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Batraculous East➡️

Austin A (Glam Bat): Austin A sticks to the daytime crimes, but mostly joins his squad in tackling the crimes happening at night. His hairspray is amazing at keeping his hair in place, and it's strong enough to make criminals freeze in place. His Pink Bat suit allows for excellent mobility due to its lightweight, and he has tons of hair-care-inspired weapons in his belt

Austin B (Bat Byte): Austin B prefers to stick behind the scenes when it comes to stopping crime due to some breathing problems, and often sends his avatar to assist his teammates while he takes care of things at the Bat Cave. Bat Byte, controlled by Austin B via tech goggles and wearable sensors, is capable of teleporting, hacking into any database, and sending electric shockwaves

Austin Q (Shark Bat): Austin Q handles aqua crimes, such as bastards dumping oil into the water. His sharp teeth always send people running. His Shark Bat suit allows him to breathe underwater, and it can withstand the pressures of the sea

Austin T (Bake Bat): Austin T also handles daytime crimes, usually domestic disturbances, and he's not entirely gentle when apprehending abusive partners and parents. The scents of fresh-baked pastries he releases from his suit help to calm victims down, and that function comes in handy when someone's having a panic attack

Lotta Jameson (Stunt Bat): Lotta's entire suit comes with shock absorption technology, so she can get hit as many times as she'd like without issue. She'll handle any sort of crime you throw her way, no matter how dangerous

Kendra Anne Gundersun (Upside Down Bat): A nighttime hero who handles stealth missions. She's extremely flexible, and her suit is made to contort with her. It comes with an invisibility function, along with one that allows her to scale walls (Though, she prefers ceilings)

DJ Detwiler (Prank Bat): DJ's suit is made to fit her love of pranks. It comes with an invisibility function, a voice changer in the mask, x-ray goggles, and more. His Prank Bat suit is made to blend into the night, which is when a lot of crime happens and makes for the perfect opportunity to test out a few of his best pranks on criminals

Austin Spinelli (Grace Bat): Spinelli's Grace Bat suit is inspired by male ballet outfits, lightweight and breathable, but it still offers plenty of protection. The ribbons tied around his arms act as grappling hooks or binds for when he's apprehending criminals

Gia Griswald (G.I. Bat): Gia focuses on defense when out in the field, but once she's up against a criminal, she puts her training to use and takes down someone twice her size in under a minute. Her suit with shock-absorption and bullet-proof fabric

Victoria LaSalle (Hoop Bat): Do not underestimate the wheelchair, Victoria as Hoop Bat will still take you down. His bat suit, lovingly created by his boyfriend, Gerard, is capable of creating plasma orbs, which she throws like they're basketballs, and with excellent precision. They can electrocute anyone they hit and momentarily incapacitate them

Gerard Grundler (Genius Bat): As the name implies, he is a genius. Like Austin B, he also works behind the scenes and sends his avatar, Genius Bat, to fight in his place from time to time, but mostly goes out on the field. His suit comes equipped with a badass labcoat

Mindy Blumberg (Harmony Bat): Mindy, like Jean, also has a voice amplifier in their batsuit, but when they don't feel like singing, they occasionally throw a mean punch thanks to their weighted gauntlets

Rochelle Weems (Blackmail Bat): Rochelle's got dirt on everyone. Zir batsuit mask comes equipped with technology that allows them to hear even a pin drop from miles away, and ze can filter out certain sounds to focus on only one. Ze usually handles undercover missions with Mason

Mason Ewing (Info Bat): As Info Bat, Mason can decipher any sort of code created by criminals, and he can figure out passwords in five seconds flat by using his tech goggles, which project all sorts of info before his eyes. Her suit comes equipped with a holographic screen for her to log any information she comes across

Beck King: (Bat King): A veteran of Batraculous East and the best older sibling figure they've had. They've gone solo, but occasionally stop by just to be around their old teammates. Their suit comes with a hover function, almost making it look as if they're gliding through the streets, and allowing them to perform some excellent parkour moves

Batsuits

Austin A's Batsuit: A sleek suit with a pink and black color scheme and a sparkle emblem on his chest. His utility belt comes equipped with numbing spray, lipstick taser, and a comb knife, and his cape comes with a hood to protect his gorgeous hair from the rain

Austin B's Batsuit: A tech-inspired suit with a yellow and black color scheme and a pixelated bat emblem on the chest. Byte Bat's mask connects to Austin B's goggles, allowing him to see what he sees. So far, the only thing in his utility belt is a pair of handcuffs

Austin Q's Batsuit: Very Shark Boy-inspired. A slate blue and grey color scheme with a shark emblem on the chest. His batsuit is similar to a wet suit, and his mask is hooked up to a small but long-lasting oxygen tank built into it. The vision settings adjust the further he goes underwater, it can release pheromones that scare off predatory fish, and he has claws built into his gloves that are just as strong as a shark's teeth

Austin T's Batsuit: So. Much. PASTELS. Pastel green with white, and a pastel green bat on the chest. His batsuit is not all too intimidating, but that only gives criminals a chance to underestimate him and not put up much of a fight so he can deck them. His utility belt comes with a taser, pepper spray, a collapsable staff, and capsules filled with deconstructed baked goods for him to give to kids (Don't worry, he replaces them every day) His cape acts as a blanket for kids because he's sweet like that

Lotta's Batsuit: A sleek, reinforced, and lightweight suit with shock-absorption technology, allowing her to parkour and get into fights with no fear (Not that she ever had any) Lotta's suit is green with hints of brown, and a black bat emblem on her chest. Her utility belt comes equipped with a collapsable staff

Kendra's Batsuit: As bright and pink as Austin A's with a white bat emblem on the chest. Her suit is lightweight and not too bulky so she can perform some of her contortionist stunts. The protective material absorbs any blows and her utility belt comes equipped with several mini spy cameras for her to place where people would least suspect

DJ's Batsuit: A bright green color with hints of orange, and a smiley face emblem on the chest. His suit is almost like a Batsuit version of Miss Joke's hero costume, and there's a smile painted on their mask. Their utility belt comes equipped with laughing gas spray, a small jellybean can that releases a net, itching powder, and ink bombs

Austin S's Batsuit: A lightweight red and black suit reminiscent of a male ballerina's costume with a red bat emblem on the chest. The ribbons around his arms act as Aizawa's capture weapon. No one knows how they work. His cape comes with a hood that shadows his face but only shows two glowing red eyes, making for some haunting performances.

Gia's Batsuit: Gia's suit is reinforced with Kevlar. Her suit is an army camouflage print with a black bat emblem on her chest and comes equipped with weighted gloves that can knock someone out with a single punch. Her utility belt contains non-lethal hand grenades that give off small blasts when activated and incapacitate anyone standing too class. Her cape is bullet-proof for added protection

Victoria's Batsuit: Athleisure-style Batsuit with a green and yellow color scheme and a basketball with bat wings emblem on the chest, and her cropped cape comes with a hood. His utility belt is equipped with a grappling hook and taser, and his gloves are capable of making the plasma orbs. His wheelchair has voice-activation settings, only responding to his voice alone, and the wheels can fly off on their own and strike a criminal. (Imagine Go-Go's wheels)

Gerard's Batsuit: A high-tech suit colored a light blue with hints of white and a beaker emblem on the chest. His utility belt comes with tracking chips, capsules containing gaseous forms of his elixirs made to either heal his teammates or knock out criminals, and a taser. The hologram wristlet displays maps, records, the locations of his teammates, etc.

Mindy's Batsuit: Imagine badass Juliet Capulet. Her suit is a pastel purple with hints of white and has a music note with bat wings emblem on her chest. Poet sleeves. Her belt is equipped with a whip, and, like Jean, a device that's able to throw her voice. Her cape also comes with a hood because... Dramatic.

Rochelle's Batsuit: Rochelle's suit is dark blue with black accents and a black bat emblem on the chest. Zir utility belt comes with a tranquilizer gun and small microphones to leave in certain areas and pick up any conversations. Zir mask covers zir mouth and allows zir to hear anything from miles away. Zir cape also functions as an invisibility cloak

Mason's Batsuit: A lightweight suit colored blue with hints of black. Her mask is equipped with tech goggles that project the entire internet before her eyes (Even the dark web) The bracelet on her wrist can open up a holographic screen for them to take notes on, and their utility belt comes with an audio recorder pen, whip, and ink bombs

Beck's Batsuit: Beck's suit is black with some hints of blue and red. Their leather jacket is covered in graffiti and has a crown emblem on the back with bat wings. Their utility belt comes equipped with a grappling hook, collapsable staff, and throwing stars. Built into their gloves are brass knuckles and right at their fingertips are tasers. Their boots have hidden blades in the heels and allow for them to scale any surface

Base Rooms

The secret basement of the Tomassian estate is used as their home base

-The Main Control Room: The main center of the Batcave, equipped with all sorts of holographic displays built by Gerard and Austin B that track criminal activity and show maps of the city. There's a table-like touchscreen that controls the whole room- lights, furniture, and music. This is where DJ organizes each mission

-Garage: Their garage is filled with their own personal vehicles

-Armory: Gia, Gerard, Austin Q, and Kendra keep the room stocked with many different weapons ranging from hand grenades to DJ's prank supplies

-The Lab: This is Gerard and Austin B's territory. If you see the red light outside the lab is on, it means they're working on something, so do not disturb them. There are five supercomputers, a massive chemistry set, a 3D printer, a testing area behind indestructible glass for the others to test out any functions of their Batsuits, and three robot assistants

-Training Room: The training area comes equipped with state-of-the-art workout equipment, virtual training simulations, practice dummies that track their progress, and a wall of traditional weapons. Gia, Victoria, Kendra, Beck, and Austin Q run that very room with iron fists.

-The Library: It's full of massive shelves filled with paperback books and some Kindles (Mostly used by Gerard and Austin B), and the backroom contains records of the city, known criminals, and gangs. Gerard, Spinelli, Rochelle, Mindy, Austin B, and Mason frequent the library the most out of the others

-The Infirmary: Mostly frequented by Lotta. Austin T, Mindy, and Gia oversee the medical bay equipped with all sorts of medical technology and supplies. Gerard created Med-bots designed to safely carry anyone injured into the infirmary

-The Lounge: A comfortable space for the team to relax, watch movies, and grab something from the kitchen where Austin T. and Victoria cook every meal. It's also where the couples like to make out... A lot. If you see Austin A and Spinelli making out on the couch, just don't disturb them, alright? Seriously.

Vehicles

-The Batcycle: A tech motorcycle used by Beck that can move swiftly through any crowd. No one dares to ride it, because Beck will know and give the disappointed look

-The Bat Boards: Kendra, Austin A, Lotta, and Spinelli's hoverboards, used by them for patrols and surveillance through the city. The Bat Boards can travel at high speeds, and someone who's not used to riding one may find themselves a little shaken up

-The Bat-Tank: A reinforcement manned by Gia in the event the team is facing the occasional robot army or villain in an indestructible suit. for even the harshest terrains. The Bat-Tank comes with a cannon that should only be used in dire situations

-Victoria's Bat Chair: ONLY to be used by Victoria. A high-tech wheelchair with voice activation technology. The wheels can be thrown or shot off on their own like disks and can flip over horizontally to make the Bat Chair hover

-The Bat Jet: A high-tech smart jet piloted mainly by Austin B and Gerard. It can hold the entire team, is equipped with cloaking technology, auto-pilot, a long-lasting battery, and a fully stocked fridge for long-distance traveling

-The Bat Pack: Jet Packs used by Austin T, Rochelle, and Mason for surveillance missions. The Bat Packs are light-weight and battery-powered, barely making a sound. They also come with small grappling hooks to easily get from one spot to another

-The Bat Vespa: DJ and Mindy's Bat Vespa is built for two, comes equipped with motion centers so they can detect if someone is following them at night, can dispense smoke bombs, and is even able to hover

-The Bat Convertible: Operated primarily by Austin Q, this is a sleek sports car that blends in with the night. It comes with auto-pilot settings, can be driven from the Bat Cave using a tablet linked to it, and has an underwater function in case Austin Q drives it into the water... Again

Night in Paris

Glam Bat: Glam Bat was getting his hair done at his usual salon when an armed robber burst in and held a beautician at gunpoint, threatening to fire unless everyone handed over their valuables. Not missing a beat, Glam Bat flung his comb knife at the robber's hand, making him drop the gun, and then he sprayed him with his numbing spray

