Well, tomorrow is the day!

I’m going to be logging off of tumblr until I watch the show, but I just wanted to make a post that’s kind of a… good luck charm. A “see you on the other side”. 

I just wanted to say that I’ve had so much fun in this fandom. I’ve been on tumblr since April 2020, and Stranger Things/Byler was my first fandom. I wrote fics that are probably cringe, I made friends, and I became absolutely obsessed with this show and byler. This show and ship helped me get through lockdown, and they have such a special place in my heart. Now, two years later, I’m back in the fandom, and things are different. I’m different. But it’s been just as much fun.

I’ve absolutely loved being part of byler tumblr and the byler discord. I’ve had so much fun joking around, brainrotting, writing predictions and theories, and mostly, creating and consuming content! Seriously, the pre s4 content has been TOP TIER. There’s so many talented and incredibly creative people in this fandom. Thank you guys for making the wait so enjoyable. Otherwise, I don’t know how I would’ve been able to handle it LOL

Here are few byler fandom highlights, not necessarily in order (feel free to add on in reblogs!):

Screaming about the posters

Smalltown Boy Conspiracy

Mike Rat-Tail Conspiracy

Theorizing about Will being in the flaming car shot, explosion shot, and 002 

Screaming about Boys Don’t Cry and Alan Turing

Screaming about the Open Closets

Mike Emotional Monologue theories

Blue Meets Yellow in the West

Motel Scene Theory (and pillow wall… iykyk)

Recap Era ™ 

Argyle Ships Byler ™ 

Talking about how good/bad they look in promo 💀 and their hair

Trying to predict the trailer date and getting clowned

Static Pic...

Screaming about the trailer and the roller rink shot

Merch Era ™ (monopoly cards…)

Roller rink theories (and how they changed over time)

Matching Watches talk <3

Mike Murder Suspect Theory–

Freaking out over various interviews and promo (“leech you have to fucking pull off”)

Roasting Mike’s Cali outfit

Byler as chaotic uncles (iykyk 😭)

Love triangle

Uno Will

“Let’s start a new party, you and me”

The Walk ™ 💀

All the theories, analyses, and parallel posts, even if we only got a few right. This fandom has been so great :>

Lastly, shoutout to all my mutuals and friends in the discord!! I don’t have the time to @ mention everyone (and I don’t want to forget anyone) but seriously, I appreciate you all so much. And whatever happens tomorrow… we’re in it together. Love u <3

So, yeah. Everything changes tomorrow, and I can't wait to scream about the new season with all the amazing ppl in this fandom. See you on the other side... byler forever o7

Ok ok. I'm going to try an analyse whatever arg anon is doing. The letter E bit might be a reference to technoblade? The lake of milk seems to be a reoccurring concept, but what does it mean? The bread part and the pastry part mirror each other, but interestingly the pastry part seems to be in past tense despite saying that it's tomorrow. I don't know what I'm supposed to make of that. It ends with a question. I would also like to hear about your dreams, honestly. Dreams are interesting.

good luck anon o7. it’s all tagged arg anon if you wanna go through the older ones too

and dreams? uhhh the night before last i dreamt about living in an apartment with a bunch of people who were all secret agents but didn’t know everyone else was also secret agents. i wasn’t one though i was just caught in the middle. one person blew up a gas station and i had to run out before it exploded it was like an action movie

25 seconds // a. miya

25 things he wants remember when it comes to his days with you

genre: romance

o1.

he counts the number of times you look at him (one) and he counts the number of times he looks at you (three, four, five). he memorizes how you twist your hair around your finger (right pointer finger and two twists, clockwise before you let it slip through your fingers and the process begins all over again) and the way you say his name (you stress the -su- in Atsumu for some reason, but it’s cute so he’ll let it slide). 

Osamu says he has a crush on you. Atsumu pretends as though he can’t hear him and counts how many times he thinks of you (one thousand and two, one thousand and three)

o2. 

the school has a strict dress code but you seem to always get away with rolling your skirt up to an indecent height. Atsumu isn’t complaining though. 

o3. 

