#this happened bc originally he was facing left and i just flipped him and forgot to change the other tentacles when i changed his right one

[cack1e]

drew ikkan and warabi with the weapons i'd think they'd use #lol

#my art #posting now before i hate this #also fuck doing lineart u cant make me do it #shoutout 2 @splatreference for the weapon drawings bc damn! #if my back didnt hurt right now id go back and make warabi stick his tongue out #and give his fingers color #this took me FOUR HOURS. it looking decent is mostly down to me bruteforcing my way into that outcome #mistake spotted: both of warabis front tentacles split into 2 #only his left is supposed to do that. oops! #this happened bc originally he was facing left and i just flipped him and forgot to change the other tentacles when i changed his right one

[the8thsphynx]

p,,, p l e a s e ? I mean, please don't feel pressured to tell us about Herc either though!!! but if you want to ramble about her I'll very happily listen,,,,, as a greek mythology buff with fate brain rot your Herc makes me,,,, very happy,,,,, 🥺

HECC YEAH!

Alright, so as a disclaimer, she looks Like That(tm) because I’ve had Heracles as an OC since I was like an 11yo, so LONG before I even knew Fate existed and I’m not planning on changing the way she looks to look more like FSF/FSN Herc.

I also think that the armor I already have designed on her looks closer to Achilles/Jason/Asclepius/Odysseus’s more mecha-centered looks for Fate Greek Servants.

Next, I’ve established that the reason she is female is two separate reasons, and this has to do with compatibility for Roleplay:

When I did roleplay with others, I just had it set that she was from Musashi’s timeline and she isn’t actually the Heracles/Alcides of our timeline.

For my personal writing, it’s like an Artoria situation where history chose to remember her as a man because misogynistic Ancient Greece being like, ‘well there’s no way a woman could be a child of Zeus and this powerful and skilled at being in charge, so you must actually be a man’.

Second Disclaimer: no one has permission to take my designs and recreate them or use them for RP or fanfics.

SO listed below are the major points about her history in this verse and also how she currently operates as a Servant!!

In her history:

Same song and dance as the beginning where her powers surfaced at a young age, so Chiron found her and took her in to train her to be a hero. However, the change-up here is that Zeus gifted Heracles a portion of his power when she was born because he had the intention of this child being the hero that would guide Greece into a new age as his tickcet for his bet with Hera (this was in the 12 Trials original writing). Basically she never had a choice on whether or not she would be a hero.

When she traveled to Thebes in order to attempt to enter the Thebian Army, a whole situation happened with a coup and an attack with a hydra from Lernaea that got lured to Thebes from a nest by the people doing the coup... It was an entire thing. Heracles defeated the hydra and helped identify the traitor guards, so she was able to prove herself to Queen Eurydice and King Creon, who immediately had her married to their son Megara (below).

(he may have been in line for the Thebian throne and an incredibly skilled warrior, but he was THE Malewife.)

A bit before she moved to Thebes, when she was staying in Athens, Eurystheus met her and fell in love with her, but when she rejected his feelings that was when Hera came to him and ‘chose him as her champion’ so she could start her dirty ass scheme.

Heracles had a happy and loving marriage with Megara and they had one daughter and two sons. She would frequently go out with the Argonauts, but always came home to them as soon as she got back on shore.

When the Hera Snake Shit(tm) happened, Heracles was... broken. After the fact, the shock and grief made her go mad all over again until she dragged herself to Thebes and tried to convince Eurystheus to execute her, but because he was in cahoots with Hera he forced Heracles to the 12 Trials instead to ‘redeem’ herself... and this shit lasted 12 years, btw. So that’s 12 years of retraumatizing herself by being forced to do these impossible feats to be forgiven for the murders she was forced by Hera to commit... on top of Hera also sabotaging the Trials wherever she could.

When Heracles completed the initial 10, Eurystheus tricked her into two more, and after completing those two she snapped and nearly killed him, screaming at him to free her. It was then that Eurystheus bitched out and confessed everything to Heracles; Hera’s hatred, her whole plan... all of it. Heracles then stormed her ass out of Mycenae and Thebes and never returned.

She spent the rest of her life until her death by Nessus being cruel, cold, and tyrannical. Heracles had 1 (one) last biological child that she left with a king who would eventually raise that child to found Sparta (Leonidas’s ancestor), but the rest of her very numerous children were all actually orphaned or less fortunate children that she adopted so they could claim the title of ‘child of Heracles’ to help themselves get ahead in life (this is where the Heracleidae came to be). Even so, she usually left them on their own and didn’t open herself to them as a mother-figure.

Her life as a Servant:

She may have manifested as an Avenger class, but this is because of Megara becoming a part of her soul and manifesting with her as the manifestation of her hatred for the gods; he’s made the active choice to turn himself into the arrow meant to kill Hera.

If it weren’t for Megara bonding with her Spirit Core, Heracles would qualify for Grand Berserker class. Because of this, Heracles still has a Madness Enhancement factor that will kick in when she encounters a god. Very similar to when Penthisilea goes buckwild at the mention of Achilles, except it only activates and makes her black out when she is face-to-face with and aware that someone is a god.

Despite being an Avenger, she has an incredibly sweet disposition, especially towards kids. A habit from her life that stuck with her as a Servant is that if she sees a child (Heroic Spirit or not) who has no parents or awful parents, she WILL adopt them and start calling them her child, and no, not in the creepy weird m*mmy k*nk way, foh. In some cases, she’ll just adopt someone because they look like they could be her child. One fucking hilarious instance of this is that she has adopted Archer Emiya even though he gripes all the time that they look the same age physically. Does she care?? NO, that’s her son, babey!

Her Noble Phantasms are the almost the same as FSF Archer Alcides, especially Reincarnation Pandora and King’s Order... and Reincarnation Pandora is actually the reason why she would up contracting with Goetia. But she also has the manifestation of all 12 Trials, albeit in a different form than what Archer Alcides can bring them forth as, and this is because by some handiwork by Daedalus, Heracles can alter the King’s Order to adapt to whatever situation she needs them for.

ex: Cerberus can become a motorcycle aside from also being a three headed hellhound and the famous Lernian Hydra can turn into a Mercedes Benz aside from also being the fuck-off giant Kinghidorah.

Daedalus messing with Heracles’s Noble Phantasms is the most shown in her (Daedalus is a woman in this verse bc fuk u) alteration of Nine Lives to be a multi-adaptable weapon with nine different functionalities that Heracles can flip them to at a moment’s notice. These alternate forms include: bow, twin swords, double-ended spear, polearm, long barreled rifle, twin short arms, bludgeon, battering ram, and can even conform to the braces on her arms and become gauntlets (yes, her and Ruler Martha would vibe).

(I realize that this isn’t the best design, I’m still working on drawing weapons)

Oh, I almost forgot about her other non-combatant quirk: she fucking LOVES blond men. If a grown dude is a blond and NOT a Greek-- regardless of anything else about their physical appearance-- it cranks their attractiveness scale up by at least 2 points for her. Goetia, Fionn, Arthur/Artoria, Gawain, Kintoki, Gilgamesh (he’s on thin fuckin ice), Jekyll, Goredolf... none of them are safe.

She also very much loves modern era fashion and dressing up. Heracles quickly befriends a lot of the female Servants/staff and goes on periodic ladies nights out with them.

#Anonymous #fate oc #my ocs #heracles #the8thsphynx

[alextriestowritestuff]

Mark of Athena Re-read

Hey guys! If you’ve been keeping up with my last couple of posts, you’ll know I’ve been re-reading the Heroes of Olympus (HoO) series by Rick Riordan, starting with the Son of Neptune. If you want to my thoughts on it (spoilers included) and my background with the series, click here. I made a little bit of rant post about my feelings about the HoO series overall so far and you can find that here! This post will be about the Mark of Athena (MoA) and as always, spoilers abound.

Soooo y’all...I think this book is worse than the Lost Hero. I feel so bad for saying that bc I hated tLH (Like I’d give that book 2 stars) but god, this was so bad. No wonder I forgot what happened when I originally read it. Before I get into it, I will say I’m usually not negative in my ‘reviews’-I’ll give credit where it’s due (I did that in tSoN with Hazel and Frank who weren’t really my fav characters to start with) but this book has very little redeemable aspects imo. So I’ll start with the thing I was most irritated about: Piper.

Piper...Piper...Piper. Gods, none of her chapters ever passed the Bechdel test. I DESPISE her and I hated every single one of her chapters. With characters like Frank, I admitted that sometimes his chapters were a bit boring but I never hated the guy’s narration. Piper, however, is an insecure hypocrite. Let me show you.

So at one point, Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel meet up with Aphrodite. The POV is Annabeth’s and while Aphrodite is talking to them, it seems like Piper is just embarrassed to have her around. 

“Mother!” Piper said. “You’re embarrassing me.” “Well, I don’t see why,” the goddess said. “Just because you don’t appreciate my fashion tips, Piper, doesn’t mean the others won’t. I could do a quick makeover for Annabeth and Hazel, perhaps silk ball gowns like mine—” “Mother!” 

And a few lines later she says again “ ‘Mother, Piper said, “is there a reason you’re here?’” (30). 

Okay so someone tell me why this girl says 10 pages later “But also, Piper was secretly hurt not to have her mother to herself. Aphrodite had barely looked at her. She hadn’t said a word about Jason. She hadn’t bothered explaining her conversation with Reyna at all. It was almost as if Aphrodite no longer found Piper interesting. Piper had gotten her guy. Now it was up to her to make things work, and Aphrodite had moved on to newer gossip as easily as she might toss out an old copy of a tabloid magazine” (40). LIKE GIRL MAKE UP YOUR MIND. Do you want your mom’s attention or not? But I’m highkey interested in what Aphrodite said to Reyna tho.

Let’s talk about Reyna for a second. First off, I feel so bad for her?? Percy turned her down-fine, he has a gf. Then I thought Jason had feelings for her but he says this in MoA, page 19: “It’s just…I never felt that way toward Reyna,” Jason said, “so I didn’t think about its making you uncomfortable. You’ve got nothing to worry about, Pipes”. Like damn can Reyna get any love?? I get that he doesn’t like her anymore since he met Piper but to have never liked her? That’s rough. And notice how this quote is from page 19, but again on p. 40, Piper is still so insecure in their relationship. I don’t she’s listened to a word he said at all. Then towards the end of the book, she says oh I love you but she literally didn’t know the man’s age prior to that. Like what?? Did they even kiss this book? I think like once lmao. Also speaking of the birthday thing, Piper says this while she waits for Jason to blow out his birthday candles.

“Well?” she urged. “Blow out the candles.”

Jason did. Piper wondered if he’d made a wish—hopefully that he and Piper would survive this quest and stay together forever. She decided not to ask him. She didn’t want to jinx that wish, and she definitely didn’t want to find out that he’d wished for something different. 

Me @ Jason: This your girl? Come get her. Because Imma hurt her feelings. What do you mean you want him to wish to stay together forever? He should wish for Gaea to you know die so everyone can be safe. If I ever met Piper in person, I’d fight her. ON SIGHT. 

In a related note, I’ve got nothing to say about Jason. He was fine. He passed out alot during this book, didn’t do much for how hyped his powers are supposed to be. I will say when he and Percy were possessed and they fought each other, Percy totally won that fight. He knocked Jason the hell out and was about to end his whole career until Piper got Blackjack to knock him out. But overall, I think Jason’s rather bland and him and Piper have NO chemistry. But I don’t think he deserves insecure Piper as a girlfriend. She’s a whole ass child of Aphrodite and she’s worried about her relationship...let me move on.

My main issue with the book lies in the structure and plot. The previous two books had 3 narrators and each set of trio had a specific prophecy assigned to them-i.e: Percy, Hazel and Frank had to free death, retrieve the eagle. The prophecies are a catalyst to get them to go on the quest. And then obviously, we have the overarching prophecy of the seven that will come to fruition in small chunks until the last book of the series. That’s fine. So the issue with MoA is that now Rick is handling seven characters + Coach Hedge (like why was he necessary??). He has 4 POVs which threw me the hell off bc we had 3 in the previous two books and honestly, I think we could’ve gone without one of them (Percy’s actually). As a writer, it’s hard to balance multiple characters in the same setting constantly. If they have a conversation, one or two of them will have less lines because other characters have already said them. Therefore to give everyone adequate ‘screen time’, Rick had to separate them by keeping groups of three or two on their own side quest. As a result, however, reading the book felt like I was being brake checked constantly. Ex-We follow Percy, Frank, and Hedge to an Aquarium then we follow Annabeth, Hazel, and Piper to meet Aphrodite, then they encounter the Romans, then Piper and Jason meet Hercules and get the horn and so on. Like they’re constantly shifting and doing stuff but not going as a group so it feels like I’m constantly trying to catch up. There’s too many pit stops for my liking. And I deadass have no idea what most of it had to with the MoA prophecy. 

This disjointed-ness is what makes me rate it lower than tLH. Because while I didn’t like Piper or Jason in that book, it was still cohesive. There was a plot and it was followed. Another reason I might feel this way toward MoA is because Rick has a formula and it’s starting to be predictable. Think about the original Greek myths-there’s one main demigod like Hercules, there’s a quest, there’s godly interference so it makes sense the the PJO/HoO characters have the same thing. But all this talking to gods (esp gods we’ve already met like Aphrodite) is taking up so much space and slowing the plot. It also didn’t help that the minor villians in this book are all unlikeable?? All they did was talk. Otis and Ephialtes. Porchy and Keto. Arachane. All they did was talk. Here’s how to defeat a PJO/HoO villain: con them to help you/let you go or fight them. That’s it. 

This book is where I started to really regret reading the series. Like I was just over it. The plot was somehow slow and all over the place at the same time. The last couple of chapters were good because I was like finally, something relevant to the prophecy is happening. 

Let me leave you guys with some positives about this book though:

1. Annabeth’s POV. What a gal. When she faces Arachane, Annabeth mentions that she doesn’t have an active power like the other Seven but she has her intelligence. And I’m like yes girl, you are brave and everything I want to be. I would read the PJO series from her POV over this series.

2. Percabeth. They kept promising to come back to each other and my heart melted. Percy was so worried about letting her go follow the Mark but he knew it’s what she had to do and he let her go. And ugh, them falling got me all over again. And like just their chemistry is off the charts. Piper and Jason could never. 

3.  Percy’s comments about Luke. Percy realizes that he’s around Luke’s age when Luke went all ‘Gods are bad, their children are pawns’ and like I get chills from reading that passage because you can tell Percy’s tired. He can’t have a life because of these quests, he’s constantly moments away from dying. He never really got a chance to be a teenager. And I get he wants to help people and keep the world from being taken over by bad guys but he’s also human. He’s seen demigods die...he’s traumatized. Like Percy, I really understand Luke better now (right idea, wrong execution) and l see how tired Percy is. 

4. The Leo/Hazel/Frank disaster of a love triangle. Like I’ve mentioned before, I want Hazel, a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD child, to be left the hell alone when it comes to romance. But because Uncle Rick insists on pairing up everyone, I have to oblige. So here I am. The amount of times I cackled at Frank and Leo’s digs at each other is astronomical. Like shots were fired, no one held back. I was like is this even MG/lower end of YA anymore with all this salt?? Over the years I’ve been spoiled about the series so I know that Leo somehow ends up with Calypso so I know nothing will come out of the love triangle (and it seems to be wrapping up bc Leo and Frank complimented each other’s abilities toward the end there) but passive aggressive-ness was peak. 

5. Every single conversation between Reyna and Annabeth. Like two powerhouses talking about wanting to save their camps and the world. I loved it. Hands down. I hope they can be friends when this is all over. 

6. And lastly, the reunion of Percabeth. The Judo flip. The fact that Percy talked about having a future with her. 

Thanks for reading if you made it down here and I’ll see you guys in a couple of days with my House of Hades update. This book and the one after it I’m reading for the first time ever so I’m going in semi blind (like I said, I know some spoilers). I’m currently on chapter 2 or 3 of that and ermm, it was a weak intro but I’ll keep going :) rooting for Percabeth to make it through. 

#Mark of Athena #Percy Jackson #Percabeth #HoO #Read with me #alextriestowritestuff #writeblr #not writing #reyna ramirez arellano

[morphogenetic]

why you should play the ds version of 999 first and not the nonary games version: a thread

excuse the formatting of this bc im copying it from my twitter as text, but: why you shouldn’t play the nona/ry games version of 999 on your first run, a thread. lots of this has been said by other people too but i figured i would condense my opinions + what other people have said. 999 spoilers ofc, also vague vlr spoilers later on but the 999 spoilers are a lot worse lmao.

this is ABSURDLY long and i am sorry but tl;dr spoiler free version: buy tng anyway so you can easily play vlr in hd and to support the games, but play 999 on either a ds or an emulator if you have to because boy howdy the story is really meant for this platform (if you’re replaying 999 in the tng version after originally playing the ds version none of this applies LMAO)

(also this isn't meant to at ALL be angry at people who played the t/ng port first! im sad y'all didn't get to experience the dual screen version, but at this point t/ng is much more accessible and a lot of people don't even KNOW about the ds-original thing, so it's not your fault!!  like i WISH to god that they had ported it in some dual-screen/two-screen way, but the fact that they didn't isn't anyone's fault. ok end this part y'all are so valid i just feel sad that you didnt experience the game in its Best State)

spoilers below the cut

1) the big one: the implementation of the dual screen thing. they were always going to have a hard time implementing this on not-a-3ds, but i'll start with the non-spoilery part: action mode...is bad. the fact that they force you into it. is bad. novel mode is more passable but the fact that they default you into a mode with nearly 95% dialogue-only, in a visual novel, is..pretty gross, and the fact that they force-switch you into novel mode sometimes anyway is. maybe an indication that having a 95% dialogue route in a visual novel...wasnt good

  they EASILY could have done a split-screen mode instead, and while that wouldn't have been ideal either, it would still have allowed for the incorporation of both screens simultaneously without having to make compromises

also, petty spoiler thing, but some of the dialogue rewrites to make action mode flow better took out one of my fave pieces of foreshadowing. the main example of this is in junpei's flashback thing to getting kidnapped near the beginning of the game. in t/ng, they had him voice the 'huh, did i leave that open?' line, with respect to his window being open because, you know, zero 'bout to kidnap him. in the original, this is /not/ on the top screen (i.e. voiced by junpei) - it's on the bottom screen. without quotes, i.e. it's not something he's thinking but it's there, in the same formatting as the rest of the descriptions. in other words.....zero is the one saying 'huh, did i leave that open?' in real time, foreshadowing the dual screen twist. this is SO minor in comparison to everything else for SURE but the fact that this got left out still makes me so sad bc i LOVED it. anyway.

 (also the fact that the narrative mode twist of all the random gore descriptions being food-like makes WAY more sense in retrospect with the dual screens, because of course a fucking 12 year old wouldn't know how else to describe gore lmao. this is kind of lost in t/ng because it makes it out to be more of something that jun/pei is thinking but i digress. dual screen for dual protagonists good thanks)

2) (YES IT TOOK ME THIS LONG TO GET HERE. SH) the final puzzle.....in t/ng....fucking sucks. not only because the puzzle itself sucks, which uh...it does (PASSWORD IS THE PASSWORD?? FUCKING REALLY??). but a) it loses the theme-ing of the sudoku itself since, yknow. 9s everywhere but, 

b) more importantly, it just...doesn't have the same punch to it. even ignoring the fact that the sudden upside-down-ness is one of the best ways i've ever seen a puzzle suddenly hit you with a plot twist/a revelation, in this case the 'oh shit, we were solving puzzles from akane's viewpoint the whole time and /only now/ are we truly doing it with junpei being the input source' is just. fucking masterful. explaining this is so hard but i promise it makes sense. like obviously the twist w the dual perspectives thing is revealed right before but the fact that they suddenly (literally) flip the entire game on its head is just. *chef kiss* so good. 

also, adding to this, c) the fact that the tn/g version took out the fact that you were seeing baby!kane's face while you were doing the sudoku just adds to the emotional impact of the puzzle. like, in that moment, the puzzle itself isn't the relevant factor, it's the fact that you're doing the puzzle to save her. i no joke started fucking CRYING irl when that happened bc of how hard that hit me emotionally and the fact that they didn't even have something to mimic that in t/ng makes me so goddamn sad. it's not about the puzzle, its about Saving someone via the puzzle, and they just...removed that part. h

(also another dual screen thing here bc i forgot to add it earlier: the constant perspective-swapping thing during the true end feels much less awkward on the ds since you can just naturally shift your eyes between the screens. again, minor, and there probably was never going to be a great way to implement this with a single screen regardless, but it really does flow so much better with two screens. 3ds port of tn/g when)

3) finally, a more Controversial Opinion, but the timeline flow, while absolutely great for replays, kind of ends up spoiling you on the fact that there are multiple timelines that you have to search through for the truth. i wouldn't have minded this so much if the timeline feature in t/ng only unlocked after you hit your first ending, but they didn't do that - they let you look at it from the very start, which really..misses the point of the game. 

(minor vl/r spoilers incoming) in vlr, the fact that you know you have multiple branches from the start makes sense, especially both because it's SUPER obvious that there are branching points (door choices, allying/betraying, etc). obviously 99/9 has choices like that too ala the door choices, but you're actively -not- jumping between timelines. that's the point! because junpei CAN'T jump!! he's an esper, sure, though maybe only one by accident/strong emotional connection [thats a whole different thread LMAO], but the whole point is that he can't make timeline choices  in the same way that phi and sigma can literally timeline shift.

(end v/lr spoilers here i think) tl;dr the timeline feature is great for replays bc its super anti-frustration but boy howdy they did not implement it well. final point:  the fact that you have to play 999 from the beginning every time you get an end makes sense narratively since akane has to do the same thing - she has to go through the whole route (in junpei's head ofc) over and over, she can't just skip around. again, anti-frustration feature that i'm glad they added, but you still lose something w t/ng this way

like ngl, having to fast forward through things instead of just skipping around is annoying as hell, but akane had to do the same goddamn thing! probably way more than we actually have to do it in the game, tbh. definitely this is me prioritizing certain limitations of the ds hardware as important to the narrative but you really do end up missing out if you can just skip at will

4) very minor thing that isnt actually a plot thing at all but  some of the puzzle dialogue is infinitely funnier when you have the ability to see the characters on the top screen talking at the same time you have the puzzle stuff on the bottom screen. this mostly applies to all the stuff with the cards w all the player faces on them in the...cargo room? like it's still funny without it but somehow seeing santa talking about himself on the card when he says 'that's one handsome son-of-a-bitch!' is 500x funnier when you literally see him TALKING about himself

JESUS FUCK THIS IS LONG IM SO SORRY IF YOURE ON MOBILE

#zero escape #am i tagging this? yeah. it needs to be said lmao #999 #9 hours 9 persons 9 doors #nine hours nine persons nine doors #ok to rb #long post #(i mean i put it under a cut but. jic)

[verdigrisprowl]

Dec 28 Library Movie Night - BLOSC: Nos episodes

Prowl would have found the viewing more cathartic if a Starscream hadn’t asked about every half hour if anyone knew how to break mind control.

After the show, everyone’s holomatter avatars started spitting out duplicates. Even on mechs that didn’t have holomatter avatars. It was terrifying. Prowl told everyone to go home.

