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rkwendy · 6 years

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Five Times Around The Sun: A Rookies Fifth Anniversary Special

Dear Rookies,

First of all, I’d like to wish the roleplay a happy fifth birthday! I’m aware that not many roleplays live to make it this far. For you guys to make it, I’ll bet it’s some sort of achievement. And it’s all because of the work both the mods and the members of the community put into this. Let’s give ourselves a round of applause!

I warn you that this is more than 5,500 words long. So yeah. You are free to just skip over this if you wish!

There’s so much I want to say, but I’ve never been great at expressing my feelings. (Fun fact: my mom and I start laughing whenever one of us starts getting cheesy or emotional.) I never even properly celebrated either muse’s anniversaries despite them being in Rookies for more than two years! Forgive me if this gets too long. I promise I’ll do my best to keep this concise (Wow, big word!)

With this knowledge, please bear with me as I struggle to convey all that I want to say without cringing at myself.

I guess it’s safest to start sharing the story of why I opted to join Rookies in the first place. Like majority of what happened to me in terms of KRP, it was a complete accident. I have been in KRP since 2011 (if any of you have heard of ADiS, then… yeah… shifty eyes). I kind of stopped roleplaying because a job with a newspaper was difficult af. (I only went home to shower and eat. I was lucky to be able to sleep, lbr here) Anyway, I needed something to do once I resigned from my old job, and my friends got me back into KRP via a Kingsman-themed one, since they wanted someone to RP Infinite with them. I think some of you know which one it is. /cackles/

MOVING ON. This same friend also planned to join the Rookies and wanted a ship for their muse. We both ended up doing applications, but I was the only one who was able to submit because my friend ended up getting a job. Thus, my friend was never able to join the RP and I got accepted.

A little history time! Please bear with me, this is going to be irrelevant to you but I feel like I need to talk about this. Fun fact I probably never told anyone! Wendy was originally meant to be a Krystal muse. However, I had to make a few adjustments because there was either a Krystal reserve or there was a Krystal muse in the RP. I can’t remember which one it was. The muse was loosely inspired by Berry Good’s Johyun and NCT Dream’s Jaemin, who both used to be competitive speed skaters before they became idols. I changed the sport to figure skating because that is the sport I know best. Wendy was also based on several friends of mine, who were all a bunch of somewhat pretty overachievers. (Going to one of the top universities in the country enables you to meet these people, more on that when I talk about Johnny later on.)

I’m not going to lie, this was the first time I was in a directory that was this HUGE. (Not even ADiS was this huge. Min, please correct me if I’m wrong.) It was easy for me to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of people in the directory, along with concerns that my muse was just going to drown among the many way more interesting muses than what I had to offer.

It would have been easier for me to quit, since the reason I joined was gone. However, Jen ( @yujurk ) turned out to be one of my friends from my Indie RP days! Not going to lie, if it wasn’t for Jen, I doubt I’d have stayed in the roleplay at all. Jen helped ease me into the roleplay in all ways imaginable: by plotting with me, introducing me to muns from the same timezone, and answering any questions in case our good mods weren’t online.

As I was navigating and slowly finding my place in the RP, the third season of the MGAs happened! Not going to lie, I wasn’t sure I was ready for Wendy to be signed, but I thought I might as well do it for the lulz. I know I said this a lot, but the MGAs were probably the among the wildest things I ever put a muse through that I swore that I was never putting another muse through it. Despite that, I’m glad I put Wendy through the experience. It taught her a lot about herself, as well as how far she was willing to push in order to achieve her dreams. At this point, I would like to give a shout-out to Team Nova! Wendy and I can’t imagine having any other teammates besides Jungwoo ( @jungwooxrk ), and the former Luhan ( who is still around as @rksoojung and is still one of Wendy’s loves ), Mijoo, and Soyou (RIP muses). Of course, Wendy owes Ricky ( @rkrxcky ) a lot for leading her to where she is today. Thanks you guys.

After the MGAs, Wendy signed with Nova. I’d like to thank everyone in the Nova family, both past and present, for putting up with this tiny girl who claims to be their future CEO. After two years with the company, Wendy has become (hopefully) an even better vocalist and composer. Sure, her dancing and charisma can use more work — scratch that, a lot more work — but we will get her to a level that’s passable. After all, if she intends to inherit the company someday, she has to do well in the department Nova is known for. I never thought Wendy would last this long as a trainee, but here we are. She could have easily left during Royal Survival, but she didn’t. OOC, the event happened when I was taking TOPIK so RIP. IC, the reason was because she believes in whatever plans Nova has for her (if there are any LMAO). Although she’s having second thoughts now, she’s still determined to see it through. She intends to inherit the company from Hyun Bin, so she has to stay. LOL.

To Minju ( @jinkyungxrk ), thank you for being one of the first to welcome Wendy to the company and making it easy for her to adjust to trainee life. Ani ( @rkmiya ), Wendy and Sunmi have made it! Can you all believe it took Wendy TWO FREAKING YEARS to get comfortable enough with Sunmi to call her unni? And can you all believe it took us around that long to actually plot properly? JFC we are both such snails. Matt ( @rksona ), wherever you are, Wendy will always consider Dawon as one of her Nova best friends. After all, they’re both vocalists who signed pretty close to the same time. To my fellow KRP senior citizen MC/Jae ( @sujirk ) (IDK which you prefer so I’ll use both), it’s nice to know there’s someone close to my age who’s still RP-ing too, despite feeling like that Will Smith meme when finding out how YOUNG some of these children are. And here’s to Wendy and Suji getting to know each other and becoming closer. Maddy ( @rkkaeun )… Where do I even begin? Wendy likes Kaeun a lot and is excited to see how Kaeun will grow, and I feel the same about you too. To Chaeyoung mun ( @rkchaeyoung ) (Honestly, I have no idea how you like to be called, so I shall refer to you as Sowon and Chaeyoung mun for now, I’m so sorry!) and Sunny ( @rkmeiqi ), Chaeyoung and Meiqi are special to Wendy because they are simply the first fellow 98-line girls to join Nova. To Neo ( @rkyngsun ), we have yet to talk a lot and plot more, but I’m grateful that you’re okay with Wendy going all Regina George on your girl. This is going to be a slightly slow burn ship before these vocalists become gay for each other in a way. But I just hope we stick together for this crazy ride. And Nana ( @hyunark ), with Hyuna signed to Nova, Wendy’s even happier than ever, despite feeling some occasional salt at their beloved CEO. Here’s to our girls writing more songs together~

To the boys of Nova, thank you all for being the best boys you can possibly be. To Jess ( @rkhuidong ), thank you having Hui be kind of like a dad/older brother to Wendy. Thank you for assuring her that she did the right thing even if she was punished for it. To Chanel, (OMG this is mention number 2, Chanel!) Ricky is Wendy’s coach and kind of mentor, as well as the fourth-wall reality check. To Lex (you better get used to this. I have a feeling you’ll be mentioned A LOT), our kids have gone through so much, haven’t they? The MGAs, surviving Nova, and a lot more. Wendy cares for Jungwoo a lot, and she hopes they can tough this out together. To Joi ( @bambamrk ), Wendy’s always admired how cool and nice he is. She hopes he’s happy. To Fifi ( @haknyeonrk ), Circe ( @rkmbin ), and Lulu ( @rksxngyeol ), Wendy would love to get to know your boys all so much better. To Rome ( @rkromeo ), (the now-gone) Jinyoung, and (old) Kihyun, you will always be honorary Nova Boys to Wendy, no matter what.

To Roe ( @rkhugo @rkyooa @suhork ), Wendy wouldn’t let me lump Hugo with all the other boys of Nova. After all, Hugo is special. I’m grateful that Roe entrusted Hugo’s heart in Wendy’s inexperienced hands. I’m honored that Roe actually agreed to have Hugo go through a slow-burn ship, especially when I’m aware that she isn’t the most patient of people when it comes to that. Thank you for putting up with both Wendy’s lack of affection and her inexperience when it comes to relationships, and all the things she fears. Thank you again for putting up with my snail’s pace replies, but I want you to know it’s because I want to give Hugo the replies he deserves. The muse for this ship is alive and kicking, and I intend to keep it that way. Both Wendy and I love you and Hugo so much, Roe. LOL I spent so much time talking about Hugo that I forgot to mention how much both Wendy and Johnny also care about Yooa and Suho, but they do.

Now I’m on the topic of thanks to, I think I should also give a special shout-out to the girls of rkredvelet. Though we don’t talk as often as I’d like, I have to admit you were among the first to plot with me when I was new here. You are all Wendy’s best friends for life.

To Rose ( @rkyeri ): I like seeing you tweet about dancing and your takes on things. I also learn a lot from you! Your comments in the KT groupchat crack me up a lot as well. You’re doing amazing, bb! On a muse perspective, Yeri is one of Wendy’s oldest friends, going back from their days in Canada. Wendy just wants Yeri to know that she’s proud of her for being one step closer to her dreams. She’s also asking when she can start printing the Anna slogan.

To Keith ( @rkjxy ): Hoy, bakla. Other than being a ray of sunshine to both Wendy and me, thank you for everything. Just as Wendy and Joy have fun together anytime, anywhere, I like to think it can become something like that for us both. I love our discussions about local stuff and fandom. May mapapagraduate na ako! /cries proud mom tears/

To Kyle ( @seulgirk ): One of the true MVPs of my life. Just as I honestly have no idea where Wendy would be without Seulgi, I don’t want to imagine what would have happened to me if you hadn’t helped me out all those times. Seulgi is practically Wendy’s person. (LBR, if Hugo had to be threatened by anyone, it’s Seulgi.) I also enjoy commiserating over watching winter sports at godforsaken timeslots (one of these days, I’ll understand hockey enough), as well as listening to to you/reading your tweets discussing your muses/muse ideas. And those puns of yours give me so much life.

Anyway, next up, I’d like to give a shoutout to rkbrosquad!!!! Honestly, having you guys made life a lot more colorful for me, as well as both my muses. I’m not going to lie, this is probably one of the first group chats I was ever in, in terms of KRP. It’s like my muses gained a new family with this insane, but loving bunch. I also like how this chat can also turn into a meme dumpsite, a spazz area, and a tea corner if we need it. Here’s to more adventures with our muses and if distance isn’t an issue, I bet we’d all look for chances to meet.

To Jen, you are one of the reasons we have a squad in the first place. Without you, I bet I wouldn’t have stayed after the first week. Having a familiar face who’s been with the RP for a long time helped me get settled much more easily. It was your helpful self that inspired me to pay it forward for the future muns who’d enter the RP. So if anyone’s grateful that I was friendly to them, please direct your compliments to Jen for setting a good example! Other than that, you and your muses changed my muses’ lives completely. Shoutout goes to her mentor Jieun and one of her closest friends Soyeon.

To Lyn ( @rkavery @rkxsnn ), hoy mumsh. It’s refreshing to able to talk to more people in the same language. Not to mention, your muses always got up to the wildest antics that had both my muses and me laughing. I’m cheering for you both in rp and in real life. Alam mo ‘yan. And muse-wise, thanks for letting your former boy be the James Potter to Johnny’s Sirius Black (or vice versa). Johnny and I will miss your boy loads, but we also welcome your new girls with open arms. And also thanks for shipping with Wendy at some point, even if she ended up broken. (ULOL ang drama!)

To Shinobi ( @rkgray @rkkangjoon ): You are legitimately one of the sweetest people I have ever had the fortune to meet. You’re nice to everyone, get along well with people, and have the most awesome characters ever. Your ideas are just A+++. Gray will also always be the reason Wendy’s standards for men are so high, since in her eyes, Gray is perfect. (Gray will get Johnny’s love in the KT Boyz segment) Meanwhile, Kangjoon will be that handsome brother Wendy will be protective about because she thinks he deserves the best. Johnny will always thank Kangjoon for accidentally smacking him in the butt, which lead him to the best squad ever. #NEVERFORGET

To Nana: OMG! This is your second mention. All those posts of Hyuna and LE to send the group chat into a gay panic are more than welcome. It’s always fun plotting with you and your muses, no matter which one it is. Wendy is proud of Jihoon ( @jihoonrk ) in Convex, as well as looking for a chance to release some hilarious pre-debut shit. As for Hyuna, we all know how much Wendy admires Hyuna and loves her a lot. Here’s to hopefully getting to plot with Younghyun sooner or later!

To Maddy ( @aronrk ): Yes, this is your second mention too. Wendy and Aron have yet to thread together, yeah? LOL. Anyway, Wendy obviously cares a lot about Aron, Kaeun, and Nayoung. And I think it carries over to me caring a lot about you. It’s cool to talk to someone who works in the same industry as I do (rather as I used to) and have the same interests. Bonus points for living in the same timezone! (Aron will get Johnny’s love in the KT Boyz segment)

To Sammi ( @rkxminhee ): You are also one of the nicest people I have ever met. I love learning about girl groups from you, since I’m generally clueless about the ones outside of the Big Three or aren’t as well-known. I’m not going to lie, everytime I see Minhee, I think of you. I remember seeing Minhee post that she was in my country, and the first thing I thought was, “DOES SAMMI KNOW MINHEE IS IN MY COUNTRY?!”

To Em ( @borark ): You’re doing an amazing job as a momma to a cutie pie! Anyway, Bora is one of the coolest girls Wendy has ever known, just as I think you are one of my faves. We need a proper thread ASAP when we’re both not busy T_T

Bet y’all thought that was done, right? Nope. We still have a long way to go. Trust me, if you’re getting tired reading this, I’m even more exhausted writing it. We’ll all just have to deal with it. RIP @ us.

Back in 2016, NCT U, NCT 127, and NCT Dream had debuted. Back then, I was aware that Johnny, the SM Rookie who trained with SM the longest had yet to debut. So as a joke, I thought to myself, I’ll debut him before SM does. He came in a month after Wendy got signed at the MGAs. I figured I could handle two muses so LOL. He started as an NPC friend for Wendy who had a crush on Seulgi, and then I thought I could bring him in.

The first time I knew it was time for Johnny to graduate from NPC to actual muse was when I was watching a local drama called “On the Wings of Love.” One of the characters was a spoken-word artist, and I felt like it was something that suited the Johnny muse I had. I also wanted to bring in a muse who can speak Filipino, so I had an excuse to say PUTANGINA on the dash, as well as spread OPM to Rookies.

From there, Johnny just started becoming more real to me as a muse. Johnny was also based on several college friends of mine, who were all a bunch of insanely intelligent and talented people. He was inspired by a classmate who was actually a MYX VJ (local music TV channel) who was also taking up a pre-med degree. Johnny was also inspired by the guy who became our class valedictorian: a dork who was smart AF and could sing, dance, act, write songs, and was part of the debate team with me. One of my closest friends who I miss a lot was gifted with a superior IQ and an almost flawless memory, and she was also a CF model. All these people inspired me to bring Johnny to life.

Honestly, Johnny brought on a new series of challenges that I never thought was possible. I was less awkward when I brought him in, since I was already somewhat at ease with the community. The challenge was to make him want to be an idol. But somehow, fate let things happen and loh and behold!

From not wanting anything to do with the entertainment industry, Johnny finds himself immersed in it all. He would like to thank the former Jungkook muse (who might make a return as a different FC hint hint) for forging his application for that Samsung modeling casting. That started his interest and curiosity for modeling. However, he got his feet wet only when his teacher told him to go for it. But still, that forgery got him a start.

Then, the life-changing talent show happened. Johnny owes Hugo a huge-ass thank you for signing up him for that Hongdae talent show. He is now proud to be a KT (KermiT) Boy. I still have no clue how Johnny wants to develop from being a genius turned model to becoming the artist he can be. But I guess that’s what we will all have to anticipate.

I hadn’t planned for Johnny to fall in love. In fact, I was planning to make him an asexual hermit. Sure, he’s had crushes on Seulgi and Lisa, but he never dreamed those could amount to anything. He was supposed to be forever alone. (To Roe, that time Yukji tried flirting with Johnny will always be one of the most iconic moments.) However, Ten happened! Yay! Nine asked to plot so nicely, and I figured why the hell not? Okay, fun fact, the reason I planned for Johnny to be a hermit was because I was too scared to be called out for face-chasing. I’m relieved that Nine reached out first. And now they’re the cutest boyfriends. Again, I would like to apologize for my snail’s pace when it comes to replies. I will talk a little more about this later on. I promise.

Another reason Johnny has stayed alive for so long was because of all the friends he’s made over the time we’ve been in this RP. Honestly, every single one of these friends have made Johnny’s life more exciting, more colorful, and have taken him in directions he never would have considered if left to his own devices. I guess the long-ass thank you messages are now in order.

To rknctea:

To Nine ( @tenrk ): You go first simply because Johnny asked me to. Besides, I want to thank you and Ten for making Johnny believe that he’s capable of love and sexual feelings. Ten makes Johnny want to be the right person for Ten, and to be a better boyfriend. I don’t know whether I ever mentioned this, but Johnny sees Ten in his future. OOC-wise, I’m thankful that you brought us NCT typists together in the group chat. Not to mention, you make me laugh with all the stuff you link in there. In our DMs, I love how we both get soft together over JohnTen. Whether it’s plots for our boys or IRL JohnTen doing stuff, it’s always great sharing the feels with you.

To Yurim ( @rktaeil ): To one of the people I’ve known longest in RK (outside the brosquad), my experience in Rookies wouldn’t be the same without you. I’m glad you brought in Taeil. Although I reply at a glacial pace now, I’m excited to see what happens to Taeil. I still find it hilarious that you declared your NCT bias will be whose calling card you’ll draw. Anyway, the reason your barrel man has yet to come to you is because I will personally bring it to you when I fly there next year. If you have any other requests, please let me know anytime before I fly. (I will let you know when we’re arriving so we can meet.)

To Hunnie ( @yutark ): We have been through a lot during the time we’ve known each other. You point out things I don’t notice otherwise and work way harder than I do, just as Yuta shows Johnny perspectives that are immensely different from his own. I struggle coming up with ways to ruin my muses’ lives and to just write in general. I don’t know how you do it so religiously and so diligently on top of schoolwork. We also spazz over a lot of different fandoms together, and I’m happy that you’re a lot happier now. Also, welcome to the UAAP life. I’m glad you decided to watch basketball with me and that you’re somehow rekindling your love for the game. Game Two, here we come!

To Min ( @rkjaemin ): You would have gone first but Johnny insisted otherwise. Buwisit siya. We have been together since 2011 and I hope this doesn’t change at all. You knew me from when I was a total noob to the RP world, and have been one of those who saw my writing improve or deteriorate over the years. You are one of the loveliest people I’ve ever met IC or OOC. I’m happy you joined this madhouse called Rookies with me, and I hope this is good healing for you from work. I love you and can we please have dinner with the rest of the girls soon? Just as I will always be rooting for you and will be available to help, please tell your evil spawn of a muse that Johnny’s willing to help him too. Same goes for Wendy and Somi.

To Peach ( @rkhaechan ): When I first told Min to join Rookies, I never thought you two would find each other. But I’m glad you did. You make my girl so happy, and with that, I’m happy too. I will go down with the S.S. PeachMin. I better be invited to that wedding. Anyway, Johnny loves Haechan a lot, especially because he makes evil spawn Jaemin so happy. Haechie may be my new fave of your muses, but Soyou will always be special to me. After all, Wendy wouldn’t have lasted in the MGAs without your girl going all soccer mom on the whole team. Wendy hopes that Jihyun unni is proud of her.

To Jen ( @rkmxrk ): You are honestly one of the most fun people I have ever talked to. We can talk about fandom, winter sports, and just about how our days went. It doesn’t really matter. Long live KKT calls. Not to mention, long live being a professional enabler who convinces the rest of us to spend our hard-earned money on our faves. LMAO. One thing I also learned from you, is to be careful of what I say because you’ll have RECEIPTS. Just as Johnny looks after Mark and wishes for him to succeed, I wish the same for you. And Johnny’s proud that Mark’s finally getting what he’s been trying to say for the last few months.

To Fifi ( @jaehyunrk ), Dayo ( @rkxsicheng ) , Phil ( @rkdoyoung ), Grey ( @rkjeno ), Adri ( @rktaeyxng ): although we don’t talk as much, I’m still thankful that you’re all here. I’d like for us to get to know each other even better, even if I’m either a shy hermit, a lazy egg, or just awake when you’re asleep. But you all bring lots of laughter to the group chat, and I’d like for Johnny to plot with your boys too. (Or in Fifi’s case, Get Johnny and Jaehyun a new thread challenge)

To Lex: Damn it, Lex. I’ve lost track how many times I’ve mentioned you. I hope you’re enjoying your stay in the rknctea group chat. And I hope that somehow, Johnny and Jungwoo find their ways to each other.

To the KT Ent muses and muns:

To Carly ( @taeminrk ) : I was really planning to save this for later when I got to my thank you mods part, but I thought oh well. Anyway, I want to thank you for being one of the best mods to help me get settled when I was new here. As well as answering any questions I had, no matter how stupid they were. I’m glad I got over the initial intimidation of “OMG MOD!” to someone I can actually have fun talking to. I just hope Johnny eventually gets over that “OMG SUNBAE!” vibe Taemin gives out. Johnny always saw Taemin as the senior he has to impress and not disappoint. Trust me, Johnny’s trying but he feels like he’ll never be good enough for Taemin’s standards. LMAO

To Maddy: Johnny always thought of Aron as one of the coolest, happiest, and most talented people he’s ever met. Aron radiates sunshine in Johnny’s opinion, and he wonders how someone can be so bright all the time. Yes, Aron has permission to climb Johnny like a tree and Johnny will enjoy it.

To Shinobi: Johnny will always say Gray is his idol. Hands down. He can give Jongdae a run for his money. He will also go down with the old man ship of Gray and Huidong.

To Lulu ( @minhyukxrk ): Johnny’s rooting for his fellow twin tower and he hopes that Minhyuk will one day be the rich, talented billionaire he knows Minhyuk can be. Tall people unite despite this short revolution!

To Yurim ( @rkxkjd ): If Taemin is the strict dad, then Jongdae is the cool dad Johnny wants to be like when he grows up. After all, Jongdae is probably the muse who’s known Johnny the longest. These two go way back and are both nerds.

To Lex ( @rksungho ): Oh man, I gave up counting how many mentions you got. This is probably going to be the last. Sungho and Johnny are different as they can be, despite a somewhat similar skillset. Not going to lie, Johnny wants to get along with him, despite Sungho just being so angry at everything.

To Cherry ( @rkjimin ): We don’t get to talk as often as I’d like, but I’d like for that to change as soon as we’re both not busy. Jimin is a lovely muse, and Johnny looks forward to getting to know him better in the future~

To Hunnie ( @rksunwoo ): Sunwoo is special to Johnny, because they joined KT at around the same time. There has to be something to be said about two strangers who started a journey at the same time. Johnny wishes he was as talented and talented as Sunwoo. I like to think that Johnny and Sunwoo have a unique bond that only the two of them can understand.

To Shino ( @rkjinjin ): Johnny and Jinwoo, aka big guy and small fry. Just kidding. Though for real, Johnny is always impressed with Jinwoo’s talent and is grateful to learn so much from him. As for you Shino, having you around is lots of fun. I have learned not to say any silly stuff in the group chat unless I wish to be exposed. (Never forget: VORE TAEMIN)

To Hyunjin mun (T_T IDK How you want to be addressed) ( @rkxhyunjin ): You are the only KT Boy Johnny has no thread with. I’d love for us to change that ASAP. Please?

To the females at KT, Johnny loves and respects you a lot. He’d love to get closer with you all. For now, he declares Haseul ( @haseulrk ) and Jennie ( @rkjennie ) as his faves, because he’s closest to them. Johnny never thought he’d be a step-parent to a dog, but Ahyoung ( @rkxblue ) somehow got him to do it, so she’s special too. He also sees Minji ( @rkariel ) as the older sister you don’t want to disappoint, while Yeri is the younger sister he finds hilarious. He’d also love to get to know Audrey, ( @rkaudrey ), Momo ( @rkxmomo ), Luda ( @rkxluda ), and Chungha ( @rkchungha ) better!

To Carly and Keith, and by some extension, Kate, Johnny has come to see Luna ( @rkluna ) and Jisoo ( @rkjisoo ) (and Eve ( @rkxeve,) by extension) as his lesbian moms. He low-key blames and credits them for being why he is the way he is today. You don’t get raised by two extremely opposite but equally bad-ass women and not be some mix of weird. He doesn’t get to talk to his moms so much, but he wants them to know he loves them a lot.

I can’t leave this without yelling at Lari! Baekhyun ( @rkbyunbaek ) is the best host brother Johnny could ever ask for. Both of us can’t imagine this boy living with anyone else but Baekhyun’s family. Johnny feels bad that they hardly ever see each other anymore, but that doesn’t change how much he loves Baekhyun. Johnny is actually going to be upset when he’ll have to move out of the Byun residence because he’s going to miss this host family a lot.

I’d also like to thank people I have yet to properly thread with (or seldom get to thread with) but talk to frequently OOC, especially on Twitter. There’s way too many of you to be tagged, but you know who you all are. I love how we can talk about anything, ranging from K-Pop to local showbiz, to current events, and more random topics.

Finally, I’d like to thank the mods, each one, having helped me in some shape or form. Kyle, Keith, and Carly, you all got long-ass love letters from me, so I won’t bother repeating myself anymore. To Sera, you truly are hard carry AF. Thank you noticing my hiatus messages and just being there in general. I’ve always told people you are great, and I’m glad my faith isn’t misplaced at all. To Bianca, thank you for answering my stupid AF questions during events. Because I swear even I would roll my eyes at myself for some of the things I ask sometimes. To Mira, you were one of the mods who welcomed me back when I was new. So I’d like to thank you for that. Wendy misses one of her mean girl friends~ To Razel, those graphics are A++++ Here’s to more talking about PH showbiz, food, and to us finally having a proper thread!

I bet I forgot so many people, but this is about how much I can write. Fun fact! I started writing this post at around 11:30am, and I finished writing this at around 6pm. If you made it this far, congratulations!

I’ll spare you all from my rambling, and I’ll just end it here.

My muses and I are cheering for everyone and their muses in their endeavors, whether IC or OOC. I would also like to apologize for the times I have offended you, whether I was aware of it or not. (I’m sure I’ve apologized if I was aware of it, but yeah.) I’m trying to be a better person than I was the day before. I don’t know what the future holds, but I’ll do my best to be a better mun to both Wendy and Johnny, as well as be a better member of this community.

With all my love,

Clara (rkwendy and rkjohnny)

#rkfifth #i am never writing something this long ever again. FML #this is what i get for not writing commemoration posts for my muse #ignore this word barf #for the love of all that's good and holy. someone post something fast!

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verdigrisprowl · 6 years

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Jan 7 Dancitron Movie Night - Gotham s2 e10-13

They talked about body cameras. Gotham could use some.

Today NoodlesAtNight 7:36 pm *Soundwave has everything set up already, but is not parked on his couch. For some reason, Earth's signal is a little weak today. Must be some objects getting in the way. He's tinkering quietly beneath one of the floor panels in front of the video wall.* NoodlesAtNight 7:59 pm ((get whatever you need, we're starting in approximately 10-15)) SCProwl 8:00 pm *maneuvers through the furniture toward the front of the room where Soundwave is fiddling* Is something wrong with it? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:00 pm *enter dragon! she's got plenty of snacks for everyone! totally didn't overcompensate for missing last movie night! the previous sentence is a lie!* Hello, Soundwave, everyone! NoodlesAtNight 8:01 pm *Soundwave looks up at his timeline's Prowl for a moment, pings her hello, and returns to messing with the equipment.* [[He is running diagnostics. The feed is slightly glitchy tonight and he is trying to determine whether it is on his end or Earth's.]] Today NoodlesAtNight 8:01 pm *A feeler lifts over his shoulder to wave at the dragon.* [[You could singlehandedly feed the minicon complex's inhabitants for a night, dragon. That is, for the record, a compliment.]] SCProwl 8:02 pm *nods in greeting to the dragon and then returns the ping* Is there anything I can assist you with or is this an issue you can solve more easily on your own? NoodlesAtNight 8:03 pm *Considers.* [[Are you capable of testing a signal array if it has an inbuilt readout with port?]] Boomtank 8:03 pm -wanders in, before making his way towards the front- Um... What's wrong? SCProwl 8:04 pm I am, yes. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:04 pm That's a compliment I'll bear with pride. *goes to put everything on the Designated Snack Counter* NoodlesAtNight 8:04 pm [[Minor feed glitches.]] *Soundwave sends Prowl some coordinates. Hop to bridging, miss.* [[Attempting to identify the source of the problem.]] verdigrisprowl 8:05 pm *appears* opatoes 8:05 pm /Smokescreen's coming in and is quickly making a leap for the couch! He's missed a couple nights and it's great to be back!/ Soundwave, everyone, hey! What'd I miss? SCProwl 8:05 pm *will do just that* Swervester 8:05 pm [oozes himself over a couch] Boomtank 8:05 pm Ah. Do you need help? Or was that what Prowl just got to? NoodlesAtNight 8:06 pm ((in other words: i'm stealing a few minutes to finish eating real quick and rabbit is being slightly glitchy audio quality wise tonight))

[[Here - take over testing, would you? He should catch Smokescreen up.]] *Pings Prowl and Swerve hello* verdigrisprowl 8:06 pm *pings hello back* Boomtank 8:06 pm Alright then. -and is going to do just that- NoodlesAtNight 8:08 pm ((@Smokey mun - http://slenderwave.tumblr.com/private/181594024362/tumblr_pkmh7dHzQT1rj4udt

http://slenderwave.tumblr.com/private/181619172547/tumblr_pko2wcgjT11rj4udt )) ((episode data for 4-9)) NoodlesAtNight 8:09 pm ((five minutes get what you want and get settled!)) NoodlesAtNight 8:10 pm *And he's transferred that data now. Time to check on what Blaster and Prowl have got.* Swervester 8:10 pm [pings hi back] Swervester 8:11 pm //excellent my dinner finished cooking in time SCProwl 8:11 pm @SW: [[Everything is in working order here. The problem is not on our end.]] Boomtank 8:12 pm Nothing wrong here. Think it might be Earth having the problem. opatoes 8:12 pm Thank you, Soundwave! I wanna say I'm all caught up, now, but trying to put it all together's a bit weird. I'm sure I'll be fine once I see it, though! NoodlesAtNight 8:13 pm [[Hm. That's three votes for Earth. Earth it is. Thank you - just place the floor plate back where it goes, please. It will self-lock.]]

*He heads over to Prowl and takes his seat. Join him?* SCProwl 8:13 pm *will take that bridge back now* Boomtank 8:14 pm -and scrambling out of the floor, and shoving the plate back in place- There we go. NoodlesAtNight 8:14 pm GOTHAM S2 10-12 (13?)// Violence, blood, death, excessive police force, foul language, the usual. Drill to the head. Poor depictions of mental illness, psychiatric abuse. The most disgusting body horror scene in the entire SERIES. Lung failure and coughing up blood throughout 12/13. Eye gore. I'll try to remember in time to notify for these last few.)) opatoes 8:14 pm ((SADZXCBN i set my macaroni for 73 minutes by accident and i'm glad i caught it before it was gonna be a problem NoodlesAtNight 8:14 pm ((oh my god)) Boomtank 8:14 pm ((holy shit SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:15 pm ((oshit)) verdigrisprowl 8:15 pm *does, of course, join Soundwave* NoodlesAtNight 8:15 pm *Soundwave brings a whole medium-sized plate of snacks over to himself with the help of his feelers and gives Prowl's shoulder a quick bunt while everyone's settling in.* opatoes 8:15 pm ... Wait, did someone die NoodlesAtNight 8:15 pm *He's ready to watch.* opatoes 8:16 pm I mean, I guess someone died 'cause they're not just lugging around a living person's body in a coffin, but what NoodlesAtNight 8:16 pm [[Yes. Officer Gordon chose not to kill a cannibal hitman he had already defeated. They later killed another officer.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:17 pm *the dragon is never going to be able to stop feeling warm and fuzzy about Soundwave appreciating the snacks. it's nice to feel appreciated as a cook.* opatoes 8:17 pm Guess that cannibal guy wanted some bacon? ... 'Cause, you know. Cops. Goats. NoodlesAtNight 8:18 pm [[...Goats?]] verdigrisprowl 8:18 pm "Become a murderer," she says, like he isn't already a murderer. opatoes 8:18 pm ... Isn't that what humans call cops? frag i thought that said galvatron for a klik MedicalMurdersaurus 8:18 pm *FLIPS AND ROLLS INTO THE ROOM* HI NoodlesAtNight 8:18 pm [[Hello, Swoop. Sit down.]] Swervester 8:18 pm She has a lot of faith that the mayor's going to do the thing. This entire town is corrupt what makes her think the guy's not going to get off? MedicalMurdersaurus 8:19 pm *scampers around* Bird NoodlesAtNight 8:19 pm [[No Bird tonight, Swoop. She is taking care of an errand.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:19 pm Why? NoodlesAtNight 8:20 pm [[...Because that is one of her duties.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:21 pm Dumb >: verdigrisprowl 8:21 pm Oh, he survived. ... But the good one didn't. Boomtank 8:21 pm -huffs and settles into his seat- This...isn't going to end well SCProwl 8:22 pm Unfortunately. NoodlesAtNight 8:22 pm [[The bitten one?]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:22 pm *hops up to sit on the back of a sofa* verdigrisprowl 8:22 pm I meant the other captain. verdigrisprowl 8:23 pm The one who had the job about a day. NoodlesAtNight 8:23 pm [[Ah. Yes, most unfortunate. He thinks he would have liked to see what she might have done in office.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:23 pm What movie? verdigrisprowl 8:23 pm Same. NoodlesAtNight 8:24 pm [[Gotham, Swoop. The Batman as a youngling.]] opatoes 8:24 pm I almost forgot Bruce sometimes went to school MedicalMurdersaurus 8:24 pm Me Swoop like Batman : > MedicalMurdersaurus 8:25 pm Us watch cartoon Batman! NoodlesAtNight 8:26 pm [[Perhaps another time.]] Boomtank 8:26 pm ..... SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:26 pm Honestly, I'm surprised that his docent still takes him there. It seems like he would be in danger there. opatoes 8:26 pm Oh man, I love those old Batman cartoons, Swoop NoodlesAtNight 8:26 pm [[You may not have figured this out yet despite attending for months and months, but generally speaking, he shows what he has scheduled, not what someone suddenly asks him to put on.]] Swervester 8:26 pm Should he be able to move like that after being tabbed SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:27 pm ...Why. Why did he pull the knife out. That's a good way to bleed to death. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:27 pm You Soundwave boring Boomtank 8:27 pm HOLY-! NoodlesAtNight 8:27 pm [[...He doesn't think they were concerned about bleeding to death.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:27 pm ...Ah. Well, I guess he doesn't have to worry about that. opatoes 8:27 pm There's this one ancient one from like... 1992? It's fun! MedicalMurdersaurus 8:27 pm kehehHEHEHH opatoes 8:27 pm Also, Also, Soundwave, what do you have scheduled after this? Or is it a surprise? verdigrisprowl 8:27 pm ... There's a Batman cartoon? NoodlesAtNight 8:27 pm [[There are several.]] Boomtank 8:27 pm He's...very dead. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:27 pm YAH! It pretty cool. NoodlesAtNight 8:28 pm [[Hm. After we wrap the second batch of documentaries, we will see Over The Hedge, Venom, and Rampage.]] verdigrisprowl 8:28 pm *glances at Soundwave* Are any of them good? *by Soundwave's standards, not Swoop's.* MedicalMurdersaurus 8:28 pm YAH! SCProwl 8:28 pm What are those about? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:29 pm Speaking of getting /kidnapped/... NoodlesAtNight 8:29 pm *Soundwave considers the question.* [[At least two. One a little more than the other, or so Rumble tells him.]] Swervester 8:29 pm [squints] How fake is that kidnappiong verdigrisprowl 8:29 pm Very fake. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:29 pm Extremely. NoodlesAtNight 8:30 pm [[She's really very sensible, this Lee human.]] opatoes 8:30 pm sewer monks Boomtank 8:30 pm ...... Boomtank 8:31 pm Well, it works MedicalMurdersaurus 8:31 pm What sewer is? Swervester 8:31 pm Humans living in sewers is weird. opatoes 8:31 pm ... teenage mutant ninja sewer monks Swervester 8:31 pm Seems unhygenic. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:31 pm OH! Ninja Turtles thing : > NoodlesAtNight 8:32 pm [[....What.]] opatoes 8:32 pm Wh. Boomtank 8:32 pm It is...but it works verdigrisprowl 8:32 pm It'd be a believable lie if he were a believable liar. Boomtank 8:33 pm If it's anything like the tunnels SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:33 pm He doesn't have to be. No one ever pays attention to him- almost as if they're worried that he'll start talking to them. verdigrisprowl 8:33 pm Hff. opatoes 8:33 pm Scream as loud as you can and burst his eardrums NoodlesAtNight 8:33 pm ((interesting fact: tom the knife's actor really has got a glasgow smile. poor guy got jumped outside a bar once years ago)) MedicalMurdersaurus 8:34 pm ((damn)) verdigrisprowl 8:34 pm ((sad, but useful for a character actor I guess)) MedicalMurdersaurus 8:34 pm SMACK! Keheh NoodlesAtNight 8:34 pm ((ye)) Boomtank 8:34 pm ((yikes SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:34 pm ((ouch)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:35 pm ((those get infected super easily too, IIRC. glad he didn't lose his face, I suppose)) NoodlesAtNight 8:35 pm ((same)) verdigrisprowl 8:35 pm ((yeah)) verdigrisprowl 8:36 pm Ah. So the kidnapping IS real. NoodlesAtNight 8:36 pm [[Oh dear.]] Swervester 8:36 pm Huh. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:36 pm Dead? Swervester 8:36 pm I really thought she was in on it based on past behavior. verdigrisprowl 8:37 pm It was certainly a possibility. NoodlesAtNight 8:37 pm [[So did he. It seemed rather convenient at the time.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:37 pm She might have been in on it but not aware that they were going to kill her in it. I doubt that her uncle wouldn't consider her expendable. Boomtank 8:38 pm ..... NoodlesAtNight 8:38 pm [[He thinks you are right. He already threatened to kill his own sister.]] verdigrisprowl 8:38 pm Primus, these are such foul excuses for cops. NoodlesAtNight 8:39 pm [[You'll hear no arguments from him.]] verdigrisprowl 8:39 pm If they can't torture information out of someone then they don't know how to get information. Swervester 8:40 pm That name's familiar verdigrisprowl 8:40 pm I don't believe her. NoodlesAtNight 8:40 pm [[Why is that?]] Swervester 8:40 pm ... verdigrisprowl 8:40 pm Oh! Swervester 8:40 pm Huh. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:40 pm Oho! NoodlesAtNight 8:40 pm [[She has n-- ....]] verdigrisprowl 8:40 pm Hah! Primus! SCProwl 8:40 pm Clever. Boomtank 8:41 pm HAH! Swervester 8:41 pm I was totally right. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:41 pm Sneaky Cat-human. opatoes 8:41 pm Don't a lot of people end up lying when they're getting tortured Swervester 8:41 pm I had a weird hunch that Bruce was fine and it wasn't wrong. NoodlesAtNight 8:41 pm [[What a sharp little feline.]]

