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(( smh@myself, i make these precious babes and leave them for three weeks... what kind of OC guardian am i ??? certainly not a good one

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(( I'LL BE BACK ON HERE LATER i promise

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bevelledmemories

<<Ya really!>> Not every weird Earth joke gets old even when you do apparently. Bevel likes this Downbeat already. They’ve given her ideas. <<Swords and robots mostly and not yet! But I did make a scraplet. It can chew things but it is not really very dangerous.>>

::\\\You made a scraplet? Just one? Please tell me you haven’t made any more. And how in Nexus’s name can a scraplet not be dangerous?\\\::

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verdigrisprowl

«… All of those except Stronghold. All of them Decepticon projects.»

:://...Huh. Well, Stronghold’s an Autobot combiner, the first one we created. Countdown was the second. I hope that answers your question, uh, sir -//:: Ah. Yeah. Officers and rank and manners. Oops. :://- but it sounds like it just made a few new ones, too.//:: 

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phase6blackshadow

:: Uh, Black Shadow. :: A pause and a frown. He’s definitely got the wrong frequency, but he’s too stubborn to hang up. :: What kind of a name is Headcount? Autobot? Decepticon? Neutral? ::

:://B-Black Shadow!?//::

There’s a scrape and a clatter, and then the line beeps. The next voice on the line is definitely a different one, a bit higher and calmer.

::\\\Names have nothing to do with faction, but if you have to know, she’s an Autobot. As for you - are you still a Decepticon?\\\::

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verdigrisprowl

«No, I mean—how were you made into a combiner? Were you—er, did you come online that way?» There were a few known examples of naturally-forming two-bot combiners, after all. «Experimentation? Enigma?»

:://Hhm! I guess you wouldn’t know since you don’t have Countdown in your verse, do you. Does that mean you didn’t have the Combicons? Stronghold? Devastator? Menasor? Any of those?//::

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bevelledmemories

<<Hi, Downbeat! I do not mind at all. My faction is none and um, I am not really sure what other information I should offer. I build automatons and weapons‽>>

::\\\Oh, really?\\\:: Congrats, Bevel, you’re surprising Downbeat already, and it’s kinda cheering her up. ::\\\What sort of automatons and weapons? Do the automatons wield the weapons?\\\::

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(( dumb headcanon: even though downbeat hates nicknames, you might hear her call headcount “sonic” or even “hedgie” on occasion :’)

this stems from the whole heads/tails dichotomy they’ve got going on, actually. since headcount’s the head of the combiner, she considers downbeat the “tails” and sometimes jokingly calls her that - but ever since they heard about sonic the hedgehog on earth, all she can think about is the orange fox with three tails, see. and downbeat hates that. but she can’t avoid it completely when they combine into countdown, in the sense that the thought of “sonic” and “tails” kinda bled into her mind too. and once in a while she’ll accidentally call headcount “hedgie” because, well, if they were swapped, that’s what headcount would call headcount, if that makes any sense. and it’s caused many an embarrassed facepalm and responding gigglesnort.

tl;dr - combiners gotta go fast

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bevelledmemories

Nothing like spelunking the multiverse comm channels to make one’s day a little less boring.

<<This is Bevel. Who dis?>>

That got a snort out of Downbeat. At least the mystery mech was playing along.

::\\\Bevel? Hhm. My designation’s Downbeat. Mind me asking your faction and whatever other details you’re willing to divulge? Tit for tat, I’ll answer back.\\\::

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autobotwheelie

》Doing a HEADCOUNT of the multiverse? Tell me if ya find the weird corner of the verse where ballnearings are square.《

:://Nope, haven’t found it yet, and I sure hope I never do.//:: The thought made her shiver uncomfortably for some reason. :://But I’m not exactly performing a census, no. Just documenting frequencies we’ve picked up on - which is why I asked your designation, by the way.//::

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ask-smokescreen

::Headcount, huh? I’m Smokescreen, elite guardsmech, Cybertron’s star diplomat. Nice to meet you! What kinda stuff do you like to do?::

:://Star diplomat? Alright.//:: A pause. :://...Mech, I dunno, it’s been a long time since someone asked me that. I liiiike... eating? Does that count?//::

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defectiicon

::But that doesn’t tell me anything! Who are you?::

:://Oh Primus, really? What is it, do you want to know my favorite color and the arrangement of the galaxies when I was constructed or something? I’ll answer if you do.//::

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boomtanknotboombox

:: This is Blaster. Hello, Downbeat. ::

::\\\B-Blaster? Oh, wow. Alright. Whew.\\\:: Keep your cool, Downbeat. ::\\\Sorry if I sounded rude just now, sir, I’m sorting through a heap of new frequences. Didn’t know this one was you.\\\::

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verdigrisprowl

«"Not combined"? You’re part of a combiner? Of what origin?»

:://Yep! Downbeat and I form Countdown. I don’t know what you mean by origin, though - we’re Autobots? Are you asking if we’re forged or not? That’s - err, kind of rude.//:: 

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slenderwave

//Since three years. Four? I dunno. Anyway, it’s old news. You oughta check more.//

::\\\Hard to do when we’re not in the same universe, mech. Or at least that’s what I think. What’re your multiversal coordinates?\\\::

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defectiicon

Ooh, new frequency. ::Depends, who’m I talking to?::

:://I just told you - it’s Headcount. Autobot - well, former Autobot at least, I’m still not sure about any of that scrap. What else d’you wanna know?//::

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slenderwave

//Upbeat replyin’; y’got Rumble on the line. Whatcha want?//

::\\\Hah hah, very funny. I’m just checking in on comm frequencies we’ve picked up recently. Since when did you go neutral?\\\::