot of nerve coming here and ask to please not look at you like this.

[Electra puts a hand on his hips and narrows his eyes at CB, before looking away.]

I've burned my hands on you, it won't happen again.

" please don't look at me like that. "

And how do you expect me to not? Caboose. You double crossed me for that diesel and it ended up with all of us crashing.

[Electra narrows his eyes at C.B. possibly looking even more angry at him than before.]

How do you expect me to look at you with anything else, but disgust and rage?

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[Electra whipped his head around the moment he heard Krupp's voice. With almost alarming speed they skated up to the broken armaments truck and kneeled besides him.]

[She didn't know how to react. He just looked worse than she's ever seen him and quietly in the back of her brain she wondered if this was what she looked like after the crash... Quickly shaking those worries away they softly grabbed Krupp's face to hopefully bring some comfort.]

Oh my darling, Krupp. What happened?

[He forced himself to be silent, he had so many questions on his mind, but it would most likely just overwhelm the armaments truck if he just spewed everything out. So they waited as they softly caressed his cheek with their thumb for his answer.]

[Electra was worried. They hadn't heard from their armaments truck for a lot longer than Krupp would ever allow himself to be parted away from the electric engine.]

[She knew that he might be out doing something important and yet the anxiety that ran through his circuits weren't stopping no matter how much he tried to rationalize with herself.]

[Finally a signal, from Krupp to be exact. Without thinking they practically threw themselves over to the location it came from. Something had to have happen for only a single notification: a location and nothing else.]

[When she got there, she quickly looked around.]

Krupp? Where are you?

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( krupp is no stranger to pain. as electra’s armaments truck, he’s more than used to getting a little roughed up in the name of keeping the electric engine safe. it helps that typically, wrench is never far away, always close by and able to fix up any injuries that krupp may obtain while acting as electra’s line of defense. )

( this instance, though, is unlike the typical setting in which krupp finds himself injured. electra’s not here, and neither is wrench. in fact, krupp can’t seem to remember why he’s here. and where is here ? he’s disoriented, in pain. he can’t seem to get his vision to focus, and it seems like his entire frame hurts. he can’t seem to pinpoint the exact location of the pain, and is in no state to even attempt to catalogue his injuries. he manages one productive moment, and that is used to send a comm to electra. at the very least, perhaps they can come to his rescue. )

( the arrival of electra is grating on his overstimulated senses, the screech of her brakes engaging grinding against his auditory system. but it means one thing, that electra is here, and perhaps they can fix this problem, or at the very least get him to wrench to fix his damage. )

electra ?

( krupp’s systems are a wreck, probably an indication that he’s got some amount of internal damage. his voice comes out crackly and strained, but he does his best to call out to the electric engine. )

… over here.

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" please don't look at me like that. "

And how do you expect me to not? Caboose. You double crossed me for that diesel and it ended up with all of us crashing.

[Electra narrows his eyes at C.B. possibly looking even more angry at him than before.]

How do you expect me to look at you with anything else, but disgust and rage?

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[With a sigh they laid back down. It seemed they had to take it more slow for now.]

Just... the crash. It's all a big sick joke. The engine of the future bound to a repair bench, glitching as he recovers from a humiliating loss and worse a crash.

[Emotions involuntarily bubbled up inside of Electra as they processed everything that had happened before everything went black. There were too many to deal with and she almost wished she hadn't woken up with how overwhelming everything seemed.]

Purse... I.... Please don't leave me. Don't leave my side.

[Electra laid upon the repair bench with eyes closed. It had only been a few hour since the crash and they had fully been repaired by Wrench.]

[The only thing left to do was charge, luckily Wrench had already turned them on and explained everything, the problem was that she hadn't told any of the others and so the components thought that Electra was currently shut off.]

[Electra was alone with Purse in the shed, after Wrench went out to take a well deserved break. He basked in the presence of the money truck. Weirdly comforted by his presence and softly listening to what he had to say as it kept her grounded.]

~ @pluckdownthelightning

[ wait. ]

[ all purse could do was that .. wait. wait , as electra races the final with that damn caboose who was up to no good. wait , for electra to be brought in by wrench after a nasty crash caused by that pathetic low - life diesel and that damn no - good caboose. ]

[ all he could do was wait. as electra rested so peacefully by his side. a gloved hand reaches out , no — purse doesn’t dare touch their beloved superstar with cold fingers. the money truck brushes some of the red strands of the mohawk of electra back into place , and hand pulls away quickly to be by their side. ]

electra . . .

