#cat goes nyoom! xD

[hcttrick]

Cur this little cat moving popping out of his owner's hat and taking off, feeling free.

"Merrrow!!~"

[5am-the-foxing-hour]

Virgil running around at 3 am like an actual cat. Someone stop the emo madman from going nyoom.

XD

no one can stop him!the cat goes nyoom over the sneek!the sneek goes hiss when getting run over!

[verdigrisprowl]

Aug 7 Dancitron Movie Night - 3 Star Trek episodes

The episodes were “Take Me Out to the Holo-Suite,” “Tribunal,” and “Darmok.”

ItsyBitsySpyers 8:23 pm *Soundwave drops onto his usual couch and reaches down to the ground to scratch Ravage. A good hunt today.* Impact 8:24 pm *is looking around as she comes in, looking for a certain someone whose name rhymes with "owl"* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:24 pm *Does Knock Out know about this betrayal* Impact 8:24 pm ((XD)) Hi Soundwave! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:25 pm [[Greetings, Impact.]] Impact 8:25 pm Hi Ravage! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:25 pm *Ravage blinks hello.* Swoop 8:26 pm *slides in, soaking wet and loudly chattering* Specs 8:26 pm *the dragon quietly slides some mercury and silver energon drops onto the table with the rest of the food. everyone loves treats, right?* Windchill 8:26 pm *Appears, and walks like a normal person for a change. He's not wasting time in taking a seat.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:26 pm *Laserbeak NYOOMS over to the snacks and grabs a couple mercury drops. Soundwave... is gonna do the same with a feeler and the silver.* Swoop 8:27 pm *hops, skips, and jumps over to Laserbeak, leaving MASSIVE puddles in his wake* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:27 pm *Maybe tuck it into his subspace. Laserbeak throws a mercury drop at Swoop hello and* *Soundwave nods to Windchill* Swoop 8:27 pm *catches the mercury in his beak* :V What is? boomtank 8:27 pm -trots in and looks around for a free seat- ItsyBitsySpyers 8:27 pm {{Candy. Them dragon make.}} Windchill 8:28 pm *Waves back, his, err...'nostrils' flaring at the sight of the puddles tracked across the floor.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:28 pm *Nod to Blaster.* [[Why is there water on his floor.]] Swoop 8:28 pm Dragon candy :V Impact 8:28 pm *bounces on heels, where oh where is Prowl, she has a Mission* Specs 8:28 pm *said dragon is currently trying to find a perch while studiously avoiding the puddles. no wet dragons pls and thx* Swoop 8:29 pm *FULL BODY SHAKES* *floofs up plating and chirps* boomtank 8:29 pm -waves back- Windchill 8:29 pm

