#And they’ve already got Solon- but honestly?

[cyber-streak-2]

{The ghost that lives in/haunts the Autobot’s base and who they all befriended doesn’t remember her name, so the Autobots just call her by certain nicknames, while also trying to think of an actual name, because a lot of the nicknames are usually ‘Kid’, ‘Ghost’, ‘Spirit’, stuff like that.}

{The ghost can’t actually leave the base, so as much as she wants to leave with the Autobots sometimes, or go after a ‘Con (mainly Megatron) if any of them did something, she really can’t.}

Even if these ones aren’t around- since, y’know, death, I’d still want to mention what they’re called, anyway:

Hot Rod: They/Them/Themself.

Red Alert: He/Him/Himself, She/Her/Herself.

Jazz: It/It’s/Itself, He/Him/Himself.

Alpha Trion: He/Him/Himself.

Arcee: She/Her/Herself, MtF.

Sideswipe: They/Them/Themself, He/Him/Himself.

Sunstreaker: He/Him/Himself, FtM.

{While Thundercracker is doing things in Universe 2, it spots a little puppy being attacked by something, and saves her- and after doing so, TC decides to adopt the puppy. The puppy is Buster, although he doesn’t come up with the name for about three months, so it just calls her ‘puppy’ for a while.}

{Grimlock already got accidentally sent to Universe 2, where Wheeljack was— and shortly after that, about one month, the rest of the Dinobots ended up with there with Grim and their dad. Ratchet is worried.}

{There were more that Megatron had killed besides the seven first mentioned. And those are:

Bluestreak: He/Him/Himself, FtM.

Springer: He/Him/Himself.

Riptide: They/Them/Themself.

Cerebros: It/It’s/Itself, They/Them/Themself.

Eject: They/Them/Themself.

Sentinel Prime: He/Him/Himself.}

{In Universe 1, since no human actually knows about the Autobots or ‘Cons there, when Powerglide met Astoria- and the two eventually started dating- the two planned on not telling anybody.}

{Just like IDW, Tarantulas & Springer are father and son. Tarantulas knows that Springer is dead- which is already bad enough, but Tarantulas doesn’t know that it was Megs who killed him. But when it does find out...}

More alive characters that are fully present in this:

Sky-Byte (Universe 1): He/Him/Himself, They/Them/Themself.

{Sky-Byte was originally a Decepticon in this, but about eleven years ago before all the Universe stuff started, he decided to join the Autobots}

Dark-Scream (Universe 1): They/Them/Themself.

{Dark-Scream, like Sky-Byte, was originally a Decepticon. Although they never joined the Autobots- instead, they are a neutral, but they and Sky-Byte frequently help each-other out, and just hang out.}

Overlord (Unknown): He/Him/Himself, They/Them/Themself, She/Her/Herself.

{Overlord certainly has plans to step on someone once they get out of this Void and into one of the Universes.}

Star Saber (Universe 2): He/Him/Himself.

{Star Saber never had Jan in Universe 1, however, he’ll finally get a son in Universe 2.}

{Star Saber is almost never around the rest of the Autobots- both in Universe 2 and 1, his appearance is rare, even on the day when he got taken to the second Universe with everyone else.}

//Tags: @aecholapis @ivycorp @novafire-is-thinking @themultifandomtransguy

[what-the-crit-is-going-on]

Episode 43

With the threat of being discovered of their thievery, Caleb casts a wall of flames into a large U separating the Nein from the crew of the Squall Eater. Beau runs over to the human wizard and grabs Avantica’s journal, assuring him she's going to stick to the plan to get it up to the Plank King. Avantica calls on her newly gained water control powers to dose the fire but is countered by Caleb when he hears her casting.

Jester grabs Beau and summons her doorway to get them as far from the ship and as close to the Plank King as they can get, they end up by the Bloated Cup Tavern. Seeing Jester and Beau flee, Yasha and Caduceus begin their retreat as well, making it off the ship and onto the docks. Fjord takes a hold of Caleb's shoulder and begins casting thunderstep, waiting for Nott to move before finishing his spell. Nott makes it down to Yasha and Caduceus and Fjord and Caleb thunderstep the hell out of there.