[ it comes out as merely a whisper , and purse thanks starlight express that the other components granted them this time alone with their boss. promising to keep watch for wrench while she went on break. the usually stoic and robotic money truck felt shaky .. even if wrench had told them that she would be fine. he still worried. wrench was good , the best there was for the superstar .. but what if they didn’t wake up? what if the world was deprived of the electric engine of the future? ]

[ what if purse never got to properly tell electra how he felt about him? about these feelings they had never dared to say because how could he even dare? they were incredibly lucky to have even be chosen to be one of electra’s components , much less look after her money and fetch whatever they needed. ]

you must wake up soon , my lov —— .. please. the others won’t say it , but i know they are just as worried. krupp is causing quite the fuss , you know. and i think joule wants to blow up that filthy diesel for even touching you.

[ a light chuckle , arms moving to rest against the bed side as they sigh. ]

maybe if i had been a little more deserving , i could have been designed better for racing. then you wouldn’t have to have raced with that worthless red caboose.

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That's good. Wouldn't want the engine of the future settling for anyone less.

I do understand your family comment. It feels like home whenever I'm around them. And of course it's wonderful to have so much attention on me. I love them all dearly and they all love me.

Now this is possibly the most shocking thing I've seen today...

I don't know where to even begin? I'm not often speechless, but I am today- You're incredibly similar to me and yet you couldn't be more different than me at the same time.

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I… I’m honestly speechless. I was well aware that there are other electric engines but you… well, you put it into the same words I’d use…

I’m not sure whether to be amazed or perhaps slightly terrified?… looks wise you’re my opposite, but we act rather similarly, don’t we?

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[The electric engine slowly sat up from the bed as they listened to Volta, softly nodding along as he slowly got used to the light around him and felt his internal machines properly start up.]

It's quite alright, Volta. You are correct there are some things to do today. Also forget my softness immediately.

[They let themself be playful as well. She felt like she had to take every single chance as Volta was not playful often.]

[For a moment she stayed quiet, she wanted to bring up their talk and yet they were hesitant. A foreign feeling of nerves settling in his stomach as he thought about the possibility of it going somewhat wrong.]

[With a sigh he shook his head and looked over at the freezer truck.]

But first, let's talk about yesterday. I fear there is much to discuss. Much to our dismay in regards to how to word our feelings properly.

[Electra groaned as a response, quick to pull Volta closer to them as they moved their head, nuzzling their face into his shoulder.]

I am and I wish I wasn't

[He decided to reply. Electra was a morning person usually, but after an emotionally taxing day and several days of sleeping horribly due to nightmares and phantom pains, his charge was exponentially low.]

I am glad I'm with you though

[She might punch herself for saying something so vulnerable first thing in the morning, but then again she wasn't fully awake yet.]

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PROMPTS THAT START WITH "PLEASE..." *  assorted dialogue, adjust as necessary

please don't leave me.

please go away and never return.

please give me one more chance to prove myself.

please don't say that to me ever again.

please try harder next time.

please grab that for me.

please stay close to me.

please touch me.

please stay.

please do this for me.

please listen to what i say.

please go away.

please tell me what's really on your mind.

please tell me the truth.

please don't say things like that.

please don't look at me like that.

please stop judging me for my choices.

please try to see things from my perspective.

please say my name again.

please tell me what it is you need.

please don't ever leave me again.

please put that down.

please look at me while i'm talking to you.

please put down the gun.

please put down the sword.

please tell me everything you know.

please be honest with me.

please stop.

please listen.

please cut out the bullshit.

please tell me how you feel.

please get that for me.

please take a bite and tell me what you think.

please sit down.

please don't slouch.

please fix your shirt.

please wipe your face.

please call me later.

please don't make this harder than it needs to be.

please stop pretending you care about me.

please don't lie to my face.

please learn to accept me as i am.

please keep it down.

please stop smiling at me.

please get over yourself.

please stop taking all the credit.

please don't talk over me.

please shut the fuck up.

please do!

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[Electra gained their bearings as they sat up, blinking a few times before they stared at Purse for a long time. She couldn't help, but be quietly staring at the money truck. There were too many emotions and thoughts going through her head and he blamed that god forsaken crash.]

