Dream and another reality. Common areas and a human pen. Ko Dan.
Zoe: *carrying a basket on her hip, is going out to hang up cloths from the cheese making she and Nanny were having fun with*
Swindles: *starting to come home* *look* o.O
Zoe: *grins at them* In a few months there'll be something else for you guys to sell your organic customers.
thisSwindle: Oh... *sniffsniff* ...What is that?
Zoe: Cheese from Nanny's cute little cows.
otherSwindle: Cheese? We've got company-made cheese now?
Zoe: *chuckle* Well, Nanny and Cloe and I made it today.
thatSwindle: So, that's the 'a few months' part?
fewSwindles: *going to find Blitzwing to play now!*
Zoe: The cheese needs time to age and get flavourful.
thatSwindle: Ohhhh
Zoe: *more grin* Silver was in the kitchen with the Seekers, making cheese flavour things for us.
thatSwindle: *perk* Any left?
Zoe: *laughs* Have you ever seen the Seekers manage to eat their entire day's work?
thatSwindle: Oh... right.... Ahhh! *dodges a Blitzpounce*
yOp: *appears, scales bristling with anger*
Zoe: Oh boy. *wince wince at the angry she's feeling*
thatSwindle: meep?
Blitzwing: *back up* Op?
yOp: *blinks, and then takes a deep breath* Sorry... -Dad?-
Swindle: -Running a little late here.... Something wrong?-
yOp: *quietly* -I'm too mad to make sense. I need someone to help me deal with a situation I found. Should I bring Blitzwing instead?-
Swindle: -Depends on the situation, but he is at least mostly level-headed... and Random does know when to not be goofy...-
yOp: -Okay. ...Please be safe, alright?- *looks around* Blitzwing, will you come with me? I found... a situation.
Swindle: -I will.-
Blitzwing: Situation? *switches to Icy, letting the Swindles know game's being postponed*
yOp: *deep breath, but leaks smoke as his anger once more flashes out from him* Yeah... I can't describe it. Come and see?
Blitzwing: *nods* I will.
yOp: *holds out one wing*
Blitzwing: *goes over*
yOp: *touches him* We're going to be invisible at first.
Blitzwing: *nods*
yOp: *goes, and lands on a grassy open space, his anger flashing out again as he hears children crying and women wailing and screaming*
two guys: *massive reptilian beings without tails, they're beating a tall, powerfully built human man*
man: *holding onto the sides of the chute that leads up into the cargo hold of a ship. Is shaking, but won't let go and won't go in*
Blitzwing: o.o
yOp: *quietly* -The Ko Dan of this galaxy raise these humans as meat. That man refuses to go aboard. And if I get near those guys... I'll kill them.-
Blitzwing: *shifts to Random and growls, then nods*
Ko Dan 1: #$#@$#, we can't kill this one, or we won't have enough for the order. They want them live, for a party.
Ko Dan 2: *grumbles* Can't even drug it, then.
little kid: *reaches through the bars of a high fence* Daddy!
Ko Dan 2: *kicks at it and nearly gets its arm*
man: *curses and holds on even tighter*
Blitzwing: o.o! *HOWL!*
Ko Dan guys: *nearly jump right out of their skins* What the @#$@#@?
yOp: *jumped too*
Blitzwing: *JUMPS at them!*
yOp: *blink blink*
Ko Dan: *scattering and yelling!*
Blitzwing: *doesn't chase, does growl* -Sorry.... Just... got set off...-
man: *looking up at the big robot, and the big shiny winged thing that he can see too* ...What?
yOp: *claws dug into the ground so HE doesn't chase. And eat*
Blitzwing: *switches to Icy* Are you alright now?
man: *blinks* ...Who are you? What are you?
Blitzwing: My name is Blitzwing. I'm a Cybertronian.
man: *quietly* And him?
Blitzwing: That's Optimus. He's a Guardian Fae Dragon.
man: ...What does he guard?
Blitzwing: *blinks* ...Optimus, do you have anything in particular you guard?
yOp: *quietly* My family.
Blitzwing: ...I knew that. ^^;
yOp: *nose bumps him gently, and then lifts his head* They're going to swing the ship around and try shooting at us. There are more captive men aboard!