ItsyBitsySpyers 8:29 pm [[SWOOP.]] Swoop 8:29 pm Soundwave 😆 ItsyBitsySpyers 8:29 pm [[There is a mop behind the bar. Please use it.]] Swoop 8:30 pm For what? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:30 pm *Puddle point.* Bevel 8:30 pm *trundles in with Eowyn leashed as promised and at least one optic on Ravage lest he think this flobster is a wild one* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:30 pm [[Before Windchill perishes in disbelief and someone else slips.]] Swoop 8:30 pm *has never used a mop a single day in his dinolife* Impact 8:30 pm *excited waving at Bevel!* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:30 pm *Ravage is indeed licking his chops. But he'll be good.* Windchill 8:30 pm Oh, trust me, I can believe it. Swoop 8:30 pm *lives in a cave kthx* Windchill no like water? boomtank 8:30 pm -Swoop. Swoop why?- Bevel 8:31 pm *waves back to Impact* Windchill 8:31 pm *SNORTS* Your Lord 8:31 pm What is it we're watching, exactly. Windchill 8:31 pm Water's fine. Specs 8:31 pm I like having dry fur, if it's all the same to you, Swoop. Impact 8:31 pm *waves at Starscream :D* Your Lord 8:31 pm Hello small child. Me 8:31 pm *the long-awaited prowl appears* Windchill 8:31 pm However, it amuses me when someone is messier than I am. Impact 8:31 pm 3:D *NYOOMS over to Prowl* Hi! Swoop 8:32 pm *doesn't even think about going for the mop* Me 8:32 pm ... Hello...? *who is this. he hasn't even sat down* Windchill 8:32 pm *Barely contained eyeroll.* Bevel 8:32 pm Hello, Starscream. *parks herself and Eowyn in the floor out of the way but perfectly able to see the screen* Swoop 8:32 pm *HUFFS hot (read: mildly on fire) air out his vents and TADA dry pteronon* Your Lord 8:32 pm Yes, yes. Hello. Swoop 8:32 pm *mostly dry* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm ((8 MINUTE WARNING)) Swoop 8:32 pm *dry enough* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm [[We are watching the exploits of humans in space.]] Whirl 8:32 pm ((omg EEEY SPECS)) Windchill 8:32 pm *But is the floor dry?* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm [[Several exploits.]] Impact 8:33 pm Sorry the documentary wasn't very facts, did you have fun looking stuff up at least? 3:D Bevel 8:33 pm More space trek? Specs 8:33 pm ((eeeeey!)) Swoop 8:33 pm *the floor cannot breath fire, unfortunately* Whirl 8:33 pm ((IT'S ME, THE wormlord)) Specs 8:33 pm ((WORM LORD)) Windchill 8:33 pm *Goshdarnit, Swoop.* Specs 8:33 pm ((HAIL WORM)) Windchill 8:33 pm ((Worm lord.)) boomtank 8:33 pm -Swoop no- Whirl 8:33 pm *trots in* I'm astonished. Your Lord 8:33 pm [ the wormlord has cometh ] Whirl 8:33 pm For what, the second night in a row? We've got real, actual music playing. Bevel 8:33 pm *waves to Whirl* Specs 8:34 pm ((you know this means that I'm going to have to start anonymously start sending worms to whirl's blog now)) Whirl 8:34 pm ((wormlord has Arrived)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:34 pm [[Yes. He's told he's able to recognize it from time to time.]] Whirl 8:34 pm ((HAHA... send frogs, he will appreciate them 😎 )) Me 8:34 pm Oh. *so THIS is Impact.* Yyyes, I did. Swoop 8:34 pm *reaches out with his long birby fingers and tries to pat at Laserbeak's wings* Whirl 8:34 pm *bobs his head cheerfully at Bevel and he's making his way over because TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FLOBSTER* So this is her, huh? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:34 pm *Laserbeak pinches the fingers but allows the pats after that. It is Attention, after all, and she does like that.* Impact 8:34 pm Oh good! *Holds out her hand for a handshake* Pleased to meet you proper-like! Swoop 8:35 pm *giggles and continues with The Attention* Your Lord 8:35 pm Such an audience. I'm surprised I haven't come to one of these before. Windchill 8:35 pm *Huffs; he'll get the mop himself seeing as nobody but the dragon seems to be absorbent enough to deal with it otherwise.* Me 8:35 pm *okay, prowl guesses they're making physical contact now. leans down to shake hand.* Sure. Same. Specs 8:35 pm *the dragon appreciates not being used as a mop to absorb the water* Whirl 8:35 pm ((WTF THIS SONG WAS STUCK IN MY HEAD THIS MORNING......)) boomtank 8:36 pm -he's just...going to sit over somewhere- ItsyBitsySpyers 8:36 pm [[Ah. An alternate, then?]] Interested stare at Starscream. [[From when?]] Impact 8:36 pm *Beams before trotting off toward Bevel.* See you later! Bevel 8:36 pm *oh yes Whirl* Yup. *picks Eowyn up like a very weird looking cat* Whirl 8:36 pm Can I...? *holds up his huge claws* Bevel 8:36 pm *will offer her up to Whirl* Windchill 8:36 pm *Mop is a little—or a lot—small for him.* Your Lord 8:36 pm I can assure you I am the one and only. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:36 pm ((sorry i hate that song)) Whirl 8:37 pm *he is going to take Eowyn with surprising gentleness and hold her carefully* She's bigger than Trouble. Hey there, you horrid little thing. ((you're fine dude i am not particularly attached to it, it was just stuck in there)) Bevel 8:38 pm *said flobster will wiggle her legs and claws and noot some at the attention* Whirl 8:38 pm *he is DELIGHTED. He noots back, mimicking the noise quite accurately* Impact 8:38 pm *fondly regards nooting* Specs 8:39 pm *it's not clear if the dragon is laughing or attempting to imitate nooting, but she seems pleased nonetheless* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:39 pm [[Are you certain?]] Because he knows someone in New Kaon who would protest that. And someone he works for. And one in a strange timeline that's been twisted on end. [[Keep to the evening's rules and all will be well. This is a neutral zone.]] boomtank 8:39 pm -almost automatic reaction to nooting, Blaster is pulling his legs up to his chest- Windchill 8:39 pm *Squats in the middle of floor and FORCEFULLY dabs at the puddles with the mop. There's no video yet so he's not in the way, right? Right.* Bevel 8:39 pm *Bevel gives Eowyn the soppiest look one can give a well adored pet* Your Lord 8:39 pm I'd certainly like to think so. Me 8:40 pm *well. strange encounter. goes to...* Whirl 8:40 pm *Eowyn & the Nooters, the new house band of Dancitron* Your Lord 8:40 pm But yes, don't worry your pretty little head. I've no qualms acting civil. Bevel 8:40 pm *best band* Impact 8:40 pm ((Impact the strange encounter. does this make impact a cryptid)) Me 8:40 pm *... NOT sit by soundwave, because soundwave is talking to an unknown starscream, and prowl doesn't know how much soundwave wants this starscream to know this soon.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:40 pm ((ALL RIGHT here we go. warnings that i can think of offhand: the first one is just fluff but there's some angry arguing, the second is an awful legal system and various abuses that go with that, and the third has violence and whatnot)) Me 8:41 pm ((a strange creamsicle-colored cryptid that emerges from the wild, bearing titanic documentaries)) Bevel 8:41 pm ((impact is the best cryptid Whirl 8:42 pm *he will hand Eowyn back* Thanks, Shovel. She's great! *this has put him in a genuinely good mood, and once Eowyn is returned, he'll trot on over to take his usual seat* Impact 8:42 pm ((3>:D)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:42 pm ((netflix can you please)) Your Lord 8:42 pm [ lMAO, perfect description ] Whirl 8:42 pm ((i know what I must do)) Impact 8:42 pm Can I hold her now, Bevel? Please~? Windchill 8:42 pm *Good enough, he figures. Will he resist the urge to wring out said mop on Swoop's head?* Specs 8:42 pm ((impact is everyone's favorite cryptid)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:42 pm *Prowl will get a ping hello, but Soundwave leaves the decision of where to sit up to him. He can see that hesitation.* [[Good. He's told being phased into a wall as temporary punishment is unpleasant.]] Your Lord 8:43 pm *There's no doubt that Starscream can see it to, how strange.* Bevel 8:43 pm Thanks, Whirl! *takes Eowyn back and then looks at 8ft Impact and 6ft Eowyn... carefully puts part of Eowyn's bulk on Impact's legs and lets her flop there for as long as she'd like to do so* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:44 pm *Rumble and Frenzy come rushing downstairs, shoving and pushing in the attempt to get to Whirl and Eowyn and Impact and Bevel first.* Swoop 8:44 pm *settles down (as much as a Dinobot ever does) to sit next to/around Bird* Me 8:44 pm *returns the ping; takes a different seat.* Specs 8:44 pm ((the twins, rumble and whirl)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:44 pm ((ahem. and frenzy.)) Bevel 8:44 pm *grins at the twins* Impact 8:45 pm *Delighted! Gentle pats and nooting for large flobster friend.* Windchill 8:45 pm *Annnnd the mop goes back where he found it, he's sitting down again.* Impact 8:45 pm *grins at twins, too, then back to pets* Slag 8:45 pm *rolls a bit to rest against Swoop* Me 8:45 pm *well, this show is a dark start.* Whirl 8:46 pm *perks up and nods at the twins, and then at Windchill.* hey, c'mon over and sit, you lot. *this is directed at the twins, and Bevel, and Impact--and Windchill but he has a standing ovation* Swoop 8:46 pm *leans his head on Slag and chirps repeatedly* Me 8:46 pm *... prowl changed his mind.* Bevel 8:46 pm *Eowyn, having been fed prior to the movie, is happy to lay on Impact and be pet* Specs 8:46 pm *blinks at the triceratops having shown up, but settles down quickly. dinobots gonna dinobot* Windchill 8:46 pm *Raises a brow. He just sat down!* Whirl 8:46 pm *...INVITATION, not ovation* *thanks brain)) Slag 8:46 pm You Swoop be quiet *nips wing* Whirl 8:47 pm *well then not him. Whirl's player was typing that before windchill's message dropped. ahem* Swoop 8:47 pm *twitches* NEVER! kehehehhehehhhehehh ItsyBitsySpyers 8:47 pm *The twins give Eowyn quick pats before plopping down with the others. Rumble seems to be more interested in the episode than Frenzy, though. He's already settling in to watch.* boomtank 8:47 pm -nothing going on? He's going back to paperwork- Windchill 8:48 pm *He might migrate over later, but he's big and flobsters and Impacts are small.* Bevel 8:49 pm Baseball sounds complicated. Whirl 8:49 pm *JUST WATCH WHERE YOU BUT YOUR ENORMOUS BUTT* Impact 8:49 pm Mmmhmm Windchill 8:49 pm *DON'T TELL HIM WHAT TO DO.* Whirl 8:49 pm You said it. *there. he's settled, an indeterminate amount of mecha and/or flobsters may or may not be at his table, and he's feeling relatively content* ... **and then he notices the dragon* Hey. You a predacon? boomtank 8:49 pm -still seated with legs tucked up to his chest though. There are flobsters in the room- Swoop 8:50 pm Soundwave ItsyBitsySpyers 8:50 pm [[What?]] Specs 8:50 pm I'm all organic, I'm afraid. Slag 8:50 pm *nips Swoop's foot* Swoop 8:50 pm Them talk talk talk talky about game Us just go play game That better Then Slag stop eating Swoop because play ItsyBitsySpyers 8:50 pm [[They will play soon.]] Pause. [[Stop eating guests, Slag.]] Slag 8:51 pm Him not guest. Him brother. Windchill 8:51 pm *Actually, he has a better idea.* Whirl 8:51 pm Oh. Well. *bobs his head anyway* Whirl. Sup? Swoop 8:51 pm That true! Whirl 8:52 pm The most experience I have with baseball is the "who's on first?" sketch. That;s it. Bevel 8:52 pm Who's on first? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:52 pm //I love that fraggin' sketch.// Impact 8:52 pm Who's on first! Whirl 8:52 pm It IS fantastic. Swoop 8:52 pm Me Swoop see that before! Him Chip show. It funny. Whirl 8:52 pm Soundwave... you gotta show it after this. Oh, wait, and that one other movie. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:52 pm [[Between this and the next.]] Swoop 8:52 pm Sludge confuse. Sludge not understand who on first. Or anything. Sludge dumb. Specs 8:52 pm Aren't there three happening? Windchill 8:52 pm A League of Their Own? Me 8:52 pm *is on the edge of his seat, chin in his hands* Whirl 8:52 pm Yeah! The Peaches. Slag 8:52 pm What Jen-net-tick In-hands-ment Specs 8:53 pm It's like upgrades for organics. Your Lord 8:53 pm I don't think 'heart' can help hit a ball. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:53 pm [[Genetic enhancement. Someone modified at a coding level.]] \\CAN IF YA THROW ONE HARD ENOUGH.\\ Swoop 8:53 pm *mock chews on Slag's face* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:53 pm \\HEH HEH.\\ Your Lord 8:53 pm [ UIWEFWIO E ] Slag 8:53 pm *grumbles at Swoop. Tries to retaliation nip at him* Swoop 8:53 pm keehee Whirl 8:53 pm *snickers* Lord. You'd kill someone with a baseball, Frenzy. Windchill 8:53 pm *This reminds him of him.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm \\I KILLED MECHS WITH LOBBIN' BALLS. CLOSE ENOUGH.\\ Bevel 8:54 pm Lobbing is fun. Your Lord 8:54 pm Why even take the challenge when your team doesn't even know how to play. Slag 8:54 pm him not like inorganics Windchill 8:55 pm *Anyway.* Swoop 8:55 pm You Slag no like anything ItsyBitsySpyers 8:55 pm [[He hopes this turns out better than the murder mystery.]] Swoop 8:55 pm You and Him freinds keheheh Whirl 8:55 pm It's a matter of pride. And besides, starting from nothing will make beating your rival THAT much more satisfying. boomtank 8:55 pm ((now I'm thinking of Iron Leaguer, thanks Whirl Your Lord 8:55 pm IF they can beat them. Whirl 8:55 pm (( :3c )) Slag 8:55 pm Me Slag no like Him. How be friends Windchill 8:56 pm *He boots up his holoform and sends that over to 'socialize' around Whirl's feet, that's much more 'sensible' than going over himself.* Swoop 8:56 pm Joke, keheh Whirl 8:56 pm *is there a unicorn mucking around Whirl's feet right now* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:56 pm //What the frag--?// Windchill 8:56 pm *There's a mountain of hair with a unicorn trapped beneath it prancing around his feet right now.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:57 pm *Rumble scoots away from the beast* Whirl 8:57 pm *he's going to attempt to gently scoop it up* Specs 8:57 pm *the dragon is baffled and fascinated* Swoop 8:57 pm Autobots play football with Dinobots before. Us to baseball next time. Us do baseball now, Soundwave? : > Slag 8:57 pm Them mushy Impact 8:57 pm 3:o? Windchill 8:57 pm *This is unexpected, but the holoform will tolerate it.* Your Lord 8:57 pm Ah yes, bribery. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:57 pm [[Primus, no. A box Ratchet tried it. It did not go well.]] boomtank 8:57 pm -looks up and has no idea what is going on- Specs 8:57 pm ((worm lord which whirl are you because I think I may have sent frogs to the wrong blog)) Whirl 8:58 pm *carefully deposits the unicorn on the tabletop, where it can be better admired* So. This is your new holoform? Me 8:58 pm ((send frogs to every whirl blog until you find the right one)) Whirl 8:58 pm ((I'm chronosmith!)) Specs 8:58 pm ((temping)) Windchill 8:58 pm (( DO IT. )) Swoop 8:58 pm KEEHEE Whirl 8:58 pm ((PFFT)) Specs 8:58 pm ((okay I did send to the right whirl!)) Swoop 8:58 pm Him BAAAAAAAD at catch ItsyBitsySpyers 8:58 pm \\WEEEEEAK\\ Swoop 8:58 pm AND THROW boomtank 8:58 pm ....... Specs 8:58 pm And he's actually designed to throw! Bevel 8:58 pm He is trying really hard. Windchill 8:58 pm *The unicorn tosses its head.* Sure is, bucko. boomtank 8:58 pm Don't think even Primus can help him Windchill 8:59 pm *The Actual Windchill is quietly watching the show, for now.* Whirl 8:59 pm *gestures grandly to the unicorn in case anyone at his table is still confused* Windchill. His inner self, obviously. Windchill 8:59 pm Unicorn: *SNORTS* Impact 9:00 pm Ooohhhh! Cool! Specs 9:00 pm I like it! Swoop 9:00 pm KAHAH! Him terrible at everything. Me 9:00 pm ... Impressive spin, though. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:00 pm ((i told prowl mun this but: this guy is ACTUALLY the best player on the cast. he was considering going pro before he turned actor. they had to make him swap hands to make him play badly enough for the show he didn't look like a good player pretending to be bad)) Your Lord 9:00 pm Good riddance. Slag 9:00 pm Hnn him mean. Windchill 9:00 pm That's not very good for morale. Swoop 9:00 pm You mean Keheh Slag 9:01 pm Yah but me not pretend to not be Your Lord 9:01 pm [ I had a feeling ] Impact 9:01 pm awww boomtank 9:01 pm ((that's cool Bevel 9:01 pm Aw, he is really sweet. Impact 9:02 pm mmhmm! Windchill 9:02 pm *Snorts.* Whirl 9:02 pm I still need to get a matching one. What's it called again? Horse with the wings? Impact 9:02 pm pegasus! Whirl 9:02 pm Yeah! That one. Swoop 9:02 pm *rubs his crest on slag' to scratch an itch* Whirl 9:03 pm That way, if we ever go undercover at the Kentucky Derby, we'll be set. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:03 pm //I wanna--// [[No.]] Windchill 9:03 pm Unicorn: Yeah, a pegasus. *Unicorns don't glare very well, but they can squint in Whirl's direction.* Slag 9:03 pm *shifts so Swoop's crest scratches Slag's itch too* Whirl 9:03 pm ...@R: What were you gonna say? Windchill 9:03 pm (( The fact that they'd have matching avatars though help. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:03 pm @W: //I wanna put cubes away like that.// Whirl 9:04 pm @R: Chuck em? Swoop 9:04 pm *teamwork* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:04 pm @W: //Yeah.// Whirl 9:04 pm *he says nothing aloud, but he does snicker* But, yep. One day. I like my holo-avatar a lot, so I'll keep her for now. Your Lord 9:05 pm Ooh. Windchill 9:05 pm Unicorn: I suppose your current one can't fly, though. Your Lord 9:05 pm It always starts at the academy. Impact 9:05 pm What's yours look like? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:05 pm [[He senses a story.]] Bevel 9:05 pm You have an avatar, Whirl? Windchill 9:05 pm Unicorn: Show them! Me 9:05 pm *slowly scowls* Bevel 9:06 pm *attention caught between the show and the avatar talk* Windchill 9:06 pm Unicorn: *More prancing and tail swishing.* Slag 9:06 pm What Vul-can? It metal? Me 9:06 pm *so the conflict of the episode is about logic versus emotion* Whirl 9:06 pm Yep. Of course! Brainstorm made us some special ones that are supposed to reflect our inner psyche or something. Impact 9:06 pm ooooh! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:06 pm [[An alien species devoted to the pursuit of logic.]] *Logic taken to unnecessary ends, more like it.* Bevel 9:06 pm Cool! Slag 9:07 pm Why it called vul-can-eye-zed metal? Me 9:07 pm *and the heroes are "emotion" and the smug, arrogant, detestable, prejudiced enemies are "logic."* *ugh* Whirl 9:07 pm *he'll materialize her right next to Windchill; his holoform is a young human girl, probably thirteen at the oldest, decked out in outrageous punk attire and pigtails; when he talks, he and his avatar speak in unison. It's a bit creepy* Originally, she came with a pair of guns. Swoop 9:07 pm *gnaws on the horn on the tip of slag's nose* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:07 pm @P: (txt): Prowl dislikes game? Whirl 9:07 pm ((for reference: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/826/249/9a6.jpg )) Slag 9:07 pm *shakes Swoop off. Nudges him to the side with his head* Bevel 9:08 pm *grins at Whirl's avatar* Awesome. Windchill 9:08 pm Unicorn: *Wastes no time in swinging its head around to try to nibble on Whirl's blue hair. He's still envious, for the record.* Impact 9:08 pm *claps* So cool! Me 9:08 pm *adjusts chinhands so his laced hands are covering his mouth.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:08 pm *Oh. He wasn't supposed to notice, was he?* Swoop 9:08 pm ((literally swoop)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:08 pm [[That is the process of bonding rubber to metal. He does not know why they share a name.]] Swoop 9:08 pm *doesn't fight getting pushed aside, lays his head on Bird instead* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:09 pm *She will accept this as long as she is not smushed.* Swoop 9:09 pm *is light and has lots of surface area and concern for bird* Slag 9:09 pm Them Vul-cans rubber? Stick to metal? Whirl 9:09 pm *his holoform snorts and pushes the nose away* EXCUSE you. Easy on the merchandise. Me 9:09 pm @Soundwave «I like the game.» Bevel 9:09 pm I want an avatar someday. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:09 pm [[No. They are meat.]] [[And they only stick to metal if smashed against it.]] Slag 9:09 pm Bleh Whirl 9:10 pm You should visit. We can probably hook you up with one. Slag 9:10 pm meat smelly Impact 9:10 pm 3:D I'm gonna have one soon! Specs 9:10 pm *the dragon huffs. such offense! dragons smell furry, not bad* Me 9:10 pm *rooting for the vulcans out of spite* Bevel 9:10 pm Yeah? Windchill 9:10 pm If they lose I'll laugh. Unless it turns into a moral speech about 'putting your heart into it.' Your Lord 9:10 pm *don't worry Prowl, so is Starscream* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:10 pm *Decides the lack of elaboration is probably a signal not to pry. He nods.* Whirl 9:10 pm Yeah. I mean... in theory, I'm not entirely sure how cross-compatible our tech is. But, if anyone can manage it, Brainstorm can. Windchill 9:11 pm Unicorn: *Goes for the OTHER pigtail.* Bevel 9:11 pm *laughs* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:11 pm \\HAHA!\\ Specs 9:11 pm *laughs* Me 9:11 pm *that wouldn't make prowl feel better, actually* Slag 9:11 pm DEATH TO THE OP- OP.. op...op-position Windchill 9:11 pm Unicorn: If I can make a holoform, then anyone can. I think. Whirl 9:12 pm *she pushes again* Here I am, showing you my awesome avatar, and your first response is to DEVOUR her. Specs 9:12 pm Op-po-si-tion. It's easier to say these things if you take them parts. *dragon is trying to be helpful* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:12 pm [[He is being unnecessarily angry.]] Bevel 9:12 pm My creator built her own avatar. She uses it to garden and stuff. Whirl 9:12 pm Yeah, he's irritating. Slag 9:12 pm Op-po-zih-shun.. Windchill 9:12 pm Unicorn: That's right. You're lucky I can't really drool with this thing. Swoop 9:12 pm Opposition Whirl 9:13 pm Yeah? Then it shouldn't be too hard to get you one. Specs 9:13 pm That's it, Slag! Slag 9:13 pm You Swoop shuddup Me 9:13 pm *their TEAM NAME is "the logicians," prowl would root for them anyway.* Swoop 9:13 pm *chatters* Your Lord 9:13 pm OF COURSE they're playing to win. Slag 9:13 pm *lays on top of Swoop* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:13 pm \\AIN'T NO OTHER WAY TO PLAY.\\ Your Lord 9:13 pm That's the whole point of this challenge. Whirl 9:13 pm *provided the unicorn doesn't try and make a snack of her hair again, she's going to reach up and idly start braiding his mane* Swoop 9:14 pm :V Windchill 9:14 pm *Raises hand* Sometimes I play to lose. Bevel 9:14 pm But I gotta decide what she'd look like. Swoop 9:14 pm *squirms so he doesn't smush bird* Impact 9:14 pm *watches the braiding. anything fancy?* Windchill 9:14 pm Unicorn: *Will behave itself, for now.* Impact 9:14 pm Make the hair your favorite color! Whirl 9:15 pm Well. You could always go for a horse, if you want. *he snorts through his vents and through the holo's nose at the same time* Mine was auto-generated, though. Your Lord 9:15 pm Ah yes. Bevel 9:15 pm Purple hair. boomtank 9:15 pm -back to paperwork. He's bored with the arguing- Whirl 9:16 pm *nothing particularly fancy, but the holoform's touch is pretty noticeably nimble* Windchill 9:16 pm *Snorts.* Whirl 9:16 pm Ha! Slag 9:16 pm Him Odo sound like Him prowl Bevel 9:16 pm He learned the rules really fast. Me 9:16 pm ... Who's the umpire? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:16 pm [[Odo. The station security chief.]] Impact 9:16 pm He studied real hard! Whirl 9:16 pm That was hilarious. He went full Magnus on him. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:16 pm [[An impressive shapeshifter.]] Me 9:16 pm Mm. *prowl likes him.* Your Lord 9:16 pm Certainly a favourite by far. Me 9:16 pm *probably because him odo sounds like him prowl.* Bevel 9:16 pm *perks at shapeshifter* Windchill 9:16 pm Unicorn: Finally, I will be...one of the beautiful people. *Resists the urge to toss its head and ruin the braiding.* Bevel 9:17 pm *favorite character now, fight her* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm [[You never elaborated on academies.]] Slag 9:17 pm Who Him Dan Why Him fancy Swoop 9:17 pm SHowoff Whirl 9:17 pm Also, I gotta say--both of these team names are terrible. Your Lord 9:18 pm A breeding ground for rivalries. Windchill 9:18 pm Better than if I had named them... Bevel 9:18 pm I think the ship has a nine in the name. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:18 pm //It ain't like we got better. What, Autobatters 'n Decepticatchers?// Impact 9:18 pm *giggles* Bevel 9:18 pm *laughs* Windchill 9:18 pm *SNORTS.* Specs 9:18 pm *guffaws* Slag 9:18 pm FIND AND KILL HIM Whirl 9:18 pm *Whirl and his holoform laugh in unison* Bevel 9:18 pm Find him and kill him. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:18 pm \\I LIKE THAT GUY. I WANT MORE OF THAT GUY.\\ Specs 9:18 pm Kill him! Swoop 9:19 pm You Slag good at THAT game keheheh Slag 9:19 pm Yah Whirl 9:19 pm And, hmm... I'd need some time to think. Depends on the team. Me 9:19 pm *... that's the best play prowl's ever seen* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:19 pm [[Rivalries worth telling stories about?]] Your Lord 9:20 pm /Perhaps./ Whirl 9:20 pm *the holo finishes braiding and reaches up to pat the unicorn's neck* There. You're gorgeous. Windchill 9:20 pm *Shakes his head. Organized sports have too many rules for him to care.* Unicorn: *Shakes its head, finally free.* I am. Slag 9:21 pm *nibbles on Swoop's crest* Whirl 9:21 pm (9THIS IS PRECIOUS)) Your Lord 9:21 pm *Without rules they aren't exactly 'sports'* Bevel 9:21 pm *leans forward to watch what happens* Impact 9:21 pm is he gonna switch hands and do really well? Whirl 9:21 pm *the holo gives a final salute before she flickers and is gone. Everyone is spared from hearing Whirl in stereo any longer* Impact 9:22 pm awww Slag 9:22 pm *scoots a little closer too, gnawing idly on his brother* Impact 9:22 pm *thought the holoform was really rad* Windchill 9:22 pm *He likes simple games, that's all.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:22 pm //He ain't the Inigo human.// Swoop 9:22 pm *is looking in a slightly different direction than he intended thanks to Slag's attempts to eat his head* Whirl 9:22 pm *his holoform IS, indeed, the raddest* Windchill 9:22 pm Unicorn: Dammit, Whirl. Slag 9:22 pm Him hit it! Whirl 9:22 pm Inigo... That name's familiar. Impact 9:22 pm Montoya! *fakes accent* You killed my father, prepare to die! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:23 pm //That's the one.// Whirl 9:23 pm *considers a while longer* Inigo Montoya? ...nope. Doesn't ring a bell. Specs 9:23 pm The one with polydactyly, right? Windchill 9:23 pm That's a good movie. Bevel 9:23 pm Huh? Swoop 9:23 pm Me Swoop am pterodactyl! Whirl 9:23 pm Wait--Swoop's in a movie? Swoop, you were Inigo THE WHOLE TIME? Slag 9:24 pm Him not indigo him blue Your Lord 9:24 pm No he doesn't... Swoop 9:24 pm "Indigo" big word for Slag keheh Slag 9:24 pm you Swoop shut up >=( Slag 9:26 pm Why them draw on ball Swoop 9:26 pm FUn Bevel 9:26 pm Names. Impact 9:26 pm They put their names! Specs 9:26 pm Because drawing on things is fun. Slag 9:26 pm why Impact 9:26 pm so now the ball is a souveneir Swoop 9:26 pm Next time Snarl sleep, us both draw on him you see it fun Whirl 9:26 pm *perks up; EXCELLENT* Windchill 9:26 pm Unicorn: *Settles down on the table, spreading its hair everywhere. Even the braided parts.* Me 9:26 pm *"logic" had a pathetic representative* Slag 9:26 pm hn.. me slag no like drawing.. Swoop 9:27 pm finger paint 😆 Slag 9:27 pm ....kay Whirl 9:27 pm I never really played sports. They had it back when *I* was a cadet, but I never really wanted to. Hm. Swoop 9:27 pm Whirl want sport? Dinobots do football! Windchill 9:27 pm *Nods.* I was deemed too big for sports, which suits me fine. Swoop 9:27 pm You play with Dinobots Whirl 9:28 pm *shrugs* Dunno. I can sort of see it being both fun and irritating. Your Lord 9:28 pm It's for bragging rights. Windchill 9:28 pm Booby..? Slag 9:28 pm Booby? ....booooby Swoop 9:28 pm *chitters and bounces, this sketch is perfect and he loves it* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:29 pm *Laserbeak is cackling up a storm* Bevel 9:29 pm *giggles into hand* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:29 pm *And Soundwave is actually trembling just a little.* Slag 9:29 pm *doesn't get it* Whirl 9:29 pm *he is likewise delighted* Costello's delivery is fan-fraggin-tastic. Slag 9:29 pm Him mad Swoop 9:29 pm *when Bird starts laughing, Swoop loses it* Windchill 9:29 pm *Scratches eyebrow in silent amusement.* Me 9:30 pm *continues covering mouth, for a different reason now* Specs 9:30 pm *the dragon is gaping in silent amusement* boomtank 9:30 pm -and snickering from Blaster- Slag 9:31 pm What first base? First base mean kissing? who kissing? Whirl 9:31 pm What? No, it's a baseball term. Windchill 9:31 pm *Purses his lips at Slag.* Swoop 9:31 pm *can't stop laughing but gives Slag the weirdest look* Windchill 9:31 pm I'm kissing. Slag 9:31 pm You gross Whirl 9:31 pm I think... he's kissing... Your Lord 9:31 pm It's wordplay. Whirl 9:31 pm YOU Slag 9:31 pm YOU GROSS NooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo Bevel 9:32 pm Kissing? Windchill 9:32 pm *Gross kissing sounds.* Slag 9:32 pm Me Slag not kisser! Me Slag am Dinobot! Us Dinobot not kisser! Bevel 9:32 pm *so confused why they went from baseball to kissing* Whirl 9:32 pm Too late. Specs 9:32 pm *the dragon is almost as amused by the kissing drama as by the skit* Impact 9:32 pm *blows a kiss to the room* Home run! Windchill 9:32 pm You Dinobot missing out on kissing. Slag 9:32 pm *buries his face under his front paws* Me 9:32 pm *trembling slightly* Specs 9:32 pm *pretends to catch the kiss* And you're out! Slag 9:32 pm *Angry whining* Me Slag not kissy-bot! Impact 9:32 pm oh noooo! *giggles* boomtank 9:33 pm -shaking from laughter now- Windchill 9:33 pm Unicorn: *Lifts head for a horse laugh. Say hello to those semi-prehensile lips. Horrible.* Whirl 9:33 pm These two--if you guys like this, these two are great. Swoop 9:33 pm *tries to force himself to calm down so he can speak words at Slag but this skit.... it's too funny... too perfect* Whirl 9:33 pm They can make MATH funny. And they DO. Bevel 9:33 pm *laughs* Slag 9:33 pm *tromps his way over to Soundwave. Lays down by him instead. Huff* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:33 pm [[Can he help you?]] Slag 9:33 pm Me Slag not kissy bot! Them Gross Whirl 9:34 pm ((Windchill getting ready:

http://image1.masterfile.com/getImage/NzAwLTAxOTU1MDI2ZW4uMDAwMDAwMDA=AJjqYs/700-01955026en_Masterfile.jpg )) Windchill 9:34 pm (( I'm scared but I'm clicking anyway. )) Whirl 9:34 pm Thanks, Soundwave. Swoop 9:34 pm *hides his face on bird and just laughs it out* Windchill 9:35 pm (( THAT'S HIM. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm [[Masterful wordplay.]] boomtank 9:35 pm heeee...oh, that was funny Me 9:35 pm *tiny, but enthusiastic, nod in agreement with whirl* Impact 9:35 pm Hee~ Bevel 9:35 pm ((i performed that skit with a friend for an acting class once, so much fun when we forget the words and just confused ourselves and everyone else Specs 9:35 pm *lays on her side and just wheezes* Bevel 9:35 pm I liked that. Impact 9:35 pm ((hee)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm *Laserbeak is too busy laughing to care that Swoop is dying.*

[[There is no kissing over here.]] For one thing, Starscream is his seatmate right now. [[You are fine where you are, Slag.]] Whirl 9:35 pm *it looks like this was a lot of folks' first time seeing that. Whirl's pretty pleased with his suggestion* Windchill 9:36 pm *He thinks it got old a little fast, but was otherwise amusing.* Slag 9:36 pm Hrmph.. Me 9:36 pm *has seen it many times. still enjoys it.* Windchill 9:36 pm *Kissy lips at Slag.* Slag 9:36 pm *GROWLS* Your Lord 9:36 pm *yes, no kissing* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:36 pm @Whirl: [[Be warned. This will not be pleasant.]] Bevel 9:36 pm *she got mildly distracted by why everyone was suddenly talking about kissing though* Windchill 9:36 pm *Kissy sounds.* *Look at him, being gross.* Impact 9:36 pm *Wiggles out from under Eowyn with a yawn* Specs 9:37 pm *snickers* Impact 9:37 pm I'm gonna go to bed. G'night! Bevel 9:37 pm *will haul Eowyn into her lap then* Night, Impact! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm [[Goodnight, Impact.]] Specs 9:37 pm Good evening! Slag 9:37 pm You Soundwave make Gross stop Impact 9:37 pm *Trots off with a wave* Your Lord 9:37 pm If he's that worried, why is he leaving. Windchill 9:37 pm Unicorn: Goodnight. *Horse yawn.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm [[Only if it violates rules.]] Whirl 9:37 pm Seeya, Impact! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm //Mandatory vacation, I guess.// //Kinda thing we never got.// Your Lord 9:37 pm Ah. Whirl 9:37 pm *THAT was a surprise; Whirl blinks, glances Soundwave's way, and then just silently sends back an acknowledgement ping* Slag 9:38 pm That not fair. You say Me Slag go out if make fire Windchill 9:38 pm *Sticks his tongue out at Slag for good measure.* You could ask me to stop, you know. Swoop 9:38 pm *bodily drags himself, laughs dripping out of him all the way, over to slag to half heartedly headbutt his side* Slag 9:38 pm *Will find you and kill you* Me 9:38 pm ... He's a saboteur. Your Lord 9:39 pm That's obvious. Bevel 9:39 pm Oh no. Slag 9:39 pm *squints at Swoop's headbutting* Windchill 9:39 pm *Oh well, he tried to teach the Dinobot one small aspect of basic civility. It didn't work.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:40 pm [[With an impressive trick.]]

If he does say so himself. Swoop 9:40 pm keehhehehh that funny kaha funny joke keeheeeheee who's on first Slag 9:40 pm Him Soundwave say Me Slag no make fire. Him Soundwave say no fighting. Him Soundwave unfair. hmph.. Whirl 9:40 pm You should see their other stuff, Swoop. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:40 pm [[He does not speak Dinobot. Was that not a greeting?]] Whirl 9:40 pm And if you like them, check out the Marx Brothers. I know at least one other person in the room who endorses them. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:41 pm [[The contract reading.]] [[And the scene in the ship room.]] Windchill 9:41 pm *Snorts.* Whirl 9:41 pm Personally I liked the train cabin scene the best. Swoop 9:41 pm Soundwave have lot of rules Me 9:41 pm *"the contract reading." trembles slightly.* *and the ship room. trembles slightly more.* Slag 9:42 pm Hmph.. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm *Spots that. Has an idea.*

