Nexus, Various locations, Moving Day
Spazz: *walking through darkened ship's corridors, softly squeaking a puppy toy*
Mal: *telling her just how stupid she looks*
Lumen: *in alt-mode, was sniffing at a loose vent cover, comes trotting over when he hears the squeaky toy*
Spazz: *perks and goes to one knee* Lu! Hey!
Mal: *going to look in the vent*
Showtime: *Is asleep, a datapad with a very long human fiction story still on nearby*
Spazz: *offering Lu the toy and a hug* Hey... how've you been? Where's your mom?
Lu: *pounces on the toy!* Mama's sleepin'... Made a boom...
Spazz: Oh oh. Show me where?
Mal: Found somebody in here.
Spazz: Talk to her. I'll be back. *looks at the puppy*
Lumen: *grabs the toy in his teeth and runs down the hall towards the lift to the workroom/engine compartment*
Spazz: *follows easily and slips into the room to look around*
Eclipse: *is indeed asleep. She's sitting at her workstation, parts of a flashbomb scattered about and waiting assembly*
Spazz: *softly* Clipsie?
Eclipse: *soft sound, but does not wake. Seems she's been working non-stop for awhile.*
Spazz: *pats the bigger femme* Clipsie?
Eclipse: *startles* I'm up!
Spazz: Ack! Hey, you okay?
Eclipse: *blink blink* Oh... Hi, Spazz... Yeah...
Spazz: *drops to a knee again to scritch Lumen* Where's Mutt?
Eclipse: No idea...
Lumen: *hoo boy, lookit that little tail go!*
Spazz: *nods* I came to ask you guys if you wanted to come stay with me and Rhinox.
Eclipse: *blink blink* Where are you staying?
Spazz: It's a place called the Nexus. Rhinox has a bartending gig at the local energy dump. *looks down at Lumen* There's another Maximal pup there.
Lumen: *ears perk*
Eclipse: *blinks* Which Nexus? If it's the one with the sign, I used to stay in the library there... I didn't even realize I had walked out of the reality 'till someone pointed it out...
Spazz: *chuckles* Yeah, it's the Sign Nexus. I didn't realize you knew it already.
Eclipse: *nods* *and then she's sighing quietly* Wake and Rat'd better be okay... 'cause if they're not, I'm shooting them both in the aft. *moves to pack up what she was working on*
Spazz: *shrug, still scritching Lumen* Rat's a rat. And Wake seems to be pretty good at surviving too, from the stories I hear about his alts.
Eclipse: ... What sorta stories? *still packing stuff up*
Lumen: *Happy wiggle!*
Spazz: A couple of 'em wound up alone as younglings, and found their way to Earth. One was a soldier before he was even in an adult shell. *pause as she thinks that could sound strange to the little Maximal femme* Oh yeah. They're Autobots.
Eclipse: *Winces* Poor guys...
Spazz: *shrugs* They're alright now. Though the one's stuck with a grouchy old mountain of a Ratchet for his boss.
Eclipse: ... Ratchet?
Spazz: ... Don't they tell stories about the old Autobot heroes in your reality?
Eclipse: Well, yeah.... *a bit sheepish* I didn't really pay much attention to some of the names....
Spazz: Do you know who Optimus Prime is?
Eclispse: *nod*
Spazz: Well Ratchet's his boss medic in a lot of realities, like the ones where they're Maximal legends.
Eclipse: Oh... *finishes packing stuff up, stores it in subspace*
Spazz: You gonna grab stuff from your quarters? Does Lumen still have that pet I got him?
Eclipse: Yes, and yes.
Spazz: Okay. *stands and turns toward the door, chirping softly to Lumen*
Meanwhile, in the vents...
Mal: *hunkered down and watching the tiny blue femme, her expressionless face managing to convey her curiosity as she plays an annoyingly bland elevator song*
Showtime: *'wings flutter a bit as she sleeps*
Mal: *switches songs to 'Who let the Dogs Out?'*
Showtime: *Soft sound, optics flicker on*
Mal: Hey. You're Showtime, right?