[[That they do, Smokescreen.]] [[You have a good instinct, Swerve.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:41 pm Yes. Torture is not an effective way of gaining information. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:42 pm *flops backwards off the sofa and onto the ground* verdigrisprowl 8:42 pm Torture doesn't work. Boomtank 8:43 pm ..... verdigrisprowl 8:43 pm Torture produces answers, but not truthful answers. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:43 pm *sprawls out, limbs everywhere* Boomtank 8:43 pm You are screwed girl NoodlesAtNight 8:44 pm [[Hardening his spa-- heart, already, he sees.]] Swervester 8:44 pm OH. Clever? MedicalMurdersaurus 8:44 pm ((lovin that batman voice, gordon)) Swervester 8:44 pm //that monk's voice is weirdly deep SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:44 pm ...That's going to give him an infection. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:45 pm Who knows what's been on that knife. Boomtank 8:45 pm -facepalms- NoodlesAtNight 8:45 pm *Soundwave keeps quiet about what does and doesn't produce answers. Certain parties in here don't need to be reminded about the Patch.* MedicalMurdersaurus 8:45 pm boooooooooooooooooooring Swervester 8:45 pm Aw he was getting him to talk too. verdigrisprowl 8:45 pm Nice of him to actually give a blessing, though. NoodlesAtNight 8:45 pm [[...Why do you say that?]] *Actual curious look.* Swervester 8:45 pm .... Alfred please. verdigrisprowl 8:46 pm ... Because it's nice. I kind of thought he was going to spit on his forehead. opatoes 8:46 pm ... Why does anybody stay in this town, anyway? NoodlesAtNight 8:46 pm [[Oh. Yes, that - that is nicer than spitting, he will agree to that.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:46 pm *pops up for the fight scene* Boomtank 8:46 pm Alfred Swervester 8:46 pm Just shoot Alfred. It's self defense. NoodlesAtNight 8:46 pm [[Likely for the same reasons mechs stayed in Kaon, Blaster City, Slaughter City, Yuss... you cannot afford to leave.]] Boomtank 8:47 pm Alfred the hell. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:47 pm She did exactly that. opatoes 8:47 pm True... verdigrisprowl 8:47 pm Is Yuss that bad? MedicalMurdersaurus 8:47 pm Me Swoop want to fight in an elevator :V opatoes 8:47 pm I wish I could throw weapons like that SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:47 pm Speaking of infections... Ew. Boomtank 8:47 pm Whoops SCProwl 8:48 pm I could teach you if you'd like. NoodlesAtNight 8:48 pm [[It WAS a nice place. A lovely place, in fact. Then the Acid Wastes spread and reached th-- did he say--!]] opatoes 8:48 pm That'd be amazing, Prowl! Swervester 8:48 pm Ugh, I was right that he'd lie on stand. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:48 pm *WHOO* verdigrisprowl 8:49 pm Hm. Who got to the mayor? MedicalMurdersaurus 8:49 pm ((stick up for penguin, gordon)) NoodlesAtNight 8:49 pm [[Someone got to him. How did they let that happen? Was no one watching him?]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:49 pm *flops back onto the ground like he was shot* Boomtank 8:49 pm ........... What just happened opatoes 8:49 pm Seriously Boomtank 8:49 pm Are you NoodlesAtNight 8:49 pm [[And elevators are terrible places for fights.]] Especially if you have unusually long and awkward limbs. Boomtank 8:50 pm ugh NoodlesAtNight 8:50 pm *Mumble.* [[Punch him.]] SCProwl 8:50 pm Perhaps Galavan's people? He did have officers loyal to him, yes? Swervester 8:50 pm Gordon! verdigrisprowl 8:50 pm *HUFF* NoodlesAtNight 8:50 pm *Mumble.* [[Thank you.]] opatoes 8:50 pm Gordon no Swervester 8:50 pm As satisfying as that was, he should not have done that Boomtank 8:50 pm -snorts- verdigrisprowl 8:50 pm No, he should not. Boomtank 8:51 pm I feel like doing that some days NoodlesAtNight 8:51 pm [[Galavan does, yes. He had hoped Barnes would have managed to pick better guards for the mayor.]] Swervester 8:51 pm [makes vague noise] Wasn't Malone one of the early gang people. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:51 pm ...Ah, young love. NoodlesAtNight 8:51 pm [[That was Maroni.]] SCProwl 8:51 pm ((baby batcat <3 Swervester 8:52 pm Oh. Okay. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:52 pm *could melt under the weight of his disappointment in this show not being all fight scenes* verdigrisprowl 8:52 pm If she asks for permission first, she's not stealing the car, is it? NoodlesAtNight 8:52 pm @P: [[He is glad you do not steal cars when he compliments you. For one thing, he isn't a car anymore.]] *Soundwave would like to see that happen to Swoop. Then they'd know exactly what it takes to beat a Dinobot.* verdigrisprowl 8:53 pm @S «I don't know what I'd do with a car.» NoodlesAtNight 8:53 pm @P: [[Use it in your human holoform mode?]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:53 pm *lifts his head up just some in the hope gore is coming* verdigrisprowl 8:53 pm @S «I'd use myself.» Swervester 8:53 pm Maybe he should start wearing personal hidden cameras or something, he'd get so much evidence that way NoodlesAtNight 8:54 pm @P: [[Then he has no idea.]] *Amusement ping.* [[...That is /brilliant,/ Swerve.]] Boomtank 8:54 pm A lot Swervester 8:55 pm Like if he was recording right now????? verdigrisprowl 8:55 pm Should be standard for police, really. I've been reading up on it. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:55 pm *flops back so hard his helm makes a loud THUNK on the floor* NoodlesAtNight 8:55 pm [[Oh? What does the reading say?]] *Absolutely interested in spying for better work.* Boomtank 8:55 pm Ouch MedicalMurdersaurus 8:55 pm *HEARS PAIN!* Swervester 8:55 pm I assume they took his gun and that's why he didn't do something smarter like SHOOT HIM MedicalMurdersaurus 8:55 pm *rolls onto his tummy and watches with his chin in his hands* Kehehhehh Him suck NoodlesAtNight 8:56 pm [[Hm. Quite a lot to this Galavan fleshling beneath the surface. And of course they would have taken his gun.]] Boomtank 8:56 pm Yikes.... Boomtank 8:57 pm More yikes SpecsTheSpectralDragon 8:57 pm ...Penguin human. He's unconscious. NoodlesAtNight 8:57 pm [[Jim could have worse 'friends' than the Penguin. Better ones. But also worse.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 8:57 pm Fight fight fight! Boomtank 8:57 pm Bruce, run NoodlesAtNight 8:58 pm [[Is a garbage heap really the best hiding place with an open wound?]] Boomtank 8:58 pm Annnnd that's infected now Swervester 8:58 pm Was he unconcious in the truck? Don't human garbage trucks crush trash before it gets that far??? verdigrisprowl 8:58 pm The reading says, in most societies, it's not a bad idea. Swervester 8:58 pm ... Was he down there this whole time. SCProwl 8:59 pm I suppose my visor could double as a camera. If one doesn't mind seeing the entire EM spectrum all at once. MedicalMurdersaurus 8:59 pm ((this show has such EXCELLENT suits)) SCProwl 8:59 pm ((i have a lot of feelings about the suits in this show tbh Boomtank 8:59 pm That'd hurt verdigrisprowl 8:59 pm I'd kind of like to use it here, but I can't make too many changes at once before people rebel. NoodlesAtNight 9:00 pm [[And they are allowed to use the video captured as evidence?]]

[[Well, you should pin it for later. He thinks it could be interesting - in both directions. Imagine how many more pages you could fill in your reports when firing the corrupt.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 9:00 pm Everyone talk dumb. Them FIGHT now! verdigrisprowl 9:01 pm That's half the point. The other half is to get concrete evidence to use when judging accusations of enforcer misconduct. Boomtank 9:01 pm ....yeah, no NoodlesAtNight 9:01 pm *As he'd hoped. He's already on board with this personal video thing. So much.* Swervester 9:01 pm Ed is this smart. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:01 pm ((gay)) NoodlesAtNight 9:02 pm ((heh)) opatoes 9:02 pm rip ed SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:02 pm No, it's a terrible idea. Ed's going to get in so much trouble. NoodlesAtNight 9:03 pm ((i love that shot ;; )) verdigrisprowl 9:03 pm ... Plus, people tend to behave better when they know they're on camera. SCProwl 9:03 pm Perhaps we could introduce it here in Praxus. Our population is small enough that they may more easily adjust. NoodlesAtNight 9:03 pm [[Yes. Yes, they do.]] *The tiniest smile.*

[[You would be willing to try that?]] *To his own timeline's Prowl.* MedicalMurdersaurus 9:05 pm *slowly rolls like a childish log around the floor* SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:05 pm Goddess, what a useless human. Swervester 9:05 pm Is she actually his niece? verdigrisprowl 9:06 pm Let me know how it goes. I've seen such systems on other worlds, but not on a Cybertron. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:06 pm I hope not. SCProwl 9:06 pm I'd like to look at what you've been reading, Captain, but I want to ensure this new police force doesn't become what it was before the war. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:06 pm *rooooooolll roooooooooooollll* NoodlesAtNight 9:06 pm [[Swoop, for Primus' sake, go run laps outside if you need something to do.]] SCProwl 9:07 pm I sincerely doubt Silver is going to succeed here. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:07 pm Me Swoop don't waaaaaannnttt to laps! opatoes 9:08 pm there's my house verdigrisprowl 9:09 pm ... There were a couple of citystates that used cameras before the war, but exclusively to the enforcers' benefit. Footage was suppressed and destroyed if it wasn't to the enforcers' advantage. So I hardly count it as the same system. Swervester 9:09 pm Oh my god officer lady. verdigrisprowl 9:10 pm Why does he think he knows Gym better than she does? She's known Gym longer than him. Swervester 9:10 pm I expected bats verdigrisprowl 9:11 pm He's scared of bats. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:11 pm *kicks his foot up and holds onto it * *is now an asymmetrical lump* verdigrisprowl 9:12 pm She's not. Boomtank 9:13 pm What verdigrisprowl 9:13 pm she's saying that to get him to stay. Boomtank 9:13 pm Oh verdigrisprowl 9:13 pm Or leave, rather. SCProwl 9:13 pm Steps would have to be taken to ensure something like that didn't happen then. *contemplating the idea somewhat, debating pros and cons and possible scenarios* verdigrisprowl 9:13 pm Stay with her, not stay in Gotham. Boomtank 9:13 pm Makes sense NoodlesAtNight 9:13 pm ((sorry had to run off briefly, back)) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:14 pm *rolls onto his back, gets his hands and feet under him and -- TA DA-- he is now a bridge* verdigrisprowl 9:14 pm The most obvious solution would be to make all the footage public, all the time; however, that would mean that a great many people's very traumatic, very private moments were up for public consumption at all time. verdigrisprowl 9:15 pm The next best solution, I think, would be to ensure that the enforcers aren't the ones that hold the footage. Keep it in the hands of an independent department that doesn't answer to the police. NoodlesAtNight 9:15 pm *Perks.* Swervester 9:15 pm Wow. NoodlesAtNight 9:15 pm [[Corrupt enforcers would count as an internal threat to be monitored.]] *Casually.* [[Another department would work.]] Boomtank 9:15 pm Buuut Jim really should have just told her he's trying to...save...Bruce? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:16 pm *Welp. She's dead.* verdigrisprowl 9:16 pm Why did the guard just hand the gun over without question. Boomtank 9:16 pm That's not good. Swervester 9:16 pm How the hell did he find out so fast? verdigrisprowl 9:16 pm ... Does Gym know for sure yet that he's the Son of Gotham? Boomtank 9:16 pm Gunshots are loud. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:16 pm *walk upside down on his hands and feet over to a chair and climbs to perch on it* SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:16 pm I assume there's cameras in the cell. NoodlesAtNight 9:16 pm [[Because she is a Dumas. Likely they have been trained to respond to whatever they are told.]] verdigrisprowl 9:16 pm I'm thinking this is part of her performance to re-seduce Brace. verdigrisprowl 9:17 pm Turn his own game against him: act like she's been captured along with him. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:18 pm *leeeeeeeeans back until he can get the chair popped up onto two legs and balances that way* NoodlesAtNight 9:18 pm [[At least he is willing to go the roundabout route to get it done.]] *Stretches a feeler over and firmly pushes the chair back onto all four legs.* SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:19 pm *goodness, the riddling human is very /visibly/ eavesdropping and no one is- ah, there we go.* NoodlesAtNight 9:19 pm ((it's windows, not with us, captioner)) verdigrisprowl 9:19 pm He couldn't help himself. Boomtank 9:19 pm Uh...oh....dear. Ed. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:19 pm *SQUEAKS as he gets plopped back down* MedicalMurdersaurus 9:20 pm ((Riddler/Penguin/Gordon/Lee)) ((I need it)) NoodlesAtNight 9:20 pm ((i'd ship it)) Boomtank 9:20 pm .... Swervester 9:20 pm She knows. Boomtank 9:20 pm Jim. Jim you idiot. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:21 pm ((H E A L T H Y P O L Y A M O R Y)) verdigrisprowl 9:21 pm ((Lee deserves better than that many concentrated self-destructive tendencies.)) NoodlesAtNight 9:21 pm ((true)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:21 pm ((but yes puff is right)) SCProwl 9:21 pm ((I ship Lee/no one that exists on this show rn NoodlesAtNight 9:21 pm ((lee as vanessa/deadpool)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:21 pm ((lmaoooooo valid)) Swervester 9:21 pm Look pretty well makeup'd to me, girl MedicalMurdersaurus 9:21 pm ((lee/deadpool)) verdigrisprowl 9:21 pm ((riddler/penguin/gordon/vanessa)) Swervester 9:22 pm //i must look terrible she says, looking like a model NoodlesAtNight 9:22 pm ((omg)) [[You are being too obvious, child.]] Boomtank 9:23 pm .....eeeesh verdigrisprowl 9:23 pm She might get her kiss just for telling him the truth. Solely to save her life. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:24 pm *leans forward in the chair slowly until he tips over, roll roll rolling to a new spot* MedicalMurdersaurus 9:25 pm ((look at all these people coming out for bruce)) NoodlesAtNight 9:25 pm [[Fox is having one pit of an interesting day.]] Boomtank 9:25 pm He's a kind person, he'd...wow verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm He's the only sensible person in the room. NoodlesAtNight 9:26 pm [[Of course he is. Lee drove off.]] *And that's something of a shame, because they could really use two sensible people right now.* Boomtank 9:26 pm A menagerie of animals verdigrisprowl 9:26 pm ((Fox/Lee. Only Sensible People)) NoodlesAtNight 9:26 pm ((lmao)) Swervester 9:26 pm Ah NoodlesAtNight 9:26 pm [[That is kind of him.]] verdigrisprowl 9:26 pm As I said. Swervester 9:27 pm He's too nice. Boomtank 9:27 pm It is. SCProwl 9:27 pm ((but fox needs to be Bruce's other dad with Alfred tho? verdigrisprowl 9:27 pm ((Alfred and Fox can split custody)) Boomtank 9:28 pm Annnnd this isn't going...Cat. Cat what are you doing? Oh. That. NoodlesAtNight 9:28 pm [[Clearing a way in.]] *Ahh, the days of when his minicons would do that for him.* ((bullock reminds me of that scene in kung fu panda 2 where he's like MY WORST ENEMY! .... STAIRS. )) SCProwl 9:29 pm ((me too, bullock, me too Boomtank 9:29 pm ((Stairs. The enemy of all out of shape people Swervester 9:29 pm //mood NoodlesAtNight 9:30 pm [[Ah. She is dead.]] verdigrisprowl 9:30 pm Huh. She legitimately saved his life. Swervester 9:30 pm Should Fox sound so ominous opatoes 9:30 pm pppphffhfh Boomtank 9:31 pm Bullock opatoes 9:31 pm nice SCProwl 9:31 pm ((Tabby <3 NoodlesAtNight 9:31 pm ((good tabby <3 )) Swervester 9:31 pm Huh. verdigrisprowl 9:31 pm God, I would have been so confused if I'd been given that crime scene to examine. Swervester 9:31 pm She's a good woman ally I guess NoodlesAtNight 9:31 pm [[Which one? The sacrifice scene?]] opatoes 9:32 pm Can she do that again Boomtank 9:32 pm -hides face- Swervester 9:32 pm Did Silver even know how to use that MedicalMurdersaurus 9:32 pm KEHEHH PUSH SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:32 pm What the... NoodlesAtNight 9:32 pm [[She did. Her parachute deployed.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 9:32 pm Me Swoop want to push out a window : > Swervester 9:32 pm Oh. verdigrisprowl 9:32 pm Yes. Trying to make sense of the body that appeared to have fallen to the ground mid-jump. opatoes 9:32 pm shoot him Boomtank 9:33 pm Jim, no MedicalMurdersaurus 9:33 pm Shoot! Shoot! Shoot! SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:33 pm On the one hand... But on the other. NoodlesAtNight 9:33 pm [[A heavy gust of wind from above?]] verdigrisprowl 9:33 pm Put your damn gun down, Gym. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:34 pm Hello, Penguin. Swervester 9:34 pm God opatoes 9:34 pm oswald even has a fluffy coat like a penguin now MedicalMurdersaurus 9:34 pm Why him a penguin? Swervester 9:34 pm Wait what child Boomtank 9:34 pm ..... SCProwl 9:34 pm Lee is carrying. NoodlesAtNight 9:34 pm [[Lee is bearing human spawn, Swerve.]] Swervester 9:34 pm What since when verdigrisprowl 9:34 pm I'm still not convinced. Swervester 9:35 pm Did I miss that Boomtank 9:35 pm -not going to say he'd turn this over to Penguin, but he would- NoodlesAtNight 9:35 pm [[She told Jim she was.]] Swervester 9:35 pm I don't recall that. Maybe it was one I missed verdigrisprowl 9:35 pm *sighs* NoodlesAtNight 9:35 pm [[It was earlier tonight, at Nygma's.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:35 pm *oh, the dragon would have committed a murder in a heartbeat. Penguin wouldn't have even needed to bring up the child.* Swervester 9:35 pm Oh. NoodlesAtNight 9:35 pm *Shakes his head. Damn it, Jim.* Swervester 9:35 pm t have been when I got that call, I tuned out for a bit. That'swhy I don't remember it. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:36 pm : > SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:36 pm Goddess' fangs, Penguin. Boomtank 9:36 pm ............ NoodlesAtNight 9:36 pm [[How far he has fallen.]] *Vent.* Boomtank 9:36 pm Jim. opatoes 9:36 pm ... Man, this reads like some kinda phoenix wright case MedicalMurdersaurus 9:36 pm Aww, that a boring dead : < Boomtank 9:37 pm Jim, you didn't. SCProwl 9:37 pm Appalling. Swervester 9:37 pm So much for clearing corruption verdigrisprowl 9:37 pm Indeed. opatoes 9:37 pm Ji, verdigrisprowl 9:37 pm Sure, it's over—until the next guy. opatoes 9:37 pm Jim Boomtank 9:37 pm ...... verdigrisprowl 9:38 pm Or until the evidence surfaces. NoodlesAtNight 9:38 pm [[And it will only be easier, now. It only ever gets easier.]] Boomtank 9:38 pm Yeah... opatoes 9:38 pm Uh MedicalMurdersaurus 9:38 pm KEHEHHEHHEHHH verdigrisprowl 9:38 pm Or until somebody charges him with something. Boomtank 9:38 pm Um...how? NoodlesAtNight 9:39 pm *Tilts his helm. What's this, then?* Boomtank 9:39 pm What. Oh yikes NoodlesAtNight 9:40 pm [[Oh - a trial?]] *Leans forward* verdigrisprowl 9:40 pm Not a trial, yet. NoodlesAtNight 9:41 pm ((i've been debating, and personally i'd like to do this, but i'll take votes -- this is part 1 of a good 2 parter; do y'all want the extra ep tonight or to keep it split?)) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:41 pm ((extra!)) Boomtank 9:41 pm ((extraaaaa! SCProwl 9:42 pm ((i'm good with extra ep because these episodes are great SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:42 pm ((extra ep works for me)) verdigrisprowl 9:42 pm ((sure)) NoodlesAtNight 9:42 pm ((cool! she said, winking obnoxiously)) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:42 pm Soundwave NoodlesAtNight 9:43 pm [[Yes?]] SCProwl 9:43 pm Ugh. verdigrisprowl 9:43 pm Ugh. NoodlesAtNight 9:43 pm [[And if this is not a trial - is this an internal affairs business?]] MedicalMurdersaurus 9:43 pm You fight Me Swoop : > NoodlesAtNight 9:43 pm [[...Why are you both ughing his name.]] verdigrisprowl 9:43 pm No, the show. NoodlesAtNight 9:43 pm [[No, Swoop.]] *Pause.* [[At least, not right now.]] SCProwl 9:43 pm *gesture at the screen* MedicalMurdersaurus 9:43 pm Fight later? :V NoodlesAtNight 9:43 pm [[He will consider it.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 9:44 pm Yay : > Boomtank 9:44 pm Well that's an insult Swervester 9:44 pm OH, they don't trust Jim anymore? NoodlesAtNight 9:44 pm ((i'm SO MAD that we likely don't get to get a twoface outta him)) ((dumb other show hiring him away)) SCProwl 9:44 pm ((*shakes fist at other show* MedicalMurdersaurus 9:44 pm KAHA! Drill to the FACE! NoodlesAtNight 9:44 pm *He'll have to send that clip to Frenzy. Frenzy would like that.* verdigrisprowl 9:45 pm Interesting new attachment. NoodlesAtNight 9:45 pm [[Personally, he is disappointed. He was promised a tiny chainsaw.]]