Today thedemonsurfer 7:35 pm ((awww yiss retrowave verdigrisprowl 7:35 pm ((HEY BUTTERBUNS YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND REQUEST FROM ME. if you accept it then you can pop straight into the room instead of waiting for me to notice that someone's knocking and let you in)) thedemonsurfer 7:35 pm (OH OKAY COOL thedemonsurfer 7:36 pm ((i mistly just ignore my notifs 'cos it's usually just 'hey this person is watching something' verdigrisprowl 7:36 pm ((because there is a nonzero chance that i will not notice you're trying to come in until forty minutes into the show. ... because i've done that to people before.)) ((that's fair)) thedemonsurfer 7:36 pm ((or the fucking scroll bar wont wrnk >8UUU Swervester 7:36 pm //mood tho. the other week i accidentally left icy out until the end of the stream bc rabbit just didn't even notify me until it was over fgbb verdigrisprowl 7:37 pm ((sounds about right)) thedemonsurfer 7:37 pm ((ffff ouch. usually i'll ask someone else through discord to let the host know to let me in but ((that depends on having them in discord and stuff verdigrisprowl 7:40 pm *there are people arriving. Prowl nods at them in greeting. he's in his usual seat, and snacks are laid out.* NoodlesAtNight 7:43 pm *Soundwave walks in with his nose - or lack of - buried in the last of the report on Metermad. He's so happy. He's smiling fit to split his whole face in two.* verdigrisprowl 7:43 pm You came back for more. *is he pleased, surprised, or stating a fact? who knows.* thedemonsurfer 7:43 pm ((hey someone scratch my leg for me im painting my nails and >< verdigrisprowl 7:43 pm ((*skritches*)) thedemonsurfer 7:44 pm ((THANK YOU verdigrisprowl 7:44 pm ((can you like, cross your legs and use the toes of one foot to scratch the other leg)) NoodlesAtNight 7:45 pm [[Of course he did. It's important to you, for one thing, and for another, he liked it.]] *Pause.* [[The parts of it that weren't also horrifying. But there are horrifying things in what he shows as well, so that's hardly a reason not to be present.]] thedemonsurfer 7:45 pm ((I did one better and got astro's help verdigrisprowl 7:45 pm ((smart)) *that's a hell of a smile Soundwave's got. Prowl likes it.* NoodlesAtNight 7:46 pm [[By the way, he hasn't seen reports this meticulous - and entertaining - since... hm. Since ever, he supposes, disregarding his own.]] NoodlesAtNight 7:47 pm *While nobody's here, he'll sneak a quick peck to Prowl's cheek before gathering a snack. Oh, it's /so/ convenient having half his face exposed these days. He doesn't know why he didn't go back to it sooner.* verdigrisprowl 7:47 pm *ah. so THAT'S what the smile's about.* I didn't want to leave the slightest room for doubt. NoodlesAtNight 7:48 pm [[You certainly haven't.]] Today cerebrosurgeon 7:50 pm 〈Hello I got a phone call as soon as I came in here, I'll throw Cerebros in 2oon〉 NoodlesAtNight 7:50 pm *Tilting his head.* [[Good music, as well.]] ((soooooon)) verdigrisprowl 7:50 pm ((find a window to throw your phone out)) cerebrosurgeon 7:50 pm 〈Here I go〉 verdigrisprowl 7:51 pm Oh. Thanks. I'm told it's popular. NoodlesAtNight 7:52 pm [[Understandably so. Perhaps he'll ask you for a full copy later? His patrons might like it.]] SCProwl 7:53 pm *arrives on time? early? something like that* verdigrisprowl 7:53 pm I can give you a link to the station. They stream on the datanet. verdigrisprowl 7:54 pm Hello, alternate. SCProwl 7:55 pm Hello, Captain. Swervester 7:56 pm [he's been sitting in the corner with a graphene hexaflexagon from the box Cerebros gave him. don't mind him] NoodlesAtNight 7:56 pm *Nods. He'd like that link, yes, thank you! And now, a seat in roughly the same spot he had last time, for Reasons.* verdigrisprowl 7:57 pm *Swerve looks quite absorbed. Prowl won't disturb him.* araneamechanica 7:58 pm *guess who's coming to a movie night! it's tara! and guess who h8s public spaces like libraries! so he's crawling along the ceiling all small-like until he finds the meeting room* SCProwl 7:58 pm *seats herself as close to the door as is possible depending on the layout of the room* verdigrisprowl 8:00 pm *so that's... what, three guests so far? Less than last week. Prowl supposed the subject matter might have run them off.* araneamechanica 8:00 pm *and - what the HECK, is that. is that soundwave, with a red-half mask. sw's getting a PING with tara's HUD screenshot of the chompers via the ceiling, with dozens of question marks superimposed around* NoodlesAtNight 8:01 pm *Soundwave tilts his helm up toward the ceiling in the rough direction of where the spider would have to be to see him from that angle and just offers a smile.* araneamechanica 8:01 pm *A SMILE* *someone just fell off the ceiling* cerebrosurgeon 8:01 pm [Add one more to the roster. Cerebros is definitely not opposed to disturbing Swerve after some waving at Soundwave, Prowl, and Prowl. He has a Metroplexahexaflexagon and isn't afraid to offer it to Swe- Oh. That's a big spider.] NoodlesAtNight 8:01 pm *Soundwave heard the tiny plap. He huffs to himself.* Swervester 8:02 pm [doesn't look up, though he's happy to swap flexagons with Cerebros] Hi Tarantulas. Swervester 8:03 pm Wanna help me form a portal to another universe. araneamechanica 8:03 pm *spider hurriedly rights himself and shuffles his limbs til he's transformed into a mech. no one saw that right* A - what for? Swervester 8:03 pm Because I can, mostly. verdigrisprowl 8:03 pm *WHAT WHERE DID HE COME FROM* SCProwl 8:03 pm *don't worry, Prowl didn't see anything* araneamechanica 8:04 pm *HAH* verdigrisprowl 8:04 pm *for a split second, Prowl's face lights up like he's just been told it's his creation day, the end of the war, and a Petrexian festival all rolled into one. And then he controls himself.* Hello. You came. *Tarantulas NEVER comes.* cerebrosurgeon 8:04 pm [He squints at Tarantulas. He has no idea who that is, but he's going to elbow Swerve.] You can't make portals without me, c'mon. Swervester 8:04 pm I thought you were helping too. NoodlesAtNight 8:04 pm *Snapshots that split second. Ahh.* araneamechanica 8:04 pm Is there something specific about the portal you need? It's not - well, not a novel concept these days, multiversal travel. cerebrosurgeon 8:05 pm Oh. Yeah, cool. Definitely. Swervester 8:05 pm I mean, not really. I just wanna make one by flipping the sides around. araneamechanica 8:05 pm *edging over to prowl's glorious face* Today thedemonsurfer 8:05 pm ((OUO)) verdigrisprowl 8:05 pm *waves a hand at the seat nearest Prowl that isn't already occupied. sit sit sit.* araneamechanica 8:06 pm *he wants to smooch it but then again he's not sure if they're Public. tttthat discussion hasn't happened again yet* *will sit!* NoodlesAtNight 8:06 pm [][][]Flipping the sides around?[][][] verdigrisprowl 8:06 pm We should get started. There's mind control and energy vampirism. *is that a list of warnings or a recommendation? who knows.* Swervester 8:06 pm Oh yeah, Cerebros I almost forgot! I absolutely maybe melted down some of those flexagons and --yeah. I mean, I'm mostly joking, I doubt they'd turn into a portal just by flipping them around a bunch. cerebrosurgeon 8:06 pm I should have brought extra flexagons- You. NoodlesAtNight 8:07 pm *Energy vampirism is absolutely a recommendation in his optics. The other one, not so much.* Swervester 8:07 pm I figured out how to make cool energy gauntlets with the graphene. SCProwl 8:07 pm *depends on the kind of energy vampirism we're talking about he--gdit soundwave* verdigrisprowl 8:07 pm *video stream for his alternate.* SCProwl 8:07 pm Oh, yes, thank you. cerebrosurgeon 8:08 pm [Appreciative ping in Prowl's direction.] Energy... Gauntlets. Grommet's gonna want blueprints. verdigrisprowl 8:08 pm *is there a subtle hand gesture Prowl can make to Tarantulas that means "scoot your chair closer"? He's not sure. He side-eyes the chair thoughtfully.* Swervester 8:08 pm Sure. I'm trying to work out armor. NoodlesAtNight 8:08 pm *Soundwave settles in.* [[Oh, not this Darkmatter traitor again.]] araneamechanica 8:09 pm *tarantulas will take the hint, there's at least a little of their plating touching now* NoodlesAtNight 8:09 pm *And he can see that the little mech still hasn't been returned to his original settings. Shame.* verdigrisprowl 8:09 pm *GOOD.* SCProwl 8:09 pm I still prefer him before he was "fixed". NoodlesAtNight 8:09 pm [[As does he.]] verdigrisprowl 8:09 pm Right. Tarantulas. You weren't here last time. The ones in white and green are police. thedemonsurfer 8:10 pm ((OH HEY THAT BOX IS SUSPICIOUS araneamechanica 8:10 pm *to swerve* Do contact me with more details, if you're quite serious?