Atsumu doesn’t remember the time he smacked the door into the teacher’s forehead when he tried to wink at you. You remember it though. 

o4. 

“it’s nice to meet you- formally, of course” you sound like sunshine and sea salt waves that crash into the shore and sticky watermelon juice down his chin and he knows that doesn’t make any sense at all but it just does. 

“yeah, likewise” he grins, “it’s really nice to meet ya”

o5.

you drink a lot of iced coffee, even in the winter. Don’t ask him why he knows that, he just does

o6. 

“so what kind of sport would ya want yer boyfriend to play?” Atsumu asks, all casual like but his palms are sweaty, sweaty, sweaty. 

“I dunno,” you watch him try to wipe his palms on his pants, “Swim? Baseball players are kinda cute too” 

“No volleyball?”

There is a light in your eyes that makes him think someone personally put a dying star in there when you were born.  

“No volleyball,” you confirm and his shoulders deflate but he’s Atsumu so he pretends to be cocky so you don’t notice

“but-“ you hide your grin behind your palms, “I think I can make an exception for a certain someone”

Atsumu’s shoulders straighten. 

o7. 

okay, so maybe Osamu is right, he does have a crush on you.

o8. 

You don’t have a license. When Atsumu asks why, you tell him driving is scary. 

“Scary?”

you nod, “terrifying”

“You should still learn how to drive” 

“yeah I know,” you lean against your palm while he plays footsies with you under the desk, “but that’s a problem for future me”

“I’ll drive ya around then” he blurts out before he realizes, “I’ll drive ya until you get yer license”

You grin, electrifying and exciting like lightning in a bottle, “I’ll hold you to it”

and hold him to it, you do

o9. 

“I have a game tomorrow”

You look up from the desk to stare into the camera where Atsumu was staring at you rather intensely. “Oh?” you lean a little closer to the camera, and he nods, confirming. 

You smile, soft and sweet like cotton candy and return your attention back to the game you were playing. 

“You ain’t gonna say good luck?” Atsumu pouts, feeling disappointment fill his veins and you set your phone down. 

“Why would I say good luck now when I can say it to you tomorrow at the gym?”

1o. 

Atsumu thinks you look pretty in red and gold and every color in between but the real kicker is when he not so subtly gave you his jersey and it reaches way past your fingertips. 

11. 

“You should go on a date with me,”

You raise your eyebrows but he can’t see it when you’re pressing him closer towards his knees to stretch, “Are you asking me on a date or are you suggesting we go to one?”

Atsumu lets out a small grunt when you press him a little further into the ground, “Yes”

You cannot hide your smile, thankful he’s too busy with his eyes screwed shut as you push more of your weight onto him. 

“Then I guess I should go on a date with you”

12. 

[Atsumu]: do u wanna get mcdonald’s

[you]: arent u on some volleyball diet or something

[Atsumu]: bitch im just tryna make up an excuse to see u, say yes already

[you]: no

[Atsumu]: >:(((

13. 

Please stop making Atsumu eat the red bean from your taiyaki, he’s beginning to grow sick of it

14.

Your first kiss was when you were 15 and you only remember the taste of mint gum and the nervous ball in your stomach. 

Your first kiss with Atsumu is ten -no, hundreds time better than when you kissed that random guy during a weird game of truth and dare in the lunchroom. 

He licks his lips, all cocky (but who would he be if he wasn’t) at your fucked-out expression.

“I’m that good, huh?”

“I’ll never kiss you again if you don’t wipe that stupid smirk off your face”

Of course, you’re lying but he listens to you anyways and lowers himself to gently press your plush lips against his, your hands reaching up to fist themselves in the front of his shirt. 

Your first kiss with Atsumu tastes like yakult and fireworks that explode behind your eyes. 

15. 