@p: (txt): Party of first part. Windchill 9:42 pm Man, I used to be like that. Me 9:42 pm *full body shudder* Specs 9:42 pm *snickers* It's like when they ask me what I need with all those chemicals. So accusing! I'm just doing my job. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm *Pleased helm bob.* Swoop 9:42 pm : V ???? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm \\...WHAT JOB'S THAT?\\ Swoop 9:42 pm gross Slag 9:42 pm GAH Whirl 9:42 pm *looks over, likewise interested* Your Lord 9:42 pm Eugh. Windchill 9:42 pm *More gross kissing sounds.* Slag 9:43 pm *nope that's it* Bevel 9:43 pm *wants to read tech update manuals instead of this eugh* Your Lord 9:43 pm *same* Slag 9:43 pm *gets up. Tromps over to Windchill. Hooks horn under his seat* Specs 9:43 pm ...Actually, technically my job job is figuring out how to make the wildlife on the moon edible and delicious, but I like making things for you guys too. The mercury keeps getting delayed. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:43 pm {{Dragon makes best snacks. All very good, Bird likes.}} Whirl 9:44 pm Huh. So you're... a chef? Windchill 9:44 pm *Watches Slag do...whatever he's doing in smug amusement.* Slag 9:44 pm *upends chair* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:44 pm \\HAHA!\\ Swoop 9:44 pm :V ItsyBitsySpyers 9:44 pm [[Slag. Sit down.]] Specs 9:44 pm I am! More of an experimental chef than a famous one, but the moon is rather warmer than the planet. Windchill 9:44 pm (( I'm just gonna go with that seeing as IDK how strong Slag is but Chill is Huge.)) (( For the record. He's not easy to move around. )) Slag 9:45 pm (( how big? )) Windchill 9:45 pm (( 60 ft )) Whirl 9:45 pm *Ahh. THIS is what Soundwave meant* Swoop 9:45 pm ((Slag knocks over Devastator, doesn't he?)) ((in the 80s movie)) Slag 9:45 pm (( I think so? Sludge got stepped on )) Bevel 9:45 pm ((oh hey chill's actually bigger than bevel ItsyBitsySpyers 9:45 pm @Prowl: (txt): Assurance: This, not meant against law enforcement. Alien legal system exposure only. Windchill 9:45 pm (( Probably? I've not seen the entire thing yet.)) Swoop 9:46 pm ((Sludge's face when he gets smashed is fantastic)) Slag 9:46 pm (( this is weird porn )) Whirl 9:46 pm *there goes that delightful mood* Specs 9:46 pm ((afljkaslfjga slag)) Your Lord 9:46 pm [ OHMygdo ] Windchill 9:46 pm *Would be paying attention, except he seems to be on the floor, watching the ceiling.* Me 9:47 pm *ping of acknowledgment* *he's busy paying attention to the show* Swoop 9:47 pm them steal thing from head Specs 9:47 pm *confused headtilt* why would they take a new tooth? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm [[You will find out soon enough.]] Whirl 9:47 pm Wardens don't need a reason to be cruel. Slag 9:48 pm (( http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/a/a2/DesertionDinobotsPt1_Grimlock_bites_Megs.jpg Dinos pretty big but idk how chill compares to megs and op )) Windchill 9:48 pm Ugh. *Now he's gotta put the chair back and everything,* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm //It's a tooth.// Specs 9:48 pm Yes, but the old teeth fall out on their own, right? Why would they take a fresh one? Windchill 9:48 pm (( He's twice the size of TFP Megatron, G1 runs a bit smaller I THINK but they're not consistent with size to begin with pfft. )) Whirl 9:49 pm Because it's painful. Your Lord 9:49 pm Is there a reason they're not telling him what he's accused of? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:49 pm //Naw, only the little humans. Big ones ain't supposed to lose 'em.// Swoop 9:49 pm *scampers over to Slag* Good throw :V ItsyBitsySpyers 9:49 pm //Saw it in that plant movie. The singin' one.// Slag 9:49 pm *grumbles at Swoop* him no stop gross Bevel 9:49 pm Singing plant? Specs 9:49 pm What? Why do they keep their teeth? Windchill 9:49 pm *Anyway, he's going to watch now. And make a kissy face.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:50 pm [[That, too, will be made clear, Starscream.]] Whirl 9:50 pm *looks to the dragon* I'm sure they had some kind of scientific reason, but it's equally as likely they did it because it was a cruel, painful thing to do. Your Lord 9:50 pm Hm. Whirl 9:50 pm Because that's what happens when you end up in a place like that. Windchill 9:50 pm What's happening? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:50 pm \\GREAT CARE 'N RESPECT MY POINTY RED AFT.\\ *Thumps his fist into his hand* Slag 9:50 pm *doesn't know the term 'antagonize' or else he'd be ... well he'd be setting someone on fire because fuck it* boomtank 9:51 pm . . . Whirl 9:51 pm Especially if it turns out you're there for no good reason. Swoop 9:51 pm Slag Slag Specs 9:51 pm *hisses* Cruelty for cruelty's sake... The Goddess says to eat them. Swoop 9:51 pm Slag Slag 9:52 pm WHAT Swoop 9:52 pm Me swoop want goodies Whirl 9:52 pm Heh. You've got a good Goddess. Slag 9:52 pm ME NO GOT NONE Swoop 9:52 pm *points at the bar* Whirl 9:52 pm *he's going to attempt to make a weak crack at humor* Mine's a frog. Bevel 9:52 pm *hope shapeshifter will save the day* Specs 9:52 pm A frog? Slag 9:52 pm You get yourself Windchill 9:52 pm *Raises brows. Okay then.* Me 9:52 pm *"the guilt has already been determined by the most efficient criminal investigation in the galaxy," that sounds beautiful and Prowl WISHES it was being used in a context other than an empire that's obviously supposed to be portrayed as corrupt* Slag 9:52 pm *buries face, heat simmering grumpily* boomtank 9:52 pm -yeah, he already dislikes that lady- Whirl 9:52 pm Yep. Heqet. Egyptian goddess of fertility. Swoop 9:52 pm Slag get goodies too : > Windchill 9:52 pm *Kissy face at Whirl.* Swoop 9:52 pm Both Slag 9:53 pm Me Slag no want Swoop 9:53 pm Steal for Snarl : > Specs 9:53 pm Does she keep you safe? Whirl 9:53 pm *he doesn't respond; he's watching the screen tensely* Slag 9:53 pm You Swoop do youself Whirl 9:53 pm Pfft. Nah. If God's job was to keep me safe he's done a piss-poor job of it. I keep me safe. Nobody else, little dragon. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:53 pm *The twins pretend to stretch and nudge Whirl cautiously* Your Lord 9:53 pm Some Lawyer. Swoop 9:53 pm *rolls over on his back, little tiny birdy feet kicking in the air* treat toooo heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaavy Windchill 9:54 pm "Confession," *He snorts.* Slag 9:54 pm You Swoop am Dinobot. Eat treat or shut up Whirl 9:54 pm *he'll glance to whichever of them is on the left and tilts his head momentarily* *what is it?* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:55 pm *Just a side glance from Frenzy. Whirl holding up?* Bevel 9:55 pm ... Swoop 9:55 pm *kicky feet* Windchill 9:55 pm Reminds me of Cybertron. Slag 9:55 pm *bites at feet* Whirl 9:55 pm *he's tense and the cheerful good humor he had before is utterly gone but he doesn't look ready to bolt yet, so good enough* Swoop 9:55 pm *squeaks* Your Lord 9:56 pm Terrible. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:56 pm {{Show? It Razzle Dazzle thing?}} boomtank 9:56 pm That's a no Windchill 9:56 pm *One more attempt at kissy face.* Bevel 9:56 pm Bad lawyer. Swoop 9:56 pm Bird is razzle dazzle thing : > ItsyBitsySpyers 9:56 pm *PREEN PREEN* Windchill 9:56 pm *Raises hand* Slag 9:56 pm YOU SOUNDWAVE MAKE HIM KISSY BOT STAHP Whirl 9:56 pm *HE'S NOT MAKING IT AT YOU* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:56 pm [[Windchill, please. He does not want to clean up after an angry Dinobot.]] Me 9:57 pm *it's a beautiful illusion of utopia.* Windchill 9:57 pm I wasn't of the opinion that a lawyer's job was to win cases, but to represent the truth. Whirl 9:57 pm *he should be allowed to make as many kissy faces at Whirl as he likes* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:57 pm *Soundwave edges forward. This part interests him.* Windchill 9:58 pm Even so, it doesn't seem that he's doing that either. *Anyway, back to the kissing thing.* Your Lord 9:58 pm But voices can be recorded, isn't that right Soundwave. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:58 pm [][][]Right.[][][] Swoop 9:58 pm *puts a wing over Slag's head* Whirl 9:58 pm And--yeah, I mean, in a perfect world, I guess, but I've yet to meet someone with that kind of authority who wasn't either corrupt or a complete hypocirte, so... Swoop 9:58 pm *look* *it's night now* Windchill 9:58 pm No offense, but what I'm doing isn't hurting anyone. If it bothers Slag so much, he can ask me nicely to stop. Slag 9:59 pm *that only works on you, birdybrain* Me 9:59 pm The Cardassians clearly arranged the crime themselves in order to have somebody to put on trial and execute. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:59 pm *Slow glance in Prowl's direction* Your Lord 9:59 pm Amusement for the masses. Windchill 9:59 pm *He realizes that asking him like decent people hasn't occurred to anyone, ever, but that's on them.* Slag 10:00 pm *is a literal child designed to murder people with extreme prejudice* Us Dinobots not 'nice' Me 10:00 pm The saboteur lives in Cardassian territory. Windchill 10:00 pm *Is a mom designed to deal with ill-behaved children.* Bevel 10:00 pm Is Odo gonna find out the truth and save him? *really wants that* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:00 pm [[Continue watching.]] Bevel 10:00 pm *aw fine* Me 10:01 pm The Cardassians somehow mysteriously knew that he was going to have the warheads. Windchill 10:01 pm Okay, so there's a shapeshifter or impersonator or...something? Swoop 10:01 pm Her Carly steal bomb before Her cool Your Lord 10:01 pm "Mysteriously." Specs 10:01 pm Shapeshifters seem to be a thing. Me 10:01 pm "Mysteriously." Swoop 10:01 pm Her take and try to kill all Decepticon in Nemesis Carly pretty cool Me 10:01 pm The Cardassians WANT to have criminals to show off the trials to their people. Bevel 10:01 pm Not a shapeshifter. 😐 Windchill 10:01 pm *If nobody's going to address his points on the kissing he's going to continue doing it.* Me 10:01 pm Ergo. *gestures* They arranged this. Whirl 10:02 pm *what a day not to bring an offering for Ravage. ugh* *just gonna bring his claws up on the table and interlock them* Swoop 10:02 pm *is gonna keep covering Slag's eyes with his wing because clearly this is a thing that works, right?* Specs 10:02 pm *kneading at the floor, clearly bothered* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:02 pm *If Whirl looks to his right in about two minutes he'll find he has a drink anyway.* Your Lord 10:02 pm There would be no need for a shapeshifter unless there were cameras involved. Windchill 10:02 pm Unicorn: *Moves to sit on Whirl's claws. Sorry bub, you're trapped.* Slag 10:02 pm You Swoop make him gross bot stop. *Shoves Swoop. You're better at people-ing without murdering them* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:02 pm *Soundwave quietly admires Prowl's intellect and observational skills.* Swoop 10:03 pm *gets shoved into scampering up to Windchill* Hey Windchill 10:03 pm *He can hear you, Slag.* Swoop 10:03 pm Stop it *pokes Windchill with a long ptero-finger* Specs 10:03 pm Soundwave, could you do that? Me 10:03 pm "Reconstructed sound by sound," huh. *quietly glances at Soundwave* Windchill 10:04 pm *He's just going to look down at Swoop, waiting.* Bevel 10:04 pm Not a shapeshifter. Swoop 10:04 pm No more kissy face Windchill 10:04 pm Why not? Swoop 10:04 pm Cause Gross Windchill 10:04 pm It is not gross. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:04 pm [][][]Could - do that. - Why?[][][] Swoop 10:04 pm yuh huh Specs 10:05 pm *excited gaping* That's so cool... Me 10:05 pm Do you think they broadcast the trials live? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm *Nods to Prowl. These episodes are partly for his entertainment too.* [[They do.]] Your Lord 10:05 pm Of course they do. Me 10:05 pm Foolish. Whirl 10:05 pm Y'know, I been to jail. Never been to trial. *and he notices those drinks about now. Good. He's just going to slam the first one* Windchill 10:05 pm No, it's not, and even if it were you can't simply demand that I comply and expect to get anywhere. That's not how this works. Swoop 10:05 pm *transforms so he can stand up straight, instead of being on all fours* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm //No trial? But you was in there longer'n a couple hours, right?// Whirl 10:06 pm Couple thousand years, yep. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:06 pm *Whistles* Your Lord 10:06 pm Ah yes. Flattery. Windchill 10:06 pm *An ear flicks in Whirl's direction: he's listening, but is busy dealing with the Dinobots right now and so otherwise doesn't react.* Me 10:07 pm There's always a chance that the defendant will start shouting out evidence in his defense. ... Or his nestor. Like this. Whirl 10:07 pm But nah. Someone made a spectacle of things. Shot off my leg. Threw me at the Senate's feet. You know how these things go. *astonishing levels of verbal bitterness* Swoop 10:07 pm No kissy faces. Dinobots say no. Specs 10:07 pm This is why you never broadcast live. Or ask scribes to record and distribute. Your Lord 10:07 pm *quietly snickering* Windchill 10:07 pm Dinobots can't tell me what to do. Bevel 10:07 pm *laughs* Whirl 10:07 pm Heh. That was a good one. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:08 pm //Shot off your - that how come ya got legs like the Boss?// Swoop 10:08 pm Did Windchill 10:08 pm *Kissy face.* Bevel 10:08 pm I like him. Me 10:08 pm They'd be better off airing the trial an hour later and pretending to both the court and the audience that it was live. Windchill 10:08 pm You can't make me do anything, Swoop. Swoop 10:08 pm *smacks Windchill* Whirl 10:08 pm Nah, nah. I always had legs that bent the proper way. They were a little less extreme, though. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:08 pm [[They would be better off not holding this travesty.]] Windchill 10:08 pm *More kissy face.* Slag 10:08 pm *lifts head curiously. Wait, smacking is okay?* Specs 10:08 pm *poofs up* Swoop! No fighting! Windchill 10:08 pm *SMacking is not okay and it's not going to work, either.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:08 pm *Feelers gonna grab Swoop and move him aside* Swoop 10:09 pm *is a wiggle the entire way* : P Windchill 10:09 pm *Sighs.* Your Lord 10:09 pm Because he's most probably working with them. Windchill 10:09 pm *You should just let him deal with it, Soundwave.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:09 pm [[Continue and you will be bridged away again.]] Drops Swoop. And Soundwave can't. There's been enough rulebreaking lately. Specs 10:09 pm Windchill, I hate to trouble you, but would you please stop making the Dinobots uncomfortable? I would rather they not fight. Me 10:10 pm The saboteur is not with the Maquis. There you go. It was planted evidence. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:10 pm *Gestures to the screen. See. Broadcast.* Swoop 10:10 pm *doesn't stop himself from landing on his butt, legs kicked out in front of himself* Him mean at Dinobots. You bridge him. Windchill 10:10 pm That's still not fair to me, but since you bothered to ask, I suppose I can. For tonight. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:10 pm [[He will bridge all three of you if this does not stop.]] Slag 10:10 pm *lays head on Swoop. You tried. thnx bro* Him start it.. Your Lord 10:11 pm "reliable sources." Specs 10:11 pm Thank you. I am flammable, and I would like to avoid being set aflame. Your Lord 10:11 pm Yesss. Swoop 10:11 pm *throws his arms over Slag's horn for max snuggling* Whirl 10:11 pm *that line caught his attention, he glances towards the dragon with a little snort* Bevel 10:11 pm *mockingly* Reliable sources. Me 10:11 pm "Reliable sources." Windchill 10:12 pm If we're going to tolerate a pair of children hitting me and trying to bully me over something that isn't hurting them and for which they can give no reason for how it could be, I'll just leave. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm *He's saving the reliable sources sound clip.* Slag 10:12 pm *nibbles at Swoop* Your Lord 10:12 pm There's an echo it seems. Windchill 10:12 pm I've never had any trouble making 'kissy faces' before. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm [[We are not. That is why Swoop is over there.]] Specs 10:12 pm *gapes a grin at Whirl in return* Me 10:12 pm ... Maybe he's not even himself. The Cardassians take a tooth. Teeth contain DNA. You can reconstruct a new person who looks like the original off of DNA. Bevel 10:13 pm Clone? Your Lord 10:13 pm I hope so. Me 10:13 pm The Decepticons perfected the technique. I wouldn't be surprised if other species have too. Your Lord 10:13 pm That would make things interesting. Windchill 10:13 pm Fine, I suppose I can be an adult in this situation, but they're being unreasonable. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:13 pm *Has a tiny swell of pride for Shockwave's accomplishments.* Me 10:14 pm *Shockwave wasn't responsible in Prowl's universe, but he won't argue it* Swoop 10:14 pm *is the children* Slag 10:14 pm *is also the children* Windchill 10:14 pm *That's not an excuse.* Me 10:14 pm And the event eight years ago was when large masses of Starfleet crew were captured and tortured by Cardassians. Specs 10:14 pm *winces* *the docents tended to talk about thinking of the children and enlightenment, but not in such a way!* Slag 10:14 pm (( our mom is a wino and our dad is a mad scientist )) Windchill 10:15 pm (( What's a wino omg. )) Whirl 10:15 pm ((ME)) Slag 10:15 pm (( a person who drinks wine excessively )) Whirl 10:15 pm ((and/or someone who drinks a lot)) Me 10:15 pm ((a wine alcoholic)) Windchill 10:15 pm (( OH PFFT. )) Slag 10:15 pm (( RATCHET IS A PARTY BOI )) Bevel 10:16 pm ((wino mom kids unite o/ Specs 10:16 pm ((party ambulance wee woo wee woo)) Windchill 10:16 pm (( I don't drink, except that one time Wormlord knows about. )) Specs 10:16 pm ((wormlord knows about all the times anyone has drinked)) Whirl 10:16 pm ((wormlord sees all. esp that which involves alcohol)) Your Lord 10:16 pm This trial is answer enough to that. Swoop 10:16 pm Her got lumpy mad face Windchill 10:16 pm "Quotation," lady. Quote is a verb. Whirl 10:17 pm Lord. Me 10:17 pm Quote is both a verb and a noun. Whirl 10:17 pm This is such a sham. This is a LOT like Cybertron before the war. Swoop 10:17 pm how? Windchill 10:18 pm Only if you're lazy. Whirl 10:18 pm The people in power did whatever they wanted to do to whoever they wanted to, and acted like they were justified. Specs 10:18 pm *hisses* Did you eat them? Bevel 10:18 pm ... Whirl 10:18 pm Punished people whose only crime was disagreeing with them. Windchill 10:18 pm ...Was this part of their agenda to begin with? Swoop 10:19 pm That sucks Whirl 10:19 pm Me? No. No mouth. Can't eat people. Your Lord 10:19 pm No. Windchill 10:19 pm *He wasn't paying attention because reasons.* Slag 10:19 pm Them do that to us Dinobots Your Lord 10:19 pm Only when the real culprit arrived. They knew they couldn't win. Bevel 10:19 pm Oh. Not a clone then. Swoop 10:19 pm *glances at Slag* Slag 10:19 pm Them put Dinobots in wall. Me 10:19 pm Surgery, clone, close enough. Slag 10:19 pm No like wall... Windchill 10:20 pm Interesting. Whirl 10:20 pm I wouldn't tolerate that kind of thing. Swoop 10:20 pm *chews on Slag's horn and chatters* Whirl 10:20 pm Not any more, anyway. Slag 10:20 pm *raaaahhh why you chew. Paws at Swoop. Stahp* boomtank 10:20 pm Phew Specs 10:20 pm *cackles* boomtank 10:20 pm That ended well Swoop 10:20 pm *moar chattering* Slag 10:20 pm Why you Swoop noisy Windchill 10:20 pm *Bleh, he's glad that one's over.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:20 pm [[And now a tale -he- likes.]] boomtank 10:20 pm -ignoring what is going on in the room at large- Bevel 10:21 pm I want to see more episodes about Odo. Swoop 10:21 pm Am bird boomtank 10:21 pm -so much insanity- Swoop 10:21 pm kehehehhehehh Not HER bird Me 10:21 pm *well, didn't get the motive exactly right; but he also knows very little about these nations' politics, so.* Whirl 10:21 pm *is likewise relieved; he's going to scoop up his second drink and nurse this one* Swoop 10:21 pm *flaps wings* bird Bevel 10:21 pm *prowl did a good job* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:21 pm ((NETFLIX PLEASE)) Specs 10:21 pm Swoop, what defines a bird? Swoop 10:21 pm *cocks head* Slag 10:21 pm Noisy and wings make bird Windchill 10:21 pm *The unicorn is costing too much energy for him to not be using it, so it'll flicker out of existence.* Swoop 10:22 pm Yah, that sound right Specs 10:22 pm So, am I a bird? Whirl 10:22 pm *his mood is dead, and the best he can hope for now is drunken complacence, so he'll get to work on that* Swoop 10:22 pm Yup Slag 10:22 pm yes Windchill 10:22 pm That would make me a bird too, and I don't think that's right. Whirl 10:22 pm Starscream's a bird, then. WINDCHILL. Specs 10:22 pm Maybe we're all birds... Whirl 10:22 pm You are LITERALLY a Blackbird. Slag 10:22 pm That why you no shut up? Cuz you bird Your Lord 10:22 pm Is that suppose to be an insult? Whirl 10:22 pm You can't deny it. Windchill 10:22 pm That's just the name of my alternate mode! Swoop 10:22 pm HER BIRD is best bird : > Whirl 10:23 pm It's what you are. You're absolutely a bird. Windchill 10:23 pm It's not literal. Whirl 10:23 pm Hey, I don't make the rules. boomtank 10:23 pm -Wait. Bird? What did he miss?- Swoop 10:23 pm Her have lots of wings and do music stuff : > Windchill 10:23 pm I'm certainly not the same kind of bird as these bird. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:23 pm *Soundwave thinks Prowl did rather well for someone who knows little of the Cardassians* Slag 10:23 pm them make children? Whirl 10:23 pm No, no. You're not even from the same dimension as these guys. Swoop 10:23 pm Carly make a baby Whirl 10:23 pm But yep. You're a bird. *considers this* Our Starscream's a bird. Slag 10:23 pm him Daniel weird... Specs 10:24 pm Slag, are you a bird? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:24 pm {{Bird definitely bird.}} *Rolls a circle* Whirl 10:24 pm Lasebreak's a bird. ...but this is no big surprise. Slag 10:24 pm Me Slag am Dinobot Windchill 10:24 pm I prefer being a unicorn, thanks. Swoop 10:24 pm *giggles at Laserbeak* < 3 Windchill 10:24 pm *He can be both.* Whirl 10:24 pm PFFT. *great minds, Laserbeak* Swoop 10:24 pm <3 <3 <3 Whirl 10:24 pm You're both. Slag 10:24 pm Me no got wings ItsyBitsySpyers 10:24 pm *Scoot scoot.* Whirl 10:24 pm Well, obviously, you're not a bird, then. Slag 10:24 pm Me am Tri-serra-tops Me 10:24 pm *"communication is a matter of patience, imagination." mentally sinks down. clearly lacks both.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:24 pm *Clasped hands.* Your Lord 10:24 pm Oh. Windchill 10:24 pm I'll take what I can get. Your Lord 10:25 pm I know this episode. Me 10:25 pm *mentally, though. physically doesn't move.* Your Lord 10:25 pm A favourite. Swoop 10:25 pm Slag is three horn Terrible lizard : > Whirl 10:25 pm And I, am the very best sort of thing you can be. Which is a helicopter. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:25 pm *Starscream gets one point.* Specs 10:25 pm *the dragon has sneaking suspicions as to why Soundwave likes this one* Slag 10:25 pm Me Slag not terrible lizard. You Swoop shitty bird Swoop 10:25 pm :V Windchill 10:26 pm So... They're using idioms and references to convey all of their concepts? Me 10:26 pm ... They're referring to—history, or poetry, or literature. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm *Taps his visor where a nose would be.* Your Lord 10:26 pm *he will do the same* Whirl 10:26 pm How completely and utterly useless. Me 10:26 pm You can't understand them without knowing their history. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm *...Starscream taps Soundwave's visor?* Your Lord 10:26 pm A very interesting concept indeed. *HIS OWN* Whirl 10:26 pm Unless you're communicating with people of, like... YOUR species or YOUR social stata or some nonsense. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm *Ah. Yes. Of course.* Windchill 10:27 pm It definitely needs context, but all forms of communication do. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:27 pm [[Few species design their language around the possibility of meeting other species upon reaching certain levels of technological advancement.]] Swoop 10:27 pm *pats Slag right over the optic* look him got thin on head three like You Slag Whirl 10:27 pm But it's also useless to communicate with your OWN species, if they don't happen to know the exact things YOU do. Swoop 10:27 pm Robot mode Slag 10:27 pm *Gah why on the eye* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:27 pm [[He rather likes the Vulcans', though.]] Windchill 10:28 pm *Shrugs* Me 10:28 pm If they only speak in allusions, how did they learn the original stories that the allusions are to? Slag 10:28 pm Yah so? Your Lord 10:28 pm That is the question. Me 10:28 pm Do the juveniles speak in a different language to learn the original stories? Specs 10:28 pm It can be hard to know that others are out there. Maybe it's different when you have stars. Swoop 10:28 pm Him got dumb head like You Slag kehehehehe Slag 10:28 pm >=( You SWOOP got DUMB HEAD Swoop 10:28 pm Swoop have pointy crest : > Windchill 10:28 pm Even people who speak the same language may not be able to communicate if they're not using similar vocabularies and frames of reference. Slag 10:28 pm Swoop have stupid beak Your Lord 10:29 pm Unless there are no 'juveniles'. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:29 pm [[Perhaps. Or the phrases may be learned in conjunction with action. Or the universal translator software may be unable to correctly describe what is truly being represented.]] [[Starscream's idea is also possible. But Windchill does have a point.]] Swoop 10:29 pm What stupid beak? *pats his chest* What stupid? Whirl 10:29 pm Either way--it's a made-up TV show, so I won't give it too hard a time. Slag 10:29 pm beak stupid Me 10:29 pm So it could simply be a mechanical failure of the translators. Your Lord 10:29 pm You can speak the same language but without context it's useless. Windchill 10:29 pm *Nods.* Whirl 10:29 pm *and it's an improvement* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:29 pm [[They may be the later product of a species that constructed the original language the phrases are formed with.]] Swoop 10:29 pm Beak good for bite Slag ItsyBitsySpyers 10:29 pm [[Many possibilities.]] Windchill 10:30 pm A mechanical failure is much less interesting of an explanation in a fictional story, but possible. Slag 10:30 pm you Swoop no bite me slag Me 10:30 pm If they're the "later product," you're implying they don't know the etymology of their allusions? Specs 10:30 pm I would think it would be important to tell stories to the children. That was important to the docents. Swoop 10:30 pm No bite *pats Slag's head* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[He is only implying it is a possibility. We are not given enough to know.]] Windchill 10:31 pm It's like he's referencing a specific event he means to re-enact. boomtank 10:31 pm -okay, he's standing up now. Time for him to go. Needs sleep- ItsyBitsySpyers 10:31 pm *Nods to Blaster, then looks around the room. He's oddly pleased with everyone catching on so soon.* Me 10:31 pm If they don't know the etymology of their allusions, then they aren't allusions anymore. They're just the words they use. Windchill 10:31 pm And the whole "So and so when the walls fell" could be describing a reaction. boomtank 10:31 pm -Waves on the way out. G'night people- Slag 10:31 pm *nuzzles face against Swoop. Lays head on him* Me 10:31 pm Which means they SHOULD be getting translated, unless their translators are failing. Windchill 10:32 pm The original reaction of the original figure reacting to some walls falling. boomtank 10:32 pm ((annnnd mun has to go now too. Thanks for the stream, and g'night Windchill 10:32 pm But that's my best guess. Bevel 10:32 pm ((night Slag 10:32 pm (( nini )) Specs 10:32 pm ((night blaster!)) Windchill 10:32 pm (( Goodnight! )) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:32 pm [[No, no. He means the individual words. "Fell," "when," things of that nature.]] Swoop 10:32 pm *is trapped under an unmoveable mountain* Whirl 10:32 pm ((GNIGHT)) Me 10:32 pm ... Come again? Your Lord 10:32 pm Like i said, without context even a translator is useless. Swoop 10:32 pm Him bad at fire Your Lord 10:32 pm It is clear that they're speaking english. Slag 10:33 pm Yah. Us make BIG fire Windchill 10:33 pm *Windchill can move any mountain in this room, but he's not gonna.* Me 10:33 pm Of course they're not clearly speaking English. There are universal translators going on here. Specs 10:33 pm Very confused translators. Me 10:33 pm Nobody in this show is speaking English, except MAYBE the actual human. Swoop 10:33 pm Us BEST at fire Bevel 10:33 pm When the walls fell... Like when they breached the wall at Helm's Deep? Windchill 10:33 pm Better. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:33 pm [[What he means is that they may have a complex word, like our glyphs, that is written with many small words, but no longer recognize what the smaller words are.]] Whirl 10:34 pm It seems like... *taps his claw slowly* They're referring to people, each time? Unless I missed something? They're referring to peoples' deeds or their relationships to one another? Swoop 10:34 pm what helm's deep? *imagines an actual helm* Slag 10:34 pm That movie Specs 10:34 pm I think that's what's happening, Whirl? Slag 10:34 pm big rocks Swoop 10:34 pm *getting actually breached* *violently* Me 10:34 pm When-the-walls-fell as a compound word made of smaller words? Yes, that's more or less what I was proposing by saying their allusions are no longer allusions, but words. Slag 10:34 pm Big fight them have eff-eff-fants. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:34 pm [[Ah. He thought you meant that they did not know the stories behind their own phrases. Never mind.]] Bevel 10:34 pm Big stronghold in Rohan. With a big wall. Me 10:34 pm But if that's the case, the translator SHOULD be treating whenthewallsfell as its new compound word and translating it with whatever whenthewallsfell means to the Enterprise. Specs 10:34 pm el-e-phants Whirl 10:35 pm *nods to the dragon* Let's see if that pattern keeps up, I guess. Slag 10:35 pm eff-eff-fants Windchill 10:35 pm If they stop using words and communicate from the ground up, with motions and intent, they might get somewhere. Maybe. Me 10:35 pm I meant both. They might not know the stories, and in not knowing, simply know of the phrases as compound words. Windchill 10:35 pm That involves a lot of cultural context too. Bevel 10:35 pm Oliphaunts. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:35 pm *Soundwave nods to Bevel. Good example.* Slag 10:35 pm ollie-fonts? Specs 10:35 pm Oliphaunts? Are those like elephants? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:35 pm *And one to Windchill and Prowl as well.* Whirl 10:35 pm *snorts and nods* I've found that some things said in body language are universal. Your Lord 10:35 pm I assume they're a new race not yet integrated with. Windchill 10:35 pm Or close to it. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:35 pm [[They are unfamiliar, yes.]] Windchill 10:36 pm That's better? Slag 10:36 pm ollie-fant? eff-eff-fant.. Whirl 10:36 pm All right. Still a person. Me 10:36 pm But it's likely they DO know their own stories, or else their translation technology would be translating whenthewallfell as, "disappointment," or "annoyance," or whatever it would mean to the Starfleet crew. Your Lord 10:36 pm Otherwise this whole ordeal wouldn't happening. Me 10:37 pm I assume their translation technology is somehow telepathic? It translates their intended meaning across languages? Windchill 10:37 pm *He's trying to keep up, but his focus is dwindling.* Your Lord 10:37 pm Or on ones persons. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:38 pm [[Mathematical algorithms, actually.]] Swoop 10:38 pm *stretches his wings out and yawns, then drops them down as low as they go* Me 10:38 pm For the translation technology to be translating the other captain's words as "Temba, his arms wide," that means that he has to actually be intending to talk about somebody named Temba with his arms extended. So they likely HAVEN'T forgotten the etymology of their allusions. Swoop 10:38 pm *is a wing puddle* Me 10:38 pm Well, of course it uses mathematical algorithms. You can't translate a language without them. Slag 10:38 pm *nudges Swoop with nose* You Swoop sleepy? Windchill 10:38 pm *Better than a water puddle.* Swoop 10:38 pm No Never Slag 10:39 pm Okay. Me Slag neither. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:39 pm [[That is all they are. No telepathy.]] Your Lord 10:39 pm Why... haven't they already started. Me 10:40 pm EVERYTHING is mathematical algorithms when you get down to it. That's not a very illuminating explanation. *but, no telepathy, then.* Whirl 10:40 pm Prowl... this is a made up TV show. Windchill 10:40 pm Sleeping in the DIRT. Like me! Whirl 10:40 pm The particulars of HOW the tech works isn't as important as the story each scenario gives you. Slag 10:40 pm ...........where else to sleep? Swoop 10:40 pm On top of other both Whirl 10:40 pm If I'm any judge; it's about telling a story with certain conditions to make a point. Swoop 10:40 pm *bot : > Windchill 10:40 pm Some people sleep in beds. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:40 pm [[He would offer a more illuminating one if he could, but he does not have their technology.]] Specs 10:40 pm Trees. Ice burrows. Buildings, preferably. Buildings hold heat. Slag 10:40 pm Beds too small for us Dinobots Swoop 10:40 pm There pretty big bed in Medbay! Windchill 10:41 pm You could make bigger beds? Slag 10:41 pm That medbay bed Windchill 10:41 pm But yeah. Most berths are too small for me, too. Me 10:41 pm The particulars ARE important because how it's programmed to translate helps determine whether or not the species here still knows its own allusions or if the stories themselves have been lost, leaving only a language based on stories that no one actually knows. Windchill 10:41 pm I gave up on 'em a long time ago. Whirl 10:41 pm I'm guessing by their frustration that they're not INTENTIONALLY holding anything back, Specs 10:42 pm It's just the way it happened. Your Lord 10:42 pm Finally. Whirl 10:42 pm I think the act of understanding is more important, in this story, than the details of their tech. I'll admit--*he holds his glass up* I could be wrong. Me 10:42 pm Knowing whether they still know their own stories isn't necessary to figure out what the allusions mean, but it's important to understand their culture. Slag 10:42 pm Us Dinobots not have beds. Us Dinobots have hole. It good hole. no roll out Specs 10:43 pm Is it insulated? Slag 10:43 pm it rock Swoop 10:43 pm Sludge make pretty good bed ItsyBitsySpyers 10:43 pm *Laserbeak hisses. She does not like the Dinobot cave.* Windchill 10:43 pm A hole in the dirt? Swoop 10:43 pm Him brain like rock Slag 10:43 pm Hole in rock Specs 10:43 pm ...You guys set yourselves on fire. Insulation may be a bad idea. Swoop 10:43 pm *perks up and blinks at Bird* Slag 10:43 pm Yah him brain like rock hur Whirl 10:43 pm I'm guessing that the whole "understanding their culture" bit is going to be what happens in some capacity in the episode. It's... *pauses, thinking* Swoop 10:43 pm *what was that????* Me 10:43 pm I'm sure it is. Swoop 10:43 pm *reaches out to try to touch Laserbeaks' wingtip with his wingtip* Whirl 10:43 pm It's more about how these people react in this situation than the little picky details. I think. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm *Pats* Bevel 10:44 pm Fight together. Windchill 10:44 pm He's trying to give him a weapon to defend himself, I think. Me 10:44 pm Ah. They're supposed to hunt TOGETHER. Swoop 10:44 pm *cocks head* Whirl 10:44 pm Excellent. Your Lord 10:44 pm Bonding perhaps. Whirl 10:44 pm THAT'S a surefire way to bond with someone, even if you don't understand them. Windchill 10:44 pm A fight would be good. Swoop 10:44 pm *smiles at Bird, she's happy y/n?* Specs 10:44 pm It's very noisy. Why are these predators so loud? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm *No, but she'll chirp and pretend to be* Me 10:44 pm Darmok is one hunter, Jalad is likely another. They both have to be armed to hunt together, which is why he keeps offering the knife. Swoop 10:45 pm *WORKS FOR HIM* Whirl 10:45 pm A good question. Swoop 10:45 pm *smiles enough to squish his optics* Me 10:45 pm ... Which suggests they DO know the stories they're referring back to, because they're attempting to replay them ritualistically. Windchill 10:45 pm *Stretches.* I want to see the alien monster thing. Whirl 10:46 pm *are u still on the floor mech* Me 10:46 pm If they know the stories, then at some point they have to speak in things that AREN'T allusions to teach each other the stories, so why can't they use THAT language to these people who clearly don't know the stories? Swoop 10:46 pm It predator ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm [[Why must they? Can they not re-enact?]] Whirl 10:46 pm Or use pictures? Me 10:46 pm ... Unless the rest of their communication outside of the allusions-- yes. Re-enactment. Bevel 10:46 pm Losing. Me 10:47 pm Their language is ONLY allusions, the rest of their communication is performance. Windchill 10:47 pm Clearly. Bevel 10:47 pm *ok failure, thanks picard* Windchill 10:47 pm That's all they've used. Specs 10:47 pm I wonder if that creature they're fighting is edible. Whirl 10:47 pm Which makes them taking him planetside seem a lot less weird. Your Lord 10:47 pm Actions can certainly teach more. Slag 10:47 pm Them set on fire it dead Whirl 10:47 pm It's like holding some kind of conference. But instead, you hunt some kind of ravenous invisible beast. Which is better than a conference, hands-down. Windchill 10:48 pm He's starting to figure it out, I think. Bevel 10:48 pm Spread out! Windchill 10:48 pm So we can all sit back and wait for it to all be explained if we like. *Even if that's slightly less stimulating.* Me 10:48 pm No, it was not "clearly," the possibility still existed of them having further language that they are choosing for whatever reason not to use. Your Lord 10:49 pm The figuring out is the fun part though. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:49 pm [[He is enjoying the group's attempt to work this out. He has nothing against listening.]] Slag 10:49 pm .... Why that got tri-cera-tops head... Windchill 10:49 pm True, but this is fiction. Swoop 10:49 pm For fun : > Bevel 10:49 pm ((baby ashley judd hiiiii Windchill 10:49 pm The chances of the writers including a detail like that in this scenario are unlikely. One is typically meant to take these things at face value. Slag 10:50 pm no fun >( Bevel 10:50 pm Aww no. Specs 10:50 pm Oh no. Windchill 10:50 pm They're supposed to give the audience all of the relevant information when it's due when writing a story. Your Lord 10:51 pm Why are they not researching. Me 10:51 pm *well, all the pleasure in trying to figure out the history of this species's language has just been drained away* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[Humans are, like most sentient beings, easily frightened and ready to fight.]] Windchill 10:51 pm So that's why I say "clearly," I mean it in terms of this fictional story. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[They are not thinking outside of their captain's defense.]] Me 10:51 pm *quietly sighs and goes back to watching silently* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm *Soundwave pings Prowl. It is an affectionate one. He liked it.* Windchill 10:52 pm There's probably not going to be any thought or further exploration into this specie's culture or reasoning beyond this single episode, because the writers had no need to create those aspects. Me 10:52 pm *acknowledging ping. it's not fun anymore.* Windchill 10:52 pm I could be wrong. Whirl 10:53 pm So here they are, doing what we just did! Oh, hey, the dude's not dead yet. Slag 10:53 pm *licks Swoop* Bevel 10:53 pm Oh yay he is still alive. Swoop 10:53 pm *is licked* : V Whirl 10:53 pm And, it's always people. So, I seem to be right there. Windchill 10:54 pm Yeah, seems to be. Whirl 10:55 pm It'd be a decent code language. Windchill 10:55 pm Eh, the phrase is so vague it could be interpreted any number of ways without further context. Whirl 10:55 pm Or, places, too, I guess. Your Lord 10:56 pm Painfully slow. Specs 10:56 pm The docents would have eaten this one. He doesn't tell stories well. Windchill 10:56 pm And the planet is standing in for the island in their re-enactment? Whirl 10:56 pm Docents? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:56 pm [[Yes.]] Me 10:56 pm *flatly* They don't have verbs. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:57 pm [[They do have a few. They used the piece "fell".]] Bevel 10:57 pm 😞 Whirl 10:57 pm I think they do, they're just rare. Like f--yeah. Me 10:57 pm Never mind. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:57 pm [[But, as Whirl noted, it does seem to be rare.]] Specs 10:57 pm When our kind hatch, the docents take care of them young. Raise them, teach them, and find things they enjoy. Slag 10:57 pm Hatch? Whirl 10:57 pm Oh. Caretakers, then. Swoop 10:57 pm ((is he hitting on him)) Specs 10:57 pm Caretakers, yes. The other cousins do things differently. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:57 pm [[When there is no other way of describing what happened to something, he supposes.]] Windchill 10:58 pm Pfft, you have to better than this guy. Me 10:58 pm *had a theory. promptly disproven. not worth trying again.* Whirl 10:58 pm I dunno, taking someone with you to kill an invisible horrible beast is a decently romantic gesture. Windchill 10:58 pm *Try to remember it, you mean.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:58 pm *:(* Windchill 10:58 pm I'd be down for that. Although... Whirl 10:59 pm I doubt your junxy would be up for that. Slag 10:59 pm What hatch? Windchill 10:59 pm Invisibility doesn't mean a whole lot if you don't rely on the visual spectrum of light to detect things. Whirl 10:59 pm When you come out of an egg. Specs 10:59 pm I hatched! Windchill 10:59 pm *Sighs.* Slag 10:59 pm Egg? Windchill 10:59 pm He can't actually tell me what to do. Specs 10:59 pm But, long ago. Long ago for me, not for cybertronians. Windchill 10:59 pm But I'd have to ask. Whirl 10:59 pm Yeah, I don't, that much. I can barely see as it is. Sonar's much more useful. ...I was saying that under the assumption that you'd take HIM. Slag 11:00 pm Him die? Swoop 11:00 pm Dead Windchill 11:00 pm I need my optics for sniping and some reading, I'll give them that. That's about it. *Oh.* Slag 11:00 pm people die lots here but Soundwave no let me Slag kill them. Windchill 11:00 pm I don't know, he likes to hunt. Bevel 11:00 pm Aw Windchill 11:01 pm *For crying out loud, Slag.* Whirl 11:01 pm That's because Soundwave runs a civilized club. Slag 11:01 pm *he's not talking about you specifically it's come up a few times* Whirl 11:01 pm Which, I know... SOUNDS like it should be lame. But hey, he makes it work. Windchill 11:01 pm "Civilized," he says, when we let people like me in here? Whirl 11:01 pm He makes exceptions. He lets you in. Me in. Frenzy in. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:02 pm \\HEY!