Showtime: *blinks a bit, before nodding* Yes, I am... Who are you?
Mal: I'm Spazz. My name's Malware.
Showtime: ... *blink blink* Okay then.... What's up?
Mal: Spazz One was wondering if you guys want to come hang out at our gig for awhile instead of drifting through space.
Showtime: Sure... As long as nobody's going to step on us...
Mal: *shrug* Bots smaller than you hang around where Greenie works.
Showtime: *blink blink* Greenie?
Mal: Rhinox. *gathering her feet under her*
Showtime: Oh... *reaching to grab her datapad and turn it off before storing it in subspace* I should prolly try and find Des...
Mal: Yeah. And Kriti.
Showtime: Kriti's in the rec room with Kouji.
Mal: Okay. Well, I'll help carry stuff.
Showtime: I don't have that much stuff to carry... Kriti's got more, because of all of Kouji's things...
Mal: Whatever. *turns to crawl out of the vent. Yes, she hung out with that one grumpy old bot too much*
Showtime: *going Desi-hunting now, kthx*
Mal: *heads for the rec room* Kriti? You in here, kid?
Kriti: *only hint that she's there is the bottom of one foot peeking out from under a couch*
Mal: *looks at the foot, and then makes a puppy toy squeak*
Kriti: *Foot twitches*
Mal: *shrugs* *grabs foot and pulls*
Kriti: *Startled yelp, latches onto Kouji out of reflex, and then both bot and pup are pulled from under the couch*
Mal: Hi. You sick of this joint yet?
Kriti: Meh... *Snuggles Kouji, smiling a bit when the tiny terrier squeaks at Mal and wags his little tail*
Mal: *hunkers down* Spazz One's here. She's hoping to haul you lot home with her.
Kriti: ... Where's 'home'? *confused*
Mal: Place called the Sign Nexus, at that Black Dog joint.
Kriti: ... *considering look*
Mal: Rhinox's got a bartending gig going, and that slaggin' Dinobot chibi's there.
Kriti: *chuckles* That brat... Would Kouji be safe there?
Mal: Probably. There's an anti-violence field. *shrug*
Kriti: Well... Okay... but if anything happens to Kouji, I'm going to find someplace safer for him and me to stay.
Mal: There's things smaller than him around there. *turns toward the area that's set up as the puppy's space* We better get packin'.
Kriti: Yeah... *moving to help, Kouji following after her and 'talking' curiously*
Spazz: *coming in with her arms wrapped around Lumen* Great, you found her.
Mal: Whatever, dork.
Desinex: *Drops down from one of the ceiling vents, Showtime right behind her* Where's Hrafni? *despite the scowl on her little face, it's clear the largest of the three sisters is quite worried*
Spazz: *chuckles* Slinging hash in the Black Dog kitchen and loving every minute of it.
Desinex: Oh. *relaxes* Well, as long as she's safe and happy. *stretches*
Spazz: She's my daughter now, even if she is taller than me. *slight smirk on her alien face*
Desinex: *snorts and moves to help Kriti and Mal*
Later that day, at the apartment...
Spazz: *looks around her comfortable small (by TF standards) and very cluttered and lived in living room, then goes over to the couch and hops up to sit on her husband, who is sleeping with two bitties on his chest*
Lucky: *click click click! Mama!*
Spazz: *picks up the little white scrap of bayformer baby and cuddles him with a sigh* You're still a weird looking kid, you know that?
Lucky: *love!*
Showtime: *surprised sound*
Spazz: *looks over* What's wrong, Show?
Mal: *to Desinex and Eclipse* You can drop your slag over here. *heading for the hallway*
Lumen: *prancing over in alt mode to click and talk to Lucky. HI, LUCKY!*
Lucky: *blink blink blink* *joyful SQUEAL! as he recognizes the other sparklet that he got to see a couple times back on the ship*
Spazz: *chuckles at that, but is still looking at Showtime*
Showtime: It's like Chip's house... *Surprised by the similarities*
Spazz: Chip?