He counts the number of seconds it takes for you to finally give in to his not so subtle kisses, twenty-two, and they are twenty-two seconds too many. 

16. 

“Atsumu, we can’t! This is the locker room!”

“Relax babe”

“This is the fucking locker room, they’re gonna hear us!”

“Then I guess you’ll just have to be extra quiet, huh”

17. 

Atsumu glances at your intertwined hands before lifting them closer to his face and you watch him curiously. 

“You’ve painted your nails,” he says matter-of-factly and you nod, “Yeah, you don’t like them?”

“Nah, I think they’re cute. Your fave color?”

You nod and he lets both of your hands drop back down to his side. He doesn’t tell you that he hasn’t seen that color the same way ever again. 

18. 

Sometimes Atsumu lies because it’s a habit and other times he lies because he wants to but whenever you find out, it’s never a good time. You are ice and everything cold in between, freezing him out and he is a fire that burns anything he sees in his path, and some nights you think this might just be the end because boys are fucking stupid. 

But then you begin to thaw out and you miss the warmth of the fire and Atsumu realizes he might just burn himself in the process and wishes for the cold of your hands wrapped in his. 

“I’m sorry,” he says it during a time that is definitely not appropriate (the hallways when class is in session is not private, whatsoever) and he presses you closer into his chest, noses touching, “I’m sorry. I hate it when we fight and I know ya hate it when I lie. I’m tryin’, I swear”

“Yeah, I know”

“I’m sorry”

“Yeah, I know that too” 

“Forgive me?”

You cast a quick glance into the hallway, making sure you are free of prying student eyes and teachers on the hunt for kids cutting class before going up onto tiptoes - stupid volleyball players and their height - to kiss him gently.

“Yeah, you’re forgiven”

19. 

“Ya know,” Osamu begins and Atsumu’s pretty sure he knows what coming because he’s using that tone, “she’s too good for you”

“What’s that supposed to mean, shitty ‘Samu”

“It means,” Osamu doesn’t even glance up from the textbook he’s reading, “that ya better treat her better than you’ve treated yer other ones”

2o. 

“What would ya do if I said ‘I love you’?”

You pause, looking at him over the rim of your water bottle and it seems as though you’re taking a moment too long to respond because he’s dipping back into his defense mechanism, ready to take it back and turn it all into a joke. 

“What would you do if I say it back?”

He seems more surprised that you’re answering him, carding his fingers through his badly bleached hair, “I dunno”

You smile, pearly white teeth and rosy red cheeks that make his head dizzy as you cap your bottle, “then I guess you’ll just have to find out”

21.

He kisses you in front of Osamu sometimes, the one that steals your breath away and brings your eyes out of focus. Why?

Because Atsumu is petty

22. 

Atsumu snores when he sleeps and you’ve taken it upon yourself to push him out of the goddamn bed when he begins

Osamu sometimes wakes up and wonders why you’re both on the floor before going back to sleep. 

23. 

Sometimes, when Atsumu knows he’s fucked up, he’ll eat watermelon sour patch until his tongue goes numb and then keeps going because it’s his form of self-punishment for the hurt he causes you. 

Sometimes, when you fuck up, you eat pineapples until your tongue hurts and then force yourself to keep going because you’ll be damned if you don’t atone for how much he’s hurting in some way. 

24. 

He doesn’t leave until he gives you a kiss goodbye, hands in your hair. You think that if he never gives you one, he won’t ever leave. 

Once he left before he gave you one and you pouted until he came running back, desperately kissing every bare inch of your skin he could find because it just doesn’t feel right to leave without givin’ my girl a kiss

25. 

“I love ya”

“It took you four months after that conversation we had to say it?”

