MV. The /Ark/, and the Sticks, Black Betty
Rachel: *looks up* Drill Boy, get that out of your mouth. Duct tape doesn't go anywhere on a bot's body. *once more returns attention to her paper work*
Drill Boy: *sulk, huff, scoots around so his back is to Grandma*
Rachel: You eat my O rings and I'll duct tape you to a wall. *has never duct taped anyone down in her life, and probably never will*
Drill Boy: *MORE SULK* *gonna hide under his blanket and ignore you now!*
Rachel: You REALLY don't want to try eating that painkiller tab.
Drill Boy: *blows air through his intakes in a huff, startles at the upset Destiny squeal from down the hallway* *clickstorm!*
Rachel: //Kup...//
Kup: //On it.//
Drill Boy: *worried look down the hall, clicks*
Lockdown: *peeks into the infirmary, clicking quietly, then looks up and scoots after Pops as he goes by the door*
Drill Boy: *up and moving to follow!*
Rachel: //Incoming.//
Kup: //Which one?//
Rachel: //The guy you haven't met yet.//
Kup: *turns with his armful of girls, his old mug cracking in a slight grin around his cy-gar as he pulls a handful of little blue plastic flower shapes out of subspace and holds them out toward Drill Boy* Hey, kid. 'Bout time I ran inta you.
Drill Boy: *headtilt, curious clicks as he reaches for one of the shapes*
Destiny: *muffled fussing as she gnaws on a similar shape. Needs no nap, Papa!*
Lockdown: *points to him* *softly* Bubby?
Kup: Nope. Nevvy. *hands over the goodie*
Drill Boy: *studying the goodie from all angles before giving it a curious taste-test.... and then he's happily working on making it vanish*
Destiny: *gnaw gnaw gnaw, splatsleep*
Kup: You had a nap yet, kid? Oh, and I'm yer other grandpa. Besides Jack.
Drill Boy: *blink blink a bit, small headshake* *slowly, putting the words Mama and Grandma taught him to use* No nap yet...
Kup: *free arm around the kid's neck and tugs him along* Okay, let's go fix that...
Drill Boy: *goes where he's lead, though he is reaching to poke at Destiny and Lockdown now*
Topside
Fire Robo: *looks up from watching Drift and Slingshot spar* There is a non-Seeker jet coming.
Strafe: *shoots into the air to investigate!*
Drift: *looks up, and appears to be distracted by the dark shape that's fast approaching, though it's only a moment later that he's dodging one of Slingshot's punches*
Wing: *sitting on Fire Robo's head and watching as Strafe hurtles toward the visitor*
Blitzwing: *comes out, and then transforms to go meet the incoming* No. I'm telling you 'Osborn' ain't the last name of my dreams. Shut the slag up, 'Train.