*to prowl* Ah, thank you, I'd already gotten whiplash at least twice trying to follow this. verdigrisprowl 8:10 pm The blue one can phase shift through objects. The small one is the first mech allowed in this police force. thedemonsurfer 8:10 pm ((slurp verdigrisprowl 8:10 pm ((slorp)) NoodlesAtNight 8:10 pm *Soundwave leans forward a little and squints.* [[His voice has changed. Is he an impersonator?]] thedemonsurfer 8:11 pm ((good morning sweet prince NoodlesAtNight 8:11 pm [[Do they have the real Lightyear trapped somewhere?]] verdigrisprowl 8:11 pm No, his voice just does that. I suspect his voice was injured in the line of duty and he had a new one installed. NoodlesAtNight 8:12 pm [[Ahh. Quite the injury. How fortunate he is that they were able to fix it.]] Swervester 8:12 pm [delayed response because he got distracted] I will! araneamechanica 8:13 pm *initials do not a dad make !!!! tarantulas knows this* thedemonsurfer 8:13 pm omg)) verdigrisprowl 8:13 pm *is wondering himself why the LGMs that actually built him don't get credit.* araneamechanica 8:13 pm *ya need to put some elbow grease in it* verdigrisprowl 8:13 pm *maybe because there are hundreds and you can't tell them apart.* Today verdigrisprowl 8:13 pm Ah. Right. And organic mechaphobia. araneamechanica 8:13 pm *sighs heavily* thedemonsurfer 8:14 pm ((Warp Dipstick ((oooooh ((good plan good plan verdigrisprowl 8:15 pm Still—despite the mecaphobia, the robotic characters are diverse, well-rounded, and get a fair amount of screen time. NoodlesAtNight 8:15 pm [[Have you considered asking it what it-- oh, it's a transport container.]] verdigrisprowl 8:15 pm *oh, this part. where's Soundwave's hand?* SCProwl 8:15 pm ((buzz lightyear is now kronk, i knew it NoodlesAtNight 8:15 pm *Soundwave offers it up. Right here, Prowl. Take it and crush it as necessary.* araneamechanica 8:16 pm *tarantulas LOVES zurg. just. purple, horns, weird mouth, weird laughter, mad science. just sayin. he'll keep his mouth shut on this tho* verdigrisprowl 8:16 pm *just a squeeze, for now* verdigrisprowl 8:17 pm *oh, have a more sustained squeeze* thedemonsurfer 8:17 pm ((clunk NoodlesAtNight 8:17 pm *Soundwave strokes the hand with his free one.* [[Something about this mech seems familiar.]] Swervester 8:17 pm That's weirdly zombie pose thedemonsurfer 8:18 pm ((i like his style. just been released, gonna fly around cerebrosurgeon 8:18 pm [And he thought Mindwipe was intolerable, yeesh.] verdigrisprowl 8:18 pm ((he's VERY stylin)) NoodlesAtNight 8:18 pm ((i LOVE his design holy shit)) verdigrisprowl 8:18 pm ((ISN'T IT GREAT)) araneamechanica 8:18 pm (( him pointy thedemonsurfer 8:18 pm ((I love XR araneamechanica 8:20 pm (( SCREAMS verdigrisprowl 8:20 pm Familiar how? *because Prowl knows who the vampire reminds HIM of* ((oh here here's the line)) thedemonsurfer 8:20 pm (((XR is invited to the threesome it's official verdigrisprowl 8:20 pm ((i love that they got that into a kid show)) Swervester 8:20 pm Hmmm araneamechanica 8:20 pm (( omfg Swervester 8:20 pm //i absolutely missed the line lmao thedemonsurfer 8:20 pm (( "Space... quiet. 8I" verdigrisprowl 8:21 pm ((two of them were evilly laughing and the third one said "care to make it a threesome?!")) Swervester 8:21 pm //omg thedemonsurfer 8:21 pm ((..they use XR to get past the censors a lot huh verdigrisprowl 8:21 pm ((they sure do)) cerebrosurgeon 8:22 pm 〈Squints. For my colour blind ass's reference: Is his scheme red?〉 verdigrisprowl 8:22 pm ((yes)) cerebrosurgeon 8:22 pm 〈TY〉 Today verdigrisprowl 8:22 pm ((his cape is a little reddish-purple but the rest is red)) NoodlesAtNight 8:22 pm [[Ah. A small, purple counting creature with fangs and a round optic cover.]] *Points.* [[Though it is XR who has the accent.]] thedemonsurfer 8:22 pm ((He's a nice starscream crimson cerebrosurgeon 8:22 pm 〈He really does have Mindwipe's colours I'm losing it〉 verdigrisprowl 8:23 pm *... yeah, that doesn't ring any bells for Prowl* NoodlesAtNight 8:23 pm [[...His wings are uncomfortably Unicronian in design, however.]] verdigrisprowl 8:24 pm He's rather top to bottom uncomfortable. NoodlesAtNight 8:24 pm [[No arguments.]] verdigrisprowl 8:24 pm *winces. poor XR.* NoodlesAtNight 8:25 pm [[Hm. At least /two/ of his comrades recognize what's going on.]] thedemonsurfer 8:25 pm ((Time to fight nekkid NoodlesAtNight 8:25 pm ((oh my god rabbit why don't you like me this week)) verdigrisprowl 8:25 pm They do. And they tell the others. araneamechanica 8:25 pm (( oh my GOD i forgot the commander had a gun in his leg (( i just snorted water thedemonsurfer 8:26 pm ((YEAH thedemonsurfer 8:27 pm ((Awwww quq verdigrisprowl 8:27 pm ... For the record, breaking mind control generally isn't that easy. thebestdecepticonleader 8:27 pm How did you do it? araneamechanica 8:27 pm That didn't even make /sense/. verdigrisprowl 8:27 pm Excuse you? NoodlesAtNight 8:27 pm *Uh-oh.* cerebrosurgeon 8:27 pm It's not. And it can be painful- [Squints.] thebestdecepticonleader 8:28 pm How did you get rid of mind control *interested* Swervester 8:28 pm [head snaps up] verdigrisprowl 8:28 pm I don't recall volunteering to talk about myself. thebestdecepticonleader 8:28 pm Anyone else have an answer? verdigrisprowl 8:28 pm *IGNORING THAT.* Anyway. It's—good that they DID break it. And that they fought for it rather than writing him off as a traitor. cerebrosurgeon 8:29 pm [He /does/, but not in this forum. Nod nod.] NoodlesAtNight 8:29 pm *...Is tempted to answer about his own case in order to give Prowl a chance to look good in front of others, but isn't sure if doing so would undermine Prowl's choice to ignore the question.* thebestdecepticonleader 8:29 pm *sigh* araneamechanica 8:29 pm Of course not. A few of them seem to have some rationality about them. araneamechanica 8:30 pm *internal hackles raised, but he'll follow prowl's lead* thebestdecepticonleader 8:30 pm What if I like... trade info for it or something? verdigrisprowl 8:30 pm *squeezing Soundwave's hand hard again, not because of the show.* cerebrosurgeon 8:30 pm [Huff.] Take the bartering somewhere else? verdigrisprowl 8:31 pm We're here to watch TV. thebestdecepticonleader 8:31 pm Fine *angry* NoodlesAtNight 8:31 pm *Squeezes it back. Decides that's a signal to keep his answer quiet for sure.* Today NoodlesAtNight 8:33 pm [[...He wonders what social status a mech who turns into a washing machine would have on your planet.]] [[Would they be considered unbelievably rich, or manual labor?]] verdigrisprowl 8:33 pm Officially, manual labor. SCProwl 8:34 pm Unofficially? araneamechanica 8:34 pm Very well-paid. verdigrisprowl 8:34 pm Incredibly politically powerful. thebestdecepticonleader 8:34 pm How did that even happen? thedemonsurfer 8:34 pm ((sdfghjk SCProwl 8:34 pm Huh. thebestdecepticonleader 8:35 pm Such primitive robots verdigrisprowl 8:35 pm I only know of one washing machine, and he served the Functionist Council. thebestdecepticonleader 8:36 pm What did he wash? araneamechanica 8:36 pm *mumbles thoughtfully* I do wonder if using those wings expends energy, since they almost seem hard-light based... verdigrisprowl 8:36 pm Laundry. thebestdecepticonleader 8:36 pm Laundry? verdigrisprowl 8:36 pm That's what washing machines are /for./ thebestdecepticonleader 8:36 pm Like... armor? verdigrisprowl 8:36 pm No. Like laundry. SCProwl 8:36 pm He's flat-what? verdigrisprowl 8:37 pm Drained battery. thebestdecepticonleader 8:37 pm So like... the stuff fleshies wear? verdigrisprowl 8:37 pm The Functionist Council wore capes. NoodlesAtNight 8:37 pm [[Seedy Hotel? Truth in advertising, at least.]] thebestdecepticonleader 8:37 pm oh thedemonsurfer 8:38 pm ((I love her NoodlesAtNight 8:38 pm [[Random Meter?]] verdigrisprowl 8:38 pm Despite the mechaphobia he fact that mecha are allowed to adopt organic children in this galaxy speaks well to their politics. araneamechanica 8:39 pm *aww, she reminds tarantulas of verity. what a spunky little fleshbag* verdigrisprowl 8:39 pm Yeah, I—I don't know what a random meter is. *side glance at Tarantulas?* NoodlesAtNight 8:39 pm *Also looking at Tara. If anyone here would know...* verdigrisprowl 8:39 pm ... Random meter? Randometer? araneamechanica 8:39 pm *big shrug* Nothing I've ACTUALLY heard of. cerebrosurgeon 8:40 pm We had organics as our charges for years, adoption would have been a convenient option to have. verdigrisprowl 8:40 pm Huh. Maybe it doesn't exist here. NoodlesAtNight 8:40 pm [[You had a human pet of your own?]] *To Cerebros* thebestdecepticonleader 8:40 pm I wish I could have a human pet, I'd treat them well cerebrosurgeon 8:40 pm [Wheeze laugh.] No, none of them were pets. They were teammates. verdigrisprowl 8:40 pm Humans aren't pets. Today thebestdecepticonleader 8:41 pm They aren't, what do Autobots keep them for? NoodlesAtNight 8:41 pm [[He's seen the way certain Autobots treat their fleshlings. Not all of them do well. They might as well be.]] SCProwl 8:41 pm ((i keep getting distracted by recognizing VAs NoodlesAtNight 8:41 pm ((i have no idea what's happening ;; )) SCProwl 8:41 pm ((*high fives cro* araneamechanica 8:41 pm (( same, blackscreen thebestdecepticonleader 8:41 pm I wasn't aware they were good at pest control or fighting verdigrisprowl 8:41 pm ((the stream is working fine for me. there isn't anything i can do on my end to make it work better, is there?)) araneamechanica 8:41 pm (( OH there thebestdecepticonleader 8:42 pm ((mine's fine verdigrisprowl 8:42 pm Autobots /work with/ humans. They aren't kept as pets. thedemonsurfer 8:42 pm ((i love the sound he makes Swervester 8:42 pm //it's fine for me, but usually refreshing fixes black screen SCProwl 8:42 pm ((it's working fine for me, so idek how it decides when to work or not tbh thebestdecepticonleader 8:42 pm Oh... so what do they actually do that Autobots can't? verdigrisprowl 8:42 pm They are independent sentient individuals. NoodlesAtNight 8:42 pm ((i don't think so, short of maybe a new rabbitcast - but that would be a lot of setup effort for you)) cerebrosurgeon 8:43 pm We worked with humans and Nebulans for a /long/ time. They were integrated into our unit, saved our circuits more than once. [Shrug.] 〈Stream hasn't had audio for me but that seems like the laptop's problem, not a big deal〉 thebestdecepticonleader 8:43 pm Simple sentience is a little low to be setting the bar for whether you can keep them as a pet or not. I mean... turbofoxes have some sentience. verdigrisprowl 8:43 pm Why do they have to do anything that Autobots can't? In almost every universe, we end up fighting on THEIR planet. thedemonsurfer 8:43 pm ((Awww <3 verdigrisprowl 8:43 pm ((is ANYBODY getting to see this show?)) thedemonsurfer 8:43 pm ((I AM thebestdecepticonleader 8:44 pm ((me too SCProwl 8:44 pm ((I am! cerebrosurgeon 8:44 pm 〈I'm very good at knowing what's going on without audio and am transcribing for Deckard, I got u〉 thedemonsurfer 8:45 pm ((aaa QQ Swervester 8:45 pm Oh no what happened to them cerebrosurgeon 8:45 pm [Wince. Yikes.] verdigrisprowl 8:45 pm The energy vampire drained them. thedemonsurfer 8:45 pm ((QnQ they can repair her parents right verdigrisprowl 8:45 pm Hence why she's hunting him. thebestdecepticonleader 8:45 pm How did they... have a human daughter... that doesn't seem to be biologically possible Swervester 8:45 pm Oh. Does he give anyone else Starscfream vibes thebestdecepticonleader 8:45 pm HEY! verdigrisprowl 8:45 pm She's adopted. That's why we're talking about humans. We were discussing adoption. NoodlesAtNight 8:45 pm [[Depends on the Starscream.]] Today thedemonsurfer 8:46 pm ((oh my god i love him cerebrosurgeon 8:46 pm [Slow nodding. Maybe. Swerve's not wrong.] Swervester 8:46 pm That really dramatic one from the universe Smokey's from. thebestdecepticonleader 8:46 pm Oh, that's not me, that's fine Swervester 8:46 pm The one who killed a Cliffjumper. verdigrisprowl 8:46 pm ... If he was red. ... And legless. NoodlesAtNight 8:46 pm *Shudders. The Undead. This Nos-4-A2 really is a horrible creature.* SCProwl 8:46 pm *huffs* thedemonsurfer 8:47 pm ((Awww Swervester 8:47 pm It's mostly the personality that reminds me of that Starsxream. thebestdecepticonleader 8:47 pm Well it's nothing like me *huffs* verdigrisprowl 8:47 pm His head's also sort of shaped like... *makes a triangle with his hands.* verdigrisprowl 8:48 pm *... Looks at Nos. Looks at the triangle. ... Looks at Soundwave's face.* araneamechanica 8:48 pm (( AT LEAST USE AN ADAPTER omg Swervester 8:48 pm //rthbfg Swervester 8:48 pm [looks at Prowl's hands too] SCProwl 8:48 pm *laughs* cerebrosurgeon 8:48 pm [Looks at Swerve looking at Prowl's hands. Looks at Prowl's hands.] thedemonsurfer 8:49 pm ((\QUQ/ SCProwl 8:49 pm *can see where Prowl was looking* verdigrisprowl 8:49 pm *oh, right, looks at screen.* cerebrosurgeon 8:49 pm /Oh./ They repaired them. Good. SCProwl 8:49 pm Repaired them without rewriting their personalities, I hope. verdigrisprowl 8:50 pm Spoilers, they didn't successfully kill the vampire. thedemonsurfer 8:50 pm ((...patrick warburton is also the LGM ((h u h cerebrosurgeon 8:50 pm Their minds are all connected again, I don't think they'd repeat the mistake now. [Huffs. This vampire guy.] NoodlesAtNight 8:51 pm [[His face shape means nothing. He doesn't do what the energy vampire does.]] verdigrisprowl 8:51 pm I know. araneamechanica 8:51 pm The teeth imply otherwise. *snickers* SCProwl 8:51 pm Different teeth. verdigrisprowl 8:51 pm Different teeth, different function. cerebrosurgeon 8:51 pm 〈I misread that as Weirdwolf and I'm yelling〉 thebestdecepticonleader 8:51 pm Anyone who rewrites personalities without the permission of the person needs to be shot verdigrisprowl 8:51 pm ((well, he IS a weird wolf.)) araneamechanica 8:52 pm (( did these eps air in october. halloween perhaps cerebrosurgeon 8:52 pm 〈Wow... Half the Decepticon Headmasters.〉 verdigrisprowl 8:52 pm ((they were scattered all along the length of the series)) Today verdigrisprowl 8:53 pm ((i had to squeeze them together and put them in roughly chronological order.)) ((there's SOME internal continuity in blosc, but the order they were aired in doesn't match the order of events)) thedemonsurfer 8:53 pm ((awwww bby NoodlesAtNight 8:53 pm *Crunches the HELL out of his snack to underline the different function point of his fangs. There. You see? Not for mind control at all.* araneamechanica 8:54 pm *energy vampirism and mind control are difffferent, it's ok* verdigrisprowl 8:54 pm *............ prowl wants soundwave to do that to his thigh* cerebrosurgeon 8:54 pm [Glances at Soundwave. That is a Loud Crunch.] araneamechanica 8:55 pm *...is tempted to retaliate with mandible cronch, but he's not quite that petty* SCProwl 8:55 pm *eating be like that sometimes* NoodlesAtNight 8:55 pm *Notices Cerebro watching. ... Extra vicious bite off the energon bar.* cerebrosurgeon 8:55 pm [... Carry on, he'll advert his gaze. He gets it. Eating be like that sometimes.] verdigrisprowl 8:55 pm *... crosses legs* NoodlesAtNight 8:56 pm *Pleased with all responses. Point (and mild Prowl torture) completed. Munches quieter now.* verdigrisprowl 8:56 pm *speaking of robot hickeys* thebestdecepticonleader 8:56 pm Two robots doing what? SCProwl 8:56 pm Biting each other. thedemonsurfer 8:56 pm ((mwaj thebestdecepticonleader 8:56 pm That seems like an ineffective way of fighting NoodlesAtNight 8:57 pm [[Biting and energon swaps are for when in private.]] [[And it is only ineffective if your mouth is not constructed to suit it.]] thebestdecepticonleader 8:57 pm Guns would still be better SCProwl 8:57 pm Not in hand-to-hand. thebestdecepticonleader 8:58 pm Swords NoodlesAtNight 8:58 pm [[Enjoy trying to shoot through your own stasis cuffs.]] thebestdecepticonleader 8:58 pm knives really tiny guns cerebrosurgeon 8:58 pm Oh no. araneamechanica 8:58 pm *teeth AND guns are both wonderful for fighting AND lovemaking, in this one's humble opinion, but!* NoodlesAtNight 8:58 pm ((oh my god that reference)) SCProwl 8:58 pm *huffs* verdigrisprowl 8:58 pm ((i know)) thebestdecepticonleader 8:59 pm this is me and Megatron verdigrisprowl 9:00 pm ... Is... Megatron known for rescuing you, in your universe? thedemonsurfer 9:00 pm ((OH that is uncomfortable SCProwl 9:00 pm Biting, scratching, elbowing, kicking. *ticks them off on her fingers as she speaks* All incredibly useful when you're fighting. NoodlesAtNight 9:00 pm [[What in Primus' name--]] thedemonsurfer 9:00 pm ((DOG DOG DOG DOG thebestdecepticonleader 9:00 pm No, always ruining what I try to do though Today thebestdecepticonleader 9:00 pm I am the one always trying to protect his worthless aft araneamechanica 9:00 pm *spontaneous laughter, why is this funny to him* NoodlesAtNight 9:00 pm *...It's like the blue and white Ravage got a mech mode.* thebestdecepticonleader 9:00 pm Or at least, I was verdigrisprowl 9:01 pm *worried glance at Tarantulas* NoodlesAtNight 9:01 pm [[Oh - he knows what is happening to that human.]] thedemonsurfer 9:01 pm ((XR No cerebrosurgeon 9:01 pm [Mindwipe, Weirdwolf. Is Skullcruncher next? Also squints at Tarantuas.] SCProwl 9:01 pm What is it? araneamechanica 9:01 pm *waves away the worry* It's an allusion. NoodlesAtNight 9:01 pm [[He has seen human films about the affliction. They are called Wear Wolves, for obvious reasons.]] cerebrosurgeon 9:01 pm 〈Oh. Laptop audio suddenly exists. Excellent〉 verdigrisprowl 9:02 pm ... The "obvious reasons" is sarcasm, right? araneamechanica 9:02 pm Ironic, considering they tend to wear much less after transforming NoodlesAtNight 9:02 pm [[Not at all. They wear a canine shape for a while, and then when they are done they put it back inside of themselves.]] verdigrisprowl 9:02 pm ... *very quietly* That was a canine? araneamechanica 9:02 pm *more laughter* SCProwl 9:03 pm Inside where? thebestdecepticonleader 9:03 pm I need to be able to change into something like that... maybe then I would be able to kill Megatron then NoodlesAtNight 9:03 pm [[...Well, he isn't - perfectly certain based on the design,]] mainly because the mun only caught a glimpse, [[but he has never heard of a Wear Cat before.]] araneamechanica 9:03 pm It's a quote-unquote supernatural phenomenon, for the record. verdigrisprowl 9:04 pm *Soundwave can't tell dogs and cats apart either? Oh, Prowl feels a little better.* araneamechanica 9:04 pm Different cultures may have different forms, I believe it's the spontaneous unconscious transformation into a beast-type form that's the key thedemonsurfer 9:05 pm ((What did he say NoodlesAtNight 9:05 pm [[Inside themselves, Prowl.]] *To the one from his world.* [[Below their skin.]] thedemonsurfer 9:05 pm ((oh noooo thebestdecepticonleader 9:05 pm How do I get one of these? cerebrosurgeon 9:05 pm [Squints. He knows what humans are like below their skin.] I don't think they have... Room. araneamechanica 9:05 pm A beast form? You ask me nicely, that's how. gmoneyz 9:05 pm [QUIETLY.........opens the door. Stupid Cerebros pinging him over and over till he joined. He's making a beeline to him to very loudly SLAP a servo on his back and take a seat next to him.] araneamechanica 9:05 pm *smug smug* cerebrosurgeon 9:06 pm [Flinch; /ow/.] Finally. verdigrisprowl 9:06 pm He appears to be technorganic now. He's probably mostly metal and wire beneath his skin. SCProwl 9:06 pm How does the wolf get out from inside them? I though human flesh couldn't be torn without inflicting significant damage. thebestdecepticonleader 9:06 pm It seems to be a lot stronger than he is, I need that kind of upgrade gmoneyz 9:06 pm Never ask me for anything ever again. What's happened so far. cerebrosurgeon 9:06 pm So much. gmoneyz 9:06 pm Thanks. NoodlesAtNight 9:06 pm [[...Like that, he supposes.]] Today cerebrosurgeon 9:06 pm Anytime. Swervester 9:07 pm Green moon. araneamechanica 9:07 pm You - you haven't seen me transform, have you. *awkward laugh @ scprowl* verdigrisprowl 9:07 pm There's a robot that sucks energy from other machines and mind-controls them. He's not here right now, but he bit an organic and turned it into that. *points* thebestdecepticonleader 9:07 pm NO MIND CONTROL gmoneyz 9:07 pm I see. Thanks for the synopsis. SCProwl 9:07 pm No. I haven't. verdigrisprowl 9:08 pm *to alternate* I could show you later. If you and Tarantulas want. araneamechanica 9:08 pm I - if you'd like? NoodlesAtNight 9:08 pm ((....i turned off stylish's rabbit fix and now my rabbit layout is ugly but it's not dying on me anymore)) gmoneyz 9:08 pm This is just like when they blew up Mars. verdigrisprowl 9:08 pm *winces* verdigrisprowl 9:09 pm Why, have you seen this episode? cerebrosurgeon 9:09 pm Is- [Squints at Eject. He /was/ there, wasn't he?] Is that really how their meeting went. SCProwl 9:09 pm I suppose. For the sake of answering a scientific curiosity. *since she sort of hates Tara since the whole predacon baby maybe being plague ridden* araneamechanica 9:09 pm *YEAH THAT OOPS* NoodlesAtNight 9:09 pm *Soundwave gives Eject a small nod in greeting before returning his attention to the screen.* gmoneyz 9:09 pm No. Not an episode. They really blew up Mars in our universe. verdigrisprowl 9:09 pm No, THIS episode. gmoneyz 9:09 pm Nope. Just the planning of it. Swervester 9:09 pm [waves at Eject] gmoneyz 9:10 pm [waves at Swerve. GLANCES...at Soundwave. HM.] thedemonsurfer 9:10 pm ((I feel like that might mess up their energy operation cerebrosurgeon 9:10 pm Eject was our main source of recon, he knows all about The Mars Plan. NoodlesAtNight 9:10 pm *Oh, please. If anything, the Starscream here is the bigger threat. He's more likely to actually, y'know. Do something.* cerebrosurgeon 9:10 pm Apparently, it was basically "let's do it" "okay." gmoneyz 9:11 pm It was that. [Starscream can try if he'd like to lose an arm or two.] NoodlesAtNight 9:11 pm [[They are doing a terrible job of catching this mech.]] thebestdecepticonleader 9:11 pm ((what's starscream trying? SCProwl 9:12 pm Maybe if they'd used an adapter the first time they tried to kill him. verdigrisprowl 9:12 pm To be fair, they DID kill him once. They probably tossed the body before they realized he wasn't really dead. SCProwl 9:12 pm Always check. You'd think soldiers would know this. thebestdecepticonleader 9:12 pm That's why, when I kill Megatron, I'm going to keep his dead spark thedemonsurfer 9:12 pm ((I like Nos-4-A2 eps 'cos they're also XR eps thebestdecepticonleader 9:12 pm So I'll know he's dead verdigrisprowl 9:12 pm Dead sparks disappear. thebestdecepticonleader 9:12 pm Not where I am from SCProwl 9:13 pm Really? Today thebestdecepticonleader 9:13 pm They turn to dust NoodlesAtNight 9:13 pm [[Not assuming someone is dead until you have the corpse and can confirm it is the first rule of - of anything involving an enemy.]] verdigrisprowl 9:13 pm He's the only bot of his model and he was made by an "evil emperor." The fact that he's an "emperor" means he's part of a different political entity, and therefore probably has radically different technology. thebestdecepticonleader 9:13 pm But with a lot of determination you can collect it verdigrisprowl 9:14 pm ((the unnecessarily gratuitous accent is both unnecessary and gratuitous)) thebestdecepticonleader 9:14 pm I've already made the mistake of not keeping proof once before and he returned, it's not going to happen again verdigrisprowl 9:14 pm They might not have had the technology to figure out when he's offline for good. SCProwl 9:14 pm ((yyyyyyeah this is uncomfortable verdigrisprowl 9:15 pm ((YEAH THE ACCENT IS... REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE i'm sorry for that. he goes away partway through the episode.)) thebestdecepticonleader 9:15 pm ((what is the accent?)) ((I'm not getting it)) thedemonsurfer 9:16 pm ((terribly pass at Jewish ((I think, ye? cerebrosurgeon 9:16 pm 〈Yiddish, specifically〉 NoodlesAtNight 9:16 pm *Leaning forward. Does the energy vampire have a mlah on his tongue? What even--* gmoneyz 9:16 pm ((not to mention like the racist caricature )) thebestdecepticonleader 9:16 pm ((oh... how terrible it is is probably why I couldn't tell)) araneamechanica 9:16 pm *leans on vprowl, an aside* When you said "later" to your alternate, that might have to be later-later. I'm afraid I do have to head out. thedemonsurfer 9:17 pm ((wait tha'ts kind of cheating if it works by just eating all your appliances (("Apliances not included, supply your own" verdigrisprowl 9:17 pm ((i. couldn't even reliably identify it. i'm sorry that's in there.)) cerebrosurgeon 9:18 pm 〈The Yid in the room is not offended, ur good〉 gmoneyz 9:18 pm ((NO ITS OK. youre not to blame )) Swervester 9:18 pm //gotta love late 90s kids tv i guess? gmoneyz 9:19 pm [Nudges Cerebros] Weren't those little things the things that like tried to eat Cyclonus. thedemonsurfer 9:19 pm ((I dig the 4amed cat lady tho cerebrosurgeon 9:20 pm [Nudges back.] The- The little... Wing, teeth, lizard, fish... Things? Yeah. SCProwl 9:20 pm ((the other jewish guy in the room is less offended and more like mildly annoyed at the show, but not at you, puff <3 verdigrisprowl 9:20 pm Ah. Are you leaving right now, or...? verdigrisprowl 9:21 pm ((and i think that's the last of him)) thedemonsurfer 9:22 pm ((no reprise at the end of the ep? I'd expact to see him one more time araneamechanica 9:22 pm Shortly, unfortunately thebestdecepticonleader 9:22 pm this is... well it seems... nsfw verdigrisprowl 9:22 pm ((not that i recall. i could have forgotten though.)) araneamechanica 9:22 pm (( tiny nos-es (( they cute thebestdecepticonleader 9:22 pm Man verdigrisprowl 9:22 pm *... reaches over. squeezes tara's hand.* *and soundwave's.* Today thebestdecepticonleader 9:22 pm More mind control *folds arms* verdigrisprowl 9:23 pm *the tarantulas squeeze is just before he leaves, the soundwave squeeze is for emotional support.* araneamechanica 9:23 pm *gently squeezes back? this is ok then ok good* SCProwl 9:23 pm They can rebuild his body. cerebrosurgeon 9:23 pm [Wince. Decapitation without the proper protocol initiation is Painful.] thebestdecepticonleader 9:24 pm Is everyone sure that they don't want to tell me how to get rid of mind control? thedemonsurfer 9:24 pm ((omg cerebrosurgeon 9:24 pm /Another time/, Starscream. thebestdecepticonleader 9:24 pm Just thought I would double check thedemonsurfer 9:24 pm ((continued great writing cerebrosurgeon 9:24 pm I suggest not triple checking. verdigrisprowl 9:24 pm We are very, /very/ interested in /not/ discussing real life mind control at a recreational movie night. thebestdecepticonleader 9:25 pm You can't blame me for trying, it's important verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm ... Is it imminent? thebestdecepticonleader 9:25 pm It's ongoing... araneamechanica 9:25 pm *uneventful departure is uneventful, after another squeeze to prowl's hand and a transformation-crawl up onto the ceiling & away* verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm Kill the mind controller. Discussion over. araneamechanica 9:25 pm (( *waves gnite* verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm ((*waves*)) cerebrosurgeon 9:25 pm 〈Night!〉 thebestdecepticonleader 9:25 pm Been trying since I was born, any other options verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm No. Discussion over. Swervester 9:26 pm [throws hexaflexagon at Star] SCProwl 9:26 pm Organic technology. Fascinating. NoodlesAtNight 9:26 pm *Squeezes the hand back, like the mindful and helpful emotional support he is.* [[Oh, Wheeljack would have a fit at that.]] [[But it is extremely clever.]] gmoneyz 9:26 pm Good aim. Making me proud Swerve. thebestdecepticonleader 9:26 pm The heck is this, Swerve cerebrosurgeon 9:27 pm [SWERVE. Huffs. They're not projectiles.] Flexagon. Flip it. verdigrisprowl 9:27 pm *if anyone else in the room who's better equipped wants to privately and silently comm Starscream about it, Prowl won't stop them. But even if Prowl WANTED to offer more, that's all he has.* thedemonsurfer 9:27 pm ((I love XR Swervester 9:27 pm [sure they are] Hexaflexagon cerebrosurgeon 9:28 pm 〈Me: This is like Guild Wars. Deckard, yelling: THEY'RE SYLVARI.〉 gmoneyz 9:28 pm ((THEY ARE........plant people :} )) NoodlesAtNight 9:28 pm ((this alien would get along GREAT with Poison Ivy)) gmoneyz 9:28 pm ((LEGIT)) NoodlesAtNight 9:28 pm [[Primus, he forced him into a new frame too?]] verdigrisprowl 9:29 pm ... Tarantulas would probably be interested in this. Mixing organic and mechanical technology. *too bad he just left.* Today SCProwl 9:29 pm *this Prowl's experience with mind control isn't really similar to the type that Starscream is going through, so her advice wouldn't help, unfortunately* gmoneyz 9:29 pm What poor weapon construction. NoodlesAtNight 9:29 pm [[You could send him your record of it.]] cerebrosurgeon 9:29 pm Oh. He can, uh. He can call me about that? That's something he does? We've got extensive data. verdigrisprowl 9:30 pm *he's trying to focus on the parts Tarantulas might be interested in so that he doesn't focus on the things that are making him squeeze Soundwave's hand even harder.* Swervester 9:30 pm Are they edible thebestdecepticonleader 9:31 pm Technically anything is edible once verdigrisprowl 9:31 pm It is. You saw his body—it's not decorative, he's half organic. He did it all himself. *Prowl's proud.* cerebrosurgeon 9:31 pm /Really?/ Wow. [He's very impressed. Prowl is rightfully proud.] That's. Wow. [He has Questions.] NoodlesAtNight 9:32 pm [[Emotionally responsive vegetation. He wonders if it would survive on a planet as hostile as ours?]] verdigrisprowl 9:32 pm I know. Wow. /By/ himself, too—no lab assistants. thedemonsurfer 9:32 pm ((oooh another??8D verdigrisprowl 9:32 pm Last episode. Spoilers, the vampire escapes. cerebrosurgeon 9:33 pm Maybe /I/ should call /him/, that's amazing. gmoneyz 9:33 pm Wow. They need better security. NoodlesAtNight 9:33 pm *Shakes his head. He had hoped they would catch the mech.* [[Well. Not every police force can have you guiding them, he supposes.]] Swervester 9:33 pm //i enjoy that the opening sequence confirms this is an In Universe show and not just a spin off of the movies, but the Actual Cartoon that's mentioned in the first movie gmoneyz 9:34 pm Unfortunately. ((ITS A NICE TOUCH)) verdigrisprowl 9:34 pm This episode also prominently features a mech whose other episodes I've skipped. For reference: his name is XL, he's XR's older brother, and he's a criminal. So. Sorry I skipped his other appearances. We'll see them in future weeks. verdigrisprowl 9:35 pm ((IT REALLY IS)) gmoneyz 9:35 pm Wirewolf? Does Weirdwolf have a fucking brother too now. cerebrosurgeon 9:35 pm /Wired/ Wolf. gmoneyz 9:35 pm Oh. My bad i forgot one letter. How will I ever go on. cerebrosurgeon 9:35 pm Is that- That's his brother? He's a lot... Bigger. Swervester 9:35 pm Sadly. cerebrosurgeon 9:35 pm [Elbows Eject] verdigrisprowl 9:35 pm That's XL. *he says, unnecessarily.* Swervester 9:36 pm You'll go on sadly. gmoneyz 9:36 pm Sadly. verdigrisprowl 9:36 pm He self upgraded. gmoneyz 9:36 pm He certainly is...XL at least. verdigrisprowl 9:36 pm Their heads hold their identities, the rest of their bodies are optional. Swervester 9:36 pm Amazing. Also do moon rocks work that way Today cerebrosurgeon 9:36 pm [The unnecessary statement was still appreciated. Nod nod.] It's a good method. NoodlesAtNight 9:36 pm [[What a cruel thing to do to this poor Wolf human.]] Swervester 9:36 pm [looking suspiciously at his subspace. Full of moon rocks] cerebrosurgeon 9:36 pm N-... No gmoneyz 9:37 pm No. I wish they did. verdigrisprowl 9:37 pm It's not the fact that it's a moon rock so much as the specific radiation OF that moon mixed with the effects of his bite. cerebrosurgeon 9:37 pm Luna-1 rocks do not make people Weirdwolf. Wired Wolf. gmoneyz 9:37 pm Wiredwolf. verdigrisprowl 9:37 pm Wirewolf. cerebrosurgeon 9:37 pm [Holds head in hands.] Swervester 9:37 pm [pulls a moon rock out of subspace] gmoneyz 9:37 pm Bite it. SCProwl 9:37 pm Shockwave attempted something similar in our universe, though it was on others, not himself. To less than stellar results. thedemonsurfer 9:37 pm ((I walked off to pee what happened cerebrosurgeon 9:38 pm [LIFTS HEAD.] YOU... Carry them around. Swervester 9:38 pm Yes. Sort of NoodlesAtNight 9:38 pm *Intrigued* [[From what moon?]] Swervester 9:38 pm I was experimenting. Luna 1 cerebrosurgeon 9:38 pm Luna-1! Our moon. verdigrisprowl 9:38 pm ((XL and Nos kidnapped put a moon rock necklace around Ty's neck and kidnapped Wirewolf, for Unknown Purposes)) NoodlesAtNight 9:38 pm [[Ah. The one that was lost?]] cerebrosurgeon 9:38 pm Yes. We found it. Swervester 9:38 pm Yeah thedemonsurfer 9:38 pm ((Aaa puppy!!! gmoneyz 9:38 pm We sure did. Live on it even. gmoneyz 9:39 pm I'm personally imprisoned on it. verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm I've been a couple of times. Swervester 9:39 pm Are you actually imprisoned gmoneyz 9:39 pm No. cerebrosurgeon 9:39 pm You moved in- /You/ moved in! verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm It's... it's what you'd expect from a moon. gmoneyz 9:39 pm It's called a joke Cerebros. Swervester 9:39 pm Full of dead titans. verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm Unexpected number of Metrotitan corpses. Today gmoneyz 9:39 pm It's desolate and sad. NoodlesAtNight 9:39 pm *Soundwave looks at the lot of them, tilting his head.* [[He understands Eject. Many of our minicons chose to live separate from the main Cybertronian population. He does not know why anyone else would want to be so far from home.]] verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm Otherwise pretty normal. cerebrosurgeon 9:40 pm [Huff.] We also have the hot spot. verdigrisprowl 9:40 pm Oh, right. I haven't seen that. Swervester 9:40 pm Oh yeah. I should take a look at it sometime. NoodlesAtNight 9:40 pm [[A hot spot?]] Swervester 9:40 pm Babies. gmoneyz 9:40 pm It's actually beautiful. Swervester 9:40 pm Unforged babies. cerebrosurgeon 9:40 pm Anytime you want, Red can give you the full tour, Prowl. verdigrisprowl 9:40 pm Ignited but unactivated. NoodlesAtNight 9:40 pm [[That is - yes, how your timeline acquires new life. Unactivated?]] gmoneyz 9:40 pm We don't include them in our typical tours. Red is very particular. NoodlesAtNight 9:40 pm [[Do they not spawn their own frames?]] gmoneyz 9:40 pm No. verdigrisprowl 9:41 pm I'm given to understand that the sparks are... well, it's not /stasis,/ but they're in stasis. thebestdecepticonleader 9:41 pm Your world still has natural babies gmoneyz 9:41 pm They need frames forged. Swervester 9:41 pm Dormant might be a good word for it? verdigrisprowl 9:41 pm Dormant, yes. thebestdecepticonleader 9:41 pm Tell me about them thedemonsurfer 9:41 pm ((Sup Daddy-o Swervester 9:41 pm [pings Starscream ancient files from his hot spot days] NoodlesAtNight 9:41 pm [[That is inconvenient. And... strange. Where did the first Cybertronians come from in your timelines, if they did not grow themselves?]] thebestdecepticonleader 9:41 pm Wow! cerebrosurgeon 9:41 pm Cybertron spat 'em out. gmoneyz 9:41 pm Yea. verdigrisprowl 9:41 pm If they were active, they COULD grow their own frames—with help and supervision, buuut technically even without supervision many would make it to adulthood. verdigrisprowl 9:42 pm Supervision just increases it from "many" to "almost all." thebestdecepticonleader 9:42 pm No they used to come that way to our universe but then Primus stopped producing them or... whatever NoodlesAtNight 9:42 pm [[Ahh. ... How are they activated?]] verdigrisprowl 9:42 pm ... I don't know. Swervester 9:42 pm Our main job as surpervisors was attending to sparks that weren't bonding to the metallico and helping them forge their frames. Or sparks that were having trouble shaping their metal themselves. thebestdecepticonleader 9:42 pm Now you basically have cobbled together bodies with no sparks, just coding, like me NoodlesAtNight 9:43 pm *Taking notes on Starscream's additions. This seems somewhat familiar based on the other red Starscream he worked with, but he's not 100% sure it matches. He never had a chance to investigate that timeline in detail.* verdigrisprowl 9:43 pm *gestures at the screen* This is the sort of rubbish you get when people who don't understand science are put in charge of the engineering divisions. Asking for a two day project in ten minutes. thebestdecepticonleader 9:44 pm I'm what you get when Megatron does that cerebrosurgeon 9:44 pm Ugh. [He's been there, done that.] Never ends well. Today Swervester 9:44 pm [pings old files to Soundwave too, including old employee medical manuals for dealing with problems] verdigrisprowl 9:44 pm Glaringly evil flaws aside, Zurg is at LEAST clearly a scientist and inventor in his own right and it shows in his work. Swervester 9:44 pm So they're asking for Brainstorm level projects. gmoneyz 9:44 pm Yes but Brainstorm ENJOYS the time crunch. NoodlesAtNight 9:45 pm *He will ABSOLUTELY devour these. He's been interested in how Prowl's timeline could revive its population since he arrived.* Swervester 9:45 pm I think Wheeljack did too honestly. [enjoy Soundwave, he'll probably dig up more old files including medical records for examples later] verdigrisprowl 9:45 pm *can you tell he's babbling about managing scientists to avoid thinking too hard about the tortured mind controlled wirewolf.* It's amazing that thing doesn't just fall apart. NoodlesAtNight 9:46 pm *...And perhaps a little bit about how to help the small, defenseless sparks grow up to be safe and content Cybertronians. Who is he if not one for being ready to defend tiny mechs at any cost?* thedemonsurfer 9:46 pm ((They're so cuuuuuuute cerebrosurgeon 9:46 pm [On second thought, he probably should give Soundwave their files, too. Soundwave's going to get a polite ping from Fort Max before an offering for a mass amount of data on their universe's methods of construction.] NoodlesAtNight 9:46 pm *Turns to Prowl.* [[Do you know where your Luna 1 is? Could he--]] *Oh, distracted. SO distracted. The files are going to be scanned to the Pits and back before he opens them, but then... THEN.* NoodlesAtNight 9:47 pm [[Run, XL.]] verdigrisprowl 9:47 pm ((fun trivia! nos-4-a2's voice is done by craig ferguson)) ((he's said that it's revenge for centuries of british actors doing shitty scottish accents)) NoodlesAtNight 9:47 pm ((lol)) thedemonsurfer 9:48 pm ((asdfghj Swervester 9:48 pm //lmao thedemonsurfer 9:48 pm ((This is a show of Bad Accents Swervester 9:48 pm //i feel like o recognize his name from something too thedemonsurfer 9:48 pm ((...which it was made in the 90s so of course it's a show of bad accents Swervester 9:48 pm //oh wait i know what it was verdigrisprowl 9:48 pm Yes, same place as the other luna-1s. cerebrosurgeon 9:48 pm 〈HE WAS IN FREAKAZOID... Seal of approval.〉 NoodlesAtNight 9:49 pm *What was he asking. Review records.*