Blitzwing: *switching to Hothead* Oh, really now? *gonna PUNCH the ship*
ship: *take off aborted! Crunch!*
man: *as he's shaken loose and falls on his butt* Ahh! Come out! Come out!
other men: *scared, but listening to the call*
Blitzwing: *surprised smirk, will now work on punching ship so it won't take off for awhile*
Ko Dan in uniforms: *running up with what look like giant cattle prods*
yOp: *tail whips the nearest ones!*
Blitzwing: *looks up. Scowls at them*
uniform 1: *tries to hit Blitzwing with the shock prod thinger*
Blitzwing: *is hit* *then SMIRKS, and smacks the Ko Dan Away*
Ko Dan: *leap into the fray, yelling for reinforcements!*
yOp: *gives all the humans who are smart enough to use them their own small shock prods!*
Blitzwing: *Weeeee, FIGHT! A Hothead beating people up who deserve it is a happy Hothead*
random human: *trips and shocks the robot instead of the Ko Dan. CRINGE!*
Blitzwing: *glance down, try to move away from the human while punching Ko Dans*
man: *grabs his friend and drags him out of the way, then slaps him in the face a few times, and aims him at another Ko Dan before going after that same Ko Dan himself*
Blitzwing: *fighting away! Hasn't used his cannons once*
yOp: *has opened the corral, and naked women and children are pouring out, all big and strong, and some of the women are now joining the fight!*
more Ko Dan: *coming!*
older kids: *fighting too!*
Blitzwing: *fighting, but glancing round to see if anything may catch fire if he shot his cannons off upwards...*
*maybe that ship up there that contains Ko Dan guys plotting to drop a bomb might...*
Blitzwing: *knows not of the bomb, but the ship would be a good target* -Op, are there anyone else besides the bad guys on that ship?-
yOp: *looks up, lifts a hand, and then looks in it and shakes his head* -Not anymore.-
Blitzwing: *targets, FIRES*
ship: *katooom!* *bits bounce off the shield yOp just threw up*
Blitzwing: *shift to Random* Ooooo, fireworks! Ahahahahahaha! Hey! *back to Hothead and scowling at Ko Dan... and punching any that need it*
yOp: *reflexively catches punched Ko Dan. Swallows.* 0_0 *urk!*
Blitzwing: o.o!
Ko Dan that got urked: *gonna leave now! Fast!*
Blitzwing: *smirk*
yOp: *head up* The planetary defence force is mustering.
Blitzwing: I doubt I can take on the whole planet. What should we do?
yOp: *looks around* We can't leave the humans here...
Blitzwing: *shifts to Icy* Indeed...
yOp: Can you think of anywhere?
Blitzwing: *shakes his head*
yOp: *shuts eyes and WISHEs for the humans to be somewhere safe*
humans: *vanish, all except two men, a woman, and the little kid who'd been reaching through the fence*
Blitzwing: *blink*
yOp: *listens, and then goes wide-eyed* There's a rebel fleet up there. The humans went into the hold of one of their ships.
Blitzwing: Ohhhh...
yOp: Mostly dragon elves, and ... a young Meredronian male.
Blitzwing: Space Dragon?
yOp: Yup. He's got a rocket in each hand. He's in charge of ramming Ko Dan battle platforms.
Blitzwing: ... *nods* *looks at the remaining humans*
man: *picks up his child and then looks up at the robot and the dragon* Where did they go?
Blitzwing: *explains what yOp just told him*
man: *perks* There are more people telling the NOT-masters no?
Blitzwing: *nods*
man: *dances! And then meeps as he finds himself with a sparkly butt, and then a buttflap*
woman: *looking at her new halter top and buttflap* ...
Blitzwing: *small snerk* Clothes.
man: ...We can have these? *looks at the buttflap on his child*
Blitzwing: Of course.
man: ... *wibbles* Then I was right? We are people?
Blitzwing: Yes, you are.
man: *WHOOOP!*
yOp: *listening* ...This whole galaxy is full of farms like this. And there are more on this planet. And there are people like this, too. *shows Blitzwing what he's holding in his hand*
Blitzwing: *looks*
hand: *holds a cowering and confused tiny dwarf human with scaly looking skin, buggy eyes, and a wide mouth and nose*
Blitzwing: *Random* Tiny!
yOp: He was bred to be a pet, but his owner got tired of him and gave him to a coworker for a snack.
Blitzwing: o.o!
yOp: *growls softly as his anger once more leaks out*
Blitzwing: What can we do?
yOp: I want to go berserk, but I can't. Guardian Fae can't, or we lose our light.