\\ Pause. \\I MEAN. YEAH. BUT HEY!\\ Windchill 11:02 pm *And the Dinobots, but he's not going to bring that back up right now.* Swoop 11:02 pm Civilized means good manners Whirl 11:02 pm And... so, your caretakers eat you, sometimes? *snickers* Slag 11:02 pm Pfff. Us Dinobots not siv-ville-ized Windchill 11:02 pm We know. Slag 11:02 pm Yah Dinobots not got good manners Specs 11:02 pm Ah. No. The docents don't eat us. Whirl 11:02 pm Half of us here don't. Windchill 11:03 pm I only do when I have proper motivation. Whirl 11:03 pm Oh, okay. They eat people who tick 'em off? Windchill 11:03 pm I usually don't. Specs 11:03 pm Adults get eaten if they break the Goddess' rules. Which does tend to tick us off, yes. Whirl 11:03 pm *nods* I don't think Heqet eats anyone. She's sort of the opposite of eating, being a goddess of fertility and all. or, well, killing and eating. Windchill 11:04 pm Eh, creation takes a lot of energy. I'd expect there to be a LOT of eating. Your Lord 11:04 pm Ohh. Specs 11:04 pm The hope is that, by eating the offender, they can be remade into something better. Whirl 11:05 pm Huh. Interesting enough. Slag 11:05 pm ... Whirl 11:05 pm And, I mean... she's a goddess, presumable she doesn't have to eat. She just gives you the energy. Slag 11:05 pm No like eat-story hrn Specs 11:05 pm According to the story, when the Goddess ate the Eaten God, she gained his power and remade it into something better. So, we do the same, on a lower level. Whirl 11:06 pm That's kinda weird, but cool. Slag 11:06 pm *snuggles closer to Swoop. Lays head on him* Windchill 11:06 pm I suppose gods might be an exception, but typically, last that I checked, you can't create mass or energy from nothing, you gotta convert it. Hence eating. Swoop 11:06 pm *is a terrible boney pillow* Whirl 11:06 pm That's why I clarified killing and eating, specifically. Windchill 11:06 pm *He squints, leaning forward. Is that coral in the background?* Whirl 11:06 pm Killing is kind of the opposite of fertility... doing... *paus* Stuff. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:06 pm *Admires the Tamarian captain.* Slag 11:06 pm *sleeps on rocks, what's he going to complain about with his bony poky brother?* Windchill 11:07 pm In organic terms there is no life without death. Specs 11:07 pm Well, we live on an icy planet with no stars, only our sun and our moon in the sky. One might argue that it's a barren universe. Not exactly conducive to fertility. Me 11:07 pm *still wonders why they can't speak in anything BUT allusions...* Bevel 11:07 pm That was really good but sad. Me 11:07 pm *...... oh, who cares. doesn't matter.* Slag 11:07 pm *spies carebears* Windchill 11:08 pm *Shhh Prowl, it's because the writers needed a one-off for an episode and didn't think that much into it.* Slag 11:08 pm *lowers head when it signs out. sigh* Me 11:08 pm *like he thought. "who cares. doesn't matter."* Whirl 11:08 pm That sounds like it sucks. You guys should move. Me 11:08 pm *stay out of his internal narration, killjoy.* Bevel 11:08 pm *there's a book about the tamarians, not that bevel knows, but yeah* Windchill 11:08 pm (( I was typing before it posted whoops. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:08 pm [[He hopes the recovery of what is left of our history will help in a similar manner.]] Slag 11:08 pm *nudges at Swoop* You floppy. Swoop 11:09 pm Yah Me Swoop change mind Maybe.... little sleepy ItsyBitsySpyers 11:09 pm *And that his multiversal map will be a part of that, some day, when he is long gone. But dreams are silly things sometimes, he supposes.* Specs 11:09 pm We live there! We didn't even know about other universes, with stars and other planets. Well. Most of us still don't. I... It's been difficult. Slag 11:09 pm Us go Dinocave. You Swoop lay on Me Slag back if want. Swoop 11:09 pm !!! Kay Whirl 11:09 pm Well, here you are. In another dimension--well. Presumably. Unless you're FROM this dimension. I'm not. Windchill 11:09 pm *The Dinobots are leaving?* Whirl 11:10 pm Get someone to hook you up with a space bridge. Bevel 11:10 pm ... Your Lord 11:10 pm [ FAVE ] Bevel 11:10 pm *giggles* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:10 pm [[Must you, Frenzy.]] Windchill 11:10 pm *Hand over spark. He loves watching OP lose to trees.* Whirl 11:10 pm *snickers* Specs 11:10 pm No, I'm from somewhere very different! What happened was, well. It's very silly, really, but an alternate Soundwave accidentally showed up on the moon where I was living. Slag 11:10 pm *nudges Swoop to get up onto his back so he can trundle them both off home to their cave and their rock-hole where they sleep.* Whirl 11:10 pm Did. Did someone try to eat him. Specs 11:10 pm So. That was interesting. I haven't seen that one since. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:11 pm *Flicks attention in the dragon's direction. Which alternate.* Specs 11:11 pm No, no one else really lives up there permanently like I do! Swoop 11:11 pm *scampers up on to Slag's back then waves by to Bird* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:11 pm *Bird waves bye back* Slag 11:11 pm *waddles on out* Bevel 11:11 pm Good choice, Frenzy! Specs 11:11 pm But, he, hm. He enlisted me into getting him a spacebridge out, but it's still there. So I use it to send energon treats out. Windchill 11:11 pm *Is he free to kissy face now?* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:12 pm [[FRENZY.]] \\YOU SAID I COULD PICK SOME.\\ Whirl 11:12 pm Oh. Well. You should go out sometimes. Specs 11:12 pm *squints at the video* Whirl 11:12 pm --PFFFT. Windchill 11:12 pm This is horrible. Bevel 11:12 pm I like Frenzy's choices. Whirl 11:12 pm *he's gonna bust up laughing* Windchill 11:12 pm I approve. Whirl 11:12 pm I can't believe someone wrote a ukelele song about our GRACIOUS HOST. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:12 pm *His breath isn't bad, how dare you.* Windchill 11:13 pm *Come here and let him sniff.* Specs 11:13 pm I... I think it's time for me to rest. Goodnight, all... Bevel 11:13 pm Night! Whirl 11:13 pm *bobs his helm* Seeya, dragon. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:13 pm [[Goodnight.]] Windchill 11:13 pm *He waves absently.* *Snorts.* Bevel 11:14 pm ((league of their own fanart on bevel's dash, perfection Windchill 11:15 pm Oh my god. *Why this.* Whirl 11:15 pm The boat again. *squints* Do they get this one to snap in half, too? Me 11:16 pm *oh. titanic video. ... pays attention.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:16 pm [[No, it said at the beginning they were unwilling to snap it in half.]] [[But it is an impressive toy creation.]] Whirl 11:16 pm Oh. Missed that. Soundwave. Ahem. I have a request. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:16 pm [[Yes?]] Whirl 11:16 pm Since a sadly huge portion of this room is unfamiliar with Abbott and Costello... I made a claim earlier I think I should make good on. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:16 pm [[Which is?]] Whirl 11:17 pm That they can make math funny. Bevel 11:17 pm I made a Titanic at home. Windchill 11:17 pm *Seeing as one very huge portion of this room, namely Windchill, is tired of Titanic, please go on.* Me 11:17 pm *... considering their reactions to the video, makes a mental note to not say a single, solitary word about the Titanic where either Windchill or Whirl can hear, nor to in the slightest do anything that might so much as suggest to them that he might have a passing interest in the subject.* Whirl 11:17 pm *hey now, Whirl was deciphering things WITH you* Me 11:18 pm *he also went "the boat again."* *now, prowl might not be good with tone, but that sure sounded disparaging to him.* Bevel 11:18 pm *well that's a shame because Bevel would love to talk about her boat building project* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:18 pm [[He will see if he can find a humorous math routine of theirs.]] Whirl 11:18 pm *it was a neutral statement, but considering Prowl's mood, it's not surprising that he interpreted it as a negative one* Windchill 11:18 pm *This is so boring , he's draping an arm over his forehead dramatically.* Whirl 11:18 pm The seven into twenty-three skit. Windchill 11:18 pm Ugh, wait. Whirl 11:18 pm Scuse me--twenty-eight. Me 11:19 pm *the squint helped sway him.* Windchill 11:19 pm We're trading the damned boat... Bevel 11:19 pm What are legos? Windchill 11:19 pm for MATH? Whirl 11:19 pm *Prowl is not an expert in whirl body language, he can be forgiven his error* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:19 pm [[Unlimited creation toys.]] Bevel 11:19 pm ...I want some. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:19 pm [[And yes. Do you have a problem with him fulfilling Whirl's request?]] Windchill 11:19 pm No, but it'll be wasted on me. Whirl 11:20 pm *shrugs* Windchill 11:20 pm *He'll just watch everyone else react to it in the meantime.* Whirl 11:20 pm You can be unamused by Abbott and Costello and be OBJECTIVELY WRONG, that's fine by me. Your Lord 11:20 pm *Give him an exact model made from something other than a plastic alternative, and maybe Starscream will be interested in all this ship sinkage* Windchill 11:20 pm No no, I'm sure it's hilarious. But I'm dyscalculic. Severely. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:20 pm *Starscream should ask Bevel about that.* Windchill 11:21 pm I won't get the jokes. Whirl 11:21 pm Oh. My bad. Bevel 11:21 pm That was really cool. Whirl 11:21 pm *shrugs again* Windchill 11:22 pm *It doesn't really matter, he'll try.* Me 11:22 pm *and, prowl has now got to hear windchill disparaging bothering to care about a show, Prowl's new favorite subject matter, AND the entirety of math itself, all in rapid succession.* Bevel 11:22 pm *tempted to pull up that 3d printed model video of the titanic herself later* Your Lord 11:22 pm *windchill don't be rude* Windchill 11:22 pm *He's not being disparaging, he doesn't understand it and is being excluded.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:22 pm [[Not all videos can suit all mechs at all times.]] Whirl 11:22 pm *he has a mental inability to calculate. He's not being rude, he's being honest* Bevel 11:22 pm *since she doubts asking to watch it will get much approval with the room* Me 11:23 pm *it's one thing too many.* Windchill 11:23 pm *And he wasn't trying to put down the show, only explaining that it WAS fiction and that knowing it was fiction affected how he interpreted the material.* *SNORTS.* Bevel 11:23 pm *kicks her feet some and pets Eowyn* Windchill 11:23 pm *He thought that part was funny regardless of the numbers involved.* Me 11:24 pm *farewell ping to soundwave* Bevel 11:24 pm *oooh math trick* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:24 pm *Damn it. Combination disappointment and farewell.* Me 11:25 pm *... was that disappointment at prowl?* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:25 pm *No. It's clearly defined as a situational one.* Me 11:25 pm *did prowl GET it?* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:26 pm *Soundwave designed it so he should, but whether he does is up to mun.* Windchill 11:26 pm I liked the small joke. Whirl 11:26 pm Yeah. Costello's delivery is great. Me 11:26 pm *... well, now he can't leave, can he?* Windchill 11:26 pm What's this one about? Me 11:26 pm *tiredly comms a retraction.* *... the "tiredly" ISN'T sent* Whirl 11:27 pm Anyway, I think I'm about done. *it's been en emotional rollercoaster of a night. He's somewhat managed to recover his mood, though* I'll see you lot next week. Not gonna make it to Teach's shows. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:27 pm [[Understood. Goodnight, Whirl.]] Bevel 11:28 pm Night, Whirl! *waves* Whirl 11:28 pm *bobs his head* Night, Shovel. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:29 pm @Prowl: (txt): If Prowl: uncomfortable, wants home, Prowl can go. If here wanted, break needed, upstairs open. If here wanted, Prowl: fine, seat invitation sent. ((this is an inappropriate song for the current room mood good god)) Your Lord 11:30 pm [ omg ] Bevel 11:30 pm ((lol Whirl 11:30 pm ((PFFT)) Windchill 11:30 pm *One last kissy face at Whirl.* Whirl 11:30 pm *snorts* Me 11:30 pm @Soundwave «Doesn't matter.» ItsyBitsySpyers 11:30 pm @Prowl: (txt): Does. Me 11:30 pm *doesn't move* Windchill 11:30 pm Bye, chuckles. Whirl 11:30 pm *picks up his drink, slams the rest of it, and turns* Yeah. I'll seeya. Windchill 11:30 pm Let me know when you decide to make good on that pegasus thing. We can be like... *He pauses, searching out either of the twins.* Your Lord 11:31 pm *my my, tensions are high* Whirl 11:31 pm Yeah, yeah. I've got some stuff to take care of before then, but if it happens, you'll be among the first to know. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm *Both are idly chewing snacks* *Maybe trying to see if the flobster will eat them* Windchill 11:31 pm Hey! *He points at Rumble, spotting him first.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm //Wha?// Bevel 11:32 pm *if they're energon based the flobster will* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:32 pm *...More or less* Bevel 11:32 pm *nom nom nom then* Windchill 11:32 pm If people who are not twins, such as myself, make jokes about 'being twins' due to any similarities to other people, is that offensive to actual twins? Windchill 11:34 pm *He's asking BEFORE something potentially offensive slips out of his mouth...THIS TIME.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:34 pm //Why ya askin' us? We look like twins to you, mech?// Rumble points to his massive shoulders, Frenzy's heel wheels and spines,. //Or can't ya see us minicons good up there?// Whirl 11:34 pm *snickers* Windchill 11:34 pm *Squints.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:35 pm *Frenzy stuffs his mouth full of goodies to keep himself from laughing* Windchill 11:35 pm To be fair...my sight isn't what it used to be. *You got him there.* Fine. Bevel 11:35 pm *snickers* Windchill 11:36 pm *If they don't want to answer, he'll just skirt around the issue entirely.* Whirl 11:36 pm *they gotta be them, mech* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm //Fine? What fine? Ya think twins can't look different?// Windchill 11:36 pm *He points back at Whirl.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm //Tch. Rude.// Whirl 11:36 pm Roast him. Windchill 11:36 pm We'll match, that's what we'll do. Whirl 11:36 pm We'll match without looking a thing like each other... just like twins. Windchill 11:36 pm *It will be...magical.* Whirl 11:36 pm Right? *looks to the twins* Windchill 11:36 pm Exactly. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm *Both sets chorus a RIGHT* Whirl 11:37 pm *snickers again, waves one last time, and turns to trot away* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:37 pm //Course, we're quadruplets, really. Jus' they got all the flyin'.// Windchill 11:37 pm *Waves at Whirl, no kissy face because the last one WAS the last one for tonight.* I've not met any twins that looked the same anyway, now that I think about it. *He lives with a set, and they can't even be bothered to be the same height or anything.* Bevel 11:40 pm *hauls herself up and prepares to leave as well, Eowyn clutched carefully in one arm* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:41 pm //Well, we did. Before.// //But I'm my own bot, so. Anyway, I don't care if ya say it.// Windchill 11:41 pm "Before," *he parrots, not expecting any further explanation.* Well it's too late, that moment has come and gone. *Hand over spark.* May it rest in peace. Bevel 11:42 pm Rumble was red in a universe I went to once. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:43 pm //Puh. Cheap imitations, 's what it is.// Windchill 11:43 pm *He opens his mouth, then shuts it. Bringing up how a lot of people are dead in universes he's visited could do without sharing.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:43 pm //Ain't nothin' like my glorious blue self.// Bevel 11:43 pm *grins* Definitely. Windchill 11:43 pm Blue is a good colour. *It's not like Whirl is blue or anything, noooo.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:44 pm //Right? Way better'n red.// He gives Frenzy a grin. And promptly gets tackled to the ground and dragged into a fight. *Soundwave looks to the ceiling for patience and just. Bridges them outside.* Windchill 11:44 pm I like some red. Bevel 11:44 pm *giggles and leaves with a wave to Soundwave* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:44 pm [[He likes red, too.]] *Small nod to Bevel* Windchill 11:44 pm *Out they go.* To be honest though, I only care because my mate is sporting some red. It's not /my/ colour, clashes with the pink. But it's fine to look at. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:46 pm [[He wouldn't mind some red on him.]] For reasons. [[But agreed.]] Your Lord 11:46 pm Red is a good highlight, yes. Windchill 11:46 pm Eh, his isn't paint, so I won't get any transfers on me if that's what you meant. *Suits him fine, it's not his colour.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:49 pm [[He never mentioned paint transfers.]] [[Perhaps he'll toy with red highlights some day.]] [[For now, his colors suit him well enough.]] Windchill 11:50 pm No, but I did. That's exactly where my mind goes. *You should all know this by now.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:51 pm [[Yes. He knows.]] Your Lord 11:51 pm To the gutters. Windchill 11:51 pm *Grins.* Hey, I can't help it. Spent too much time in them in every other sense. *He's got much worse habits to worry about breaking, for now.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:55 pm [[And millions of others.]] *Soundwave stretches.* [[But that would be a depressing note for the end of the evening. Let us not approach it.]] Windchill 11:57 pm *He shrugs.* All right. Yesterday Windchill 11:59 pm Anyway, I suppose I'll have to avoid any and all things related to kissing whenever the Dinobots are in now? Windchill 12:01 am *He doesn't think those brats will learn how to play with others if everyone just gives in to their demands, but he'll play by the rules if need be.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:02 am [[He'll move them away if need be. Make faces if you want. Do not purposely antagonize them. That is all.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 12:04 am [[He is not responsible for teaching them their life lessons and this is not a Dinobot schoolhouse. It is a place of business. It will stay intact.]] Windchill 12:04 am You realize that there's no distinction between my minding my own business and antagonizing them from their perspective, right? Windchill 12:06 am And that if they'll attack me over stupid things like that, they'll attack others who can't necessarily withstand it for the same? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:07 am [[Of course he realizes that. They're Dinobots.]] Windchill 12:07 am I don't care if they hit me, but that's just an incident waiting to happen. Your Lord 12:07 am Their existence is an incident waiting to happen. Windchill 12:08 am And it's not anyone here's job to supervise them, but I personally don't think that they should be without supervision if that's how they're going to behave. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:08 am [[Feel free to speak to their creator about that.]] Windchill 12:09 am *He shrugs. He doesn't expect nor is even asking for anything to be done about it, but he's going to point it out all the same.* If I knew 'em, I would. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:09 am [[A boxverse Ratchet.]] Windchill 12:09 am That really narrows it down. *He scratches his chin.* A terrible parent, obviously. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:10 am [[Yes. Well. He didn't realize he would have to hunt their frequency down in case of future guest interventions.]] Windchill 12:10 am One who, gauging purely by what I've witnessed and overheard, probably doesn't give a damn to begin with. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:11 am [[And in case you haven't noticed, Autobots are rarely friendly toward him. This group is an exception. They would not take well to his asking.]] Windchill 12:11 am I'm aware, I'm not saying it's your problem. *They're not friendly towards him either, which is a whole 'nother issue.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:12 am [[They will not solve it themselves and you can't access the creator. Apparently it is.]] [[In which case, if the three of you cannot figure this out on your own, he will take whatever he considers appropriate measures at the time with the intention of protecting his business.]] [[Now. If we are done.]] Windchill 12:13 am Got it. I had it under control, for the record. Tarantulas 12:14 am *an oddly-timed ping to soundwave, and a comm* «Is - hyeh. Is your movie night still running, perchance?» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:14 am @Tarantulas: (txt): Negative. Actual contents: finished. Post-content interaction. Tarantulas welcome, however. Windchill 12:16 am I know how to contact Swoop, I'll talk to 'em outside if I decide it /really/ bothers me. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:16 am [[Good.]] Windchill 12:18 am *Not that he expects to make much headway with them, but he can try.* Tarantulas 12:20 am «Hm, I figured as much! I'll be over shortly, then.» Windchill 12:20 am *Mostly, he's just bitter that nobody's properly raising these kids. Like jeebus.* Tarantulas 12:21 am *in comes someone who would wholesparkedly agree with windchill's sentiment* *if he knew of it* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:21 am *Soundwave agrees with Laserbeak's dislike of their cave but he also knows better than to dig into that basket of eggs.*