*Looks to Swerve* [[Would you?]] NoodlesAtNight 9:46 pm [][][]Like a sad bear.[][][] Boomtank 9:47 pm ....... SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:47 pm ...I wonder how they got it to spin. NoodlesAtNight 9:47 pm ((..........well damn it now I'M wondering)) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:48 pm WHOA! SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:48 pm ((seriously, like- HOLY FUCK)) Boomtank 9:48 pm ..... verdigrisprowl 9:48 pm ... Him versus flamethrower girl. Boomtank 9:48 pm That's....that's a new one SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:48 pm ((but yeah wasn't there supposed to be /wrist/ and stuff back in there? how'd they hitch the electronics up? you can do some funky things with nerves, but still.)) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:48 pm Flamethrower girl?????? :V NoodlesAtNight 9:48 pm [[Oh. Oh, he'd like to see that.]] *Nodding at Prowl.* NoodlesAtNight 9:49 pm ((yeah i... i have no idea how that would work. i mean, galavan's rich enough to do the nerve thing i guess? but idk)) opatoes 9:49 pm let it go NoodlesAtNight 9:49 pm [[Don't you /dare/.]] opatoes 9:49 pm But Soundwave... SCProwl 9:49 pm Dare what? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:49 pm ((also, with the monkey experiment along those lines, they had to teach the monkey to think about certain cues before they wired him up. you don't need to do that with humans, but still.)) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:50 pm Me Swoop don't like being cold Boomtank 9:51 pm ....? NoodlesAtNight 9:51 pm [[...He wonders if Nygma will attack Harvey.]] verdigrisprowl 9:51 pm At least he's pretending to be polite now. Boomtank 9:51 pm Let it go? NoodlesAtNight 9:51 pm @SCP: [[A song that he could not move two inches without hearing for the better part of an Earth year. He likes music, and enjoys repetition, but it was difficult to find anything else via his usual channels.]] NoodlesAtNight 9:52 pm [[Jim is in trouble now.]] *Scoots forward.* SCProwl 9:52 pm @SW: [[Ah, yes, that would be annoying.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:52 pm Oh no. opatoes 9:52 pm ((dangit smokey wants to be like "humans really did just need to let it go")) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:53 pm *climbs onto the nearest couch and curls up* NoodlesAtNight 9:53 pm ((SUCH SASS)) MedicalMurdersaurus 9:53 pm *completely ignoring personal space* Boomtank 9:53 pm Oh dear. verdigrisprowl 9:53 pm Penguin won't sell him out. Boomtank 9:54 pm Penguin wants to take the credit. NoodlesAtNight 9:54 pm [[With a debt that size waiting there for him if he covers? No criminal being of good sense would.]] SCProwl 9:54 pm They probably corroborated their stories before the ni--*sighs* verdigrisprowl 9:54 pm Penguin's going to protect his "friend." Boomtank 9:54 pm True MedicalMurdersaurus 9:54 pm ((Gordon is worth more on the force and also Penguin is gay for him and wouldn't want to ruin his life)) Boomtank 9:54 pm ((HAH SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:55 pm I feel as though this has gone long past "friend" and into "asset," just like with the riddling human. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:55 pm *looks around for pillows* verdigrisprowl 9:55 pm He gains nothing and loses a huge advantage if he sells Gym out. Plus, he IS now in custody. He could use a friend on the force. ... Since when has "friend" been anything BUT a code word for "asset"? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:55 pm Alright, fair enough. MedicalMurdersaurus 9:55 pm Me Swoop and Her Bird are FRIENDS! :v verdigrisprowl 9:55 pm *case in point.* NoodlesAtNight 9:55 pm [[It hasn't. It only appears that way to those who do not think to make good and consensual use of their friends when the opportunity strikes.]] NoodlesAtNight 9:56 pm [[And who are not willing to acknowledge the reverse.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:56 pm ...Does he intend to freeze her? verdigrisprowl 9:56 pm The way Penguin uses it, I mean. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:56 pm Ah. opatoes 9:56 pm OH. Ohhhh. Oh. NoodlesAtNight 9:56 pm [[Ah. That is a different kind of 'asset'. But you are still correct.]] opatoes 9:56 pm I know who this is now NoodlesAtNight 9:56 pm [[...He didn't tell her.]] verdigrisprowl 9:57 pm In general, good friends are also assets. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:57 pm Why would he? She'd refuse to let him freeze her if she knew, surely. verdigrisprowl 9:57 pm In Penguin's case, friends are /only/ assets. Swervester 9:57 pm //what did i miss in the last ten minutes i had to clean up Cat Accident SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:57 pm ((there's a man freezing people to save his wife)) ((par for the course)) verdigrisprowl 9:58 pm ((penguin got arrested, in the interrogation room backed up jim's alibi)) Swervester 9:58 pm //is there a sensible reason for freezing lmao verdigrisprowl 9:58 pm ((i almost spelled it "gym," im too used to prowl's confusion)) Swervester 9:58 pm //lmao NoodlesAtNight 9:58 pm ((cryogenics. preserving her until science finds a cure for her disease)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:58 pm Is there a reason that he isn't working with proper lighting? Surely he needs to be able to see things? Swervester 9:58 pm //ah Boomtank 9:58 pm ........... Swervester 9:58 pm //so all the victims are him perfecting it i assume? NoodlesAtNight 9:58 pm ((yeah)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:58 pm ((yup)) verdigrisprowl 9:59 pm Maybe he doesn't like bright lights. Boomtank 9:59 pm What.... SpecsTheSpectralDragon 9:59 pm ...I don't believe I'd call him insane. verdigrisprowl 10:00 pm But he claimed insanity. Arkham is a sieve. He's clever. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:00 pm Fair enough. Boomtank 10:00 pm ...... Sounds terrifying, no thanks verdigrisprowl 10:01 pm Someone's about to die. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:01 pm It's not ineffective. Some creatures are able to undergo it without ill effects. MedicalMurdersaurus 10:01 pm ((he looks so tiny and scawny)) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:02 pm !! *is inspired* *stands on the sofa* *bounces* opatoes 10:02 pm Uh oh NoodlesAtNight 10:02 pm ((if you are easily disturbed by body horror, DO NOT WATCH THIS SCENE I AM NOT KIDDING)) verdigrisprowl 10:03 pm Well, if he didn't plan on killing anybody, why did he bother with the boast? ((... what kind)) NoodlesAtNight 10:03 pm ((what ice does when it's hot.)) Boomtank 10:03 pm Um.... SCProwl 10:03 pm ((what snowmen do in summer Boomtank 10:03 pm Is....is...oh verdigrisprowl 10:03 pm ((oh, that's exciting)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:03 pm Hm. MedicalMurdersaurus 10:03 pm *erupts in laughter and flops back down* Him GOO NoodlesAtNight 10:04 pm ((all right y'all are safe now)) Swervester 10:04 pm Is she NoodlesAtNight 10:04 pm ((except for nora being a coughy bloody mess)) Swervester 10:04 pm Oh boy. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:04 pm ((thank u sounds <3)) Well, that looks bad. Lungs should not be full of blood. Boomtank 10:04 pm That...was nasty... verdigrisprowl 10:04 pm ... Maybe he should freeze her first and THEN continue experimenting on other prisoners. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:05 pm It's not the reviving that's the only problem. He doesn't know how to freeze her so that she /can/ be revived. NoodlesAtNight 10:05 pm [[And if he does it wrong? He is talking about formulas. He has to perfect it.]] Swervester 10:05 pm Hm. Poor lady. verdigrisprowl 10:05 pm Why's he scolding her? She's got blood on her face. HE should keep track of her prescriptions. Swervester 10:06 pm He didn't even look at the bottle, how the fuck does he know if it has one He has to at least check the info on the bottle to know that. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:06 pm The organic creatures I know of that can be revived have antifreeze in the blood. Boomtank 10:06 pm ((and this is true, I don't like how the pharmacist is being portrayed Swervester 10:06 pm Also he's not a kook for wanting medication for his dying wife sir NoodlesAtNight 10:07 pm ((tbh i've encountered some shitty pharmacists so i'm just like "ah. one of you." )) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:07 pm ((also, man, I've had that interaction before about my own medication. "I literally just called my doctor, she said she gave you guys a refill order for six iterations." "yes but we can't refill this because it doesn't have a refill order.")) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:07 pm ((what is this actor's name? I feel like he's been in a lot of other stuff. Unless I'm mistaking him for someone else.)) Boomtank 10:07 pm ((can't refill without refills on the prescription, it's law SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:07 pm ((anyways fuuuuuuuuuuck american healthcare)) Boomtank 10:07 pm ((and yes to that Swervester 10:08 pm //also tho he should have at LEAST looked up the name like. you can't just take an empty bottle and say that, you have to actually check the file for the patient to know that info lmao Boomtank 10:08 pm ((and yeah, he did that improperly Swervester 10:08 pm //i say this as someone who gets monthly refills on medications, at least one of which requires a refill order verdigrisprowl 10:08 pm ((sometimes it's displayed on the bottle?? mine always have how many refills are left displayed on the bottle)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:08 pm ((I'm gonna be real here, I don't feel bad for the pharmacy guy getting frozen to death.)) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:08 pm DEAD SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:08 pm ((also yeah, mine do too)) Boomtank 10:08 pm !!!!!!! NoodlesAtNight 10:09 pm ((i don't think we're SUPPOSED to feel bad about it)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:09 pm ((so it clearly says "x refills left" and they /still/ make my doctors send a new one each. fucking. time.)) Swervester 10:09 pm //yeah. but he didn't even look at the bottle, but some sorts of meds have to actually be looked up on the computer to know, and if he's doing tat then that's likely one of them you'd need to actually look up to check lmao SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:09 pm ((shrieking)) Boomtank 10:09 pm ((true, if he did that /properly/ he'd probably not be in trouble verdigrisprowl 10:09 pm ((and if this is a place that needs paper scripts rather than keeping prescriptions on computer file, which seems likely given the deliberate mess of anachronism in the show)) Swervester 10:09 pm //i'm lucky that i get my meds refilled from the pharmacy across the hall from my psych tho and one of the guys working there also works in my doc's office so they just run back and forth when they need refill orders lmao NoodlesAtNight 10:09 pm ((like i think we're supposed to feel sorry for victor and nora that this jackass is in charge)) Boomtank 10:10 pm ((yup, so the pharmacist was an asshat Swervester 10:10 pm //yes lmao MedicalMurdersaurus 10:10 pm *reaches out to hold someone's hand, anyone's hand, just a hand* Swervester 10:11 pm //is that uh. what's his face NoodlesAtNight 10:11 pm ((yes it's the guy from law and order and jurassic park)) Swervester 10:11 pm //ok i was right lmao SCProwl 10:11 pm ((he's so goooood Boomtank 10:11 pm ((looks familiar verdigrisprowl 10:12 pm ((i have very little doubt that her prescription had run out and had no refills. but the pharmacist is clearly intended to be a jackass, regardless of her prescription.)) NoodlesAtNight 10:12 pm [[For Primus' sake, man, install a ramp.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:12 pm *WANTS TO HOLD HANDS SOMEONE HOLD HIS HAND* Swervester 10:12 pm [does Swoop want his hand] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:12 pm *no. no handholding for the fire-breathing toddler.* Swervester 10:12 pm [can he TRUST Swoop with his hand] Boomtank 10:12 pm Oh no NoodlesAtNight 10:12 pm [[Oh. Oh dear.]] Boomtank 10:12 pm Oooooh no Swervester 10:12 pm Uh oh Boomtank 10:12 pm She's...oh MedicalMurdersaurus 10:12 pm *takes Swerve's hand and remains, as always, untrustworthy* : > SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:12 pm ((tbh I support freezing asshat pharmacists)) Swervester 10:12 pm OH so she didn't know. I thought she might. NoodlesAtNight 10:13 pm [[No. She thought they were mice.]] Swervester 10:13 pm Oh boy. SCProwl 10:13 pm ((BD Wong is such a delight, Gotham does some stellar perfect casting sometimes Swervester 10:13 pm [squinting slightly at Swoop just in case] verdigrisprowl 10:13 pm ... Why doesn't he experiment on mice? MedicalMurdersaurus 10:13 pm *chirps* SCProwl 10:13 pm Too small? Swervester 10:13 pm Good question SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:13 pm ((wait, hugo strange is fucking... uh. Henry Wu?)) NoodlesAtNight 10:13 pm ((YEP)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:14 pm ((god I am so fucking faceblind)) NoodlesAtNight 10:14 pm [[Mice have different systems from humans. It would be like trying to perfect a treatment for Cybertronians on sheepicron.]] Boomtank 10:14 pm ((OH SCProwl 10:14 pm ((and also Li Shang SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:14 pm ((I didn't even recognize dr alan grant in event horizon lmao)) Swervester 10:14 pm //i recognized him but the lighting and lack of hair made it take me a minute lmao verdigrisprowl 10:14 pm He could at least get close, BEFORE he starts killing people. Swervester 10:14 pm Oh, and she doesn't have her medicine! Boomtank 10:14 pm Oh no. Swervester 10:14 pm Does she? NoodlesAtNight 10:14 pm [[Now that he agrees with.]] [[And no. No, she does not.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:14 pm Yeah, they should get her her medicine. Or else she'll die. NoodlesAtNight 10:14 pm ((eye horror coming)) verdigrisprowl 10:15 pm I mean—disclaimer, any amount of murder is bad—but better if he only needs four or five human test subjects instead of dozens. SCProwl 10:15 pm *shudders* Boomtank 10:15 pm ................. NoodlesAtNight 10:15 pm ((eye horror over)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:15 pm ((EESH)) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:15 pm *uses his new hand buddy as a cuddle buddy* Swervester 10:15 pm she is cooperating??? verdigrisprowl 10:15 pm Oh shut the hell up, she is cooperating. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:15 pm She's sick and she is cooperating. Goddess eat them both. verdigrisprowl 10:16 pm Did they bring her meds? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:16 pm Doesn't look like it. Swervester 10:16 pm It didn't seem like it. NoodlesAtNight 10:16 pm [[She is a loyal mate even now. He sees why the Victor human does not want to lose her.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:16 pm *climbs into Swerve's lap* SCProwl 10:16 pm *runs hand over visor and sighs* Swervester 10:16 pm [allows this] Boomtank 10:16 pm /wow/ SCProwl 10:16 pm Really, Bullock? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:16 pm ...Er. Aren't humans supposed to have red lips? NoodlesAtNight 10:17 pm [[Human lips are only red when they have sufficient oxygen.]] *pause.* [[Knock Out learned this when tampering with Silas. He learned it from Knock Out.]] Boomtank 10:17 pm Oh no Swervester 10:17 pm Oh. He even gave himself up for her. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:17 pm So, the purple lips that Miss Nora has are a /bad/ thing, then. NoodlesAtNight 10:17 pm [[Very bad.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:17 pm *puts his chin on Swerve's head* NoodlesAtNight 10:18 pm [[...Are there - are there normally many humans confessing to crimes they did not perform?]] Swervester 10:18 pm [squints at Swoop] opatoes 10:18 pm Maybe a bunch of humans are all freezing other humans MedicalMurdersaurus 10:18 pm *can't see the squinting from here* : > verdigrisprowl 10:18 pm Yes. NoodlesAtNight 10:18 pm ((i love ed's reaction)) Boomtank 10:18 pm Oh... SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:18 pm ((ed is valid)) NoodlesAtNight 10:18 pm [[Oh - it worked!]] SCProwl 10:18 pm *laughs quietly at Ed's "Huh"* SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:18 pm Well, he's alive. NoodlesAtNight 10:19 pm *Glancing at amica-Prowl.* [[Why? They would be put away for murder.]] verdigrisprowl 10:19 pm You get fed in prison. Swervester 10:19 pm Free bed. Boomtank 10:19 pm ((love that reaction. Just 'Huh. Dead body vanished' NoodlesAtNight 10:19 pm [[He knows /that/ - but for a crime with a death sentence?]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:20 pm Starving is a death sentence, too. MedicalMurdersaurus 10:20 pm ((I would argue this diagnosis so much for Penguin. I don't buy it at all.)) NoodlesAtNight 10:20 pm [[Hm. True.]] verdigrisprowl 10:20 pm Death row takes forever. NoodlesAtNight 10:20 pm *Twitch. Young lady arsonist? So this is--* SCProwl 10:20 pm ((agreed about penguin MedicalMurdersaurus 10:20 pm *lets go of Swerve's hand so he can wrap his arms around the other bot and lean his birby weight on him* NoodlesAtNight 10:20 pm *Oh. Oh. He gets it.* Swervester 10:20 pm Arsonist? Swervester 10:21 pm [accepting because he is in fact a baby dino] NoodlesAtNight 10:21 pm [[The one who set herself on fire by accident. The one who they said died, but was taken to a research facility.]] *Point.* [[/That/ facility. Indian Hill.]] Swervester 10:22 pm OH. I think I forgot who she was so I'll have to refresh my memory later. Boomtank 10:22 pm That....is /worrying/ SCProwl 10:23 pm I sincerely hope he's using the new formula so these people are still alive. Swervester 10:23 pm //rtgg it is prolly weird that i really wanna push them over and see if they smash NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm [[So does he.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:23 pm *is the bittest baby in the room* NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm ((if it is then i'm weird too)) Swervester 10:23 pm //lmao Swervester 10:23 pm [pats Swoop. is he calm???] NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm ((*throws notes at puff on discord*)) Boomtank 10:24 pm ((hey the one they hit smashed nicely verdigrisprowl 10:24 pm ((o/)) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:24 pm *is the calmest a dino can be* SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:24 pm I would assume that, since he seems to intend to freeze his wife, he'd use the new formula. NoodlesAtNight 10:25 pm [[That is true. There might not be enough time or open space available to switch cartridges and avoid hitting her with the old formula.]] Swervester 10:25 pm //rABBIT SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:25 pm Exactly. And what if the old formula contaminates the new one? Swervester 10:26 pm [excellent. pats Swoop and gives him a snack for good behavior[ MedicalMurdersaurus 10:26 pm *takes the snack and holds it* : > NoodlesAtNight 10:26 pm ((table flip)) Boomtank 10:27 pm ((too nice of a table to flip Swervester 10:27 pm I mean, her refusal to betray him aside, she's an innocent in this whole matter, do they even have a legal right to hold her? She doesn't even know where he is, even if she isn't willing to betray him. MedicalMurdersaurus 10:27 pm *pats the snack on Swerve's cheek like a kid feeding a toy doll* Swervester 10:27 pm [rolls his eyes behind visor] Swervester 10:28 pm The least bad would actually be letting her go, because he a) won't attack them and b) then yiou'd be less a dick SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:28 pm *snrk* She's got him. verdigrisprowl 10:29 pm They think she does. She stopped saying "I don't know" and started saying "I'm not telling you." MedicalMurdersaurus 10:29 pm *makes fake eating noises on Swerve's behalf* verdigrisprowl 10:29 pm Buuut, it is very fragile evidence to hold her on indefinitely. Swervester 10:29 pm The problem is they didn't believe her even when she was telling the truth, which is dumb. [grumbles] Swervester 10:30 pm [thanks Swoop] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:30 pm WHOA verdigrisprowl 10:30 pm Ooh. NoodlesAtNight 10:30 pm [[/Primus./]] Swervester 10:31 pm That's strong. verdigrisprowl 10:31 pm Impressive technology. NoodlesAtNight 10:31 pm *Turns his hand over for Prowl.* SCProwl 10:31 pm Oh, that's interesting. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:31 pm ...Goddess... *and that's said with reverent awe. that was a damn cool ice thing.* MedicalMurdersaurus 10:31 pm ((aaaaaand we're about caught up to where I've watched on my own now. Poor Penguin... )) opatoes 10:32 pm Why are they putting him in a vr thing NoodlesAtNight 10:32 pm ((flashing lights like mad in a few seonds)) verdigrisprowl 10:32 pm *grimacing* MedicalMurdersaurus 10:32 pm What them do? NoodlesAtNight 10:32 pm ((flashing lights done)) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:32 pm goose NoodlesAtNight 10:33 pm [[They hurt him.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:33 pm why Swervester 10:34 pm //this is the actual worst place to put nora man NoodlesAtNight 10:34 pm ((that scene is sadder still when you realize he was so ostracized as a kid he literally does not know the rules to duck duck goose)) Swervester 10:34 pm //tbh verdigrisprowl 10:34 pm ((i was just thinking)) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:34 pm ((I want to rescue baby penguin)) verdigrisprowl 10:35 pm Oh, seriously? NoodlesAtNight 10:35 pm [[They did say some time back that was where she would be going.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:36 pm ((gordon don't be a dick)) NoodlesAtNight 10:36 pm ((in gordon's very very very limited defense, he has no idea what hugo's doing in there. nobody does)) ((and yet: he is still an ass for that)) verdigrisprowl 10:37 pm If nothing else, there should be rules against leaving doctors alone in rooms with people who tried to kill them. Boomtank 10:37 pm ....what did I miss? I was talking to... Swervester 10:37 pm Prolly NoodlesAtNight 10:37 pm [[There should be.]] Boomtank 10:37 pm ....huh NoodlesAtNight 10:38 pm [[They are taking Nora to Arkham to serve as a trap for Victor because they cannot lock down a whole hospital. Barbara Kean is there as well, but in a coma. Penguin is being put through mental torture and Jim refuses to believe it.]] *At Blaster.* MedicalMurdersaurus 10:38 pm *takes Swerve's hand and puts it on his helm* *Swoop's helm* Swervester 10:39 pm [pats] MedicalMurdersaurus 10:39 pm *chirps* : > SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:39 pm Docent, you asked the question. What- oh. Swervester 10:39 pm Hello Swoop. MedicalMurdersaurus 10:39 pm hi SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:39 pm *hm. is this good docentry or bad docentry?* Swervester 10:39 pm You good? SCProwl 10:39 pm *both?* MedicalMurdersaurus 10:39 pm Sleepy NoodlesAtNight 10:39 pm *...He's inclined to believe it is good. If the youngling is determined to see the killer die, at least it stops the youngling from being responsible for it.* Boomtank 10:39 pm Ah. Thanks Soundwave. verdigrisprowl 10:40 pm *mutters* No one ever believes people under psychiatric hold. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:41 pm It's comforting to dismiss anyone who doesn't have a "normal" brain. Boomtank 10:41 pm .....? verdigrisprowl 10:41 pm *scowls* NoodlesAtNight 10:41 pm *Glance at Prowl. Then the screen.* [[He should have at least asked for more details. He knows perfectly well the Penguin has his senses.]] [[And even if he did not - he should still ask.]] verdigrisprowl 10:41 pm Oh. She actually is pregnant. Boomtank 10:42 pm Oh dear verdigrisprowl 10:42 pm Where did he get THAT thing? Boomtank 10:42 pm Holy.... MedicalMurdersaurus 10:43 pm ((that dude would be in an UNREAL amount of pain)) SCProwl 10:43 pm Are they going to call a medic for the driver or just leave him there? MedicalMurdersaurus 10:43 pm OH YEAH Swervester 10:43 pm Space suit MedicalMurdersaurus 10:43 pm *giggles to himself* Boomtank 10:43 pm ((oh those arms are /gone/ Swervester 10:44 pm [pats Swoop] Maybe you should sleep SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:44 pm ((yeah, I would /not/ want to be the driver)) Boomtank 10:44 pm !!!!! verdigrisprowl 10:44 pm I hope he's using the non-fatal formula. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:44 pm ((like, I definitely get - why is there an icicle growing out of his eye)) NoodlesAtNight 10:44 pm ((did that skip for everyone or just me)) verdigrisprowl 10:44 pm ((fine here)) Swervester 10:44 pm //fne here Swervester 10:44 pm Is the doctor purposelly letting him through NoodlesAtNight 10:45 pm ((and it's not growing out, it's a shard that exploded from the source like shrapnel)) Swervester 10:45 pm Since he wants his tech MedicalMurdersaurus 10:45 pm *yaaaaaaaaaaaawwwns* NoodlesAtNight 10:45 pm [[Naturally.]] verdigrisprowl 10:45 pm Yes, he's said he's interested in his cryogenic research. Boomtank 10:45 pm Oh.... Swervester 10:45 pm So much for Gordon's plan, it really doesn't work if the guy in control of all the defenses lets the suspect through verdigrisprowl 10:46 pm That's an electric chair. Is it going to zap him? Is it on? MedicalMurdersaurus 10:46 pm ((his mouth is ON that microphone. It's not sounding that clear.)) Swervester 10:46 pm I don't trust it NoodlesAtNight 10:46 pm [[No, it won't. It is the chair they placed the Penguin in, he thinks.]] Swervester 10:46 pm Oh. I guess it isn't on MedicalMurdersaurus 10:46 pm *rests his head on Swerve* verdigrisprowl 10:46 pm Yes, and Penguin got zapped something awful. NoodlesAtNight 10:46 pm This message has been removed. This message has been removed. ((god damn it)) NoodlesAtNight 10:47 pm [[By the headset.]] Swervester 10:47 pm [pets Swoop. he is the dino whisperer] verdigrisprowl 10:47 pm Ah. MedicalMurdersaurus 10:47 pm *is whispered* zzzzz verdigrisprowl 10:47 pm ... You know what, I think I'd just let him take her. NoodlesAtNight 10:47 pm [[Agreed.]] Swervester 10:47 pm Same. NoodlesAtNight 10:47 pm [[Especially now that he has said that. Go with him, let him do that, and take him in.]] Swervester 10:47 pm HE'S OFFERING TO GIVE HIMSELF UP IF THEY JUST LET HIM TAKE HER WHERE SHE CAN GET HELP AND BE SAFE, just let him do it???? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:48 pm ((RIOT)) Boomtank 10:48 pm ..... NoodlesAtNight 10:48 pm ((SORRY)) MedicalMurdersaurus 10:48 pm *perks up at the yelling and then realizes no one is getting killed so he lays back down* Swervester 10:48 pm Jim's got a real issue about Needing To Be Right sometimes opatoes 10:48 pm That's like how he gets into half the messes he gets into SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:48 pm No one's bitten him on the snout for running his mouth before, and it shows. Swervester 10:49 pm I mean, all the others are damn well fine doing the thing as long as he gives himself up and doesn't hurt anyone else, just go with it Jim. It's the easiest way to save lives. NoodlesAtNight 10:49 pm [[That cannot be good. Not in any way.]] Boomtank 10:49 pm Jim Swervester 10:49 pm If he'd been willing to compromise then Victor might have let him come along to feel better about it. Boomtank 10:51 pm Jim you moron Swervester 10:51 pm Naturally Jim's going to fuck eerything up and create himself yet another enemy because he just had to be right and not compromise? Boomtank 10:52 pm -facepalms- verdigrisprowl 10:52 pm That waste of time is going to be fatal. opatoes 10:52 pm Wait, specs, did you ever get bit on the nose for running your mouth? What's that even like Boomtank 10:52 pm Maybe she wants it to be... Swervester 10:52 pm Oh I see. She sent him away to give Lee time to escape? NoodlesAtNight 10:52 pm [[...Oh.]] Swervester 10:52 pm Oh. Oh no. opatoes 10:53 pm Uh oh Swervester 10:53 pm That's going to kill her, she did that on purpose verdigrisprowl 10:53 pm ... No one will know as long as she's frozen. Boomtank 10:53 pm .......kinda hate my guess was right verdigrisprowl 10:53 pm Unless they look at the canister, she's going to remain frozen for how many years, and then when they finally try to wake her up, THEN she'll die. Swervester 10:53 pm But why did she do that? Does she not want to be revived without him being there when she wakes up in the future, or because she's just tired and doesn't want to keep going? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:54 pm Not a hard bite, but yes, one of my docents did it when I was younger. It feels really unpleasant, honestly. Like having one's mouth forcibly closed. verdigrisprowl 10:54 pm She's already said she doesn't want to be revived without him. Swervester 10:54 pm Oh no. opatoes 10:54 pm He could use that freeze gun for making really awesome ice cream but no NoodlesAtNight 10:54 pm *HUFF* *And there's Smokescreen breaking the tension.* Swervester 10:55 pm [snorts] opatoes 10:55 pm /That's his job!/ SCProwl 10:55 pm His job is to make ice cream? opatoes 10:55 pm Well, no- but I bet he could've made some amazing homemade ice cream with that slag. And slushies. Boomtank 10:55 pm /BRUCE/ Boomtank 10:56 pm Bruce, no verdigrisprowl 10:56 pm ((he looks so grownup)) ((he looks, like, nine years old)) SCProwl 10:56 pm ((lol NoodlesAtNight 10:56 pm ((PFFHFHFHA)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:56 pm Cat human, keep him away from any guns. MedicalMurdersaurus 10:56 pm ((no gunplay if we can help it)) opatoes 10:57 pm She's giving him the cold shoulder... SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:57 pm *wheezes* Swervester 10:57 pm OH no. SCProwl 10:57 pm ((his voice is actually really dropping hard in the newest episodes Swervester 10:57 pm Tell him she asked you for water, Lee. NoodlesAtNight 10:58 pm *Bows his helm just a touch. This cannot end in anything /but/ sadness, he thinks.* opatoes 10:58 pm ... He's not going to do that is he verdigrisprowl 10:58 pm He's going to freeze himself? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:58 pm *oof. poor everyone.* verdigrisprowl 10:58 pm Either that or go on a murder spree in grief. Swervester 10:58 pm [covers face] verdigrisprowl 10:58 pm More likely freeze himself. ... Probably get it wrong and survive. Swervester 10:59 pm .... SpecsTheSpectralDragon 10:59 pm I don't think he'll be surviving that. Boomtank 10:59 pm . . . verdigrisprowl 10:59 pm People who die in strange ways tend to survive in this show. Self-immolation, defenestration... Ah. He's probably still alive. verdigrisprowl 11:00 pm He "died" in Arkham. NoodlesAtNight 11:00 pm [[Like the arsonist "died", he expects.]] SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:00 pm I guess he is. Go- Oh, Gym human, no. SCProwl 11:00 pm Likely in Indian Hills now. Swervester 11:00 pm Did he just BLAME Lee for his shitty decisions? SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:00 pm *covers her eyes with her tail* Stupid, stupid, stupid. NoodlesAtNight 11:00 pm [[Fool. He throws away everything he has with this nonsense.]] verdigrisprowl 11:01 pm *scowls.* NoodlesAtNight 11:01 pm *Is at least pleased to see that Penguin fights.* Boomtank 11:01 pm He's not thinking NoodlesAtNight 11:01 pm *Perhaps they won't manage to break him before he gets to them.* verdigrisprowl 11:01 pm What did I say. opatoes 11:01 pm He looks like some old 2000s pop star SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:01 pm ...Did he somehow manage to undergo albinism by being frozen? Boomtank 11:01 pm Oh wow verdigrisprowl 11:02 pm ... Penguin is supposed to be a good manipulator. SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:02 pm Okay, albinism is the least of his worries. verdigrisprowl 11:02 pm Why the hell is he fighting instead of convincing them that their "therapy" worked? NoodlesAtNight 11:03 pm [[Perhaps it has not occurred to him yet. Or he does not know how.]] opatoes 11:03 pm ... couldn't he just walk out SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:03 pm I suspect that door is locked. NoodlesAtNight 11:03 pm [[Hugo did say he can spot a liar.]] opatoes 11:03 pm Uh MedicalMurdersaurus 11:03 pm zzzzzzzzzzz verdigrisprowl 11:03 pm Penguin hasn't tested that claim yet. Boomtank 11:03 pm What.... SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:03 pm ((did one of those dudes have three nipples)) NoodlesAtNight 11:04 pm ((nah it's a bullet hole i think)) Boomtank 11:04 pm Okay, what? NoodlesAtNight 11:04 pm ((or else a mole. but jim DID shoot galavan)) SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:04 pm ((it wouldn't be the weirdest place for a nipple, but given the milieu, bullet hole is more believable.)) *the dragon stretches* I should head off. Goodnight, Soundwave, everyone. opatoes 11:05 pm Hey! Be nice to frumble! NoodlesAtNight 11:05 pm [[Goodnight, dragon.]] ((time marker: 11:25)) opatoes 11:05 pm Night night, Specs! SpecsTheSpectralDragon 11:05 pm ((lmao get rekt skywarp)) opatoes 11:05 pm ... Are all Decepticons seriously just like this SCProwl 11:05 pm ((i love soundwave just watching them like "gj dudes" SCProwl 11:06 pm Many Autobots are like that too. opatoes 11:06 pm That's true! Swervester 11:06 pm I think I better head out Bar's opening soon and I need to set up. Swoop, I gotta get up. NoodlesAtNight 11:06 pm [[Goodnight, Swerve.]] verdigrisprowl 11:06 pm ((i like how 1) the twins can just fuckin knock skywarp over with a flying leap, and 2) thundercracker can just pick them up and the threat is over)) opatoes 11:06 pm Oooh- Ooh, Swerve. Should I go with you to help out with bar stuff? verdigrisprowl 11:06 pm Evening. Swervester 11:06 pm //lmzo MedicalMurdersaurus 11:06 pm *perks up at the music* ? Swervester 11:06 pm Nah, I'm good Smokey. It's Blue's shift with me tonight so. Swervester 11:07 pm [nudges Swoop off so he can go] LAter guys. opatoes 11:07 pm Aw, okay! You sure you don't need any extra bouncers? NoodlesAtNight 11:07 pm ((also, for those who may not have noticed: fish and jerome were also in those tubes)) ((plus one rando)) MedicalMurdersaurus 11:07 pm *slides off swerve straight onto the floor* ((fiiiiiiiiiish)) SCProwl 11:07 pm ((fish <3 opatoes 11:08 pm But yeah- Thanks for having us, Soundwave! /He's going to drop by the bar and grab a couple drinks for the road!/ NoodlesAtNight 11:08 pm [[Quite welcome. Do return next week.]] MedicalMurdersaurus 11:08 pm *gets up and starts to shuffle off towards Laserbeak's room* NoodlesAtNight 11:09 pm *...He'll allow it. As long as Swoop goes right to her room, and only to her room.* opatoes 11:09 pm I'll do my best! You missed me, huh? MedicalMurdersaurus 11:09 pm *doesn't care about anyone else's room and goes to take a nap in there* NoodlesAtNight 11:10 pm [[You do have that book with you half the time.]] *That's a yes. Don't mind him.* opatoes 11:11 pm I guess so! But I didn't bring it with me tonight. Guess you're hoping for it next week? NoodlesAtNight 11:11 pm [[Only if you want to bring it.]] SCProwl 11:11 pm *pings everyone goodnight and leaves because i'm exausted and need to lay down now* verdigrisprowl 11:12 pm *farewell ping to alternate* Boomtank 11:12 pm -pings one back in return- opatoes 11:12 pm I'll definitely think about it. We can always have a sleepover and read it together, you know. NoodlesAtNight 11:12 pm [[...Yyyyyyes, he supposes that is an option.]] *Like hell would he actually sleep though.* Boomtank 11:12 pm Anyway, that's good night for me too. Thanks for the show. opatoes 11:13 pm Perfect! Maybe we could play a couple games, too, between processing everything in there? NoodlesAtNight 11:13 pm [[Goodnight, Blaster. You are welcome.]] [[And we will see.]] opatoes 11:13 pm Fair enough! Looking forward to it, though, Soundwave. Night night, Soundwave, Blaster. Boomtank 11:14 pm -waves and is out for the night- NoodlesAtNight 11:14 pm [[Goodnight.]] NoodlesAtNight 11:15 pm *Turn to Prowl.* [[You are holding up?]] verdigrisprowl 11:16 pm Hm? Yes. Should I not be? NoodlesAtNight 11:18 pm [[If he is honest, he wasn't sure. But if you are fine, then that is that.]] *Pops the last of his snacks into his mouth.* [[You were right about Jim carrying on. He hopes that is as far as it will go.]] verdigrisprowl 11:19 pm *not sure what to do with that, but leans on Soundwave.* I doubt it. Not until there are real consequences that he acknowledges are his own fault, and maybe not even then. NoodlesAtNight 11:21 pm *Whatever he pleases, really. Soundwave was just checking on whether or not that had set off Prowl's hatred of either mind doctors or mental tortures and invasions.*

[[In that case, it is good that the Bruce human retains his kindness, however deep below the surface.]] [[At least one of them will be good for the city in the future.]] verdigrisprowl 11:21 pm *oh, well, yes, it definitely did that.* He's plotting his first murder. NoodlesAtNight 11:22 pm [[Alfred agreed to perform it in his place. Voluntarily. He will not get the chance to fall that way.]] verdigrisprowl 11:23 pm Doesn't matter, he wants to. And that says something. NoodlesAtNight 11:24 pm [[Perhaps. He allowed Silver to live twice, though.]] verdigrisprowl 11:25 pm Gym's allowed Penguin to live quite a few times, too. I don't take that as a testament to his moral fiber. NoodlesAtNight 11:26 pm *Tap tap on chin.* [[Hm. You have a point there.]] [[...There's always Lee.]] verdigrisprowl 11:27 pm Of course he's allowed her to live, he likes her and she's never set her foot down. NoodlesAtNight 11:28 pm *Leaning back* [[Are you suggesting Jim would kill Lee for putting her foot down?]] verdigrisprowl 11:28 pm ... Not /yet./ And if it did happen it would be in a fit of violence during an argument, not premeditated. NoodlesAtNight 11:29 pm *Resumes how he was sitting, but staring up at the ceiling.* [[Primus. He hopes not. Gotham has too few voices of reason as it is.]] [[They really could use those cameras.]] verdigrisprowl 11:31 pm Hmm. ... You know what, time and again, has been the biggest thing hampering such cameras' effectiveness? NoodlesAtNight 11:32 pm *Turns to look at Prowl again.* [[...Sufficient memory space?]] *Human storage spaces are so small. Laughably tiny. They can fit, what, a few whole days on one device?* verdigrisprowl 11:33 pm Enforcers turning them off before confronting a suspect and pretending they'd malfunctioned. NoodlesAtNight 11:33 pm *His upper lip curls slightly in a "what, really" kind of expression.* [[What idiot makes the on and off switch controllable by the wearer?]] verdigrisprowl 11:35 pm Someone very trusting. NoodlesAtNight 11:35 pm [[Sync it to their life signs and keep the activation and deactivation controls in a secure facility. Then they will run as long as they are on the mech - and if they cannot detect a life sign, then either the mech is dead or has taken it off. Both cases merit investigation.]] NoodlesAtNight 11:36 pm [[...Have it installed into the frame so it will require obvious self-injury to remove it.]] verdigrisprowl 11:37 pm Installing it in the frame IS an idea, but too... easy to abuse. verdigrisprowl 11:38 pm What if, say, Starscream got hold of the ability to activate it? What if he started spying through the cameras while the officers were off-duty? verdigrisprowl 11:39 pm Here's the thing about creating new systems like this: you've got to assume that, someday, you're going to be in a terrible accident, and somebody you hate is going to take over your position. verdigrisprowl 11:40 pm In the expectation that that idiot is going to have your job someday, you've got to ensure that the system you've left in place for him is very easy to use for its correct intended purpose, and very difficult to abuse for corrupt purposes. NoodlesAtNight 11:41 pm *Hmm. That's a good point. He wouldn't want Starscream to get his claws on it. ... Providing Prowl really did mean Starscream, and wasn't covering up an implication that Soundwave was the one who would spy while they were off-duty.* *He'd like to think Prowl wouldn't be like that toward him, though.* verdigrisprowl 11:41 pm *Starscream was a euphemism for "anyone untrustworthy and/or literally Starscream himself," not for "Soundwave."* NoodlesAtNight 11:44 pm [[Perhaps a facility that would shut itself down on removal of its guard and force a full replacement and reset?]] *Frown.* [[No. Then the corrupt mechs would terminate anyone they didn't like and enjoy the freedom in the interval between guards.]] [[Hm. This is more difficult than he thought.]] NoodlesAtNight 11:45 pm *Huff.* [[Give it to your alternate. If she has lived THIS long, she will probably live at least another 100 million.]] verdigrisprowl 11:45 pm I have ideas. For another day, though. Being able to implement them on my Cybertron is still a ways off. NoodlesAtNight 11:46 pm *That's not serious. He's just blowing off some frustration over an idea that's So Good, but so Troublesome.*

[[Of course. As you said -- too many changes at once. ... But he would like to see them /some/ day.]] *Preferably sooner rather than later.* [[Besides, your force is small enough we can keep our optics on them fairly well at the IIII.]] verdigrisprowl 11:47 pm Mm. Painfully small. I've cut three people so far and we're feeling the loss of every one of them. verdigrisprowl 11:48 pm ... Well, okay. Only of two of them. Fuse was dead weight. NoodlesAtNight 11:48 pm [[What would you propose to fix that?]] verdigrisprowl 11:50 pm *shrugs* More hires. That's slow work. NoodlesAtNight 11:51 pm [[Particularly with very few new bots available.]] *Frowning harder. That damn population problem again.* NoodlesAtNight 11:54 pm [[So many problems. If he had known there would be this many when taking his oath, he would have asked Primus for a how-to manual.]] verdigrisprowl 11:54 pm This one isn't your problem. NoodlesAtNight 11:55 pm [[Related to it. But even if it weren't - he is allowed to be frustrated by the overall complexity of mending a society.]] NoodlesAtNight 11:57 pm *Gets up to start cleaning. He supposes he'll have a lot to think about this evening. Might as well ponder it all now.* verdigrisprowl 11:58 pm *gets up to help clean. he's been allowed to do it twice now and he's not about to lose that privilege.* NoodlesAtNight 11:58 pm [[Thank you.]] verdigrisprowl 11:59 pm You're welcome. ... *oh so very casually* I've still got half of that bottle you gave me left. Today NoodlesAtNight 12:00 am *Drops the cube he was picking up.* [[Oh.]] *He'll just as casually fetch a broom and dustpan with his feelers.* [[He did wonder about that.]] NoodlesAtNight 12:01 am [[...Were you considering breaking into it again?]] verdigrisprowl 12:02 am If you think that might be fun. I /was/ testing out its strength for tonight. NoodlesAtNight 12:04 am [[Oh, yes. Yes, he thinks that would be - it would be very fun. It is always very fun.]] *Pause.* [[You aren't going to play a game with the datanet if he encourages it, correct? That is not the goal this time? He enjoyed that, but--]] *But he'd like to get laid, is where he's going with this.* verdigrisprowl 12:05 am No. I'm going to interface with you. NoodlesAtNight 12:06 am *And he drops the broom. His imagination is very active tonight.* [[Good! Good.]] verdigrisprowl 12:07 am *he NEARLY maintains a poker face, but his shoulders are trembling.* NoodlesAtNight 12:08 am [[...Maybe he will try it the other way around one day. You always seem to enjoy it, yourself...]] *That's a thought for later.* [[Go on up. He will - get this swept up in a moment and follow you.]] verdigrisprowl 12:08 am I'm helping you finish clean. NoodlesAtNight 12:09 am [[Damn the cleaning. It's technically Buzzsaw's duty tonight.]] [[He can take five minutes away from his paintings.]] verdigrisprowl 12:10 am *Eager, was he.* Then I'd better get started on the bottle. NoodlesAtNight 12:10 am *JUST A LITTLE.* NoodlesAtNight 12:11 am [[Good. And he'll get sweeping.]] *The fastest job of it ever, in fact, and then he'll practically cart Prowl up there like a bag of rocks.* verdigrisprowl 12:12 am *and like a bag of rocks he goes*

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So I was told that these might be confusing but I don’t want to waste these just in case it might help you more. This is going to be linked in the verse question that is in my ask box but won’t be the only answer given. This is an in depth, maybe slightly too detailed / complicated version of trying to get the point across about verses. Sorry if you read this and it isn’t helpful. Another ask to help clear things up and we can work together to get you understanding this brand new world that is indie!

The simplest way to explain this is to use some rps as an example. THESUPERNATURALRP, THESTARDUSTRP, and THEBRIGHTESTRP are going to be the fake rp urls that I’m going to use for this example.

THESUPERNATURALRP: a group rp that lasted over a year. It was a rp based off of supernatural the show but with all original characters.

THESTARDUSTRP: a group that lasted a month and it was about a small town life. No supernatural connections at all.

THEBRIGHTESTRP: a group about oc celebs trying to make it big and it lasted a week.

So say in the supernatural rp I bring to the table this character this is named Annie Jones that is a witch. Her backstory is detailed and with headcanons from the original show of the supernatural. Everything is well and thought out. Well the group closes and it is time to move on but I’m so in love with Miss. Annie and her personality among other things so I’m like let’s move her to another rp. It will change somethings about her but that is okay. So I join the small town rp and get to play her again for a month and things are good until the rp closes down unexpectedly for whatever reason. Well, I still have muse for this character and know that I can fix Annie anywhere so I find the oc celeb rp and stick here in there and during this time I end up getting sick and am unable to post for a while but let’s just say the admins aren’t friendly to hiatuses and aren’t willing to be understanding to me so they post my unfollow even though I asked for a hiatus.

What an indie blog does for me is allows me to have ALL of those experiences in one go but without the closed off setting that a group rp has. I’m able to rp with people in different fandoms (Say legacies, tvd, etc) with the same character.

Now I’m going to use these random groups as examples about verses now in order to be as helpful as I can. Say that I didn’t go through everything above and just started out with an oc that was a witch and made her a blog. If I watched supernatural the verse might be VERSE:SUPERNATURAL.

Anything that happens in VERSE:SUPERNATURAL won’t crossover into say VERSE:THEBRIGHTEST. Any ships, personal connections (assuming that you aren’t in a fandom indie world and are more fandomless.). Say during my time writing in the supernatural verse I get a lot of muse for THEBRIGHTEST instead, well I’m able to change my focus and write in that verse without losing anything from my supernatural verse. There is no time limit of when I need to go back to that verse and no risk of me losing the face claim or spot in a group.

Alright, so say now that I meet a person and we start shipping our characters together. I’m going to make this fake mun’s name be John. Well, John and I started writing in another verse all together that is VERSE:THESTARDUST and it is pretty detailed. We have this whole idea how their lives are going to go and what the wedding cake is going to look like. Say John also watches the show OUTLANDER but I don’t. John might have a verse on his blog for a Sarah (Fake muse) that is in the verse. It won’t change anything that happens in stardust verse that we have together. Just because Sarah has another verse where she isn’t with Annie and is instead with another character it doesn’t mean that Sarah is cheating on Annie.

Moving onto another character example. Say I was writing a character named Issac on a blog. He is this vampire hunter character that I could fit into a supernatural verse. I would name that something along the lines of again VERSE: SUPERNATURAL (Would be different if I had him on a blog with Annie to keep them straight). So now you see that Annie and Issac have the same type of verse with supernatural creatures. I don’t have to make the two of them connected together. They can be completely different and not having any mentions of one another.

Having verses means creating connections over or sometimes using bases from another verse if you are writing with someone in two verses. Say that Annie hated a character in SUPERNATURAL but in STARDUST is in a relationship with them. It is a completely different relationship but still just as much fun and we could have started it as Annie has always hated this character but it turns out the reason behind it changes. That in Stardust it was a family issue of two families not liking each other but Annie and the character fall in love. Saw in SUPERNATURAL Annie’s hate for this character is because they are against vampires and the character that Annie hates is a vampire. Same concept but also very different.

The whole point of verses is to allow you to branch out and be able to rp with lots of people and not just a select say 13 that is in the closed group. Say that Annie was always fandomless and I put her on a blog and gave her a verse in supernatural. Well, I build a great relationship with a Sam blog but there is another Sam that comes messaging asking to write and I’m like “I love both blogs and styles.” and so I write with both versions of the same character. It doesn’t change anything for the first Sam mun and our plot. If Annie and Sam (first Sam) were in a relationship and then Sam mun (Second) and I plot out that Sam and Annie were friends from school the whole thing is completely different and kind of in a subversive of its own in your head.

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All of this depends on you and what you are comfortable with. So say I have a blog for Hope Mikaelson and a blog for Caroline Forbes that I write on and I am wanting to interconnect them together I could do that. I could say I’m not interested in writing with another Caroline for this verse I would make it PRIVATE to my version of my character. I could also open it up and say that I’m using headcanons of my other character but it will be subjective and only when I’m not writing Hope with a character blog of Caroline Forbes.

A single verse CAN include several of your muses (Multimuseblogs of yours or singles) as you want. Whatever makes you comfortable and they don’t all have to be exclusive to your character meaning that I can have the same concept (Human au) for all of my muses but none of connection to one another.

In the indie world the connections you build aren’t all across the board. You aren’t going to likely play with the same mun for every single verse you create. It is likely the writer will have one or two verses with you and then a few with someone else with no connection what so ever.

As for the romantic partner thing? It shouldn’t really matter much there about them having matching verses unless you are a single ship blog with everything being intertwined with one person’s character. A lot about indie world is being able to multiship so having Caroline x Stefan, Caroline x Elena, Caroline x crossover from another fandom.

Also feel the need to point out your character can have several verses on your blog. You aren’t making a blog and saying this character is in one verse only and can’t branch out beyond this and that.

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So the best way I can describe what a verse is and how it works is say you made an oc in therandomrpg and then it closes down but you really love the character and then you find another group and put them in at thisisanewgroup and have great connections there. In the indie world this kind of would be considered two different verses only there is no closing down a group or timetables. All ships, connections, threads, etc from therandomrpg would be in a verse tag and would have no connection to thisisanewgroup. You would ship with one person in therandomrpg and then have another ship in thisisanewgroup that have no connection but it is the same character just different towns, concepts, and more.

Say that therandomrpg is a group that is supernatural town based. You have all these headcanons about witches, how your beautiful character connects with this character and so on. If you have no muse for therandomrpg’s things it doesn’t just go away. You aren’t fighting for your spot in the indie world. It stays on your blog until you strike it up again.

Then say well I’m in thisisanewgroup and I have these connections in this small town group with no supernatural connection. It could be concered a verse of itself in the indie world. You would have connections, headcanons, ships, etc that are all seperate from the other “verse” or in this case we are calling it a group.

So it is kind of like moving your beautiful character (Canon and oc) from one group or another without fear of having to put a lot of pressure on yourself. Maybe it is easier to think of each verse as a group rp but without the big structure of activity limits and things of that nature. More ability to branch out.

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“X-MEN MUTANT EMPIRE, BOOK THREE:(SALVATION)” PROLOGUE + CHAPTER ONE

@malakhvent @hexiva @muffiewrites @magnetician @superiorvengeance @actually-i-prefer-magneto @taintedhero @magnet-dad Hey there folks! For those new to being tagged in my Mutant Empire reading liveblogs, the “X-Men: Mutant Empire” books are a trilogy written by Christopher Golden in the 1990s. They are novels, not comic books, and the X-novels occupy a very shakey/debated place in canon. That said, they're excellent characterization sources (in my opinion), especially for characters that didn't get much in canon, such as Carmella Unuscione or the Kleinstock brothers. The reason I'm tagging you all, however, is because of the Magneto characterization. He is the main villain of this series, having used a reprogrammed Sentinels to take over Manhattan, along with the help of his Acolytes. He has rechristened Manhattan as “Haven” and invites all mutants to live there, while allowing humans to remain if they agree to live by his new rules under which they are second-class citizens. The X-Men are, of course, trying to intervene, both to stop Magneto himself but also to prevent the US military from deploying their own solutions. Magneto's characterized in these novels more similarly to how he's written today than how he was written in most of the 1990s. For a lot of the 90s, Magneto was, to put it simply, terrible. Like the worst he's been since the Silver Age. As in, literally killed THOUSANDS of innocent civilians. He's not movie fandom Magneto, who only ever hurts very bad people who definitely deserved it, and who usually has no other choice. The Magneto of the 90s is dark as fuck, much like everything else in comics was at the time. However, the Magneto of these books is far more complex, noble, and (by comparison) moderate...while also still not straying from the flaws that make him a villain. It's a little-known, under-rated series, and probably only of interest to Acolytes-loving nerds like me, but I think it's valuable for fans of Magneto who seek to balance his good and bad traits into the most accurate picture possible, so I think it will be of interest to you all even if most of you are writing a movie-based Magneto. So, that's why I tagged you all, I thought you'd find it interesting and enjoyable! This is the THIRD book, so if I haven't tagged you before and you want to catch up, the tag on this blog for it is “mutant empire”! Also, everything in here is opinion, you don’t need to agree with the characterization of Magneto in these books or my analysis thereof, it’s just my own thoughts as I was reading. With that preface out of the way, let's began!