[[Would he be allowed to see it himself? To set foot on it.]] verdigrisprowl 9:50 pm ... I'll have to check. Probably. cerebrosurgeon 9:50 pm [Side eyes Eject.] If you want to visit our moon, it's always open. gmoneyz 9:50 pm Is it. cerebrosurgeon 9:50 pm /Yes./ gmoneyz 9:50 pm Hm. It's open. verdigrisprowl 9:50 pm Oh, well, there you go. gmoneyz 9:51 pm We still have that baseball game to organize. NoodlesAtNight 9:51 pm *Oh dear. He's gotten a whole planet. This is getting as bad as the Unimind business.* verdigrisprowl 9:51 pm Oh, right. My rematch with Rumble. gmoneyz 9:52 pm I'm enthused to have people who can actually play. NoodlesAtNight 9:52 pm [[There won't be a murder to solve this time, will there?]] gmoneyz 9:52 pm No. Today gmoneyz 9:52 pm Not this time. thedemonsurfer 9:52 pm ((JFC ((WOW ALRIGHT verdigrisprowl 9:52 pm *LOOK AT THAT. REVENGE AGAINST HIS MIND-CONTROLLER.* cerebrosurgeon 9:52 pm [Looks at Eject. Stares.] Will there not be. verdigrisprowl 9:52 pm *SATISFYING.* thebestdecepticonleader 9:52 pm SO satisfying gmoneyz 9:52 pm No murder mysteries during MY baseball game. Swervester 9:53 pm //I'M LAUGHING I JUST REMEMBERED DECEPTICON SIDESWIPE IS AN ENERGY VAMPIRE TECHNICALLY AND I ASKED AND I'M LAUGHING, NOS 4 A2 IS SIDESWIP'E'S MASTER/THE ONE WHO TURNED HIM thebestdecepticonleader 9:53 pm One day I'm going to do that to Megatron thedemonsurfer 9:53 pm ((asdfgh verdigrisprowl 9:53 pm ((FOR REAL)) gmoneyz 9:53 pm ((LMAO)) verdigrisprowl 9:53 pm ((GOOD)) Swervester 9:53 pm //YEAH I'M CACKLING cerebrosurgeon 9:53 pm 〈I'M LAUGHING〉 NoodlesAtNight 9:53 pm [[A good end to that energy vampire. Hopefully that will be the end of the mind controlling.]] cerebrosurgeon 9:53 pm 〈It's like Sparky 〉 gmoneyz 9:53 pm ((WOW SPARKY(( verdigrisprowl 9:53 pm ... For the record, he's actually dead that time. Swervester 9:53 pm //it is gmoneyz 9:53 pm Took them long enough. cerebrosurgeon 9:53 pm [Nod nod.] thedemonsurfer 9:53 pm ((I love it verdigrisprowl 9:54 pm And XR and Ty are both okay. SCProwl 9:54 pm Huh. cerebrosurgeon 9:55 pm They couldn't give him... A more average transtector? Unless he chose it? [Squint.] thedemonsurfer 9:55 pm ((aaaaa OUO those were really good!! verdigrisprowl 9:55 pm *transwhattor. body?* It was a term of his return to Star Command, it appears he consented to it. gmoneyz 9:56 pm ((am i the only one who sees three swerves)) NoodlesAtNight 9:56 pm ((you are not)) verdigrisprowl 9:56 pm ((he's multiplying)) gmoneyz 9:56 pm ((oh god)) verdigrisprowl 9:56 pm ((it's the sitcom issue all over again)) Swervester 9:56 pm //yeah rabbit keeps?? kicking me randomly then refreshing like 12 times gmoneyz 9:56 pm ((JFJF )) thedemonsurfer 9:56 pm ((Swerve, Dodge, and Avoid SCProwl 9:56 pm ((gj rabbit cerebrosurgeon 9:56 pm [Nods slowly.] S'long as he's fine with it. 〈 LAUGHING〉 Today Swervester 9:56 pm //tdgvfc xcries Swervester 9:57 pm [slowly shoves the holoform away from him] thebestdecepticonleader 9:57 pm Can it multiply me? Maybe with three of me I could kill Megatron Swervester 9:57 pm My holo's malfunctioning, don't mind me. NoodlesAtNight 9:57 pm *No murder, good. That means he can watch an actual game this time. And now, to relax to this music and dig into these medical journals and other files sent his way. The plague protoform crash course just wasn't enough.* gmoneyz 9:57 pm Happens to the best of us. cerebrosurgeon 9:57 pm [He's not bothered by three Swerves. This is fine. Everything's fine. He has three Swerves.] verdigrisprowl 9:58 pm Mm. When my holomatter malfunctions, it usually just gets the colors wrong. gmoneyz 9:59 pm ((wow you mom let you have THREE swerves)) Swervester 9:59 pm I'm not sure if this is a side effect of the whole Swearth thing or not. gmoneyz 9:59 pm I've never had a holomatter avatar. verdigrisprowl 9:59 pm ... "Swearth." Swervester 9:59 pm YEs. Swearth. cerebrosurgeon 9:59 pm Swearth?. Swervester 9:59 pm Rodimus named it. verdigrisprowl 9:59 pm *sworth. swurth.* gmoneyz 9:59 pm Swerve Earth. Swervester 9:59 pm Yeah verdigrisprowl 9:59 pm What. cerebrosurgeon 10:00 pm 〈ANOTHER [Swerve] BITES THE DUST〉 Swervester 10:00 pm OKay, so uh. Do you want that story. NoodlesAtNight 10:00 pm [[He does.]] gmoneyz 10:00 pm ((Microsoft Sam voice: swerve)) cerebrosurgeon 10:00 pm Yes. 〈YES.〉 thebestdecepticonleader 10:00 pm So how do I make multiples of myself Swervester 10:00 pm OKay well it technically starts when Agent 113 was still in the DJD as a spy. gmoneyz 10:00 pm I wouldn't advise it for you. thebestdecepticonleader 10:00 pm I need it for Megatron killing purposes thebestdecepticonleader 10:01 pm Purely good intentions Swervester 10:01 pm He shot me with a bullet but I did not know there was still a bullet after I patched myself up. Fast forward a few million years to the Lost Light and I was kind of dying? verdigrisprowl 10:01 pm *""""was."""" flinches.* SCProwl 10:01 pm I suppose you could use protoforms the way our Starscream did. Swervester 10:01 pm But also I poked a button in Brainstorm's lab and then opened his time machine briefcase at one point. NoodlesAtNight 10:02 pm *Spots the flinch. ... Wonders if Swerve knows what happened to 113?* thebestdecepticonleader 10:02 pm I'm not hijacking protoforms, that's disgusting! cerebrosurgeon 10:02 pm [This is all a lot of information. Holds head. Why was he never told about the kind of dying thing.] Swervester 10:02 pm [he does not know that he knows] And I guess that caused a weird sort of meta time loop that allowed me to project a real life sized Earth 400 miles away from the Lost Light. Today Swervester 10:02 pm Rodimus named it Swearth. cerebrosurgeon 10:03 pm That's... The easiest to follow part of the whole story. SCProwl 10:03 pm It was only a suggestion. Cloning or holograms. gmoneyz 10:03 pm ((wow. two puffs. cerebros: double puffed)) Swervester 10:03 pm I apparently projected my holomatter there and split myself into three and everyone came looking for me. thebestdecepticonleader 10:03 pm cloning could work... Swervester 10:03 pm //thbfg verdigrisprowl 10:03 pm ... Yeah, okay, that sounds like the Lost Light. Swervester 10:03 pm Honestly. Thaaaat's also part of why people keep asking me if I'm real nor not actually. NoodlesAtNight 10:03 pm [[He only ever visited that ship for movie nights and he is forced to agree.]] verdigrisprowl 10:03 pm *and now HIS holomatter projector is malfunctioning. waves off the duplicate. shoo.* verdigrisprowl 10:04 pm Weren't you stuck with us in the other universe for a little bit? NoodlesAtNight 10:04 pm *No, no. He likes there being two of you. Let it stay.* Swervester 10:04 pm 'Cause. You know. I was in my room for months and none of them realized I wasn't really there. thebestdecepticonleader 10:04 pm ((I have to go guys, thanks for the stream)) Swervester 10:04 pm //nini verdigrisprowl 10:04 pm ((bye)) NoodlesAtNight 10:04 pm ((aaaaaa byeee)) [[Oh, fine. He'll count that. But he wasn't part of the crew.]] cerebrosurgeon 10:04 pm [TWO of that Prowl. He's relieved he doesn't have a projector to malfunction.] That- No one came to check on you? At all? 〈Night!〉 Swervester 10:05 pm Everyone thought my holo was me right up until it vanished in the middle of a party? verdigrisprowl 10:05 pm Why would anyone come to check on you if you're the one that's always visiting them? Swervester 10:05 pm Yeah, that. Also I didn't have a roommate and no one wanted to be mine. NoodlesAtNight 10:05 pm [[Why? You seem like an agreeable and competent mech to him.]] [[...Never mind. It is the Lost Light. That was probably why.]] SCProwl 10:06 pm *contently remains only one Prowl* cerebrosurgeon 10:06 pm You're kidding. I would have paid to room with you on Kimia. gmoneyz 10:06 pm ((FDJKF)) verdigrisprowl 10:06 pm *huff* gmoneyz 10:06 pm You're one of the more tolerable mechs I know Swerve. NoodlesAtNight 10:07 pm *Glances at the newest Swerve before it disappears. He's beginning to feel like he should activate his own holomatter just to match the current goings-on.* verdigrisprowl 10:07 pm *well, as long as he's got two hims out, he might as well start cleaning up the uneaten snacks and the chairs that aren't being used.* gmoneyz 10:07 pm ((wow i thought you didnt have a holomatter avatar cerebros)) cerebrosurgeon 10:08 pm 〈HE DOESN'T.〉 verdigrisprowl 10:08 pm ((he budded)) cerebrosurgeon 10:08 pm 〈This is ACTUALLY a second Cerebros. Thanks Brainstorm.〉 NoodlesAtNight 10:08 pm *Soundwave will go ahead and get up to help. Better he keeps the avatar a secret. What if he wants to use it around these mechs later?* cerebrosurgeon 10:08 pm [... Prods at Swerve2. Tw..erve? Swtworve. Hm.] verdigrisprowl 10:09 pm ((tworve)) NoodlesAtNight 10:09 pm [[...One moment.]] *Slowly makes his way to second Cerebros. Going to just. Stand there in front of him. And stare a bit.* cerebrosurgeon 10:09 pm 〈TWORVE-〉 [Oh. Is there- Why is there a second him.] That- I don't... Have a holomatter projector. gmoneyz 10:09 pm Guess you do now. Swervester 10:09 pm I ajust lost control of my holo for a moment but uh cerebrosurgeon 10:09 pm I /really/ don't think that's how that works. NoodlesAtNight 10:09 pm [[...That explains why he can hear this one.]] gmoneyz 10:09 pm What would you fucking know. Swervester 10:10 pm to answer the questoion, I was known as Shut The Hell Up in the academy, so there's your answer on why no one wanted to room. SCProwl 10:10 pm *disconnects video since watching her alternate pick up the room isn't that interesting* verdigrisprowl 10:10 pm *that's fair* NoodlesAtNight 10:10 pm [[...Are you ethically required to keep yourself?]] Swervester 10:10 pm [squints at both of the other Swerves] cerebrosurgeon 10:11 pm [Side eyes himself. This is strange. This is very different from him and Galen being head-off in the same room. Eerie.] They obviously don't know how to... Appreciate yo- I'm really distracted by that other me. This is weird, right? This is weird. Swervester 10:12 pm Is it real. Mine at least I can safely say are just digital projections. NoodlesAtNight 10:12 pm *...Slowly lifts a feeler up to poke it with a claw.* gmoneyz 10:12 pm It's weird. I can only stand one of you. verdigrisprowl 10:12 pm Why are you talking about him like he's not here? *looks at the new Cerebros.* Hi. Are you, uh— okay? cerebrosurgeon 10:12 pm I don't... Know- [Very concerned about Soundwave touching the other him.] verdigrisprowl 10:12 pm *SOUNDWAVE don't poke him without asking, that's a person* NoodlesAtNight 10:13 pm *Are we sure?* *He's not sure. That's why he's poking them.* Swervester 10:13 pm [slowly offers the pother Cerebros a hexaflexagon] verdigrisprowl 10:13 pm *the Prowl that's up paps Soundwave's hand. You could ASK before poking.* cerebrosurgeon 10:14 pm [Oh come on. Holds face in hands. He's going to dim his optics and wait for this to be over before he gets a processor ache. He'll- He'll, just. Spam Max about this.] Swervester 10:14 pm Are you certain you don't have a holo projector? gmoneyz 10:14 pm Kill your double that's the only way Cere. NoodlesAtNight 10:14 pm *Soundwave pulls both the papped hand and the feeler close to his chest, a bit surprised. Somehow, he didn't expect Prowl to do that. But he supposes it's deserved.* cerebrosurgeon 10:14 pm /Positive/- I am not. Eject, no. NoodlesAtNight 10:15 pm [[Do not kill him. He could be necessary, someday.]] cerebrosurgeon 10:15 pm Soundwave, I... Y'know, I don't know how I feel about that. gmoneyz 10:15 pm Ominous. Swervester 10:15 pm Is that a criminal thing or a spy thing. verdigrisprowl 10:15 pm We are civilized mechs and do not murder our alternates. gmoneyz 10:15 pm Fine. NoodlesAtNight 10:16 pm [[It is not ominous, criminal, or a spy thing. You cannot tell him you have never needed to be in two places at once.]] Swervester 10:16 pm Oh, good point. cerebrosurgeon 10:16 pm Max is re-confirming I definitely have never had a projector. I'm not even compatible with the hardware. SCProwl 10:16 pm Most police officers I know would love it. NoodlesAtNight 10:17 pm *...Might've helped murder an alternate, but never mind that now.* cerebrosurgeon 10:17 pm Being in two places at once was never an issue for us, so this is... It's weird. Swervester 10:17 pm [were there extenuating circumstances] gmoneyz 10:17 pm Fortress Maximus was always reliable to say the least. cerebrosurgeon 10:17 pm 〈 DOUBLE DOUBLE PROWLS〉 gmoneyz 10:17 pm Double Double Prowls. Swervester 10:17 pm Oh man. verdigrisprowl 10:17 pm *currently in three places at once* It's alright. NoodlesAtNight 10:17 pm *Goes to help Prowl since he can't get any more out of that new mech without--actually startles when the Prowl from his own world POPS UP IN FRONT OF HIM* verdigrisprowl 10:18 pm ... Right. Okay. Something in here is— Hm. cerebrosurgeon 10:18 pm This is the weirdest library I've ever been to. NoodlesAtNight 10:18 pm [[/This is too much./]] SCProwl 10:18 pm I did not mean I wanted that it happen. *huffs* verdigrisprowl 10:18 pm This doesn't usually happen. Swervester 10:18 pm God. This is sort of giving me a headache because I'm getting input from three holos at once plus my real frame but wow. cerebrosurgeon 10:18 pm [Nudges Eject. Lowers voice.] You're gonna need a bigger table for your date. gmoneyz 10:18 pm At this rate you'll have a -- [hE GRIPS CEREBROS' NECK] verdigrisprowl 10:18 pm Can't you turn off your other two avatars' senses? *prowl ounces back and forth between them all the time.* NoodlesAtNight 10:19 pm *Staring at Eject.* [[Well? Are you going next or is he?]] gmoneyz 10:19 pm I'm not multiplying. verdigrisprowl 10:19 pm HEY! No! *points at Eject* Hands off, NOW. Swervester 10:19 pm Oh. Yeah. I'm not used to having multiples I didn't even think of that, cerebrosurgeon 10:19 pm [WHEEZE. U stop that. Eject is getting bat at AND spammed by Max. Ur grounded.] verdigrisprowl 10:19 pm *there will be NO strangulation attempts in the library.* gmoneyz 10:19 pm UGH. [LETS GO] [WAIT TIL WE'RE BACK ON THE MOON.] cerebrosurgeon 10:20 pm [BATS.] /Thank/ you, Prowl. [Wait until Max is there to meet you.] gmoneyz 10:20 pm ANYWAY as I was saying, soon enough you'll have enough yous for a whole baseball team. Swervester 10:20 pm Why am I the only one with three? NoodlesAtNight 10:21 pm [[Perhaps yours is in poorer shape.]] gmoneyz 10:21 pm I'm assuming it's because of Swearth. verdigrisprowl 10:21 pm ((swerve is smaller and has more room for extras)) Swervester 10:21 pm //lmfao NoodlesAtNight 10:21 pm ((lmao)) Swervester 10:21 pm Must be. Swearth's my new go to for all problems. SCProwl 10:22 pm It's just a holomatter. I recently had one installed and since Arcee and Ratchet already had the technology, it wasn't difficult to copy. opatoes 10:22 pm Oh! Did I come too late NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm *Manages to get away from the unwanted extra Prowl and over to the extra Prowl he'd like to be around.* [[Tell him you need assistance. He needs a moment of mindless activity to focus his thoughts.]] verdigrisprowl 10:23 pm You missed it. cerebrosurgeon 10:23 pm https://cerebrosurgeon.tumblr.com/post/180006108159/fort-max-at-eject-constantly Relevant 〉 opatoes 10:23 pm Oh. NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm [[Have you all considered that it might be a virus?]] SCProwl 10:23 pm We're just listening to music now. opatoes 10:23 pm ... Could you send me a video feed later, Prowl? verdigrisprowl 10:23 pm ... Would you like to clean, Soundwave? I'm going to report this to the librarians. cerebrosurgeon 10:23 pm Smokescreen! Ignore the other me, he's not... I don't know what's going on. SCProwl 10:23 pm And dealing with *waves hand at room of clones* this. opatoes 10:23 pm Also, I have gifts for anyone interested. ... You. /Pointing at Cerebros./ cerebrosurgeon 10:23 pm Me? NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm [[Which - er. Are both of you going?]] opatoes 10:23 pm You. Swervester 10:23 pm [Which one] verdigrisprowl 10:24 pm We should all go, probably. Quarantine yourselves in case it IS a virus. My hope is there's some localized signal causing this. cerebrosurgeon 10:24 pm [I hope he's pointing at the right Cerebros.] Me. opatoes 10:24 pm /He's pointing at the space between them./ verdigrisprowl 10:24 pm No, just me. *the Prowl that's already standing waves.* cerebrosurgeon 10:24 pm Do we leave the clones here...? NoodlesAtNight 10:24 pm [[Ah. Then he will clean, yes.]] Swervester 10:24 pm Is it safe to leave if there is a virus? opatoes 10:24 pm ... Did I come in time for a virus SCProwl 10:24 pm It is if you quarantine yourself. verdigrisprowl 10:24 pm If you STAY, it might get worse. Hence the self-quarantine. gmoneyz 10:25 pm I don't know enough about medicine but I don't think it's a virus either. Swervester 10:25 pm Though I guess since I'm here in holo I could just turn them off. verdigrisprowl 10:25 pm ... If you could just turn them off, then why haven't you turned them off? cerebrosurgeon 10:25 pm Finally, I get to throw Eject in a small room by himself- One of the Prowls is gone. Swervester 10:25 pm ... I'm trying but the other two aren't/. NoodlesAtNight 10:25 pm *The only other explanation he has is that timelines are starting to splinter at this exact moment for an unknown reason, and he's not sure he likes that.* verdigrisprowl 10:25 pm *yeah, that's the prowl that left the room to go talk to the librarians* opatoes 10:25 pm I didn't notice there were multiple Prowls. cerebrosurgeon 10:26 pm [He's so helpful.] verdigrisprowl 10:26 pm There were two of me when you came in. SCProwl 10:26 pm My holomatter has been deactivated since it was installed. verdigrisprowl 10:26 pm *points at his alternate* There are still two of her. opatoes 10:26 pm Really? Hm. Glad my vision isn't fragged up. Swervester 10:26 pm [reaches out to touch one of his other holos, who mirrors the action] Hmm. cerebrosurgeon 10:27 pm [Belatedly waves down Soundwave some.] I've been /in/ universes as they splintered, it looks a lot different. verdigrisprowl 10:27 pm ... Okay. When I said "we should all go," what I /meant/ was "go home." I was being polite. Swervester 10:27 pm Oh. Right. I'll turn this one off then and see if the others go too I guess. If they don't you can just, uh. Throw them out or something. cerebrosurgeon 10:27 pm Right. Right. [Jabs Eject.] We should go. opatoes 10:28 pm Oh. Very well. Have a good night, Prowl. May I leave this gift here? It's a hexaflexagon. Or two. SCProwl 10:28 pm I'll return to apartment now. Will you call me if you learn anything else, Captain? verdigrisprowl 10:28 pm Quarantine yourselves just in case, comm me if you have more problems.