Bat Byte: A string of cyber crimes has been hitting the city for quite some time now. Phones were blaring random alarms for national disasters that never happened, and computers were suddenly short-circuiting and losing all sorts of important date, so Bat Bye put on his tech goggles and did some digging. After looking through the Dark Web, he tracked the offenders down and sent his avatar to apprehend them

Shark Bat: While making his rounds through the water, he was about to resurface when an anvil dropped into the water with a rope tied around it, and the other end was tied around a man's ankle. Shark Bat tore through the rope with his claws, offered the man his mask to breathe, and swam back up the surface where he then proceeded to knock out the bastards who were trying to dispose of the man so he couldn't testify in court tomorrow

Bake Bat: While doing some surveillance in a neighborhood, Bake Bat was keeping tabs on a home that many people have reported regarding child abuse. Just when he was about to leave, he heard something coming from the backyard and found out that the shed was holding three children captive. After handing the children over to the police and giving them some cupcakes, he gave the "parents" a lengthy and graphic threat

Stunt Bat: Stunt Bat was hired as security for an actress who was being stalked by an unknown person. While guarding the hotel room, Stunt Bat heard a scream coming from the actress' room and found her in the middle of being kidnapped by the stalker. Stunt Bat barely stumbled when the stalker threw a barrage of punches at her, and easily knocked him out with one punch

Upside Down Bat: While staking out a mansion linked to several civilian disappearances, Upside Down Bat finds out that the owners are auctioning off human beings to rich buyers. She easily sneaks in undetected, takes out a few people who manage to spot her, and leaves several mini-cameras where the auction is being held. In just a few seconds, the auction was being broadcast all over the city

Prank Bat: Prank Bat often frequents a comedy club in the evenings when he's free. While up on stage and making the audience burst into laughter, he caught a guy hitting on a girl who was clearly underage and uncomfortable. She then proceeded to heckle the guy and turn everyone's attention toward him. To further humiliate him, Prank bat threw a couple of ink bombs the guy's way, covering him in an array of colors

Grace Bat: While giving instructions at a dance studio for children, Grace Bat heard some commotion coming from outside. Two very angry parents were questioning the whereabouts of their son who they forbade from taking "sissy dance lessons." He apprehended them with his ribbons when the two began harassing people, and quickly called the police. According to them, the boy's aunt and uncle took out a restraining order on them a year ago

G.I. Bat: G.I. Bat was doing a few patrol rounds one evening when she saw two guys trying to force a woman into a car. Not wasting a second, she hurried over, easily defeated the two very muscular men, and blocked gunfire from the driver before taking him out. Apparently, the woman escaped from an organ harvesting organization and led G.I. Bat and the police right to their base

Hoop Bat: He occasionally teaches kids and teenagers how to play basketball. While at their usual court, Hoop Bat noticed a well-known street gang occupying it. When they refused to comply, and even whipped out a few bats, Hoop Bat shot a few plasma orbs at them and knocked them out cold

Genius Bat: The avatar was doing some surveillance when he came across a hostage situation at the bank. Genius Bat got his gear on and hurried over. He maneuvered his way through the vents and dropped a few capsules on the criminals, causing their body's to go completely numb and allowing the officers to easily apprehend them

Harmony Bat: Harmony Bat was working undercover, singing in the choir for a cult hidden in plain sight. After collecting all of the evidence they needed, showing the cult leader harvesting the organs of children, they immediately sprung into action and temporarily deafened everyone in the room, leaving the children unharmed since it was only at a frequency adults could hear. The cult and several other sectors were raided and put to an end

Blackmail Bat: Blackmail Bat, like the name implies, blackmailed several government officials who have done... Less than wonderful things. Orphanages are being renovated, there's better health care, and abusers are actually getting arrested. This went on for a few more weeks until Blackmail Bat decided ze was satisfied, and exposed every single crime

Info Bat: A string of kidnappings has been going on all across the city, and the perpetrators always leave a clue behind in the form of a strange note with some sort of code just to taunt officers. Info Bat easily figured out the codes and tracked them down to an old apartment building where the kidnapped people were being held

Bat King: This was their last mission with Batraculous East before going solo. Spotting a group of armed gunman in a massive estate, they stealthily made their way in, easily disarmed the gunman with only their staff, and saved the family that was held hostage

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blackdeathfan5 · 1 month ago

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samelite · 6 months ago

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mossyscavern · 5 months ago

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I… I haven’t gotten this far in thinking about it actually… as far as I know bee still has his legs, but like elita-1 d-16 and Orion pax he doesn’t have a t-cog.

He can still transform it’s just he has to wait until his frame is dry enough to do that for his mer-form, as for his vehicle form? He needs a t-cog.

He’d still be a grounder.. that part I don’t wanna change… I guess bee is fairly similar to sky-byte (it is his name, I checked) only other differences I can think of is that bee isn’t a shark… and that he isn’t part quintesson-.

… I’m honestly thinking a clownfish tail would suit him… *shrugs* I don’t have an excuse… I just wanna try my hand at writing merformers

I have an au idea.

The au is called merbee and it’s about bee who is a merformer (mermaid/man transformer) I… haven’t worked out how he’d meet Orion, elita and D-16 yet-. Anywho.

Thought it’d be a fun idea to try since… merformers were (probably still is) very popular and there’s art about it… but I hadn’t really seen much of it for tf one.. only one or two, there’s p-probably.. more then the ones I’ve seen…

… any thoughts about it?

I mean U can make it.

In this au I just imagine that Bee would be like skybite? (I think that's his name) where he's a shark and he can fly with that. Maybe? but he still doesn't have legs in his alt form?

#transformers side of the cavern #asks and replies #I… kind of completely forgot about this #I got shooketh when it popped up #…

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thisdayinfavrd · 6 years ago

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May 27, 2009

I put the "hug" in "thug life". And then I take out the "t". And draw a little smiley face over the "i". It's not safe for me to go out. @sween (Jason Sweeney) – 142

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I don't think anyone is really surprised any more that Billie Jean was not his lover. @sween (Jason Sweeney) – 84

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#favrd is down

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galvatronsthighs · 7 years ago

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Continuing from here: (x) “Greetings” The strangely familiar mecha spoke, cocky grin stretched wide, “my name is Megatron and you’re all going to die” “G-Galvatron? What is this?” Sky-Byte “You’re, uh or rather you WERE Megatron… weren’t you?” “I think Galvatron has something to explain” Optimus stepped in.