I... am happy you're here

[That's all they ended up being able to say. More he didn't let himself do in fear of word vomiting things he wishes would never see the light of day in his brain.]

[For a moment it was quiet again, before they groaned as a glitch ran through their system. They were fully fixed, but it seemed he wasn't able to do much just yet. Not even sit up right for a long period of time.]

This is a joke...

[Electra laid upon the repair bench with eyes closed. It had only been a few hour since the crash and they had fully been repaired by Wrench.]

[The only thing left to do was charge, luckily Wrench had already turned them on and explained everything, the problem was that she hadn't told any of the others and so the components thought that Electra was currently shut off.]

[Electra was alone with Purse in the shed, after Wrench went out to take a well deserved break. He basked in the presence of the money truck. Weirdly comforted by his presence and softly listening to what he had to say as it kept her grounded.]

~ @pluckdownthelightning

[ wait. ]

[ all purse could do was that .. wait. wait , as electra races the final with that damn caboose who was up to no good. wait , for electra to be brought in by wrench after a nasty crash caused by that pathetic low - life diesel and that damn no - good caboose. ]

[ all he could do was wait. as electra rested so peacefully by his side. a gloved hand reaches out , no — purse doesn’t dare touch their beloved superstar with cold fingers. the money truck brushes some of the red strands of the mohawk of electra back into place , and hand pulls away quickly to be by their side. ]

electra . . .

[ it comes out as merely a whisper , and purse thanks starlight express that the other components granted them this time alone with their boss. promising to keep watch for wrench while she went on break. the usually stoic and robotic money truck felt shaky .. even if wrench had told them that she would be fine. he still worried. wrench was good , the best there was for the superstar .. but what if they didn’t wake up? what if the world was deprived of the electric engine of the future? ]

[ what if purse never got to properly tell electra how he felt about him? about these feelings they had never dared to say because how could he even dare? they were incredibly lucky to have even be chosen to be one of electra’s components , much less look after her money and fetch whatever they needed. ]

you must wake up soon , my lov —— .. please. the others won’t say it , but i know they are just as worried. krupp is causing quite the fuss , you know. and i think joule wants to blow up that filthy diesel for even touching you.

[ a light chuckle , arms moving to rest against the bed side as they sigh. ]

maybe if i had been a little more deserving , i could have been designed better for racing. then you wouldn’t have to have raced with that worthless red caboose.

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I would wait until I'm rusted and breaking for you. The things I do for my components, it's almost too ridiculous to say.

[Electra chuckled and shook their head. That's when he softly kissed Null's forehead when he got close enough and turned.]

Couple on, I have a perfect idea of where I want to take you. You'll love it I promise~

[She craned her neck to look back at Null with a soft yet smug look on her face. He couldn't help himself, but give a quick wink over her shoulder as well. They were going to make sure that Null felt better, even if they didn't know what Null was feeling right now.]

Ready, snow angel?

[Electra pulled them onto his lap with a small smirk, softly kissing their temple once more as they made sure she could hold the covers still in her hands.]

I do enjoy our gossip sessions and yes you can keep a secret better than Joule, but not towards me, can you?

[The smirk turned almost more cat like as they gave out a soft chuckle.]

Only if it will make you feel better, snow angel. I'm not forcing you to go out if you'd rather stay inside. I will however prepare a proper date for you. You have all the reign to say if you want to go out or stay in, you know I have the power to make both choices the best day of your life.

[Electra softly tucked some hairs that were standing out wildly from Null's head down and away from their face so they can take a good look at those beautiful eyes he adored so.]

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I agree.

Oh a boyfriend? Now that's interesting, I don't think I've ever heard of a Porter before. Does he treat you right? Although I'm much the same, I have my partners which are my components and other than that I mostly only keep myself busy with Pearl.

Now this is possibly the most shocking thing I've seen today...

I don't know where to even begin? I'm not often speechless, but I am today- You're incredibly similar to me and yet you couldn't be more different than me at the same time.

~ @pluckdownthelightning

I… I’m honestly speechless. I was well aware that there are other electric engines but you… well, you put it into the same words I’d use…

I’m not sure whether to be amazed or perhaps slightly terrified?… looks wise you’re my opposite, but we act rather similarly, don’t we?