verdigrisprowl 8:33 pm Officially, manual labor. SCProwl 8:34 pm Unofficially? araneamechanica 8:34 pm Very well-paid. verdigrisprowl 8:34 pm Incredibly politically powerful. thebestdecepticonleader 8:34 pm How did that even happen? thedemonsurfer 8:34 pm ((sdfghjk SCProwl 8:34 pm Huh. thebestdecepticonleader 8:35 pm Such primitive robots verdigrisprowl 8:35 pm I only know of one washing machine, and he served the Functionist Council. thebestdecepticonleader 8:36 pm What did he wash? araneamechanica 8:36 pm *mumbles thoughtfully* I do wonder if using those wings expends energy, since they almost seem hard-light based... verdigrisprowl 8:36 pm Laundry. thebestdecepticonleader 8:36 pm Laundry? verdigrisprowl 8:36 pm That's what washing machines are /for./ thebestdecepticonleader 8:36 pm Like... armor? verdigrisprowl 8:36 pm No. Like laundry. SCProwl 8:36 pm He's flat-what? verdigrisprowl 8:37 pm Drained battery. thebestdecepticonleader 8:37 pm So like... the stuff fleshies wear? verdigrisprowl 8:37 pm The Functionist Council wore capes. NoodlesAtNight 8:37 pm [[Seedy Hotel? Truth in advertising, at least.]] thebestdecepticonleader 8:37 pm oh thedemonsurfer 8:38 pm ((I love her NoodlesAtNight 8:38 pm [[Random Meter?]] verdigrisprowl 8:38 pm Despite the mechaphobia he fact that mecha are allowed to adopt organic children in this galaxy speaks well to their politics. araneamechanica 8:39 pm *aww, she reminds tarantulas of verity. what a spunky little fleshbag* verdigrisprowl 8:39 pm Yeah, I—I don't know what a random meter is. *side glance at Tarantulas?* NoodlesAtNight 8:39 pm *Also looking at Tara. If anyone here would know...* verdigrisprowl 8:39 pm ... Random meter? Randometer? araneamechanica 8:39 pm *big shrug* Nothing I've ACTUALLY heard of. cerebrosurgeon 8:40 pm We had organics as our charges for years, adoption would have been a convenient option to have. verdigrisprowl 8:40 pm Huh. Maybe it doesn't exist here. NoodlesAtNight 8:40 pm [[You had a human pet of your own?]] *To Cerebros* thebestdecepticonleader 8:40 pm I wish I could have a human pet, I'd treat them well cerebrosurgeon 8:40 pm [Wheeze laugh.] No, none of them were pets. They were teammates. verdigrisprowl 8:40 pm Humans aren't pets. Today thebestdecepticonleader 8:41 pm They aren't, what do Autobots keep them for? NoodlesAtNight 8:41 pm [[He's seen the way certain Autobots treat their fleshlings. Not all of them do well. They might as well be.]] SCProwl 8:41 pm ((i keep getting distracted by recognizing VAs NoodlesAtNight 8:41 pm ((i have no idea what's happening ;; )) SCProwl 8:41 pm ((*high fives cro* araneamechanica 8:41 pm (( same, blackscreen thebestdecepticonleader 8:41 pm I wasn't aware they were good at pest control or fighting verdigrisprowl 8:41 pm ((the stream is working fine for me. there isn't anything i can do on my end to make it work better, is there?)) araneamechanica 8:41 pm (( OH there thebestdecepticonleader 8:42 pm ((mine's fine verdigrisprowl 8:42 pm Autobots /work with/ humans. They aren't kept as pets. thedemonsurfer 8:42 pm ((i love the sound he makes Swervester 8:42 pm //it's fine for me, but usually refreshing fixes black screen SCProwl 8:42 pm ((it's working fine for me, so idek how it decides when to work or not tbh thebestdecepticonleader 8:42 pm Oh... so what do they actually do that Autobots can't? verdigrisprowl 8:42 pm They are independent sentient individuals. NoodlesAtNight 8:42 pm ((i don't think so, short of maybe a new rabbitcast - but that would be a lot of setup effort for you)) cerebrosurgeon 8:43 pm We worked with humans and Nebulans for a /long/ time. They were integrated into our unit, saved our circuits more than once. [Shrug.] 〈Stream hasn't had audio for me but that seems like the laptop's problem, not a big deal〉 thebestdecepticonleader 8:43 pm Simple sentience is a little low to be setting the bar for whether you can keep them as a pet or not. I mean... turbofoxes have some sentience. verdigrisprowl 8:43 pm Why do they have to do anything that Autobots can't? In almost every universe, we end up fighting on THEIR planet. thedemonsurfer 8:43 pm ((Awww <3 verdigrisprowl 8:43 pm ((is ANYBODY getting to see this show?)) thedemonsurfer 8:43 pm ((I AM thebestdecepticonleader 8:44 pm ((me too SCProwl 8:44 pm ((I am! cerebrosurgeon 8:44 pm 〈I'm very good at knowing what's going on without audio and am transcribing for Deckard, I got u〉 thedemonsurfer 8:45 pm ((aaa QQ Swervester 8:45 pm Oh no what happened to them cerebrosurgeon 8:45 pm [Wince. Yikes.] verdigrisprowl 8:45 pm The energy vampire drained them. thedemonsurfer 8:45 pm ((QnQ they can repair her parents right verdigrisprowl 8:45 pm Hence why she's hunting him. thebestdecepticonleader 8:45 pm How did they... have a human daughter... that doesn't seem to be biologically possible Swervester 8:45 pm Oh. Does he give anyone else Starscfream vibes thebestdecepticonleader 8:45 pm HEY! verdigrisprowl 8:45 pm She's adopted. That's why we're talking about humans. We were discussing adoption. NoodlesAtNight 8:45 pm [[Depends on the Starscream.]] Today thedemonsurfer 8:46 pm ((oh my god i love him cerebrosurgeon 8:46 pm [Slow nodding. Maybe. Swerve's not wrong.] Swervester 8:46 pm That really dramatic one from the universe Smokey's from. thebestdecepticonleader 8:46 pm Oh, that's not me, that's fine Swervester 8:46 pm The one who killed a Cliffjumper. verdigrisprowl 8:46 pm ... If he was red. ... And legless. NoodlesAtNight 8:46 pm *Shudders. The Undead. This Nos-4-A2 really is a horrible creature.* SCProwl 8:46 pm *huffs* thedemonsurfer 8:47 pm ((Awww Swervester 8:47 pm It's mostly the personality that reminds me of that Starsxream. thebestdecepticonleader 8:47 pm Well it's nothing like me *huffs* verdigrisprowl 8:47 pm His head's also sort of shaped like... *makes a triangle with his hands.* verdigrisprowl 8:48 pm *... Looks at Nos. Looks at the triangle. ... Looks at Soundwave's face.* araneamechanica 8:48 pm (( AT LEAST USE AN ADAPTER omg Swervester 8:48 pm //rthbfg Swervester 8:48 pm [looks at Prowl's hands too] SCProwl 8:48 pm *laughs* cerebrosurgeon 8:48 pm [Looks at Swerve looking at Prowl's hands. Looks at Prowl's hands.] thedemonsurfer 8:49 pm ((\QUQ/ SCProwl 8:49 pm *can see where Prowl was looking* verdigrisprowl 8:49 pm *oh, right, looks at screen.* cerebrosurgeon 8:49 pm /Oh./ They repaired them. Good. SCProwl 8:49 pm Repaired them without rewriting their personalities, I hope. verdigrisprowl 8:50 pm Spoilers, they didn't successfully kill the vampire. thedemonsurfer 8:50 pm ((...patrick warburton is also the LGM ((h u h cerebrosurgeon 8:50 pm Their minds are all connected again, I don't think they'd repeat the mistake now. [Huffs. This vampire guy.] NoodlesAtNight 8:51 pm [[His face shape means nothing. He doesn't do what the energy vampire does.]] verdigrisprowl 8:51 pm I know. araneamechanica 8:51 pm The teeth imply otherwise. *snickers* SCProwl 8:51 pm Different teeth. verdigrisprowl 8:51 pm Different teeth, different function. cerebrosurgeon 8:51 pm 〈I misread that as Weirdwolf and I'm yelling〉 thebestdecepticonleader 8:51 pm Anyone who rewrites personalities without the permission of the person needs to be shot verdigrisprowl 8:51 pm ((well, he IS a weird wolf.)) araneamechanica 8:52 pm (( did these eps air in october. halloween perhaps cerebrosurgeon 8:52 pm 〈Wow... Half the Decepticon Headmasters.〉 verdigrisprowl 8:52 pm ((they were scattered all along the length of the series)) Today verdigrisprowl 8:53 pm ((i had to squeeze them together and put them in roughly chronological order.)) ((there's SOME internal continuity in blosc, but the order they were aired in doesn't match the order of events)) thedemonsurfer 8:53 pm ((awwww bby NoodlesAtNight 8:53 pm *Crunches the HELL out of his snack to underline the different function point of his fangs. There. You see? Not for mind control at all.* araneamechanica 8:54 pm *energy vampirism and mind control are difffferent, it's ok* verdigrisprowl 8:54 pm *............ prowl wants soundwave to do that to his thigh* cerebrosurgeon 8:54 pm [Glances at Soundwave. That is a Loud Crunch.] araneamechanica 8:55 pm *...is tempted to retaliate with mandible cronch, but he's not quite that petty* SCProwl 8:55 pm *eating be like that sometimes* NoodlesAtNight 8:55 pm *Notices Cerebro watching. ... Extra vicious bite off the energon bar.* cerebrosurgeon 8:55 pm [... Carry on, he'll advert his gaze. He gets it. Eating be like that sometimes.] verdigrisprowl 8:55 pm *... crosses legs* NoodlesAtNight 8:56 pm *Pleased with all responses. Point (and mild Prowl torture) completed. Munches quieter now.* verdigrisprowl 8:56 pm *speaking of robot hickeys* thebestdecepticonleader 8:56 pm Two robots doing what? SCProwl 8:56 pm Biting each other. thedemonsurfer 8:56 pm ((mwaj thebestdecepticonleader 8:56 pm That seems like an ineffective way of fighting NoodlesAtNight 8:57 pm [[Biting and energon swaps are for when in private.]] [[And it is only ineffective if your mouth is not constructed to suit it.]] thebestdecepticonleader 8:57 pm Guns would still be better SCProwl 8:57 pm Not in hand-to-hand. thebestdecepticonleader 8:58 pm Swords NoodlesAtNight 8:58 pm [[Enjoy trying to shoot through your own stasis cuffs.]] thebestdecepticonleader 8:58 pm knives really tiny guns cerebrosurgeon 8:58 pm Oh no. araneamechanica 8:58 pm *teeth AND guns are both wonderful for fighting AND lovemaking, in this one's humble opinion, but!* NoodlesAtNight 8:58 pm ((oh my god that reference)) SCProwl 8:58 pm *huffs* verdigrisprowl 8:58 pm ((i know)) thebestdecepticonleader 8:59 pm this is me and Megatron verdigrisprowl 9:00 pm ... Is... Megatron known for rescuing you, in your universe? thedemonsurfer 9:00 pm ((OH that is uncomfortable SCProwl 9:00 pm Biting, scratching, elbowing, kicking. *ticks them off on her fingers as she speaks* All incredibly useful when you're fighting. NoodlesAtNight 9:00 pm [[What in Primus' name--]] thedemonsurfer 9:00 pm ((DOG DOG DOG DOG thebestdecepticonleader 9:00 pm No, always ruining what I try to do though Today thebestdecepticonleader 9:00 pm I am the one always trying to protect his worthless aft araneamechanica 9:00 pm *spontaneous laughter, why is this funny to him* NoodlesAtNight 9:00 pm *...It's like the blue and white Ravage got a mech mode.* thebestdecepticonleader 9:00 pm Or at least, I was verdigrisprowl 9:01 pm *worried glance at Tarantulas* NoodlesAtNight 9:01 pm [[Oh - he knows what is happening to that human.]] thedemonsurfer 9:01 pm ((XR No cerebrosurgeon 9:01 pm [Mindwipe, Weirdwolf. Is Skullcruncher next? Also squints at Tarantuas.] SCProwl 9:01 pm What is it? araneamechanica 9:01 pm *waves away the worry* It's an allusion. NoodlesAtNight 9:01 pm [[He has seen human films about the affliction. They are called Wear Wolves, for obvious reasons.]] cerebrosurgeon 9:01 pm 〈Oh. Laptop audio suddenly exists. Excellent〉 verdigrisprowl 9:02 pm ... The "obvious reasons" is sarcasm, right? araneamechanica 9:02 pm Ironic, considering they tend to wear much less after transforming NoodlesAtNight 9:02 pm [[Not at all. They wear a canine shape for a while, and then when they are done they put it back inside of themselves.]] verdigrisprowl 9:02 pm ... *very quietly* That was a canine? araneamechanica 9:02 pm *more laughter* SCProwl 9:03 pm Inside where? thebestdecepticonleader 9:03 pm I need to be able to change into something like that... maybe then I would be able to kill Megatron then NoodlesAtNight 9:03 pm [[...Well, he isn't - perfectly certain based on the design,]] mainly because the mun only caught a glimpse, [[but he has never heard of a Wear Cat before.]] araneamechanica 9:03 pm It's a quote-unquote supernatural phenomenon, for the record. verdigrisprowl 9:04 pm *Soundwave can't tell dogs and cats apart either? Oh, Prowl feels a little better.* araneamechanica 9:04 pm Different cultures may have different forms, I believe it's the spontaneous unconscious transformation into a beast-type form that's the key thedemonsurfer 9:05 pm ((What did he say NoodlesAtNight 9:05 pm [[Inside themselves, Prowl.]] *To the one from his world.* [[Below their skin.]] thedemonsurfer 9:05 pm ((oh noooo thebestdecepticonleader 9:05 pm How do I get one of these? cerebrosurgeon 9:05 pm [Squints. He knows what humans are like below their skin.] I don't think they have... Room. araneamechanica 9:05 pm A beast form? You ask me nicely, that's how. gmoneyz 9:05 pm [QUIETLY.........opens the door. Stupid Cerebros pinging him over and over till he joined. He's making a beeline to him to very loudly SLAP a servo on his back and take a seat next to him.] araneamechanica 9:05 pm *smug smug* cerebrosurgeon 9:06 pm [Flinch; /ow/.] Finally. verdigrisprowl 9:06 pm He appears to be technorganic now. He's probably mostly metal and wire beneath his skin. SCProwl 9:06 pm How does the wolf get out from inside them? I though human flesh couldn't be torn without inflicting significant damage. thebestdecepticonleader 9:06 pm It seems to be a lot stronger than he is, I need that kind of upgrade gmoneyz 9:06 pm Never ask me for anything ever again. What's happened so far. cerebrosurgeon 9:06 pm So much. gmoneyz 9:06 pm Thanks. NoodlesAtNight 9:06 pm [[...Like that, he supposes.]] Today cerebrosurgeon 9:06 pm Anytime. Swervester 9:07 pm Green moon. araneamechanica 9:07 pm You - you haven't seen me transform, have you. *awkward laugh @ scprowl* verdigrisprowl 9:07 pm There's a robot that sucks energy from other machines and mind-controls them. He's not here right now, but he bit an organic and turned it into that. *points* thebestdecepticonleader 9:07 pm NO MIND CONTROL gmoneyz 9:07 pm I see. Thanks for the synopsis. SCProwl 9:07 pm No. I haven't. verdigrisprowl 9:08 pm *to alternate* I could show you later. If you and Tarantulas want. araneamechanica 9:08 pm I - if you'd like? NoodlesAtNight 9:08 pm ((....i turned off stylish's rabbit fix and now my rabbit layout is ugly but it's not dying on me anymore)) gmoneyz 9:08 pm This is just like when they blew up Mars. verdigrisprowl 9:08 pm *winces* verdigrisprowl 9:09 pm Why, have you seen this episode? cerebrosurgeon 9:09 pm Is- [Squints at Eject. He /was/ there, wasn't he?] Is that really how their meeting went. SCProwl 9:09 pm I suppose. For the sake of answering a scientific curiosity. *since she sort of hates Tara since the whole predacon baby maybe being plague ridden* araneamechanica 9:09 pm *YEAH THAT OOPS* NoodlesAtNight 9:09 pm *Soundwave gives Eject a small nod in greeting before returning his attention to the screen.* gmoneyz 9:09 pm No. Not an episode. They really blew up Mars in our universe. verdigrisprowl 9:09 pm No, THIS episode. gmoneyz 9:09 pm Nope. Just the planning of it. Swervester 9:09 pm [waves at Eject] gmoneyz 9:10 pm [waves at Swerve. GLANCES...at Soundwave. HM.] thedemonsurfer 9:10 pm ((I feel like that might mess up their energy operation cerebrosurgeon 9:10 pm Eject was our main source of recon, he knows all about The Mars Plan. NoodlesAtNight 9:10 pm *Oh, please. If anything, the Starscream here is the bigger threat. He's more likely to actually, y'know. Do something.* cerebrosurgeon 9:10 pm Apparently, it was basically "let's do it" "okay." gmoneyz 9:11 pm It was that. [Starscream can try if he'd like to lose an arm or two.] NoodlesAtNight 9:11 pm [[They are doing a terrible job of catching this mech.]] thebestdecepticonleader 9:11 pm ((what's starscream trying? SCProwl 9:12 pm Maybe if they'd used an adapter the first time they tried to kill him. verdigrisprowl 9:12 pm To be fair, they DID kill him once. They probably tossed the body before they realized he wasn't really dead. SCProwl 9:12 pm Always check. You'd think soldiers would know this. thebestdecepticonleader 9:12 pm That's why, when I kill Megatron, I'm going to keep his dead spark thedemonsurfer 9:12 pm ((I like Nos-4-A2 eps 'cos they're also XR eps thebestdecepticonleader 9:12 pm So I'll know he's dead verdigrisprowl 9:12 pm Dead sparks disappear. thebestdecepticonleader 9:12 pm Not where I am from SCProwl 9:13 pm Really? Today thebestdecepticonleader 9:13 pm They turn to dust NoodlesAtNight 9:13 pm [[Not assuming someone is dead until you have the corpse and can confirm it is the first rule of - of anything involving an enemy.]] verdigrisprowl 9:13 pm He's the only bot of his model and he was made by an "evil emperor." The fact that he's an "emperor" means he's part of a different political entity, and therefore probably has radically different technology. thebestdecepticonleader 9:13 pm But with a lot of determination you can collect it verdigrisprowl 9:14 pm ((the unnecessarily gratuitous accent is both unnecessary and gratuitous)) thebestdecepticonleader 9:14 pm I've already made the mistake of not keeping proof once before and he returned, it's not going to happen again verdigrisprowl 9:14 pm They might not have had the technology to figure out when he's offline for good. SCProwl 9:14 pm ((yyyyyyeah this is uncomfortable verdigrisprowl 9:15 pm ((YEAH THE ACCENT IS... REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE i'm sorry for that. he goes away partway through the episode.)) thebestdecepticonleader 9:15 pm ((what is the accent?)) ((I'm not getting it)) thedemonsurfer 9:16 pm ((terribly pass at Jewish ((I think, ye? cerebrosurgeon 9:16 pm 〈Yiddish, specifically〉 NoodlesAtNight 9:16 pm *Leaning forward. Does the energy vampire have a mlah on his tongue? What even--* gmoneyz 9:16 pm ((not to mention like the racist caricature )) thebestdecepticonleader 9:16 pm ((oh... how terrible it is is probably why I couldn't tell)) araneamechanica 9:16 pm *leans on vprowl, an aside* When you said "later" to your alternate, that might have to be later-later. I'm afraid I do have to head out. thedemonsurfer 9:17 pm ((wait tha'ts kind of cheating if it works by just eating all your appliances (("Apliances not included, supply your own" verdigrisprowl 9:17 pm ((i. couldn't even reliably identify it. i'm sorry that's in there.)) cerebrosurgeon 9:18 pm 〈The Yid in the room is not offended, ur good〉 gmoneyz 9:18 pm ((NO ITS OK. youre not to blame )) Swervester 9:18 pm //gotta love late 90s kids tv i guess? gmoneyz 9:19 pm [Nudges Cerebros] Weren't those little things the things that like tried to eat Cyclonus. thedemonsurfer 9:19 pm ((I dig the 4amed cat lady tho cerebrosurgeon 9:20 pm [Nudges back.] The- The little... Wing, teeth, lizard, fish... Things? Yeah. SCProwl 9:20 pm ((the other jewish guy in the room is less offended and more like mildly annoyed at the show, but not at you, puff <3 verdigrisprowl 9:20 pm Ah. Are you leaving right now, or...? verdigrisprowl 9:21 pm ((and i think that's the last of him)) thedemonsurfer 9:22 pm ((no reprise at the end of the ep? I'd expact to see him one more time araneamechanica 9:22 pm Shortly, unfortunately thebestdecepticonleader 9:22 pm this is... well it seems... nsfw verdigrisprowl 9:22 pm ((not that i recall. i could have forgotten though.)) araneamechanica 9:22 pm (( tiny nos-es (( they cute thebestdecepticonleader 9:22 pm Man verdigrisprowl 9:22 pm *... reaches over. squeezes tara's hand.* *and soundwave's.* Today thebestdecepticonleader 9:22 pm More mind control *folds arms* verdigrisprowl 9:23 pm *the tarantulas squeeze is just before he leaves, the soundwave squeeze is for emotional support.* araneamechanica 9:23 pm *gently squeezes back? this is ok then ok good* SCProwl 9:23 pm They can rebuild his body. cerebrosurgeon 9:23 pm [Wince. Decapitation without the proper protocol initiation is Painful.] thebestdecepticonleader 9:24 pm Is everyone sure that they don't want to tell me how to get rid of mind control? thedemonsurfer 9:24 pm ((omg cerebrosurgeon 9:24 pm /Another time/, Starscream. thebestdecepticonleader 9:24 pm Just thought I would double check thedemonsurfer 9:24 pm ((continued great writing cerebrosurgeon 9:24 pm I suggest not triple checking. verdigrisprowl 9:24 pm We are very, /very/ interested in /not/ discussing real life mind control at a recreational movie night. thebestdecepticonleader 9:25 pm You can't blame me for trying, it's important verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm ... Is it imminent? thebestdecepticonleader 9:25 pm It's ongoing... araneamechanica 9:25 pm *uneventful departure is uneventful, after another squeeze to prowl's hand and a transformation-crawl up onto the ceiling & away* verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm Kill the mind controller. Discussion over. araneamechanica 9:25 pm (( *waves gnite* verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm ((*waves*)) cerebrosurgeon 9:25 pm 〈Night!〉 thebestdecepticonleader 9:25 pm Been trying since I was born, any other options verdigrisprowl 9:25 pm No. Discussion over. Swervester 9:26 pm [throws hexaflexagon at Star] SCProwl 9:26 pm Organic technology. Fascinating. NoodlesAtNight 9:26 pm *Squeezes the hand back, like the mindful and helpful emotional support he is.* [[Oh, Wheeljack would have a fit at that.]] [[But it is extremely clever.]] gmoneyz 9:26 pm Good aim. Making me proud Swerve. thebestdecepticonleader 9:26 pm The heck is this, Swerve cerebrosurgeon 9:27 pm [SWERVE. Huffs. They're not projectiles.] Flexagon. Flip it. verdigrisprowl 9:27 pm *if anyone else in the room who's better equipped wants to privately and silently comm Starscream about it, Prowl won't stop them. But even if Prowl WANTED to offer more, that's all he has.* thedemonsurfer 9:27 pm ((I love XR Swervester 9:27 pm [sure they are] Hexaflexagon cerebrosurgeon 9:28 pm 〈Me: This is like Guild Wars. Deckard, yelling: THEY'RE SYLVARI.〉 gmoneyz 9:28 pm ((THEY ARE........plant people :} )) NoodlesAtNight 9:28 pm ((this alien would get along GREAT with Poison Ivy)) gmoneyz 9:28 pm ((LEGIT)) NoodlesAtNight 9:28 pm [[Primus, he forced him into a new frame too?]] verdigrisprowl 9:29 pm ... Tarantulas would probably be interested in this. Mixing organic and mechanical technology. *too bad he just left.* Today SCProwl 9:29 pm *this Prowl's experience with mind control isn't really similar to the type that Starscream is going through, so her advice wouldn't help, unfortunately* gmoneyz 9:29 pm What poor weapon construction. NoodlesAtNight 9:29 pm [[You could send him your record of it.]] cerebrosurgeon 9:29 pm Oh. He can, uh. He can call me about that? That's something he does? We've got extensive data. verdigrisprowl 9:30 pm *he's trying to focus on the parts Tarantulas might be interested in so that he doesn't focus on the things that are making him squeeze Soundwave's hand even harder.* Swervester 9:30 pm Are they edible thebestdecepticonleader 9:31 pm Technically anything is edible once verdigrisprowl 9:31 pm It is. You saw his body—it's not decorative, he's half organic. He did it all himself. *Prowl's proud.* cerebrosurgeon 9:31 pm /Really?/ Wow. [He's very impressed. Prowl is rightfully proud.] That's. Wow. [He has Questions.] NoodlesAtNight 9:32 pm [[Emotionally responsive vegetation. He wonders if it would survive on a planet as hostile as ours?]] verdigrisprowl 9:32 pm I know. Wow. /By/ himself, too—no lab assistants. thedemonsurfer 9:32 pm ((oooh another??8D verdigrisprowl 9:32 pm Last episode. Spoilers, the vampire escapes. cerebrosurgeon 9:33 pm Maybe /I/ should call /him/, that's amazing. gmoneyz 9:33 pm Wow. They need better security. NoodlesAtNight 9:33 pm *Shakes his head. He had hoped they would catch the mech.* [[Well. Not every police force can have you guiding them, he supposes.]] Swervester 9:33 pm //i enjoy that the opening sequence confirms this is an In Universe show and not just a spin off of the movies, but the Actual Cartoon that's mentioned in the first movie gmoneyz 9:34 pm Unfortunately. ((ITS A NICE TOUCH)) verdigrisprowl 9:34 pm This episode also prominently features a mech whose other episodes I've skipped. For reference: his name is XL, he's XR's older brother, and he's a criminal. So. Sorry I skipped his other appearances. We'll see them in future weeks. verdigrisprowl 9:35 pm ((IT REALLY IS)) gmoneyz 9:35 pm Wirewolf? Does Weirdwolf have a fucking brother too now. cerebrosurgeon 9:35 pm /Wired/ Wolf. gmoneyz 9:35 pm Oh. My bad i forgot one letter. How will I ever go on. cerebrosurgeon 9:35 pm Is that- That's his brother? He's a lot... Bigger. Swervester 9:35 pm Sadly. cerebrosurgeon 9:35 pm [Elbows Eject] verdigrisprowl 9:35 pm That's XL. *he says, unnecessarily.* Swervester 9:36 pm You'll go on sadly. gmoneyz 9:36 pm Sadly. verdigrisprowl 9:36 pm He self upgraded. gmoneyz 9:36 pm He certainly is...XL at least. verdigrisprowl 9:36 pm Their heads hold their identities, the rest of their bodies are optional. Swervester 9:36 pm Amazing. Also do moon rocks work that way Today cerebrosurgeon 9:36 pm [The unnecessary statement was still appreciated. Nod nod.] It's a good method. NoodlesAtNight 9:36 pm [[What a cruel thing to do to this poor Wolf human.]] Swervester 9:36 pm [looking suspiciously at his subspace. Full of moon rocks] cerebrosurgeon 9:36 pm N-... No gmoneyz 9:37 pm No. I wish they did. verdigrisprowl 9:37 pm It's not the fact that it's a moon rock so much as the specific radiation OF that moon mixed with the effects of his bite. cerebrosurgeon 9:37 pm Luna-1 rocks do not make people Weirdwolf. Wired Wolf. gmoneyz 9:37 pm Wiredwolf. verdigrisprowl 9:37 pm Wirewolf. cerebrosurgeon 9:37 pm [Holds head in hands.] Swervester 9:37 pm [pulls a moon rock out of subspace] gmoneyz 9:37 pm Bite it. SCProwl 9:37 pm Shockwave attempted something similar in our universe, though it was on others, not himself. To less than stellar results. thedemonsurfer 9:37 pm ((I walked off to pee what happened cerebrosurgeon 9:38 pm [LIFTS HEAD.] YOU... Carry them around. Swervester 9:38 pm Yes. Sort of NoodlesAtNight 9:38 pm *Intrigued* [[From what moon?]] Swervester 9:38 pm I was experimenting. Luna 1 cerebrosurgeon 9:38 pm Luna-1! Our moon. verdigrisprowl 9:38 pm ((XL and Nos kidnapped put a moon rock necklace around Ty's neck and kidnapped Wirewolf, for Unknown Purposes)) NoodlesAtNight 9:38 pm [[Ah. The one that was lost?]] cerebrosurgeon 9:38 pm Yes. We found it. Swervester 9:38 pm Yeah thedemonsurfer 9:38 pm ((Aaa puppy!!! gmoneyz 9:38 pm We sure did. Live on it even. gmoneyz 9:39 pm I'm personally imprisoned on it. verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm I've been a couple of times. Swervester 9:39 pm Are you actually imprisoned gmoneyz 9:39 pm No. cerebrosurgeon 9:39 pm You moved in- /You/ moved in! verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm It's... it's what you'd expect from a moon. gmoneyz 9:39 pm It's called a joke Cerebros. Swervester 9:39 pm Full of dead titans. verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm Unexpected number of Metrotitan corpses. Today gmoneyz 9:39 pm It's desolate and sad. NoodlesAtNight 9:39 pm *Soundwave looks at the lot of them, tilting his head.* [[He understands Eject. Many of our minicons chose to live separate from the main Cybertronian population. He does not know why anyone else would want to be so far from home.]] verdigrisprowl 9:39 pm Otherwise pretty normal. cerebrosurgeon 9:40 pm [Huff.] We also have the hot spot. verdigrisprowl 9:40 pm Oh, right. I haven't seen that. Swervester 9:40 pm Oh yeah. I should take a look at it sometime. NoodlesAtNight 9:40 pm [[A hot spot?]] Swervester 9:40 pm Babies. gmoneyz 9:40 pm It's actually beautiful. Swervester 9:40 pm Unforged babies. cerebrosurgeon 9:40 pm Anytime you want, Red can give you the full tour, Prowl. verdigrisprowl 9:40 pm Ignited but unactivated. NoodlesAtNight 9:40 pm [[That is - yes, how your timeline acquires new life. Unactivated?]] gmoneyz 9:40 pm We don't include them in our typical tours. Red is very particular. NoodlesAtNight 9:40 pm [[Do they not spawn their own frames?]] gmoneyz 9:40 pm No. verdigrisprowl 9:41 pm I'm given to understand that the sparks are... well, it's not /stasis,/ but they're in stasis. thebestdecepticonleader 9:41 pm Your world still has natural babies gmoneyz 9:41 pm They need frames forged. Swervester 9:41 pm Dormant might be a good word for it? verdigrisprowl 9:41 pm Dormant, yes. thebestdecepticonleader 9:41 pm Tell me about them thedemonsurfer 9:41 pm ((Sup Daddy-o Swervester 9:41 pm [pings Starscream ancient files from his hot spot days] NoodlesAtNight 9:41 pm [[That is inconvenient. And... strange. Where did the first Cybertronians come from in your timelines, if they did not grow themselves?]] thebestdecepticonleader 9:41 pm Wow! cerebrosurgeon 9:41 pm Cybertron spat 'em out. gmoneyz 9:41 pm Yea. verdigrisprowl 9:41 pm If they were active, they COULD grow their own frames—with help and supervision, buuut technically even without supervision many would make it to adulthood. verdigrisprowl 9:42 pm Supervision just increases it from "many" to "almost all." thebestdecepticonleader 9:42 pm No they used to come that way to our universe but then Primus stopped producing them or... whatever NoodlesAtNight 9:42 pm [[Ahh. ... How are they activated?]] verdigrisprowl 9:42 pm ... I don't know. Swervester 9:42 pm Our main job as surpervisors was attending to sparks that weren't bonding to the metallico and helping them forge their frames. Or sparks that were having trouble shaping their metal themselves. thebestdecepticonleader 9:42 pm Now you basically have cobbled together bodies with no sparks, just coding, like me NoodlesAtNight 9:43 pm *Taking notes on Starscream's additions. This seems somewhat familiar based on the other red Starscream he worked with, but he's not 100% sure it matches. He never had a chance to investigate that timeline in detail.* verdigrisprowl 9:43 pm *gestures at the screen* This is the sort of rubbish you get when people who don't understand science are put in charge of the engineering divisions. Asking for a two day project in ten minutes. thebestdecepticonleader 9:44 pm I'm what you get when Megatron does that cerebrosurgeon 9:44 pm Ugh. [He's been there, done that.] Never ends well. Today Swervester 9:44 pm [pings old files to Soundwave too, including old employee medical manuals for dealing with problems] verdigrisprowl 9:44 pm Glaringly evil flaws aside, Zurg is at LEAST clearly a scientist and inventor in his own right and it shows in his work. Swervester 9:44 pm So they're asking for Brainstorm level projects. gmoneyz 9:44 pm Yes but Brainstorm ENJOYS the time crunch. NoodlesAtNight 9:45 pm *He will ABSOLUTELY devour these. He's been interested in how Prowl's timeline could revive its population since he arrived.* Swervester 9:45 pm I think Wheeljack did too honestly. [enjoy Soundwave, he'll probably dig up more old files including medical records for examples later] verdigrisprowl 9:45 pm *can you tell he's babbling about managing scientists to avoid thinking too hard about the tortured mind controlled wirewolf.* It's amazing that thing doesn't just fall apart. NoodlesAtNight 9:46 pm *...And perhaps a little bit about how to help the small, defenseless sparks grow up to be safe and content Cybertronians. Who is he if not one for being ready to defend tiny mechs at any cost?* thedemonsurfer 9:46 pm ((They're so cuuuuuuute cerebrosurgeon 9:46 pm [On second thought, he probably should give Soundwave their files, too. Soundwave's going to get a polite ping from Fort Max before an offering for a mass amount of data on their universe's methods of construction.] NoodlesAtNight 9:46 pm *Turns to Prowl.* [[Do you know where your Luna 1 is? Could he--]] *Oh, distracted. SO distracted. The files are going to be scanned to the Pits and back before he opens them, but then... THEN.* NoodlesAtNight 9:47 pm [[Run, XL.]] verdigrisprowl 9:47 pm ((fun trivia! nos-4-a2's voice is done by craig ferguson)) ((he's said that it's revenge for centuries of british actors doing shitty scottish accents)) NoodlesAtNight 9:47 pm ((lol)) thedemonsurfer 9:48 pm ((asdfghj Swervester 9:48 pm //lmao thedemonsurfer 9:48 pm ((This is a show of Bad Accents Swervester 9:48 pm //i feel like o recognize his name from something too thedemonsurfer 9:48 pm ((...which it was made in the 90s so of course it's a show of bad accents Swervester 9:48 pm //oh wait i know what it was verdigrisprowl 9:48 pm Yes, same place as the other luna-1s. cerebrosurgeon 9:48 pm 〈HE WAS IN FREAKAZOID... Seal of approval.〉 NoodlesAtNight 9:49 pm *What was he asking. Review records.*