“Listen, a lot of things were happenin’ in my life”

“Yeah, yeah. I love you too though, always have”

Dudeeeeee I’ve had the most unproductive day. Didn’t go to school today bc I was feeling all weird this weekend and didn’t wanna Risk it. I’ve gotten literally zero hw done too. I don’t even have motivation to play videogames!! Fools. I havent showered in some time either, I am a dirty dirty man. Also thinking about gender got me fucked in the ass tbh!! But I know i will feel better tomorrow and it’ll sort itself out. it always does. So I don’t stress. Send me good gay vibes o mighty Tobin

-milk w/ honey anon

honestly i feel that, ive been SUPER unproductive lately. but thats ok, sometimes you gotta just exist. u dont gotta be making something to show for it all the time, right? just gotta exist and live. so thats ok :]

and fair, genders a bitch sometimes. im lucky because im super comfortable just saying fuck it and labelling myself as queer or gnc and presenting however the fuck i want but it isnt that easy for everyone so :') i wish you luck in your gender conquest

thats a good way to think about it :D i hope you feel better tomorrow !!! and i will do so o7

Nov 20 Dancitron Movie Night - Star Trek: “Unification I,” “Unification II,” & “Necessary Evil”

Swoop got kicked out before the show began. It was impressive.

Although Prowl enjoyed the episodes, he probably actually paid more attention to the dominos after the show. (A contributing factor to this may be the fact that he was busy holding a tiny Tarantulas in his hands when he was supposed to be focusing on the show.)

Today Swoop 7:47 pm ((Start the timer. Swoop WILL be kicked out by 9pm.)) ((If I have to have him bite Soundwave, I will XD)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:47 pm *Soundwave finishes moving the furniture in place and stretches across his usual couch, giving Swoop a wary head tilt before settling in.* Swoop 7:47 pm *scampers into the room wielding a staple gun* *as you do* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:48 pm [[Why do you have a staple gun.]] Ratchet 7:48 pm *who gave the child a staple gun* Swoop 7:48 pm Wheeljack : > ItsyBitsySpyers 7:48 pm [[Of course. Of course it was Wheeljack.]]

*Slow look at Ratchet. You're an Autobot. This is your fault somehow.* Swoop 7:48 pm *giggles* Yah! Ratchet 7:49 pm *has nothing to do with this and will almost definitely be having Words with Wheeljack* Swoop 7:49 pm *goes over to find out if you can staple goodies* Ratchet 7:49 pm Why did Wheeljack give you a staple gun. Swoop 7:49 pm Dunno! : > Ratchet 7:50 pm Oh. Good. Swoop 7:50 pm *one goodie stapled, the rest to go!* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:51 pm *Thinks about telling him not to staple goodies. Decides not to do it. Guests can look at their food before they pick it off the bar.* Swoop 7:51 pm *kthunk! kthunk! kthunk!* kehhehhhheheh Ratchet 7:51 pm *a little bit of staples in the tank never hurt anyone anyway* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:52 pm ((...who eats potato chips with ketchup)) Swoop 7:52 pm ((who puts smores in an oven? you light that shit on fire like a goddamn american)) Ratchet 7:52 pm [[ was that not salsa. like, very smooth not-chunky salsa ]] [[ but also, come to canada and eat ketchup flavoured potato chips. ]] Swoop 7:53 pm ((what the fuck is wrong with this woman)) ((who .... who does that.... who pours coke in their hair and then sunbathes?)) ((how fucking gross are you by the time you come inside?)) Soundwave Soundwave ItsyBitsySpyers 7:55 pm [[What.]] Swoop 7:55 pm Where Bird? : > ItsyBitsySpyers 7:55 pm [[Away for the evening.]] Swoop 7:55 pm : v : < Why? Ratchet 7:55 pm Where's *everyone*? Never used to be this quiet around here. ItsyBitsySpyers 7:56 pm [[He does not know where the usual guests are. Rumble and Frenzy are finishing their shift, Ravage is at the bar, and Zori is here.]] Tap tap neck. [[The others are busy or recharging.]] Swoop 7:56 pm Why Bird awayyy? ItsyBitsySpyers 7:57 pm [[Because we have things to do that involve working outside of the home.]] Swoop 7:57 pm But Me Swoop want to see Her Bird : < And show Her gun *waves the staple gun around* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:57 pm [[Put that down.]] Swoop 7:58 pm Why? Magnum Ace 7:58 pm ((so do I need to state that Magnum and Bull want to come or? ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm ((Aye, just have them buzz him here)) Swoop 7:59 pm Soundwave ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm [[Because you are going to staple something you shouldn't.]] Bevel 7:59 pm *arrives on time without starbucks* Swoop 7:59 pm YAH stapling fun kehhehh ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm [[Staple your own room.]] Swoop 7:59 pm Me Swoop live in cave Caves no good for stapling Cause rock ItsyBitsySpyers 8:00 pm [[Get a better stapler.]] Swoop 8:00 pm Me Swoop have THIS stapler *waves more* Ratchet 8:00 pm Don't encourage him, Soundwave. Swoop 8:00 pm Soundwave When Bird coming back? ((is that kinder egg full of fucking PINS?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm [[...You're right. You'll have to deal with him if he does get one. Swoop, don't get one.]] Magnum Ace 8:01 pm :: Hey, Soundwave? Can we come over? :: Swoop 8:01 pm Soundwave, Me Swoop want to play with Her Bird. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm [[She will not be here tonight, Swoop.]] Swoop 8:01 pm When here? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:02 pm [[Tomorrow.]]