“Wh-what!? Why are you all looking at me when HE’S here to kill us all!” The pale mecha backed away from his former nemesis and former SIC. “Oh no no” The being that claimed to be Megatron held their hands up, “Do go on, I’ll wait I want to hear this go on Gigatron tell the-” “YOU can’t call me THAT anymore!” Galvatron bristled, wings flaring as he stepped forth as if ready to fight the strange apparition of a bot, “It’s Galvatron, it always HAS been Galvatron” “Oh, still touchy, aren’t we!” He cackled. “Gigatron? What’s he talking about?” Sky-byte stood nervously behind his commander, this was just meant to have been a portal inspection to see if any more monsters appeared, not another Cybertronian!. “I’ve heard that name before” Optimus mumbled. “What? Where?” Sky-Byte eagerly snapped at the first opportunity of some sort of explanation. “If what I HAVE heard is true, it’s nothing pleasant” Prime’s voice didn’t raise a jolt. “Oh, deary me, are you still that useless you’re going to make ME explain for you?” ‘Megatron’ made a mock gasp gesture before his body crumbled, it cracked and broke up into a red-tinged smoke which immediately reformed again a inche before Galvatron, the entire process happening before an optic could be shuttered, “Murderer” That seemed to set Galvatron off and the now-dubious-commander of the Predacons surged forwards, shoulder hitting roughly into the newcomers body and sending them both flying. Except instead of clattering to the floor ‘Megatron’ burst into smoke again letting Galvatron smash into the ground and scrape forwards. With his back to him ‘Megatron’ spun around and hit Galvatron with a stream of energy paralysing him and keeping him out the way. “Well that won’t work twice now will it?” The new guy had such an air of arrogant cockiness to him, but it was the kind of cockiness of someone who knew they had something to back it up. He sauntered over to the gathered group, it was almost forgotten that there was a group there as they stood on in stunned silence at the bizarre scene unfolding before them. “By the damn AllSpak! You all should’ve known it wasn’t me!” ‘Megatron’ roared in anger, “Look at those pathetic Scraplets!” He screamed a gaseous blast of energy streaming at the Predacon trio who yelled in surprise the combined gang of Autobots and Predacons only just making it out the way as the blast tore a huge chunk out of the ground, flinging Slapper and Prowl off into the distance. “I’d never make a team of such incompetent cannon fodder! And you!” He turned on Sky-Byte a gaseous tendril flying out and ripping the shark from the sky, “Look at you” he sneered, “Did you even finish your command training with Thrust? You puny jellyfish” Sky-byte yelped in horror at the question and whined at the insult “H-h-h-how did you know!?” he wailed. ‘Megatron’ snarled as he threw the shark, tossing him into the advancing Team Bullet Train as they tried to jump him. “BECAUSE I AM THE TRUE MEGATRON YOU FOOLS” “Back off my bro’s!” Gas Skunk charged the mech but green lightning bristled from Megatron and speared the furious skunk, a spinal-strut shattering blast only averted by X-Brawn swinging in to grab the terrified Predacon mid-air. “You’re all pathetic… PATHETIC, I can’t believe anyone would believe I’d take orders from the Predacon council let alone make a team from the rejects of my own army, that council listens to ME, and none of you four are worth the Energon rations I deigned to give you” ‘Megatron’ sneered, “Teaming up with these Autobots is just more proof you’re worse than the scum scraped from the bottom of a barrel!” The smokey entity went fuzzy before reforming as a larger more monstrous form, the bestial creature bellowed before charging the group. Whatever this person was, if it truly was Megatron, it fought like a true warlord, devastating brutality combined with the power to take on a non-solid form made him hard to hit but his hits went harder than the gang ever felt before. Immediately the other Autobots, not present and the remaining Cyclonus were summoned to battle. ‘Megatron’ was overwhelmed by enemies, but he didn’t care, he seemed to relish the battle, a few times he let the blasts hit, chortling at their feeble attempts. No matter what they tried it seemed useless, he just wasn’t affected by anything they threw at him, forming a impassable wall, keeping them all at bay. It wasn’t a fight it was a play for him. “Guys I think I’ve noticed a pattern” Team Bullet Train had attempted to hit them with their combined form but ‘Megatron’ had glanced past every attack, now two of them stood behind Midnight Express as he spoke, “He’s not the powerhouse he’s making out to be, he’s only letting one attack hit him, never any combined blasts, nor any blasts from our combined forms either. It must be for a reason!” “You’re right, ever since I powered up he’s been giving me a wide berth too” Optimus nodded to him, “T-AI what do you make of this?” The holographic battle computer’s AI came over all of their intercoms “I’ve been examining him as you’ve fought him and you have definitely picked up on a distinct pattern if anything he’s also examining all of you fighting too, simply playing a game of cat and mouse!” “Well, how do we get rid of him! He’s scary!” Dark Scream cowered behind Sky-Byte who was doing a somewhat adequate job of pretending he wasn’t scared of the ghostly mecha too. “The portal he came through is still open, he’s drawing power from there, I don’t know from WHAT he’s drawing power from but it’s awful whatever it is, It just has some kind of sickly aura to it, and it’s limitless” “That’s impossible” Prowl growled, “No power source is limitless!” “Well, whatever he’s getting power from is certainly near-limitless at the very least then” The hologram shrugged, “I can’t say much more than that” “If the power is coming from the portal then I know what we must do” Optimus whispered, careful of the gleeful ‘Megatron’ whose attention seemed elsewhere, “We need to open a space bridge over his portal, it should cancel his out, or at the very least I hope it will” “Best plan we got at the very least” Cyclonus nodded, “Keep ‘im distracted as yer computer lassie cancels his power out” “Uh, right” Optimus nodded. “GRAAAAAAAAH” ‘Megatrons’ roar brought all their attention back to him. “M’lady!” Cyclonus cawed in shock and panic. Galvatron had indeed risen again, with the others distracted by their distanced group huddle of let’s-make-a-new-plan, ‘Megatron’ had turned his attention back to the downed Galvatron as evidenced by a patchwork of whip-like lashings upon the mecha’s back. Except now Galvatron had bitten back, taking on his ‘Devil Saurer’ mode the beast form had it’s paws wrapped around ‘Megatrons’ chest and waist his jaws clamped over his shoulder, causing the metal to buckle and crumble. “Ugh, you at least got more powerful since we last met, but I suppose leeching power from others does that, hm?” ‘Megatron’ squirmed almost struggling to free himself. “You should know!” Galvatron hissed, suddenly dropping to the ground. A familiar purple light shrouded the area around them specks of light falling to the ground as gravity in the affected area was warped. ‘Megatron’ was flung up into the air before being flung at high-speeds back to the ground but he avoided the attack by morphing into mist again. Galvatron rose up before furiously blasted the ground with fire, a flame that danced and pulsed under the pressure of the augmented gravity within the circle but billowed out viciously when it left the area, it made approaching them dangerous. Yet as the fire continued, ‘Megatron’ was unable to reform under the dual-gravity and heat assault but it left another problem. “T-AI, can you activate a space bridge?” Optimus barked over the comms. “I can try but the gravitational distortion is making it hard to pinpoint!” She warned. “Just do it!” Optimus gestured and gradually the large team shifted closer to the mini-arena trying their best to avoid the baying flames the poured out from it, “He can’t keep up this assault much longer” He was right, coolant dripped off Galvatron like bullets, whizzing to the ground at rapid speeds due to the gravity but evaporating before they even got close from the fire. The wingbeats that kept Galvatron airborne were getting slower and more laborious as his altitude slowly dropped. Soon the rip in space that ‘Megatron’ had entered through fizzled dangerously. The dwindling flames layering the ground leapt anxiously almost fomring a face as ‘Megatron’ cried out. “No! My lord needs it bigger to enter, not smaller!” He howled, his gaseous body billowed out wildly a tendril wrapping around Galvatron’s leg and throwing him to the ground immediately ceasing the dual-attack. Instead of reforming, however, ‘Megatron’ leapt through the portal. As soon as it closed the Space bridge sprung up in its place, leaving silence in its wake. Looking over the motley crew Optimus told T-AI to get ready for a lot of patch-ups. By the time everyone had their dents, gashes and bangs patched up Galvatron was canveniently nowhere to be seen. Cyclonus slipping out was less subtle as his tail feathers were spotted turning a corner. Optimus held up a hand, signalling the others to stay and followed. Galvatron had snuck off to a rather unused room, but it seemed to be one their sparklings had taken a liking to and had been blissfully unaware of the fuss of the outside world. Still in his large Devil Saurer mode, Galvatron had the twins between his forelegs, wings gently curled around them, as Cyclonus leant on one leg also cooing over them. Optimus watched the parents for a while, aware of Galvatron trying to ignore him. “What was that!?” Optimus jumped a little as Sky-Byte jumped up having followed him regardless of his ‘stay put’ order. “I’d rather not discuss it” Galvatron bowed his head. “T-AI broadcast this across the base” Optimus made a gesture for the AI, “This is serious, we’re not leaving until you tell us exactly what your history with that mecha is” Galvatron flinched and curled in on himself, the sparklings peeped curiously and Cyclonus patted his neck. “O...of course he’d whip me…” The ten-shifter whispered mostly to himself, claws fumbling with nothing on the floor. “What’s Gigatron? How did that guy know about Thrust? Why does he have, what I assume to be, your name?” Sky-Byte rattled off the questions burning at his processor. “Gigatron is the name given to a specific type of SLAVE, Sky-Byte, Or did you really think I just happened to have so many alternate modes? The more modes a slave has the more use they are to their master!” Galvatron hissed, “I was Megatron’s personalised Gigatron slave, he ordered me to look like him and be a powerful plaything.” “Uh, buh, what?” Sky-Byte suddenly shrank down and looked around as if a magical sign would appear and explain it all in an instant. “I… I thought as much” Optimus mumbled. “Yeah… Happy? That WAS the real Megatron, back from the dead somehow…” Galvatron’s toothed lip curled as he thought about it, “He used me as a toy for whatever whim and desire he wanted, to fight or play, to bring him fuel and entertain him. I had no life, he didn’t even care that I had a name, he never called me it, he only called me ‘Gigatron’ forever making sure I knew I was nothing more than his pet!” “Now I understand your desperation to change your perceived fate” Optimus spoke putting on his best, most gentle voice. “Well, fine, you want the rest of the story, here we go. I snapped, okay? I couldn’t take it and when he was busying himself ranting at me for another mistake I jumped him, I managed to smash the back of his stupid helm open on the floor and I didn’t stop, I kept going. It burned me, my slave coding ripped away at my internal systems and burned at my processor! It was agony but I couldn’t take it! His incessant demands and constant whipping! I just… I killed him… And where did that leave me? I was a slave who managed to break my control coding juuust enough to kill my master, I’d be slaughtered the moment I left. So I lied, I used my similar appearance to my advantage… I claimed to be Megatron. It sort of worked, Megatron was an arrogant blowhard, he had his army, his empire so he lazed around his mansion all day and hardly made public appearances doing nothing but bathing in his luxurious ill-gotten gains. So not that many people really knew what he truly looked like. So I got away with it for a while, when people made a remark I passed it off as getting some upgrades and modifications. Yet, my slave coding still functioned, it needed orders, and luck saved me! As some bots were getting suspicious the Predacon council alerted me to rumours of a super weapon on some barely noticeable planet far away, so I took it, the order satisfied my slave coding and got me away from the main citadel. As for troops, of course, I picked the ones who’d never recognise me for what I really was, they were all the runts of their respective field with little privilege never given a chance… Thrust was going to fail you, by the way, Sky-Byte, your panicking and his short fuse just didn’t… yeah… I just ran away and dragged you all with me! Then I realised the Autobots were here, so I did as little as possible and hid in the base whenever I could fearful that they would recognise me for what I was, and I forced you all away and tried to ignore you all so I could distance myself further from my perceived problems… But of course, I felt as if I had Fortress Maximus I could use him to rule! Then no one would make me their slave ever again! I wouldn’t be captured and executed for killing Megatron! I thought he’d be a key…” “And then when you thought you found a way to change fate you abandoned Fortress Maximus in favour of something that could ‘change your fate’, it makes sense now” Optimus nodded. “F… fail me” Sky-Byte merely whispered to himself, “Slaves? Falsehoods? B... but Meg-ah, Galvatron! I… you… is this true? I… Thought this was so much more, while Thrust was teaching me the ways of being a commander, I, I had such a sense of unfulfilled yearning! I felt like there was something missing! Then when you offered me a place on this team it felt like I had a purpose was this all for nothing!?” “Oh, Sky-Byte… I’m afraid to some degree, yes. I lead you all off on a merry little adventure for nothing and then I was cruel and shut you all out emotionally as I feared the repercussions of my actions, but, we did find Fortress Maximus! We did have a mission! I was just not the right one to lead you all… I hope I did at least, even if it was founded on a lie, give you some sense of purpose to fill that emptiness. I hope the four of you found some sort of happiness...” “But Galvatron” Optimus stepped in cutting off any response from the Predacon, his tone dark, angry, “If you started your life knowing nothing but slavery and cruelty, why did you corrupt the Autobot stasis pods? Why did you fill them with evil!? Why did you strip them of agency!?” “What!? Prime you can’t be serious!? Fill them with ‘evil’, are you listening to yourself? They were already dead! All of them!” Galvatron looked up at him a glare in his optics. “No, they were alive! We all saw it!” Optimus snapped back. “Get a grip Prime! They died before we even found them! I merely planted an AI of my own design into them! It animated the bodies and copied the remaining lines of code in their processors to mimic attitudes! The AI just… got a bit too ahead of itself, started running errors and acting out on its own. I just reset them when I got them back. They were walking talking shells!” “T… Then Scourge…” “That’s right he’s likely just dropped and reverted back to his lifeless shell already. You’d think I could inflict the same thing I suffered to others?” “How would a slave know how to program AI?” Sky-Byte piped up and immediately looked away when Galvatron glared at the mention of ‘slave’. “I had free time when Megatron didn’t need me or was at rest, I busied myself with books and tinkering with devices, I’d been making prototypes of my little bats for millennia!” His wings puffed out with a sense of pride. “And in the end, you bungled everything and started treating your own underlings more like your own protoforms despite your lies to them” Optimus seemingly accepted his answer or at least had done for now and his tone had returned to something lighter. “That’s not a lie is it Galvatron?” Sky-Byte, however, took a more morose tone. “What!? No!” Galvatron flared up again. “Ey don’t think that of y’ mother” Cyclonus piped up for the first time for the entire story. He’d picked his place long ago and it was at Galvatron’s side regardless of his past. “No, no, that wasn’t a lie Sky-Byte, I… I did get attached to you all, I didn’t want to, I thought it would all end in tears, I mean if this failed I’d certainly have been found out and killed and then you’d be left alone with the knowledge of… this, I didn’t want that I didn’t want you left alone, so I tried to keep you away. But, we’re all the screw ups of our times and I couldn’t help but see parts of myself in you all and want you to be safe. It just took featherbutt here to finally make me come to terms with it and notice your reciprocating behaviour and the somewhat unintentional low-level bond that was building” Galvatron sagged down again, looking to the floor his head only turned away slightly when Sky-Byte approached him. The Predacon said nothing advancing on his former leader, his face was droopy too as he processed all of this information and would likely spend a while longer thinking about it, but for now, he knelt down and flopped against Galvatron’s free side and silently curled up next to him only reaching out a little as Rupture scooted over to peep and grab at their favoured brother. Optimus sighed, he knew he wasn’t getting anything else out of him today, and might not for a while yet, he uttered a small thank you before telling T-AI to cut the audio feed. He quietly headed back to the command centre by himself only briefly passing the Predacons who rushed to join their patchwork family. He could believe a lot of the story, his suspicions about ‘gigatron’ were correct, but that still left some answers. How did Megatron come back? How did he get these powers? And, who was this ‘lord’ of his? All in due time likely. Personality: Megatron is used to being ‘lord of an empire’, so he is arrogant and lazy, very content to let his new monster lackeys pick up the slack whenever he simply does not want to bother getting his hands dirty. After his death, his aggression only mounted, rather than conquer and rule all he’d rather see it all die and be reduced to nothing. Total and utter destruction is his pleasure, as is pain, he greatly enjoys tormenting and playing with his enemies and cares not for the emotions of those around him unless they’re cowering in fear. He is a frightening madman bent on brutal senseless destruction. Notes/Extra:

It might be obvious for some but his ‘lord’ is Unicron.

The creature from the previous part scanned Galvatron’s processor as it drained his energy and Unicron picked out Megatron from his memories to bring back and make his pawn. However, Megatron turned out to now share Unicron’s views upon his resurrection and doesn’t need to be tortured into obeying, he wants to see everything destroyed.

He can no longer transform but he can reform his body at will into whatever he needs, within reason.

His goal is to open a portal wide enough so Unicron can enter their realm and consume it all.

#Megatron #maccadam #transformers #Transformers robots in disguise #transformers robots in disguise 2001 #RiD 2001 #GOD this took me so long to write #pls enjoy #RiD01 AU

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kudosmyhero · 2 years ago

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Transformers: Robots in Disguise (Phase 02) #5: A Better Tomorrow

Read Date: September 20, 2022 Cover Date: May 2012 ● Writer: John Barber ● Art: Andrew Griffith ◦ Casey Coller ● Colorist: Josh Perez ● Letterer: Shawn Lee ● Editor: Carlos Guzman ●

Synopsis: Ironhide watches as another NAIL shuttle arrives on Cybertron, its sole occupant proving to be an ex-Decepticon poet and old acquaintance of his named Sky-Byte. The obvious distaste Sky-Byte has for his former faction prompts Starscream to step aside and leave the welcoming to Metalhawk; Bumblebee, meanwhile, eschews taking part at all. Prowl, though, elects to watch Sky-Byte's welcome from afar, with Arcee quietly whispering in his ear all the while. He instructs her to get back to looking for Dirge, but she cautions him to remember that she is not his assassin to order about.

Metalhawk takes Sky-Byte to meet with fellow NAILs Tappet, Hipotank, and Zetca, who address his concerns about Decepticons being allowed to roam free by telling him about the inhibitor/deterrence chips, though that only increases his worries about the Autobots' methods. The next day, Sky-Byte withdraws to the edge of the city to ruminate on what he has learned, and is found by Ironhide just as he is composing a poem over some Sweep remains. Ironhide tells Sky-Byte about his lost memories and the new perspective his missing years have given him, and surprises the shark by proposing that he speak to some Decepticons in order to get the whole picture before making any choices about life on Cybertron. The pair return to the city, and while Sky-Byte heads off to follow Ironhide's suggestion, the old soldier continues to play advice-giver by meeting with Blurr and convincing him to fulfill his old pre-war dream of opening a bar by refurbishing Maccadam's Old Oil House.