[[Would he be allowed to see it himself? To set foot on it.]] verdigrisprowl 9:50 pm ... I'll have to check. Probably. cerebrosurgeon 9:50 pm [Side eyes Eject.] If you want to visit our moon, it's always open. gmoneyz 9:50 pm Is it. cerebrosurgeon 9:50 pm /Yes./ gmoneyz 9:50 pm Hm. It's open. verdigrisprowl 9:50 pm Oh, well, there you go. gmoneyz 9:51 pm We still have that baseball game to organize. NoodlesAtNight 9:51 pm *Oh dear. He's gotten a whole planet. This is getting as bad as the Unimind business.* verdigrisprowl 9:51 pm Oh, right. My rematch with Rumble. gmoneyz 9:52 pm I'm enthused to have people who can actually play. NoodlesAtNight 9:52 pm [[There won't be a murder to solve this time, will there?]] gmoneyz 9:52 pm No. Today gmoneyz 9:52 pm Not this time. thedemonsurfer 9:52 pm ((JFC ((WOW ALRIGHT verdigrisprowl 9:52 pm *LOOK AT THAT. REVENGE AGAINST HIS MIND-CONTROLLER.* cerebrosurgeon 9:52 pm [Looks at Eject. Stares.] Will there not be. verdigrisprowl 9:52 pm *SATISFYING.* thebestdecepticonleader 9:52 pm SO satisfying gmoneyz 9:52 pm No murder mysteries during MY baseball game. Swervester 9:53 pm //I'M LAUGHING I JUST REMEMBERED DECEPTICON SIDESWIPE IS AN ENERGY VAMPIRE TECHNICALLY AND I ASKED AND I'M LAUGHING, NOS 4 A2 IS SIDESWIP'E'S MASTER/THE ONE WHO TURNED HIM thebestdecepticonleader 9:53 pm One day I'm going to do that to Megatron thedemonsurfer 9:53 pm ((asdfgh verdigrisprowl 9:53 pm ((FOR REAL)) gmoneyz 9:53 pm ((LMAO)) verdigrisprowl 9:53 pm ((GOOD)) Swervester 9:53 pm //YEAH I'M CACKLING cerebrosurgeon 9:53 pm 〈I'M LAUGHING〉 NoodlesAtNight 9:53 pm [[A good end to that energy vampire. Hopefully that will be the end of the mind controlling.]] cerebrosurgeon 9:53 pm 〈It's like Sparky 〉 gmoneyz 9:53 pm ((WOW SPARKY(( verdigrisprowl 9:53 pm ... For the record, he's actually dead that time. Swervester 9:53 pm //it is gmoneyz 9:53 pm Took them long enough. cerebrosurgeon 9:53 pm [Nod nod.] thedemonsurfer 9:53 pm ((I love it verdigrisprowl 9:54 pm And XR and Ty are both okay. SCProwl 9:54 pm Huh. cerebrosurgeon 9:55 pm They couldn't give him... A more average transtector? Unless he chose it? [Squint.] thedemonsurfer 9:55 pm ((aaaaa OUO those were really good!! verdigrisprowl 9:55 pm *transwhattor. body?* It was a term of his return to Star Command, it appears he consented to it. gmoneyz 9:56 pm ((am i the only one who sees three swerves)) NoodlesAtNight 9:56 pm ((you are not)) verdigrisprowl 9:56 pm ((he's multiplying)) gmoneyz 9:56 pm ((oh god)) verdigrisprowl 9:56 pm ((it's the sitcom issue all over again)) Swervester 9:56 pm //yeah rabbit keeps?? kicking me randomly then refreshing like 12 times gmoneyz 9:56 pm ((JFJF )) thedemonsurfer 9:56 pm ((Swerve, Dodge, and Avoid SCProwl 9:56 pm ((gj rabbit cerebrosurgeon 9:56 pm [Nods slowly.] S'long as he's fine with it. 〈 LAUGHING〉 Today Swervester 9:56 pm //tdgvfc xcries Swervester 9:57 pm [slowly shoves the holoform away from him] thebestdecepticonleader 9:57 pm Can it multiply me? Maybe with three of me I could kill Megatron Swervester 9:57 pm My holo's malfunctioning, don't mind me. NoodlesAtNight 9:57 pm *No murder, good. That means he can watch an actual game this time. And now, to relax to this music and dig into these medical journals and other files sent his way. The plague protoform crash course just wasn't enough.* gmoneyz 9:57 pm Happens to the best of us. cerebrosurgeon 9:57 pm [He's not bothered by three Swerves. This is fine. Everything's fine. He has three Swerves.] verdigrisprowl 9:58 pm Mm. When my holomatter malfunctions, it usually just gets the colors wrong. gmoneyz 9:59 pm ((wow you mom let you have THREE swerves)) Swervester 9:59 pm I'm not sure if this is a side effect of the whole Swearth thing or not. gmoneyz 9:59 pm I've never had a holomatter avatar. verdigrisprowl 9:59 pm ... "Swearth." Swervester 9:59 pm YEs. Swearth. cerebrosurgeon 9:59 pm Swearth?. Swervester 9:59 pm Rodimus named it. verdigrisprowl 9:59 pm *sworth. swurth.* gmoneyz 9:59 pm Swerve Earth. Swervester 9:59 pm Yeah verdigrisprowl 9:59 pm What. cerebrosurgeon 10:00 pm 〈ANOTHER [Swerve] BITES THE DUST〉 Swervester 10:00 pm OKay, so uh. Do you want that story. NoodlesAtNight 10:00 pm [[He does.]] gmoneyz 10:00 pm ((Microsoft Sam voice: swerve)) cerebrosurgeon 10:00 pm Yes. 〈YES.〉 thebestdecepticonleader 10:00 pm So how do I make multiples of myself Swervester 10:00 pm OKay well it technically starts when Agent 113 was still in the DJD as a spy. gmoneyz 10:00 pm I wouldn't advise it for you. thebestdecepticonleader 10:00 pm I need it for Megatron killing purposes thebestdecepticonleader 10:01 pm Purely good intentions Swervester 10:01 pm He shot me with a bullet but I did not know there was still a bullet after I patched myself up. Fast forward a few million years to the Lost Light and I was kind of dying? verdigrisprowl 10:01 pm *""""was."""" flinches.* SCProwl 10:01 pm I suppose you could use protoforms the way our Starscream did. Swervester 10:01 pm But also I poked a button in Brainstorm's lab and then opened his time machine briefcase at one point. NoodlesAtNight 10:02 pm *Spots the flinch. ... Wonders if Swerve knows what happened to 113?* thebestdecepticonleader 10:02 pm I'm not hijacking protoforms, that's disgusting! cerebrosurgeon 10:02 pm [This is all a lot of information. Holds head. Why was he never told about the kind of dying thing.] Swervester 10:02 pm [he does not know that he knows] And I guess that caused a weird sort of meta time loop that allowed me to project a real life sized Earth 400 miles away from the Lost Light. Today Swervester 10:02 pm Rodimus named it Swearth. cerebrosurgeon 10:03 pm That's... The easiest to follow part of the whole story. SCProwl 10:03 pm It was only a suggestion. Cloning or holograms. gmoneyz 10:03 pm ((wow. two puffs. cerebros: double puffed)) Swervester 10:03 pm I apparently projected my holomatter there and split myself into three and everyone came looking for me. thebestdecepticonleader 10:03 pm cloning could work... Swervester 10:03 pm //thbfg verdigrisprowl 10:03 pm ... Yeah, okay, that sounds like the Lost Light. Swervester 10:03 pm Honestly. Thaaaat's also part of why people keep asking me if I'm real nor not actually. NoodlesAtNight 10:03 pm [[He only ever visited that ship for movie nights and he is forced to agree.]] verdigrisprowl 10:03 pm *and now HIS holomatter projector is malfunctioning. waves off the duplicate. shoo.* verdigrisprowl 10:04 pm Weren't you stuck with us in the other universe for a little bit? NoodlesAtNight 10:04 pm *No, no. He likes there being two of you. Let it stay.* Swervester 10:04 pm 'Cause. You know. I was in my room for months and none of them realized I wasn't really there. thebestdecepticonleader 10:04 pm ((I have to go guys, thanks for the stream)) Swervester 10:04 pm //nini verdigrisprowl 10:04 pm ((bye)) NoodlesAtNight 10:04 pm ((aaaaaa byeee)) [[Oh, fine. He'll count that. But he wasn't part of the crew.]] cerebrosurgeon 10:04 pm [TWO of that Prowl. He's relieved he doesn't have a projector to malfunction.] That- No one came to check on you? At all? 〈Night!〉 Swervester 10:05 pm Everyone thought my holo was me right up until it vanished in the middle of a party? verdigrisprowl 10:05 pm Why would anyone come to check on you if you're the one that's always visiting them? Swervester 10:05 pm Yeah, that. Also I didn't have a roommate and no one wanted to be mine. NoodlesAtNight 10:05 pm [[Why? You seem like an agreeable and competent mech to him.]] [[...Never mind. It is the Lost Light. That was probably why.]] SCProwl 10:06 pm *contently remains only one Prowl* cerebrosurgeon 10:06 pm You're kidding. I would have paid to room with you on Kimia. gmoneyz 10:06 pm ((FDJKF)) verdigrisprowl 10:06 pm *huff* gmoneyz 10:06 pm You're one of the more tolerable mechs I know Swerve. NoodlesAtNight 10:07 pm *Glances at the newest Swerve before it disappears. He's beginning to feel like he should activate his own holomatter just to match the current goings-on.* verdigrisprowl 10:07 pm *well, as long as he's got two hims out, he might as well start cleaning up the uneaten snacks and the chairs that aren't being used.* gmoneyz 10:07 pm ((wow i thought you didnt have a holomatter avatar cerebros)) cerebrosurgeon 10:08 pm 〈HE DOESN'T.〉 verdigrisprowl 10:08 pm ((he budded)) cerebrosurgeon 10:08 pm 〈This is ACTUALLY a second Cerebros. Thanks Brainstorm.〉 NoodlesAtNight 10:08 pm *Soundwave will go ahead and get up to help. Better he keeps the avatar a secret. What if he wants to use it around these mechs later?* cerebrosurgeon 10:08 pm [... Prods at Swerve2. Tw..erve? Swtworve. Hm.] verdigrisprowl 10:09 pm ((tworve)) NoodlesAtNight 10:09 pm [[...One moment.]] *Slowly makes his way to second Cerebros. Going to just. Stand there in front of him. And stare a bit.* cerebrosurgeon 10:09 pm 〈TWORVE-〉 [Oh. Is there- Why is there a second him.] That- I don't... Have a holomatter projector. gmoneyz 10:09 pm Guess you do now. Swervester 10:09 pm I ajust lost control of my holo for a moment but uh cerebrosurgeon 10:09 pm I /really/ don't think that's how that works. NoodlesAtNight 10:09 pm [[...That explains why he can hear this one.]] gmoneyz 10:09 pm What would you fucking know. Swervester 10:10 pm to answer the questoion, I was known as Shut The Hell Up in the academy, so there's your answer on why no one wanted to room. SCProwl 10:10 pm *disconnects video since watching her alternate pick up the room isn't that interesting* verdigrisprowl 10:10 pm *that's fair* NoodlesAtNight 10:10 pm [[...Are you ethically required to keep yourself?]] Swervester 10:10 pm [squints at both of the other Swerves] cerebrosurgeon 10:11 pm [Side eyes himself. This is strange. This is very different from him and Galen being head-off in the same room. Eerie.] They obviously don't know how to... Appreciate yo- I'm really distracted by that other me. This is weird, right? This is weird. Swervester 10:12 pm Is it real. Mine at least I can safely say are just digital projections. NoodlesAtNight 10:12 pm *...Slowly lifts a feeler up to poke it with a claw.* gmoneyz 10:12 pm It's weird. I can only stand one of you. verdigrisprowl 10:12 pm Why are you talking about him like he's not here? *looks at the new Cerebros.* Hi. Are you, uh— okay? cerebrosurgeon 10:12 pm I don't... Know- [Very concerned about Soundwave touching the other him.] verdigrisprowl 10:12 pm *SOUNDWAVE don't poke him without asking, that's a person* NoodlesAtNight 10:13 pm *Are we sure?* *He's not sure. That's why he's poking them.* Swervester 10:13 pm [slowly offers the pother Cerebros a hexaflexagon] verdigrisprowl 10:13 pm *the Prowl that's up paps Soundwave's hand. You could ASK before poking.* cerebrosurgeon 10:14 pm [Oh come on. Holds face in hands. He's going to dim his optics and wait for this to be over before he gets a processor ache. He'll- He'll, just. Spam Max about this.] Swervester 10:14 pm Are you certain you don't have a holo projector? gmoneyz 10:14 pm Kill your double that's the only way Cere. NoodlesAtNight 10:14 pm *Soundwave pulls both the papped hand and the feeler close to his chest, a bit surprised. Somehow, he didn't expect Prowl to do that. But he supposes it's deserved.* cerebrosurgeon 10:14 pm /Positive/- I am not. Eject, no. NoodlesAtNight 10:15 pm [[Do not kill him. He could be necessary, someday.]] cerebrosurgeon 10:15 pm Soundwave, I... Y'know, I don't know how I feel about that. gmoneyz 10:15 pm Ominous. Swervester 10:15 pm Is that a criminal thing or a spy thing. verdigrisprowl 10:15 pm We are civilized mechs and do not murder our alternates. gmoneyz 10:15 pm Fine. NoodlesAtNight 10:16 pm [[It is not ominous, criminal, or a spy thing. You cannot tell him you have never needed to be in two places at once.]] Swervester 10:16 pm Oh, good point. cerebrosurgeon 10:16 pm Max is re-confirming I definitely have never had a projector. I'm not even compatible with the hardware. SCProwl 10:16 pm Most police officers I know would love it. NoodlesAtNight 10:17 pm *...Might've helped murder an alternate, but never mind that now.* cerebrosurgeon 10:17 pm Being in two places at once was never an issue for us, so this is... It's weird. Swervester 10:17 pm [were there extenuating circumstances] gmoneyz 10:17 pm Fortress Maximus was always reliable to say the least. cerebrosurgeon 10:17 pm 〈 DOUBLE DOUBLE PROWLS〉 gmoneyz 10:17 pm Double Double Prowls. Swervester 10:17 pm Oh man. verdigrisprowl 10:17 pm *currently in three places at once* It's alright. NoodlesAtNight 10:17 pm *Goes to help Prowl since he can't get any more out of that new mech without--actually startles when the Prowl from his own world POPS UP IN FRONT OF HIM* verdigrisprowl 10:18 pm ... Right. Okay. Something in here is— Hm. cerebrosurgeon 10:18 pm This is the weirdest library I've ever been to. NoodlesAtNight 10:18 pm [[/This is too much./]] SCProwl 10:18 pm I did not mean I wanted that it happen. *huffs* verdigrisprowl 10:18 pm This doesn't usually happen. Swervester 10:18 pm God. This is sort of giving me a headache because I'm getting input from three holos at once plus my real frame but wow. cerebrosurgeon 10:18 pm [Nudges Eject. Lowers voice.] You're gonna need a bigger table for your date. gmoneyz 10:18 pm At this rate you'll have a -- [hE GRIPS CEREBROS' NECK] verdigrisprowl 10:18 pm Can't you turn off your other two avatars' senses? *prowl ounces back and forth between them all the time.* NoodlesAtNight 10:19 pm *Staring at Eject.* [[Well? Are you going next or is he?]] gmoneyz 10:19 pm I'm not multiplying. verdigrisprowl 10:19 pm HEY! No! *points at Eject* Hands off, NOW. Swervester 10:19 pm Oh. Yeah. I'm not used to having multiples I didn't even think of that, cerebrosurgeon 10:19 pm [WHEEZE. U stop that. Eject is getting bat at AND spammed by Max. Ur grounded.] verdigrisprowl 10:19 pm *there will be NO strangulation attempts in the library.* gmoneyz 10:19 pm UGH. [LETS GO] [WAIT TIL WE'RE BACK ON THE MOON.] cerebrosurgeon 10:20 pm [BATS.] /Thank/ you, Prowl. [Wait until Max is there to meet you.] gmoneyz 10:20 pm ANYWAY as I was saying, soon enough you'll have enough yous for a whole baseball team. Swervester 10:20 pm Why am I the only one with three? NoodlesAtNight 10:21 pm [[Perhaps yours is in poorer shape.]] gmoneyz 10:21 pm I'm assuming it's because of Swearth. verdigrisprowl 10:21 pm ((swerve is smaller and has more room for extras)) Swervester 10:21 pm //lmfao NoodlesAtNight 10:21 pm ((lmao)) Swervester 10:21 pm Must be. Swearth's my new go to for all problems. SCProwl 10:22 pm It's just a holomatter. I recently had one installed and since Arcee and Ratchet already had the technology, it wasn't difficult to copy. opatoes 10:22 pm Oh! Did I come too late NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm *Manages to get away from the unwanted extra Prowl and over to the extra Prowl he'd like to be around.* [[Tell him you need assistance. He needs a moment of mindless activity to focus his thoughts.]] verdigrisprowl 10:23 pm You missed it. cerebrosurgeon 10:23 pm https://cerebrosurgeon.tumblr.com/post/180006108159/fort-max-at-eject-constantly Relevant 〉 opatoes 10:23 pm Oh. NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm [[Have you all considered that it might be a virus?]] SCProwl 10:23 pm We're just listening to music now. opatoes 10:23 pm ... Could you send me a video feed later, Prowl? verdigrisprowl 10:23 pm ... Would you like to clean, Soundwave? I'm going to report this to the librarians. cerebrosurgeon 10:23 pm Smokescreen! Ignore the other me, he's not... I don't know what's going on. SCProwl 10:23 pm And dealing with *waves hand at room of clones* this. opatoes 10:23 pm Also, I have gifts for anyone interested. ... You. /Pointing at Cerebros./ cerebrosurgeon 10:23 pm Me? NoodlesAtNight 10:23 pm [[Which - er. Are both of you going?]] opatoes 10:23 pm You. Swervester 10:23 pm [Which one] verdigrisprowl 10:24 pm We should all go, probably. Quarantine yourselves in case it IS a virus. My hope is there's some localized signal causing this. cerebrosurgeon 10:24 pm [I hope he's pointing at the right Cerebros.] Me. opatoes 10:24 pm /He's pointing at the space between them./ verdigrisprowl 10:24 pm No, just me. *the Prowl that's already standing waves.* cerebrosurgeon 10:24 pm Do we leave the clones here...? NoodlesAtNight 10:24 pm [[Ah. Then he will clean, yes.]] Swervester 10:24 pm Is it safe to leave if there is a virus? opatoes 10:24 pm ... Did I come in time for a virus SCProwl 10:24 pm It is if you quarantine yourself. verdigrisprowl 10:24 pm If you STAY, it might get worse. Hence the self-quarantine. gmoneyz 10:25 pm I don't know enough about medicine but I don't think it's a virus either. Swervester 10:25 pm Though I guess since I'm here in holo I could just turn them off. verdigrisprowl 10:25 pm ... If you could just turn them off, then why haven't you turned them off? cerebrosurgeon 10:25 pm Finally, I get to throw Eject in a small room by himself- One of the Prowls is gone. Swervester 10:25 pm ... I'm trying but the other two aren't/. NoodlesAtNight 10:25 pm *The only other explanation he has is that timelines are starting to splinter at this exact moment for an unknown reason, and he's not sure he likes that.* verdigrisprowl 10:25 pm *yeah, that's the prowl that left the room to go talk to the librarians* opatoes 10:25 pm I didn't notice there were multiple Prowls. cerebrosurgeon 10:26 pm [He's so helpful.] verdigrisprowl 10:26 pm There were two of me when you came in. SCProwl 10:26 pm My holomatter has been deactivated since it was installed. verdigrisprowl 10:26 pm *points at his alternate* There are still two of her. opatoes 10:26 pm Really? Hm. Glad my vision isn't fragged up. Swervester 10:26 pm [reaches out to touch one of his other holos, who mirrors the action] Hmm. cerebrosurgeon 10:27 pm [Belatedly waves down Soundwave some.] I've been /in/ universes as they splintered, it looks a lot different. verdigrisprowl 10:27 pm ... Okay. When I said "we should all go," what I /meant/ was "go home." I was being polite. Swervester 10:27 pm Oh. Right. I'll turn this one off then and see if the others go too I guess. If they don't you can just, uh. Throw them out or something. cerebrosurgeon 10:27 pm Right. Right. [Jabs Eject.] We should go. opatoes 10:28 pm Oh. Very well. Have a good night, Prowl. May I leave this gift here? It's a hexaflexagon. Or two. SCProwl 10:28 pm I'll return to apartment now. Will you call me if you learn anything else, Captain? verdigrisprowl 10:28 pm Quarantine yourselves just in case, comm me if you have more problems. Will do. gmoneyz 10:28 pm Ow. Let's go. Swervester 10:28 pm Night then. verdigrisprowl 10:28 pm *gift?* Oh. Uh—sure. cerebrosurgeon 10:28 pm Smokescreen- We should swap flexagons. Call me. Night, thanks for hosting. opatoes 10:28 pm ... What is your number? SCProwl 10:28 pm Thank you. Good night. *pings Soundwave as well* gmoneyz 10:28 pm [he's rolling his eyes behind his visor.] Bye. cerebrosurgeon 10:29 pm [Ping ping. There you go Smokescreen, his personal frequency is now in your hands. As he's being dragged away by Eject.] opatoes 10:29 pm /Wonderful. Now he's leaving- though if there are any drinks, he's going to grab a couple while leaving/ verdigrisprowl 10:29 pm *there are, but they aren't high grade.* opatoes 10:29 pm /f/ NoodlesAtNight 10:30 pm *Pings everyone who's leaving. Farewell. Take all your alternates with you, please.* *He doesn't know how to clean those up.* verdigrisprowl 10:32 pm *... well... MOST of them are gone.* verdigrisprowl 10:34 pm *oh, there they go.* NoodlesAtNight 10:34 pm *Thank Primus. For a moment there, he was really concerned about what would happen if he opened a bridge home with the library in this condition.* verdigrisprowl 10:35 pm ... I think we're back down to the number of people we're supposed to have. NoodlesAtNight 10:36 pm [[Good. Not that he minded your being present twice.]] verdigrisprowl 10:36 pm The other one shut off halfway back from the head librarian's office. NoodlesAtNight 10:37 pm [[Oh well. Too much of a good thing. He has cleaned up - would you prefer he went home as well?]] verdigrisprowl 10:37 pm That'd be wise. NoodlesAtNight 10:38 pm [[Then he shall. Do inform him of any returns of the second holomatter - and his request to see /this/ Luna 1 still stands.]]

*Will go in for a small bunt and then be on his way, if allowed.* verdigrisprowl 10:38 pm I'm going to be quarantining myself tonight, just in case. *he gets the bunt. and a kiss, since it's, yknow, right there and all.* NoodlesAtNight 10:39 pm *Kiss!! Good. Content engine whir.*

[[Goodnight. Get rest.]]

*And he'll make his way out the long walking way now, just in case. Toodles.* verdigrisprowl 10:39 pm And you. Evening. verdigrisprowl 10:40 pm *disappears; a small bridge opens up to swallow his projector and drop it home.*

#chat

[chickenkooks]

oh my god i just read two rotten apples and holy fuck their relationship is so terrible i feel so bad for her goddamn idk why i feel so hurt but pls make jungkook suffer

anonymous asked:

yo… ik everyone will disagree wit me but the relationship in tra is just way too toxic like why do i feel like shit when even if im just the reader. im so fucking mad why is jungkook such an asshole n why is the oc so easy UDHDHJD

anonymous asked:

it fucks with my mind how horrible jk is to the oc in tra i didnt do anything productive today bc i felt like shit LMAO

drabble #3

COUNT → 3.519

GENRE → smut | crack

PAIRING → jungkook | reader

WARNINGS → dom and sub tones | penis in mouth | explicit language | penetration | graphic dirty talk | dick riding | the occasional sarcastic quip

LINKS → 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4.5 | COMING SOON

note → i didn’t have this in mind with the current story line of two rotten apples, which you can read the first part here. so kinda consider this drabble just like. i dont even know. i have no idea. i think as the story goes on. ill link the drabbles for where i think they are in the story. the other two happen later on so they wont be linked yet until more parts are released!!!!!!! anyway i wrote this in a state of anger and perspiration!!!!!!!!!!! if u dont like my characters. or dont like the story. u could just. consider this: close out of my blog and never come back. no one was forcing u to read this. so i didnt appreciate these msgs. i understand u were venting but u didnt even say anything positive about the story so how could u expect me to respond positively??? anyways g’nite

The skin of Elise’s knuckles lightened as her fists clenched on the kitchen counter. She’d been dicing onions for a breakfast omelette but Kale’s noises from upstairs were distracting her as they drifted to her ears from the vent above her head. The kitchen was directly below their shared bedroom, so she could hear every single sound he made, even the bed creaking under his weight.

Washing her hands quickly, she grabbed a nearby towel to dry them off before heading towards the long, twisting marble staircase leading to the upstairs hallway, following the grunts and groans of her beloved husband.

As she peered into the bedroom, she gasped at the sight before her. Kale was lounging on the mattress, a rose placed between his succulent lips and a single cut from one of the thorns garnishing his lower lip. He probably should’ve cut all the thorns off before placing it in his mouth but he was never the smart one. His chest glistened under the light of the full moon, even though just a few seconds ago, Elise was making a breakfast omelette and typically those are made in the morning. She just didn’t have a good concept of time and made breakfast omelettes at night and steaks at eight o’clock in the morning.

“Hello, beautiful,” Kale said seductively, waggling his eyebrows.

“What was all this noise up here?” Elise asked, looking around the bedroom.

Nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, except for the fact that her husband was half-naked on their bed with a bleeding lip.

“I was just thinking about you, so naturally those sounds fell from my plump pillows. I’m talking about my lips, by the way. Those sounds fell from my lips.”

She nodded, licking her eyebrow. “And what were you thinking about?”

“Your beautiful blonde hair, your gorgeous blue eyes, your—”

“I have black hair, Kale,” she corrected him, crossing her arms.

“And I have green skin.”

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the room changed. Instead of Elise being incredibly hesitant as to her vegetable’s—I mean, husband’s—intentions, she found her clothes flying off and out the window. She wondered for a fleeting moment why the window was open in the first place because they lived in a mansion that was two million stories tall and they agreed when they moved in never to open a window because that’s how the previous owner died. As she thought about him, she wondered if he was watching them right now because he liked to haunt the place, making doors randomly open—except it wasn’t randomly because he would have doors fly open only when they were about to open them, so really it was more of a convenience rather than an inconvenience.

Elise sauntered towards her green husband, naked from head to toes to make things easier for when he wanted to disrobe her—because she would be naked and he wouldn’t have to disrobe her at all. As she reached for him, she forgot he had sensitive skin because he was originally some kale in the vegetable drawer, so when she grabbed his arm, it snapped in half. Kale screamed in agony.

“I’m so sorry!” Elise apologized, sobbing uncontrollably.

Kale—

“All right,” Jungkook said, closing the book with a slam. “What the fuck is this?”