Astrotrain: But it'd be awesome, Blitzy! *following, or he was till he stopped to laugh at Slingshot pwning herself*
dark purple jet of an unknown make, and no visible faction markings: *pings Blitzwing's comm on the Tokyo Police band*
Blitzwing: *perks* //~I hear you, Shadowmaru. You better let Strafe know who you are, he's a little headlong.~// *turns and kicks Astrotrain's rear as the mech leans down with his hands on his thighs to laugh harder*
Astrotrain: *string of cursing as he rounds on Blitzwing*
Shadowmaru: *calmly* //~What is his frequency?~//
Blitzwing: *sends him the standard Autobot frequency* //~You're going to need the Destron one, too.~// *boxes his best friend's audio*
Shadowmaru: //~Understood.~// *pings Strafe on the standard Autobot frequency, identifies himself and his intentions, which are simply to meet more of his family members*
Astrotrain: *calling Blitzwing all manner of rude names now, and reaching to wallop the older mech*
Strafe: //Really? Which people?// *loops around the other jet and turns to come back*
Shadowmaru: //The rest of Nightbird's children.//
Strafe: //She's my adopted grandma's friend!// *transforms and lands, then straightens up and goes over to where Fire Robo is kneeling and holding Slingshot as he gently works on reviving her*
Drift: *letting Rachel know that Slingshot pwned herself while sparring. Is trying so hard not to sound amused that the flier's temper got the better of her* *quietly trills and gives gentle ear scritchies to Wing as the cat returns to his shoulder*
Shadowmaru: *circles and descends, transforming once he's at a safe altitude to do so. Will look around for a few moments, pausing when he sees the winged femme in the red mech's arms* *recognizes her from the holo that Comet had shown a few days before back in Tokyo*
Rachel: *appears in a PINpoint flash, her skirt swirling around her legs. Then puts down her fuzzy elderly companion and shades her eyes to look toward the visitor before waving and walking over to scan Slingshot*
Glit: *will sit and make pretty paws as he watches the visitor*
Slingshot: *knocked herself silly, but has taken worse damage fighting Decepticons... or Air Raid*
Shadowmaru: *curious expression before he transforms to wolf mode and moves to get a better look at Glit*
Glit: *in his dry little voice, without looking toward Shadowmaru* Don't get any ideas from that alt mode, child.
Shadowmaru: *soft snerk* That was far from my mind. *attention going to the barn door, headtilt*
Drift: *without looking* Incoming Stunti-derps....
Glit: *scoots discretely over to Rachel*
Wallace: *chasing Darian and trying to get the darker-haired man into a headlock*
Derrick: *laughing and calling out bets*
Bartholemew: *going over THERE now... by the house... It's safer there, right?*
Marcia: *NOPE! Will wallop Bartholemew and chase him around too!*
Wing: *watching this with his ears perked*
Darian: Leave me alone to die in peace, you @#$#@$#@#@. *smoke out his nostrils. ...Mint scented smoke*
Drift: .... *looks to Glit* Menthols?
Glit: *dryly* Yes. Someone was trying to scare him off the habit. *sniff* The plan backfired.
Rachel: *without looking up* Yeah, kinda epically.
Drift: *snickerfit* Faaail.
Wing: *sniffing the air, whiskers twitching a bit*
Shadowmaru: ... *mystified by what's going on*
Darian: *pauses as he spots the dog bot. Frowns and walks over, still leaking smoke* *once he arrives in front of Shadowmaru he frowns at him measuringly* Everything is fail, Snowball. But we ate your piece of cake too before they threw us out.
Drift: ... Not cool. *scowl/sulk combination*
Shadowmaru: *sizing up Darian* *cheekily, with an all-too-familiar calmness* So the truck missed you this time too?
Marcia: *DED of laughter*
Bartholemew: *makes his escape!*
Darian: My sister is as much a failure as the rest of my siblings, and as much as life in general. *bored and lackluster tone in his voice, and an attitude of nothing being worth it*
Shadowmaru: *impression of a raised brow ridge, and then he's boggling as Xiaobei seems to appear out of nowhere to give Darian a hard, flying kick to the midsection*
Darian: *flies. lands on his shoulder and rolls smoothly back onto his feet. Pushes hair out of eyes and examines his cigarette, then puts it back in his mouth*
Xiaobei: *scowling* You let your guard down AGAIN.
Darian: *shrug. Puff*
Rachel: Easy, Slingshot. There's no battle. You're safe.
Slingshot: *tensed and trying to sit up*
Fire Robo: Shhh. You're safe. Let Rachel-san finish helping you. *holding the flier firmly but gently*
Darian: *looks over there, brows raising very slightly. Then yawns and wanders off*
Shadowmaru: *still boggling over the fact that Xiaobei sent Darian flying like that with a single kick....*
Xiaobei: *such disapproval in that headshake as she watches Darian wander off*
Rachel: Slingshot... come on, snap out of it, sweetheart. You're safe. Hey...