Desinex: One of the humans from our reality. His full name is Chip Chase... He's Spike's friend.
Spazz: Ohhhhh. Well, I know who Spike is, anyway. *looks around* It's not that human style, is it?
Rhinox: *sighs and turns his head* I think she's talking about the mess.
Lumen: *Happy yips as he wags his tail hard enough that his entire backside wiggles*
Spazz: ...Hey, that's YOUR mess, dude.
Rhinox: *grins as he sits up and reaches for Lumen* I know.
Lumen: *Happy yips, is a furry little wrigglemonster!*
Rhinox: *scoops the little puppy up and snuggles him next to Dinobaby, then lays back down with a contented sound* Well, make yourselves at home.
Spazz: *chuckles* Just nobody wreck the gardens in the sun room or on the roof.
Lucky: *click click squeak click click yawn*
Showtime: *perks* Gardens?
Desinex: *mutters something that sounds suspiciously like "Nerd"*
Spazz: Yeah, the hydroponics gardens off the ship. They're all here now. So are the aquariums we'd been setting up.
Showtime: Oooooo.....
Eclipse: *Silent, but only because she's fallen asleep on her feet. Again.*
Lumen: *happy snuggles, yawns*
Rhinox: *quirks a brow ridge at Eclipse, then glances at his wife*
Spazz: *looks over* Oh sheesh. Hey, Hrafni?
Hrafni: *pops out of a shadow, long ears perking* Ja, Tante? Ohhh! You're here! *claps hands happily at sight of the newcomers*
Kriti: *small smile* Hey, Hrafni... *reaching to poke at Eclipse* What the heck was she working on? I didn't hear a single explosion for solar cycles...
Hrafni: *slipping over and taking the sleeping femme's arm over her shoulders, gently clicking her tongue as she does so* You must come to bed und sleep.
Spazz: Nooo idea. I just got there to find her sleeping at her desk with the guts of a flashbomb strewn all over it. *rubs Lucky's back as he sighs*
Eclipse: *startles awake, blinking with confusion* Huh?
Lumen: *another little yawn, snuggles even more*
Kouji: *soft yips, asking his person for cuddles, which he gets*
Hrafni: *twitches her ears in a smile at Eclipse* You need to sleep. I vill hilf you to your room.
Spazz: The doors are all the same colour as the people they're meant for. So if you guys want to go get settled go right ahead.
Eclipse: *small nod, is trying to remember how she got here in the first place*
Desinex: *soft snort, nods, and moves to herd Showtime down the hall*
Hrafni: *leads Eclipse to the hall and down it to her room, making soft encouraging sounds and being careful not to just lift the femmebot up*
Spazz: *gets on couch with husband and littlebots* ...We need a hammock out here too.
Rhinox: *somnolent smile*
Kriti: *moving to follow after her sisters, Kouji squeaking and 'talking' up a storm for a few moments*
Lumen: *snuggles Spazz too*
Mal: *heading down the hall too to see how the sisters do*
Desinex, Kriti, and Showtime: *have no trouble figuring out where they're supposed to go*
Mal: *pauses in Kriti's room* Yeah... this looks like an apartment for you. Which is kinda ironic.
Kriti: *Pauses in getting Kouji's things set up* Hm?
Mal: This whole apartment is one room for somebody Nem's size.
Kriti: ... Nem?
Mal: Nemesis. Rhinox's boss. She runs the bar this place is in the same building as.
Kriti: Oh...
Mal: *head tilt* Sup?
Kriti: Just getting Kouji's things set up... *absent shrug*
Kouji: *Squeaks!*
Mal: I meant on your mind. You didn't sound that sure when I told you about Nem. *looks at the puppy*
Kriti: Just... The only Nemesis I know of... *a bit quieter* Was the 'Con warship Desi and I were held prisoner on....
Mal: Nem was named for Megatron's ship. She's 'Con.