Blitzwing: *nods*
yOp: *looks up* The captain of the lead dragon elf ship wants to talk to us.
Blitzwing: *back to Icy* We should do so, then.
man: Take me, and my brother and sister, too.
woman and other man: *watching Blitzwing, and still holding their prods*
Blitzwing: *looks to yOp*
yOp: We'll take you with us. -His brother and sister know they're people, but they can't speak. He and his child are throwbacks.-
Blitzwing: *nods*
yOp: *holds his wing out to Blitzwing, and his other hand to the four big humans*
Blitzwing: *goes over*
humans: *touch the hand, even the child*
yOp: *takes them up to the ship, arrives in human form and looks around the hold he'd been asked to arrive in*
humans: *hunker down to watch what happens*
tiny human: *starts to wail*
Blitzwing: *meeps*
yOp: *startled look as well*
dragon elf woman: *snags the poor little bald guy* This is my loot.
Blitzwing: *slight frown at 'loot'*
yOp: *unworried* -That's her way of saying she'll keep him and take care of him, sir.-
Blitzwing: -Ohhhh- *unfrown*
tiny human: *wailing as stopped, and he's snuggling close to the woman like a trusting little pet dog*
dragon elf woman: My name is Cryce.
Blitzwing: I am Blitzwing.
yOp: My name is Optimus.
Cryce: *looks at him* Optimus Prime?
yOp: No. Just Optimus. Prime is another guy.
Meanwhile, in the Dream
Zoe: -Will you be home soon, Swindle?- *is passing out cheesy noms to Swindles and Swindle families*
Swindle: -Juuuuust finishing up-
Zoe: -Did you hear where Optimus and Blitzwing went?-
Swindle: -Just a bit. Better Blitzwing then me... though I am quite capable of pulling my punches, so to speak.....-
Zoe: -Optimus is blocking me out.- *quietly* -What happened?-
Swindle: -A race was raising humans as food-
Zoe: *hand to her mouth* -Where?-
Swindle: -*tells what he knows, as he teleports home*-
Zoe: -Breeding them so that they didn't even know they're people.- *so sick she feels dizzy*
windle: *snuggles Zoe as soon as he gets close enough*
Zoe: *leans close* Sorry. *going to cry now*
Swindle: *comforts*
Zoe: *finally sniffs and wipes her eyes, though she has no tears* How many people?
Swindle: *shakes his head* I don't know. Many....
Zoe: One world?
Swindle: From what I got, more. Much more.... *shudder*
Zoe: *shares his shudder and hides her face, praying for all those poor people* Is... is it only humans?
Swindle: I... don't know.
Zoe: *intakes deeply* *quietly* Is there anyone there that can help?
Swindle: I think Op and Blitz are talking to some Dragon Elves now...
Zoe: *perks* *very slight grin as hope stirs in her spark* Dragon elves?
Swindle: That's what I'm getting...
Swindles: *watching 'The Time Machine'* *wibbling*
Zoe: *looks over at the other Swindles, then back to her mate* ...I bet all those people could use a ready supply of food. Can we give them some of our relief ration meals?
Swindle: I'm sure we can spare some... *small smirk*
Zoe: *grins* And we'll have to make something that's good for dragon elves.
Swindle: *nods at that*
Zoe: ...And I hear they like their food nearly as spicy as the JDs do.
Swindle: Nearly?
Swindles: *wibble again*
Zoe: Yes. It's not toxic to humans. Just very painful.
Swindle: Oh... *looks at brothers* What are they watching?
Zoe: *slight, sad grin* 'The Time Machine'.
Swindle: ...Oh.
Zoe: *hugs him* //Bubby, are you busy?//
Swindle: *snug*
aSwindle: //No, not really.//
Zoe: //Would you like a small job?//
aSwindle: //Definitely!//
Zoe: //Optimus isn't here to do research for the organic kitchen, and we need to know what we'll need to put into a basic ration for dragon elves.//
aSwindle: //Ohhhh. I'll be right there.//
Zoe: //You can do it there too.//
aSwindle: //I can?//
Zoe: //Don't you have one of the fancier PINpoints? And ... what happened to your Fae abilities?//
aSwindle: *blinkblink* //Erm... those were temporary?//
Zoe: //Ohhhh. I hadn't realized it was the time limit sort of temporary. Alright, you'll do a good job anyway, I know.//
aSwindle: *PINPoints over*
Zoe: *gets up to give him a hug*
aSwindle: *hugs Zoe back*
Zoe: *quietly explains a little bit of the situation to him. Tries to leave out the parts that might make him cry*
aSwindle: *nodding some*
Zoe: Think you can find what we need?