Vera slows down the escape of the two on the docks already by casting a hail storm over them. Caleb expedites his retreat and manages to get pretty far before being shot in the back with a heavy bolt, knocking him unconscious, and skidding to a halt on his face. The “guards” of the island begin to rush to the battle and halt Fjord. Being unable to move without triggering these guards he turns and summons a greater demon onto the deck of the Squall Eater, right by Vera, and gives it one command, to fuck up the crew.

Vera, seeing the mass of guards now coming to investigate, sends out a mass suggestion to them, claiming they've crossed Avantica and they need to be stopped. Fjord manages to make it over to Caleb and pours a healing potion into him, bringing him back into the fight. Once he's back on his feet, Caleb sends out a fireball to the ship. He incinerates almost five people, with Vera managing to only fall to the ground, crispy and unconscious. With these fiery deaths of course, memories flood back of his past and he goes stunned once again.

Beau convinces the guards at the steps to escort her to the Plank King using Caleb's explosion to further her point of it being urgent. Ocme there she discusses with him what proof she has of the captain wanting to overthrow him and take Darktow, and the illegal means of how she got it. The Plank King will still hold his own judgement until he hears Avantica's side of the story, but tells Beau if she's right then the Squall Eater will be theirs and they will leave the island alive, but if they aren't then their heads will be on the warning pikes outside his throne room. He gathers his intellectual lackey, Solon, to help decipher the book and the hooded figure that passed the Nein on the way up the night before, who reveals himself to be Jamedi, and they head down to the docks.

The fighting stops as the Nein accept the manacles and grapples of the pirate guards and wait for the arrival of the goliath Plank King. Once there he hears from Avantica why the Nein took up with her, as she slanders the team saying they were the ones who were interested in Uk'otoa and dragged her along for it. Beau counters this by saying the reason she's here is to investigate Avantica on behalf of the Cobalt Soul and the expositors that she's a part of. The Plank King seems to appreciate her connections and permits her to punch the truth out of Avantica.

With only one minute to get his answers from her the goliath steps forward and asks if that journal is hers and I it does indeed contain proof of a coup against him. She doesn't answer. He steps closer and repeats himself to the elven woman who refused to look at him. Still no answer. The Plank King kneels down to her level and brings their faces so close they almost touch foreheads and he demands she look him in the eye. Of course, keeping her mouth shut, she avoids his piercing gaze and that is proof enough to him that she did in fact plan to use her powers to have him and the rest of Darktow bend their knees to her.

He backs off a bit, stating his disappointment in her and grabs her by the neck. He calls her a warning to others, and tells Avantica he “hopes her god, whatever it may be, is a merciful one” before snapping her neck like it was nothing and dropping her body to the wood of the dock.

With the answer he desired he turns to the Nein, and judges them with breaking many of their laws within one day of even being on the island (which honestly is a new record for them and kind of impressive) and punishes them with banishment from the island. Should they ever return they will be sent to the depths of the ocean, effective immediately. They gather their hired crew and board the heavily damaged Squall Eater, setting sail for the open seas at less than half the speed they should have.

While out on the water, Caduceus prays to the Wild Mother for direction on where they should go now and she sends them in the direction of Basaft. Beau, Nott, and Caleb search the Captain's quarters for any information or traps and end up talking on about Beau's expositor reveal. Nott is entirely enthralled by the fact that she's basically a secret agent and Caleb isn't as surprised, claiming she knows too much to just be out here for adventure and to chase around “our barbarian friend”.

Meanwhile, Fjord and Jester talk above deck, she asks him how he feels about everything so far and their plans for what's next. Of course he wants to find the shipwreck and his old captain Vandren. Jester asks if, once they find Vandren, alive or dead, “are you going to stop talking like him?”. After a bit of silence Fjord nods slightly with a maybe. She also offers to send message to the Plank King to ask about Vandren as it seems the island new him, and comments on his tusks growing in before they awkwardly dismiss the conversation and head off to deal with whatever they have to deal with.

Once close to where Fjord's shipwreck should be, Caduceus and Jester begin casting locate object on both a sphere of Uk��otoa and the shipwreck itself. Caduceus gets a ping on the wreck and they send Frumpkin down to check it out. Confirming it is a wreck below them, the Nein rest up before executing their plan to dive with the help of Fjord's underwater breathing spell. Their feet touch the sand hidden beneath the waves and they begin searching for the wreck. After many hours the Nein are faced with the looking, familiar wreck, of Vandren's ship, and Fjord's past.