Back at Autobot command, Metalhawk kicks off another argument with Bumblebee over the I/D chips, holding up Starscream as evidence that the Decepticons can change. Bumblebee counters with the fact that even the NAILs hate the Decepticons, and that Sky-Byte tried to kill him once. Starscream sarcastically notes that there were too many those who wished to do this. Enraged, Bumblebee orders Prowl to remove both Metalhawk and Starscream, but the police-bot has disappeared during the conversation.

Sky-Byte, meanwhile, has met with Swindle, who tells him of Prowl's recent Decepticon executions, and takes him to a bolt-hole where Needlenose is watching over Dirge, from whom they learned of the Constructicons' deaths. Unfortunately for them, Sideswipe, having learned of Ironhide's suggestion to Sky-Byte, has tricked another NAIL to keep tabs on Sky-Byte's movements for him by telling him that he was responsible for nearly killing Zetca. Following the information he receives, Sideswipe leads Streetwise and Prowl into the Decepticons' hideaway, where a firefight ensues. Dirge and Swindle escape, but Sky-Byte and Needlenose are captured, and a riot ensues when they are brought above ground and a crowd of NAILs attempts to lynch them. Ironhide comes smashing his way into the crowd and puts the mob down, then, as he finds himself staring down the barrel of Prowl's gun, makes a speech that concludes with a plea to Bumblebee to have the I/D chips turned off as the first step towards equality for the future.

The next morning, Prowl confronts Ironhide and Sky-Byte in the repaired and re-opened Maccadam's, furious over Bumblebee's decision to follow Ironhide's advice and deactivate the chips. Stopped by Blurr before things get physical, Prowl grumpily sits down for a drink with the pair and demands to know why Ironhide is so sure everything is going to work out. Ironhide explains that in the moment when everything turned to white as Cybertron was reborn, he had a vision of the future, of himself and Alpha Trion telling stories to the next generation of Transformers on Gorlam Prime. That's how he knows the future is bright: because in it, all the other Autobots and Decepticons and all their old grudges… are dead.

(https://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Better_Tomorrow)

Fan Art: Robots in Disguise covers 20 21 and 22 by LivioRamondelli

Accompanying Podcast: ● Married with Comics: Rod Pod - episode 05

#idw #idw comics #my idw read #transformers #robots in disguise #rod pod #comics #comic books #fan art #fanart #podcast recommendation #podcast - married with comics

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the-good-names-are-gone · 7 years ago

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tagged by @unbenchthekench to write my url with song names

T: Takyon- Death grips H: Hero- Elizaveta E: Ebb and Flow- off the hook G: Guillotine- Jon Bellion O: Off to sleep- Cœur de pirate O: Out for a rip- Shark tank D: Demons- Imagine dragons N: No matter where you are- Us the Duo A: Ain’t no rest for the wicked- Cage the elephant M: Mortal reminder- Pentakill E: Everytime we touch- Cascada S: Shark bytes- Off the hook A: Aozora no rhapsody- Fhána R: Rockin’ Hoppin’ Jumpin’- PPP E: Escape from the city- Ted Poley G: Getting along- Royal Republic O: Orgy for one- NSP N: Nuclear- Mike oldfield E: Exile vilify- The national

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vgtrackbracket · 9 months ago

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Video Game Track Bracket Round 3

Shark Bytes from Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion

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Battle! (Cassiopeia) from Pokémon Scarlet/Violet

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Propaganda under the cut. If you want your propaganda reblogged and added to future polls, please tag it as propaganda or otherwise indicate this!

Note: The propaganda contains spoilers for Pokémon Scarlet/Violet.

Shark Bytes:

unparrelelled, perfectly captures the feeling of fighting your way out of the evil testing facility. marinas vocals are everything to me.

Battle! (Cassiopeia):

LOVE MY TRANS SAPPHIC FURRY british HACKER PENNY‼️‼️

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verdigrisprowl · 7 years ago

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Bevel’s Movie Night, as hosted by Prowl - Jumanji & Steven Universe

As hosted by the other Prowl. Not this one.

Jumanji was a mildly terrifying movie about the consequences of playing a mysterious game that yields unknown real-life consequences, and the Steven Universe episodes were the two most disturbing ones, and the room thinks that Bevel probably gave them to Prowl to play as revenge against Soundwave for the cards losing her Star Saber.

Prowl (the other Prowl) revealed that she’s half a billion years old. Soundwave had an emotional crisis. Prowl (this Prowl) wants tips on dealing with info creep.

Today Smokescreen 7:31 pm 😮! Prowl! Prowl 7:33 pm Smokescreen. *hope you like Bevel's open first floor of a half-built building look* Omicron 7:33 pm *big predacon peers in?* Prowl 7:34 pm *hears the predacon approaching, there's plenty of space* Welcome. Smokescreen 7:34 pm /Smokescreen's got no room to judge! His Cybertron's not that different Omicron 7:36 pm *Huh, the predacon blinks around and sits down, chirping at smokescreen, tilting her head at the music* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:37 pm *Soundwave walks in and resists the urge to walk right back out.*

[[You would.]] Smokescreen 7:37 pm !! /Smokescreen's chirping back at the predacon!/ Prowl 7:37 pm *too late you're already here, Soundwave* Omicron 7:38 pm *chirps again, then to soundwave, there might be a meeper under a wing again, if its okay* Prowl 7:38 pm *Prowl doesn't mind so long as no one breaks any laws* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:39 pm *He remembers that he said he wanted to see them the next time. He heads over to Ice Queen and crouches, curious.* Omicron 7:41 pm *Icy lays down to make it easier, and lifts a wing for Soundwave to see a startled feline like sparkling under it* VProwl 7:43 pm *appears. ... and immediately looks around to make sure he's not in the wrong place. this is not the usual crowd.* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:43 pm *Soundwave holds a hand out for them to sniff and - after a bit of digging through his files - plays back a purring sound.* VProwl 7:44 pm *But this IS the usual place. so.* ... Alternate. Hello. ItsyBitsySpyers 7:44 pm *Pings Prowl. Good evening.* Prowl 7:44 pm *at least the location is the same* Hello. Bevel is still in space so she asked me to host for the evening since I was available. VProwl 7:45 pm I see. She's working for you currently, isn't she? *pings Soundwave back. Good evening.* Prowl 7:45 pm She was, yes. Omicron 7:46 pm *to soundwave as hatchling reaching out with small paws to touch his hand and sniff again...it smells like The Thingy* She's the first of the lot to transform, she might try again this evening *Proud Predacon Queen* VProwl 7:47 pm "Was"? ItsyBitsySpyers 7:48 pm [[Already?]] *Is so very, very still, so as not to startle the hatchling and their tiny paw.* [[Well done, youngling.]] Prowl 7:48 pm Her unexpected space trip does make employing her rather difficult. Smokescreen 7:49 pm /Smokescreen's watching the hatchling, hoping to see if she'll try again!/ Smokescreen 7:49 pm rude youtube Omicron 7:50 pm yes, it supersized us O.o normally the insecticons are the ones that can transform the earliest. But it only happened twice so far. I think she takes after skybite

Hatchling: *gives a soft mew, sniff sniff...maybe nibble on the fingers too* VProwl 7:51 pm ... She's... not going to be continuing when she comes back? *the concept of somebody losing their job for anything short of blatantly acting against the core function of that job is somewhat alien to prowl* Smokescreen 7:55 pm /OH he's singing along/ ItsyBitsySpyers 7:55 pm [[Sky-Byte?]] *Why does he know that name. Search. Search.* [[The shark poet...?]]

*Lightly wiggles his fingertips.* [[Oh dear. He's being consumed by a great predator. Someone call an emergency vehicle.]] Prowl 7:56 pm It didn't seem feasible to hold her job for an unknown amount of time. I'd be happy to rehire her when she returns. *the important question, can Smokescreen sing well?* Smokescreen 7:57 pm /He can!/ ItsyBitsySpyers 7:57 pm *He's being recorded, too.* ((i love this)) Prowl 7:58 pm ((it's such fun ((starting soon as this is over if everyone's ready ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm ((yep)) VProwl 7:59 pm ((yep)) Smokescreen 7:59 pm ((Sounds good! i might leave partway through azxcvbmn busy night Omicron 7:59 pm He is a poet, 😊 *Icy purrs, even if her skybite isn't famous or anything outside of her crew* and a good play writer too.

Hatchling: *tiny purr attempt too...and faceplants on soundwave's hand as she slips. Yep, she's an amazing cuddly predator* ((I'm good)) Prowl 8:00 pm ((no worries, smokey Prowl 8:01 pm *Prowl is now actually paying attention to the nearby conversations* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:02 pm [[The multiverse could do with more mechs like tha--ah! Be careful...]]

*Nudges her back up onto Ice Queen and peers closely. Any damage to her head?* Omicron 8:04 pm *Icy peers carefully with her good eye, but doesn't seem worried after a moment*

hatchling: *meeps, shakes head and tries to grab fingers again. * VProwl 8:04 pm *... he's gonna. just. mosey on over. and crouch next to soundwave. to inspect the new small one.* Smokescreen 8:05 pm ((adsbnmvcx yeah im gonna have to go i gotta get dinner but thank you still! one day i'll be able to stay for a full night ItsyBitsySpyers 8:05 pm *Stretches a feeler out behind himself and curls it toward the movie screen. He nods at Prowl and scoots over just a tad.*

[[What is this one's name?]] ((aaaaa bye!)) Prowl 8:05 pm ((no worries, later! Omicron 8:05 pm ((have safe night!)) VProwl 8:06 pm *... scoots a tiny bit closer to soundwave.* Omicron 8:07 pm *Icy is a convent couch?* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:07 pm ((omg he's not sitting on her i promise, he's just crouching near)) Omicron 8:07 pm ((its okay if they want to I mean!)) VProwl 8:08 pm ((but that would be RUDE)) Omicron 8:09 pm (not to Icy, its normal for her to be climbed on and have others perch on her XD) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:10 pm [[...Letting him take the blame?]] Omicron 8:10 pm ....what is with some humans? Omicron 8:11 pm Hatchling; *teetering, trying to get both forepaws on soundwave. he as an interesting arm to climb on?* VProwl 8:12 pm *glances up at the screen, but then back at the hatchling.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:12 pm *Turns his arm as flat as it can go from this angle and taps close to his elbow with two fingers. Come on up. He's sure Prowl would like to see you too.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:13 pm *...Does not trust the drums. He didn't see any speakers on that box.* Omicron 8:15 pm Hatchling: *gasp! climbing place! careful, but not shaky pads over the offered arm, sniffing along it and then what she can of soundwave's* ........ ((wonderbread? pffft)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:16 pm [[There we are. Their designation?]]

*Sloooowly twists himself toward Prowl and nods again. Here you go. An opticful.* VProwl 8:17 pm *... what's he being nodded at for?* Omicron 8:17 pm Hatchling: *mews, is visable now?* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:18 pm *Encouragement to look is what for.*

[[What in Primus' name--]] Omicron 8:19 pm what....the frag? Prowl 8:19 pm That did not go how I expected it to. VProwl 8:19 pm *there's screaming on screen. looks up at multiple flying things?* *and then back down at hatchling.* Hello. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:19 pm [[The game box pulled the human in? Where did he go? There wasn't room inside.]] Omicron 8:20 pm subspace? Prowl 8:20 pm Or a ground bridge. VProwl 8:20 pm Miniature space bridge? Disassembles the molecular structure and reassembles it on the other side? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:20 pm [[Perhaps, to any of those. That is an advanced game for 1969 on Earth.]] VProwl 8:21 pm "Advanced" or alien. Omicron 8:21 pm hathcling: *little nose stiffing at the closer VProwl, new person!* VProwl 8:21 pm Or magic. As movies go. VProwl 8:23 pm *watches the hatchling sniff for a moment, then glances up at Icy.* This is—you said this hatchling's learned how to transform? That's... a thing new ones need to learn? Omicron 8:26 pm For a lot of beast-formers in my native world yes. *she nods, and shifts her bulk to close her wing, and not bonk soundwave or prowl doing so* Some have to finish growing their t-cogs I was told, or some don't realize they have them for a time ((host poof?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:27 pm ((computer restarted. they'll be back soon)) Omicron 8:27 pm [kk] Prowl 8:27 pm ((tada i return Omicron 8:28 pm ((welcome back!)) VProwl 8:28 pm ... Huh. Yes, right, Predaking had that issue, didn't he. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:28 pm [[This is not the first time he has heard that - Predacons or otherwise. It is interesting to see another case.]] Prowl 8:28 pm They need to grow their t-cogs? *welp now Prowl's interested* Omicron 8:29 pm *Icy nods* took me about a half vron to learn, but, well. I wasn't a normal case as far as I can tell. VProwl 8:29 pm Maybe the game itself is the speaker? Its actual surface might vibrate to produce the drumming sound? *he's only half watching the movie* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:30 pm [[He'll buy that.]]