Slingshot: *cycling air and trying to facepalm now*
Fire Robo: *gently squeezes her shoulder* Easy... Scarlet-chan.
Shadowmaru: *attention going back to Slingshot, is quite surprised to hear the 'chan' suffix*
Slingshot: *clicks softly and sighs, shuttering her optics in an attempt to be 'tough'* *acks when Drift pokes her side*
Drift: *quietly* It's alright.
Rachel: Let's get you down to the infirmary to sleep this off. Fire's going to lift you now, so don't go flipping out, okay? *slight grin for Drift*
Slingshot: *small nod*
Drift: *gentle patpats for the injured flier*
Fire Robo: *quiet murmur as he rises to his feet, and then he's pausing and looking over at Shadowmaru with a quizzical look on his mostly impassive face*
Rachel: Hrrm? *turns* Oh. Hi, Shadow. Are you looking for your mom?
Shadowmaru: Er... Yes.... But Mr. Toudou also suggested that I speak with you......
Rachel: Really? *pat pats Fire Robo to tell him to go*
Fire Robo: *turns to bring Slingshot inside and down to the infirmary, speaking soothingly all the way*
Shadowmaru: *nods, startling slightly as Xiaobei looks over her shoulder at him. Was distracted by watching Fire Robo and Slingshot and just happened to catch that glance out of the corner of his field of vision*
Rachel: *looks at the young multichanger's face* You're not sure why, are you, buddy?
Shadowmaru: Er..... No....
Rachel: *transforms and smiles at him* Autobot Chief Medical Officer Ratchet. *switches back and scoops a little black pig into her arms as it comes running over to her*
Shadowmaru: ... o.O
Drift: *studying the multichanger curiously as Wing leans down to try and get a better look*
Shadowmaru: *trying not to look nervous as he and the white mech study one another*
Blitzwing: *shoots Astrotrain in the face with his water gun, and then goes to the crèche to see how Bunny's doing*
Astrotrain: *stomps on by, grumbling and cursing*
Rachel: Stop teaching my pig new words! *snickerfitdie*
pig: *talk talk talk bark!*
Astrotrain: *RAZZ. Stomps off to go shoot stuff in the targeting range*
Rachel: *then looks at the two young mechs* Drift, be nice to your baby brother.
Drift: I am. I'm not trying to hit him or poke him....
Rachel: Maybe not. But there's no way for him to know that look doesn't mean you aren't thinking about it. *gentle poke poke and then hands him her pig*
pig: *talk talk talk*
Drift: *gentle clicks as he cradles the pig in his hands*
Wing: *meltycat, will chirp at pig! Hello pig!*
Rachel: *grins and turns to Shadowmaru as she sends a comm to her husband* //Whyfor you send my pig over here, Jack? You know my shift's not over yet.// Come on, Shadow, let's go have a look at you.
Jack: //She was lonely....//
Shadowmaru: *small nod, will move to follow you now, Rachel*
Rachel: *surprise in her voice over comms* //Really? But I left her in the Grand Prix with Bubba.// *as she leads Shadowmaru inside* Drift, keep an eye on Luka for me, will you?
Drift: *nods and moves to carefully sit down near the turkey pen*
Jack: //... Bubba was out here with me....// *sounds so confused now*
Shadowmaru: *following at an easy pace, though he does glance over his shoulder every so often to look at Xiaobei*
Rachel: ... //Jack, are you alright?//
Jack: //I don't understand how Bubba could have gotten out...//
Rachel: *more slight frown, and then checks the security camera that's attached to the back of the house* *general frequency* //LASERBEAK!!!!//
Shadowmaru: *wince wince wince*
Xiaobei: .... *facepalm*
Jack: //...That would probably explain how Bubba escaped...//
Rachel: *lips pressed together as she herds Shadomaru into the barn* //Yes, he wandered out while she had the door open. I'm just glad he didn't get lost. When I find that kid...//
Jack: //Well, at least he came here....//
Shadowmaru: *glances at the quail house where it's standing in the sunlight from the open door* *curious headtilt*
Xiaobei: Those are Jake Lamont's button quail. He built them a house on his own...