*Perk? Is that the - ah, the Leaguers!*

[[Are all of you in the same place?]] Swoop 8:02 pm Tomooorrrooowwww? Magnum Ace 8:02 pm :: Hold on a moment :: Rosie 8:05 pm ((question what does my name show up as, bc Rabbit suddenly decided that being a guest wasn't good enough ItsyBitsySpyers 8:05 pm ((Bay)) Swoop 8:05 pm Soundwave Whirl 8:05 pm ((here ooc, not ic yet. I'll let y'all know when I am IC here)) Magnum Ace 8:05 pm :: Okay, we are in the same place now :: ItsyBitsySpyers 8:05 pm ((10 minute warning, maaaaaybe 15. gotta grab food. y'all be sure to do the same)) Swoop 8:05 pm Soundwave Soundwave Rosie 8:06 pm ((o7 I will get the fud ItsyBitsySpyers 8:06 pm *The Leaguers will find themselves faced with a bridge a little taller than themselves. Hopefully no humans are there to see.* Swoop 8:07 pm Soundwave Magnum Ace 8:07 pm -Magnum is the first one through- Hello Bevel 8:07 pm The magnets were funny. Swoop 8:07 pm Soundwave ItsyBitsySpyers 8:07 pm [[Greetings. Seat yourselves as you will. And hello, Bevel.]]