PROLOGUE We begin with Manhattan, which is now called Haven. As a mun who writes the Marvel character called Haven, this keeps making me double-take when people say things like “let's go to Haven” or “you're of no use to Haven”. As a note, I don't think Magneto ever knew about the person Haven (though she is shown to know about him) since he was dead during her period of conflict with X-Factor. Anyway, as for THIS Haven, the subway is down and there's very little traffic, but lots of restaurants and small business are open because they have a fuck ton of new patrons coming in. Mutants are pouring in from across the country, across the world. On the good side, a lot of them doubtlessly need a sanctuary like this. On the bad side, Magneto sees their gathering here as a way to enlarge his Mutant Empire. This is typical of Magneto, if often forgotten by fandom: He wants to save mutantkind as a whole, but the individuals are still means to that end. He did the same thing on Genosha---using the population to form an army---and who can forget his “pawns go first” line in X3? Oh, wait, a lot of people, no one likes X3.

But anyway, this is on the first page and I already like the balance going between the aspects of Magneto as savior and villain. Also, I don't think this connection was intended by the text, but I can't help but see an analogue to Xavier here; he offered a home to mutants in need, then trussed up those same vulnerable teenagers as a private paramilitary group. Both these men have good intentions, but they will take advantage of the very people they're trying to save in order to reach that larger goal.

Also: “In less than a day, he had transformed one of the most important cities on Earth so that it conformed to his vision: a planet where mutants were the masters and humans were the servants. It was the only way for mutants to survive human prejudice.” A lot of people will note that Magneto doesn't want to kill all humans, and that's generally true, but the fact is he does frequently still want mutants to be the dominant species. In his early 2D Silver Age days, this was due to just straight-up thinking mutants superior, but in current times (again, this book was really ahead of its time in terms of Magneto) it's more like what he says here, it's to keep mutants safe. Because humans can't hurt them if THEY'RE the ones who are the underdogs instead. As a note, this is the mentality that I write Anne Marie Cortez as having. She looks at history, looks at the horrible things humans have done to each other, at the horrible things done to mutants now, and is like, humankind obviously cannot be trusted to be in charge. She believes that a mutant-dominated society will be better for mutants AND humans. And she doesn't think mutants will be as bad as humans either, because she believes God created mutants not just to be the physical improvement upon the flawed humanity, but a spiritual one as well. She believes that while some mutants are doing “bad things” now due to this imperfect world, they WILL be better than humans are, they CAN be better, once everything is put right (that is, mutants put on top with Magneto leading them) She, uh, she has religious delusions (with Magneto as the modern Christ in this paradigm, obviously >.< Anne Marie no!)

“From the observation platform at the top of the Empire State Building, Magneto looked down upon his Mutant Empire and his heart swelled with triumph, happiness, and pride. The sun forced his slate-grey eyes into a squint, the wind whipped his silver-white hair across his forehead, and Magneto smiled. It was a beginning.” AWWW I ALMOST WANT THE SERIES TO END HERE! Instead, we go to Wolverine and the Beast, whose exchange is irrelevant to the topic of this post (Magneto) and then to Amelia Voght of the Acolytes. Amelia Voght was a past lover of Charles Xavier, but split up with him when he formed the X-Men. She wanted to live a quiet life, and felt that Xavier's means would attract human attention to mutants. Years later, when she had, despite her attempts at a quiet life on her own, lost everything (including her family) to humans, she joined Fabian Cortez among his second-gen Acolytes recruits. Though Fabian is currently dead at the time of this novel, Amelia, like the other Acolytes, now follows Magneto in his stead (and much more happily) Unlike most of the Acolytes, Amelia receives far more complex characterization, and she's not the bloodthirsty sadistic bigot-for-fun that most of them are. She's actually a lot more like Magneto, which might explain why she follows him, despite having her doubts that his way is any more hopeful than that of Xavier. Anyway, now that you know who she is, here's what's going on. She's pretty pleased too, like Magneto. She's also surprised, not that he succeeded but that humans are still in the city. For those who weren't with me for the first two books, Magneto did NOT kick humans out. He said they could leave if they wanted, and stay so long as they accepted his new rules. A lot did leave, but some did stay (I imagine a lot COULDN'T leave, it takes money to be able to move and set up somewhere else ASAP, so there is definitely a class privilege thing going here, which overlaps with race and sexuality/gender. I don't think Magneto intended that, but the reality is that it's the people who are already the most oppressed that don't actually have a choice in whether they go or stay) Amelia is surprised by this, she thought that the island of Manhattan would be devoid of humans once Magneto took over, but reflects that, as I already noted earlier, “But Magneto's intention had always been for mutants to rule humanity, not destroy it. Voght had privately doubted it was possible. On this day, she changed her mind.” Anyway, Voght thinks about how the US government is still on the fence about what they're going to do, but Voght figures that save for a nuclear strike, Magneto and the Acolytes have it “all wrapped up”.

Amelia enters the reception area. There is one woman (the deputy mayor; the mayor himself “abandoned his city without a thought) and three men, one of whom is the police commissioner. Deputy Mayor Perkins is direct and no-nonsense. Amelia takes them all to meet with Mags, but before she does, warns the police commissioner that “As of this day, Magneto is the only law this island knows. He is not in favor of the death penalty, but that does not mean he does not see its uses.” Kinda like on Genosha, when he killed Fabian Cortez and all the good guys are like OMG YOU MURDERED HIM (come on guys, are you really THAT upset?) and Magneto was like “look, I run Genosha, consider this capital punishment, they have that in the USA you know” Magneto is of course “resplendent in his regal purple-and-crimson uniform. Without his helmet he wore during battle, his silver-white hair fell around his shoulders.” Ooooh, we got a long-hair Mags! He doesn't usually have long hair in 616, that's typically an AoA thing. Also RESPLENDENT I love it. Perkins gets right to it with “Why are we here?” and Magneto appreciates that she has little patience for small talk, but invites them to sit all the same, though he remains standing. He says they're here because they're the highest-ranking officials still remaining in the city and “You all need to know how I wish this city to be run, now that I am its sole authority.” So, a moment ago Amelia was surprised at how “amiable” Magneto is being to these people, how “benevolent” he looks, and I think I can say why---because he's won. He's the one giving orders. He can be nice because he's the top dog now. Admittedly, he was never nice to his underlings while running the Brotherhood, and not exactly friendly to the Acolytes either, but that's when, even though he had control of small group of people, he was still fighting against the larger world. Now that he has what he wants, he's willing to be nicer to those below him. Which isn't a compliment, btw; people who are only decent to others when everything is going their way are NOT good people. I think there's also the aspect of responsibility bringing out the best in him too. As cruel as he was to his followers, he was wonderful to the New Mutants when he was their teacher. Partly I think that's because they were children, but also because they were HIS children, tasked to HIM by Xavier. They were his responsibility in a way that the Brotherhood and Acolytes are not. His job wasn't to lead them, but to take care of them. Likewise, he's going to be taking care of this city, even if he'll also be taking some of its members for his own personal army. So I can see him being more benevolent here, even if only in the sense of a benevolent dictator (which he's very clear is the case, he says so himself he's the “sole authority” from now on) I guess I'm reading a lot into it, it's only two seconds of him being friendly and polite, but once my brain started going on it I couldn't stop.

Anyway, he restates that Haven/Manhattan is now “a class system, with all mutants as the nobility, or ruling class” and basically dictates Perkins as in charge of managing the remaining human population “answerable, of course, to me” and that she can appoint the others to any positions she sees fit to help her. He wants no more drugs, no more violent crime, no more corruption, that he wants all of the problems Manhattan had before his rule to be cleaned up. Perkins argues that corruption is inevitable in any system (I would say ESPECIALLY in this system, if the Acolytes are apparently gonna be “nobility”) Magneto counters that the corrupt are cowardly, thus they have already fled Haven, so logic dictates that there's no more corruption and he won't tolerate any. ...Magneto, your logic is not our Earth logic. Alas, this is pretty typical Magneto, he doesn't always, erm, make sense. Th police commissioner, Ramos, says he's not going to be Magneto's lapdog, that he's only going to enforce ACTUAL laws and that the police are NOT going to become Magneto's personal army. Mags smiles, tells him that he already has a private army, that he doesn't need the police “and I most certainly don't need you.” He then raises one hand in a gesture of “amusement and dismissal” and says, “Amelia, would you mind?” Amelia, for those who forgot or are just joining us, is a teleporter. She sends Ramos outside the building. She then thinks about how she could have teleported him high in the air outside and let him fall to his death, how she is “not a hardened killer, but she knew the value of an example. Still, Magneto would have been specific if he'd wanted the man dead. Her lord rarely sanctioned homicide. Much to the other Acolytes disappointment. A few things: 1) For those wondering about the “her lord” bit, that's not unique to her, all the Acolytes consider him to be their Lord. The big difference between the Acolytes and the Brotherhood is that the Acolytes revere Magneto in a RELIGIOUS sense (which I've built on especially with Anne Marie, while giving Chrome and Delgado different motives, I wanted some diversity of motivation in my crew) They even have a Book of Magnus (which I am pretty sure Fabian wrote, not Magneto) I shit you not 2) “Much to the other Acolytes disappointment” As I've said again and again, the Acolytes members that came after the first team are largely terrible people who just wanna kill all the “flatscans” they can. I wonder if they miss the days when Fabian let them go after hospices and school buses? Yes, really. Fabian did not keep a leash on those guys, he ENCOURAGED them to be bloodthirsty anti-human fucks. You could interpret that as anti-human bigotry on his part, I interpret it on using their rage and sadism to keep them happy and make them easier for him to control 3) Amelia, the hell do you mean you're not a hardened killer? You “made an example” EXACTLY like that in the previous books! Granted, said example was done because humans were threatening/attacking her, so it wasn't in cold blood like it would be here, but still, this is something she has JUST RECENTLY DONE

Magneto continues to those remaining that the Acolytes will enforce the law on the mutant population, the human police on the human. He wants Haven to be an example to the rest of the world---no drugs, full employment, a fair wage, no crime, no homelessness, no hunger. Oh Magneto, you're making Anne Marie's dreams come true. Or trying, anyway, but what's that quote about the road to hell? This is interesting though, because we're getting a glimpse of something we didn't with Genosha (at least in what I've read)---how Magneto would run things (or at least, his ideals/goals) when he's in charge. Oh, and the reason he wants Haven to be an example? “So society knows what to expect when we begin our expansion.” So, here's my question to that...Magneto is happy to let humans leave if they don't like his rules...but if he plans to expand...what happens if (as is probably his goal) he takes over the world? Where do they go then?

Magneto's last word to this lot are that “Bigotry will not be tolerated. Bigots are to be deal with most---harshly.” Amelia, like most people in the comics, knows Magneto's personal history as a Holocaust survivor (it's been presented on trial before) so she knows where this is coming from. But she wonders what would happen if she pointed out how a lot of the Acolytes are “rabid bigots” themselves, and she doubts he'll have them dealt with as harshly “but a woman could dream” (Amelia doesn't like Carmella or the Kleinstock brothers, the specific bigots she was thinking of) Now, I realize the kneejerk response here is to point out that hating the people who oppress you is not the same as bigotry, but trust me guys, she's RIGHT in this case. She is really, really right, like I cannot stress to you what a bunch of genocidal eugenicist assholes these people are. As in, they wanted to kill CHILDREN for being human. Carmella even wanted to kill a MUTANT child because he had Down Syndrome! Unlike real-life minorities, mutants not only have the power to be “reverse bigots” they actually even have a leg to stand on to “justify it” it in terms of “genetic superiority” and believe me, THE SECOND-GEN ACOLYTES USE THAT LEG. A LOT. ...also frankly, I don't think much of Amelia for being one of the “good Acolytes” because that means she's still fucking hanging out with these assholes even though she KNOWS better. You don't get points with me for being more moral than your teammates if that “morality” only amounts to “not joining in the worse stuff they do” rather than any actual opposition and/or leaving the team. And the same to Magneto for employing them, even if he tries to keep a tighter leash than Fabian did. So, the prologue ends there. The first chapter follows, and it doesn't feature Magneto at all, but it has some bits that are very, very relevant to current issues (sadly) so I thought I'd include it too since said bits are brief. CHAPTER ONE The X-Men are meeting with government liaisons Val Cooper (pro-mutant, ally, knows Xavier is their leader) and Henry Gyrich (anti-mutant, doesn't know Xavier secretly leads the X-Men but is the first villain I've seen with the sense to suspect it) discussing what to do about the Haven situation. We are told, as in last chapter, that mutants are pouring into Manhattan/Haven. We learn that the army is trying to keep them out, and that any mutants who enter are considered terrorists. So, we've got an oppressed population, many of which are likely refugees with no place better to go, coming to a place that has opened its doors to them...but the government has decided they're terrorists and is trying to keep them out. That sounds a little familiar. I understand the logic, that any mutant in Haven could potentially join Magneto's army, but “potentially” and “actually” are different things. After all, any refugee could “potentially” be a terrorist too, right? Anyway, blah blah blah, Gyrich is a bad guy, then he tells Gambit “You're in America, speak English” and COME ON I doubt I need to spell out the significance of that. And given that it's coming from Gyrich, there's no way it's not MEANT to be significant.

This was written in 1997, you guys.

Okay, so chapter ends, basically the X-Men have seven hours to go into Manhattan and fix this or else Gyrich is going to have the island nuked and the press will claim that it wasn't the President that did it but the result of Magneto's own terrorist plot backfiring on him with catastrophic results. Because Gyrich is a bastard despite having gotten some neat character insight in the previous books . The X-Men are fucking horrified and Rogue even says “Maybe Magneto has the right idea” but since it's now six hours and forty nine minutes everyone decides they'd better bet going instead of chewing him out, and the chapter ends there. I've got to hand it to Golden, he's doing a really good job with this. Not just with Magneto characterization, but this whole set-up in general. There's a lot wrong with what Magneto is doing, and yet the good aspects are such that it's hard not to just forget the bad and root for him, at least for me. Especially since the human government is, well, Gyrich. But also good folks like Val Cooper. And as linked, we get some depth even to Gyrich. In short, Golden is really, really good at making a multi-sided conflict with multi-sided characters and challenging the reader on who to root for. At least that's my opinion. Stay tuned, folks! ALSO ONE MORE THING! I have a big question---where is Exodus? We know he's here, the first book began with him and Magneto (and Magneto thinking about him as a big purple butterfly, which I loved) But he really hasn't been seen since then, and with no explanation given as to why. This is actually pretty common, Exodus just not being in the picture for whatever reason, because he's so stupid OP that when combined with Magneto, it's pretty much game over for anyone in their way. So writers are always having to find a way to either separate them or put on of them out of commission (it's usually a coma) But here, there's no REASON thus far given for Exy's absence, he's just...not there. Even though he was earlier. So I'm thinking/hoping that maybe in this book we get a good in-universe reason for that, rather than him just poofing because Golden realized that he'd just fucking wipe everybody out in the first book if he was around.

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Rules

1. This blog is:

Semi-Selective: Everyone is welcome to follow, however I might be a bit choosy about whom to follow back. IM and inbox are openfor everyone though, so feel free to drop by.

Multiship: I’m a shipping whore and open to any sort of relationship, from platonic to romantic. If you’re interested in shipping, ask away. In the off-chance I say no to a ship, please DO NOT try and force a ship. In Canon Verses, romantic relationships will be exclusively with Akira Kurusu / Persona 5 Protagonist muses, both male and female. With the way I write him, I can’t really see this muse falling for anyone else but Akira in those verses. Regarding platonic relationships and AU Verses, however, consider this blog multiship. I headcanon my muse as homosexual, so romantic ship will occur only with other male muses (the only exception are fem!Akira muses).

Multiverse: Interactions with different muses tak place in a different verse, unless it’s agreed between muns to have a group RPs in which multiple muses interact with each other in the same verse, or the mun has a multimuse blog or various rp blogs and wants to have their muses interact with mine in the same verse. Same goes with shipping, each ship takes place in a different verse, so there’sno cheating involved.

OC-Friendly: OCs and Self-Insert muses are more than welcome! There’s an entire verse dedicated to Persona OCs, so if you want to join the party, feel free to, you’ll be welcomes with open arms!

Crossover-Friendly: Muses from diffeent fandoms are more than welcome here as well. I might take a little longer to follow back in case I’m not familiar with the fandom it comes from (see rule #20 for fandoms I’m familiar with). Like above, there is an entire verse for Crossover characters, especially if you have a Persona 5 AU verse.

NOT Ship-Exclusive: If we ship our muses together, you’re not obliged to be exclusive with me, especially given my muse being an AU. You’re free to ship with whoever you want to, and that includes other Goro muses. It’s fun to see how differently a muse interact with the same individual roleplayed by someone else.

2. I’m 21+ and open to RP smut, which will be tagged and put under ‘read more’ if necessary, as long as the other mun is at least 18+ and comfortable with it as well. At the same time, I’m more thanokay if you’re not comfortable with smut, just let me know.

3. If I say no to a ship, please don’t try and force said ship on me.

4. I’m not much comfortable with teenage/adult romantic relationships. There might be exception to this rule if our muses seem to have good chemistry, but by default my muse’s relationships with adult muses will be strictly platonic. Even in case it were to become a romantic ship, I’d rather the age different be no more than 10 years between our muses.

5. No godmodding (controlling my muse yourself) unless we both discussed the plot of the thread/RP via IM beforehand and you know how my muse would act in that specific situation.

6. No metagaming (using knowledge of someone’s muse that a character has no way of knowing) outside of dash commentaries.

7. Do not reblog my OOC posts, Rules, About, Verses, Headcanons, Tag Dump etc. or threads you’re not involved into. Seriously, it's annoying as hell, so do. Not. Do. It!

8. IM and inbox are open for anyone, be it for plotting, asking random questions IC or OOC or just chatting and getting to know each other. I love to plot and chat via IM/Discord and will not hesitate randomly popping into your IM/inbox. You have been duly warned ^^

9. Speaking of which, I’m okay with RPing via Tumblr IM and Discord as well. If we’re mutuals, feel free to ask for my Discord-ID. It’s easier to reach me there than on Tumblr.

10. I don’t care about reply length, just write whatever you feel like. Mun is perfectly okay with one-liners, para, multi-para and drabble-length replies, whichever floats your boat.

11. When you reply to a thread/RP, please tag it with this blog URL if you can so I can be notified when you reply, since she happened to have lost threads because either her or her RP partner missed each other’s reply.

12. Please let me know if you want to drop a thread or RP, and at the same time I will let you know if I want to drop a thread or RP.

13. Triggers will surely be present given the game rating, the muse and the setting of this blog and will be tagged accordingly as ‘tw:’ (ex. tw: blood). Trigger warnings will be tagged even if mentioned. If you have a specific trigger you’d like to have tagged, just ask away.

14. Speaking of triggers, I don’t really have any, although I get uncomfortable about topics like divorce, child abuse/neglect and domestic violence. They’re not triggers for me, but I’d be grateful if you could still tag them for me.Thank you in advance.

15. I’m also not really comfortable RPing angst. Hurt/comfort is okay and my go-to type of thread, but angst isn’t really my cup of tea. Given the blog’s contents, it might be present, but I’ll tend to keep it down to a minimun unless I really feel it and the thread calls for it.

16. I’m always happy to turn asks into threads, so feel free to let me know if you’d like to turn a specific ask into one.

17. This is not a spoiler-free blog, given it takes place after one of the game’s endings and reveals major endgame spoilers, and spoilers will be left untagged unless they’re in regard to another fandom. To avoid non-Persona spoilers, look for the rivers in the desert [spoilers] tag.

18. No hounding/pressuring for replies/answers. I won’t do the same with you and asks the same courtesy from you. If I haven’t replied for a while, you’re welcome to ask me via IM. Chances are I’m busy with real life (I’m an university student currently finishing my last batch of exams necessary to get my degree), my computer/phone don’t work, I need more time to come up with a proper reply or I’m working on my other RP blogs. If you don’t find me there, you’ll surely find me over at my personal blog, @delphine-le-dauphin.

19. I’m up to interacting with duplicates, so if you’re another Goro mun and want to interact, you’ll be welcomed with open arms. I love multiverse mayhem XD

20. Regarding crossovers, here’s some of the fandoms I’m into and know very/decently well:

Harry Potter

Pokemon (mainly games)

Other Persona games (including spin-offs such as Arena/Arena Ultimax and Dancing All Night)

Ace Attorney (the whole series, including Investigations, except for Phoenix Wright vs Professor Layton)

Fairy Tail

Naruto

Artemis Fowl

Danganronpa

Ouran High School Host Club

X-Men Movies

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Lollipop Chainsaw

Ace Attorney (this one I’m still getting acquainted to though)

21. I headcanon my muse as an abuse survivor that went through various forms of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual...) in his backstory, so be warned that there might be mentions of rape / sexual assault, child abuse / neglect and bullying, always tagged as explained in rule #13, but never explicit scenes, as I myself don’t like writing / RPing such scenes.

22. For more rules / psas, look for the oasis in a singer land [psa] tag.

#heart and mind [rules]

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my-mystic-messenger · 8 years

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can i request a ficlet for a pride and prejudice au with jumin and mc? thanks!!

hahaha that moment when you think you have it under control but then things get totally out of hand. Lol. Anyway, this was by far my favourite prompt so far, because Pride and Prejudice was the first ever book I read in english, it is to this day my favourite book as well as movie (the 2005 version with my goddess Keira Knightly) and I finally got to write that AU I’ve been dreaming about writing. Masterlist and of course the MC’s used and described in this story hope you enjoy and as per usual

|| REQUEST ARE (ALWAYS) OPEN!! ||

Fandom: Mystic MessengerRating: GeneralWarnings: NoneCategories: F/MRelationships: MC x JuminWord count: 4756

Madeleinehad been amidst dancing with a young, lively man when suddenly themusic had come to a sudden halt, effectively stopping everyone intheir tracks. Heads were turning and quiet gasps filled the ballroomimmediately. In the span of a mere minute people moved away from thedance floor, forming a sort of pathway for the three new guests.Madeleine frowned, standing on her tiptoes in a fable attempt tocatch a glimpse of these apparent royals, from the treatment theywere receiving. That was when a strong grip pulled her to the frontof the row. Now she stood amidst her two best friends, Mi-Hi Cha andMélodie Carpentier. While Madeleine had known Mi-Hi since her moveto Korea at the age of eleven, Mélodie had joined their friendsgroup rather recently. Yet, a deep bond had formed between the threewomen, especially Madeleine and Mélodie. There was not a thoughtunshared between these three women, no matter this situation.Obviously, such a grand entrance had to be discussed as well, albeitin hushed tones.

“Someroyals I must know of”, Madeleine asked, turning to her Koreanfriend, as she generally knew better when it came to gossip. “Well,you’re not that far off. All of them are rather close in line for thethrone, but even without the title they are influential andridiculously wealthy.” You snorted a laugh. “Really?” Mi-Hinodded. “The one on the right, his name is Jihyun Kim and the womanon the right is his fiancé, Rika Choi.” Upon second glance theblonde looked even more stuck up and arrogant than Madeleine hadfirst assumed. Her face was a constant mask looking as if she had anunpleasant smell in her nose. There was also something about her eyesthat seemed rather wicked. Especially seeing the way she looked atthe man in the middle when she was supposed to be Mr. Kim’s fiancée.“And who is the poor, miserable sod in the middle?” Mi-Hi huffed.“Miserable he might be but poor he certainly is not. His name isJumin Han. He earns multiple thousand mun a year and owns half ofSeoul.” Madeleine couldn’t help but chuckle at that. Obviously hisfortune didn’t make him any happier. “Which one, the miserablehalf?”

The two women were just laughing when the threearistocrats passed them. While Mi-Hi managed to contain herself,Madeleine barely did so, looking up midst snicker only to catch themans eyes on her. Despite her quickly catching herself and the politecurtsy she made, Mr. Han seemed unimpressed first glaring at herbefore quickly looking away. As the man seemed to focus his attentionon anything but her, Madeleine couldn’t help the laugh that bubbledup inside of her. Luckily the heavy silence was soon broken by themusic starting up once more. With a sigh of relief the three womenreturned to their dancing until it was their turn to be introduced tothe new guests. The introduction was brief and left Madeleine with afoul taste in her mouth. Everything from the way Mr. Han looked ather to the way Miss Rika, as she preferred to be called, looked atMr. Han seemed off to some extend or the other. Her assumptions wereproven correct when later that same evening she overheard Mr. Kim andMr. Han talking about the women present. While Mr. Kim wasnothing but friendly and polite, even saying as much as how beautifulhe found Mélodie in particular, Mr. Han had nothing but cold wordsto share. He said that he was in no way interested in any of thewomen in here, that none of them were pretty enough to peek hisinterest and even went as far as calling Mélodie ‘too exotic’ afterMr. Kim had just complimented her. When he mentioned Miss Rika andhow she was the only good looking woman at the dance Madeleinecouldn’t help but roll her eyes. The dynamic of that friendshipseemed off. Were they having an affair? But had he not just said hefound no interest in women? Maybe he was gay? Who knew. “What aboutMiss Campbell? I saw you stealing glances at her.” Madeleine beamedwith pride for a brief moment. She did not care for the mansjudgement, but knowing that she was desirable still soothed her ego.That was until Mr. Han opened his mouth to correct his friend. “Itmust have been the intense colour of her hair catching my eye. She isfar too simple minded for my taste and in no way attractive enough topeek my interest.” Madeleine huffed. Well, she did not care for theman either!

♛

“MissMadeleine, let us take a turn about the room”, Miss Rika suggested,tearing the woman’s eyes away from her book. Madeleine was in no waynaïve and knew that Miss Rika had some sort of ulterior motive. Eversince Madeleine came to Mr. Kim’s estate where her best friendMélodie was sweating out her horrible cold the woman had never oncebeen sincere about any of her seemingly innocent or kind words. Therewas always a tone of sarcasm and superiority laced within them thatput Madeleine off. However, she knew better than to disappoint. Onebest fought such people by playing along with their silly mind games.So she closed her book and got up where Miss Rika instantly got holdof her arm, laced it with hers and the two of them began their walk.“Will you not join us, Mr. Darcy?” Madeleine smirked to herself,holding back on shaking her head at the woman’s words. “You canonly have two motives, Rika and I would interfere with either”, Mr.Han replied, not even looking up from the letters he was writingswiftly.

Oncemore Madeleine would have enjoyed to laugh. While Miss Rika’sadvances were understood they were completely shut down by the man.It was amusing, to say the least. “What can he mean”, Miss Rikaasked in faux surprise. Madeleine was not interested in playing alongthis time. “Our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask himnothing about it”, she replied. That was when Mr. Han looked up andfor a brief moment their eyes locked, Madeleine smirking at himbefore looking away. Miss Rika obviously noticed, trying to redirectthe attention to her by breaking the pleasant silence once more: “Butdo tell us, Mr. Darcy.” As expected Mr. Han barely acknowledgedher, scarcely looking up from his work. However, as he did, it wasalways in Madeleine’s direction and it would have been a lie to saythat she was not please. For however little she liked him the moreshe enjoyed the fact that it was her catching his eye and not MissRika whom so unbashfully made advances at him with her dear fiancéestill in the room. Madeleine had never wish for a union to fall apartas much as she wished for theirs to do as much.

Herthoughts were interrupted by Mr. Han’s surprising words.“Either youare in each other’s confidence and have secret affairs to discuss, oryou are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantageby walking. If the first, I should get in your way. If the second, Ican admire you much better from here.” Madeleine snickered. “Ahyes, a woman’s job; to be admired by a man.” On the couch Mr. Kimwas stifling a laugh while Miss Rika – who’d stopped beside Mr. Han– looked positively bewildered by Madeleines comment. She quicklycaught herself, of course, once she noted that Mr. Han’s attentionswere directed and Madeleine once more. “Well, it seems the onlything Mr. Han admires is writing those tedious business letters. Howodious I should think them. Don’t you agree, Miss Madeleine?”Madeleine who’d once more seated herself in the couch to continue herbook looked up from the beautiful words, meeting the woman’s awaitingeyes. “I fear I find myself disagreeing. I quite enjoy writingletters, even letters of business.” Miss Rika frowned. “When didyou have occasion to write such letters?”

Madeleine smiledto herself, closing her eyes for the briefest of moments to regaincomposure. Yes, women like Miss Rika did not know they joys ofworking for yourself. Everything in her life was done for her andeven the faintest of independence scared her. “Since quite a youngage I’ve helped my father with his business. I consider myself anemployee, even. Writing letters was one of my earliest tasks as myfather considered my handwriting to be much more readable andpleasant to the eye”, Madeleine explained, Miss Rika’s eyeswidening with every of her words. “That sounds rather accomplishedto me”, Mr. Kim said, smiling at her in his usual, friendly manner.“I would have liked to agree with you, Mr. Kim, but from thediscussion we shared earlier on that very topic I can no longer say Iam. Too much of my energy was invested in making a living instead ofembroidering cushions and table painting. However, know that MissRika and Mr. Han have educated me on what an accomplished woman hasto be like, I shall practice those skills at once. Hopefully one dayI’ll be able to call myself truly accomplished so that Mr. Han mayknow more than just half a dozen accomplished women.

♛

WhenMadeleine had agreed to dance with Mr. Han it had been mostly out ofsurprise and a certain curiosity. Last time he’d found her notinteresting enough to dance, despite her having hinted at wanting apartner, and now he was asking her. She wanted to know the reason forsuch a change in heart. Not to mention the opportunity to spark aconversation about Mr. Ryu, whom he’d reacted to strangely to. Atfirst their conversation was polite, overly so. Both of them knewthey were avoiding what they really wanted to talk about. “Do youtalk, as a rule, while dancing”, Mr. Han asked, giving Madeleinethe opportunity for a little jab. “No… No, I prefer to beunsociable and taciturn… Makes it all so much more enjoyable, don’tyou think?” Luckily, it was Mr. Han who brought up their walk intotown so Madeleine merely had to reply and thereby decide the courseof the conversation. “Yes, we often walk to town. It’s a greatopportunity to meet new people. In fact, when you met us, we’d justhad the pleasure of forming a new acquaintance.”

Mr.Han’s facade never quite fell, but Madeleine could see it crumblingbehind his eyes and she wondered what had caused such distaste. “MrRyu’s blessed with such happy manners, as may ensure his makingfriends. Whether he is capable of retaining them, is less certain.”“He’s been so unfortunate as to lose your friendship. I dare saythat is an irreversible event”, Madeleine instantly returned, thetwo of them dancing around one another in both the literal as well asfigurative way. “It is. Why do you ask such a question?” Had hejust sounded irritated? No, Madeleine must have been mistaken. “Tomake out your character”, she replied, looking directly into hiseyes, so close now the energy coursing between them could have beentouched. “What have you discovered?” They’d come to a completehalt then, instead facing each other in the middle of the dance floorlike a challenge. “Very little. I hear such different accounts ofyou as puzzle me exceedingly.” It was then that Mr. Han suddenlycaught himself, starting up their dance once more but never oncetaking his eyes off Madeleine. “I hope to afford you more clarityin the future.”

♛

Madeleinehad been in church when she’d heard of what Mr. Han had done.Frankly, despite her better judgement, she found herself hurt andsurprised. Madeleine could not have said when their conversationsstarted to change from cold and distant to somewhat familiar and fun,even. Suddenly the jabs were no longer with any heat behind them thatwas meant to hurt but for both their amusement. They talked likefriends instead of distant acquaintances and their looks lingeredjust a moment too long for them to be purely platonic. Yet, neitherof them was ready to admit to any such feelings. In fact, Madeleinehad sworn to herself to never find a liking in that man and yetsomewhere along the way she had. Which made his betrayal all theworse. The fact that he’d purposefully taken away Mr. Kim in order toprevent Mélodie and him getting to know and appreciate each otherbetter would have been just a little understandable had it been withMr. Kim’s reputation in mind. However, Madeleine knew better than toassume as much. His actions had all been with Miss Rika’s benefit inmind and that thought infuriated her.

Aftermass, Madeleine just wanted to leave. Despite the heavy rain shefound herself running, more than willing to face a month tied to bedin order to avoid seeing Mr. Han. Little had she known that he’d beenfollowing her through the rain, surprising her when he made himselfknown. “Miss Madeleine. I have struggled in vain and I can bear itno longer. These past months have been a torment. I came to visit myfather with the single object of seeing you… I had to see you. Ihave fought against my better judgment, my family’s expectations, theinferiority of your rank due to your insistence to work alongsideyour father and circumstance. All these things I am willing to putaside and ask you to end my agony.” Madeleine froze, staring at theman with wide eyes as the cold rain caused her body to shiver. “Idon’t understand”, she replied, arms wrapped around her body. “Ilove you. Most ardently. Please do me the honour of accepting myhand.” That is when Madeleine realized that the cold had verylittle to do with her shiver. She’d merely predicted those words andher body had recoiled. “Sir, I appreciate the struggle you havebeen through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. Believeme, it was unconsciously done.”

“Isthis your reply?” His gentle demeanour dropped, leaving thefamiliar cold and irritation behind. “Yes, Sir.” He steppedcloser and surprising herself, Madeleine copied his move instead oftaking a step back. “Are you… are you laughing at me?”Madeleine swallowed, never once looking away as she denied as much.“Are you rejecting me?” To ask with such shock in hisvoice almost made Madeleine laugh. “I’m sure that the feelingswhich, as you’ve told me have hindered your regard, will help you inovercoming it.” Once more he stepped closer and Madeleine swallowedyet refused to budge. “Might I ask why, with so little endeavour atcivility, I am thus repulsed?” The audacity of that man! “And Imight as well enquire why, with so evident a design of insulting me,you chose to tell me that you liked me against your better judgment.”He tried to apologize, his composure faltering for the briefest ofmoments, but Madeleine would not hear a word of it.

“Doyou deny it, Mr.Han? That you separated a young couple who could haveloved each other given the chance, exposing your friend to thecensure world of caprice and my friend to derision anddisappointed hopes, involving them both in acute misery of the worstkind? Only a fool would ignore Miss Rika’s indifference towards herfiancée. She has nothing but status in mind, completely unashamed inher advances on you and yet when someone sincere came around thatcould have made your friend happy, you separated them. Do you denyit?” At least he had the mind to look ashamed. “I do not denyit.” When Madeleine inquired his reason for doing as much she couldnot believe her ears. “Iobserved them most carefully and realized his attachment was fardeeper than hers. Jihyun has been hurt by Rika more than enough andthe last thing he needs is another woman with too little interest inhis heart”, he’d replied. “Mélodie, she’s shy! She hardly showsher true feelings to me and Mi-Hi. Not to mention that she is not yetfluent in Korean and therefor remains quiet a lot.”

“Andwhat about Mr. Ryu”, Madeleine asked after a moment of silence.What excuse can you give for your behaviour toward him? He told ofhis misfortunes and yet you treat him with sarcasm.” It was thatstatement that somehow seemed to anger Mr. Han, although Madeleinewas not sure why that was. “So this is your opinion of me? Thankyou. Perhaps these offences might have been had your pride not beenhurt by scruples about our relationship. Am I to rejoice in theinferiority of your circumstances?” Madeleine gasped, her anger nowmatching his. “And those are the words of a gentleman? From themoment I met you your arrogance and conceit and your selfish disdainfor the feelings of other made me realize that you are the last manin the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry.” At thispoint Mr. Han and Madeleine were so close to one another they seemedto be sharing the same breath. He bend further even and for a momentMadeleine was sure he’d steal a kiss, once more surprising herself bynot moving away. Of course no such thing happened.“Forgive me,madam, for taking up so much of your time”, he said instead beforeleaving her behind feeling strangely empty.

Madeleinetold herself that she was not interested in his wealth or hisdepressive side of Seoul. He was a selfish, cold man with nothinggoing for him other than his wealth and she would rather remain alonely maid for the rest of her life than marry him. For long she’dbeen so sure of herself and her opinion. That was until she’dfinished the letter he’d brought over in a hurry explainingeverything. Madeleine had spent hours upon hours reading andre-reading it, internalizing his words. As he explained his disputewith Mr.Ryu and how it’d come to it. It broke Madeleines heart tohear such things and even more so when she realized she’d trusted thewrong man all along while judging the innocent so harshly. She’dstopped reading for a moment then, considering all the shamefulthings she’d said and feeling as rotten as she deserved. When shepicked the letter back up it was to words of apology and a sincereproblem to make up for what he’d wronged. By the time Mi-Hi returnedhome she found Madeleine sitting by the fire, tears glistening in hereyes. He was not the one who should apologize. It was her.