Rachel: *checking for robot birds* And a very nice one. *stops short and makes a little peeping sound to see if any of the quail will come out where Shadowmaru can see them*
Shadowmaru: *carefully hunkers down to get a better look at a couple of the more curious quail that come out to see what's up*
Xiaobei: .... *softly, over comms* //He truly is a sparklet in some ways....//
Rachel: *also soft* //It doesn't matter how mature your synapses are if you're only experiencing the world for the first time.//
Xiaobei: //I am glad that he takes after me more than he does Six Shot...//
Rachel: *quiet sigh* //Yeah. Though Six Shot had his moment, there at the end. He's the reason the Ark made it off Cybertron.//
Xiaobei: *very slight headtilt as she looks at you, Rachel*
Shadowmaru: *very gently nosing the wire between him and the quail that scooted over to see what this big purple thing is*
Rachel: //He said his fight wasn't with civilians who weren't fighting. And then he turned against Trypticon. It doesn't look like either of them made it.// *pat pat Shadomaru* You coming, buddy?
Shadowmaru: *slight start, but then he's nodding* Yes.
Rachel: *grins and gently tugs his ear, then heads toward the elevator, glancing at Xiaobei as she does*
Shadowmaru: *moves to follow, with Xiaobei bringing up the rear*
Xiaobei: //That does not explain how his spark coding arrived here... Though, perhaps, that is a mystery for another day....//
Rachel: //Shockwave created Six Shot. You think he didn't keep a copy?// *leads the way into the elevator and down*
Meanwhile, atrium
Blitzwing: *looks up from where he's sitting on one of the bigger benches with Bunny sprawled sleeping in his hands* Playing hooky, Prime?
Patrick: Just on a break... *chuckles*
Blitzwing: *grins at him, and then looks curiously at Tea, who is transmitting a television broadcast from a small station in a very rough and tumble, redneck part of the state*
Patrick: *looks to see what's going on* ?
news lady: *talking about the black ghost car, which seems to be moving north and leaving their county. Mentions how no one's ever been able to get video footage of it, and now badly the vehicles of the local sheriffs have been banged up after their last impromptu demolition derby with the mysterious foreign sports car*
Blitzwing: Well I'll be a slaarg's ear...
Patrick: Huh?
Blitzwing: *common frequency* //'Train! Black Betty's alive!//
Astrotrain: //....WHAT?! Where?!//
Blitzwing: *shares the broadcast, then gets to his feet to hurry over and tuck his granddaughter into the nearest nap pile, which includes little Maria Hoffman* //Hold on, I'll go with you to intercept her.//
Astrotrain: //HUSTLE, MECH!//
Patrick: I'm coming with you.
Blitzwing: *stops and looks at him* ...Why?
Patrick: Because I want to make sure Astrotrain won't cause a lot of damage... *yes, he's heard stories*
Blitzwing: Out on that stretch of highway? *snort*
Patrick: Plus, someone will need to send a report to Col. Franklin about this new Decepticon arrival.
Astrotrain: //I said hustle, slaggit!//
Blitzwing: *grabs the Prime and PINpoints to the surface* //We're up top, who's holding up the show?// Black Betty was never a 'Con.
Astrotrain: *grumbling about getting a different land alt, despite being ready to go*
Patrick: *so surprised* She isn't a Decepticon?
Blitzwing: She was just a racer from the Pits.
Astrotrain: Let's go already! *moving to head off*
Blaster: //And Queenie's baby sister.//
Blitzwing: *as he transforms and loads Patrick* What??