aSwindle: I'll do my best ^^
Zoe: Thanks, Bubby. Oh, and you have a pink baby bunny on your back.
aSwindle: *turns*
Moonstruck: *stuck to Daddy's back, and razzing Grandma for tattling*
aSwindle: Heehee
Zoe: *soft chuckle, and then looks at her mate*
Swindle: *smirk*
Silver: *feeds Daddy a cheesie thinger!*
Swindle: *is fed* ^.^
Zoe: What do you think?
Swindle: Pretty good.
aSwindle: *working*
Silver: *big grin. Then big yawn and big pout. Doesn't wanna be sleepy!*
Swindle: *snuggle*
Zoe: *thinks of what those Ko Dan are doing. And winds up making herself faint*
Swindle: Gah! Zoe!
Zoe: Uh? *blink blink* Ugh... rebooting...
Swindle: *help up*
Zoe: *wobbly and mad at herself for being wobbly*
Swindle: *snug and comfort*
Zoe: *sheepish and upset* I think I need to lay down.
Swindle: Okay...
Zoe: *looks at the one couch that's empty. Has no intention of walking off on this job*
Swindle: *sees. Carries Zoe to the couch*
yOp: *reporting what he just learned* -The the dragon elf forces are strong, and they have a rocket equipped Meredronian as their advance unit. There are at least three hundred 'wild' humans, who are of mixed blood- humans who were never caught and humans who threw back enough to have the sense to get away.-
Swindle: -Ouch...-
yOp: *and then tells only his dad about the little pet humans, who are purposely bred to have horrific genetic mutations because the Ko Dan women think that the result is cute*
Swindle: *visible twitch*
yOp: -They've also genetically engineered a virus that only affects female Ko Dan babies.-
Swindle: -Huhwhat?-
yOp: -To make them of low intelligence and obedient.-
Swindle: o.o
yOp: -Yeah.-
Swindle: -Primus....-
yOp: -And humans aren't the only sentient race they eat. They've wiped out several races. A couple of them were all killed in one big hunt.-
Swindle: *is... now sitting on the couch. Or in front of it*
Zoe: *soft meep and pulls him up beside her* Swindle?
Swindle: *is shaking now himself*
Zoe: *cuddles* You're talking to Optimus, aren't you?
Swindle: Yess..
Zoe: *softly* What is it?
Swindle: *tells*
Zoe: *dizzy and angry*
Swindle: *just shaking*
yOp: -Some of the creatures they've gotten hold of, human and animal, aren't recognizable anymore.-
Swindle: -Oh...-
yOp: *quietly* -Any ideas on what we can do? This is happening all over this galaxy.-
Swindle: -I... I don't...-
Zoe: -Feed the rebels.-
Swindle: -Yes, yes, there is that-
Zoe: -Then they'll be able to keep going, and they won't have to expose themselves to find something to eat.-
Swindle: *nods*
yOp: *consults with Blitzwing, letting the family at home hear* -What do you want to do now, sir?-
Blitzwing: -Make sure they have the food-
yOp: -Alright. Let's go to the refugee supply warehouse.- *puts out a call to Swindles*
allSwindles: *listening*
yOp: *giving them coordinates to places to bring the ration supplies*
Swindles: *getting ready to deliver!*
yOp: *gearing up to delivery mode himself* -Blitzwing? Do you want me to bring you somewhere? Or are you delivering too?-
Blitzwing: I can deliver some ^^
yOp: -Okay.- *gives him coordinates, and then signs off*
Zoe: *looks at her mate, and then sticks her fingers in her mouth and whistles for Seekers*
Seekers: *arrive!*
Zoe: *tries to get up, but is shaky from her and Swindle's reaction* We need to make more of the refugee food packages. A LOT more.
Lazerwave: Consider them done.
Seekers: *set to working!*
Zoe: Ugh, I need to get up and help. *nearly faceplants*
Swindle: No, you need rest...