♛

Thenext time Madeleine so much as heard of Mr. Han was through news ofher dearest friend Mélodie. Apparently Mr. Han had convinced Mr.Kimof the mistake he was making in denying himself a happy future out ofthe obligations he felt towards Miss Rika. Not only that but he’dmade sure to help his friend in proposing to her surprised friend aswell as paying for the quick but according to Mélodie beautifulwedding. He’d also apparently talked about Madeleine a lot and onlyin the most positive ways possible. It made her feel warm inside andyet that shame and rotten feeling never quiet died down. Especiallynot when in the middle of the night there was a bang on the door,waking up Madeleines entire family and staff in the process. By thetime she’d gotten herself out of bed – red hair a mess and sleepinggown out of place – Lady Glam Choi had already made her way insideof the house, making her anger and disgust obvious despite using veryfew words. It was really quite interesting, really, how she wascapable of such a thing.

Sheasked everyone to leave the room as she wanted to speak to Madeleinealone, which confused the younger woman. What on earth could thiswoman possibly want from her, let alone in the middle of the night?From her aggravated state it could only mean bad things. Of courseMadeleine was proven wrong as the old hag began cursing her to helland back, insulting every fiber of her being and throwing accusationsaround the room Madeleine had not even heard of before. Apparentlywhen Mélodie had mentioned Mr. Han talking about her in positivelights she’d failed to mention the rumours of their engagementcirculating along with his words. Madeleine attempted to explain toLady Glam Choi that she had, in no way, so much as heard of suchrumours let alone started and spread them herself, but the woman wasbeyond comprehension, it seemed. Madeleine was about to lose her calmentire and snap at the woman when she mentioned her sister and thefact that she was apparently engaged to be married to Mr. Hanhimself. It most certainly changed things, but not enough toMadeleine to budge. Mr. Han would never have asked her to marry himwithout the intention of going through, which could only mean thatthe engagement had been fabricated against his will. Strangelyenough, it gave Madeleine a sort of hope.

“Now tell me onceand for all: Are you engaged to him?” Madeleine swallowed,overwhelmed by the sadness that suddenly consumed her at the thoughtsof her following words. “I am not”, she whispered. “And willyou promise never to enter into such an engagement”, Lady Glam Choiinquired once more. Had her tone not been as judgemental, Madeleinemight have reacted more politely. “I will not and I certainly nevershall. You have insulted me in every possible way, and can now havenothing further to say”, she replied, walking towards the door andripping it open, revealing the entire staff and family standing thereand listening in. Not that she cared in that moment. I must ask youto leave immediately. Good night.” The woman gaped and huffed,angrily storming outside the room and towards the exit. “I havenever been thus treated in my entire life”, were her parting wordsand Madeleine found herself strangely silent. That conversation was alot to take in for the young woman, especially after all the newthings she’d heard over the course of the last week she could notfully comprehend yet. Madeleine had been sure that she’d never crosspaths with anyone related to Mr. Han again, but fate obviously hadmore in store for them and Madeleine was ready to face it.

♛

Evenhours after returning back to bed Madeleine had not been capable offalling asleep. Her entire body seemed to be buzzing with somethingakin excitement and nervousness at the very same time. She tried tosleep multiple times but gave up entirely when she heard the firstbirds sing their song outside her window. With a sigh she got up anddressed herself to go for a quick walk, nothing more. Maybe the freshair would soothe the turmoil inside her, allowing her to finally restin peace. She’d been walking through the grass heavy with nicelysmelling morning dew for about half an hour when she heard movementfrom before her. Upon lifting her head Madeleine was surprised to seeMr. Han approaching her, breathtakingly beautiful as ever. His linenblouse was unbuttoned just enough to reveal parts of his bare, strongchest as his long, black coat swayed openly with his movements andthe breeze. Madeleine’d breath got caught in her throat and shebarely dared to breathe nor speak.As he finally stood beforeher the distance between the two of them seemed to close almost onit’s own. They stepped close to one another, leaving only enoughspace between them as to not touch. Once more neither of them wascapable of sparking the conversation as the thoughts in their mindsseemed to overwhelm them each. Eventually, it was Madeleine who spokeup, voicing the first thought that somehow managed to fall past herlips. “I couldn’t sleep”, she whispered, a small smile curlingabout her lips which was mirror by his. “No, so I heard. Lady GlamChoi…”, he spoke, quickly interrupted by Madeleine. “Yes, shewas here.” She knew it was impolite to interrupt, but that womanwas the last thing she wanted to talk or think about during suchprecious moment. “How could I ever make amends for such pain?”Madeleine looked up from the ground, eyes wide with surprise. “Afterwhat you have done for Mélodie it is I who should be making amends.”Mr. Han stepped even closer there, so much so that she could feel hiswarm breath ghosting over her cheek. “You must know…surely, you must know it was all for you. You are too generous totrifle with me. I believe you spoke with Lady Glam Choi last night,and it has taught me to hope as I’d scarcely allowed myself before”,he said, their eyes locked the entire time. “If your feelings arestill what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affectionsand wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence meforever.” There was a short pause, giving Madeleine the opportunityto speak her part, send him away if she so wished. When nothing camethe small smile returned to the mans face and he continued. “If,however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: youhave bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. AndI never wish to be parted from you from this day on.” Madeleinetook his hand into hers, lifting it to her lips and pressing a kissto the cold skin. “Very well”, she whispered, smiling hopefullyat the man before he. He returned the smile, eyes glistening withsomething that could have been tears as he leaned forward to resttheir foreheads together, completing the perfection of their tendermoment together.

♛

Asthey stood beside one another, looking upon the estate that both ofthem now finally called home Madeleine mindlessly rubbed he hand upand down her husbands back, eager to touch and hold and feel now thathe was irrevocably hers as she was his. Jumins gaze turned from theflickering lights on the water darkened by the night and to his wife,smiling at her the way he’d never dreamed he’d get the opportunityto. He turned to her, taking in all the beautiful that she had tooffer. “How are you this evening, my dear”, he asked, brushing aloose lock from her tender face. “Very well… although I wish youwould not call me my dear”, she replied, earning herself achuckle from her husband. “Why is that?” Madeleine shrugged,hands mindlessly playing with the hem of his blouse. “Because it’swhat my father always calls my mother when he’s cross aboutsomething.”

“Whatendearments am I allowed then”, he asked in return. Madeleinehummed in thought. “Well let me think…Maddy for every day,my love for Sundays, and…Goddess Divine… but onlyon very special occasions”, she replied, chuckling at the lastpart. “And… what should I call you when I am cross? Mrs. Han?”Madeleine quickly shook her head. “No! No. You may only call meMrs. Han… when you are completely, and perfectly, andincandescently happy.” Jumin reached out for her then, cupping herface with his hand, holding it so delicately as if it were the mostprecious of treasures in the world. The chuckle he gave was thesweetest of sounds and it melted Madeleines heart every single timeshe got to hear it. “Then how are you this evening… Mrs. Han?”He caressed her cheek, bending forward to press a kiss to Madeleinesforehead. Her eyes fell shut, both her hands coming to rest on thepart of his chest that was bared to her, right above his heart. “MyMr. Han”, he whispered before finally closing the distance betweenthem once and for all, sealing the moment with a kiss.

A/N: for obvious reasons some of the plot-points and stuff had to be changed. However, I tried to keep the charm and feeling of the original alive and did use some of my favourite dialogue from the movie in here.

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angelsandemons · 8 years

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So it’s offically been about a year since I started this blog. I joined this fandom near the end of the show, so I’ve seen a lot of people come and go, but BOY did I not expect to get this fair. Even if things are slowing down now, I have an unreal 959 followers, several of whom are still active. And I plan to continue to be one of them, I ain’t going anywhere. I’ve met SO many lovely people over the past year, I couldn’t possible begin to cover it all in a single post.

However...

There are some members of this fandom that have made an especially big impact on me. You guys have been a joy, an inspiration, and a pleasure to interact with both IC and OOC, so I want to say a few words about each of you now in one big, disgustingly mushy post.

What Dying Fandom? I Don’t See A Dying Fandom Look At These

@mynameisdopper: Compared to many on this list, I’ve known you for a relatively short time, but I already feel as close to you as I do most of my long-time friends. I love talking with you almost every day IC and OOC, I love the thought and insight you give your characters, including ones in other fandoms like @conniethejam and @rosefquartz, and I love the skill you put into your replies. And even despite that innate talent, you NEVER stop striving to improve. You also have a sense of humor that matches mine almost exactly, and that’s something I’ve learned not to take for granted over the years. But most of all, you have a heart of gold, all jokes aside, and I know you are going to do great things. I know you already have.

@pine-dexter: I still can’t believe it took me so long to find you, but every moment since has been a treat. I love hearing your take on Ford, I love exploring post-show scenarios and post-show AUs with you, and I love indulging extensively in our trashy ship together, be it via IM RP or simply exchanging horrible fanfics we’ve found. And of course, on the occasion we DO get to thread together, that’s always a pleasure. We need to do it more.

@llamanorthwest: You might be the youngest member in this section (not in terms of your actual biological age, but in regards to how long I’ve known you), but I’ve gotta say: I had high hopes for you because of our mutual friends, and you STILL surpassed them. Your take on Pacifica is really interesting, and your writing for her is a CONSISTENT joy. I’m still over the moon that you were willing to explore the LTOLOXA AU with me, and that you seem to get just what I’m going for with Bill. Not to mention I love the art you draw for it, it gives me life. I can’t wait to RP more with you in the future.

@widdleolgideongleeful as well as @leavethattomabel: Your Gideon is top notch in all the ways, and you’ve gone above and beyond the source material in a way all roleplayers should aspire to. You’ve kept him IC while still adding a unique flare of your own, and it never fails to entertain. Your passion is contagious, and constantly fuels my drive to continue improving and exploring my own character in new and exciting ways. The same is true for your Mabel, but I’ve gotta say, like to be REAL honest with you here...your Mabel has taught me something else too. This is gonna sound kinda mean (hey you already knew I was a bitch), but the other big lesson your Mabel has taught me is to never judge a book by its cover. When I first came across your Mabel blog, I was THAT roleplayer: I saw your layout, I saw your huge icons, and I thought “this is someone who only kind of knows what they are doing, but ehh I guess I’ll give it a shot”. In time, of course, I discovered you were an EXCEPTIONAL roleplayer, and most if not all your design choices were very purposeful, especially on your blog layout. And rightfully so: I mean it DOES look like a blog Mabel would make. Finally, portrayals aside, you are often a joy to discuss things OOCly with, be it GF related or something in RL, you always carry that unique insight with you in whatever you do.

@flannelandchill: Wendy can be a surprisingly hard character to nail down, if only because she’s very much portrayed from Dipper’s perspective in the show, and that’s an obviously skewed view. But when I read your writing for her, I don’t JUST see the super cool redhead (though that certainly is still there), I see the side of Wendy only briefly shown in canon: a girl who is stressed just like the rest of us. And I love, love, LOVE how you work those two together so seamlessly. I look forward to all our interactions, always, and your appreciation for my portrayal never goes unnoticed. Please continue to stroke my ego.

@captivatinginnocence: From the very beginning, I could hear Mabel’s voice in your writing loud and clear. You have a masterful command of her tone and characterization, and you carry that to places I’ve never seen other Mabel RPers go. Seriously, do you know ANYONE else who explores her later years in life to the extent you do? As if that wasn’t enough, you are an AMAZING artist, and a very generous one too. I treasure each and every “doodle” you send my way, and love the care and effort you put into every aspect of your character. It’s always a pleasure to write with you, even if I might take a while to reply sometimes. Same goes for OOC convos about life too! And I’m super thrilled that you’ve decided to dip your toes into the SU fandom with @fantomshards recently too, bringing all that skill with you.

Dormant In Activity But Not In My Heart

@stanfordsixerpines: As my first Ford on this blog, you will always have a special place in my heart. Back when I still had a lot of shame about this billford ship, you were ready and willing to jump in the deep end with me, and never looked back. I love everything we’ve done together, and look forward to anything we might do again in the future.

@hillbillyisms as well as @stan-punches, @soosquestion, and a bunch of others honestly and every single one is worth a follow becasue this mun writes em: You are perhaps the oldest friend have on here, considering I met you back when I first started on Tumblr in the Legend of Korra fandom, and we are still in occasional contact. We’ve always been so in sync, to the point that the LoK fandom legit thought we were the same person for a while, and I still feel that connection with you now. Although you might not think yourself a success story, I have and will always see you as a victor over the massive shitstorm life has thrown at her, someone who came out a writer in all the ways, despite all the odds. And you continue fighting every day, all the while never falling short in the quality you produce, even if it has understandable lulls in output. You’re always worth the wait, and I’ll always be here ready to pick up where we left off.

@sweatersandsprinkles: We’ve RPed quite a bit in my post-show verses, and have always talked very extensively OOC about new and exciting possibilities. I love the relationship our muses have formed with each other, and I love the darker directions you are willing to take those interactions without sacrificing the fluff. You are a constant reminder that one doesn’t HAVE to choose between cute and dark, you can have a weird medium. And isn’t that what RPing Bill is all about?

@illusionare: Unicorn, most of your muses I know of are just as much a majestic bastard as your name implies (except for Mickey Mouse wtf), but YOU are a SWEETHEART. You are one of the few users on this website I would honestly unironically call senpai. You’ve been an inspiration to me ever since I followed you on @desbearer, and you continue to be as you come out of every hardship in your life a little brighter than you were when you went in. Both in real life struggles and roleplay ventures, you constantly make me think “well if she can do it, why not me?” You are an unapologetic meme, artist, and writer – a true gift to us all. Never forget that. And even though your Bill might be on the inactive list here, the little interaction we DID have helped me get over one of my biggest irrational fears: interacting with other quality Bill Ciphers. And we both know you have an unwavering dedication to your murder bear, so that’s pretty awesome.

The Cross-Fandom Treasures I Never Expected

@sandsofchaos: Never did I ever think I’d find such a perfect match for Bill, dare I say MORE perfect than my in-fantom OTP. I mean go figure it’s chaos herself, right? I don’t think I’ve ever had this deep a relationship with another muse outside the fandom I roleplay in, and I love every second of it. As a mun, you are probably the other one on this list I can unironically call senpai, because I really truly look up to just about everything you do. Your writing is top notch ALL the time, and your dedication to your character despite an obvious lack of fandom is a constant reminder to me that all you need is a vision and a passion. In real life too, you’re an inspiration to me; whatever you might think of yourself, I see you as a successful woman I hope to be as I continue my life, and it’s a blessing to see first hand that I don’t need to give up roleplaying to do that.

@yellingmetatron: We don’t talk AS much OOC, but you still need to be on this list because your character absolutely floors me, both in concept and execution. Like with Eris, this is a relationship I never would have dreamed of my Bill muse having, but it just fits SO WELL. Your dedication is inspiring, and again, even though we haven’t talked a great deal OOC, you’ve privately helped me work through some pretty difficult questions early on regarding my portrayal of Bill, and I’m forever grateful for that.

@familiarfortunefox: I’ve asked it before and I’ll ask it again: how do you make a quality RP blog for a fandomless wolf with no powers or special abilities, except maybe speech? It’s such a mundane concept, a lost cause, and yet you’ve tackled it anyway with great success. And the fact that you revived it just to RP with my human Bill? I’m still not over it. You’re also the first blog in literally YEARS that I have actively enjoy the autoplay for, so kudos for your taste there. I know I’ve been slacking on our roleplays, but know that you are in my thoughts nonetheless.

@thecaptainofcrunch: Technically this is the same mun as the afore mentioned Dipper, but since I have a specific unholy cross-fandom ship with this FUCKING CEREAL MASCOT, I felt the need to mention it here. You are a meme Dean, a fucking meme, and I hate you for getting me to ship this.

Now these were just some super special people that have had a special impact on me and/or this blog in particular. This ISN’T an all-inclusive list of roleplayers I love and adore. But as you can see, this thing has already gotten PRETTY freaking long, so just know that if you aren’t on here, I still love you.

Although...

There are some RECENT arrivals I want to give a quick shout-out to because I got my eyes on you. I know what quality l👀ks like when I see it. Call me.

@tadsthename, @mystcriiious, @bruiiser

And that’s about it! Oh, but one more thing: although this isn’t someone I’ve RPed with on this blog very much, she IS a big part of the reason I finally checked out Gravity Falls at all a little over a year ago, so a quick shoutout to @marelapis as well.

#blogiversary #bias list #out of sanity

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heavyrpgdiscusson · 7 years

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aite, hello lovelies, as i’ve previously IM all of u here last night about wanting to do a small, private closed mumu rp group with just a few of us here who happens to have our charas all inter-related & connected to each other in some way or another so we can still continue our current plots and threads with the original basis of the rp and we all just discuss and make up our own plot drops and events and stuff ? for me, personally, i feel it;d be interesting to see how our whole myriad of charries play out in a private tiny grp setting and expand and explore the current connections we all already with each other and ofc make new ones for those of our charries who have yet to interact with each other. and if anyone wants to revamp or create and bring in more new muses, we’re all welcomed to do so!<33 I’ll be bringing in all of my 5 charries into this small closed grp rp but ofc its all totally up to yr own personal decision, who u wanna bring in or if u wanna join into this idea or not, darlings? :D also grace(colette’s & crina’s mun) has a open group proposal she like to share with u guys if y’all are interested. She’s planning to create and admin a supernatural, royals pairing rp but it’ll be a new open group and she says she’ll move her girls there BUT also at the same time, grace says that she’ll simultaneously rp with her girls here with us too, if the rest of u decide to stick with a closed group environment instead of an open group rp.

No pressure or worries on whatever option u guys decide, loves!! :D for me, I’m currently very wholly invested in my muses current backstories and personalities whom im sticking all of the details with 100%, and that kinda involves them being monarchs of their own countries? cos all my charries background/backstories that help shaped who they are today has got something to do with their royal families and their country of origin. So for me, my own personal decision would be to stick with a close group rp for my charries, so i don’t think I’ll be joining grace’s open grp with my 5 babies, im afraid( but i’ll still support and help her in any way if she needs any help <33 and i might eventually join with other kinds of muses in the future, who knows? XD :)P) BUT FOR THE REST OF U DEARS, U GUYS ARE FREE TO DECIDE WHETHER U PREFER TO STICK WITH A CLOSED GRP OPTION, OR MOVE YR CHARRIES TO GRACE’S OPEN RP GRP OR EVEN DO SOMETHING LIKE HER, WHICH IS RP IN BOTH SIMULTANEOUSLY? haha idk, y’all consider and decide on the right decision u and your muses moving forward. Grace and I are ok with anything each one of u decide on. :))

#tia #whew! excuse my long winded post dears im so so sorry abt the length just wanted to explain everything in detail and im kinda running on lac #on lack of sleep so forgive me if im being draggy with my explanation or accidentally repeacted my self :)P #i play apollina / kriztian / eddie/ richard athas/ my newest baby stephan baumgartner if any of u r unsure abt who i play in this rpg ;)

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verdigrisprowl · 7 years

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July 24 Dancitron Movie Night - Titanic

Basically everyone hated the main characters. Most of the room was disappointed in how many of them survived. Swoop seems to have never figured out that they weren’t, in fact, watching Twister.

Prowl went to a dark place after the movie. It probably doesn’t help that, after the movie, he asked to see the entire real-time two hour and forty minute CGI reconstruction of the Titanic sinking. And then sat there and watched the entire thing.

ItsyBitsySpyers 7:35 pm *Soundwave sets a folded up tarp behind himself before he gets comfortable in his usual spot. It's gonna be a long night.* FakeProwl 7:35 pm *look who's here early tonight* Bevel 7:36 pm *trundles in and to what's become her usual seat* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:36 pm *Soundwave pings Prowl hello and nods.* *And then does the same to Bevel.* Bevel 7:36 pm *waves to Soundwave and Prowl* FakeProwl 7:36 pm *nods back. very polite and professional. and cool and calm.* boomtank 7:37 pm -and Blaster is just going to wander in now- Bevel 7:38 pm *waves to Blaster* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:38 pm *Is surprised by Blaster's early appearance. Hello bob, same's the others.* boomtank 7:38 pm -tired wave to both- ((mun has to pick up Primus in about half an hour, otherwise I'd be letting Unicron do it FakeProwl 7:41 pm *Prowl's not entirely sure, as he hasn't been playing the closest attention, but this MIGHT be the best pre-movie music channel Soundwave has played thus far.* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:41 pm *There are others he'd like to play, but silly Earthlings don't always make sure their channels are functional 24/7. This one IS good though.* ((is that a specsdragon i see)) ((and say hi to primus and unicron for me o/ )) Small Furry Dragon 7:42 pm ((hi it is me)) FakeProwl 7:43 pm ((*waves)) Small Furry Dragon 7:43 pm ((I finally get to sit in ur channel and pat ur zori)) boomtank 7:43 pm ((Unicron is over my shoulder and waved at the screen Bevel 7:44 pm *has shifted to a more modern train alt mode so she fits the uniend/aligned aesthetic a bit more than usual. she's still mostly purple with blue tho because those colors are awesome fight her* ((heya ooc peeps FakeProwl 7:45 pm ((*waves at unicron too*)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:45 pm ((starting in 15 so y'all get snacks or whatever you need)) FakeProwl 7:45 pm ((will brb with food)) FakeProwl 7:55 pm ((brb'ed with food)) Impact 7:56 pm ((Soooo, what's the movie? :3)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:56 pm ((Titanic)) Small Furry Dragon 7:57 pm *puts out some energon cookies for the movies* *retreats to a nice corner for the duration* Bevel 7:58 pm ((i saw titanic in theater when i was teeny Impact 7:58 pm ((i've never actually seen it!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm *Soundwave notices cookies he didn't add to the snacks have appeared on the bar. Knowing it's been a while since Zori's had any, he calls Zori down with the others. Poor big bug is gonna probably sit there nibbling on them most of the night.* FakeProwl 7:59 pm ((i saw it during a movie day in high school. i tuned out the whole thing. probably to write fic, im sure.)) Shockwave 7:59 pm ((Ah, found the right tab. Hello there.)) Impact 7:59 pm ((I don't know if i'll last the whole movie because sleeepy)) ((at least impact already knows the titanic sinks)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm ((OKAY SO HERE'S THE WARNINGS: I don't really know. I adore y'all but I ain't watching a 3 hour movie twice in 24 hours to screen. There's partial nudity at some point, death, classist junk, and idk what else.)) Bevel 8:00 pm ((it's the titanic story but with random ocs as the stars instead of any of the awesome real life ppl basically Impact 8:00 pm *Is immediately distracted by Zori's presence when she comes in* Zori! 3:D ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm *Zori pauses with a cookie halfway to his mouth and blinks his visor. Oh! It is the Impact.* #hello FakeProwl 8:01 pm ((im not used to hearing this song without a recorder)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm ((LOL)) Bevel 8:01 pm ((lol Impact 8:01 pm *Holds up her arms. Hugs okay?* Hi! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm ((also, a belated hi to Shockbox!)) Impact 8:01 pm ((sis remembers seeing this in theater)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm *...Yeah, okay. He'll hug her. It's nice to still get hugs like this.* Impact 8:02 pm *hugs!* FakeProwl 8:02 pm ((ye, shockbox! it's been a while)) Small Furry Dragon 8:02 pm ((thank for subtitles! much appreciated!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:03 pm ((np, they're always there unless i forget - i use 'em too)) Shockwave 8:03 pm ((It has indeed! I suppose I should let you all know that I've sort of changed blogs-- I'm doing a shitposting thing now, with normal roleplaying in between.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:03 pm *Soundwave pulls his legs up onto the couch and prepares for what he's heard is a good cautionary tale.* Shockwave 8:04 pm *He makes an entrance, joining tonight for a reasons similar to Soundwave's motive.* Swoop 8:04 pm *RETURNS FROM THE GYM BOTH IC AND OOC FOR MAXIMUM DINO-SMELLINESS* Small Furry Dragon 8:04 pm *the dragon fluffs themselves and curls up, their snout poking out from between their paws. time to movie! and keep sneaking appreciative peeks at the Zori enjoying their cookies.* Shockwave 8:05 pm *Oh good, everything is pungent.* FakeProwl 8:05 pm *Gives considering look to Soundwave's pulled up legs. If HE can get away with it...* boomtank 8:05 pm -Blaster is on the OTHER side of the room when he spots Shockwave- FakeProwl 8:05 pm *... No. Better not. Slouches forward and chinhands.* Swoop 8:05 pm *literally rolls head over stupid ptero-butt in front of the screen* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:05 pm //Down in front!// Impact 8:05 pm *plops next to Zori* Bevel, come sit with us! Swoop 8:06 pm :V Shockwave 8:06 pm *Once again, that particular Blaster seems strongly dedicated to avoiding him. Shockwave has grown accustomed to this.* Swoop 8:06 pm *the crest doesn't go down???? that far??* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:06 pm *Soundwave nods at Shockwave, then huffs, amused by the tiny little swimming thing.* FakeProwl 8:06 pm *Oh. Swoop.* Shockwave 8:06 pm *Shockwave returns that nod and takes his place.* FakeProwl 8:06 pm *murmurs to Soundwave* How much combat is in this movie? *because it doesn't exactly look like a war movie* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:06 pm [[Claws to yourself today, Swoop, or you will go out again.]] Swoop 8:06 pm Me Swoop am better door than window :> boomtank 8:07 pm -May be a bit biased against Shockwaves- Bevel 8:07 pm *considers Impact and Zori a moment before getting up and moving as carefully as her bulky butt will allow, hope no one small is sitting behind them* Swoop 8:07 pm *rolls on his back and kicks his tiny stupid bird feet in the air* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:07 pm @Prowl: (txt): ...Not combat movie. That, next week. Impact 8:07 pm Spooky FakeProwl 8:07 pm *mutters* Which means Swoop is going to be insufferable. *quiet sigh* Shockwave 8:07 pm *Fairly biased, Shockwave would think. They are on opposing sides, though Shockwave can't imagine what another version of himself did to inspire a revulsion quite that intense.* Small Furry Dragon 8:07 pm *someone small is too busy having their vision blocked by Swoop. hope Impact and Bevel don't mind a furry friend coming to join them.* Swoop 8:07 pm This floaty movie. Us go OUT and do floaty thing instead 😃 😃 😃 Shockwave 8:07 pm *...Not that he's very motivated to find out.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:08 pm *Zori pats the dragon hello. It's nice to have company.* Bevel 8:08 pm *furry friends are definitely allowed* Swoop 8:08 pm in space "snoop vision" keheheh snoop boomtank 8:08 pm -Let's just say alot- ItsyBitsySpyers 8:08 pm @Prowl: (txt): Will call distraction tactic if needed later. Swoop 8:08 pm *is the distraction tactic bird? let it be bird. he wants to see bird* Shockwave 8:09 pm *Well, if drama needs to happen, the mun now knows who to direct attention to.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:09 pm *Maybe.* Small Furry Dragon 8:09 pm *the dragon purrs and curls back up again. this is much better!* FakeProwl 8:09 pm Appreciated. Impact 8:09 pm *Furry friends are great!* Swoop 8:09 pm *literally only puts up with these boring movies for the chance at making bird laugh with awful jokes* Bevel 8:09 pm *zori is big enough that petting him would not require her to be extremely careful hmmmm* Impact 8:09 pm eeeew wet stuff ItsyBitsySpyers 8:09 pm [[Disgusting.]] Swoop 8:10 pm Keheheh Sludge come back to cave, look like that! Sometimes :> Shockwave 8:10 pm *Shockwave finds himself quite intrigued by the small furry dragon, aware that one of his alternates specializes in dragon-esque creatures.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:10 pm [[As he said. Disgusting.]] Shockwave 8:10 pm *He just stares at it while listening to the movie.* Swoop 8:11 pm Sludge pretty gross Him name SLUDGE keheheh boomtank 8:11 pm ((annnnd I gotta go pick up Primus Swoop 8:11 pm Because Him dumb and also smelly gross keheheheh Small Furry Dragon 8:12 pm *the dragon gently ignores the staring. Shockwaves do what they do, but this dragon is much too small and much better at baking than battling.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:12 pm //Maybe they oughta spray 'im with a hose.// Swoop 8:12 pm TRIED! Him too big keheh You shoot one side, him roll other side into new puddle! Impact 8:13 pm Dun dun! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:13 pm [[...She must be ancient for a human.]] Swoop 8:13 pm OH! Me Swoop know that human. Actor human. Know him. Because. Him fight tornados and monsters :> Him pretty cool Him die a lot Soundwave, this fight movie? :> FakeProwl 8:14 pm She looks old. Older humans have extra baggy skin. It has a lot of folds. Impact 8:14 pm They get wrinkly! Swoop 8:15 pm Her in wheelchair Shockwave 8:15 pm *Lack of fighting ability does not quite inspire disinterest, but it may lead his curiosity to run out faster than usual.* Swoop 8:15 pm Him Chip have wheelchair Wheeljack say Him make BETTER one but, keheh, Chip say no no no thank you! Him say no exploding, thanks kehehehhehehh Shockwave 8:16 pm *Though he ponders the small dragon's origin, he turns his focus back to the film after not too long.* Impact 8:16 pm *giggles* a dish! Small Furry Dragon 8:17 pm *whispers* Well-plated food can be pretty. Prettier than naked humans. *preens* Swoop 8:17 pm When tornado attack, Soundwave? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:17 pm [[No tornadoes. It is a sea adventure.]] Impact 8:17 pm naked humans look weird Swoop 8:17 pm SEA tornato *tornado Impact 8:18 pm i like food better! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:18 pm [[-Why- does their skin fold?]] Small Furry Dragon 8:18 pm I don't understand why they have fur on their heads, but nowhere else. It's weird. *gapes in a dragon smile* I like food better too. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:18 pm [[Is it a protective measure?]] FakeProwl 8:19 pm *ooh. forensic reconstruction of a wreck.* Impact 8:19 pm I think it stops being stretchy so it wrinkles! Shockwave 8:20 pm *That part seemed actually educational, if a bit...crudely presented.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:20 pm [[Strange.]] Swoop 8:21 pm That a long time ItsyBitsySpyers 8:21 pm *Slow lean.* Bevel 8:21 pm Oh this is a human historical record. Impact 8:21 pm this movie has pretty music! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:22 pm *Leans forward. Is that a--* [[Old Earth vehicles. Fascinating.]] Swoop 8:22 pm When them fight each other for rock? Impact 8:22 pm It was red! Bevel 8:22 pm *watching the cars* Swoop 8:23 pm Swoop could sink :> Dinobots could sink :> FakeProwl 8:23 pm I'm so glad we didn't land on Earth back then. Swoop 8:23 pm That boat not so tough Shockwave 8:23 pm *"God himself could not sink this ship," Ah. Blatant irony.* Swoop 8:23 pm Seaspray boat. Him not tough. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:23 pm *Soundwave looks over at Prowl and resumes his slow tip in that direction.* [[Why?]] FakeProwl 8:24 pm Imagine me turning into one of those. Small Furry Dragon 8:24 pm *the dragon blinks at the "health inspection"* What an odd thing. Windchill 8:24 pm (( Jfc this film. )) Bevel 8:24 pm I went to an Earth before this. It was cool. Swoop 8:24 pm Her hat big FakeProwl 8:24 pm *cringes at the ship horn* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:24 pm //Y'know Seaspray useta be a Wrecker, right, Swoop?// Windchill 8:24 pm *Slinks in, late as usual.* Swoop 8:24 pm Seaspray sucks. Me Swoop could snap in half. No hands! Glub glub ItsyBitsySpyers 8:25 pm *Soundwave tries to imagine Prowl as one of those cars.* Swoop 8:25 pm *is here to do two things: impress Bird and murder fish* *sadly, neither are present* Windchill 8:25 pm *Takes a seat near the back.* *points* Horses. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:26 pm [[They may be outdated, but they have an appeal.]] Small Furry Dragon 8:27 pm *the dragon is more confused now* Lice? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:27 pm *Rumble waves over his shoulder at Windchill.* Bevel 8:27 pm Bugs. Impact 8:27 pm bugs that go on heads! FakeProwl 8:27 pm They're so hollow, though. All Earth vehicles are, of course, but these are even worse. Windchill 8:27 pm *Windchill appears to be thinking.* FakeProwl 8:28 pm The engine block is solid enough, but I feel like the rest of it would snap in half trying to transform. Bevel 8:28 pm You would need a really small bot to make a car like those. Windchill 8:28 pm *It's an illusion. He points at Rumble.* Not-horse. Swoop 8:28 pm Them run over little boat next time :V Bevel 8:28 pm *holds her hands up* Really thin. Windchill 8:28 pm *And that's that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:28 pm [[He manages well enough.]] Gestures to himself. Tags it as humor. FakeProwl 8:28 pm *glances at Soundwave. Manages to not quite smile.* ... Fair enough. Small Furry Dragon 8:28 pm Don't they have ways to clean their fur? We have sprays for that. But more ice too, I think. Impact 8:29 pm *giggles* Picasso! Windchill 8:29 pm Who gets out all of their paintings to decorate a ship cabin when it's so...temporary? Impact 8:29 pm he becomes a big thing! Windchill 8:29 pm *Rich people wtf.* Swoop 8:29 pm *tries to bite his own toes* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:29 pm [[A rich human, he supposes.]] Windchill 8:30 pm *Shakes his head.* Swoop 8:30 pm *is going to eat his own feet, just you wait* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:30 pm *He's not taking the blame if they have to send a footless Swoop back to Ratchet* Windchill 8:30 pm *Well THAT'S a spectacle.* Impact 8:30 pm oooh Windchill 8:30 pm *He'll bet Swoop has stinky feets anyway.* Shockwave 8:31 pm *Leaning forward at this display.* Swoop 8:31 pm *has a stinky everything* Small Furry Dragon 8:31 pm *gapes at the ship's workings* ...Wow ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm [[So this is how human ships work.]] Windchill 8:31 pm *A stinky BUTT too.* FakeProwl 8:31 pm *when's the ship crash. he wants to see the exact process of this beast going down.* Impact 8:31 pm cool! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm *Not for a while, sadly.* Swoop 8:31 pm JUMP! Bevel 8:31 pm I want to watch the ship work more. Impact 8:31 pm Me too! Small Furry Dragon 8:31 pm Me too! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm [[Primus, no, jumping would be terrible.]] [[It'd be COLD.]] Windchill 8:31 pm Don't get too attached. Swoop 8:31 pm Me Swoop fly by water before. It fun :> ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm *Shudder.* Small Furry Dragon 8:31 pm *the dragon giggles a little* I guess we spoke at the same time. FakeProwl 8:32 pm They're high enough the impact with the water might kill them. Impact 8:32 pm hee! Swoop 8:32 pm Go low low close to water It IS fun :V Boat hit fish!!! keheheh dead Windchill 8:32 pm They're not fish! *OUTRAGE* Swoop 8:32 pm They fish ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm [[What are they?]] Windchill 8:32 pm Porpoises. Impact 8:32 pm dolphins? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm [[They're very sleek.]] FakeProwl 8:32 pm *those are obviously fish but Prowl is not getting in a fight with Windchill, of all people, about it* Swoop 8:32 pm You a porpoises keheh Windchill 8:33 pm They eat fish. Swoop 8:33 pm Fish dumb Windchill 8:33 pm Fine, I'll be a porpoise. Swoop 8:33 pm Kay! Windchill 8:33 pm *Squeaks.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:34 pm [[That... is a very large ship.]] Windchill 8:34 pm *He's watched too many documentaries about sea life okay. He had to say something. Not fish.* *snorts* Swoop 8:34 pm Me Swoop can do that :> Blow smoke ItsyBitsySpyers 8:35 pm *Dislikes the Cal human already.* Windchill 8:35 pm *Rolls his optics.* Impact 8:35 pm *giggles at the freud comment* Small Furry Dragon 8:35 pm Glaciers aren't stable, and they're very big. *the dragon fluffs a bit* Bevel 8:35 pm *laughs* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:35 pm *And more.* Whirl 8:35 pm