[[But how does it produce THOSE?]] Prowl 8:31 pm The ground or space bridge? VProwl 8:31 pm The same miniature space bridge technology that captured the other one? Omicron 8:32 pm Hatcling: *flops on soundwave's arm, its not at all bothered with being looked at, but starts mewing for pets please* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm [[What a strange thing to build with space bridge tech. He wonders if it has a list of preprogrammed--]] Omicron 8:32 pm what the? O,o Prowl 8:33 pm ...this does not seem like a very safe game. VProwl 8:33 pm Considering that it has matching rhymes to go with the things it's summoning, I'd say it probably is preprogrammed. Omicron 8:33 pm it does not. Please keep it FAR away from my crew ItsyBitsySpyers 8:34 pm *He doesn't remember any rhymes about humans in leaves.*

*Soundwave absently scritches the hatchling under the chin.* VProwl 8:34 pm It seems like the kind of game meant for adults trained in combat, rather than children. Prowl 8:35 pm The one human rolled a five. He's the human from 1969. Omicron 8:35 pm he aged in the subspace-spacebridge place? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:36 pm [[He'd have to have aged, it's been more than twenty years.]] Omicron 8:36 pm True ItsyBitsySpyers 8:36 pm [[That's... what is that. A fourth of a human's life?]] Omicron 8:37 pm Hatch: *sloowly melting with scritches* VProwl 8:37 pm It said he had to "wait in the jungle." Perhaps he was bridged to whatever location the creatures come from. *oh! a cop!* *......... oh. a cop.* Prowl 8:38 pm *!!!!* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:38 pm [[A moment of silence for the lightbar.]] VProwl 8:38 pm *cops never get treated well in movies like thidLKJFLSJ * Omicron 8:38 pm O__o primus VProwl 8:39 pm *BULLET STRAIGHT THROUGH LIGHT BAR. that is both extremely painful-looking and a GRAVE insult.* Prowl 8:39 pm *internally cringing* VProwl 8:39 pm *externally cringing* Blaster 8:39 pm ....what just happened? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:39 pm [[A monkey fired a gun from inside a police car.]] Omicron 8:39 pm *chirps at hatchling*

Hathcling: *looks up, puffs up and gives a sort of hiss in defense! maybe?* Prowl 8:40 pm Ugh. *don't remind her, Soundwave* Blaster 8:40 pm Ah. Yikes ItsyBitsySpyers 8:40 pm [[Shh, shh.]] *Pat pat.* VProwl 8:40 pm *reaches back to rub his light bar* Omicron 8:40 pm *chirps a greating to Blaster as her hatchling calms down* Blaster 8:40 pm Hello ItsyBitsySpyers 8:41 pm *Glance at Prowl. You okay there?* [[Good evening, Blaster.]] VProwl 8:41 pm (("they're over on adams street" you dick you coulda warned him)) Blaster 8:41 pm Hello, Soundwave ItsyBitsySpyers 8:42 pm [[...He only missed his creators by four years.]] Blaster 8:42 pm ((RIGHT!? Omicron 8:42 pm that that was an aft move VProwl 8:44 pm ... They went into the car that the stung person came out of? That seems... not bright. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:44 pm *It's like when they were renting the car.* Blaster 8:44 pm ....that poor car Omicron 8:44 pm Hatchling: *mews at blaster too, then small paw pats soundwave, more pets?* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:45 pm *Well. Maybe not that bad. But it felt like it.* VProwl 8:45 pm *PROWL FIGURED IT OUT FASTER THAN THAT.* *and he found the right stick on the first try thank you very much.* Omicron 8:45 pm that wasn't so wise .....good response lion Blaster 8:47 pm They're goading him into it ItsyBitsySpyers 8:47 pm *Soundwave looks down at the hatchling. Still more?*

[[They are. The small one is clever.]] VProwl 8:48 pm Whatever he saw, it wasn't bad enough to kill a sixth grader. Omicron 8:48 pm is he talking about predacons? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:48 pm *Soft huff at Prowl's comment.* Blaster 8:48 pm Or it didn't want to see what sixth grader tasted like Prowl 8:49 pm I'm sure we'll all find out exactly what the game is capable of soon enough. Omicron 8:49 pm Hatchling: *soft purr, all the pets are good, she lays on his arm* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:49 pm [[....Ah.]] [[The other human girl.]] VProwl 8:50 pm ... I wonder if your turn gets skipped if you die. Blaster 8:50 pm Possibly? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:50 pm [[How morbid.]] *Pet pet pet. He hopes the hatchling is too young to understand what's on screen.* Omicron 8:50 pm It would make sense to I think Prowl 8:50 pm I would think so. What are they going to do? Put the dice in the corpse's hand and shake them out? VProwl 8:51 pm You don't know how sophisticated the game is, maybe it would just glitch up and never progress again. Blaster 8:52 pm ...... She's out Omicron 8:52 pm pffffffffft Blaster 8:52 pm And....kidnapped her VProwl 8:52 pm So only one of three options is possible. One, the game skips over dead players. Two, the game doesn't skip over dead players, but nobody has ever died playing before so it's never been a problem. Or three, somebody has died playing it, but the game ended before it was their turn again. Omicron 8:54 pm hmm... O_o Blaster 8:54 pm Oh dear Omicron 8:54 pm *hisses at screen, reminded of something* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:55 pm *Points with his other hand.* [[An Audrey Two?]] Blaster 8:55 pm Do....plants normally doooohmy VProwl 8:55 pm ... Or, I suppose, yes, four: somebody died but they put the dice in the corpse's hand to roll. Prowl 8:55 pm The first makes the most amount of sense. The game seems quite intent on trying to kill them. Omicron 8:55 pm ....not noramlly *bares fangs at screen* Prowl 8:56 pm *oh no that poor police car* Blaster 8:56 pm Primus Omicron 8:56 pm how is that car alive? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:56 pm *Slight cringe.* Blaster 8:56 pm That poor car VProwl 8:56 pm *winces at the poor police/police car.* Omicron 8:56 pm Hatchling: *happy flop* VProwl 8:57 pm That ascribes malice to the game that may not be there. It may simply be designed for a different audience than the one that picked it up. Prowl 8:57 pm True. Omicron 8:58 pm hmmm Blaster 8:58 pm Probably made for people who could handle it Omicron 8:58 pm ((bling)) Prowl 8:59 pm Though nothing about it has proven it isn't malicious so far. VProwl 8:59 pm Off the top of my head, I can think of, oh... four? four mechs who would LOVE a Cybertronian equivalent to this game. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm [[...It wouldn't pose much threat here. Everything it brings in would asphyxiate.]] VProwl 8:59 pm And they're all living on Debris. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm [[You may add three more sitting upstairs.]] Omicron 8:59 pm O__o Blaster 8:59 pm What just...Who? VProwl 9:00 pm *points at Van Pelt* THAT is the kind of person this game was designed for. Prowl 9:00 pm ...his father? Omicron 9:00 pm I think I would agree with you VProwl 9:00 pm What did that poor police car do to anyone?! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:00 pm [[That is not his father. His father is dead.]] Prowl 9:00 pm They sound alike. Blaster 9:00 pm I have no idea, but that poor car Omicron 9:01 pm over kill much? That car need a medic Prowl 9:01 pm What did they do to the car now? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:01 pm [[Blew holes in its side and shot out its windows.]] VProwl 9:01 pm Shot in the side and through the windows. Blaster 9:02 pm ....oh no ItsyBitsySpyers 9:02 pm [[An earthquake?]] Blaster 9:03 pm Time to move ItsyBitsySpyers 9:04 pm [[...Oh dear.]] VProwl 9:04 pm What do you think it does if it's someone's turn to roll but they've been banished to the jungle? Does it skip them, does the game force a five or eight roll before their next turn, or does the game reach an impasse? Blaster 9:04 pm That's not good VProwl 9:05 pm ((amurrka)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:05 pm [[The games Rumble and Frenzy play simply skip the mech's turn and make the other one keep playing.]] VProwl 9:05 pm Do they play games like this? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:06 pm [[...None that summon dangerous beasts, but they have a fondness for Earth games of all kinds. Arcade often upsizes the ones they find for them.]] [[Oh, well done, Peter human.]] Prowl 9:06 pm Very smart. Blaster 9:06 pm Good work VProwl 9:07 pm ... You know, it wouldn't be THAT difficult to design a game like this. All you'd need is some sort of wildlife preserve with a population of the creatures you'd need for the game, a miniature space bridge generator, and some sort of scanner like the sort Starfleet has that lets you identify the species of lifeforms from a distance that the space bridge generator can use to scoop up members of the species that the game needs for each turn. Omicron 9:07 pm *Icy blinks looking around confused, did she black out?* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:07 pm [[...Surely you're not encouraging its creation.]] Ratchet 9:07 pm [[ IS that his dad?? ]] ItsyBitsySpyers 9:08 pm ((van pelt is played by the guy who plays his dad. symbolism)) Prowl 9:09 pm It can tell he cheated? Omicron 9:09 pm [[didn't that thing with van say something about darkest fears?) VProwl 9:09 pm Gyroscopes in the dice, perhaps. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:09 pm *...The monkeys remind him very much of a certain pair of minis.* VProwl 9:09 pm No, I'm not encouraging, just—hypothesizing. ... There ARE people who would enjoy it. There's a market. *no not the police motorcycle.* Prowl 9:10 pm That poor motorcycle. VProwl 9:11 pm Indeed. Omicron 9:11 pm *Icy's is making a mental note to neeever have this game thing near her crew.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:11 pm *His biolights dim at the sight of them crushing the car.* Blaster 9:11 pm ............. Omicron 9:11 pm why would you climb on the car? *she winces* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:11 pm [[You could have told us we were watching a snuff film.]] Prowl 9:12 pm I didn't know! Blaster 9:12 pm Whhhhhhhy VProwl 9:12 pm Humans don't tend to warn for damage to vehicles. Unfortunately. Prowl 9:12 pm This was the movie Bevel wanted shown tonight. Omicron 9:12 pm At least I make sure any cars don't run remotely before chewing on them ItsyBitsySpyers 9:12 pm [[...Did you do something to anger her?]] Prowl 9:13 pm I don't think so? Blaster 9:13 pm ....... Omicron 9:13 pm PFFT go sparklings VProwl 9:13 pm ... This also seems like the kind of game Bevel would like. Really?! You just endangered him! You trapped him in one place. Blaster 9:14 pm -winces- Omicron 9:14 pm why not get the keys? Blaster 9:14 pm That poor car ItsyBitsySpyers 9:14 pm [[...He admits he's almost curious, himself.]] [[But only almost. We can get this kind of terrorizing without asking from the Underworld.]] *LOUD huff at the monkey cops.* Omicron 9:15 pm they weren't thrown far at all Prowl 9:15 pm *facepalms* Ratchet 9:15 pm [[ ................ is anyone else reminded of the giant poop ]] ItsyBitsySpyers 9:15 pm ((YES)) Ratchet 9:15 pm [[ with that detergent on the floor trick ]] VProwl 9:15 pm ((oh my god)) ((yes)) Prowl 9:16 pm ((YES I'm considering any version of this a form of public endangerment. Omicron 9:16 pm ((*ANGRY YELLING FROM OMIE*)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:16 pm [[He already learned his lesson.]] Omicron 9:16 pm ((THAT"S NOT HOW TANKS WORK AT ALL)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm [[...He's aware of how the game works? Is he its inventor?]] VProwl 9:17 pm Maybe a willing participant. Omicron 9:17 pm .......... Blaster 9:17 pm !!!! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm [[...A dead one, now.]] VProwl 9:18 pm He apparently lives in the same preserve where the other hunted animals come from. He's likely a willing participant. Omicron 9:18 pm or someone that was trapped there before that never came out? VProwl 9:18 pm ... Well. "Hunted." I'm presuming that, as the game is MEANT to be played, the players would hunt them. In THIS game they seem to be more the huntING animals. Prowl 9:19 pm Ugh, the door. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:19 pm [[...What is wrong with the Peter human?]] VProwl 9:19 pm He's turning into a monkey. He's got good reason to be upset. Prowl 9:19 pm He's turning into an animal of some kind? Omicron 9:19 pm is that pain or fear? he's changing into something? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:19 pm [[Is that what it is?]] Blaster 9:20 pm .... ? VProwl 9:20 pm Oh. Yes. When he cheated it made that his punishment. Blaster 9:20 pm oh Omicron 9:20 pm oh my ItsyBitsySpyers 9:20 pm [[He's been wonder-- oh, it's making him one of the monkeys.]] Pause. [[...Is that where it gets the monkeys. Cheating players.]] Blaster 9:21 pm -winces- Omicron 9:21 pm *winces at that poor car* Blaster 9:21 pm The car... VProwl 9:21 pm If that were the case, then there wouldn't be any monkeys, because the game was last played twenty-six years ago and was buried who-knows-how-long before that. Blaster 9:21 pm And...he's alive? VProwl 9:21 pm Unless they're the descendants of prior players? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:21 pm [[They could be.]] VProwl 9:21 pm *winces. that poor car.* Prowl 9:21 pm No. No no no no. VProwl 9:22 pm ... Oh, no. Blaster 9:22 pm ................ Omicron 9:22 pm ...for primus sake no Blaster 9:22 pm -hides face- ItsyBitsySpyers 9:22 pm *Soundwave tilts his helm.*