Patrick: //Blaster, what was that?//
Blaster: //Betty's Queenie's baby sister.//
Blitzwing: //You're pullin' my thruster.// *straps Patrick securely into the cockpit as he engages that thruster and its twin*
Blaster: //The slag I am, Blitzy. I used to hit up some of the dives in that area, and that's how I met 'em.//
Patrick: *eyes tightly closed, is trying so hard not to urk as the Gs grab hold of his tank*
Blitzwing: //Who told you they were sisters?//
Blaster: //Betty did.//
Blitzwing: ... //Yeah, I can kinda see a similarity now. How they deal with obstacles in their roads.//
Blaster: //That's nothing compared to Road Train... I saw him take out a Lurker once because it was in his way when he was delivering stuff.//
Blitzwing: //...You mean the biggest transporter of contraband and dope on Cybertron was part of their build batch too?//
Blaster: //Yup. He was a pretty decent guy even with his job... Haven't seen him in ages though... And biggest is right.... I've never met anyone as big as he was....//
Blitzwing: //...Queenie's bad enough. You mean he was taller than she is?//
Blaster: //Queenie's little compared to him.//
Patrick: *low groan that could be due to his tank, or could be due to imagining just how big Road Train was*
Blitzwing: //...Blaster, bots don't get that big in this reality. Not on their own.//
Blaster: //Like slag, they don't.//
Blitzwing: *grumpy* //I don't believe you. Astrotrain, slaggin' hustle your cumbersome aft.//
Astrotrain: //I need a slagging faster land mode!//
Blitzwing: //You have another mode, afthat.//
Astrotrain: //...Oh, yeah.// *transforms to shuttle mode and takes off*
Patrick: *facepalm*
Frenzy and Rumble: //Loohoohoohoozer!// *joint cackling*
Rewind: //FAAAAAIL!!!!//
Buzzsaw: //Where the slag is my sister?//
Rumble: //Hey, boidbrain. Stay on topic hea!//
Eject: //DIVINE RETRIBUTION!!!!// *guess who just divebombed Buzzsaw?*
Blitzwing: *impressive roar* //ALL OF YOU SHUT THE SLAG UP.//
Frenzy and Rumble: *are meeps and clicks*
Rewind and Eject: *ditto!*
Buzzsaw: *cussing Eject out and going to find Laserbeak*
Blitzwing: *mutters uncomplimentary things, then has a minor snark war with Kup over the channel before turning his attention to the stretch of lonely, forested highway beneath them* ...Should be here somewhere.
Patrick: *still a bit queasy, will brave it though and have a look*
Blitzwing: There she is. Yup. She's still got the same alt mode.
Astrotrain: //I see her!// *and now he'll come in for a landing*
Blitzwing: //Astrotrain, you dumbaft son of a glitch, have you forgotten what happens when you do that?//
sleek and beautiful alien car that is built for pure speed: *fishtails to a stop just inches in front of the big grey mech*
Blitzwing: //...She stopped.// *sounds so shocked*
Patrick: ...Er... does she not stop normally?
Astrotrain: *LOOM. Black Betty probably knows this routine already*
Black Betty: *doesn't seem to be playing the usual game for some reason*
Blitzwing: *as he transforms and lands* She's Road Queen's little sister, Prime. What do you think? *and then he double takes and stoops to peer in through the black car's driver side window at that snug little padded seating area in the cab that she now sports* Well son of a... *sets Patrick down, stands up, and laughs till his rivets protest*
Astrotrain: *frowns at Blitzwing, looks back and forth between the old soldier and Black Betty* ....
Black Betty: *pops her canopy* You wanna get him out of there, 'Trainy?
chubby sparklet: *looks up and grins from where he's strapped into his nest*
Astrotrain: .... 'Him'? *boggles when he sees the sparklet* ... What the slag?
Blitzwing: *staggers backward two steps, and then sits down and laughs even harder*
Astrotrain: .... *surprises himself by hesitantly reaching for the chubby sparklet*
sparklet: *as the straps let go of him he reaches toward this interesting big stranger* Uh, uh, uh!