FakeProwl 8:35 pm *grimaces. Who is this human Freud and why does his name sound like—* Impact 8:35 pm Hi whirl! Windchill 8:35 pm *GET OUT OF HERE WHIRL.* FakeProwl 8:35 pm *never mind it* Windchill 8:36 pm *STOP SPYING ON US* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:36 pm [[Do sit down, Whirl.]] Whirl 8:36 pm *bobs his head* Yo, Impact. Swoop 8:36 pm Him drawy bot Bevel 8:36 pm *waves to Whirl* Swoop 8:36 pm Like Sunstreaker Whirl 8:36 pm *time for more bobbin* And Shovel. Small Furry Dragon 8:36 pm *politely lifts paw and waves at Whirl* FakeProwl 8:36 pm *points* Those two are going to have a romance plot based on absolutely nothing but physical attraction to each other, and it's going to be annoying. Windchill 8:37 pm Ew. Impact 8:37 pm bluuuuh Windchill 8:37 pm Parties. I hate them. Whirl 8:37 pm ...*stares at the. Small furry... dragon? And, figuring it's just as well, bobs his helm back* FakeProwl 8:37 pm You can tell because he looked at her for three seconds and somebody said he won't be able to stand next to her. Swoop 8:37 pm Her have red hair ItsyBitsySpyers 8:37 pm *Counterpoints.* [[The Cal human is trying to control her. That is no better.]] Bevel 8:37 pm Ew. Swoop 8:37 pm Cool :> Small Furry Dragon 8:37 pm *the dragon laughs at prowl's comment* Impact 8:37 pm The Cal human is gross Whirl 8:37 pm *enters at last and makes his way for a seat near Windchill* Windchill 8:38 pm *Side eyes Whirl. He sees u.* FakeProwl 8:38 pm Oh, no, all of the people around her are atrociously annoying. Bevel 8:38 pm Sparkly dress. Whirl 8:38 pm *side eyes back* FakeProwl 8:38 pm But we're SUPPOSED to find them atrociously annoying, which makes it tolerable. Windchill 8:38 pm SHE'S atrociously annoying. Whirl 8:38 pm All of you are atrociously annoying. Swoop 8:38 pm JUMP :V Windchill 8:38 pm Thanks! We try. Whirl 8:38 pm I'M atrociously annoying. Bevel 8:38 pm Blowing smoke in people's face is rude. Windchill 8:38 pm Except me. Impact 8:38 pm Swoop! FakeProwl 8:38 pm Whereas we're going to be expected to enjoy the love story. Swoop 8:38 pm :> Windchill 8:38 pm *he leans back.* Whirl 8:38 pm The only creature free of guilt is Killer. Small Furry Dragon 8:38 pm Do humans make sequins out of insect carapace, too? Windchill 8:38 pm It comes naturally to me. Swoop 8:38 pm Cliff diving fun Her go Feel better ItsyBitsySpyers 8:39 pm //If they don't, they oughta.// Swoop 8:39 pm Because SPLASH FakeProwl 8:39 pm *... is she going to try to swim back to land* Swoop 8:39 pm Me Swoop push Snarl off cliff one time Whirl 8:39 pm Pfft. Yeah. Cliff diving. Swoop 8:39 pm it AWESOME SPLAAAAAASSHH!!! Keheh Both JUMP! Windchill 8:39 pm *Fakes a yawn.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:39 pm [[He could have thrown that from where he was.]] Swoop 8:40 pm Yah, both jump Windchill 8:40 pm Short movie. Swoop 8:40 pm Pchoo FakeProwl 8:40 pm *... oh. that's why she's up there.* Windchill 8:40 pm *She's weak.* FakeProwl 8:40 pm *mumbles* If she's so determined to jump, let her. You don't know her reasons. Small Furry Dragon 8:40 pm *ah, yes. water is cold, water is wet. speaking the obvious, there.* Swoop 8:41 pm Her bad at jumping Him push Whirl 8:41 pm Pfft. That's the way to do it. Windchill 8:41 pm They keep talking about cold. *he drapes an arm over his forehead.* Small Furry Dragon 8:41 pm *the dragon yawns. cold water is a fact of life.* Whirl 8:41 pm Almost as cold as you. Windchill 8:41 pm Me? Impact 8:42 pm Even if it's a dumb love story I'm gonna be sad when the ship sinks 3:( Swoop 8:42 pm Her bad at jump. Him bad at grab. Small Furry Dragon 8:42 pm It's a pretty ship. Swoop 8:42 pm Everyone sucks. When tornado come, Soundwave? Windchill 8:42 pm I could be a lot warmer. Swoop 8:42 pm KAHAH! Small Furry Dragon 8:43 pm I suppose this is more dramatic for people without wings. Whirl 8:43 pm *nods* Or people who aren't waterproof. Swoop 8:43 pm What them mad for? 😕 Whirl 8:43 pm Pfft, way to stick up for the guy. Seems a bit too little, too late. Impact 8:44 pm *scoffs* Swoop 8:44 pm Her Carly beat Him up Windchill 8:44 pm *Whispers.* Impact 8:44 pm 'women and machinery" WHAT A DUMB ItsyBitsySpyers 8:44 pm *Catches the mumble and thinks back to Prowl 's request back when he had the pipe through his head. ... Not a thought for now. Saves that for later.* Small Furry Dragon 8:44 pm *the dragon just bares their teeth* Humans are weird. Windchill 8:44 pm Whirl. Sit on me. Bevel 8:44 pm Humans are dumb. Whirl 8:44 pm *whispers back* No. I'll put my feet on you, at best. I don't do the sitting. FakeProwl 8:45 pm Why did she wait until AFTER he'd been handcuffed to come up with the story? Whirl 8:45 pm Exactly! Windchill 8:45 pm I'll take what I can get. Whirl 8:45 pm You'd think she could've stopped them right away. Windchill 8:45 pm Because she's selfish and stupid. Bevel 8:45 pm Maybe she was upset about almost dying? Small Furry Dragon 8:45 pm She could have bitten someone. He could have bitten someone. Whirl 8:45 pm THAT's no big deal at all! FakeProwl 8:46 pm Ah. Of course. Shock. Impact 8:46 pm oh! the mirror! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:46 pm [[And there's no tornado, Swoop. There is something else.]] [[Be patient.]] Swoop 8:46 pm *transforms and rolls over onto his belly* FakeProwl 8:46 pm It EXPLAINED what there is at the start of the movie. Whirl 8:46 pm *scoots his chair back, lifts his legs, and settles his feet on Windchill* Swoop 8:46 pm Me Swoop want to see moo cow go flying keheheh Windchill 8:46 pm *Rumbles.* Thanks man, I feel so much warmer now. *Sarcasm? Who knows.* FakeProwl 8:47 pm *mutters* For the people who were paying attention. Impact 8:47 pm I was paying attention! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:47 pm [[Except the ability to make her own choices, apparently.]] Whirl 8:47 pm If my feet get cold, I'm taking them back. FakeProwl 8:47 pm If there's nothing he couldn't give her then why doesn't he give her a little bit of dignity. Windchill 8:47 pm Okay. I've been warned. Small Furry Dragon 8:47 pm Where I come from, girls eat men who try to control them. Whirl 8:48 pm That's a good way of handling that sort of thing. People who wanna control you. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:48 pm =I approve.= Whirl 8:48 pm I suppose maiming will do, if eating isn't an option? Bevel 8:48 pm Eat the rich jerk, Rose. Impact 8:49 pm *giggles madly because eating the rich* Whirl 8:49 pm Why the hell would she bring it up if she doesn't wanna talk to him about it? Small Furry Dragon 8:49 pm Our goddess did that, they say. Well, ate a god. I'm not sure he was rich. *wiggles wings in kind of a shrug* I guess we're not made to be controlled. Windchill 8:50 pm Crush her hand. Damn it. Whirl 8:50 pm Nice. I don't think my goddess ever ate anyone. Not really her schtick. What's yours called? Windchill 8:50 pm She's almost as bad as her beau. Whirl 8:50 pm *antenna pins back briefly and he shoots a Look at Windchill* FakeProwl 8:50 pm They're obnoxious and I can't stand either of them. Windchill 8:51 pm *Side eyes Whirl* *What.* Impact 8:51 pm boooooobs Small Furry Dragon 8:51 pm We only have the one. She's just the Goddess. I think the Cousins have a name for her, but my kind doesn't. Whirl 8:52 pm Huh. Interesting. Windchill 8:52 pm *Whatever, then.* Bevel 8:52 pm Rude. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:52 pm [[Two minutes ago she was insulting him.]] *Shakes his helm.* Swoop 8:53 pm Them hats big :> Like bird kehehehehh Bird with flowers Bevel 8:53 pm *giggles* Whirl 8:53 pm *peers* Is that the lady? From... hmm. Windchill 8:53 pm I think so. Misery? Was that it? Whirl 8:53 pm Yeah! Windchill 8:53 pm I forget. Bevel 8:53 pm Misery? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:53 pm [[Her voice print matches.]] Whirl 8:53 pm *nods* She sounds like her, yep. FakeProwl 8:54 pm ... Is it? Windchill 8:54 pm Eh. I recognize faces easier. Voices are easier to change. Whirl 8:54 pm *speaking of voices, he heard a familiar one earlier, and swivels his helm around; is Ravage at the bar?* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm [[A squid boat? A boat with squid?]] Whirl 8:54 pm Smell's the best way to do it. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm *Ravage is ON the bar.* Windchill 8:54 pm Smell? Impact 8:54 pm a boat for catching squid? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm [[...They are already making plans?]] Windchill 8:54 pm You should smell me. I might be stinky. Swoop 8:55 pm Kehehhehehheheh Small Furry Dragon 8:55 pm For catching squid, I think. We have them for the water worms. Whirl 8:55 pm I already have. I more or less always am. *withdraws his legs and stands up* You smell like ice and earth. Which is... kind of weird. But makes sense. 'Scuse me. Windchill 8:55 pm Lame. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:55 pm *Cringing so hard. Gross human fluids.* Swoop 8:55 pm KEHEHEHHHEHHH Windchill 8:55 pm You should sniff Swoop then. FakeProwl 8:55 pm She's switched out one man who tells her what not to do for another man who doesn't listen when she says she doesn't want to do something. Swoop 8:55 pm *loves this* Impact 8:55 pm eeeew Swoop 8:55 pm *best part of the movie* Whirl 8:56 pm I'm more or less always smelling everyone, Windchill. Shockwave 8:56 pm *Really did not enjoy that scene.* Windchill 8:56 pm I mean get in REAL CLOSE. Small Furry Dragon 8:56 pm No, you eat insects. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:56 pm [[She has terrible taste.]] Whirl 8:56 pm *and sliiides on up to the bar* Hey barkeep. I think I might owe you? FakeProwl 8:56 pm She doesn't have taste. The first man, I'm sure, was thrust upon her. The second one thrust himself upon her. Windchill 8:57 pm I like this lady the best, I think. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:57 pm *Ravage crosses his paws and stares at Whirl.* =Little bit. You have payment?= Swoop 8:57 pm Penguins Windchill 8:57 pm Nah, not penguins. Small Furry Dragon 8:57 pm Mealworms, I think, Swoop. They're tasteless. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:57 pm [[She would be best served abandoning them both and enjoying her time on the ship alone.]] Windchill 8:57 pm Penguins work for their dinner. FakeProwl 8:58 pm Taste has nothing to do with it. She's afforded no agency. The one thing in this entire movie she chose to do for herself, she was prevented from completing. Swoop 8:58 pm Yuh-huh penguins black and white ItsyBitsySpyers 8:58 pm [[A fair point.]] Swoop 8:58 pm waddle Windchill 8:58 pm ...So am I! Whirl 8:58 pm Nothing fancy this time. Just an exchange. *whispers* Swiped this from Swerve's. *and he procures a bottle of what passes for Cybertronian wine; nothing fancy, but fine enough* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:58 pm //Wooooow. Cold.// Windchill 8:58 pm Maybe I was a penguin all along. Swoop 8:58 pm Maybe! Windchill 8:59 pm I can waddle too, if I want. Swoop 8:59 pm DO it Bevel 8:59 pm She got another pretty dress. Windchill 8:59 pm Okay! Impact 8:59 pm *reads up on Molly Brown on her tablet instead of watching* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm *Ravage sniffs the bottle. He doesn't have Ratbat's nose for fuel - it's made for tracking other things - but he can smell it well enough.* Impact 8:59 pm Molly Brown was cool! Small Furry Dragon 8:59 pm His hair's even shiny like some sort of beetle! Doesn't he clean himself? Windchill 8:59 pm *He gets up, and sidles around behind the seats, waddling back and forth. Proof.* Bevel 9:00 pm *leans over to read over Impact's shoulder* Swoop 9:00 pm *EXPLODES laughing at Windchill, complete with random flailing* Impact 9:00 pm ((there was this titanic game we used to play)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:00 pm =Good.= *Grabs it in his tail claws and hops behind the bar* Windchill 9:00 pm *Honk honks.* Impact 9:00 pm ((it was in french, we sucked at it and kept getting shot)) Swoop 9:00 pm *chirps* Whirl 9:00 pm *nods* Good. Any chance I can get something tonight, and settle my tab next week? FakeProwl 9:00 pm ((> titanic > getting shot what kind of titanic)) Windchill 9:01 pm *Slows just enough to eye the film.* Gossip. My specialty. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:01 pm =Yes. You are good for it.= Whirl 9:01 pm Nice. The usual, if you don't mind. Impact 9:01 pm ((you're supposed to solve a mystery or something before it sinks, i think?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:01 pm *It'll be up in less than a minute.* Windchill 9:02 pm *Sits down, making a pained expression.* *What nonsense.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:03 pm [[...What is that goo.]] Windchill 9:03 pm Eggs. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:03 pm [[...They're very small.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:04 pm Are they bug's eggs? Windchill 9:04 pm I think they're fish? FakeProwl 9:04 pm *sounds like a miserable way to exist* Bevel 9:04 pm *sounds almost enjoyable to her, with less sleeping under bridges* Windchill 9:04 pm *An optic narrows. He's sure he has everything worth knowing about caviar in his Earth database somewhere, but he can't be bothered.* Small Furry Dragon 9:05 pm *wiggles wings in another shrug* We have bigger fish where I come from. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:05 pm *Is quite content having somewhere to stay now.* *Two somewheres, in fact.* Whirl 9:05 pm *has more or less had his fair share of sleeping in streets and under bridges. But. Well. He might have to get used to that again* *he's gonna take his drink as soon as it's done and return to his seat* Bevel 9:06 pm *technically has two places, but considers Blurr's ship her current address* Windchill 9:06 pm *Let's not start a conversation on horrible places we've all slept.* Impact 9:06 pm It's a party FakeProwl 9:08 pm *she says she can't do it and he straight-up ignores her and pulls her closer.* Windchill 9:08 pm That looks exhausting. Bevel 9:08 pm *nods her head along to the music* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:08 pm *And now she's said to stop and he hasn't.* Bevel 9:08 pm This looks fun. Whirl 9:08 pm *he likes his definition of a party more, at least; hunkers down over his drink like a horrid gargoyle* Swoop 9:08 pm Keheh them tap tap tap tap! Windchill 9:09 pm (( I'm sorry all I can think of atm is my coworker who got drunk, went hiking and decided to Irish tap dance when he got up there. Busted his ankle.)) FakeProwl 9:09 pm *had to turn his audials down to listen to this scene* Swoop 9:09 pm ((Sounds like a fun coworker)) Whirl 9:09 pm ((I REMEMBER THAT(( Windchill 9:09 pm (( My new favourite story. )) Swoop 9:09 pm Him Slag drink like that keheheh Bevel 9:10 pm ... Shockwave 9:10 pm *Being that this film is not historically accurate in any way, these scenes are quite boring to him.* Whirl 9:10 pm En pointe. Nice. Swoop 9:10 pm En pointe ItsyBitsySpyers 9:10 pm [[Impressive.]] Bevel 9:10 pm On point? Swoop 9:10 pm *is a little parrot* Shockwave 9:10 pm ((..I shouldn't say in /any way/, but you get what i mean.)) Whirl 9:10 pm The way she was standing, on the tips of her toes. Kind of difficult for most dancers to do. Impact 9:10 pm on tippy toes! FakeProwl 9:10 pm ((the boat eventually sinks. that's about where the similarities end.)) Bevel 9:10 pm Oh. Impact 9:10 pm humans can dance like that but it hurts Swoop 9:10 pm *immediately scrambles up to his feet to try* Impact 9:10 pm it looks pretty though ItsyBitsySpyers 9:11 pm ((some of the passengers in the latter parts are real people iirc)) Bevel 9:11 pm *watches Swoop* Small Furry Dragon 9:11 pm I think I prefer to dance on all four feet. Whirl 9:11 pm *also watches this* Swoop 9:11 pm *has borb feet for grabbing, not tippy toeing* Whirl 9:11 pm I don t dance, myself. Windchill 9:11 pm Me neither. FakeProwl 9:11 pm *dryly* How long until the tornado? Impact 9:11 pm 😮 Windchill 9:11 pm That was it. Bevel 9:11 pm Eat him. Small Furry Dragon 9:11 pm *hisses* Eat. Him. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:11 pm //Punch his fraggin' lights out.// Impact 9:12 pm eat him! Swoop 9:12 pm *still, he is athletic and mimics the way she slide up her feet until he is on the tips of his toes* Whirl 9:12 pm Hear, hear. *toasts* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:12 pm *Frenzy applauds Swoop* Swoop 9:12 pm *unfortunately, he gets excited and that turns into a wobble which gets hm back on the balls of his feet* aww keheh Bevel 9:12 pm 😞 Whirl 9:12 pm Hey! You did it, birdo. *toasts to that, as well* Windchill 9:12 pm *Claps.* Small Furry Dragon 9:12 pm Wow! Nice job, Swoop! Swoop 9:12 pm *hops to get up on his toes, stays there for a 1 2 3 count, then hops back flat footed* *TA DA!!!* Bevel 9:12 pm *claps for Swoop* Swoop 9:12 pm *poses* Impact 9:12 pm *claps for swoop!* Windchill 9:13 pm Boo hoo. Swoop 9:13 pm *is the weiner* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:13 pm [[...So that is why the mother is forcing her into this.]] Shockwave 9:13 pm *He's confused by the clapping, he was focusing on the film.* *Goes back to the film, though.* Swoop 9:13 pm *bends over to touch his toes, as if to check on them* Windchill 9:13 pm Maybe if they learned any real skills they wouldn't have to be dependent on other people. Bevel 9:13 pm Yes. Whirl 9:13 pm Yep. Impact 9:13 pm mmhmm Bevel 9:14 pm Sell everything but the pretty dresses. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:14 pm *Has like no sympathy.* Bevel 9:14 pm *she has priorities* Small Furry Dragon 9:14 pm Seamstresses are hard workers. I respect them more than I respect that mother. Swoop 9:14 pm *stands on his fingertips* FakeProwl 9:14 pm *zero sympathy* Impact 9:14 pm me too! Bevel 9:14 pm *sparkling dresses she could never wear being one of them* FakeProwl 9:14 pm *pities the girl who's surrounded by controlling people. her rescuer included.* Windchill 9:14 pm *Blows in Swoop's general direction, just in case it knocks him over.* FakeProwl 9:15 pm She should have jumped. Swoop 9:15 pm *is way too used to being body slammed for a gust of wind to matter* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:15 pm *She is selling her creation to keep her high caste things. He hopes the creator is first to drown.* Swoop 9:15 pm *turns this pretzel'd mess into a handstand instead* Windchill 9:15 pm *She doesn't deserve to have a creation.* Whirl 9:16 pm She should've. Swoop 9:16 pm *walks around on his hands* Whirl 9:16 pm *toasts Prowl, as well, and drinks yet again* Windchill 9:16 pm *Sniffs. Caste nonsense.* Impact 9:16 pm ((apparently my affronted noise when finding out the mother lives was funny)) FakeProwl 9:16 pm *wow, did he just get toasted by Whirl* Swoop 9:16 pm *can he grab a snack with his feet? we're about to find out* Windchill 9:16 pm *DO IT.* Small Furry Dragon 9:17 pm *ice warnings are normal, though? water gets cold, makes ice. such is the way of things.* Bevel 9:17 pm ((one hopes she becomes a seamstress and becomes a better person in this universe ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm [[Ah. Yes. A brilliant idea with ice warnings, putting on all speed.]] Windchill 9:17 pm Wow, thievery. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm [[...Half.]] [[Let him guess which half.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:17 pm *the dragon snorts* Swoop 9:17 pm *catches a treat with his birb toes and kartwheels away to victory* Windchill 9:17 pm Naturally. FakeProwl 9:17 pm Mhmm. Whirl 9:17 pm You sure, Soundwave? Sounds like a toughie to me. Impact 9:18 pm I think I'm gonna go to bed now. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:18 pm [[Rest well, Impact.]] Bevel 9:18 pm Night, Impact. Windchill 9:18 pm For the best. Impact 9:18 pm I don't wanna watch the boat sink. Small Furry Dragon 9:18 pm Good night! Whirl 9:18 pm Seeya, pipsqueak. Windchill 9:18 pm Bye, short stack. Bevel 9:18 pm Rude. Eat him too. Whirl 9:18 pm He's annoying, too. Impact 9:18 pm *gives Zori one more hug before leaving* Small Furry Dragon 9:18 pm *giggles* Eat them all. FakeProwl 9:18 pm He's known her two days, he insults her and then tries to confess love. Whirl 9:19 pm How come we never watch any DECENT romance movies? FakeProwl 9:19 pm If their relationship lasts two years, he'll become as condescending and controlling as her current fiance. Whirl 9:19 pm ...well, okay, we watched the one, with the aliens. Windchill 9:19 pm *scratches chin.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:19 pm [[He's not sure the humans make them.]] FakeProwl 9:19 pm He's already well on his way. Windchill 9:19 pm Strong, he says. Eh. Whirl 9:19 pm And also, that one about the fly. Swoop 9:19 pm It better after them put wings on the things Bevel 9:19 pm It is because she is supposed to be untouchable. Swoop 9:19 pm for tornado floating :> Windchill 9:19 pm I think I've seen a few decent ones. Whirl 9:19 pm There should b e more romance films with armed combat. Windchill 9:19 pm YEAH. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:19 pm \\PIT YEAH.\\ Bevel 9:19 pm There should be less romance and more combat. FakeProwl 9:20 pm He pretends to tell her that she has agency in choosing her future, when what he's doing is ordering her to choose him. Whirl 9:20 pm Romance AND combat. *points at Bevel* At the same time. Windchill 9:20 pm I like that idea. boomtank 9:20 pm ((back Bevel 9:20 pm Romance is boring. FakeProwl 9:20 pm Could we skip both and just have a solid mystery. Windchill 9:20 pm *shrugs.* I like romance fine. Swoop 9:21 pm Them steal ship and pirate movie next time :V Whirl 9:21 pm I'll take a decent film noir, if that's whatcha mean. We should watch The Maltese Falcon sometime. Swoop 9:21 pm Falcon is bird :> boomtank 9:21 pm -hasn't been paying attention- Windchill 9:21 pm Sure is. Swoop 9:21 pm Maltese is...... dog? JUMP!! Whirl 9:21 pm Damn, Swoop, you right. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:21 pm [[He will look for a mystery soon. And investigate the falcon movie.]] Swoop 9:21 pm Me Swoop am right lots of times :> Windchill 9:21 pm Didn't she have a traumatic experience on the railings of this damned boat already? Swoop 9:22 pm Him Grimlock say Me Swoop am smarty pants boomtank 9:22 pm -looks up at this part- Small Furry Dragon 9:22 pm That can't feel like flying. boomtank 9:22 pm -stares- Swoop 9:22 pm that not flying????????????????? JUUUUMMMPPP then fly boomtank 9:22 pm Isn't that dangerous? Whirl 9:22 pm It really can't. Swoop 9:22 pm jump THEN fly Bevel 9:22 pm No that is falling. Swoop 9:22 pm same thing keheheh Small Furry Dragon 9:22 pm Flying is gliding with more falling, but also more going up. At least, that's what the hatchling instructors claimed! Windchill 9:23 pm ...What? Whirl 9:23 pm Maybe for you lot it is. *preens* I'm a HELICOPTER. Bevel 9:23 pm *bored now* Windchill 9:23 pm *That doesn't sound right.* Bevel 9:23 pm I can fly! Swoop 9:23 pm whirlybird :> Windchill 9:23 pm Some of us have engines. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:23 pm *Soundwave places a :| on his screen. Then he rolls the eyes.* Swoop 9:23 pm NOW them rescue old lady from smashed house because tornado attack her Dog okay Whirl 9:23 pm I have an engine, too. I've got two rotors arrays and one jet turbine. Windchill 9:24 pm I know you do. Small Furry Dragon 9:24 pm I don't think I can go as fast as you all do. Whirl 9:24 pm ((SWOOP UR KILLING ME HAHAHA)) ((TWISTER)) FakeProwl 9:24 pm Finally. Talk about the wreck more. That part is interesting. Swoop 9:24 pm ((GOOD)) ((I'M KILLING ME TOO)) ((WE DIE TOGETHER)) Whirl 9:24 pm Well, in your defense, you use analogue flight, right? With the flapping? Windchill 9:24 pm Let's pretend to know a thing about art, it's in the script. boomtank 9:25 pm -huffs and goes back to reading. More interesting- ItsyBitsySpyers 9:25 pm [[That's not a heart. It's a triangle.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:25 pm With the flapping, yes. *extends a wing to demonstrate* Whirl 9:25 pm *nods* Yeah! You might not be fast, but analogue flight's pretty neat. Windchill 9:25 pm I can do that. Whirl 9:25 pm Second-best thing to rotors. Windchill 9:25 pm *shakes his head in slow motion.* *It looks even stupider when he does it.* FakeProwl 9:26 pm ... The picture of her was found inside the safe. Windchill 9:26 pm Was that a dime? FakeProwl 9:26 pm Which means her fiance is going to discover the picture. Small Furry Dragon 9:26 pm You think so? It seems so normal to- okay they're taking their clothes off, I'm not going to look. Windchill 9:26 pm I suppose it was worth more then. *points* Boobs. Small Furry Dragon 9:26 pm Zori, may I hide my eyes behind your legs? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:27 pm *Holds a claw up over the dragon's eyes.* Small Furry Dragon 9:27 pm Thank you, Zori. Swoop 9:27 pm Boobs? Whirl 9:27 pm *perks up and swivels his head around* Oh. Hey, Professor. Didn't see ya. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:27 pm #hi *He's hiding with the dragon and Bevel.* Windchill 9:27 pm *He gestures, as if cupping boobs on his own chassis.* Her chest. Swoop 9:27 pm *mimics the gesture with ZERO understanding on his face* Whirl 9:28 pm *stares at this display* Windchill 9:28 pm *Does it again. Make them bounce.* Swoop 9:28 pm *cocks head* Windchill 9:28 pm Boobs. Whirl 9:28 pm Do you have a point. Windchill 9:28 pm Me? Swoop 9:28 pm *looks at Windchill* *looks at Whirl* *looks at Windchill* ??? Bevel 9:29 pm *will be a good barrier between boobs and robots* Swoop 9:29 pm *nope he's got nothing* Whirl 9:29 pm *looks at Swoop, obviously just as confused* I don't know what to do with this creature. Windchill 9:29 pm I just like boobs. FakeProwl 9:29 pm She has lead a sad, sterile life, if that was the most erotic moment of it. I suppose that's not a terrible surprise, given her fiance. Whirl 9:29 pm Eroticism's overrated. Windchill 9:30 pm *snorts.* Small Furry Dragon 9:30 pm ...Is it safe? Whirl 9:30 pm You know you're living life when you've set yourself on fire, somehow. Windchill 9:30 pm It's not so bad. Bevel 9:30 pm Yeah. Swoop 9:30 pm When Wheeljack want to find Dinobots, him shake goodie box Whirl 9:30 pm I'm sure. *takes a nice long pull* Swoop 9:31 pm ME SWOOP on fire ALL THE TIME :V In face Windchill 9:31 pm You are? *Squints.* Swoop 9:31 pm YAH Me Swoop can do fire RIGHT NOW :V Small Furry Dragon 9:31 pm *peeks out from behind Zori's claw* Windchill 9:31 pm Not in Soundwave's place. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:31 pm [[No firebreathing.]] Swoop 9:31 pm Little fire *holds fingertips sooooo close together* FakeProwl 9:32 pm ... Where does she think she's running? This is a ship. Small Furry Dragon 9:32 pm Swoop, I am flammable. Windchill 9:32 pm Do it outside. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:32 pm [[No. There is an organic here.]] FakeProwl 9:32 pm She should have sent Jack out of the room alone and stayed in her room by herself. Whirl 9:32 pm It's probably more fun that way. Swoop 9:32 pm :< Windchill 9:32 pm She doesn't care about consequences. Like me. 'Cept I'm better at running away from them. boomtank 9:33 pm ..... Whirl 9:33 pm Poor thing's desperate to live a little. It's why she does dumb things, like try to run away on a ship. And fling herself at the first person to throw her a shred of sympathy. Small Furry Dragon 9:33 pm I don't think they should be running around fire in long clothes. Whirl 9:33 pm She's miserable. Miserable people do dumb stuff. Windchill 9:33 pm ...This is true. FakeProwl 9:33 pm Oh yes. Run around the pumping piston in a long, flowing dress. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:33 pm [[Her antics are endangering multiple people.]] [[And he is encouraging them.]] Whirl 9:33 pm I'm not defending them. I'm explaining them. Small Furry Dragon 9:33 pm I've got long fur, and the docents chastised me for running in the kitchens. Windchill 9:33 pm She's not smart enough to have thought about it nor care. Swoop 9:33 pm Them watch The Shining in car and then tornado attack tear up movie screen Windchill 9:34 pm ...Why The Shining? Whirl 9:34 pm I think they're just as annoying as you lot do. Swoop 9:34 pm Carly say Shining scary movie ItsyBitsySpyers 9:34 pm //That'd be a blessin' at this point, Swoop.// [[He knows you are explaining. He is just - irritated.]] Windchill 9:34 pm Oh, great Whirl 9:34 pm Have a drink. Soothe your nerves. I happen to know a good bartender. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:34 pm *Taps his visor.* Windchill 9:34 pm *Snorts.* Whirl 9:35 pm *a cheeky, sidelong look before he takes a deep drink* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm \\I'LL HAVE ONE.\\ Bevel 9:35 pm *bored with all this romance, especially since Jack is almost as bad as the Cal guy* FakeProwl 9:35 pm I can understand the desperation of misery. I'm not going to stop criticizing her for it. Windchill 9:35 pm I'm gonna remember that line. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm *Frenzy sticks his tongue out a the screen and goes to get something serious from Ravage* FakeProwl 9:35 pm *is quite sure he's JUST as bad as the Cal guy. It's just earlier in the relationship.* Windchill 9:35 pm I know a guy with a lot of hands. Whirl 9:35 pm Hell yeah, Frenzy. Swoop 9:35 pm Him kill her?? FakeProwl 9:35 pm *No controlling abusers are at their worst at the very start of a relationship. Otherwise how do you lure them in?* boomtank 9:35 pm -back to staring at the screen for a moment- Are you joking? Small Furry Dragon 9:36 pm *DUCKS BEHIND THE SAFE ZORI CLAW* Windchill 9:36 pm If only. Whirl 9:36 pm Okay. Now. I'm not an expert, but. There's no room in there for anything fun. boomtank 9:36 pm EW Windchill 9:36 pm Not really, no. Bevel 9:36 pm *gets up to go to the bar with Frenzy* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:36 pm //Yeah, that ain't noticeable or nothin'.// Swoop 9:36 pm ?? Windchill 9:36 pm And I'm an expert. FakeProwl 9:37 pm How long have they known each other, exactly? Is this the third day? Shockwave 9:37 pm ((I keep getting pulled away from the computer, hghghghfhfh.)) Windchill 9:37 pm Something like that. A few days. To be fair. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm [[...That is a beautiful burn of a letter, though.]] FakeProwl 9:37 pm ... It is. I'm impressed. Windchill 9:37 pm My mate and I only knew each other for a day. Small Furry Dragon 9:37 pm *peeks up from Zori's claw* I missed it. Drat. Windchill 9:37 pm So I can't talk. Bevel 9:38 pm What did it say? *was poking at the bar, not watching the movie whoops* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:38 pm [[She gave the Cal human the drawing and said that he could keep her locked in the safe now.]] boomtank 9:38 pm Oh no Bevel 9:38 pm *giggles* Whirl 9:38 pm Yeah, it was pretty decent. boomtank 9:38 pm distracting the lookout Windchill 9:38 pm Dead. Death by sex. Whirl 9:38 pm That's no way to go. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:39 pm \\BLAZE OF GLORY, THAT'S HOW.\\ Small Furry Dragon 9:39 pm Why are they surprised to see an iceberg in the ocean? Whirl 9:39 pm Amen! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:39 pm *Raises his glass* Whirl 9:39 pm *raises his, as well* Windchill 9:39 pm I think you can do both. Or, *he rests a hand on his chest.* I could. FakeProwl 9:39 pm I think it's more the fact that the iceberg is in FRONT of them that's surprised them. Whirl 9:39 pm Well, have at it. ...*tilts his head; this ship' Windchill 9:39 pm I would, but I don't see it going over too well. Whirl 9:39 pm s guts are fascinating, really* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:40 pm *And Soundwave pulls out his tarp. It'll be nice and toasty in exactly the way these fleshlings won't.* Whirl 9:40 pm Why couldn't the movie have been about these guys. Small Furry Dragon 9:40 pm Fair enough. I expected they'd have seen a few more, though. But I think Earth might be warmer than where I live. The poles are smaller, at least, but the planet's smaller too. Swoop 9:40 pm Flying better than swimming. Flying, you just go UP OVER thing. FakeProwl 9:40 pm The impression I got from earlier in the movie is that they're very used to seeing them; they only become a concern when they're on a collision course. Small Furry Dragon 9:41 pm True enough, Swoop! *the dragon would toast, but the dragon did not bring food or drink for dragons* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:41 pm //Ugh, my audials.// Swoop 9:41 pm KAHA Whirl 9:41 pm *sighs* Shame. Looked like an interesting piece of machinery. FakeProwl 9:41 pm They also mentioned that the weather conditions would make it harder to see icebergs earlier, so they have— *covers audials* —have too little time to try to steer out of their way. Bevel 9:41 pm Too loud. FakeProwl 9:41 pm Hence the manic scramble when they DO see an iceberg. Swoop 9:41 pm Maybe tornado drop it there :V Tornado drop a house on road and them DRIVE THOUGH Windchill 9:41 pm Well, if they weren't going so fast, they'd have more time. Swoop 9:42 pm it pretty cool Whirl 9:42 pm Tornados are fun, though. FakeProwl 9:42 pm That as well. Small Furry Dragon 9:42 pm Some people used to try to steer icebergs, in our history. That... failed. Very much so. Windchill 9:42 pm *He knows a thing or two about high speeds and lack of maneuverability.* FakeProwl 9:42 pm *looks at Soundwave and murmurs* Why is Swoop so preoccupied with tornados? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm @Prowl: (txt): ...Dinobot? Windchill 9:42 pm This is where it gets exciting, I suppose. Swoop 9:43 pm *why isn't EVERYONE preoccupied with tornadoes???* FakeProwl 9:43 pm *blank look. he doesn't see the correlation.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:43 pm @Prowl: (txt): Interest: destruction. FakeProwl 9:43 pm Icebergs are destructive. But he's still on about tornados even after the iceberg hit. boomtank 9:43 pm Oh no Windchill 9:44 pm *Icebergs are passively destructive, that's probably why.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:44 pm @Prowl: (txt): Swoop: flier. Iceberg not obstacle, threat. Small Furry Dragon 9:44 pm *cackles* I like that logic. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:44 pm [[...He wonders if Seaspray ever had rats.]] Swoop 9:44 pm *soundwave is right AND ALSO FUCKING TWISTER IS A MASTERPIECE* FakeProwl 9:44 pm Hm. *fair enough, he supposed.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:45 pm //Aw, c'mon.// Bevel 9:45 pm ... Small Furry Dragon 9:45 pm *squints* *planting evidence. nice.* Whirl 9:45 pm Yeah. That's low. Bevel 9:45 pm He should have felt that fall into his pocket. It is really heavy. Whirl 9:46 pm But then again, it's what I expect. Windchill 9:46 pm Yup. Not really. FakeProwl 9:47 pm She doesn't know him. She's known him three days. Whirl 9:47 pm Honestly, I don't care if she believes him, as long as she gets away. Swoop 9:47 pm Soundwave Windchill 9:47 pm Exactly. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm [[She should have been telling them about the ice. Not standing by while they did this.]] Whirl 9:47 pm Obviously, she lives. Small Furry Dragon 9:47 pm *amused huff* Well, that's a thing. Whirl 9:47 pm Maybe they'll both eat it and save her the trouble. Shockwave 9:47 pm ((...So, wait, if this is all flashback, how is she telling the guys about scenes where she isn't involved?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm [[What, Swoop?]] Swoop 9:47 pm This movie is movie where grandma get boiled? or that different movie? FakeProwl 9:47 pm ((she's psychic?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm ((some of it's known, isn't it?)) Bevel 9:47 pm ((most of this is in logs and personal accounts yes ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm ((anyway, she's an actress. she embellishes.)) Small Furry Dragon 9:48 pm ((I think it's the guys' forensic analysis stuff, and other's knowledge)) FakeProwl 9:48 pm ((i guess these scenes aren't ones that she's telling them about, they're just showing them to us.)) Whirl 9:48 pm ((ye)) Windchill 9:48 pm (( There were survivors. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm [[...Where a grandmother gets boiled? What?]] Shockwave 9:48 pm ((Hm, alright.)) Swoop 9:48 pm Yah Bevel 9:48 pm ((including at least one person in the room during this scene Swoop 9:48 pm Grandma jump out of boat and boiled Sludge hate it Him spook ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm [[He does not know that film.]] Swoop 9:48 pm Because him giant aby Bevel 9:48 pm Eat him. Swoop 9:48 pm *baby Small Furry Dragon 9:48 pm *hisses* EAT HIM. Windchill 9:48 pm *raises eyebrows.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm //RIP HIS HEAD OFF 'N FEED IT TO HIM// Whirl 9:49 pm Yeah! *toast to that sentiment* Small Furry Dragon 9:49 pm Hear, hear! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:49 pm [[...There are newbuilds on this ship.]] boomtank 9:49 pm ...okay, I haven't been paying attention and I really don't like him ItsyBitsySpyers 9:49 pm [[In the low caste area.]] *...Oh.* Whirl 9:49 pm Yep. Windchill 9:50 pm 'Course there are. Swoop 9:50 pm what caste means? Whirl 9:50 pm I bet I can guess how well they're gonna do. Small Furry Dragon 9:50 pm Swoop, it's a ranking. High castes are the ones who tell everyone they're more important than low castes. FakeProwl 9:51 pm *leans forward. much more engaged now that the ship's sinking.* Swoop 9:51 pm Caste is rank Like commander? Windchill 9:51 pm Not really. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:51 pm [[A social ranking. Where you are placed in life.]] Windchill 9:52 pm Caste is your place in society, your purpose and your worth. It is assigned to you and you cannot leave. Swoop 9:52 pm That dumb. Beat up boss. Then you boss. Duh. FakeProwl 9:52 pm I know it's not going to happen. Whirl 9:52 pm You can definitely go down. Windchill 9:52 pm That's what we did. Whirl 9:52 pm Just never back up. FakeProwl 9:52 pm But I hope the pretentious ones keep hanging out in the ballroom while the poor ones go to the boats like they're told to. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:52 pm [[As does he.]] Windchill 9:52 pm Eh, that's mostly true. Small Furry Dragon 9:52 pm I hope the same. Windchill 9:53 pm I lied, I moved around a little bit. *A lot.* Whirl 9:53 pm We never had... I mean, the powerful were in power. There was no official system. Just an unofficial one. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:53 pm [[We did.]] Whirl 9:53 pm Cozy up to the powerful, and you're in. Do anything they don't like, and you're out. Windchill 9:54 pm Sounds gross. Whirl 9:54 pm Didn't even have to be done TO them. Swoop 9:54 pm *cocks his head at Whirl* Whirl 9:54 pm *drains his drink bitterly* Swoop 9:54 pm *doesn't even a little bit get it* Whirl 9:54 pm *that's for the best* FakeProwl 9:54 pm ... We absolutely had an official system. Based on shape. Swoop 9:55 pm Shape? Whirl 9:55 pm Well, eyah, that was... that wasn't a linear caste system, though. Not the same way these folks are talking about it. FakeProwl 9:55 pm It was fairly linear. Windchill 9:55 pm *Shakes his head.* boomtank 9:55 pm The higher castes were....abusive at the best ItsyBitsySpyers 9:55 pm *Soundwave pings his deployers for permission. The usual group give it.