[[...He's done that before.]] Prowl 9:22 pm *winces* VProwl 9:22 pm *puts an arm over his waist and gives Soundwave an alarmed look.* Blaster 9:22 pm WHY Omicron 9:22 pm At least its no longer going to suffer? *not mentioning seeing her mate eat cars like that* Prowl 9:23 pm *angry door twitch in Soundwave's direction* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:23 pm *Soundwave pings Prowl with a comfort tag.* [[Arena days. And during the war. Not to you.]] Blaster 9:23 pm .......... Omicron 9:23 pm go outside VProwl 9:24 pm Why would they get to higher ground when they can just go out the front door? It's right there. Omicron 9:24 pm Hatchling: *mews?* Blaster 9:24 pm .....oh no ItsyBitsySpyers 9:24 pm [[The table can hold all four of them but a door can't hold two shipwrecked humans?]] Prowl 9:24 pm ...what? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:25 pm *What lovely beasts. Look at their teeth.* Omicron 9:25 pm that's not how jaws work frowning** VProwl 9:25 pm It wasn't a door, it was was part of the molding. Plus they were freezing to death. Blaster 9:26 pm Wait What? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:27 pm [[Molding, then. The Titanic documentary, Blaster.]] Blaster 9:27 pm Oh Prowl 9:27 pm Titanic? Omicron 9:27 pm *confused look at soundwave* VProwl 9:27 pm Anyway, she's lucky he didn't get on with her. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:27 pm *Resumes patting the hatchling. There, there. The scariness is temporarily gone.* [[Oh, he knows that one. They do not like that game.]] *Pause.* [[Both Prowls would like that game.]]

[[Why was she lucky?]] VProwl 9:28 pm Because he was clearly abusive and would have ruined her life if she'd stayed with him. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:29 pm [[Oh, that. Yes. He thought you meant it another way he hadn't thought of.]] VProwl 9:29 pm No, just that way. *SPIDERS* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:29 pm [[And Prowl - the Prowl from here. A large ship that sank.]] VProwl 9:30 pm *they're not as fuzzy as the one he knows.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:30 pm [[It's too bad the police car is gone now.]] *Tiny trembles.* Blaster 9:30 pm ??? Omicron 9:30 pm Hatchling: *rests her head on soundwave's arm, and looks at screen, then younging focuses and Scream! jumping up and fumbling* Prowl 9:30 pm I gathered that. Omicron 9:30 pm !!!!!! *hiss!* Prowl 9:30 pm *huffs* Blaster 9:30 pm Are they supposed to be that big? VProwl 9:30 pm Why? *give him a second.* ... *halfhearted whap* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:31 pm *Accepts the whap as his fate.*

[[Calm down, youngling. It is only a film.]] Omicron 9:32 pm Hatchling: *trying to hide now* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:32 pm *Hah. Right over his face.* Blaster 9:33 pm ...... ItsyBitsySpyers 9:33 pm [[...This game is NOT allowed in his home.]] Omicron 9:33 pm what the frag? VProwl 9:33 pm Hff. Blaster 9:33 pm This game is trying to kill them Omicron 9:33 pm Its going nowhere near Dreaded Wings >C ItsyBitsySpyers 9:34 pm @P: [[Perhaps we should locate a copy and deliver it to Starscream.]] Prowl 9:34 pm It's probably succeeded in killing the girl. Blaster 9:34 pm I don't blame you VProwl 9:34 pm We can neither confirm nor deny that the game is actively attempting to kill them. @S «He'd burn it.» Blaster 9:34 pm ....Well HE is ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm [[...Fascinating.]]

@P: [[Pity.]] Omicron 9:35 pm that seems like it is by way of creatures and hunter Blaster 9:36 pm ???? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:36 pm [[...Hold on, now.]] Blaster 9:36 pm What? Prowl 9:36 pm ...it undid everything. VProwl 9:36 pm "Trying" implies intent. If it's merely programmed to move objects as the game is rolled, then it's not TRYING to do anything. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm [[What of everyone and everything that had lived in the meantime? They must be dead now. Or in a splintered timeline.]] Tarantulas 9:37 pm *comes in at the literal end of the movie, oops* VProwl 9:37 pm ... The game took the gun that Van Pelt purchased while he was here. That implies that the game does indeed merely work by space bridge, rather than "creating" and "destroying" objects. Otherwise it wouldn't take an object with it that wasn't part of the game. Omicron 9:37 pm splintered timeline Blaster 9:38 pm More than likely Omicron 9:38 pm hatchling: *still hiding against soundwave, spiders on the screen scared her* VProwl 9:39 pm So yes. Bridging, apparently. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:39 pm *Well, hopefully the hatchling doesn't look over at the one that just walked in.* Tarantulas 9:39 pm *yes, is Quite Spidery* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:39 pm [[Terrible use of a bridge.]] VProwl 9:40 pm Not if competent fighters are playing the game somewhere safe. A dedicated arena, for instance. Omicron 9:40 pm Hatchling: *might, but has head hiding* Omicron 9:41 pm do the kids remember them? VProwl 9:41 pm They would either be born knowing or else the knowledge would spontaneously appear in them at the appropriate time. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm *That's precisely how he feels when he sees someone else doing something he's seen go wrong in another timeline.* Blaster 9:42 pm ..... Omicron 9:42 pm Hatchling:: *peeks up with a mew?* Tarantulas 9:42 pm ...What movie was this? *has no fricken idea what's going on but is gonna try to sit wherever prowl is* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm [[Jumanji.]] *They are over near Ice Queen. Soundwave has a hatchling on his arm.* VProwl 9:43 pm *prowl is crouched next to soundwave, observing said hatchling.* Ratchet 9:43 pm [[ frybo!!! ]] VProwl 9:43 pm You missed spiders. They weren't very fuzzy. Omicron 9:43 pm *Icy looks over at him, as long as Tarantulus behaves around sparkling she's okay with him* Prowl 9:43 pm *hopes Bevel's other choices for tonight aren't so... whatever that was* Blaster 9:43 pm ? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:43 pm [[Oh, the gem creatures.]] Omicron 9:44 pm ((Tarantulus is a fuzzy spider?)) Prowl 9:44 pm *is listening to Pearl's lecture* Fascinating. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:44 pm [[Er.]] VProwl 9:44 pm *couldn't hear it under Steven's internal monologue.* ... What did she say? Tarantulas 9:44 pm Ooh, a shame. Maybe I'll have to watch the movie myself sometime. *hovers near prowl, leaning on whatever he can* *tara is DEFINITELy a fuzzy spide* VProwl 9:45 pm *all of prowl is available for leaning.* Prowl 9:45 pm *Prowl repeats Pearl verbatim* These shards have a powerful partial consciousness that has been harnessed by Gems throughout history to create semi-sentient drone soldiers with the capacity to follow basic orders. Gems once created an army of these drones but found their obedience waned as the shards overdeveloped inside their uniforms and turned on their commanders. You see, any shard inside any sort of container could become a monster! Blaster 9:45 pm What...just.... Omicron 9:45 pm hatchling: *will have a better reaction to fuzzy spider then when she sees him* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:46 pm *...Is actually impressed by that. Offers Prowl a small clap with his own hands.* VProwl 9:46 pm Ah. Thank you. Prowl 9:47 pm *nods* Blaster 9:47 pm ...he really should have listened Omicron 9:47 pm Hatchling: *blinks at Vprowl, listening his his voice, calms down* Blaster 9:47 pm This is going to end...badly, isn't it? VProwl 9:48 pm Very badly. ... That was a very poor order. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm [[Extremely.]] Omicron 9:48 pm yes Prowl 9:48 pm That was a terr- Yes. Omicron 9:49 pm hatchling: *soft paw on soundwave's arm, can she climb up to shoulder?* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:49 pm [[...How has he learned that much already.]] *Soundwave will have to lean on both Prowl and Tarantulas to twist his arm enough to let the hatchling climb safely, but if they let him, then he'll let her.* VProwl 9:50 pm Humans have a very dim outlook on labor. Omicron 9:50 pm online? Tarantulas 9:50 pm *certainly allows sw* Omicron 9:51 pm Hatchling: *happy chittering* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:51 pm [[This is. Quite a bit darker than the last few incidents, isn't it.]] Prowl 9:51 pm No, he did not. Blaster 9:52 pm ........ VProwl 9:52 pm It is. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:52 pm [[Again? Has he still not learned?]] Tarantulas 9:52 pm He's a /child/. Omicron 9:52 pm *Icy sniffs at tarantulas* VProwl 9:53 pm They're effective for very limited times, aren't they? As soon as he ends the battle quickly and retrieves the shards. Omicron 9:53 pm sparklings don't learn too fast either....though racer got better about nibbling on strangers' pedes after prowl got him VProwl 9:53 pm ... Sorry. Omicron 9:54 pm you didn't mean to, and racer was big enough to not be too bothered afterwards. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:54 pm [[What is THAT.]] Blaster 9:54 pm .............. Prowl 9:55 pm This was a mistake. Blaster 9:55 pm I'm worried Tarantulas 9:55 pm *is sniffed! freezes nervously* Omicron 9:56 pm *big predacon inspecting fuzzy spider, but...okay for now with him* Blaster 9:56 pm What Tarantulas 9:57 pm *tara probably smells weird since he's metal AND organic, but there's nothing fishy about him* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:57 pm *Imagining one of the Constructicons doing the whomp-whomp thing with Prowl's avatar. Tries not to shake. Doesn't want to drop the hatchling off his shoulder.* Omicron 9:58 pm *she knows that smell, has met tiny predicons before* VProwl 9:58 pm *confused glance. was the show that funny?* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:59 pm *Not by itself, no....* Blaster 10:00 pm I'm WORRIED Tarantulas 10:01 pm Rightfully so. VProwl 10:01 pm It's a little worrisome. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:01 pm [[He's suddenly grateful being a carrier unit isn't like this.]] VProwl 10:01 pm Pfff. Omicron 10:01 pm Hatchling: *sniffing at soundwave's neck, and she settles and peers around* Blaster 10:02 pm ....... If it was...I....oh Primus Omicron 10:02 pm ......O__o Prowl 10:02 pm *wonders if this has ever happened to Bevel* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:02 pm *Tries to see the hatchling on his shoulder. Has to use a feeler.*