Blitzwing: *laughter now reaches near lethal levels as he hears the familiar grunting*
Astrotrain: .... *slowly, as he carefully cradles the sparklet close to his chest* Holy... slag.... *aft, meet ground*
Patrick: .... *reporting this to Col. Franklin*
Black Betty: *transforms, tall, sleek, gleaming, and slender femme with a helm design that resembles hair flipped over one eye* *deep sigh, and then drops to her knees and puts her arms around Astrotrain and her head on his shoulder* I hate you, you jerk.
Astrotrain: *will get back to you on that, Black Betty.... Once his processor finishes rebooting*
Blitzwing: *laying on his back and wheezing helplessly up at the sky* XD
sparklet: Uh, uh, uh! *looks from Mama to this other bot that he likes the sound of, wondering why nobody's doing anything* Uh?
Astrotrain: *done rebooting* ..... *looks down at the sparklet, processor crashes again*
Patrick: .... *also reports this situation to Rachel*
Rachel: //... PINpoint them all to the infirmary, will you, Chief?//
Patrick: //Will do....// *moves to approach Astrotrain and Black Betty, hands up to show he means no harm*
Black Betty: *ignores him. Her optics are shuttered, and she seems to be just silently soaking up Astrotrain's nearness*
sparklet: *looks at the funny little guy, and waves to him* Uh!
Patrick: *over comms to Blitzwing* //When you've calmed down, PINpoint back.// *will bring Astrotrain, Black Betty, and their sparklet to the infirmary*
Rachel: *looks over from where she's been giving Shadowmaru a physical, squints at Black Betty and nods* Thought so.
sparklet: o.0 .>_<. *YOWL!*
Astrotrain: *startled, will hold the sparklet close* The slag was that?!
Black Betty: *quietly* He's kinda sayin' what I feel. Did we just slaggin' warp?
Patrick: In a way, yes.
Rachel: *pat pats Shadomaru and comes over to have a closer look at Betty* Perfect example of a deep level dweller spark. Powerful, unpredictable, and unsophisticated. Astrotrain's bond blocker didn't keep her from absorbing just enough of his code to develop a light spark bond.
Astrotrain: ....
Rachel: *takes the sparklet and hauls him back over to Shadowmaru* Take it off.
Black Betty: What she said.
Astrotrain: ..... Gonna need help with that.....
Rachel: *sets babby by Shadomaru and comes back with a tool* Fine. Open up. Move, BB.
Astrotrain: *moves to lay down and open his chest compartment*
Black Betty: *slides her butt a little ways away from him, and then draws one slender and shapely leg up to hug it as she watches him*
Rachel: *carefully deactivates the blocker and pops it off Astrotrain's spark compartment. And then side steps!*
Black Betty: *pounce! SNOG*
Astrotrain: *slight flail for a moment, then SNOG*
Rachel: *face meet palm* Brace yourself for a flash, Shadow.
Shadowmaru: *bhuh? Looks over from making funny faces for the sparklet*
flash: *throws the whole room into sharp relief*
Rachel: *rubs eyes* That.
sparklet: FOOM! *giggle*
Shadowmaru: *wince wince wince*
Patrick: *includes that in his report as well* I think he won't be moping anymore... *chuckles*
Rachel: Less than an hour ago he was sulking because Comet wouldn't flirt with him anymore. *looks at the bond blocker and then pitches it over onto the desk before shutting Astrotrain's chest and PINpointing the newly bonded pair out of the infirmary*
Blitzwing: *appears about then and collapses wearily onto the table next to Shadowmaru's* Ugh.
Shadowmaru: *blinks a bit more to clear the fading spots from his vision* Are you alright?
Blitzwing: No. I shook some stuff loose. *sighs and shutters his optics* ...Where's 'Train?
Patrick: Sleeping off bonding funk.