Zoe: But... *so angry at self. And then thinks of what the Ko Dan have done and sooo dizzy*
Swindle: *snuggle* It's okay
Zoe: *sighs and curls against him*
Swindle: *cuddle*
Zoe: *snuggle* *is going to talk to God about this, then!*
Swindle: *comfort*
((co-written with swindle_blitz))
Swindles: *starting to come home* *look* o.O
Zoe: *grins at them* In a few months there'll be something else for you guys to sell your organic customers.
thisSwindle: Oh... *sniffsniff* ...What is that?
Zoe: Cheese from Nanny's cute little cows.
otherSwindle: Cheese? We've got company-made cheese now?
Zoe: *chuckle* Well, Nanny and Cloe and I made it today.
thatSwindle: So, that's the 'a few months' part?
fewSwindles: *going to find Blitzwing to play now!*
Zoe: The cheese needs time to age and get flavourful.
thatSwindle: Ohhhh
Zoe: *more grin* Silver was in the kitchen with the Seekers, making cheese flavour things for us.
thatSwindle: *perk* Any left?
Zoe: *laughs* Have you ever seen the Seekers manage to eat their entire day's work?
thatSwindle: Oh... right.... Ahhh! *dodges a Blitzpounce*
yOp: *appears, scales bristling with anger*
Zoe: Oh boy. *wince wince at the angry she's feeling*
thatSwindle: meep?
Blitzwing: *back up* Op?
yOp: *blinks, and then takes a deep breath* Sorry... -Dad?-
Swindle: -Running a little late here.... Something wrong?-
yOp: *quietly* -I'm too mad to make sense. I need someone to help me deal with a situation I found. Should I bring Blitzwing instead?-
Swindle: -Depends on the situation, but he is at least mostly level-headed... and Random does know when to not be goofy...-
yOp: -Okay. ...Please be safe, alright?- *looks around* Blitzwing, will you come with me? I found... a situation.
Swindle: -I will.-
Blitzwing: Situation? *switches to Icy, letting the Swindles know game's being postponed*
yOp: *deep breath, but leaks smoke as his anger once more flashes out from him* Yeah... I can't describe it. Come and see?
Blitzwing: *nods* I will.
yOp: *holds out one wing*
Blitzwing: *goes over*
yOp: *touches him* We're going to be invisible at first.
Blitzwing: *nods*
yOp: *goes, and lands on a grassy open space, his anger flashing out again as he hears children crying and women wailing and screaming*
two guys: *massive reptilian beings without tails, they're beating a tall, powerfully built human man*
man: *holding onto the sides of the chute that leads up into the cargo hold of a ship. Is shaking, but won't let go and won't go in*
Blitzwing: o.o
yOp: *quietly* -The Ko Dan of this galaxy raise these humans as meat. That man refuses to go aboard. And if I get near those guys... I'll kill them.-
Blitzwing: *shifts to Random and growls, then nods*
Ko Dan 1: #$#@$#, we can't kill this one, or we won't have enough for the order. They want them live, for a party.
Ko Dan 2: *grumbles* Can't even drug it, then.
little kid: *reaches through the bars of a high fence* Daddy!
Ko Dan 2: *kicks at it and nearly gets its arm*
man: *curses and holds on even tighter*
Blitzwing: o.o! *HOWL!*
Ko Dan guys: *nearly jump right out of their skins* What the @#$@#@?
yOp: *jumped too*
Blitzwing: *JUMPS at them!*
yOp: *blink blink*
Ko Dan: *scattering and yelling!*
Blitzwing: *doesn't chase, does growl* -Sorry.... Just... got set off...-
man: *looking up at the big robot, and the big shiny winged thing that he can see too* ...What?
yOp: *claws dug into the ground so HE doesn't chase. And eat*
Blitzwing: *switches to Icy* Are you alright now?
man: *blinks* ...Who are you? What are you?
Blitzwing: My name is Blitzwing. I'm a Cybertronian.
man: *quietly* And him?
Blitzwing: That's Optimus. He's a Guardian Fae Dragon.
man: ...What does he guard?
Blitzwing: *blinks* ...Optimus, do you have anything in particular you guard?
yOp: *quietly* My family.
Blitzwing: ...I knew that. ^^;
yOp: *nose bumps him gently, and then lifts his head* They're going to swing the ship around and try shooting at us. There are more captive men aboard!