[[Though this reminds him of the time he thought he could teach a regular cybercat to-- to-- that's horrifying.]] Blaster 10:03 pm You got that right Omicron 10:03 pm what sort of infection? VProwl 10:03 pm ... I think he needs more training. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:03 pm [[A great deal more.]] Blaster 10:04 pm Yeah VProwl 10:04 pm ((greg is such a good supportive terrified confused dad)) Tarantulas 10:04 pm I got the impression the shape-shifting wasn't supposed to imbue parts of your body with sentience in the first place, so I think this miiiight be something... beyond training. Prowl 10:04 pm ((I love him so much Omicron 10:04 pm Hatchling: *so confused at hearing the mews??? what is it???* Blaster 10:04 pm Is it supposed to be this dark? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm *He probably wasn't going to sleep well tonight anyway.* Blaster 10:05 pm Because this just...kinda worried me Alot Prowl 10:05 pm I don't know. This is just what Bevel wanted me to show everyone tonight. I am so sorry. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm [[He questions Bevel's choice in... everything.]] Blaster 10:05 pm What did we do to her? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:06 pm [[Gave her the card that caused her to lose the Star Saber.]] Omicron 10:06 pm I just adopted a medic, surely that couldn't have upset her? Blaster 10:06 pm Wait, what? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:06 pm [[Nothing. How have you been?]] VProwl 10:06 pm ... Ah. Yes. We DID just watch a movie about the dangers of playing improperly-explained games with randomized outcomes. Blaster 10:06 pm ...... She lost something because of the cards Prowl 10:07 pm Well, I didn't play Soundwave's game. What did I have to learn from this? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:07 pm [[Smokescreen drew for you. Ask him.]] [[And yes, she did.]] Prowl 10:07 pm ...he what? Blaster 10:07 pm Oh. Guess that would upset her Prowl 10:08 pm You need to tell me exactly what he did. Now. VProwl 10:08 pm ... Hold on, is that a thing? Does drawing a card "for" somebody pass it on to them? /What cards did Scavenger draw./ ItsyBitsySpyers 10:08 pm [[He doesn't know. Prowl hasn't told him whether or not it worked.]] Tarantulas 10:09 pm *muttering* ...How many people DID draw cards? Goodness. *as if he's one to speak* Prowl 10:10 pm Whether or not what worked? What did he draw? Blaster 10:10 pm So, I'm guessing I got off easy, huh? Omicron 10:10 pm I did, ws tempted to but...I have hatchlings and a colony to take care of ItsyBitsySpyers 10:11 pm [[Let him think.]] He's been trying NOT to remember all of that, mostly. [[The Starscream shooting Megatron from behind, a Rodimus Star, and wishes. He wanted you to see Jazz again.]] [[And yes, you did.]] Prowl 10:11 pm ... ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm *He's distracted now. This is a thing of interest to him.* Blaster 10:12 pm ....I really need to stop doing stuff like that, considering the risks VProwl 10:12 pm ... Did it work? Prowl 10:13 pm I haven't seen Jazz at all. *dreams don't count obviously* VProwl 10:13 pm *shoulders sink in relief* Omicron 10:13 pm Hatchling: *very confused staring at Tarantulus???* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:14 pm *One of his does too. The other keeps itself up so the hatchling will stay safe.* Prowl 10:14 pm *decides she likes this song* Tarantulas 10:14 pm *notices the staring, tentatively reaches out a spidery limb to the hatchling to sniff if they so choose?* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:15 pm *Is prepared to swat the limb away if it scares the little one. Hopes it doesn't.* Omicron 10:16 pm Hatchling: *wide eyed, stays very still, but fuzzynes is throwing her off. so after a klick a small paw touches the leg* Tarantulas 10:17 pm *holds VERY still but is extremely pleased* *to ice queen* What's this one's name, might I ask? Omicron 10:18 pm Hatchling: *so strange, yes strange. too strange to be scared of now* She doesn't have one yet, we've been thinking of a few temporary ones, like Racer's ItsyBitsySpyers 10:19 pm *Soundwave's spines are quivering a little. What delicious audio.* Omicron 10:19 pm ((I really need to name her)) Tarantulas 10:20 pm Ah, I see. *gently moves his spide paw, as if scooping up the hatchling's paw on top of his* Omicron 10:21 pm I think the workers were calling her peddle for some reason. Prowl 10:21 pm Impressive vocals. Blaster 10:21 pm -Primus, that was a performance- Tarantulas 10:22 pm Peddle? I can see it, hyeh. Omicron 10:23 pm Hatchling: *lifts her paw, blinks, pats it on the spider paw? is it like an insecticon's little grabby feet?* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:24 pm @P: [[...You DO know he wouldn't crush you like that.]] *Sort of a question, sort of a statement. Yes, he's still concerned about the way Prowl reacted. Mostly because he saw the way Prowl reacted to what happened to his alternate.* VProwl 10:24 pm ... Why "Peddle"? Is she metaphorically selling something? Tarantulas 10:24 pm (( https://orig00.deviantart.net/ee2b/f/2013/121/8/4/claws_of_a_tarantula_by_melvynyeo-d63p45b.jpg the fuzziest paw Prowl 10:24 pm *wait* MY Smokescreen, yes? *Prowl needs to make sure she questions the right bot* VProwl 10:24 pm @S «I know you wouldn't without being given a reason.» Omicron 10:24 pm From what Betta said she likes chewing on the peddles of crystal flowers (spider paws are cute) VProwl 10:25 pm Oh! Petals. Omicron 10:25 pm .....*paaaaauses* what did I say? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm [[Yes. Ours. The one that wrote his own Covenant of Primus.]]

*...Is that a good answer? It's probably the best answer he can hope for. He nods agreement.*

@P: [[And he does not foresee that happening.]] Prowl 10:27 pm *screws up her face in annoyance* That book was a travesty. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:27 pm [[You're telling him. Smokescreen claimed he was a Senator. He also said you fought the Quintessons. Absolute nonsense.]] VProwl 10:27 pm @S «I do not foresee giving you a reason in the near future.» *wasn't smokescreen right tho* Tarantulas 10:28 pm *soft boops at the hatchling's paw from time to time to keep her entertained* Prowl 10:28 pm ...that one is actually correct. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:28 pm *He was. About two things, apparently.* Prowl 10:28 pm I was referring to him claiming Optimus was one of the original thirteen. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:28 pm [[Oh, Primus. Yes, that idiotic hero-worship gone too f-- you WHAT.]] Prowl 10:28 pm *she's forever stuck on that one because it's offensive to her* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:29 pm *Picks up the hatchling, hands it to Tarantulas, and spins around to STARE.* Prowl 10:29 pm You didn't know? Omicron 10:29 pm Hatchling: *fascinated staring, then meeps!* Tarantulas 10:29 pm *takes the hatchling eagerly and easily, precious beb* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[That's impossible. You would be older than Remedy. You would be older than SHOCKWAVE. Nobody but the true Primes have lived that long.]] Prowl 10:30 pm You're welcome to age me if you'd like. I know how old I am, Soundwave. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[Give him access to your chronometer.]] Blaster 10:30 pm .....? Prowl 10:30 pm ...fine. Tarantulas 10:31 pm *hopefully the ice queen's alright with the hatchling getting carefully snuggled up to tara's fuzzy chest* Prowl 10:31 pm *stands up and offers her hand to him* Will telepathy suffice? VProwl 10:31 pm ... Oh. Cool. I'm going to live a long time. Omicron 10:31 pm ?? *confused predacon? but has her good eye on the spider mech?* VProwl 10:31 pm What are "the Quintessons"? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:32 pm *To the Prowl he's dating:* [[You had better.]]

*He snatches that hand so fast. And after about 45 seconds, slowly topples back out of his crouch and onto his aft. He'll just stay sitting there, then, shall he?* Omicron 10:33 pm Hatchling: *is he in bot mode? big predacon kitty in a way* Tarantulas 10:33 pm (( yep, bot mode! how big is the hatchling? 😮 VProwl 10:33 pm *looks at soundwave. looks at alternate. looks at soundwave.* ... *looks at alternate* So how old are you? Prowl 10:34 pm *levels her visor at him* The Quintessons are tentacled organics that enslaved us prior to the Golden Age. They did such a successful job that Cybertronians are still coming out of the well with spaces to hold them in our alt modes. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:34 pm [[The... the aliens from the boxverse documentary. With the bad trials and the Sharkticons. They were--]] *Looking back at other Prowl.* [[You can't POSSIBLY--]] *Rubs his crest with his other hand.* [[There were legends that said they came here to control us. We met them once elsewhere, but - that is, Megatron and Optimus--]] *Back to own Prowl.* [[You can't. HOW.]] VProwl 10:34 pm Oh. Right, those. Yeah, we've uh—we haven't dealt with them. Omicron 10:34 pm [she's younger then racer, who's pony sized, like grate dame big cat sized ish] Quintessons are slavers Prowl 10:35 pm Sentinel survived until the Autobot-Decepticon war. Is it really so unbelievable that others would make it longer? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:36 pm [[Sentinel was a protected, pampered fool with all the rights and powers that once came with the title of Prime. You are not.]] Tarantulas 10:36 pm (( good good!! proportionally just looks like a human holding a cat then, yus Blaster 10:37 pm -turns and blinks at Soundwave, only now registering what happened- You okay? Omicron 10:37 pm Hatchling: *meeps, bats at fuzz, distracted from tentions* Tarantulas 10:37 pm *will let her bat all she wants while he listens in keenly* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:37 pm [[Perfectly fine. What else would he be.]] Prowl 10:37 pm *she sits back down and frowns* He was better than that once. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:38 pm *He is not perfectly fine.* Blaster 10:38 pm ......you fell over Omicron 10:38 pm ....do you want to date my old egg? *slight evil moment sorrry* VProwl 10:39 pm *pats soundwave's knee.* If it helps, I'm still under five million years. Tarantulas 10:41 pm *really, REALLY wants to know how old sw's prowl is, but she didn't answer when vprowl asked, dangit. too gauche for tara to ask now* Omicron 10:41 pm Hatchling: *mew in the quiet?* Tarantulas 10:41 pm *pets the hatchling distractedly* VProwl 10:41 pm *prowl just wants to know how many times older she is than the entirety of recorded Cybertronian history in his universe* Omicron 10:42 pm ....soo...any ideas for a name? Prowl 10:42 pm *oh yes, distracted by Soundwave freak out* Do you want the exact number or would you rather I rounded to the nearest million? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:42 pm [[He was NEVER better than that. And you - you KNEW he was going to the Hall of Records to help piece together our history. That fool librarian in the second tower called you about it often enough. Why didn't you speak up?]]

*Looks at the pat to his knee, looks over at avatar-Prowl, and nods sort of helplessly.* Prowl 10:42 pm ((oh look it's Tara's song VProwl 10:42 pm Please assume that I always want an exact number. Tarantulas 10:43 pm (( it's totally on my tara playlist Blaster 10:43 pm ((holy shit it's actually Sting Omicron 10:44 pm (nice) Prowl 10:44 pm *smiles, exact numbers are good* 534,864,284 Earth years. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm *His vents rattle.* Tarantulas 10:44 pm *ok hold on just a hot second* VProwl 10:44 pm ... Huh. Blaster 10:45 pm -cough- Omicron 10:45 pm *pauses. blinks at PRowl* Blaster 10:45 pm What Omicron 10:46 pm Hatchling: *flingers to nomnoms one?* Blaster 10:46 pm How Prowl 10:46 pm *would blink back but she doesn't have eyelids* Omicron 10:46 pm I realize I have no context for this. VProwl 10:46 pm Well, you're 44.57 times older than my universe's mythical origins of our entire species. Prowl 10:46 pm ...oh. *newbuild universe* VProwl 10:47 pm Yeah. Oh. Blaster 10:47 pm ..... ItsyBitsySpyers 10:48 pm *He can't process this. He's going to just rest his forehead on Prowl's shoulder and stare into the seam.* VProwl 10:48 pm *pats Soundwave's head.* Omicron 10:48 pm .....did you see primal predacons in your world? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:49 pm *A sort of mumbly mental broadcast. It's basically half-completed thoughts.*