Blitzwing: ... *feeble chuckle*
Patrick: *attention going to the sparklet, will move to get a better look at the little one*
sparklet: *poking Shadowmaru's nose and grunting garrulously. Has a happy grin on his little face. Is definitely more rounded than locally built sparklets, and is also about the same size as a well built seven year old human child*
Shadowmaru: *blowing puffs of air through his nose, since it seems to entertain the chubby sparklet*
Patrick: *soft chuckle, will click softly and let Autumn and Bert know that they may be getting a new arrival shortly*
Bert: //...Where'd this one come from?//
Patrick: //You won't believe me, but Astrotrain and Black Betty.//
Bert: //Astrotrain and wh... Wait. Astrotrain passed on his code? Oh slaggitall...//
Patrick: *databursts an image of the sparklet* //I don't think he even knew till he met the little guy.//
Bert: //Chief, this is Astrotrain we're talkin' about, of course he didn't.//
Rachel: *reappears and goes to study the little newcomer herself*
Patrick: //Well, at any rate, the creche is growing...//
Rachel: *murmurs softly to herself in Cybertronian, then tries words in English. Looks up at Patrick* Bullet Train. His name's Bullet Train.
Patrick: *small nod, relays this to Bert* *pauses and looks to Rachel* How did you know?
Rachel: Someone wrote it on his forehead with solder. *points to the glyphs*
Patrick: .... *looks* *facepalm*
Bert: //You want somebody to come get him?//
Patrick: //Might as well, since his creators are currently preoccupied....//
Bert: *gruff and grouchy* //I don't wanna know.//
Patrick: //We won't be hearing from Astrotrain for about a week.//
Rachel: *softly* He'll be a class four multi, at least. Not surprising, with how strong his mother's spark is. If Astrotrain weren't a multi he'd have burned out when they tried to bond.
Bert: //I said I didn't wanna know.// *growly*
Patrick: *nods to show he heard what Rachel said* //Well, at any rate, we'll have another multichanger when Bullet Train is older...//
Bert: *grump grump growl* //Autumn's on her way.//
Autumn: *peeks into the infirmary*
Rachel: *looks over and grins at her, then helps the little newcomer wave bye bye to Shadowmaru*
Bullet Train: *grunts!* :D
Shadowmaru: *soft huff*
Autumn: *coming over, clicking softly all the while*
Rachel: *picks Bullet Train up and presents him to Autumn* There you go. One bittytrain. *slight grin*
Autumn: I just hope he only takes after his dad in the size department..... *has Bullet Train situated on her hip, will bring him to meet his crechemates*
Rachel: //He's got the fuel mod, though it doesn't look like it's been used yet.//
Blitzwing: Nah. He grunts just like him. *arm over optics*
Rachel: *snerks and turns her attention to the old Enforcer*
Autumn: //So pureed food with calcien?//
Rachel: //Yup. And metal treats. The usual.//
Autumn: //Gotcha. Aww, Drill Boy's got Kup's foot.....//
Rachel: *blink* //Huh?//
Autumn: *databursts an image of the youngster clinging to Kup's foot while he naps*
Rachel: *d'awwws softly* //That's Sora's kid alright.// *glances at Patrick* Don't you have somewhere to be, Chief?
Patrick: .... *sigh* Yeah.... *PINpoints back to his office*
Rachel: //I left Astrotrain and Bets on an emergency mat in the living room of an empty apartment in the tall folks section. I think they're going to have a pretty deep bond. Probably not like Tracks and Denver's, though.// *sedates Blitzwing and sets to work on him*
Patrick: //...That is going to be interesting....//
Rachel: //To put it mildly. At least we have Blitz to keep them in line.//
Elsewhere in the Ark
Magnus: *clicks on the video link one of his buddies on the trucker chat site sent him, curious about the title, 'One bad@#$@%$# road train'. Watches as the big diesel ploughs into a flooded Australian outback river without slowing one bit, and then roars right through water that reaches to cover its grill* *quietly* ...That's not a truck.
((Written with random_xtras))