* FakeProwl 9:55 pm The lowest microscope was always going to be above the highest miner. Swoop 9:55 pm Fireworks :V Cool Windchill 9:55 pm Where I come from, your shape was the excuse, but it was arbitrated on what was deemed useful at the time. Whirl 9:56 pm *tilts his head* Fair. FakeProwl 9:56 pm Excepting the few who were legally permitted to move up or forced to move down. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:56 pm [[Rumble and Frenzy were construction. Buzzsaw was an artist. He was a spy. And they refused Ravage one.]] Windchill 9:56 pm So people with the same shapes might end up in very different places. Whirl 9:56 pm Yeah, see, there were plenty of folks who were exempt. Swoop 9:56 pm Bird? :> ItsyBitsySpyers 9:56 pm *Truthfully.* [[He does not know.]] Bevel 9:56 pm Why did they refuse Ravage? FakeProwl 9:56 pm The exemptions were a small minority. Whirl 9:56 pm *tilts his head at Soundwave* Swoop 9:56 pm Mystery bird :> Sneaky kehheh Windchill 9:57 pm ...Oh, I get it. FakeProwl 9:57 pm And there's a parallel to the exemptions in this film. They talked about "new money." Windchill 9:57 pm Dead artist joke. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:57 pm [[Because he happened to be created with four legs.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:57 pm *bares teeth in a snarl* Disgusting. Whirl 9:58 pm Did you ever get a chance to pay 'em back, Ravage? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:58 pm *Glances at Whirl. Yes?* *Slow blink.* Whirl 9:58 pm And--all right, all right. You'd know better than I would, Prowl. Made your point. i'll take that as a yes. Shockwave 9:59 pm ((Whoop, bed time, goodnight all.)) Whirl 9:59 pm ((night!)) Windchill 9:59 pm (( night! )) Small Furry Dragon 9:59 pm ((goodnight shockwave!)) Bevel 9:59 pm ((night boomtank 9:59 pm ((g'night FakeProwl 9:59 pm *slight nod* It was more rigid in Petrex than most places. Whirl 9:59 pm And you had the dubious honor of having them breathe down your damn neck. It's a wonder you made it this far sane. Windchill 10:00 pm *Snorts.* Small Furry Dragon 10:00 pm Bite your wrists, Jack. Blood helps. FakeProwl 10:00 pm *flat look* Would you believe it KEPT me sane. Whirl 10:00 pm *SNORTS* Whatever it takes, I guess. FakeProwl 10:00 pm Didn't think so. Whirl 10:01 pm Y'know. She's an idiot, but she's a brave idiot, at least. Windchill 10:01 pm They tend to go hand in hand. FakeProwl 10:01 pm She was going to kill herself three days ago. What does she have to lose? Swoop 10:01 pm ((JASON!!!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:01 pm =I was named nothing of worth remaining.= He bares his fangs. =It was true, when I found them.= Whirl 10:01 pm ...yeah, you're right. I get that. Heh! Bevel 10:02 pm Cybertron sucked. FakeProwl 10:02 pm Could've been worse. Could've been led by Starscream. Windchill 10:02 pm It got worse. Or, did where I'm from. FakeProwl 10:02 pm It did everywhere, I think. Whirl 10:02 pm *heaves a sigh and stares into his empty glass* Why'd you have to bust that out when I'm out of booze, Prowl? Bevel 10:02 pm Maybe your Starscream. *likes her Starscream just fine thank you* Whirl 10:03 pm *looks to Ravage* Y'know, I think I get why you ate them. It must be pretty satisfying to just EAT someone who treated you like that. But maybe... I've been spending to much time with Blurr. Windchill 10:03 pm *He's not going to say anything to that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:03 pm =Mm.= No denying that. He crosses his paws. =And I was hungry.= FakeProwl 10:03 pm You should have drank slower. Windchill 10:04 pm *Points* Small Furry Dragon 10:04 pm *the dragon smiles at Ravage's comment* Windchill 10:04 pm Don't tell Whirl what to do. FakeProwl 10:04 pm Finally! ItsyBitsySpyers 10:04 pm [[About time.]] FakeProwl 10:04 pm It's about time she punches somebody dragging her around. Whirl 10:04 pm I need a lot of liquor. Amen to that! Swoop 10:04 pm Her cut off him hand :> Small Furry Dragon 10:04 pm That could happen, Swoop. Whirl 10:05 pm I--y'know, I bet. She won't. Swoop. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm =Come, come. I will serve more.= *Hops back off the bar and fixes another.* Swoop 10:05 pm Why won't???? FakeProwl 10:05 pm He'll bleed to death if she does. ... Not a great loss, I think. Swoop 10:05 pm Nuh huh Small Furry Dragon 10:05 pm Better than drowning. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm *Least he can do for someone who didn't judge him for what he did when he tracked his namers down.* FakeProwl 10:05 pm Is it? Whirl 10:05 pm It's really not. Swoop 10:05 pm Cauterize Whirl 10:05 pm *hops up and trots over to the bar* FakeProwl 10:05 pm She has no heat source to cauterize him with. Windchill 10:05 pm They don't have fire, Swoop. Swoop 10:05 pm There lots of wood For fires Small Furry Dragon 10:06 pm Well, for my kind? Yes. Some of the Cousins lack fur, but when you have fur and you sink, you keep going down. Windchill 10:06 pm No ignition. Plus it's wet. Small Furry Dragon 10:06 pm That was not enough practice. Bevel 10:06 pm *laughs* Whirl 10:06 pm *he's going to very pointedly turn his back to the screen he is not watching this, no thank you* boomtank 10:06 pm Oh.... Whirl 10:06 pm *Ravage you saved his goddamn life tonight* boomtank 10:06 pm wow She got it Small Furry Dragon 10:07 pm Well, I wouldn't have gambled on that. Windchill 10:07 pm She could have hit the pipe and broken it instead. Maybe. Swoop 10:07 pm Her suck at axe Her need different weapon Or her get beat up Windchill 10:07 pm Not sure what it's made of and I'm not looking it up right now. Whirl 10:07 pm https://68.media.tumblr.com/b618887d827a2226ea756daa216510c1/tumblr_inline_odjz8eaac91spllu4_540.jpg ((whirl and ravage)) Windchill 10:07 pm (( Oh my god. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:07 pm ((LOL)) Small Furry Dragon 10:07 pm ((well I just laughed like swoop)) Bevel 10:07 pm ((bwahaha Whirl 10:07 pm (( 😎 )) Windchill 10:08 pm The whole ship is sinking and he's fussing over one door. Amazing show of denial. Bevel 10:09 pm ...these humans are stupid. Small Furry Dragon 10:09 pm Is that news? Bevel 10:09 pm No. boomtank 10:09 pm ............. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:09 pm *Rubs his crest. How did any of this come to pass. Who vetted these crew members.* FakeProwl 10:09 pm This movie's much better now that the ship's sinking. Windchill 10:09 pm *High caste people, that's who* boomtank 10:10 pm I....I am not surprised Windchill 10:10 pm Don't need a gun for luck. But it helps. Bevel 10:11 pm *covers her face with her hands* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:11 pm [[It is interesting to watch how people behave in situations like these. But this should never have been necessary.]] FakeProwl 10:11 pm No, it shouldn't. Whirl 10:11 pm *looks over his shoulder* Nice. Swoop 10:11 pm *cheers for breaking things* FakeProwl 10:11 pm But watching it go down is far better than watching three different people telling the girl what to do. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm [[And these humans blocking the escape. They deserve to be locked behind one.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:12 pm When the Goddess ate the Eaten One, they say that the largest of the Cousins threw their bodies at his walls to break them down. It's fun to see how mythos transfers through universes. boomtank 10:12 pm -back to reading. Ignoring the movie now- ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm [[He will not argue that. It is much better now.]] \\YOU GOT SOME COOL MYTHS FOR FLESHIES.\\ Whirl 10:13 pm Yeah. You dragons are all right. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:13 pm [[...And he admires these musicians.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:13 pm I suppose we do. I was raised on it, it seems so normal to me. Whirl 10:13 pm Oh, damn, I've still got to fight that one guy. I know a dragon who's mechanical. We've gotta beat each other up. Small Furry Dragon 10:13 pm Then again, I keep being surprised to see stars. Windchill 10:13 pm (( Hi Winston. )) Whirl 10:14 pm ((IKR?)) Windchill 10:14 pm (( Also the hunter/dad from Jumanji. Amazing. )) *Nods* Dragons are for fighting. Whirl 10:15 pm Oh boy. He might bite it after all. Small Furry Dragon 10:15 pm Not me! I bake. Some of my kind sing, or we so, or spin wool. The other Cousins are better fighters. More claws. Armor-like scales. Windchill 10:16 pm That's cool. *Like, it's cool but it doesn't fit his Skyrim narrative.* *Which is honestly the extent of his dragon knowledge.* Small Furry Dragon 10:17 pm *the dragon isn't exactly skyrim either. fuzzy, not prone to shouting, more insectivore than carnivore* FakeProwl 10:18 pm *is far more invested in the father who's trying to comfort his daughter than in the main characters* Windchill 10:18 pm *Same.* Whirl 10:19 pm *takes his drink back to his table* oh, sod off, movie. Nobody cares. Bevel 10:19 pm *uncovers her face at the shouting* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:19 pm *Facepalms.* Bevel 10:19 pm Noooo boomtank 10:19 pm -doesn't look up and STILL feels the urge to facepalm- Small Furry Dragon 10:20 pm *doesn't have palms and still facepalms. facepaws* boomtank 10:20 pm -the main characters are so stupid- Windchill 10:20 pm *Contorts his face a little.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:20 pm [[Really.]] [[-Really.-]] Bevel 10:20 pm Go back to the other passengers please. FakeProwl 10:20 pm ... I'm actually hoping he hits. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:20 pm [[So is he.]] FakeProwl 10:21 pm Not that I can stand him. But I'd really like them dead. Small Furry Dragon 10:21 pm Why are they going back to the water? boomtank 10:21 pm Save one of them from their stupidity ItsyBitsySpyers 10:21 pm [[But this is hardly the time.]] Windchill 10:21 pm It'd be cooler if they had guns too. FakeProwl 10:21 pm Maybe he'll follow them into the water and freeze to death too. Whirl 10:21 pm Oh, he's about to eat it! ...damn. Wait...... Windchill 10:21 pm Eh. Seen this film before. FakeProwl 10:21 pm ... Is this where the ship splits? Small Furry Dragon 10:21 pm *shivers* That's a terrible sound. Whirl 10:22 pm It SPLITS? Bevel 10:22 pm Yeah. FakeProwl 10:22 pm Oh. You missed the first ten minutes. Bevel 10:22 pm ...he thought about leaving the newbuild. FakeProwl 10:22 pm Yes, they had a little CGI presentation about how the ship's going to sink. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:22 pm *Who left without their creation?* Whirl 10:22 pm Oh. Neat. Windchill 10:22 pm *Shakes his head.* What were they doing down there? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:22 pm *Oh, good. Only separated. ... Not that it will help.* Bevel 10:23 pm No! boomtank 10:23 pm AH! Small Furry Dragon 10:23 pm Oh. Whirl 10:23 pm Well. It's not like they would've been able to save the kid anyway. No more boats. boomtank 10:23 pm The...the child Whirl 10:23 pm Might as well go quick. Windchill 10:23 pm *Time for his best stone cold expression.* FakeProwl 10:23 pm The front of the ship fills with water first, so that end sinks first. When the rear lifts into the air, the strain breaks it in half. boomtank 10:23 pm Oh... Small Furry Dragon 10:23 pm *accidentally clinging to Zori without asking. the dragon's fur is all puffed out* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:24 pm *Zori gently paps her with claws and offers her a cookie.* FakeProwl 10:24 pm ... He could have given them the keys. Small Furry Dragon 10:25 pm Th-thank you... But I made those for you... *still clinging* *floods of water = bad* Windchill 10:25 pm People act stupid when they're scared. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:25 pm ((i'm sorry if anyone else doesn't do well with flashing, i didn't remember that it got like this)) boomtank 10:25 pm Oh...Primus this isn't good Windchill 10:25 pm (( I forgot too and I saw this recently. )) Bevel 10:25 pm ((it'll stop in a moment ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm [[So much for that boat.]] [[Did he just--]] boomtank 10:27 pm He did FakeProwl 10:27 pm ... You know, if the movie had started with... I don't know, maybe the sex scene, solely to establish that the two characters are attracted to each other. And skipped EVERYTHING before that—the movie would have been much better. Windchill 10:27 pm Much shorter. Whirl 10:27 pm Yep. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:27 pm *...Oh. He's going to--* Small Furry Dragon 10:27 pm Oh no. Bevel 10:27 pm *jumps* boomtank 10:28 pm ................. Windchill 10:28 pm *No reaction.* Small Furry Dragon 10:28 pm *snarls* That's awful. Bevel 10:28 pm He only saved her to save himself. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:28 pm [[At least he saved her.]] FakeProwl 10:29 pm On the bright side, the child's just been adopted into the upper class. Small Furry Dragon 10:29 pm For now. FakeProwl 10:29 pm Awful controlling father, though. boomtank 10:29 pm He's going to drop her the moment he's safe Windchill 10:30 pm So many babies. Small Furry Dragon 10:30 pm Is there something about not laying eggs that make people terrible parents? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[Shock, he assumes.]] [[The captain.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:30 pm Or, at least, not care for their young. Windchill 10:30 pm No. FakeProwl 10:30 pm Appears to be. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[He does not know about the question.]] Windchill 10:30 pm Pretty sure. I don't lay eggs. Whirl 10:30 pm *shrugs* Windchill 10:30 pm I take offense to that. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm *Admires this musician. Still playing alone.* Whirl 10:30 pm Maybe some of them just don't have the instinct. We don't. Not in my dimension, anyway. FakeProwl 10:31 pm At least the musicians are acting like decent, civilized people. Bevel 10:31 pm They are still playing. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:31 pm *Tiny thread of warmth in his broke-aft spark.* Whirl 10:31 pm ... *a toast to them, at least* Bevel 10:31 pm *would cry if she were physically capable of doing so* Whirl 10:31 pm *he can respect artists dying doing what they loved* Small Furry Dragon 10:31 pm *bows head. the dragon can respect this, too* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:32 pm ((this scene gets me so bad)) boomtank 10:32 pm ((noooo FakeProwl 10:32 pm ... In moments of crisis, people do not rise to the occasion. They fall back to their level of training. If the whole ship had been trained the way those musicians were, many more lives could have been saved. Bevel 10:32 pm *whines* The newbuilds. Small Furry Dragon 10:32 pm *gently pats Bevel with a paw* Windchill 10:32 pm *He'd argue with Prowl, but he's too busy not emoting.* boomtank 10:33 pm -once again, buries face in datapad- Windchill 10:33 pm (( Captions always crack me up holy hell. )) FakeProwl 10:33 pm ... Did that man JUST figure out the boat is sinking? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:34 pm [[There is a difference between knowing something and seeing it before you.]] FakeProwl 10:34 pm Pfff. Windchill 10:34 pm Dead. Small Furry Dragon 10:34 pm *sorry Zori, you get the cling again* Swoop 10:34 pm DEAD ItsyBitsySpyers 10:34 pm *Zori hums for the dragon. For once, it is nice to be big. He can protect them.* FakeProwl 10:34 pm Oh, is this where it breaks? Windchill 10:35 pm Close to it, I think. Small Furry Dragon 10:35 pm ((d'awww Zori you are the precious scorpion childe)) FakeProwl 10:35 pm *oh, damn. the main characters are back.* boomtank 10:35 pm -not looking up, not looking up SO not looking up- Windchill 10:35 pm I barely remember anything. 'Sides the lyrics to that damned song. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:35 pm [[...Wait.]] [[If the ship is going to go straight up, then all of these people are...]] Tilts head. [[Well then.]] Whirl 10:36 pm Yep. Last time I checked, they couldn't fly. Swoop 10:36 pm sucks for them Flying the best Windchill 10:36 pm Dead. Swoop 10:36 pm DEAD Windchill 10:36 pm *Dammit SWOOP* boomtank 10:36 pm -Hasn't looked up and still curls up in seat- Whirl 10:37 pm *snickers* Swoop 10:37 pm Soundwave ItsyBitsySpyers 10:37 pm [[Yes?]] Small Furry Dragon 10:37 pm Zori, did you know that you're the best? *don't mind the poofing* Swoop 10:37 pm When them get tied to the pipe? And tornado suck up Whirl 10:37 pm I don't think your tornado is gonna show. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:37 pm #thank you #you are good too #:) Windchill 10:37 pm *Yeah baby show them propellers.* Small Furry Dragon 10:38 pm ((wINDCHILL NO)) Whirl 10:38 pm ((djeskjf)) Windchill 10:38 pm (( She's aft up he can't help it. )) FakeProwl 10:38 pm ((draw me like one of your french boats)) Windchill 10:38 pm (( I mean if you're gonna die, might as well go aft up. )) Small Furry Dragon 10:38 pm ((oh no soundwave died)) Windchill 10:39 pm (( Bevel, you have the remote. )) FakeProwl 10:39 pm ((bevel can u pause it)) Bevel 10:39 pm ((she can Whirl 10:39 pm ((bevel HAS THE POWER)) Small Furry Dragon 10:39 pm ((SOUNDWAVE LIVES)) Swoop 10:39 pm There ... like..... four tornados Bevel 10:39 pm ((Soundwave now has the power again Swoop 10:39 pm One kills a dad ItsyBitsySpyers 10:40 pm ((sorry y'all. my laptop likes to forget how to noise sometimes.)) FakeProwl 10:40 pm Oh look, it's all that china that was never used. Windchill 10:40 pm Why are we killing dads with tornadoes? Swoop 10:40 pm dunno fun boomtank 10:40 pm Ohno ItsyBitsySpyers 10:41 pm *Cringe.* Swoop 10:41 pm KAHHAHAHAHAHAH Whirl 10:41 pm Ouch. Swoop 10:41 pm THUNK!! Small Furry Dragon 10:41 pm Why would you jump off the- oh. That's. Ouch. FakeProwl 10:41 pm She's going to get her chance to jump after all. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:41 pm *LOUD HUFF* Bevel 10:41 pm Chip the glasses and crack the plates. *hums to self* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:41 pm *He doesn't know if he should have laughed at that but he did. Can't take it back now.* Whirl 10:41 pm That guy got it easy. Small Furry Dragon 10:42 pm Agreed. Whirl 10:42 pm A nice quick zap and he's done. Bevel 10:42 pm Now it breaks. FakeProwl 10:42 pm There we go. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:42 pm [[There it goes.]] Swoop 10:42 pm ZAP dead Windchill 10:42 pm There we go. Swoop 10:42 pm COOL boomtank 10:42 pm Ooooohno Small Furry Dragon 10:42 pm *winces* Poor ship. She tried her best. Whirl 10:42 pm Run by idiots. boomtank 10:42 pm all the people that fell off... Swoop 10:42 pm SMASH dead FakeProwl 10:43 pm ... The special effects on that crash could have been better. A more impressive splash. boomtank 10:43 pm Yes, Swoop, they're all dead Bevel 10:43 pm *giggles* FakeProwl 10:43 pm Oh, NOW he wants her to climb over the rail. Windchill 10:43 pm Man. Bevel 10:43 pm *all these people dead and Prowl's talking about special effects on splashes* boomtank 10:43 pm Oh no ItsyBitsySpyers 10:43 pm [[It is an impressive sight.]] Windchill 10:43 pm Even I can't get my butt up that far. Small Furry Dragon 10:43 pm The splash was impressive enough for me. I drown in water. Whirl 10:43 pm You're just inflexible. Windchill 10:44 pm *Gasps in offense.* That's true. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm //My everythin' hurts lookin' at this.// FakeProwl 10:44 pm *he's trying not to think about how much of this could have been prevented by an adequately trained crew.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm *That's ALL he keeps thinking about.* Whirl 10:44 pm Getcha a drink, Rumble. Windchill 10:44 pm I'm more flexible than I was, though. Swoop 10:44 pm glub glub glub KAHAHA boomtank 10:45 pm Wouldn't the force of the water going down with the ship suck things down with it? Small Furry Dragon 10:45 pm *winces* Bevel 10:45 pm *all she can think about is if they'd have just had enough lifeboats and filled them right* Let go. FakeProwl 10:45 pm ... They could have both saved themselves a lot of trouble if they'd jumped three days ago. Windchill 10:45 pm *He's convinced that the whole thing amounts to hubris.* FakeProwl 10:45 pm I mean. They've ended up in the same place. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:45 pm [[Well. She wouldn't be there to tell them the story.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:46 pm That is fair, but the docents would have scrubbed my mouth for saying such a thing. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm [[But everyone else would.]] FakeProwl 10:46 pm No great loss. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm *Fair.* Swoop 10:46 pm that lots of scream ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm *Pulls his tarp tight. You know what? Swoop's right. It's nice to be a flier. No icebergs. No icy water.* Windchill 10:46 pm I've heard more. Swoop 10:47 pm just keep swimming, swimming, swimming :> boomtank 10:47 pm -swoop no- Small Furry Dragon 10:47 pm *poofy and shivering* I wouldn't be screaming that long. It's horrible to drown, it must be. Whirl 10:47 pm Well, at least the jerk she cozied up with knows enough to keep her alive. FakeProwl 10:47 pm *at some point some time ago, laced his hands together to prop his chin on.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:47 pm *...Ice in the air, if he's not careful, but y'know. Still better.* Small Furry Dragon 10:48 pm ((where the fuck is the game of thrones soundtrack coming from)) FakeProwl 10:48 pm *they've been squeezing tighter since.* Small Furry Dragon 10:48 pm ((oh it's my dad. why is he still awake.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:48 pm ((pffff)) Windchill 10:48 pm I like their use of the blue filter, letting us know it's really cold. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:49 pm [[Her. He likes her.]] FakeProwl 10:49 pm Mm. Windchill 10:49 pm I picked her out pretty early. Small Furry Dragon 10:49 pm Eat him, Molly. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:50 pm [[...Though he would have liked her more if she decked him.]] Windchill 10:50 pm *Nods.* Whirl 10:50 pm Yeah. Small Furry Dragon 10:50 pm Yep. Windchill 10:50 pm Dead. FakeProwl 10:50 pm ... He's helping. He's good. Bevel 10:50 pm Good guy. Swoop 10:50 pm them ice Like SKyfire FakeProwl 10:50 pm Empty the half-filled boats into a single boat and take the empty ones back for rescue. Whirl 10:50 pm *takes a long drink* Did we ever see her jerk fiancee get it? Small Furry Dragon 10:50 pm We did not. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[Good.]] Whirl 10:51 pm Damn. FakeProwl 10:51 pm If they'd all done that... Bevel 10:51 pm Hero. Windchill 10:51 pm I got some bad news, bub. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[They said something about an insurance claim on the necklace being filed. He assumes the fiancee lives.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:51 pm I can't believe they aren't dead. FakeProwl 10:51 pm Mm. That's right. Windchill 10:51 pm You're gonna make... Lots of babies. Small Furry Dragon 10:51 pm Not exactly romantic, there. Windchill 10:52 pm *Keep it together something about that is awful and hilarious.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm [[Really? Because it looks pretty miserable.]] Swoop 10:52 pm Her Carly make a baby Whirl 10:52 pm Yeah. Some lucky hand of poker. Swoop 10:52 pm Him Daniel :> boomtank 10:52 pm He's trying to be romantic ...kinda stupid ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm //...Why ain't he on the door?// FakeProwl 10:52 pm ... Somewhere on the east side of the Atlantic is a very relieved Swede. Whirl 10:52 pm Well he was incapable of being romantic the whole movie so far. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm \\HA!\\ Small Furry Dragon 10:52 pm Heh. boomtank 10:52 pm -snorts- Windchill 10:52 pm Sven, that was his name. Lucky Loser Sven. Whirl 10:53 pm I mean... if they can do it without sinking, it'd be easier for them to keep warm. boomtank 10:53 pm And if he gets on the door it'll sink...I think Bevel 10:53 pm Let go. Small Furry Dragon 10:53 pm They might be able to make it work, if they thought. But thinking is hard when you're freezing and drowning. Swoop 10:53 pm There lots of floaty dead people Him can climb them ItsyBitsySpyers 10:53 pm *That's unnerving.* FakeProwl 10:53 pm ... God. boomtank 10:54 pm Primus... Bevel 10:54 pm Noooo Windchill 10:54 pm That's pretty grim. Small Furry Dragon 10:54 pm *hides eyes behind the Most Valued Scorpion* boomtank 10:54 pm No..... ItsyBitsySpyers 10:54 pm *Pet pet.* FakeProwl 10:54 pm *turns off his optics, bows his head, and presses his laced hands to his crest.* Bevel 10:54 pm *covers her face again* Whirl 10:54 pm Reminds me of Maelstrom VI, actually. *nods and takes adeep drink* boomtank 10:55 pm -staring at screen in horror- FakeProwl 10:55 pm *just for a second. then looks up again.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:55 pm @Prowl: (txt): ...Status? Windchill 10:55 pm *He can't believe he's sitting through this awful dead baby movie again.* Swoop 10:55 pm *hasn't seen whole corpse filled battlefields like some folks so this is neither here nor there for the murder baby* Small Furry Dragon 10:55 pm It must be weird, to be dying and see lights staring down at you. FakeProwl 10:55 pm *affirmative ping.* Whirl 10:55 pm 'Cept we're the ones who filled the ocean up. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:55 pm @Prowl: (txt): Not glass. ... Curious. FakeProwl 10:55 pm *which doesn't really mean anything, since soundwave didn't ask a yes/no question. but he gets an affirmative ping all the same.* Windchill 10:56 pm (( U know my fave thing is people making lighthearted fantasy Titanic cartoons. As in I hate it. )) (( Like show some goddamned respect. It'll always be too soon. )) Swoop 10:56 pm her bad at waking up Small Furry Dragon 10:56 pm ((there was a good animated one, I think the guy who made Gertie the Dinosaur did it? we watched it in Animation History.)) FakeProwl 10:57 pm ((make up a different giant boat to have your lighthearted fantasies on)) Windchill 10:57 pm (( Good. I've only heard of the terrible ones. )) Swoop 10:57 pm Me Swoop really really REALLY good at waking up keheheheh Windchill 10:57 pm Can you wake the dead, Swoop? Swoop 10:57 pm YAH Whirl 10:57 pm I came pretty near it, once. Swoop 10:57 pm Me Swoop am pterodactyl Whirl 10:57 pm But that's a long story. Swoop 10:57 pm Awesome for screaming Windchill 10:57 pm I can scream too. Small Furry Dragon 10:58 pm *HISSES* *have a poof Zori* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:58 pm *...Is vaguely uncomfortable. And thinking of asteroids.* Windchill 10:58 pm Mostly it's for killing people though. Swoop 10:58 pm Scream killing Windchill 10:58 pm Yeah. You get people in tight quarters with a dense enough atmosphere...And scream loud enough. Bevel 10:59 pm No screaming. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:59 pm *...Offers Prowl a bit of tarp?* Swoop 10:59 pm Why her whistle her SPLASH that better Windchill 10:59 pm I wasn't planning to demonstrate. *He's not here to murder organics, even if they are dragons.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:00 pm [[Seven hundred. Of potentially eleven hundred. Which should have been twenty-two hundred.]] Small Furry Dragon 11:00 pm *the dragon much appreciates it* boomtank 11:00 pm So few survived Windchill 11:00 pm It shouldn't have sunk at all. Swoop 11:00 pm When is tornado going to throw truck at them? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:00 pm [[There is that.]] FakeProwl 11:00 pm ... It's disgusting. Whirl 11:00 pm Keep watching, Swoop. It's bound to happen. Swoop 11:01 pm Kay Windchill 11:01 pm *Whirl u liar.* Whirl 11:01 pm Ugh, this guy. Small Furry Dragon 11:01 pm *hisses* FakeProwl 11:01 pm *Nearly shouts at Swoop. Just grits his dentae.* Swoop 11:01 pm *is happy to be here* :? *:> Whirl 11:02 pm Honestly? Probably a good thing for her. Small Furry Dragon 11:02 pm *pats Zori* I hope I didn't scratch you up... Whirl 11:02 pm Maybe she learned a few things from it all. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:02 pm #I am okay #do not worry Windchill 11:02 pm Maybe. Small Furry Dragon 11:02 pm I owe you some more cookies. Whirl 11:03 pm She seemed to have had a good life. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:03 pm [[If he was so important, why did she not talk about him?]] FakeProwl 11:03 pm ... She's so lucky he died. Whirl 11:03 pm Yeah. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:03 pm [[And yes, she is.]] Bevel 11:03 pm She had a good life without him. Windchill 11:03 pm *Nods.** Whirl 11:03 pm Ugh. Romance. Or, I guess I should say--bad romance. *shakes his head in disgust and drinks* Windchill 11:04 pm Yeah. *He's not sure how anyone here defines bad romance though so shhh.* Oh man, this part. Why not just give it to the guy. FakeProwl 11:04 pm ... Does she have the diamond. Is she going to throw it in the damn water. Windchill 11:05 pm Yup. Whirl 11:05 pm What's he want it for? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:05 pm //For real!?// Small Furry Dragon 11:05 pm Oh no. Swoop 11:05 pm JUMP FakeProwl 11:05 pm If you don't want it, give it to someone who does. Windchill 11:05 pm Right? Ticks me off. Swoop 11:05 pm JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP Bevel 11:05 pm Shiny. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:05 pm //Boss. Boss, y'better have somethin' real good next week.// Windchill 11:05 pm *No more dead babies.* Whirl 11:05 pm I second this notion. Cos wow, what a turd. boomtank 11:05 pm REALLY?! Windchill 11:05 pm *Snorts.* Small Furry Dragon 11:05 pm Amazing. FakeProwl 11:06 pm Pointless. Windchill 11:06 pm I told you she was selfish. And none too bright. Swoop 11:06 pm No one jump? :< Windchill 11:06 pm No, they just shot themselves. Whirl 11:06 pm What the HELL, movie. You show us that godawful story Windchill 11:06 pm What beautiful photo editing. Whirl 11:06 pm and then show us pictures of her going deep sea fishing and LEARNING TO FLY A PLANE. boomtank 11:06 pm -nope. Facepalms. Drops reading to do this too- FakeProwl 11:06 pm Who cares about her stupid life! Whirl 11:06 pm And you don't tell us THAT instead? FakeProwl 11:06 pm Over a thousand died! ItsyBitsySpyers 11:07 pm [[...Well. He -did- say it was a cautionary tale.]] Bevel 11:07 pm *whines* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:07 pm [[It just happened to be at least a dozen of them.]] Whirl 11:07 pm I'm saying that would have been a MUCH better movie! Swoop 11:07 pm wait where was can? so guy can uhhh figure out how to beat up tornado *is so confused* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:07 pm [[Swoop, for the love of Primus.]] Whirl 11:07 pm Just keep watching, Swoop. FakeProwl 11:07 pm Oh, would you—DROP the damn tornado. Windchill 11:07 pm The problem with this is up until the final act it romanticizes the entire thing. Then goes back to romanticizing it. Whirl 11:08 pm Dumb. Small Furry Dragon 11:08 pm *facepaw* Bevel 11:08 pm Stupid romance. Whirl 11:08 pm D on't listen to him, Swoop. The tornado's right about to show up Windchill 11:08 pm Let's just forget the tragedy to make the audiences feel better. Bleh. Swoop 11:08 pm ???? Windchill 11:08 pm *Oh no.* *OH GOOD.* Whirl 11:08 pm Thank you, Soundwave. Windchill 11:08 pm *We'RE SAVED.* Whirl 11:08 pm I owe you my goddamned life. Windchill 11:09 pm *He knows that song.* Whirl 11:09 pm *well. technically he already does actually* Windchill 11:09 pm *Y'all were THIS CLOSE.* Swoop 11:09 pm ???????????????????? Windchill 11:09 pm *Crosses his arms.* Whirl 11:09 pm Oh, damn. Look at it go! TYhere it is. Worth the wait, right? Look at that tornado. Windchill 11:09 pm *He was denied.* boomtank 11:09 pm Titanic. Not Twister Bevel 11:09 pm Better movie next week. Swoop 11:09 pm YAH twister awesome????? that not awesome????? ???????? Whirl 11:10 pm You see it, Swoop? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:10 pm ((...I completely blanked on what i was going to YT)) boomtank 11:10 pm Yes, but this wasn't Twister. No tornados only icebergs Swoop 11:10 pm ((TWISTER)) Whirl 11:10 pm ((st elmo's fire obv)) Windchill 11:10 pm (( THE ELMO SONG. )) Swoop 11:10 pm But tornadoes BETTER????? Whirl 11:10 pm They are. You're missing it, too. FakeProwl 11:10 pm ... Really? Icebergs? boomtank 11:11 pm Yes ItsyBitsySpyers 11:11 pm [[He wants to know more about them.]] boomtank 11:11 pm But none in that movie FakeProwl 11:11 pm ... *yeah, all right* Windchill 11:11 pm That's fair. Small Furry Dragon 11:11 pm They're big, they're cold, and you cannot use them for sea travel. Swoop 11:11 pm Soundwave, you show cow get thrown around PCHOOO tornado!! Small Furry Dragon 11:11 pm Also once someone found a giant insect in one. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:11 pm [[No. He is not showing tornadoes.]] Small Furry Dragon 11:11 pm That was fun. I think they actually tried to eat it. Swoop 11:11 pm this guy sound like A TOOL FakeProwl 11:12 pm ... Can we watch the CGI of the Titanic sinking next. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:12 pm [[He will look for something on that.]] FakeProwl 11:12 pm It's on the right. Second video. boomtank 11:12 pm -sighs- ItsyBitsySpyers 11:12 pm [[...So it is. Thank you.]] FakeProwl 11:12 pm *nod* Swoop 11:13 pm Me Swoop find Bird. Us go see tornado. Way way cooler than boring talky video. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:13 pm [[Very well. Try not to get caught in it.]] FakeProwl 11:13 pm Then leave. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:13 pm [[...There was more beneath the water?]] Swoop 11:13 pm *WILL ABSOLUTELY GET CAUGHT IN IT, PCHOOOOOOO, swoop out* FakeProwl 11:13 pm ... "It's BELIEVED that the iceberg that sank the Titanic"? They never caught the culprit? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:14 pm *Looks at Prowl* Whirl 11:14 pm The culprit was the dumbass crew. FakeProwl 11:14 pm You know what I mean. Whirl 11:14 pm Iceberg was just... iceberging around. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:14 pm [[...Where would they get stasis cuffs that BIG?]] Whirl 11:14 pm Doing what iceberg's do. Wasn't its fault. Bevel 11:14 pm *laughs* FakeProwl 11:14 pm Oh, shut— I'm a cop, I called it a culprit, get over it. Small Furry Dragon 11:15 pm I would pay to see someone arrest an iceberg. Whirl 11:15 pm SOMEone's prickly tonight. You need a drink. FakeProwl 11:15 pm The— murder weapon, then. ... Dammit. *that's not better* Small Furry Dragon 11:15 pm Well, pay in baked goods, but that's what I have. Whirl 11:15 pm The murder weapon was the controls for the ship. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:15 pm *Sits up slightly. He was only going along with what he thought was a tiny joke.* FakeProwl 11:15 pm The guilty— mmph. Whirl 11:15 pm The iceberg was merely landscape. FakeProwl 11:16 pm *just. jams a hand over his mouth and angrily chinhands.* Whirl 11:16 pm *takes a nice long drink* Windchill 11:17 pm "That looks good," he says. Small Furry Dragon 11:17 pm He's an artist, explaining his art. It just so happens that his art is reconstructing disasters. Windchill 11:18 pm I know what he means. Still poor choice of words. Small Furry Dragon 11:18 pm Fair enough. Whirl 11:18 pm Also--couldn't help but notice your tense, there. You decided to go on and do it, Prowl? *looks over* Bevel 11:18 pm 😞 FakeProwl 11:18 pm ... Do what? *his first thought is "jump off the boat?"* Whirl 11:19 pm You know. FakeProwl 11:19 pm What? Whirl 11:19 pm ...@P: The cop thing. @P: That you asked me about forever ago. FakeProwl 11:19 pm @W «... I turned down the job offer. Immediately after we spoke.» Whirl 11:20 pm @P: All right then. FakeProwl 11:20 pm @W «What's it matter?» Bevel 11:20 pm Play something happy. Windchill 11:20 pm Like. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:20 pm [[Hmm.]] Windchill 11:20 pm Penguins Whirl 11:20 pm @P: Just curious. You said you ARE a cop. Windchill 11:20 pm or Kittens. Whirl 11:20 pm @P: Thought it meant something. Windchill 11:20 pm Not the Madagascar ones. *Points* Eggs hatching. FakeProwl 11:20 pm @W «Well, I also said the iceberg is a culprit. Clearly I misspoke.» Whirl 11:21 pm How about... sea life. Underneath the ice. Maybe barnacles. Windchill 11:21 pm Hmm, barnacles are cool. Small Furry Dragon 11:21 pm Sea life has hard shells, lots of jaws, and will eat you. Whirl 11:21 pm *aloud, he snickers* @P: That IS true., Windchill 11:21 pm All of the other animals are like. Small Furry Dragon 11:21 pm That's the important part. Windchill 11:21 pm Vicious predators. Whirl 11:21 pm That's what I like about it! I've got a pet barnacle that dismembered someone, once. Windchill 11:21 pm Orca whales...which are porpoises, leopard seals...Penguins. Small Furry Dragon 11:21 pm ...You do what makes you happy. Whirl 11:22 pm ...and speaking of which--damn, good thing you reminded me. *looks over to the twins* Oi! You two. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:22 pm //Huh? What?// Whirl 11:22 pm I might need you to watch Killer again soon. Y'good? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:22 pm //It ain't knocked up again, is it?// Whirl 11:22 pm Not that I know of. Windchill 11:22 pm *Suspicious eyeballing Whirl's way, but he'll say nothing.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:23 pm //Cause I ain't handlin' barnapocalypse 2.0.// Whirl 11:23 pm Well, you're welcome to come and ask Killer, if you want. But I've got no idea what makes it get... frisky. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:23 pm //Pfff.// //How 'bout I take your word for it?// Whirl 11:23 pm *salutes* FakeProwl 11:23 pm *Has stopped watching the screen. Is just glaring at the floor, now.* Whirl 11:24 pm I'll bring it by next movie night? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:24 pm //Sure.// Whirl 11:24 pm And I'll comm you if I need it watched sooner. ..I like that sound, they make. Small Furry Dragon 11:24 pm *yawns* Organics have to sleep. Sorry. Thanks for letting me join, Soundwave. I'll send by something tomorrow. I'll make it first thing in the morning. Whirl 11:24 pm *peers at the scren* Small Furry Dragon 11:24 pm Night everyone! ItsyBitsySpyers 11:24 pm [[Goodnight, dragon.]] Whirl 11:24 pm Seeya, dragon. Bevel 11:24 pm Night Windchill 11:24 pm Bye... Whirl 11:25 pm *begins to mimic that penguin noise* Windchill 11:25 pm Sounds about right. Babies eat a lot. An outrageous amount, in fact. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:25 pm *Soundwave is still mostly looking at Prowl, trying to figure out how to help. Or if he should. ... Well, he can say one thing, at least. And hope it doesn't go wrong.* Windchill 11:25 pm Damn. Probably best that Swoop wasn't here for that display. Eheheh. Whirl 11:26 pm How far do you have to fly to feed the grub? Windchill 11:26 pm Depends. boomtank 11:27 pm -and he's standing up to leave- Thanks for the movie, I gotta go now. G'night ItsyBitsySpyers 11:27 pm [[Goodnight.]] Whirl 11:27 pm Seeya, Windchill 11:27 pm But I'll have to expand my range eventually. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:27 pm @Prowl: (txt): Soundwave liked descriptions. Not untrue. Windchill 11:27 pm It helps that I know where all of the old 'con mines are. boomtank 11:27 pm ((thanks for the stream, and g'night! Whirl 11:27 pm Hmm. Hey, Windchill? Windchill 11:27 pm Eh? Whirl 11:27 pm *makes a penguin noise right at him* Windchill 11:28 pm *Makes a gross dolphin noise right back.