He turned the book over to read the reviews and the synopsis then, glancing over at you reading over his shoulder as multiple vegetables were referenced in the author’s summary of the plot. Jungkook cleared his throat and sighed.

“’Have you ever wondered what it’s like to fall in love with a vegetable? Elise has, and that’s what she wishes for one dark and gloomy night. She finds that all the vegetables in her vegetable drawer are suddenly hot men wanting to woo her! Suddenly, she’s a vegetarian but she’s also still a virgin. Who will she choose? The delectable head of lettuce? The brussel sprout with abs of steel? Or maybe she’ll go for the quiet type—the piece of kale with a soft heart—’”

Jungkook had to stop there, his lips twitching as he tried with all his might not to burst out in a fit of laughter at that offensive synopsis.

“Okay,” he said simply, snorting. “What the fuck—”

You laughed with him, scooting to the edge of the bed to snatch the book out of his hands. “I know, but are you really telling me you’d be able to see this and not buy it? It’s about fucking vegetables with penises. Vegetable porn.”

“I swear… the books you read sometimes…” he trailed off.

Your bedroom grew quiet then, the only sounds you heard coming from downstairs as both your parents went head to head in a game of monopoly.

“They’re going to be up all night playing, aren’t they?” you asked.

“Until someone ends up crying,” he said. “Probably my mom.”

You tapped your fingers against your bare thighs, glancing around your room aimlessly. Jungkook then fell against your mattress with a sigh and closed his eyes. After a few seconds of silence, he cracked open one eye and just watched you stare straight ahead, your posture stiff as a board.

He grabbed the back of your blouse then, tugging until you fell flat on your back beside him. You scoffed at that but smiled nonetheless, closing your eyes to the feel of his bicep tensing under your head. The two of you had been getting along lately for some reason and you didn’t know what changed exactly.

Although, maybe it was because you were official fuck buddies now.

His other hand reached for you, turning you on your side and slipping beneath your shirt to cup one of your breasts. To his surprise, you weren’t wearing a bra, so he flicked at one of your hardening nipples in appreciation. Jungkook stared into your eyes as he pulled and tweaked at your breasts, gripping them easily with one hand. You closed your eyes, exhaling shakily, one of your hands finding his underneath your shirt and holding it there for a moment.

Then, he suddenly sat up, pulling his arm from under your head and his hand from grasping your breasts. You sighed, falling onto your back again as you looked up at him as he leant over to grab the book he threw to the floor.

When his parents first came over, monopoly game in hand, Jungkook had immediately bounded for your room, only to see you curled into a ball on your bed reading. He’d made fun of you for at least five minutes once he saw the cover but then he volunteered to read it aloud from where you left off.

And there was one particular scene that caught his eye.

He flipped to that exact page, somehow remembering the page number, and then set it down beside you facedown as he stood up to shut your door.

Jungkook walked back over to your bed after he peered down the hallway, listening to the sounds of your parents boisterous laughter and the booming folk music playing from the stereo downstairs, and grabbed the book. Laying beside you once again, he began to read again in his dramatic reading voice.

Kale was in the kitchen when she jogged down the steps, intending to make a smoothie for brunch—or dinner because she didn’t have a concept of time. Sweat dripped from his brow, from his defined collarbones, even down his abdominal muscles, and this made Elise especially turned on down there.

“Why can’t she just fucking say she has a soaked pussy?” Jungkook randomly asked, placing the book down as he looked over at you smiling.

“A lot of erotica authors are married and haven’t had sex since their first child was born,” you explained. “They don’t really like to make the detail graphic.”

“That’s dumb,” he said, then brought the book back to his face to read again.

Without uttering a single syllable, Elise bounded over to him and found a perfect seat in his lap, immediately feeling him grow hard just by her sitting on him.

“You’re so sexy when you’re sweaty, Kale,” she whispered in his ear.

He chuckled darkly. “You’re so sexy when you’re on top of me like this.”

Jungkook slammed the book closed once again and tossed it somewhere behind him, hearing a crash but not really paying much attention. He looked over at you as he wiggled his eyebrows comically and you snorted.

“You look so sexy when you’re laying on a bed,” he whispered.

You turned on your side then and tucked both of your hands beneath your cheek pressed into the mattress. “You look so sexy reading erotica.”

“We should roleplay,” Jungkook suggested, grabbing onto your waist.

You didn’t answer, just arched one of your eyebrows in question.

“I’m Kale,” he began, smirking, “and you’re Elise.”

“And what scene would we be reenacting?”

His smirk widened. “The kitchen scene.”

Without hearing your response, he shot up and then moved to the floor, raising his hips as he undid his belt buckle and slid his jeans down his legs before kicking them off into one corner of your room. With you still lying on the bed, Jungkook hit one of your legs hanging off the edge of the king-sized bed gently.

“Come on,” he called up to you. “I’ll pull you off the bed if I have to.”

Rolling your eyes, you sat up and pulled at your shirt, then stood up to slide your shorts and white underwear past your hips, landing in a pile with Jungkook’s jeans. Slowly, you joined him on the floor, beside him.

“Now what?” you asked.

“Get me ready.”

You were eager—so eager that you completely forgot about grabbing a condom out of your bedside table’s drawer. That thought flew from your mind as soon as he pulled himself out of his boxers, your mouth watering at the sight of him. Reaching forward, you wrapped one of your hands around him and felt him pulsating from under your hand, his skin hot to the touch. You glanced up at him, just as you leant over him and enveloped him in your mouth, closing your eyes at the taste. He wasn’t rock solid when you touched him but you could feel him growing in size and rigidity the further you pulled him into your mouth.

“Ah,” he moaned out, head falling against the edge of your bed. “That’s it.”

Wincing, he hit the back of your throat and you swallowed, causing him to shudder. You patted his thigh and he took that as his signal to start fucking your mouth. As you relaxed your jaw, he started a slow pace as he raised his hips with each thrust into your mouth, moaning softly to himself at the feeling.

Jungkook grabbed the back of your head then and forced you even further down his cock until your nose brushed against the skin of his pelvis.

Moaning around him, he sped up his thrusts. He knew he was already hard enough for you, so he had to physically stop himself from cumming in your mouth as he tugged on your hair to pull you off of him. A string of saliva connected your mouth to his hard cock until you wiped at your mouth.

He relaxed his head against the bed then, panting as he tried to catch his breath, swallowing thickly. You sat against your heels as you waited patiently, feeling yourself drench the back of your calves just at the sight of his neck. Cracking open his eyes, he caught you staring and he smirked to himself.

Jungkook tackled you to the floor then, hovering over you for a moment before he smashed his lips against yours. His hard cock easily slipped between your lips, ghosting over your pussy and you moaned at both the taste of his lips and the feeling of him rubbing against you. You knew you were dripping at this point and were more than ready for him to fuck you, but then that fleeting thought of condom came back. And as his lips slanted over yours, licking at the seam of your lips before sliding inside your mouth, you said that when your lips parted.

“C-Condom,” you managed to say, pulling yourself backwards weakly on the carpet of your bedroom floor as he continued to kiss you roughly.

With each time you slid away from him and towards your bedside table, he crawled after you, pausing you in your journey to kiss you again each time.

Your head slammed into the table then after a few minutes struggle, Jungkook having moved down to your neck to kiss and suck your skin until it was marked in blotches of purple and red. Blindly, you felt behind you for the top drawer, reaching for the handle and pulled on it with all your strength. It slid open and you frantically searched around for the box of condoms, your fingertips touching various cards and hair ties, before finding what you were looking for.

The box fell to the floor, packets of condoms spilling out of it and you tilted your neck back as you tried to grab hold of one of them. Jungkook raised his head to see what you were doing and then helped you, his hand grazing over yours as he grasped one of the condoms and pulled himself off of you to put it on.

You pushed yourself up on your elbows to watch him, struggling to open it with fumbling fingers, then he easily slid the thin latex over his pulsating length.

Without wasting another second, he gripped himself and thrusted into you, grabbing onto your hip once he was filling you to the brim. With your heads nearby a vent, you could still hear your parents screaming at each other as your father apparently lost one of his best properties and stormed out of the room for a smoke presumably. Their laughter flittered up through the vent then but you weren’t really listening to them, just to the sound of Jungkook’s grunts.

Your head slammed into the bedside table as he started a fast pace inside of you, then noticed and quickly pulled you up until you were sitting in his lap.

“Ride me,” he commanded, head resting against the side of the mattress.

You nodded, situating your legs on both sides of him before you hovered your drenched pussy over him. Slowly, you sank down on him and moaned loudly as the head of his cock pushed deep inside of you. His hands came to rest on your hips then, urging you to hurry up. Not listening to him, Jungkook grew impatient and decided to shove you down on him and you gasped out at the feeling of him inside you again—scalding hot. You rocked your hips back and forth, placing your hands on his shoulder then as you raised them back up.

When you slammed back down on him again, your breasts bounced and you couldn’t keep your eyes open. Jungkook was in the same state as he couldn’t even move his head off the edge of the mattress, nonchalantly thrusting up into you each time you came back down on him. You weren’t even roleplaying at this point, just following your lustful urges as you both chased your orgasms.

“I fucking love it when you ride me,” he groaned out huskily, eyes still closed.

Without even opening his eyes, his hands reached around you to grasp at your ass, kneading it for a moment before manipulating how hard you came down on him each time. You cried out, nails digging into the skin of his shoulders and he groaned at the pain. At one particularly loud moan of yours, one of his hands went to cover your mouth. You opened your eyes to look at him and seemed to understand the fact that you were feet away from the vent and if your parents found you two fucking in your bedroom, you would probably get in trouble.

They wanted the two of you together but probably not in that way.

“Go faster,” he told you, lifting your hips so you could slam down on him harder.

You did as he said and soon your breasts began to ache just from how hard they were bouncing with each time you sank down on him.

“Fuck yes,” he moaned, jaw dropping. “Faster, baby. Faster.”

Soon, Jungkook was doing almost all of the work, his hands surely leaving an indent on your skin with how hard he was gripping your hips. Then suddenly, he gripped them so hard that you simply hovered over his cock, only the head still inside of you. Opening his eyes, he stared at you just as he began to fuck into you from below, gritting his teeth as he pounded into you powerfully. You let go of your grip on his shoulders to place your palms flat on the carpet, arching your back and tilting your head backwards as you focused on the sensation.

“Jungkook!” you cried out, your parents on the floor beneath you forgotten.

You clenched around him, your orgasm looming closer, and he grunted. Soon, he wasn’t able to thrust up into you as fast as before and simply flung you to the floor so you were laying on your back. Jungkook situated himself on top of you again and then thrusted inside once more, the new position causing him to reach that much further inside of you. He grabbed one of your legs, spreading your legs as wide as he could as he continued to hammer you into your floor.

He wondered for a moment if they could hear the thuds from above and the occasional squeaking of the floorboards beneath you, but didn’t really care.

His thumb found your clit just as he lowered himself so he could kiss you, tongue sweeping past your lips until you parted them. You moaned into his mouth as soon as he deepened the kiss, legs wrapping around his waist.

His chest jostled forward as his thrusts grew more precise and more rough, and then your head lolled against the carpeted flooring, not even able to do anything but let him have his way with you. You were so fucking close. His thrusts then grew sloppy and his thumb continued to circle your clit.

“Are you almost there?” he breathed out.

Instead of answering him, you just nodded frantically.

“I want to hear you,” he said, fucking into you harder. “Are—you—almost—there—?”

“Yes!” you cried out almost immediately. “I’m so close, Jungkook. Fuck me faster—harder.”

He straightened his back then, disconnecting your lips, and angled your leg so it was perched on his shoulder. He grunted as he concentrated on making you cum all around him, determined to get you there first or you’d scream his ear off. With the combination of the tip of his cock brushing against your g-spot and his thumb pressing down on your clit, you came and clenched around him.

A few more thrusts later, he came as well, spurting his cum into the condom.

He rolled off of you and the two of you breathed heavily, your parents eerily quiet from the vent. And then you heard the tell-tale signs of someone coming up the stairs.

“Go into the bathroom and turn the shower on,” you hissed at him. “I’ll hide under the bed since your fat ass wouldn’t fit.”

Jungkook glared at you but listened to you nonetheless, quickly sitting up and dashing into your bathroom, locking the door behind him as the shower turned on. Your phone buzzed just as you heard your parents’ footsteps down the hall and you grabbed it from your bed before slipping past the bed skirt to hide.

Turning down the brightness, you looked to see who texted you.

JUNGKOOK [18:08:25]: Rate today’s performance out of 10

You shook your head but leant forward on your elbows to respond.

YOU [18:08:55]: i think a solid eight is in order

JUNGKOOK [18:09:29]: That’s an improvement from yesterday’s 6

JUNGKOOK [18:10:02]: Care to share your grading criteria?

Smirking, you lifted up the bed skirt to glance at the bathroom door, seeing his bare feet from underneath it and the light on, then you replied:

YOU [18:10:44]: i actually came this time

As your phone buzzed a few seconds later, you heard your parents knock on the door. Jungkook always had to fuck you in places that could get you caught.

But you realized you would rather have him than some happily ever after, no matter how unhealthy the relationship was for you. It was your body, after all. It was just harmless fucking and it was comforting knowing he would never have feelings for you of any kind. Your bodies just clicked together and that’s all you wanted. And besides, Jungkook wasn’t the only toxic one in this relationship.

You were just as bad for him as he was for you.

And you supposed that made you easy.

#jungkook smut #jungkook imagines #jungkook scenarios #jungkook fanfic #bts smut #bts imagines #bts scenarios #bts fanfic #jungkook x reader #jungkook x you #bts x reader #bts x you #I WASNT GONNA REPLY BUT #if this story just made u feel like shit #then please just dont read it?????? #no one was forcing u to #and these messages werent positive at ALL #i need positive encouragement to feel motivated for this story #and i was so close last night to just going on hiatus #because i just was so uninspired to write ANYTHING #but thankfully i woke up just as angry #but im petty #like please understand that he needs to be a dick??? #what kinda story would this be if he wasnt #a boring one #and their relationship really isnt THAT bad #thats what bothered me #compared to other jungkook stories on this site #this could be much worse #anyways goodbye i already blocked u so

[brinroberts-blog]

please please please

who brinley and braxton what after days of avoiding, brinley finally breaks once again when late friday night, may 26th a/n originally intended for tomorrow night but we finished hella early so if it seems like its a weird time of day in one place its bc i am half asleep when i tried to edit it xoxo. also, incest. 

BRINLEY

It was all over the news, Camille’s face drowning in crocodile tears, the kind that made Brin roll her eyes.

“I watched her go.”

Brinley had known this, of course, and truthfully she should have gone to the cops with what she did know. How this wasn’t some random thing, that they’d been going to Junkie’s for months, Grayson never touching but almost.

But she had told her friends. Warned them, but no one wanted to believe her. No one trusted that Brin just might know what she was talking about. When you spent your life trying to numb everything, you weren’t taken very seriously.

She had thought about showing up on Phoenix’s doorstep with a box of wine coolers, a bottle of tequila and a baggie of Charlie’s best, despite having left her and Claudia only a couple hours ago. She had thought about going to Junkie’s herself to ‘celebrate’ the occasion. She’d thought about doing a lot of things, and instead she stayed where she was. Sitting on the living room couch, knees against her chest in her favorite pajama pants (a pair of Charlie’s, really, Braxton’s all returned to his room.) with a bottle of nail polish in her hands.

It had been a long time since she spent the night at home, alone.

Braxton was...somewhere, maybe screwing Charlie or Claudia since apparently he had the same taste as she did (irony that did not escape her), and her father was still missing, though Brin wasn’t too sad about that. He could stay that way forever, for all she cared.

(Except she did, care. Once upon a time, before puberty hit, before cheer and late nights out, her dad had been half her world. He’d been a good father, and then one day -

And how do you explain that when his relationship with her twin had never been that, not really. Braxton had been an accessory, a necessity. To keep one, you had to keep them both.)

So she flipped between channels, unable to sleep (and would she ever truly sleep normally again?), the late night news reporting on every channel with Stella’s latest instagram picture in the corner.

“Startling Family Secrets” read the tagline.

As if anything was startling anymore.

Braxton stumbled in as she was finishing her toenails, skin glistening with a light sheen of sweat from riding his bike and a surprised (but happy) look on his face to see her.

“Keys are on the counter,” she told him, blowing one last time at her toes and flicking the television off. “She’s low on gas, though, so you’ll have to fill her up before work.”

And with that, she left the room, not even waiting for whatever short answer he might have given in reply.

BRAXTON

When the news about Stella dropped, he felt like the only one really unaffected by it. Brin had been saying it for weeks and while no one else believed her, he hadn’t exactly ruled it out. Stella has run away, willingly, and that was the latest development. It felt like sure a non starter to him; maybe because he had his own shit to deal with. Too much shit, really.

Things with Charlie had settled down enough that Brax didn’t feel awkward around him. In a way, Brax was almost grateful for the fact he hadn’t been able to dwell on it. It made it a lot easier to talk to him about it once it was brought up. Because he hadn’t spent hours running it through his head, making it bigger than it was. He could just let it be… whatever it was.

But there were still things unsettled and while everyone was looking to Stella and Camille, Brax just wanted to figure his own stuff out. And his stuff, as it almost always did, centered around Brinley. She wasn’t acting like herself, and hadn’t since they’d come home from her almost across the border run. She had visited him at the station when he’d been locked up, but she didn’t talk to him as much as he talked about him to everyone else. And when he came home, she hadn’t come to his room like she always did. He’d had to go to hers, in desperate need of some comfort and physical affection - she was his only family, after all. He noticed she’d cleaned, something she only did when stressed. Even her sheets were different. They didn’t quite smell like her yet.

She was gone when he woke up the next morning. He thought maybe to work, but no, she’d just gone off with Charlie. Then with Phoenix. And he meant it when he told her - told everyone - that he didn’t want to be alone in the house. Never alone with Jack and never in the position that it could happen. If Brinley wasn’t there, he didn’t want to be either. She should have understood that immediately, but she didn’t seem to get it. So he’d stayed at Oliver’s, trying to ignore the nagging feeling that something was still really wrong with Brinley.

When Brax went to visit her at work, she pretended to be too busy for him. “You’re sitting in a chair,” he’d tried to joke and she just insisted that she had to make sure no one drowned. Which, yeah, very admirable but all he’d said was “hi” and “do you want a snack?”

And he couldn’t work it out in his head. He thought maybe she was somehow mad at him for how things had happened between him and Jack. Or she was regretting ever coming back with him. Or… that moment… the one he still wasn’t sure he’d processed..

So when nothing had really been figured out, he took his bike and rode around town, as fast and as far as he could. There was something about the way his muscles burned when he pushed the pedals, how the wind rushed by him because he allowed it to, and how he could build enough speed to outrun his thoughts that always made him feel better. It was like if he went fast enough, he could become a new person just by force alone.

But that feeling, that easy elation, faded as soon as he got back to the house and before he could even say “hi” Brinley had bounced off the couch and left the living room, a flippant reminder about gas in the car he didn’t even want to take.

“No, wait, hold on,” he said, trying to catch up as she went up the stairs but she’d gotten too much of a head start and he’d stumbled halfway up, hitting his knee. But still, he caught up to her just before she could open the door to her room, his hand wrapping around the knob as he wedged himself between her and the entrance.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“What are you doing?” he echoed, standing in front of her room and forcing her to look at him. “What the hell is wrong with you?”

BRINLEY

“What do you mean, ‘what’s wrong with you’?”

It came out harsher than she’d intended, the words echoing around in her brain as he stared at her. Confused, definitely, but not understandably. It was like the other day hadn’t even happened for him. And maybe it was better that way, if he just pushed it aside, forgot all about it.

Brin wished she could have.

Instead it was at the forefront of her mind, the first thing she thought of when she woke up (alone, or with Phoenix, or with someone who just wasn’t Braxton) and the last thing she fell asleep agonizing over.

She’d kissed her brother. And he hadn’t kissed her back. What was wrong with her?

“You’re avoiding me,” Brax tried to argue, even as Brin pushed past him, rummaging around through her closet like she was actually going to go anywhere. (She wasn’t, but it was late on a Friday night and how was he supposed to know that?) “Did I - is it because of Jack?”

She dropped the shoes she’d been holding, spinning around on her heel in surprise. “About dad?” she questioned, not missing the slight flinch he made. (She wanted to write him off just as quickly as Brax had, tell him to go fuck himself and leave right that minute. But she only had one parent, and even if he was a shitty one, did she really want none?) “No, I’m pissed at him. Who do you think bought my new sneakers?”

Her grin came out as more of a grimace, but she put them away nonetheless with the rest of her cheer practice stuff, a little section organized in her closet in a way that it hadn’t been….ever. Jack barely kept the house clean, used to hire a maid service once a month to tidy up after them, no one had taught her how to pick up after herself. It took extraordinary stress to make her organize. Stress she’d only been through a handful of times before. And never quite so severe.

“Then why won’t you talk to me?” he asked, his voice quiet and sad and Brin could feel her heart breaking, her teeth worrying her bottom lip as she refused to look at him. It wasn’t fair, it just fucking wasn’t. Her heart was already breaking in a thousand pieces, why should she have to pretend it wasn’t so he’d be okay?

“I’ve been busy,” she replied flippantly, hoping to evade the subject as long as possible. “Figured you were busy with Charlie or Claudia. Your new beaus.”

The words were snide, just a twinge of jealousy and anger lying beneath them. She hadn’t meant to let it slip out but….there it was. And chances were, Braxton still wouldn’t even notice.

BRAXTON

“You keep saying that,” he said, shaking his head, still trying to get her attention. She was moving around her room like she had a reason to be but it was too stiff to actually mean anything. When Brinley moved, she moved with chaotic freedom, a flow to her that didn’t seem to be going anywhere until you got there and realized how exciting the whole thing had been. But this stiff, organized, methodical thing she was going just wasn’t her.

“You keep saying that,” he tried again, pressing his back against her door so that even if she rushed him, she couldn’t leave without talking to him. “But like, they’ve always been friends. You, you’re my best friend and you’re not talking to me.”

“I don’t have anything to talk to about,” she muttered. And he wasn’t sure what was worse: the fact that she was lying to him or the fact that maybe, after the drama passed, she didn’t see the need to bother herself with it.

“And what if I had something to talk to you about?” he asked, his voice quieter than he wanted it to be. “Because come on, Brin. This has been the worst fucking week of my life and I don’t know, I just thought you’d like… care about that. A little bit.”

She signed then, a softer voice than his before she turned around, just barely looking at him. “Of course I fucking care, Brax. I just don’t know what you want me to do about it.”

“Nothing,” he shrugged, taking a few steps towards her until he realized she’d stepped back. Away from him. Actually, physically away from him, like being close wasn’t something she could do anymore.

“Seriously?” he breathed, his teeth on edge.

“What?”

“You like backed up just now!”

“I so didn’t.”

“You did!” he said, taking one step and sure enough, just like before, she backed up. Just this time, she seemed to notice it, her eyes going a little wide with panic before she turned around and started fiddling with something on the table by her bed.

“Brin, please,” he begged. “Just… whatever it is, just tell me. Okay? I don’t know what I did and I don’t know why you’re mad at me or you’re - whatever at me. But you have to tell me because I’m really lost here.”

He was standing right behind her when she turned around and he didn’t think she realized it until she was looking directly at him, actually looking him in the eye. And he could see then how mixed with fear they were, how she was trying to hold it back, but he knew her better than he knew himself. He knew what she looked like when she was afraid. He knew because he spent most of his nights looking in those eyes while their dad stomped around downstairs. Or when his gaze lasted just a little too long or his attempts at paternal affection made Brinley shiver even under the two comforters she and Brax shared.

“What are you scared of?” he asked, reaching up and pressing his thumb against her chin to make sure she kept looking at him. He was blunt. The only way Brinley couldn’t ignore him.

BRINLEY

She swallowed thickly, but he held her still and she couldn’t even try and look away. Sure, if she had demanded it, he would have let her. He’d never lay a hand she didn’t ask for on her. But that was the problem, wasn’t it? She wanted more than what he could offer. Brinley Roberts, the heartbreaker, having her own heart broken by her very own twin.

“I’m not,” she told him, and he scoffed but let his hand drop. Only to her shoulders, fingers warm against her bare skin beneath her tank top, her own arms wrapping around her stomach. Scared. It was ludicrous, really, because she’d never been afraid of Braxton. Not physically, not mentally, but now…

Was it possible she was? A little? She’d been avoiding him for days, really, but it wasn’t out of fear. It was because she was hurt, and upset, and she’d be the first to admit that rejection was not something she often received. Maybe that was what was happening. Maybe she reacted to emotional pain the same way she did fear.

“I’m not,” she said again, more forcefully. “I’m a lot of things, but I’m not afraid of you.”

“Then tell me,” he pleaded, his entire face open and vulnerable and how, how, how did he always get to be the good one, the innocent one, while she was just the bitch?

“Tell you what, Braxton,” she snapped, finally getting angry about it. It was past due, she was sure, but she stepped out of his grasp, her arms crossing her chest as she stared him down. “You should know what’s wrong with me, you better than anyone. But you don’t. Because you don’t even care that I put myself out there for you, that I put myself on the line. And then you rejected me, Brax. And I get it, I really, truly do, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to be all sunshine and daisies right away!”

Her voice had escalated, higher and higher and she knew - she could see it, plain as day - that this had somehow taken him by surprise. Like she could have possibly cared about anything else this deeply for this long. As if any other potential situation in the entire world would have cut her so deep.

“I’m sorry that dad arrested you,” she tried to say evenly, “but you don’t even know what happened when you left. And I know it wasn’t your choice, but fuck, Braxton, I had to spend an entire night alone in this house with him with your dresser against the door because I didn’t know what else to do! And I can’t sleep next to you anymore because it doesn’t make me feel like it did! Because now all I can think about is how you’re shoving your tongue down Charlie’s throat or how Claudia wants to fuck you now and why the hell shouldn’t you? Because your sister is crazy? Because I’m jealous? So I need some fucking space, okay, but you keep pushing and pushing and pushing and you - “

She let out a frustrated half-scream, storming around the room and sitting on her bed just to be as far away from his as possible. Just for the space she had been asking for for days upon days now. So she could figure herself out, figure out what had gone so intrinsically wrong in her wiring that this was her life.

And she didn’t care if he left or stayed. She was just exhausted and every day seemed to drain her more and more.