[[They were older than that.]] Prowl 10:49 pm Much older. Omicron 10:49 pm the were? VProwl 10:50 pm ((imagine this playing before baseball games)) Prowl 10:50 pm ((best Tarantulas 10:50 pm *still petting the hatchling and allowing the batting and nomming* Prowl 10:50 pm *wait what were we holding onto Tara you had a thought share it with the class* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:50 pm [[Is anyone else here a living relic that he doesn't know about, or is this the only case.]] Prowl 10:51 pm Tch. Omicron 10:51 pm Hatchling: *has no care about what's happening onther then new person to play with* Tarantulas 10:51 pm *he didn't have anything in particular, just a huge case of being taken aback* Omicron 10:51 pm *lifts a foreleg at soundwave's sort of question* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[Speak.]] VProwl 10:52 pm Still in the single digits. Blaster 10:52 pm -slight sinking in his seat- Omicron 10:52 pm I'm a primal PRedacon queen from before what killed the others. and only survived becuse of some old prime that saved several predacon eggs somehow? VProwl 10:52 pm Half a billion years, huh. ... Something to look forward to, I suppose. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:53 pm *Buries his face harder at Ice Queen's statement.* Tarantulas 10:53 pm *squinting at ice queen* ...And how old, approximately, does that make you then? Prowl 10:53 pm So I'm not technically the oldest in the room. Huh. Omicron 10:53 pm I would really like to know what stasis was used on me as an egg for that. But I'm only several million years old VProwl 10:53 pm *pets Soundwave's head.* ... Am I competing with an actual baby for youngest person in the room? Tarantulas 10:54 pm You just might be, hyeh. Blaster 10:54 pm ........ Omicron 10:54 pm at leas... I hatched back then? I have no idea how old my...I was in the egg Blaster 10:54 pm -is not going to comment on that- -Sorry Prowl- Prowl 10:54 pm And Soundwave, much of that history you have been looking into is highly personal for me. Sharing it is... difficult for me, but there are now some records in the Hall. *smirks at the other Prowl* You're very mature for your age. VProwl 10:55 pm *looks at the hatchling* I'm glad you're here. Omicron 10:55 pm Hatchling: *dares to put a paw on Tara's face* ? VProwl 10:56 pm Thank you, I haven't heard that since I was around a million. Tarantulas 10:56 pm *his mandibles tickle and nip at the paw* Prowl 10:56 pm You're welcome. Omicron 10:57 pm Hatchling: ?!?!?? *pulls paw back, she was nibbled! that's her job! ..... puts paw on his face again* Blaster 10:57 pm -is just going to wait out the age game going on- ItsyBitsySpyers 10:57 pm *He's going to devour them like a space slug in a pile of scrap metal. When he can think straight.*

*Is now thinking of amica-Prowl living to 500 million years and quietly growing depressed because he knows there's no chance that will be the case for himself. And because information creep is a thing for most mechs.* Omicron 10:58 pm ....if it makes any differnace soundwave I am only aware of being a few million years old? Tarantulas 10:58 pm *huffs a bit of laughter, nipping again, but actually offers the hatchling back to ice queen after a bit* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:59 pm [[Yes. Good.]] *Rising abruptly.* [[He has - there is something he should update. Thank you for the disturbing entertainment. And the access.]]

[[Goodnight, all.]] Omicron 10:59 pm *Icy shifts and with careful jaw picks her hatchling up* Blaster 10:59 pm Good night! VProwl 10:59 pm *is kind of wondering about being five hundred million himself. Info creep starts to set in on memories older than about six million, so he won't remember most of it, but...* Oh. Good night. Omicron 10:59 pm ....rest well when you can? Prowl 11:00 pm Of course. Blaster 11:00 pm Right. Time for me to go too. VProwl 11:00 pm *... he's not ready to leave and he didn't bring his projector.* Blaster 11:00 pm G'night VProwl 11:00 pm Tarantulas, did you bring your projector? Can I go through it? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:00 pm *...Stops at the door to send Prowl a series of three pings.* Tarantulas 11:01 pm I - just a moment, yes. *has to scrounge about in a subspace but eventually produces a projector* VProwl 11:01 pm *ping ping ping* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:02 pm *And then he carries on his way, looking a little slower and more mechanical than even his usual pace.* Tarantulas 11:02 pm *a goodnight ping to soundwave and a nod in his direction* Omicron 11:02 pm *she grooms her hatchling before looking over at host prowl, with a puzzled look* VProwl 11:02 pm *... concern ping as Soundwave goes* Prowl 11:03 pm *her visor dims as she powers it down* Omicron 11:04 pm do you know much of predacons of your world? Prowl 11:05 pm The ancient ones or the ones Shockwave created? Omicron 11:06 pm both perhaps? Tarantulas 11:08 pm *whenever vprowl's avatar is set up, tara's taking his hand and leading him to a proper seat, eh?* VProwl 11:08 pm *but the hatchling is over here......... ok.* Tarantulas 11:08 pm *it doesn't have to be far, shh* Omicron 11:09 pm Hatchling: *setting on floor beside icy now if that helps?* VProwl 11:10 pm ... Let me know if this is inappropriate subject matter, I don't know, but, ah—your universe—info creep IS a thing, isn't it? How do you—deal with that? Omicron 11:11 pm ...what is that? Prowl 11:11 pm They're a race of ancient Cybertronians capable of transforming into beasts. Miko calls them dragons. They were destroyed by the Great Cataclysm. Shockwave used fossils to... clone them. Somehow. I don't know how the CNA could have survived so long. Omicron 11:13 pm if multiple eggs could survive a stasis tube until modern times, can the CNA in traces or something not as well? VProwl 11:15 pm Info creep? As you get older, earlier memories deteriorate. Past around four million, you start forgetting little details from your earliest life. Six to seven million year old memories can deteriorate to the point that major, important details can be completely forgotten. At least, that's when it sets in among my Cybertronians. Omicron 11:15 pm *she blinks at VProwl....has never heard of this?* Prowl 11:15 pm I have a series of sub-drives. Soundwave likely has a similar set up for his own data, but my network is much more extensive. I've never suffered from info creep, but I've been meticulous about making certain it won't happen. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:16 pm ((IT'S A GOOD THING HE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW OR HE'D BE REAL PISSED lmfao)) VProwl 11:17 pm ... I see. *coincidentally, he's been looking into something quite similar.* If the information isn't classified, I'd be interested in hearing about how you've had it set up and maintained. Prowl 11:17 pm ((she said likely, she doesn't actually know for sure, also this is for Cro VProwl 11:18 pm ((i still need to post that)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:18 pm ((you do)) Tarantulas 11:18 pm Please, yes. Prowl 11:18 pm ((I found a Zootopia fanvid to this song and the fact that it exists makes my crops grow Tarantulas 11:18 pm *is glad vprowl asked for specs, tara knows it's not his place to but is dying to know* Prowl 11:19 pm *jerks her helm toward the sound of Tarantulus' voice, oh right he's here* VProwl 11:19 pm *Prowl doesn't have to worry about info creep affecting more than memories of colors and textures quite yet; on the other hand, early-onset info creep, induced by shoddy mnemosurgical work and repeated violent mental invasions...* Tarantulas 11:19 pm *YEP just hella awkward* Prowl 11:20 pm It's not classified. I'm happy to share the information with you. Omicron 11:20 pm O,o hmm VProwl 11:22 pm I'd appreciate it. Omicron 11:22 pm I've never heard of this *looks at her sparkling, thinking of her crew she's picked up* Prowl 11:23 pm *she pointedly turns her visor toward Tarantulus* Should I send you the information as well? Tarantulas 11:24 pm I - yes! That is, if you don't mind. You - hyeh, don't have my comm yet, do you? Prowl 11:25 pm No. We've never spoken before. Tarantulas 11:26 pm *sputters for a moment, but can't honestly say they've spoken one on one, now can he* Tarantulas 11:27 pm I - I suppose not. *broadcasts a short-range ping for prowl to pick up his comm anyway, though* Omicron 11:27 pm Is this thing, this ino...what ever common for modern mecha in worlds like your own? VProwl 11:27 pm It's universal. It's a fact of growing old. Omicron 11:28 pm hm... Tarantulas 11:28 pm *distracted enough by the song to make him snicker* Omicron 11:28 pm I have another question, not retaliated, if I am? VProwl 11:30 pm *... is the other question also aimed at him? he's not sure. looks around vaguely, then nods in case it is aimed at him.* Omicron 11:30 pm *its to both prowls in fact* Prowl 11:30 pm It's information that would be beneficial to all Cybertronians. Ratchet's been helping me compile the data into a... a medical journal to be shared with everyone. It's only the first draft, so I can't guarantee it's quality yet, but I can forward it to you and... *motions to Tarantulus* you? We haven't been formally introduced. Tarantulas 11:31 pm I was going to say, hyeh. My apologies, the designation's Tarantulas. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm ((ONE OF MY FAVORITES)) Prowl 11:31 pm ((I love this piece 😀 VProwl 11:31 pm ((it's excellent.)) Tarantulas 11:31 pm (( fuckn. i've never seen a vid of it before Prowl 11:31 pm Prowl. Omicron 11:31 pm If one wanted to...find out about an alternative of ones self somewhere. how hard would it be. Not to contact, primus not that but more to make sure that other will stay far away. VProwl 11:32 pm It depends on the alternate. Some are more plentiful—or perhaps, simply more prominent—than others. It'd actually be easier to make contact than to find an alternate by other means; I've had some success finding alternates of people simply by entering minor variations on the frequency of the one I already know. Omicron 11:33 pm I don't think it, she, what ever would be plentiful. Prowl 11:33 pm I'm aware of at least three other Prowl. Tarantulas 11:35 pm Hmmn. Are you searching for an alternate within a particular universe, or are you looking for just any at all? Omicron 11:36 pm *icy hesitates, looking at VProwl and back to hols before crossing her forelegs* I....there is one I know of, from someone I met in a dimension Dreaded Wings jumped to. VProwl 11:36 pm I've met three versions of myself, and heard of a few more beyond that. Omicron 11:37 pm or rather he had met my alternative Omicron 11:38 pm Form some of the things that I've seen on Dreaded Wings comms, that unicronian thing? It just got me thinking. *icy isn't sure how to ask something* VProwl 11:40 pm And you want to avoid making contact with that alternate? ... I've got a few like that too. Prowl 11:41 pm @P: Which ones? VProwl 11:42 pm I'll send you their comm frequencies later. They're... not faithful representations of our hypothetical platonic ideal. Tarantulas 11:42 pm *snickers a little at that, the Platonic Ideal of Prowl* Omicron 11:43 pm from what I was told this alternate was predacon like...but not. Something else. Worse I think. Prowl 11:45 pm Worse how? Omicron 11:45 pm *she nods, wants to advoid but not loos track if that makes sense? she can lead in battle or raid, take care of her colony but multi-verse tracking is far over her head* .... *looks at the prowls...* unicronian. VProwl 11:46 pm Oh. Yeah. *gestures at Tarantulas.* Some of his, too. Tarantulas 11:46 pm *buries his face in his hands. prowl why* VProwl 11:46 pm ... And at least one of Soundwave's. Prowl 11:46 pm *shudders* VProwl 11:47 pm *looks at his alternate* There's one bit of good news, I haven't run into any of us like that yet. Prowl 11:47 pm Ah, good. Tarantulas 11:48 pm *shaking his helm, lifts face again and sighs* I doubt there's really any way to actively avoid such an alternate, Ice Queen, but if it comforts you any, *I* personally haven't run into any of *my* Unicronian alternates yet. Omicron 11:51 pm I hope so *nods to him* I need a metrotian ship to get between worlds, from what I heard she just does it on her own *rests head on the floor beside her hatchling* but I hope you're right. Tarantulas 11:55 pm For both our sakes, I certainly hope so as well. VProwl 11:57 pm *although he's doing an excellent job of not showing it on the outside—just the discussion of Unicron is giving him the feeling of ghosts crawling under his armor. He wants to get out and he doesn't want to go alone.* ... Tarantulas, is it alright if I head over to your lab? VProwl 11:57 pm *although he's doing an excellent job of not showing it on the outside—just the discussion of Unicron is giving him the feeling of ghosts crawling under his armor. He wants to get out and he doesn't want to go alone.* ... Tarantulas, is it alright if I head over to your lab? Omicron 11:58 pm *chirps and she stretches as much as she dares* yes.... *sniffs at at tara, then she give a softer sound, didn't mean to put mechs off* Prowl 11:58 pm It might be a good time to end things. I need to lock up before I leave. Tarantulas 11:59 pm *momentary surprise, but:* Certainly. VProwl 11:59 pm All right. ... I'll be waiting. *hint hint.* Yesterday Omicron 11:59 pm *picks up her hatchling and puts on her back, giving a polite bow of the head to the host* Tarantulas 12:00 am It's a pleasure to finally have met you. *to sw's prowl, of course* VProwl 12:00 am *disappears* Prowl 12:00 am *nods back* Omicron 12:00 am ((thank you for the stream)) Prowl 12:00 am ((of course! Tarantulas 12:02 am *says his farewells as un-awkwardly as possible and heads out* Prowl 12:03 am *will wait until everyone else has left before powering her visor back on and picking things up as best as she can before locking the building up for the night*

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