* FakeProwl 11:28 pm ((and now whirl and windchill are making the noises that mated birds use to locate each other)) Whirl 11:28 pm *recoils* Don't you spit on me you disgusting creature. (9JHDHK)) FakeProwl 11:28 pm ((you will never, ever be able to convince prowl you aren't in a relationship)) Windchill 11:28 pm *Sticks his tongue out. You summoned it.* Whirl 11:28 pm ((the legend LIVES ON)) Windchill 11:28 pm I am disgusting. The...Most Disgusting, even. Whirl 11:29 pm Keep THAT thing away from me, too. *he's pulling his legs back* Nah, not the most. FakeProwl 11:29 pm *acknowledging ping. prowl's indifferent to the comment.* Windchill 11:29 pm *Sucks it back into his head like a noodle.* Whirl 11:29 pm So. ...we're watching videos about animals. Windchill 11:29 pm Not the worst? I'll have to try harder. Whirl 11:29 pm What about frogs? Windchill 11:29 pm *Whispers.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:29 pm *...All right. He'll just. Let Prowl be. For now.* Windchill 11:29 pm Or True Facts about the Echidna. Or the uh. Bevel 11:29 pm ... Whirl 11:29 pm ... Windchill 11:30 pm Sea cucumber. Good stuff. Whirl 11:30 pm Damn. I'm glad we don't have to do this. Windchill 11:30 pm ...I suppose I'm lucky Riot hasn't absorbed me yet. Bevel 11:30 pm *impressed with this anglerfish's shifting abilities* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:30 pm *Wiggles a feeler to try to amuse himself.* Windchill 11:30 pm It sounds like something he might do. Whirl 11:30 pm Me too, honestly. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:30 pm *Doesn't quite manage.* Whirl 11:31 pm Watch out, Soundwave. You might catch something. Windchill 11:31 pm This one is good too. *He's seen it.* FakeProwl 11:31 pm *... stretches to reach under his back kibble.* Windchill 11:31 pm FROG! *points* We gotta. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm *Curious look* Windchill 11:31 pm ...After the owls. FakeProwl 11:31 pm *give him a moment to rummage.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm [[We will.]] Whirl 11:31 pm *points* That's my whole situation. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm *Rumble tries* Windchill 11:31 pm *Does it.* *Bobs his head.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:32 pm //HEY!// FakeProwl 11:32 pm *got it* Windchill 11:32 pm Like me. Bevel 11:32 pm Apes of hamburger. Windchill 11:32 pm Specialized. FakeProwl 11:32 pm *offers soundwave sham-wow* Windchill 11:32 pm Hunting machine. Whirl 11:33 pm Neat. Windchill 11:33 pm *Well, that reminds him of SOMEBODY.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:33 pm *...Looks at the sham-wow. Looks at Prowl. Then back to the sham-wow. ............. T...akes?* Windchill 11:33 pm *Somebody sitting next to him, in fact.* FakeProwl 11:33 pm *there, you anglerfish. Now you've got your bait.* Whirl 11:33 pm *excuse you he cannot eat anything. He can only drink* *he can, regrettably, vomit* ((he's gonna catch a Pipes)0 Huh. I... ItsyBitsySpyers 11:34 pm *Wiggles it around for a second, trying to understand what he's supposed to do with this. Wiggle. Wiggle. What is--? Wiggle. OH.* Whirl 11:34 pm They use sonar? Windchill 11:34 pm *The difference in appearance is minimal, sadly.* Yeah, kinda. Whirl 11:34 pm *stares. Since when did he and owls have so much in common* Whirl 11:35 pm ((I LOVE THAT ONE)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:35 pm *Maybe Prowl isn't quite that mad at him after all?* Windchill 11:35 pm Frog... Whirl 11:35 pm *perks up* Look at 'em. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:35 pm *...Wiggles the shamwow at Prowl.* Whirl 11:35 pm PRAISE. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:35 pm //Praise!// Windchill 11:36 pm Sexy winking. Whirl 11:36 pm *holds his drink aloft* FakeProwl 11:36 pm *looks at it.* Windchill 11:36 pm Look at its fingers. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm //Oh, gross.// FakeProwl 11:36 pm *... bats at it.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm //It's eating it!?// Whirl 11:36 pm Neat! Windchill 11:37 pm Amazing. Whirl 11:37 pm Brutal creatures. Wonderful. Windchill 11:37 pm Am I...a frog? Bevel 11:37 pm *giggles* Whirl 11:37 pm I am not a frog. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:37 pm *Ravage abruptly laughs himself off the bar and thunks* Windchill 11:37 pm *Leans over and whispers.* I might be a frog. Whirl 11:38 pm Well. You'd better tell Riot. Windchill 11:38 pm He knows. Whirl 11:38 pm ((oh hey NEDDLES)) ((IF ANYONE HAS A PHOBIA OF HOLES)) (9THERE IS A SURINAM TOAD IN THIS)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:38 pm ((OH GOD okay i won't look)) FakeProwl 11:38 pm ((oh right, the nasty frog)) ((yeah don't look)) Windchill 11:38 pm (( Ahaha here we go.)) (( I AM STRONG. )) Whirl 11:39 pm ((it's done!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:39 pm ((i accidentally looked and my skin is crawling)) Whirl 11:39 pm Glad that we don't have to do THAT, either. (9OH NO NEDDLES IM SORRY)) ((I didn't think about it till we were partway through)) FakeProwl 11:39 pm ((i don't have a phobia of holes but THAT FROG almost makes me have one)) Windchill 11:39 pm I heard in some universes...it's similar. (( I am only bothered by holes in skin. Like that. )) FakeProwl 11:40 pm *oh hey there's a two hour and forty minute video of the titanic sinking in real time* Windchill 11:40 pm (( But I looked anyway because this is me we're talking about it. )) Whirl 11:40 pm ((i fine with that stuff)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:40 pm *Soundwave's feeler catches the hand batting at it and coils around the wrist. This is his now. ... He'll bite later. And not fuse.* *combined apology and affection ping. thank you.* Bevel 11:40 pm *loves them* FakeProwl 11:41 pm *all right. successfully played the part of the prey.* Whirl 11:41 pm These guys are pretty cool, too. Windchill 11:41 pm Fart ink. I can only aspire to such. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:41 pm [[They are smarter than many vertebrates as well.]] FakeProwl 11:41 pm *... affection ping* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:41 pm [[..."Head hole"?]] FakeProwl 11:41 pm ... There was a suggested video for a real-time collapse of the Titanic. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:42 pm [[There was?]] FakeProwl 11:42 pm Yes. On the last video, it was a suggestion on the side. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:42 pm [[Allow him to do two more and then he will look at it.]] Windchill 11:42 pm Hmmm. Whirl 11:42 pm Those are pretty cool. FakeProwl 11:42 pm *nods* Windchill 11:42 pm Mantis shrimp! The punching shrimp. Whirl 11:42 pm *looks down at his claws and extrudes his deedly-boppers. Horrible writhing things. They are not like suckers* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:43 pm *IF HE COULD DO THAT... if only* Windchill 11:43 pm My favourite, too. Bevel 11:43 pm I love them. Windchill 11:44 pm The pee pee arm. Whirl 11:44 pm *snrk* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:44 pm *He's suddenly glad his feeler was busy being an anglerfish and not an octopus arm.* Windchill 11:44 pm Looks like a fight. Egg. Whirl 11:45 pm Which is how fragging SHOULD look. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:45 pm [[...They're so tiny.]] Bevel 11:45 pm Itty bitty Windchill 11:46 pm I like the colours. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:46 pm //It looks kinda angry.// Whirl 11:47 pm It looks neat. Windchill 11:48 pm *Claps eagerly.* The fastest punch... Bevel 11:48 pm *it looks like a Soundwave she met once...* *also definitely a couple of Thundercrackers* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:49 pm *Isn't afraid of shrimp.* Windchill 11:49 pm I love them. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:49 pm *Is surrounded by seven of them most of the time* Whirl 11:50 pm ((PFFT)) FakeProwl 11:50 pm *one of them even has punchy arms* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:50 pm ((last one and then i'mma poke that other link)) Windchill 11:50 pm (( The kinkiest animal )) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:50 pm ((i've never seen this one but it was asked for so bear with me)) FakeProwl 11:50 pm ((if u mean prowl's suggestion it's literally 2 hours and 40 minutes u don't wanna see that)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:50 pm ((how do you know)) Bevel 11:50 pm ((i love snails i'm not sorry FakeProwl 11:50 pm ((because the youtube timestamp says so)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:51 pm ((no i mean that i wouldn't watch that)) FakeProwl 11:51 pm ((also because that's how long it took for the titanic to sink)) ((OH.)) ((well, for starters, it's midnight.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:51 pm ((...true)) Whirl 11:51 pm ((if pipes were here he would be having flashbacks) Bevel 11:51 pm ((sorry pipes Whirl 11:51 pm ((they're not bad flashbacks) FakeProwl 11:51 pm ((was he impaled with majesty's love darts)) Bevel 11:51 pm ((oh well Whirl 11:51 pm ((ONLY HE KNOWS)) Bevel 11:51 pm ((not sorry pipes Whirl 11:51 pm (( 😎 )) hUH. That's. Hm. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:52 pm [[This is going nowhere he thought this would.]] Windchill 11:52 pm Oddly familiar. Whirl 11:52 pm *drains his drink* Windchill 11:52 pm Dung beetle. Oh man. *He's had to endure many a dung beetle joke.* Whirl 11:52 pm I think I'd admire that kinda chutzpah, myself. FakeProwl 11:53 pm Search "real time titanic." It'll be the first result. Windchill 11:53 pm What, sex darts in your head? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:53 pm ((...true facts about morgan freeman?? what???)) FakeProwl 11:53 pm ((wh.)) Whirl 11:53 pm AT my head, at least. Windchill 11:53 pm Well...I can't argue. Whirl 11:54 pm Ok, well, if you lot are going to watch this, I'll leave you morbid weirdos to it. FakeProwl 11:54 pm ... We can mute the narration, probably. Windchill 11:54 pm Yeah. No thanks. Whirl 11:54 pm *stands up and streetches* Windchill 11:54 pm You're leaving me? Whirl 11:54 pm All right, I will be here next week, for sure. And I'll try and bring Killer. Yep. Abandoning you to your fate. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:54 pm //An' a jar. Jus' in case.// Windchill 11:54 pm My just desserts. Bevel 11:55 pm Night, Whirl Whirl 11:55 pm I'll see if I can scare one up. Windchill 11:55 pm I'm gonna go, too. Whirl 11:55 pm Seeya, Bevel. *bobs his head to the rest of the room* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:55 pm *For a moment, Soundwave feels like someone was imitating him. But he didn't hear it. Weird.* [[Goodnight, Whirl.]] Bevel 11:56 pm *for once it wasn't her* FakeProwl 11:56 pm *slouches forward to re-chinhand and watch the video* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:56 pm *What do you mean, "for once". It shouldn't be an ever.* Bevel 11:56 pm *it's definitely a not ever yep yep >_>* Windchill 11:56 pm Bye, suckers. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:57 pm //Seeya!// Windchill 11:57 pm *Waves.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:57 pm *Curiously watches the chinhandsing. Prowl is oddly interested in this story. Is it the forensics thing? It's the forensics thing, isn't it?* Bevel 11:58 pm *interested in the broke ass mechanics that completely fucked this ship over, why would the water tight bulkheads only go partway up the ship?* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:59 pm *Because humans have a lot to learn about how to make things that aren't constructed out of meat?* Yesterday Bevel 11:59 pm *apparently but it was a flaw they knew about, surely that means they could have built a better way* FakeProwl 12:00 am *they're actually better at making things out of metal than they are at making things out of meat* Bevel 12:00 am *idk sentient life in nine months is pretty impressive* FakeProwl 12:00 am *well they don't TRY to make it. it's an automated process. they're incapable of DELIBERATELY constructing a new sentient life.* *giving humans credit for that would be like giving cybertronians credit for a new hot spot firing. ... or whatever goes on in bevel's universe.* Bevel 12:01 am *in most universes anyway. point made in this imaginary conversation* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:01 am *Bevel is a special case. And why are they not all saying these things out loud?* Bevel 12:02 am *well you see, when the well loves itself...* FakeProwl 12:02 am *... no reason* Bevel 12:02 am *too busy watching the ship sink in real time* FakeProwl 12:02 am *yeah, that. same.* ... Do you think the annoying narration is still going? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:03 am *Good. That means neither of them will notice him pulling the shamwow out of his feeler and inspecting it. He's going to test it on his vis--!* Bevel 12:03 am Maybe? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:03 am [[...We can check.]] Said while holding it to the glass. FakeProwl 12:04 am *... whose glass?* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:04 am *His face.* FakeProwl 12:04 am *then prowl doesn't notice yet* Bevel 12:04 am *Bevel hasn't noticed anything or she'd be in hysterics like the mun* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:05 am *...Seems to be in the clear. Clean clean.* Bevel 12:05 am ((omg i'm dying FakeProwl 12:05 am *soundwave may be pleased to discover that the sham-wow is EXTREMELY realistic* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:05 am *You bet your aft he is. How do we know this?* *Because he sits up a little and starts testing it on a bunch of other self surfaces too* *...This is really soft. How did Prowl's tires get leather and his face not have an internal structure for a so long but this is like a real thing?* *Who was in charge of priorities?* FakeProwl 12:07 am *hey, the upgraded version was designed to blend in among humans* *they added in textures for textiles and skins before they added in textures for facial mesh.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:08 am *...Rub rub. Whoever they were, his hand appreciates them.* FakeProwl 12:08 am *humans wear a lot more leather jackets than rubber tires* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:09 am [[He doesn't remember drumming in the movie. Did the musicians have a secret drummer?]] FakeProwl 12:10 am I think that's the engine. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:10 am [[...That's impressive.]] [[But he is grateful his engine doesn't get that loud.]] [[It'd be Pit for stealth.]] Bevel 12:11 am That would be bad. FakeProwl 12:11 am You're also not that large. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:11 am [[Well, he's not perfect.]] This message has been removed. FakeProwl 12:12 am ... You don't need to be that large. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:12 am [[No, he doesn't. But he would easily get more observation done.]] FakeProwl 12:13 am Hm. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:13 am [[Instead of flying over a city he could simply look down on it and watch several portions at once.]] *Rub rub.* [{Of course, he'd also be seen.]] Bevel 12:14 am Less stealthy yeah. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:14 am [[And his spark would give out in a nanosecond. So. He'll stay as he is.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 12:15 am *On the plus side, if he was that big, Prowl wouldn't have to worry about following in Ice Cube's footsteps.* FakeProwl 12:20 am ... It doesn't look like they've rendered the people on the Titanic, have they? Bevel 12:20 am I do not see anyone. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:20 am [[They'd be too small to really be seen, wouldn't they?]] FakeProwl 12:20 am At this resolution they might be too small to see, but at least it would be possible to see if there were a mass of them. Maybe it's too early for crowds to have formed. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:21 am [[Ah, yes. There - it said they were only beginning the evacuation.]] FakeProwl 12:21 am Mm. They're still indoors. Bevel 12:21 am The lights on the side are only just starting to sink. FakeProwl 12:22 am *... watches as the lights disappear under the water, one by one.* Bevel 12:22 am *finds this depressing and interesting and not sure if she should feel bad for the latter* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:24 am *It IS depressing and interesting. It's also pushing him to unwanted thoughts now and again, which is why he keeps distracting himself with the shamwow and the occasional bit of chatter.* *But he is mostly watching.* FakeProwl 12:24 am *that's one row completely gone.* FakeProwl 12:26 am *it is depressing. he's not distracting himself from it.* Bevel 12:27 am ((i'm actually kind of fascinated grimly by this but i'm also thinking i should probably lay down like a responsible adult. boo FakeProwl 12:30 am ((go. be an adult.)) ((damn i missed the last message)) ((they need to like, ding when they've got a status update.)) Bevel 12:31 am ((that would be really nice Bevel 12:32 am ((only problem with being an adult is that bevel would watch the next two hours FakeProwl 12:32 am ((im gonna go get rid of my dirty dishes but im not gonna be an adult for another half an hour.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:32 am ((I looked away to catch up on dash and there's a whole row of lights gone again)) FakeProwl 12:32 am ((brb)) Bevel 12:33 am ((it's faster than you realize, which is terrifying ((ok, gonna be an adult. assume bevel is well and truly way too involved in this video FakeProwl 12:36 am ((back)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:36 am *Rumble's just. Gonna slowly make his way over to Soundwave. And curl up against his arm.* ((wb)) FakeProwl 12:37 am *Heard a sound, glances over at the— Is Soundwave using Prowl's sham-wow* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:38 am *...................Maybe. He might be quietly scrubbing at his leg with it.* FakeProwl 12:38 am *... stares.* *... all righty then. gonna. look back at the video.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:39 am *Feel free.* FakeProwl 12:40 am *there goes another row of lights.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:40 am [[The -first-?]] FakeProwl 12:40 am ... They made the decision to evacuate the ship—what—twenty minutes ago? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:41 am *Particularly rough swipe with the cloth.* [[It's been most of an hour.]] FakeProwl 12:41 am Why did they only send a distress call now? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:41 am [[Because they're idiots.]] [{Or were.]] [[The humans still would not have survived in the sea, but at least the rescue ship would have arrived quicker.]] FakeProwl 12:42 am That's an unacceptable answer. It's a dismissive answer that allows the real causes—preventable causes—to be ignored. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:43 am [[They were clearly untrained, unprepared, and uncontrolled.]] FakeProwl 12:43 am "It happened because they're idiots" is no more useful than "it happened because of an act of gods." Acts of god can no more be prevented than idiocy. Chalking the situation up to idiocy is as good as saying that nothing could have been done. WHICH idiocy, specifically, made them take the better part of an hour to send out a call—even twenty minutes after they chose to evacuate? Were they understaffed and couldn't spare someone to man the radio? Did they need to get their radio operator out of bed? Did they disagree on which distress signal to send out? Specific things—preventable things—things that can be addressed. Things that can be changed so that the same idiocy doesn't happen in the future. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:45 am [[He expects hubris played a role.]] [[And a desire not to upset the precious, fragile little high caste humans.]] FakeProwl 12:46 am Hubris doesn't explain why it took another twenty minutes after they got over their hubris and admitted they had to abandon ship. They were willing to disturb their fragile little high caste humans from their beds twenty minutes before they called for help, and a call for help needn't be heard by the high caste humans. If THAT were their motive, the call for help would have come twenty minutes before they worked up the nerve to wake their passengers. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:48 am [[He doesn't know why. Perhaps nobody knows why. If the movie is to be believed, much of the crew went down with it.]] [[The narration isn't telling us.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 12:49 am *Look at the gap. There could have been boats in that gap.* FakeProwl 12:49 am ... Things could have been different. Things could have been done differently. They could have been trained differently. They could have been trained better. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:50 am *The hesitation and the repetition catch his attention. He stops scrubbing at his leg and stares at Prowl.* FakeProwl 12:50 am Even once it was too late to load up the ship with more lifeboats and too late to avoid a collision—they could have reacted differently. They only had enough boats to save half the passengers, but half the passengers COULD have been saved. Roughly. Barring unavoidable accidents, broken boats, an inability to lower them properly due to the ship's listing... FakeProwl 12:53 am If someone clever enough was on board they could have started tearing up the tables and benches to make rafts. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:53 am [[...They should have had someone like you.]] *Scrub scrub.* FakeProwl 12:54 am ... I— I would have... *falls silent* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:55 am [[Protected them?]] FakeProwl 12:56 am ... I would have been the one locking poor passengers behind gates to prevent riots around the lifeboats. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:56 am *Oh.* FakeProwl 12:58 am ... When there's only enough room for half the passengers to survive, the other half need to be prevented from fighting for a place on boats that can't fit them. Fighting reduces survivors. It would be the only... *falls silent again.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:58 am *And he said he would see the people locking them behind doors locked up themselves.* *Way to go, self.* [[It is not the only way.]] FakeProwl 1:01 am *doors were opened that were never used. murmurs,* So disorganized. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:02 am [[They waited far too long. For everything. Passengers were noticing the water before they were told. They were not brought up until there was barely time left to board. People panic when there is no time.]] FakeProwl 1:02 am People panic when the boats are full and there's no room left for them, too. People panic when ships are sinking. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:04 am [[Then that's the real problem. The boats.]] FakeProwl 1:05 am In the proposed scenario it's too late to do anything about the boats. The number is the number and there should have been enough for everyone, but there aren't. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:05 am [[There would be if someone attentive enough insisted on having them and not catering to delicate visual sensibilities.]] FakeProwl 1:06 am And when there aren't enough boats for everyone, someone has to choose who's to die. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:06 am [[And did not bow before policymakers who do not care about those lower than themselves.]] FakeProwl 1:06 am *nods at the notice that just came on the screen* Lightoller chose men. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:09 am [[Organics often choose that. The newbuilds will grow to be the new adults.]] FakeProwl 1:09 am Who they chose isn't important. What's important is a choice had to be made. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:10 am [[Who they choose -is- important.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 1:12 am [[You do not think it would be possible to allow only some of the rich and some of the poor? There was no other place they could have gathered the rich to allow the crew to separate them into groups? Only this fancy dining hall that, again, would not offend them?]] [[They could not have lied and said women and children to the left side boats, men to the right, and then locked the men away?]] FakeProwl 1:13 am No, they couldn't have. The couples and families would have objected and insisted that they stay together. They would have furiously protested their separation. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:13 am [[Then simply separate the group as a whole.]] [[Half here, half there.]] FakeProwl 1:14 am There was a notice on the screen earlier about a couple that refused to part, so they both stayed on the ship and put their maid on the lifeboat instead. That would have happened en masse. They would have followed their mates to the wrong sides of the ship. That's what locking up half of them does. Half here, half there. Which half doesn't matter—whichever half is EASIEST to lock up is the half that SHOULD be locked up, because time was short and elaborate gimmicks waste precious minutes. Getting the passengers together en masse and splitting them into two would have taken half an hour. If the ship's already segregated in half, it takes five minutes to lock one half away and ensure there won't be hundreds of doomed lives milling on the top deck when they find out there aren't enough boats. Which half is saved doesn't matter. Just that it's the EASIEST half. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:16 am [[That condemns the poor for circumstances beyond their control, often to the point of their birth. They are placed in a position where they are beneath everyone, and then when lives are at stake, they are confirmed as worthless.]] [[And the rich were no better. They were corrupt. Selling their creations, abusing each other.]] FakeProwl 1:17 am And that's damn tragic and should never have to happen. But I would rather save a thousand rich lives than five hundred mixed lives. Not because the rich deserve it any more than the poor, but because there's five hundred more survivors. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:18 am [[Then you should be the person in charge of designing the ship so that -nobody- needs to perish.]] FakeProwl 1:18 am That's not the POINT! We're talking about what happens when it's ALREADY too late! I'm not the person who designs ships, I'm the person who has to choose who dies! I'm ALWAYS the person who has to choose who dies! ItsyBitsySpyers 1:19 am [[And his point is that you do not have to be.]] [[At least not only when it is too late.]] FakeProwl 1:20 am *face screws up. forcibly smooths it. looks away.* ... We're never going to have a world so perfect that there won't have to be choices between who lives and who dies. It's an impossibility. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:23 am [[Of course it is. We are fallible creatures. There are probably entire universes dying every day, and he cannot fulfill his oath and help save them all. But we can try to minimize the need.]] FakeProwl 1:24 am I can't save all the idiots from themselves. I spent four million years trying. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:25 am [[So did he. Not quite to your extent. Our faction beliefs were too different. But near enough.]] FakeProwl 1:25 am How'd that work out for you. ... I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:31 am [[It was.]] [[And it didn't. Our population is smaller than yours and mostly comprised of Vehicons and Insecticons, he lost everyone but Laserbeak, and the Decepticons tore themselves apart.]] [[Lately, he has been trying something new. Abandoning all the weak results in losses he cannot accept. Nor will he continue catering only to those who are already powerful.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 1:34 am [[And he is certain he will fail more often than not. But he is tired of doing the same thing.]] FakeProwl 1:35 am *... if that's a moral Soundwave considers relevant to the conversation, then he's missed Prowl's point completely.* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:35 am [[He understands the desire for maximum efficiency.]] FakeProwl 1:36 am *prowl doesn't think it's worth correcting. doesn't matter.* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:41 am *He pauses. His words aren't working. He knows what Prowl's trying to get at. He knows what he's trying to get at. He can't quite make them meet in the middle. Trying anyway.* FakeProwl 1:45 am *returns to watching the video* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:57 am [[But perfection is not possible for imperfect creatures. Mechs will die or be hurt. He may lose one of his deployers again, or himself, or you. He would rather not, but he might. And it might be him choosing. If it is, he will try to get as close to his ideal as he can.]] [[But he would prefer to put himself in a position where he can learn and guide and ensure that he rarely has to do it, until his interference is not needed.]] *Tiny vent. This isn't right. He hates his head for limiting him out loud when it's so powerful inside.* [[We aren't filling boats anymore. Those ships sank, and we cannot recover the lives we lost. He is trying to help design a new one so that you do not -have- to make those choices.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 1:59 am [[Primus knows Starscream will only choose himself. You, at least, will try to get as many as you can, and he can sneak others into the spaces left behind.]] FakeProwl 2:02 am *watches silently as one lifeboat almost lands on another* *he doesn't want to load lifeboats anymore. he wants to sit on the ship and watch it sink. he's not going to say that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:03 am *Soundwave kind of already knows.* *Not the extent of it, that it goes past Prowl to encompass the whole planet. But the idea that Prowl, at least, would like to jump the rails.* FakeProwl 2:05 am *dully* I'm glad the orchestra kept playing. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:08 am [[As is he.]] Another tiny vent. [[Sentimental beings, music lovers.]] FakeProwl 2:09 am Well-trained. They did their jobs properly when many others did not. No one would have blamed them or remembered if they hadn't. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:13 am [[No, they wouldn't. And he does not think they would be considered responsible for anything, unlike the other crew members.]] [[But it likely gave some of the escapees and the doomed a few more moments of comfort.]] [[He would not like to die to silence, himself.]] FakeProwl 2:15 am ... I think I would. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:15 am [[...Why?]] *Realizing that might sound judgmental, he quickly tags it as curiosity.* FakeProwl 2:16 am ... I don't know. FakeProwl 2:18 am ... I don't want to be distracted, I suppose. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:18 am [[From the experience?]] FakeProwl 2:18 am From my own death. It seems like the sort of thing I shouldn't only be paying half attention to. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:19 am [[He supposes not. There wouldn't be a do-over.]] Pauses to look down at Rumble, who is sleeping with his arms locked around Soundwave's forearm. [[Usually.]] FakeProwl 2:20 am Hopefully. *... shouldn't have said that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:26 am [[...You asked him to extinguish you if you were badly damaged. When - after the pipe. He didn't listen then.]] *Thinking about Rose on the rails and what Prowl said during the movie.* [[He apologizes for that. If it is ever his duty, he will do what he promised when he became your ally. And he will try to keep the area quiet.]] [[But he would--]] Long silence. [[He would talk about you.]] FakeProwl 2:27 am *goes very still* ... It doesn't matter. The pipe DIDN'T cause permanent damage. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:31 am [[No. It didn't. He is thankful for that.]] [[He would rather talk -to- you.]] FakeProwl 2:32 am I know. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:32 am *The big pipes falling reminds him of Tyran Ratchet. He turns away from the screen for a second.* *And just nods.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:34 am *Pulls his tarp tighter.* FakeProwl 2:34 am ... It sank so fast at the end. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:36 am [[It did. He assumes it was because there was nothing to block the water.]] FakeProwl 2:38 am Yes, it was very streamlined like that. But it's still just... Two and a half hours. And then, seconds. Not streamlined. aerodynamic. ... Aquadynamic? ItsyBitsySpyers 2:40 am [[...He likes that one. Use that one.]] [[It still surprises you that things move so quickly.]] Not quite a question, not quite a statement. FakeProwl 2:40 am It's not surprise. It's... *he doesn't know what it is. shakes his head.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:41 am *...Kind of wondering if Prowl is wondering if it's like that to die.* FakeProwl 2:42 am ... What's that video? The six unexplainable mysteries. *oh. premonitions and conspiracy theories. he'd been hoping for forensic mysteries.* FakeProwl 2:48 am *... those were all horrible* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:49 am *He wouldn't know. His mind was very much elsewhere. Like here:* [[It's only over in seconds in reality, you know.]] FakeProwl 2:49 am *wasn't the loss terrible enough without conspiracy theories that it was deliberate?* *gives Soundwave a baffled look* ... Well, yes, I suppose so. *they dragged it out for, what, 15, 20 minutes in the movie?* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:52 am [[No. No. The--]] He rubs his crest with his free hand. [[In reality, it only takes seconds. Sometimes. But in your spark, in your mind, it's hours. Days. Longer. Sometimes he feels twice his age.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 2:59 am [[He wouldn't want silence. He's already dealt with it five times without distraction. Ten, with the copies. It's--]] His hand drops and covers his visor, then slides to his lap. [[For all that he would willingly take for himself, he would never ask to feel that again.]] FakeProwl 3:00 am *... oh. Soundwave's not talking about the ship sinking.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:00 am [[The ones in the water, the ones falling, all of them - it was not seconds to them.]] FakeProwl 3:01 am *well, NOW he's talking about the ship sinking, but.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:02 am *Sometimes he wonders what it did to Starscream. He'll try not to think about that too.* FakeProwl 3:02 am *glances at soundwave, then looks at the screen. what does he say to that? what does he possibly say to that.* FakeProwl 3:04 am ... If you're dying in front of me, I'll sing for you. I mean—no, obviously, if you're dying in front of me, I'll try to stop it. That's the first priority. I just mean—hypothetically—if I can't— *he's going to stop before he makes it worse.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:07 am *He can't turn his whole self without waking Rumble, so he just pulls the hand he never let go of to his face and presses it against his visor.* *And nods.* FakeProwl 3:08 am ... *scoots next to Soundwave* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:10 am *Curls an arm and a feeler around Prowl and is quiet.* FakeProwl 3:11 am ... I probably, just—strike you as profoundly spoiled and ungrateful. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:15 am [[No. More fortunate, overall. Angry. Depressed. Lost. Mistreated.]] FakeProwl 3:16 am Never had a near death experience. ... Or a vicarious death experience. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:16 am [[Knock Out is profoundly spoiled and Starscreams are ungrateful. You are neither.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 3:17 am [[More fortunate overall, as he said. And you cannot have the second. He is built for something you are not. He will not blame you for that.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 3:19 am [[But he will - did - tell you.]] FakeProwl 3:19 am *... has to stop and think a few comments back.* *"depressed"? "lost"?* *... yeah. maybe so.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:23 am *He is qualified to recognize both on a personal-experience basis and is certain it's more than a maybe.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:26 am [[His apologies. His glossa has run away with him.]] FakeProwl 3:26 am *shakes head* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:26 am *Pulls the tarp off himself with free feeler and drapes it over Rumble instead.* FakeProwl 3:27 am *... is prowl's hand still on soundwave's face. runs thumb along the edge of his visor.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:30 am *Still is. He presses against it and into the thumb, then returns the gesture, though his thumb strokes the bottom of a chevron instead. There's no visor. Yet.* [[You will need rest soon. Tonight has been...]] Rough? Depressing? Frightening? Sentimental? Awkward? Frustrating? [[...A night.]] FakeProwl 3:34 am Mm. *he doesn't want to leave yet.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:38 am *Lets his arm drift down to Prowl's shoulder and pulls. If Prowl's going to insist on staying, Soundwave doesn't mind being a pillow. He's used to sleeping in piles anyway.* FakeProwl 3:39 am *leans on Soundwave. optics don't dim. he isn't tired.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:41 am *Someone Prowl hates would probably say Soundwave was projecting. Soundwave would probably throw them under the nearest steamroller.* FakeProwl 3:42 am *Soundwave would have Prowl's eternal gratitude.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:44 am *That, and telling himself the flickering out is for work or recharge keeps him from worrying too much.* *He'd wear that proudly. If secretly. Nobody else would need to know why he had it.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:46 am [[Sing before that happens.]] Pause. That's rude, isn't it? [[Please.]] FakeProwl 3:46 am ... Before what happens? *lost the train of conversation somewhere* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:48 am [[What you said earlier. So it is associated with something pleasant.]] Another pause. [[Not now, necessarily. But some time. He likes hearing your voice.]] And a third. [[Now it -is- running away.]] FakeProwl 3:49 am ... Which thing I said earlier? Oh. *it took him a moment to work it out* Yes. Right. Sure. Just—don't die, and we won't have to worry about it. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:50 am [[He isn't planning to. Though he would like to eventually hear it anyway.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 3:52 am *Primus, he needs to block himself from being able to write text messages before he says or does something he can't take back or smooth over.* *...Some more.* FakeProwl 3:54 am *small nod*

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