She wondered why she’d even come back to Ashbourne at all. Why she hadn’t left, alone, when she could have.

BRAXTON

Well, he’d asked for it. And there it was, all spilling out of her in a way that made him feel so fucking guilty for not getting it. But he’d been so shocked, so unprepared when she kissed him that he hadn’t even been able to focus on what was happening, much less what it might mean. Or even mean to her. And with everything that happened immediately after, he’d been so…

Exhausted. So fucking drained that he’d gone numb. Feelings weren’t a real thing because he couldn’t feel them. Nothing happening was real, much less the fact that his sister had made a move on him. Like, it barely even registered in the grand scheme of fucked up things happening in his fucked up life.

His mistake had been not seeing how much it registered to her, how much it mattered to her. Because now all her comments about Charlie - who must have told her that they’d kissed - and this thing about Claudia - who wanted to fuck him? What? - and how he didn’t need her or want her, that somehow she’d believed he’d pick anyone else in the world over her-

It hit him. Like nothing else in his life, not even Jack Robert’s fist against his head. Hard and fast, like whatever block had been inside of him that kept all of this at bay finally broke. It broke because Brinley broke. Because she screamed and yelled and she was hurt and she felt like something was wrong with her and that meant something was wrong with them and he couldn’t handle that. He couldn’t deal with that. Nothing in his world had to make sense but she did. Brinley had to be Brinley and he had to be Braxton and together they had to be what they’d always been.

She was on the opposite side of the bed, her back to him but he lunged forward anyway, his knee sinking into the middle of the mattress until she tilted backwards, losing her balance because of his sudden move. She swirled around, already ready to yell at him again. But her face was in his hands, fingers tangled in her hair and caught on the shell of her ear.

And this time, he kissed her. Frantic, and hard and it might have felt like he had something to prove but really… yeah, he did. Because she didn’t get it either. He hadn’t rejected her. He knew how to reject someone. He’d just been so tired and surprised and maybe he was the one who’d been scared. Maybe he was the one who was really afraid to show any kind of real emotion. But he’d never had to be that way with her. Until that moment. Until it all crashed and forgot to make sense for a second.

But he kissed her. He did it this time. And when he pulled away, she looked dazed. But she looked at him still.

“You,” he said as sternly as he could, as serious and insistent, “are the most important thing in this world, okay? I would never let anything happen to you. I love you. I kissed Charlie once. I’ve done nothing with Claudia. You aren’t… crazy. You’re just miles ahead.”

She didn’t say anything but he still held onto her, stroking her cheek with the pad of his thumb as he settled a bit more gently into the middle of her bed. He had no idea what he’d just done. What it might mean. But maybe… maybe she’d get him now too. Now that he got her. Now that he thought he did.

“I’ll give you space, okay?” he whispered, still touching her. “But don’t ever think I’d trade anyone for you. You, Brinley, are the only family I have. Whatever that has to mean, maybe it’s different now. Or maybe it’s always been different. But nothing you do or say or think or feel or anything will ever, ever make me go away. Ever.”

#skowbraxton #para #para: br #br #please please please

[conorpmaynard]

All Started With a Song Part 8 // Conor Maynard

Word Count- 2304

Summary- conor sees your cover and contacts you

A/n-(feel free to change the friends name I was just too lazy to write y/f/n that may times) ok so i hd to repost it bc i forgot to put part 8. im so sorry omg. but this will be last part for a few days. hope you enjoy.

~~

“Oh. My. God.”

“LA is so beautiful, and we haven’t even left the airport!” Alice giggled.

“I am so excited,” you smiled, walking towards the luggage claim.

“What are we doing first?” Olivia asked.

“Checking in at the hotel, then we can find somewhere to have lunch. Sound good?”

“Sounds perfect,” she stopped. “Thanks again Y/n/n. It means a lot that you chose me to come with you.”

“Of course Liv, you deserve the world and more. The least I can do is take you on a mini adventure with me,” you smiled.

She pulled you into a hug, muttering another ‘thank you’ into your shoulder.

~~

You guys had some trouble checking in at the hotel.

“What do you mean we don’t have a room?” you sighed.

“I’m sorry, ma’am. There is no room reserved under Y/l/n.” he gave you an unapologetic smile.

You walked away from the counter and called Sabrina.

“Hey girl! How’s LA?”

“It’s nice, but the hotel is saying they don’t have a room for us,” you were trying your hardest not to cry.

“Really? That’s odd. You said my last name right?”

“What? It’s under your name?”

“Oh my gosh, did I not tell you? I’m so sorry!”

You chuckled, “Its okay.”

“To make it up you girls, I’ll take you out to lunch,” she said.

“Sounds good! Meet you in 20.”

~~

You ended up going to In-N-Out, it was the greatest thing you’ve ever had.

“This is so good, why doesn’t London have this?” Olivia moaned into her burger.

“So what are your plans for today?” Sabrina asked, munching on a fry.

“Hmm, I don’t quite know. We were probably just gonna chill at the hotel.” Alice sipped on her drink.

“Well, I know that you two,” she said pointing at Alice and Olivia. “Probably don’t have plans tomorrow while Y/n is with Anth.”

“Not really. We weren’t going to explore LA until Sunday and Monday.”

“I may or may not have scheduled you guys’ spa appointments,” she smiled.

“Really?” Olivia asked.

“Yeah, but if you guys aren’t up for it, I can cancel.”

“Who would turn down a spa day??” Alice laughed.

After lunch you parted ways with Sabrina. The three of you went back to the hotel, had a swim, took lots of pictures, and just had a great time. The girls also helped you practice for tomorrow.

You were really nervous about tomorrow. The last time you went to sing a duet you were humiliated. So who knows how tomorrow will go.

~~

You weren’t supposed to meet Anth until noon, but you were wake by 7. You just couldn’t sleep any longer. You had to get everything ready and make sure it was perfect. You couldn’t be late or early. Everything needed to be planned. You weren’t going to ruin this collab as well.

Though you didn’t exactly ruin the last one.

“Alice, Olivia, I’m going to shower. Please get up, I want breakfast soon.” You said as you grabbed your clothes and headed to the shower.

Throughout the showers, many tears were shed. This was the only time you allowed yourself to cry, about anything you needed to.

You were mainly crying because you hadn’t gotten any answers. It had been almost 2 weeks and he hadn’t even tried to apologize. You let the tears run down your face. What did you do to make him so angry? Why did he hurt you like that? Did he truly forget?

These questions ran through your brain every day. But you only acknowledged them at these times.

After a good 15 minutes of self-pity you got out of the shower. You were careful to make sure your face wasn’t red nor puffy when you left the bathroom.

“Almost ready?” you asked as you dropped the towel in your make-shift pile of dirty clothes.

“Yes, just a few more curls to go,” Olivia said, twirling her curling wand.

“I need to do my eyebrows, then we can go.” Alice said as she grabbed her eyebrow palette and took a seat in front of the mirror.

You three finished getting ready in silence, but it wasn’t weird.

~~

After breakfast you three went back to the hotel. You had made an agreement before you got here that you weren’t going to explore until you had the entire day, cuz you all knew that you’d get sidetracked and be late.

“What time is it?” you asked.

“Ten past ten,” Alice said as she scrolled through Instagram.

“Where are you meeting him?” Olivia asked as she flipped through the channels on TV, stopping on The Notebook.

“In the hotel he’s staying at,” you answered.

“Ooooh his hotel room,” Alice wiggled her eyebrows.

“Ew stop!” you threw a pillow at her. “I don’t see him like that.”

“He’s definitely boyfriend material,” Olivia smirked.

“I don’t even know him!”

“You didn’t know Conor,” said Alice as you glared at her. “Sorry.”

“I just, I just don’t know what I did wrong! Did I say something or not say something. Was I a jerk? Was I too forward? Too clingy? I just don’t understand what I did!” you cried.

“Hey,” Olivia hugged you. “You did nothing wrong. Do you hear me? Nothing. This is not your fault. What happened was completely his fault. And I’m sorry he hasn’t given you answers, but don’t you dare blame yourself.”

“You’re right,” you sniffled. “He’s at fault here, not me.”

“You should post a picture on Instagram to show him what he’s missing.”

“I should.”

You posted a picture of you at the restaurant you went to this morning. Olivia had taken the picture. It was of you holding a cup of tea, you were looking at the camera smiling. You thought you looked amazing, because you did. Your eyes sparkled with joy and your smile was as bright as the sun.

You posted the picture with the caption that said:

the barista judged me for getting tea instead of coffee…

You decided to curl your hair for the video with Anth. So you were sat on the ground in front of the mirror as Alice and Olivia watched The Notebook.

“Oh my god.” Alice gasped.

“What?” you looked at her through the mirror.

“He liked your picture.”

“Who did?” you sat the curling wand down and turned to face your friends.

“Conor did.”

~~

You went to reply when your phone rang.

“Hello?” you stood up and walked out into the hallway.

“Who’s she talking to?” Olivia asked Alice.

“No idea. But this is getting out of hand,” she sighed.

“Conor needs to stop playing her like this.”

“We have to do something.”

“I know, but what?”

“Hey guys,” you said, walking back in. “I’m gonna head out. I’ll see you tonight. Have fun at the spa and don’t do anything stupid!”

You walked out of the hotel and waited for your Uber. The ride there was actually nice.

“So where ya headed?” the older lady asked.

“A friend’s house, we’re going to film a cover for his YouTube channel,” you smiled.

“Exciting. How’s your week been?”

“Honestly? It could have been better, but I’m on vacation so I’m not complaining.”

“Do you want to take about it?”

“Really?” you asked.

“Sweetheart, I have a 14 year old. I’m used to talking them through their problems.”

“There’s this guy, and he was really nice but then he did something really rude and he’s been ignoring me since. All I want to know is what I did wrong,” you sighed.

“Have you tried approaching him?”

“Well, he’s kind of famous. So no.”

“Ah, I see. Well do you want my advice as a stranger or a mom?”

“Both.”

“Okay, well my advice as a stranger is to block him on everything and try to forget what happened. He’s not worth it.”

You chuckled, “And your advice as a mom?”

“Try to talk to him. Don’t ask for an apology, just an explanation. If it’s a dumb one then move on. If it’s reasonable then try to work through it.”

“Wow, thank you so much.”

She parked the car and turned around, “Anytime.”

“Here you go,” you gave her your money and exited the vehicle. Once you were on the side walk you turned around, “your child is one lucky kid.”

~~

The walk to Anth’s room was quiet, which allowed you to think. This is the first time since he liked your picture that you’ve had time to think about it.

How fucking dare he do that?

He had no right.

He ignored you for almost 2 weeks then likes your photo.

You were pissed off. He was playing you, or at least trying to. You weren’t going to fall into his tricks anymore. He was a dick and he didn’t deserve you.

You finally arrived to Anth’s room and knocked.

“Hi, you must be Y/n!” he smiled, embracing you in a hug.

“That’s me,” you laughed.

“I have so many ideas,” he said, leading you into the main room of the loft.

“I’m all ears,” you said as you sat down.

“So since you have a higher voice than me I was thinking we could do a duet that was originally sung by a guy and a girl.”

“I agree, do you have any ideas?”

“I have one,” he opened his phone and a song began playing. It was ‘Secret Love Song’ by Little Mix.

“I love this song!” you stood up and began singing along as you danced around the living room.

“And I also wrote a rap for it,” he handed you his notes and you read over them.

“Anth, this is amazing!” you read the lyrics, you were in awe of this boy.

“Thanks,” he stood up. “Are you sure it’s not too scandalous?” he asked as he started to set up the lights.

You grabbed the second light and followed his movements, “Why would you think that?”

He gave you a look.

“Oh, that.”

“Yeah.”

“Did he tell you?”

“No, and you don’t have to.”

“Are you sure you don’t want to know?” you smirked. “It doesn’t bother me anymore.” That wasn’t a complete lie, it still hurt but not as bad.

“Oh thank god, I’ve been dying to know,” he laughed.

So you told the story once more. Explaining what happened, how you felt, how you assumed he felt all while setting up.

“So,” you started, sitting down in front of the camera. “What’s the key to making a cover amazing?”

“All the emotion you feel towards Conor, put it into your singing.”

“All of it?”

“All of it.”

~~

The recording was amazing. Though you did have to do multiple takes due to laughing, getting distracted or crying uncontrollably.

The one thing you loved about Anth is that he didn’t judge you. The first time you cried while recording, he simply stopped the camera and gave you a tissue. He waited until you told him you were ready.

After finally getting all the footage needed you two ordered pizza.

“Would you mind if I invited my friends over?” you asked, as you took a drink of your water.

“I don’t mind, just make sure they don’t post the location.”

“Got it,” you chuckled as you sent Alice a text telling her they could come over.

“Okay,” you started.

“What’s up?” he asked, sitting next to you.

“You know my story, what’s yours?””

“Well, what do you want to know?”

“Honestly?” he nodded.

“Why do you think he did it?” you asked shyly.

“I have no clue. You’re an amazing girl and he lucked out.”

“Do you think I did something?”

“The thing with Conor is, he doesn’t know what to do when put into a situation. And half the time, he’ll pick the easy option.”

“That’s the thing though!” you threw your hands up. “I don’t know what situation he was put into.”

“Have you asked him?”

“I was going to, but he unadded me on everything. I took that as a sign to leave him alone.”

There was a knock at the door.

Anth put his hand on your thigh, “I don’t know why he did what he did. Just know, he’s the type of guy that will do anything, and I mean anything to make sure you know he’s sorry.” And with that he got up and answered the door, returning with your two closest friends.

The rest of the night was filled with lots of laughter and good music.

At first it was just videos of you four singing in your loudest voice possible but then it got serious. You got into teams and began battling against each other. So it was fair, Alice and you were on one team while Olivia and Anth on another.

It got super tense when Anth and you were up against each other.

He began rapping which honestly shouldn’t have caught you off guard, but it did. So then you started to sing You & I by One Direction, which caused him to smirk thinking he had won. But when you hit that high note everyone’s jaw dropped.

“Holy shit Y/n.” he gasped.

“Thanks,” you smiled. “Does that mean I win?”

“I’ll say you won if you agree to do another cover with me.”

“I don’t know,” you trailed off. “I’ll have to check my schedule.”

This caused all four of you to burst out laughing.

But then the door knocked.

“Who else did you invite?” Anth asked.

“No one.” You three said in unison.

“I’ll go check, just in case it’s a fan.” You said walking to the door.

When you opened the door you froze. You did not expect to see him of all people.

Conor Maynard was standing right in front of you.

“Hi.”

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P5R liveblog (8/?)

(Makoto arc end)

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Oh, hey, Chihaya.

Idk if I'm remembering the timing right, but it looks like they took out Ryuji's interaction with those two entirely. I told him to wait outside bc of his uniform and he said he'd kill some time somewhere until I was done

It really does seem kind of awful of us to volunteer Mishima for this, especially without him knowing.

OH HERE THEY ARE

Oh, hey, they think he's interested in drag bc of how he was looking into Crossroads. They want to help him out. Still sucks that this supposed to be something funny, and that they're dragging him off without his wanting to, but it is better than it was.

UGHHHH MISHIMA IM SORRY

Oh, this translation seems different. A bit more natural, I think. Still really harsh, though. Sae...

Makoto...

FUCKING PRIESTESS LISTEN TO YOUR INNER SELF THIS IS JUST DOING SOMETHING FOR THE SAKE OF DOING ANYTHING PLEASE PULL BACK AND THINK STRATEGICALLY INSTEAD IF GOING ABOUT THIS SO EMOTIONALLY

Honestly her charm stat is in the pits. It's kind of hilarious since you need high (max? Idr) charm to progress past rank 5 with her.

Huh, if she had social stats... High knowledge, low charm, good guts, not totally sure about proficiency & kindness but I'm leaning towards okay-low proficiency and middling-decent kindness.

Now, the others...

Ryuji would have low knowledge, good guts,

Listen, I'm having trouble with quantifying their kindness. Because, they all have differing levels of what I consider personal-kindness and general-kindness

Wait. Do I really want to get on this tangent right now? ...Not really. Hold that thought. Back to the game.

GOD this was so dangerous I am honestly amazed that she got out of this okay.

GOD THAT IS SO DANGEROUS I AM HONESTLY AMAZED THAT HE GOT OUT OF THAT OKAY

Honestly I'm kind of surprised Kaneshiro doesn't have a doorman or anything.

Jeez, Kaneshiro's face looks off compared to everyone else. Like, on its own, it's a decent face, but it looks like it doesn't belong with the rest.

Huh, I wonder how many of them actually have mommies and daddies to beg money from. Let's see... Makoto is being raised by her prosecutor sister. Parents dead. Ryuji is being raised by a single mom. Dad left a long time ago. Canonically poor. Yusuke was being raised by Madarame. Mom dead. Dad out of the picture, idr how. Canonically poor, with poor money sense. Ann has parents. Successful fashion designers that she doesn't see half the year. And the protag has an ambiguous family situation. Of course, I have my headcanons, but that's nothing. Anyway, if we were going about this the way Kaneshiro wanted us to, Ann would probably be able to provide the most, followed by Makoto. (Again, leaving Ren out of this).

Guh, thinking about it like that feels shitty.

...can you even imagine an ATM with Ann's pigtails though? I mean I know the other ATMs don't have any distinguishing features but still

Anyway

Godddd, I really love when people are given reaction shots when something another character is saying is resonating or otherwise meaningful to them

Makoto: "A lot happened after we lost her father three years ago, so it's just us living together... But I'm still a child, so all I am is a burden to her..."

Yusuke: *cut-in* "......"

Me: *chef's kiss*

...it happens at other times in this game (and other stuff), too, but I just wanted to point it out. Especially bc you kind of have to infer a lot of the time when it comes to Yusuke.

OHHHDJDJSJDJJDS HE LOOKED SO SAD WHEN MAKOTO CALLED HIM A CANINE

"IT'S FOX" HE SAYS

Both Makoto and Ann called him specifically a monster cat. I wonder if the Japanese calls him a cat ayakashi or something.

What property damage did any of us cause?

Why is Shadow Kaneshiro purple anyway?

JOHANNA IS SO FUCKING COOL GODDAMN

I love Makoto's awakening ngl

But honestly, is there a /bad/ awakening in the bunch? They really killed it with the game aesthetics, you know?

"No weaknesses. Our only chance is to make them confused" or whatever she just said about confusing them. Idk if I just tune her out or if that's a new thing

Didn't Makoto have Flash Bomb or whatever that multi-phys + chance of Dizzy skill was called? Maybe she gets that at a higher level

*heavy sigh* Okay, Makoto

"I will crush him like a fly" I see what you did there

It really is nice that they're bringing up the advisor thing instead of just her doing it herself. I still feel like there should have been a little more talk about it amongst the 5 of them instead of just the 3 human-shaped guys but w/e

The references to English songs and memes is a little jarring, ngl

Man, Sae's gonna flip her shit when she hears what Makoto did to get here.

Awww Ann & Makoto are bonding

*sigh* listen, I like Makoto, I even dated her in my first playthrough of vanilla p5, but I really dislike how they just keep shilling her around this time. It's a little off-putting. I think it's a thing Atlus likes to do.

Hmm? Is the man getting joint pain on rainy days going to affect his Mementos fight?? Interesting.

Ughhhhhh Queen choosing her name and then the """strategy""" thing is exactly the same. Like her being there even changes anything about how we go about things. And we do think about what we're doing, actually! Well, mostly Morgana bc Phantom thievery is his whole schtick. But like, outside our usual plans, we successfully pulled off the heist in the Madarame Palace, for example. We also opened the locked door and dealt with that. We go about the palaces with intent! Blugh.

"it's my role to be the brain of this team and give out orders" BLUGH

And then Ryuji & Mona are into it... -_-+

I hate this part. It's awkward and dumb. There are better ways to make her their advisor, Atlus

Also someone mention that I am field leader pls. I know you did in vanilla p5 do it now as well

I wonder if they've changed her s.link abilities? They at least have to have given her 1 more thing due to the baton pass thing

I WONDER IF EIKO WILL HAVE A SPRITE NOW?!?!? I hope so ^u^

GUH I love Makoto's Queen outfit.

Oh, whoops, I forgot about that conversation. Maybe I should have put Morgana in my party.

But heck yeah, let's do a finisher! I wonder how to get these for people.

RYUJI WANTS TO DO A SHOWTIME WITH FOX "We could call it Art Run or something" I LOVE HIM

SHIT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME I SAVED

Ugh, it's really frustrating that they're trying to get me to showtime w Ann & Morgana when all the enemies here are weak to Zio & Bufu (with a little bit of Psi & Gun thrown in for good measure).

Okay, have reorganized my party so I don't have to use an Agi-weak persona to go after enemy weaknesses. That was so embarrassing.

Oh, neat! My sleuthing instinct kicked in! ... Makoto's abilities have to have changed.

YOU MEAN SHOWTIME CAN KICK IN EVEN WHEN ONE OF THE MEMBERS IS NOT IN THE PARTY?!?!?! AHHHH

Maybe even both, idk. Morgana seemed like the best choice to heal/lucky punch so he's in my party rn but maybe when he gets swapped out later I'll find the answer to that

...this is being surprisingly easy. But I don't think I'm overleveled... Jeez, I haven't bought weapons since Kamoshida's Palace. And they give you so many clothes in this game... And accessories! Really!

But yeah, I finished that security guy in 3 moves. Morgana - Garu (absorbed), Yusuke - Bufu (inflicting Freeze), Ryuji - Headbutt (Technical) -> All-Out Attack. I remember it being a lot harder in the original. Idk.

Okay, the next one was slightly harder. It took two All-out-attacks to beat it. But hmm.

Maybe I am overleveled, though. Apparently that miniboss (??) Was only level 21, and I am 23.

Oh, I'm getting Sigma feelings. Ann's counting down for opening the vault-like door.

I don't think I've ever noticed before how neat Kaneshiro's palace music is. Well, at least the Laundering Office, anyway. What is this, exactly? It's some version of Price - that's the same melody line, but the instrumentation is all different. That's not to say that Price isn't good; it's just that I'm weak for strings & orchestra instruments in non- orchestral songs. It sounds darker and more intense. I love it

Oho? That gold vault door seems new.

Or maybe I just don't remember it.

Anyway. I really do appreciate that Morgana mentions Shadow personalities in negotiations. Like, I read the tutorial on it, but it's nice to have him like "what's this one so happy about? Well, guess we'll play long for now" or whatever he says for an upbeat shadow. It's pretty neat.

"I wonder what it'd be like if we had Palaces instead of Personas." SAME, RYUJI, SAME 👀👀👀👀👀

Hmm, I know Joker Palace has some fics, and I think I remember seeing a Crow Palace fic, but I wonder about the others...? Hmm 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

I don't want to accidentally spoil myself, though. I'll go through the archive after I finish this.

"Your Palace would definitely be a beef bowl shop." ANN OMG

"Why'd you gotta give a straight answer right off the bat? I can't argue with that!" Ryuji pls ;u;

Why do Will Seeds all look like that? I know there are those death things with the hollow eyes like that, but is that what it is? It just seems so out of place in this technical setting. I'm kind of surprised they don't change appearances to suit their Palace. Tbh, it doesn't really look like anything that comes from Mementos, either. But I suppose it must...

WHOA, why did the Velvet Room door turn red? "I have an uneasy feeling" Same, protag, same

WHY IS THE VELVET ROOM ON HIGH ALERT

A fusion alarm? OH COME ON IT HASNT BEEN THAT LONG SINCE I FUSED ANYONE

Is this because I still have Jack Frost with me? But come onnnn I already had most of this palace's inhabitants alreadyyyy

By /fusing/ them

Could this have come at any time? Or was this scripted for now? Oh, wait, I overreacted, this says that my Personas will be stronger if I do it during a fusion alarm. Kind of incentivizes him to slack off, though, doesn't it? Lol

Oh, interesting. Look at all those accident possibilities. Nvm.

Orpheus... ;-;

Huh, I didn't realize the Picaro versions also were not just dlc

"You would like me to become your mask? Well then, let us search for the answers of life together."

*lie down* *try not to cry* *cry a lot*

Anyway.

I need to go to Mementos and find an Eligor. Gotta get that Flauros.

YES FINALLY MY GUTS INCREASED

Aww, the newspaper club girl is rooting for the phantom thieves. She's so angry at akechi rn

Oh, speaking of! Hello, Akechi!

AHHH RYUJI AND MAKOTO TEAM UP IM SO PSYCHED

Oh man it's bc of the motorcycle ISNT IT, RYUJI : DDDDDD

JDSKSKXNXJKS

The voice acting there was. Wonderful. Omfg

Actually, now that I think about it, it makes a lot of sense that Ryuji's tried to suggest team ups twice now, ever as soon as he learned they were a thing. He was on the track team, and the team aspect of that was very important to him. He likes cheering others on and being cheered on by others. Specifically by training and sweating and testing limits together - by fighting together. Of course ryuji is interested. Of course he is.

Man, I wish I had better context for the "you filthy fly on dirty money" line - I mean, obviously he's Beelzebub, who is apparently in charge of gluttony, but like, is that a phrase? Is this just a Beelzebub reference or is there more to it bc it feels like there's more to it and I don't understand bc cultural reasons

Blegh I don't want to give up my expensive items...guess I'll do this the tedious way.

Ah, here we go. Let's see how these hired guns are. Hopefully I can see the Makoto & Ryuji showtime? :3 ?

Wait, Bael? Not Beelzebub? Really? Huh?

YES IT'S SHOWTIME

HOLY SHIT I LOVE IT

I wonder why that briefcase was related to his distorted desires. We really know so little about Kaneshiro, relatively

Yusuke's kinda on the ball today.

...*snerk*

Wow, damn, Akechi was potentially onto us since the Kaneshiro calling card? He gave a list of potential candidates, maybe we were on it...

Makoto, really, it was unfair of everyone to put the burden of resolving the Kaneshiro issue on you. You really can't be blamed. you know that, right?

Oh, hey look, it's 'Gaudy Student' there in the background

Hhhhhhhhhhh there are so many choices I have 5 potential social links to do tonight. I could start Kawakami, Ohya, Chihaya, or Hifumi, or I could level up Yoshida since it's Sunday

AHH KASUMI IS SO CUTE. FUCK!

BWAHAHAHAHA justice rank 3 is. Amazing.

"I've seen everything. A vision of you groveling on the ground..." IS THIS THE THING IN DECEMBER SHES TALKING ABOUT

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