Blitzwing: *switching to Hothead* Oh, really now? *gonna PUNCH the ship*
ship: *take off aborted! Crunch!*
man: *as he's shaken loose and falls on his butt* Ahh! Come out! Come out!
other men: *scared, but listening to the call*
Blitzwing: *surprised smirk, will now work on punching ship so it won't take off for awhile*
Ko Dan in uniforms: *running up with what look like giant cattle prods*
yOp: *tail whips the nearest ones!*
Blitzwing: *looks up. Scowls at them*
uniform 1: *tries to hit Blitzwing with the shock prod thinger*
Blitzwing: *is hit* *then SMIRKS, and smacks the Ko Dan Away*
Ko Dan: *leap into the fray, yelling for reinforcements!*
yOp: *gives all the humans who are smart enough to use them their own small shock prods!*
Blitzwing: *Weeeee, FIGHT! A Hothead beating people up who deserve it is a happy Hothead*
random human: *trips and shocks the robot instead of the Ko Dan. CRINGE!*
Blitzwing: *glance down, try to move away from the human while punching Ko Dans*
man: *grabs his friend and drags him out of the way, then slaps him in the face a few times, and aims him at another Ko Dan before going after that same Ko Dan himself*
Blitzwing: *fighting away! Hasn't used his cannons once*
yOp: *has opened the corral, and naked women and children are pouring out, all big and strong, and some of the women are now joining the fight!*
more Ko Dan: *coming!*
older kids: *fighting too!*
Blitzwing: *fighting, but glancing round to see if anything may catch fire if he shot his cannons off upwards...*
*maybe that ship up there that contains Ko Dan guys plotting to drop a bomb might...*
Blitzwing: *knows not of the bomb, but the ship would be a good target* -Op, are there anyone else besides the bad guys on that ship?-
yOp: *looks up, lifts a hand, and then looks in it and shakes his head* -Not anymore.-
Blitzwing: *targets, FIRES*
ship: *katooom!* *bits bounce off the shield yOp just threw up*
Blitzwing: *shift to Random* Ooooo, fireworks! Ahahahahahaha! Hey! *back to Hothead and scowling at Ko Dan... and punching any that need it*
yOp: *reflexively catches punched Ko Dan. Swallows.* 0_0 *urk!*
Blitzwing: o.o!
Ko Dan that got urked: *gonna leave now! Fast!*
Blitzwing: *smirk*
yOp: *head up* The planetary defence force is mustering.
Blitzwing: I doubt I can take on the whole planet. What should we do?
yOp: *looks around* We can't leave the humans here...
Blitzwing: *shifts to Icy* Indeed...
yOp: Can you think of anywhere?
Blitzwing: *shakes his head*
yOp: *shuts eyes and WISHEs for the humans to be somewhere safe*
humans: *vanish, all except two men, a woman, and the little kid who'd been reaching through the fence*
Blitzwing: *blink*
yOp: *listens, and then goes wide-eyed* There's a rebel fleet up there. The humans went into the hold of one of their ships.
Blitzwing: Ohhhh...
yOp: Mostly dragon elves, and ... a young Meredronian male.
Blitzwing: Space Dragon?
yOp: Yup. He's got a rocket in each hand. He's in charge of ramming Ko Dan battle platforms.
Blitzwing: ... *nods* *looks at the remaining humans*
man: *picks up his child and then looks up at the robot and the dragon* Where did they go?
Blitzwing: *explains what yOp just told him*
man: *perks* There are more people telling the NOT-masters no?
Blitzwing: *nods*
man: *dances! And then meeps as he finds himself with a sparkly butt, and then a buttflap*
woman: *looking at her new halter top and buttflap* ...
Blitzwing: *small snerk* Clothes.
man: ...We can have these? *looks at the buttflap on his child*
Blitzwing: Of course.
man: ... *wibbles* Then I was right? We are people?
Blitzwing: Yes, you are.
man: *WHOOOP!*
yOp: *listening* ...This whole galaxy is full of farms like this. And there are more on this planet. And there are people like this, too. *shows Blitzwing what he's holding in his hand*
Blitzwing: *looks*
hand: *holds a cowering and confused tiny dwarf human with scaly looking skin, buggy eyes, and a wide mouth and nose*
Blitzwing: *Random* Tiny!
yOp: He was bred to be a pet, but his owner got tired of him and gave him to a coworker for a snack.
Blitzwing: o.o!
yOp: *growls softly as his anger once more leaks out*
Blitzwing: What can we do?
yOp: I want to go berserk, but I can't. Guardian Fae can't, or we lose our light.
Blitzwing: *nods*
yOp: *looks up* The captain of the lead dragon elf ship wants to talk to us.