Kriti: ... *small shiver as she chases away a bad memory, before her attention's going on giving Kouji belly scritches*
Mal: But her mate's Maximal. *more quietly and a bit gruffly* I'm Pred.
Kriti: *blink blink* Like Scorpy?
Mal: *snort* No. I have brains.
Kriti: ... Uh-huh. *Brat*
Mal: *head tilt, managing to look like she's got a wicked grin despite her lack of optics and mouth* I also have no spark.
Kriti: ... *'wings up, confused*
Mal: Did Spazz ever used to talk in your head?
Kriti: Um... I don't think so....
Mal: Ah. Well I used to be the voice in Boxcutter's head.
Kriti: ... *Snerk* Haven't seen that cranky old git in awhile....
Mal: No. Probably won't, either. The reality closed.
Kriti: ... What?!
Mal: It happens sometimes. Spazz's reality's closed off.
Kriti: ... Then 'Clipsie and Lu can't go home...
Mal: Nope.
Kriti: *quiet, sharp curse*
Mal: You're stuck with 'em.
Kriti: Eclipse is gonna be miffed...
Mal: Sucks to be her.
Kriti: *soft sigh, turns her attention to loving on Kouji*
Mal: *looks around and seems to frown* You gonna be alright stuck over in the corner of all this space?
Kriti: *nods* Yeah... It's no different than being on the shelf of the rec room....
Mal: There's a lot more empty floor space. *shrugs* Vern'll probably fix it up for you later. *goes and looks in the drawer in Kriti's new bed*
Kriti: Vern?
Mal: Rhinox's game name. Vern Green.
Kriti: ... *Another absent shrug* 'Kay.
Mal: Anyway. See you. *turns and wanders out to go look in at Showtime in her big room*
Showtime: *has everything she brought with her arranged nicely, seems quite content*
Mal: *looks through the door, and then goes to get the little tiny portable hydroponics light garden that was picked out as something Showtime would like awhile back, figuring it'll look nice with the little dirt garden unit that the femme already has. Once she gets it out of the box and planted, anyway*
Showtime: *oblivious, is taking care of her plant*
Mal: *offers the box, which is a bit hard for her to carry, but which is also covered with bright pictures of the unit, which is a flat rectangle sitting on its long narrow edge* Want more plant space? I gotta go get the light for this, it ain't attached like on that one.
Showtime: *Attention on Mal now, curious sound as she accepts the box*
Mal: You read human?
Showtime: *nods* Yeah... It was one of the first things I downloaded...
Mal: Okay. *goes to get the light. Winds up lugging back a chia pet she found stuffed in the back of the store room too*
Showtime: *has the unit out of the box, and the set-up instructions in hand, is reading*
Mal: *sets down the light and its instructions, and then sits her butt down on the floor and starts opening up the chia pet box*
Showtime: *'wings flutter as she reads, doesn't seem to notice Mal*
Mal: *goes to get water, feeds it to the chia pet, and makes a puddle on the floor in the process because she forgot to set it in a saucer*
Showtime: *works on getting things set up*
water: *goes to see Showtime*
Showtime: *Slight start when she feels the water*
Mal: *looks over there, then looks at the floor and cusses the chia pet out soundly for peeing itself*
Showtime: *getting up and moving to look for towels or something else to wipe up the water*
Mal: *flees the scene of the crime and goes to see the third sister*
Desinex: *appears to be MIA, though all of the belongings she brought with her (What little there are), are organized neatly*
Mal: *pokes around, moves one thing right over to another place, and then heads back to the living room*
Desinex: *quick to put things back where they belong*
Spazz: *laying and watching her husband and the bitties sleep*
Lumen: *asleep, looking totally innocent and not at all like he's WakeJumper spawn*
Spazz: *small smile, and then glances at the time, pulls a face at her little sister, and PINpoints everyone with her to her and Rhinox's hammock in their sleeping room*
Mal: *rude sound and goes to have fun in the bar*
((co-written with random_xtras))