*Speaking of baskets of eggs, Soundwave nods to Tarantulas* Windchill 12:22 am *Yet, sadly—or fortunately tbh—he missed the juicy bits.* *He's gonna track Tarantula's entry with one foggy optic, but that's it. FOR NOW.* Me 12:22 am *hi Tarantulas. Prowl's on a couch by himself, elbows on his knees and laced hands over his mouth, basically staring at the screen and not acknowledging anything. including Tarantulas arriving.* Tarantulas 12:25 am *ironic, the partially organic mech missing the juicy stuff. but yes, tarantulas arrives, actually gives soundwave a spide paw wave* ...It's so strange to come in here /after/ most everyone's gone, Primus. Did I miss much, hm? Windchill 12:26 am You missed some kind of math jokes, I think. And Baseball. Your Lord 12:27 am And talks over an alien language. Tarantulas 12:27 am *unfazed by prowl's inattention, he's going to come sprawl by him while he chats* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:27 am [[And scheming governments. His favorite was that one.]] Gesture to Starscream. Windchill 12:28 am I kinda missed that one. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:28 am *Is glad Tarantulas can sit with Prowl right now, whether or not Prowl notices* Your Lord 12:28 am *he isn't sure if thats an insult directed at him* Me 12:29 am *glances down at the new arrival without moving. hm.* *looks up again.* Tarantulas 12:30 am Aww, that actually sounds mildly interesting. Mostly the math and language, but to each their own, hyeh ItsyBitsySpyers 12:30 am *No, no. Just Soundwave approving of the group translation talks.* Your Lord 12:30 am Oh it was. Tarantulas 12:31 am *prowl's getting nudged with a spider leg until he gives some sign of noticing* Windchill 12:31 am The language stuff was...interesting, but we couldn't get very in-depth with it due to the lack of material. Me 12:31 am *small grunt* Your Lord 12:32 am That's why we were theorising. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:32 am [[Theorizing can be as enjoyable as having full data, under the right circumstances.]] Your Lord 12:32 am Exactly. Windchill 12:33 am *Why does everyone think he doesn't know what hypothesizing is when he was doing it?* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:34 am [[He does wonder what he would use. Breakdown and Bulkhead on the Kamchatka Peninsula, perhaps.]] Windchill 12:34 am Yeah, it was short-lived is what I meant. Windchill 12:35 am It would have been fun to explore it more or see more examples. Tarantulas 12:36 am Kamchatka - what? Isn't that a place on Earth? Me 12:36 am *WAS having fun exploring it more until somebody pointed out how pointless the endeavor was* Tarantulas 12:36 am *the grunt is moderately acceptable. prowl's leg gets petted now* Your Lord 12:36 am *👀* Me 12:36 am *the same someone now lamenting how short-lived it was. whose fault was that. everyone else was content to keep theorizing.* Windchill 12:37 am *HE DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT, it can be pointless and still fun.* *And to be fair, the episode would have ended and the topic changed regardless.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:37 am [[It is. The point of the language was that they spoke in references and metaphors based on their history and stories. Interpreting them required communication and cultural understanding. Fascinating.]] Me 12:37 am *there's a big difference between a topic that dies a natural death and a topic that gets shot in the side.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:38 am [[Starscream, with Cliffjumper vanquished, for example.]] Windchill 12:38 am *He was only pointing out that it was fiction and so it would be explained in the end, not that it was a waste of time to hypothesize in the meantime.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:39 am [[A moment of victorious feelings, perhaps.]] Your Lord 12:39 am [ LMAO, i sense that would be a favourite ] Windchill 12:39 am *But if Prowl wants to misinterpret his intent and be butthurt when he could have continued discussing it regardless of of Windchill's statements, that's his problem.* Your Lord 12:39 am One of my more, shining moments. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:40 am *Tips his helm. Is glad Starscream is not a Soundwave. He would've expected to hear "You flatter me, sir. You flatter me." in Kovat's voice.* Windchill 12:40 am (( Good lord pffft. )) Your Lord 12:40 am [ WEIOFW I laughed ] Me 12:41 am *not misinterpret; misunderstand. and stay out of his internal narration; he was thinking private thoughts in relation to something windchill actually said out loud, not starting a conversation.* Windchill 12:43 am (( Yeah, I can't tell if that's IC or OOC now, I was under the impression that some back and forth in asterisks was common in here but if I'm not allowed then I'll stop? )) Tarantulas 12:43 am So - wait. If I'm interpreting this correctly - their language leans on references concerning both personal and cultural history? Or more of one or the other? Windchill 12:44 am (( I'm not trying to ruffle feathers OOC, is what I mean. )) Your Lord 12:44 am I assume in a more historical sense. Me 12:45 am ((some is fine depending on the context? but I really dislike having to justify/defend my character's private thoughts that he's making a point of not sharing. That's WHY he's thinking them instead of sharing them.)) Tarantulas 12:46 am Ah, that makes sense. Pft, difficult to communicate using a language only you know the references to, after all. But - in any case - that doesn't explain Kamchatka? *at sw* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:47 am [[Breakdown and Bulkhead fought a common enemy there during the Earth years of our war.]] Windchill 12:47 am (( Okay, I don't appreciate so much of what my character does being taken out of context, but I can just ignore it in the future. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:48 am [[The film revolved around two captains fighting an enemy together while they learned each other's language. He thought it an interesting comparison.]] Me 12:50 am ((prowl legit doesn't comprehend what windchill was getting at with his original comments. whether or not windchill intended it--and *I* know he didn't--what Prowl got out of it was "what's going on here is obvious and it's a waste of time trying to speculate deeper into it than the writers themselves did.")) Windchill 12:50 am (( I understand that. )) Me 12:51 am ((and honestly that's what it sounded like to ME that windchill was saying until the much, much later clarification--so there's that.)) Tarantulas 12:53 am ...I get the impression I ought to have come to more documentary nights a while back, h-hyeh. *sheepish* But that makes sense. Windchill 12:53 am (( I just like being able to clear up what the intent was for characterization purposes and so the rest of the audience knows what the intent was rather than having only another character, who misunderstood's, interpretation to go off of? I'm not responding IC in that kind of sense, it's only to clear up my own intent since in a chat based kind of interaction it's NOT always clear due to the shorter posts and faster pace. )) Me 12:54 am ((fair enough. no one wants their muse OOC misunderstood.)) Windchill 12:55 am (( I have noticed that half of our asterisks in here actually signify actions/thoughts, and another half, or near to it, are for barely-IC interjections and hypothetical convos, and I admit that I use it very liberally in that sense.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:59 am [[Perhaps. You can learn more in time.]] [[It doesn't matter much right now.]] Tarantulas 1:01 am Of course, of course. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:03 am *His helm hurts. He's moving to clean up the leftover snacks.* Me 1:08 am *abruptly shuts off.* Windchill 1:09 am *He's gonna stretch, it's well past time to head out.* That was fun. *Mostly.* I'll see you guys later. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:10 am *Soundwave nods.* Windchill 1:10 am Byyyyye. *And, he's out.* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:26 am *Some 20 minutes later, the club is in relatively clean and reorganized shape again. Laserbeak was unusually helpful tonight. He's not sure why. Maybe the mess with Swoop and Slag? He'll ask later. Right now, there's a frustrated, worried, lonely itch under his plating and he'd like to at least TRY to scratch it.* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:37 am *So.*