Blitzwing: *back to Icy* We should do so, then.
man: Take me, and my brother and sister, too.
woman and other man: *watching Blitzwing, and still holding their prods*
Blitzwing: *looks to yOp*
yOp: We'll take you with us. -His brother and sister know they're people, but they can't speak. He and his child are throwbacks.-
Blitzwing: *nods*
yOp: *holds his wing out to Blitzwing, and his other hand to the four big humans*
Blitzwing: *goes over*
humans: *touch the hand, even the child*
yOp: *takes them up to the ship, arrives in human form and looks around the hold he'd been asked to arrive in*
humans: *hunker down to watch what happens*
tiny human: *starts to wail*
Blitzwing: *meeps*
yOp: *startled look as well*
dragon elf woman: *snags the poor little bald guy* This is my loot.
Blitzwing: *slight frown at 'loot'*
yOp: *unworried* -That's her way of saying she'll keep him and take care of him, sir.-
Blitzwing: -Ohhhh- *unfrown*
tiny human: *wailing as stopped, and he's snuggling close to the woman like a trusting little pet dog*
dragon elf woman: My name is Cryce.
Blitzwing: I am Blitzwing.
yOp: My name is Optimus.
Cryce: *looks at him* Optimus Prime?
yOp: No. Just Optimus. Prime is another guy.
Meanwhile, in the Dream
Zoe: -Will you be home soon, Swindle?- *is passing out cheesy noms to Swindles and Swindle families*
Swindle: -Juuuuust finishing up-
Zoe: -Did you hear where Optimus and Blitzwing went?-
Swindle: -Just a bit. Better Blitzwing then me... though I am quite capable of pulling my punches, so to speak.....-
Zoe: -Optimus is blocking me out.- *quietly* -What happened?-
Swindle: -A race was raising humans as food-
Zoe: *hand to her mouth* -Where?-
Swindle: -*tells what he knows, as he teleports home*-
Zoe: -Breeding them so that they didn't even know they're people.- *so sick she feels dizzy*
windle: *snuggles Zoe as soon as he gets close enough*
Zoe: *leans close* Sorry. *going to cry now*
Swindle: *comforts*
Zoe: *finally sniffs and wipes her eyes, though she has no tears* How many people?
Swindle: *shakes his head* I don't know. Many....
Zoe: One world?
Swindle: From what I got, more. Much more.... *shudder*
Zoe: *shares his shudder and hides her face, praying for all those poor people* Is... is it only humans?
Swindle: I... don't know.
Zoe: *intakes deeply* *quietly* Is there anyone there that can help?
Swindle: I think Op and Blitz are talking to some Dragon Elves now...
Zoe: *perks* *very slight grin as hope stirs in her spark* Dragon elves?
Swindle: That's what I'm getting...
Swindles: *watching 'The Time Machine'* *wibbling*
Zoe: *looks over at the other Swindles, then back to her mate* ...I bet all those people could use a ready supply of food. Can we give them some of our relief ration meals?
Swindle: I'm sure we can spare some... *small smirk*
Zoe: *grins* And we'll have to make something that's good for dragon elves.
Swindle: *nods at that*
Zoe: ...And I hear they like their food nearly as spicy as the JDs do.
Swindle: Nearly?
Swindles: *wibble again*
Zoe: Yes. It's not toxic to humans. Just very painful.
Swindle: Oh... *looks at brothers* What are they watching?
Zoe: *slight, sad grin* 'The Time Machine'.
Swindle: ...Oh.
Zoe: *hugs him* //Bubby, are you busy?//
Swindle: *snug*
aSwindle: //No, not really.//
Zoe: //Would you like a small job?//
aSwindle: //Definitely!//
Zoe: //Optimus isn't here to do research for the organic kitchen, and we need to know what we'll need to put into a basic ration for dragon elves.//
aSwindle: //Ohhhh. I'll be right there.//
Zoe: //You can do it there too.//
aSwindle: //I can?//
Zoe: //Don't you have one of the fancier PINpoints? And ... what happened to your Fae abilities?//
aSwindle: *blinkblink* //Erm... those were temporary?//
Zoe: //Ohhhh. I hadn't realized it was the time limit sort of temporary. Alright, you'll do a good job anyway, I know.//
aSwindle: *PINPoints over*
Zoe: *gets up to give him a hug*
aSwindle: *hugs Zoe back*
Zoe: *quietly explains a little bit of the situation to him. Tries to leave out the parts that might make him cry*
aSwindle: *nodding some*
Zoe: Think you can find what we need?
aSwindle: I'll do my best ^^
Zoe: Thanks, Bubby. Oh, and you have a pink baby bunny on your back.
aSwindle: *turns*
Moonstruck: *stuck to Daddy's back, and razzing Grandma for tattling*
aSwindle: Heehee
Zoe: *soft chuckle, and then looks at her mate*
Swindle: *smirk*
Silver: *feeds Daddy a cheesie thinger!*
Swindle: *is fed* ^.^
Zoe: What do you think?