[[What, Swoop.]] Bull 8:07 pm *Bull Armor follows through after making sure no one else was around to see them leave* Swoop 8:07 pm You Soundwave tell Her Bird that Me Swoop want to play with Her tomorrow. Swoop 8:10 pm Soundwave Soundwave Soundwave, tell Her Bird about staple gun! *waves it around* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:11 pm [Yes?] Swoop 8:11 pm You tell Her Bird? Soundwave? Rosie 8:13 pm ((I doth return with gelato, a sugar cookie, and pretzels ItsyBitsySpyers 8:13 pm [Fine.] Swoop 8:13 pm You Soundwave tell Bird that Me Swoop miss Her! Rosie 8:13 pm ((also hopefully I show up as Rosie now Tarantulas 8:14 pm (( swoop ur almost as much a desperate mess for Bird as tarantulas is over prowl Tarantulas 8:14 pm (( also hello hi i have a headache but i will try to persevere, tarantulas is coming soon Swoop 8:14 pm ((they are very different types of messes but, considering I base Swoop's crushes on IDW's reaction to Grimlock and TFA's reaction to BlackArachnia... yeah he's a hot mess)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:14 pm *soundwave is caught up in something; he will be right back from the upstairs. ... and yet.* Swoop 8:15 pm : V Bevel 8:15 pm *he's still definitely here yep* Swoop 8:15 pm *THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE TELLING BIRD THAT HE MISSES HER, SOUNDWAVE* Magnum Ace 8:15 pm -and he's going to make an attempt at seating himself, and possibly help Bull up too- Swoop 8:15 pm *is going to staple the couches while he's unsupervised* *kthunk! kthunk! kthunk!* Rosie 8:15 pm *is also here* Swoop 8:15 pm *good luck getting THOSE pillows up* Ratchet 8:16 pm *all of these balloon tricks look completely useless* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:16 pm *All right. Now the mun has food - or, er, Soundwave went to tell Bird - and he can come back downstairs.* ((THREE MINUTE WARNING)) Rosie 8:16 pm *smol pink bot will slink over to the other.. strange, small bots* Swoop 8:16 pm *squeaks* SOUNDWAVE! Bevel 8:17 pm *soundwave you came back too soon for her to do anything fun boo* Bull 8:17 pm *Bull Armor follow Magnum to their seats.* Swoop 8:17 pm Soundwave. Soundwave! Magnum Ace 8:17 pm -And he's going to wave at the pink mech, when she's closer- Hello? Swoop 8:17 pm You tell Bird? You tell Her Bird what Me Swoop saying? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:18 pm [[Yes.]] Swoop 8:18 pm Okay! You Soundwave tell Her that Me Swoop love her : > Ratchet 8:18 pm Oooh. *chinhands* Rosie 8:18 pm Hello *smiles. Although perhaps not as enthusiastically as one might expect from her* *she's tired but wanted company* FakeProwl 8:19 pm *look what prowl showed up just in time for* *check out those dominos* Bevel 8:19 pm *well if she can't pretend to be Soundwave, she's gonna be a tank* Ratchet 8:19 pm *Ratchet is checking out those dominoes so hard, lisTEN TO THAT what a good sound* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:20 pm *Rumble trots downstairs at last and-- nope. Nope nope. He's heading right back up. Frenzy just snorts and takes a seat.* Swoop 8:20 pm ((omg these dominos feel so good but holy shit if you set that up and it didn't work, it'd be heartbreakting)) Soundwave Soundwave You tell Her Bird? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:20 pm [[He did. She acknowledged it.]] Swoop 8:20 pm Kay : > ((can bird roll her optics? this is a relevant question lol)) Bevel 8:21 pm *Frenzy will get a wave then if Rumble isn't showing up* Magnum Ace 8:21 pm What's your name? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:21 pm *Soundwave pings Prowl hello, nods to everyone who's shown up since, and loads up the proper video.*