@Prowl: (txt): ...Tonight, Soundwave: poor host. Makeup attempt offered, if allowed. Prowl's presence: enjoyed Earth Monday ritual. Loss unwanted - unless desired; concept: all damaged encounters not reparable understood. Me 1:40 am *A moment of silence.* @Soundwave «... You weren't a poor host.» Me 1:43 am *another moment of silence.* @Soundwave «You were a little bit of a poor host. The Dinobots were not properly chastised and removed for their rude and threatening behavior. This is a repeat occurrence. Windchill didn't help by deliberately egging them on but the Dinobots are a repeat menace that haven't been properly dealt with.» @Soundwave «Other than that you were fine.» ItsyBitsySpyers 1:48 am *He won't accept that kind of lecture from the one he believed to be antagonizing them to begin with, but from a removed and reasonable party? One he trusts to tell him the truth about things? Yes.*

(txt): Failure acknowledged. Soundwave--

*He's hesitant to tick off mechs who are known for their ability to rampage? He doesn't want to upset Laserbeak? He'd rather not have an Autobot army breathing down his neck because they believed he'd hurt the Dinobots by bridging them away somehow? Finds it hard not to try terminating them when they get out of hand?*

(txt): This, not vast experience area. Will improve. Me 1:52 am @Soundwave «Anyway. You were fine, besides that. ... I don't know why you think you weren't.» ItsyBitsySpyers 1:59 am @Prowl: (txt): Wanted - other evening outcome. Better. Shared baseball, legal system-government, language examination, security chief content intent: interesting discussion material, mutual understanding leads, other. Dinobot, Windchill, Starscream interference: unpunished. Unsuccessful. Repair meant. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:00 am *Well, all right. He wasn't going to punish Starscream for happening to sit next to him. The mech did have some surprisingly good points to make tonight. Still.* Me 2:01 am @Soundwave «... You weren't a bad host because you dared to let your own guests speak up at an event they were visiting. If anything, that makes you a better host than if you'd told them to shut up for the sake of a single guest.» *except the dinobots. but he'd already commented on that.* Me 2:02 am @Soundwave «... Sorry I was a poor /guest./» *such casual ingratitude for things that he hadn't even realized had been chosen for him.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:06 am *Debates responding to the bit about the overall crowd versus a single guest. Decides he probably shouldn't go down that path.*

@Prowl: (txt): Prowl not. Prowl: engaged, interested, contributing. Skillful deductions, enjoyable theories. No fights. Good guest, even quiet. @Prowl: (txt): Good guest, even -not- engaged, interested, other. Company liked. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:08 am *Was he good at spending time around Blaster or Jazz or random mechs he barely knew? No. But he could and would enjoy -this- particular presence whenever possible.* *Not counting incidents already apologized for, which he wasn't.* Me 2:09 am @Soundwave «I must have been poor at some point, for you to doubt your hosting credentials.» ItsyBitsySpyers 2:13 am @Prowl: (txt): Prowl leaves when Prowl: uncomfortable, upset, irritated. That, known, accepted. Departure-based disappointment: separate matter. Me 2:13 am @Soundwave «... I left because it was over.» ItsyBitsySpyers 2:14 am @Prowl: (txt): First farewell. Me 2:14 am @Soundwave «The show was already over. I'd seen the skit before.» ItsyBitsySpyers 2:16 am *Prowl doesn't exactly make a habit of going right after the films end, though, does he?*

*But. Pursuing that line is only going to make things worse. He'll concede for the sake of not causing it to happen over comms instead.*

@Prowl: (txt): Accepted. Me 2:18 am *... somehow Prowl doubts that* @Soundwave «You want me to come back?» ItsyBitsySpyers 2:22 am *He's not supposed to lie. If he said he's accepting it, he will, if more as Prowl's explanation than what he suspects really happened.*

@Prowl: (txt): If this desire: agreeable. Me 2:23 am *well. they DID allow for harmless half truths.* @Soundwave «In the bar?» ItsyBitsySpyers 2:26 am @Prowl: (txt): ...Perhaps not club. Superior peaceful location wanted. Prowl accepts apartment option? Me 2:26 am @Soundwave «... The part I've seen before?» ItsyBitsySpyers 2:28 am @Prowl: (txt): ...Where meant?

*The place on Cybertron had a lot of hidden space, yes, but the space hiding that space was. More or less visible in one turn in place. If Prowl meant the second floor here, that was something else altogether.* Me 2:29 am @Soundwave «The common area where you told me about octopodes.» *as opposed to, say, Soundwave's own room* *he's forgotten the second apartment* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:31 am *Okay. Second floor it was.*

@Prowl: (txt): Negative. That, not peaceful space. Soundwave woken early. Deployer stampede. Space near Prowl's apartment referenced. Me 2:32 am @Soundwave «Oh! That apartment. Yes—fine.» ItsyBitsySpyers 2:34 am @Prowl: (txt): Affirmative. Here, Keiko human shuttle chair problem encountered. There, berth. More seat, rest space. Me 2:36 am @Soundwave «... Reasonable.» *he's never properly laid down next to Soundwave, had he? it had always been awkward cramped curling up on a couch.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:38 am @Prowl: (txt): Soundwave moves. Appear when wanted. Me 2:39 am *"wanted" is irrelevant. without further guidance, it'll be immediately.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:50 am *Immediately it is, which makes for a mild surprise when he steps out of the bridge and isn't the first one there - but then, there's not much for Prowl to sneak into if he really wants. Not in less than a minute with no idea where they keep anything.*

(txt): Greetings. Gratitude delivered.

(txt): Question: Prowl minds lift? Me 2:52 am ... Lift? *a pause for him to process that* As in—you lifting me? ItsyBitsySpyers 2:54 am *Nod.*

(txt): Not promised lift. That, in-person gift. Still intended. This, other. Me 2:56 am *a holomatter lift was just as good as far as Prowl was concerned. Better, in some ways. He just nodded.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:03 am *Soundwave looked up at the ceiling tracks where the chains usually swept along and reached for them with his feelers, clamping on to two distant sections. Suddenly, long arms wrapped around Prowl's middle, and in another moment Soundwave had them up into the air and over to the small loft space, careful not to jostle Prowl too much on the way lest he panic and knock himself loose.*

*One graceful step down that also happened to trip the hidden switch and Prowl would be placed on the berth as it flipped out of the floor and rose up to meet them.* Me 3:08 am *he wrapped his arms over Soundwave's shoulders, but he didn't panic—his expression didn't even flicker from neutral. He just held on.* *he looked down at the berth that had magically appeared out of nowhere to support him, and he immediately shuffled over to the side to look for the mechanisms that made it flip up.* ... This room could be featured on that How It's Made magicians show. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:11 am *The mechanisms were mostly hidden in the floor itself, turning a large panel over and locking it in place. There was a telescoping support holding the berth itself up.*

(txt): Compliment accepted. Frenzy, Rumble: construction. Buzzsaw: art. Soundwave: location, multiple use idea origin. Together, much accomplished. Me 3:15 am *he's basically upside down to look under the berth.* As I suspected. *he runs a finger along the edge of the large panel.* A hidden compartment. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:16 am *Amused by this. Unhooks his feelers and kneels on one leg to better see what Prowl is doing.*

(txt): That, true all over. Here, however, most pleasing. Largest object hidden. Me 3:18 am Hmm. By weight, volume, or two-dimensional surface area? ItsyBitsySpyers 3:20 am (txt): Original switch location: closer. This, changed after Rumble hit, Frenzy fell into hiding compartment.

*Small tremble.*

(txt): All. Me 3:21 am And I suppose you don't have an escape switch on the inside. *sits up* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:22 am (txt): That, -after- incident. Me 3:24 am Better late than never. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:25 am *....He's tempted to stop everything right now and tell That Joke.*

*....................He won't. He'll get up on the berth and flop over on his front instead. Ahh.* (txt): Frenzy inclination: agree. Me 3:29 am *ah. yes. right. this was a berth. they could flop down on it. spread out.* *... Prowl doesn't.* So. Do we have—specific plans, here? For the berth? ItsyBitsySpyers 3:34 am *Too tired and lazy to get up now that he's settled, without damned good reason. Shifts just enough to wriggle a feeler loose and use it to peer at Prowl.*

(txt): Detach, sail across Mithril Sea, claim opposite shore land, create new kingdom.

*Hand taps the space next to himself.*

(txt): Alternative: long, comfortable recharge cycle. Soundwave: not against interface. Only tired. Wakefulness, proper partner appreciation preferred, if done. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:37 am (txt): However, if kingdom picked, warning: Prowl leads. Soundwave: insufficient material. Me 3:39 am *a relief—and a bit of a jolt at the unexpected humor. huh.* I'm not up for interfacing right now. I just wanted to make sure you weren't. *he scooted next to the indicated spot next to Soundwave, and pulled his knees up to his chest.* I'm afraid we'll have to skip the kingdom, too. I've no interest in leading it either. Unless we want to found it and hand it off to someone else. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:49 am (txt): Negative, not this moment. Chain wall remains unused. Future moment.

(txt): Kingdom founding skipped. Mithril Sea: cold. Soundwave dislikes.

*The feeler watches Prowl for a moment longer before Soundwave chooses to look with his own (masked) optics. There is a Prowl on his berth. And he's all curled up. And not afraid, as far as Soundwave can tell.*

*It makes his fingers curl with the desire to pet or hold. Not right now, though. He'll let Prowl seek that on his own, if ever.*

*This definitely makes up for the earlier fiascoes. Soundwave gets comfortable again. Maybe a little too much so, content as he is to have something like this at last. He forms and sends the translation before fully realizing he's done it.*

(txt): To-tasnem-tor ha’kiv-kil. Me 3:55 am *chain wall. chain wall? prowl twists around to see it. well. huh. so THAT'S what it's for. ... he wants to be on it.* Future moment. *and he's focused enough on the chain wall that he can't think of a quip back about the Mithril Sea before the moment's passed. oh well.* *... Prowl turns to stare at Soundwave.* Come again? ItsyBitsySpyers 4:00 am *Soundwave nearly drifted straight into dozing there. He bobbles a little and tries to remember what he said.*

*Oh. Well. Can't take that back now.*

(txt): ...Instruction, description. Iyi-Golik. Means... take into custody, spark. Arrest. Stop. Stop spark. Spark stopper.

*The barest of trembles.*

(txt): Prowl. Me 4:03 am *his optics brighten* ... Oh. I... *that was... that was very... what did he say to that?* ... Thank you. *said quietly, self-consciously, but sincerely* ItsyBitsySpyers 4:05 am *A faint acknowledging hum and odd little half-afted flap of his hand that together probably mean "You're welcome" and he's down for the count. Ventilation system evening out and restoring itself to normal sound levels now that he's not controlling it and everything.* Me 4:07 am *Prowl scoots a little closer to Soundwave—just enough for their armor to brush each other. And then, for a while, quietly watches him. Until recharge claims him too.*