Swindle: Pretty good.
aSwindle: *working*
Silver: *big grin. Then big yawn and big pout. Doesn't wanna be sleepy!*
Swindle: *snuggle*
Zoe: *thinks of what those Ko Dan are doing. And winds up making herself faint*
Swindle: Gah! Zoe!
Zoe: Uh? *blink blink* Ugh... rebooting...
Swindle: *help up*
Zoe: *wobbly and mad at herself for being wobbly*
Swindle: *snug and comfort*
Zoe: *sheepish and upset* I think I need to lay down.
Swindle: Okay...
Zoe: *looks at the one couch that's empty. Has no intention of walking off on this job*
Swindle: *sees. Carries Zoe to the couch*
yOp: *reporting what he just learned* -The the dragon elf forces are strong, and they have a rocket equipped Meredronian as their advance unit. There are at least three hundred 'wild' humans, who are of mixed blood- humans who were never caught and humans who threw back enough to have the sense to get away.-
Swindle: -Ouch...-
yOp: *and then tells only his dad about the little pet humans, who are purposely bred to have horrific genetic mutations because the Ko Dan women think that the result is cute*
Swindle: *visible twitch*
yOp: -They've also genetically engineered a virus that only affects female Ko Dan babies.-
Swindle: -Huhwhat?-
yOp: -To make them of low intelligence and obedient.-
Swindle: o.o
yOp: -Yeah.-
Swindle: -Primus....-
yOp: -And humans aren't the only sentient race they eat. They've wiped out several races. A couple of them were all killed in one big hunt.-
Swindle: *is... now sitting on the couch. Or in front of it*
Zoe: *soft meep and pulls him up beside her* Swindle?
Swindle: *is shaking now himself*
Zoe: *cuddles* You're talking to Optimus, aren't you?
Swindle: Yess..
Zoe: *softly* What is it?
Swindle: *tells*
Zoe: *dizzy and angry*
Swindle: *just shaking*
yOp: -Some of the creatures they've gotten hold of, human and animal, aren't recognizable anymore.-
Swindle: -Oh...-
yOp: *quietly* -Any ideas on what we can do? This is happening all over this galaxy.-
Swindle: -I... I don't...-
Zoe: -Feed the rebels.-
Swindle: -Yes, yes, there is that-
Zoe: -Then they'll be able to keep going, and they won't have to expose themselves to find something to eat.-
Swindle: *nods*
yOp: *consults with Blitzwing, letting the family at home hear* -What do you want to do now, sir?-
Blitzwing: -Make sure they have the food-
yOp: -Alright. Let's go to the refugee supply warehouse.- *puts out a call to Swindles*
allSwindles: *listening*
yOp: *giving them coordinates to places to bring the ration supplies*
Swindles: *getting ready to deliver!*
yOp: *gearing up to delivery mode himself* -Blitzwing? Do you want me to bring you somewhere? Or are you delivering too?-
Blitzwing: I can deliver some ^^
yOp: -Okay.- *gives him coordinates, and then signs off*
Zoe: *looks at her mate, and then sticks her fingers in her mouth and whistles for Seekers*
Seekers: *arrive!*
Zoe: *tries to get up, but is shaky from her and Swindle's reaction* We need to make more of the refugee food packages. A LOT more.
Lazerwave: Consider them done.
Seekers: *set to working!*
Zoe: Ugh, I need to get up and help. *nearly faceplants*
Swindle: No, you need rest...
Zoe: But... *so angry at self. And then thinks of what the Ko Dan have done and sooo dizzy*
Swindle: *snuggle* It's okay
Zoe: *sighs and curls against him*
Swindle: *cuddle*
Zoe: *snuggle* *is going to talk to God about this, then!*
Swindle: *comfort*
((co-written with swindle_blitz))