((she cannot)) Bull 8:21 pm Hello Prowl. *Bull Armor greets the, now, familiar mech* FakeProwl 8:21 pm Are we watching domino videos tonight? *he can hope* Swoop 8:21 pm Soundwave Soundwave What Bird say? Us play? Tomorrow? : > ItsyBitsySpyers 8:22 pm [[We can watch them when we are finished with tonight's selection.]] He's in the mood to see them too. [[Yes. You two can play tomorrow.]] FakeProwl 8:22 pm Hel— You're back. *oh no. Where's Tarantulas? Looks around for Tarantulas.* I'm sorry, I thought we'd fixed— Do you need a ride home? Rosie 8:22 pm *pings Rumble. She's still not.. really in the mood, but that shouldn't stop you from coming to see the movie, too* Swoop 8:22 pm *chirps* Kay Magnum Ace 8:22 pm -oh! Prowl!- Oh, no, we asked to come this time. Hello, by the way Swoop 8:22 pm *giggles to himself* Whirl 8:22 pm *trots in, setting up at The Usual Table* FakeProwl 8:22 pm Oh—good. Swoop 8:22 pm *then staples a goodie to the nearest sofa* Bevel 8:23 pm Hey, Whirl! *yay she is not the only big bot at the table* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:23 pm ((WARNINGS.... i don't remember. i haven't seen these episodes in a while. and i forgot to watch them ahead of time because i forgot it was monday today. idk death and probably political stuff and things like that.)) Ratchet 8:23 pm *the most nonchalant of waves* Swoop 8:23 pm *he's gonna make a goodie smiley face on the sofa* *ART* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:23 pm *Rumble comes down again, but slowly, and as far around the back side to get to his seat as possible.* Swoop 8:23 pm *kthunk! kthunk! kthunk!* Rosie 8:23 pm *better* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:23 pm [[SWOOP.]] *BRIDGE* Swoop 8:24 pm Hi : > *BRIDGED* : V Bull 8:24 pm Top Joy managed to get some of GZ's nitro fuel and was literally bouncing off the walls. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:24 pm [[He JUST REPLACED that couch...]] ((netflix come on)) Magnum Ace 8:24 pm It is nice to see you again, and I apologize for lats Monday *last Swoop 8:24 pm ((new record! swoop beat netflix lol)) Whirl 8:24 pm I dunno, I think it's an improvement. Tell folks it's avant-garde art. Swoop 8:24 pm ((next week, spiderbot, next week the babydactyl comes for you)) Bevel 8:24 pm *gestures Rumble over to an empty seat by her, he can hide in her shadow* Bull 8:25 pm *while he could usually tolerate the hyper basketball leaguer; it was a bit muc today* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:25 pm *Rumble will absolutely hide there* Magnum Ace 8:25 pm ...Bull, is that why I didn't see Topjoy? Swoop 8:25 pm ((Everyone enjoy the staples swoop put in those goodies *fingerguns* )) Rosie 8:25 pm ((delicious)) Bull 8:26 pm Yeah... I tried to wrangle him with Jurota earlier but he can be very hard to catch. FakeProwl 8:26 pm ... *Goes to examine the damage to the couch.* Whirl 8:26 pm *and now that he's been Absolutely Unhelpful he'll look about, and spare a head bob for the bartender, the twins, and last, but not least--Shovel* Ratchet 8:26 pm [[ ..... 9 is on netflix now? ]] Magnum Ace 8:27 pm And getting Windy to help is out. FakeProwl 8:27 pm ((9 disappointed me tbh. i was super prepared to love it A Whole Lot and it was kind of just okay.)) Magnum Ace 8:27 pm He's...not very good at dealing with Topjoy Rosie 8:27 pm ((SAME prowl)) ((super same)) Whirl 8:27 pm ((i never saw it, myself)) Ratchet 8:28 pm [[ i... don't remember it very well..... i haven't seen it since the day it came out in theatres ]] [[ i do remember thinking the characters were cute. design-wise. ]] ItsyBitsySpyers 8:28 pm ((i'm sorry y'all please be patient while i try to whack rabbit into working)) Whirl 8:28 pm ((GOOD LUCK MY FRIEN)) Magnum Ace 8:28 pm ((have fun! FakeProwl 8:28 pm ((i saw it the first weekend or two it was out. honestly i don't remember the movie itself as much as i remember being let down by it.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:29 pm ((THERE WE GO)) Rosie 8:29 pm (( \o/ FakeProwl 8:29 pm *Hm. He creates a completely flat, completely black, completely square bit of holomatter, and uses it as a wedge to try to pry the treats off the couch.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:30 pm *Now that the mun can pay attention, the bartender and the twins will nod back to Whirl, with an restrained-enthusiasm wave from Rumble* *And ping Prowl his gratitude.* FakeProwl 8:30 pm *greeting/permission ping.* Whirl 8:31 pm *you'll get a waving claw back* FakeProwl 8:33 pm *Did he hear "Ambassador Spock"? Sits on the couch sideways so he can watch the screen while he pries at the treats.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:33 pm *Prowl did hear. Tonight's fare will be... interesting.* Rosie 8:33 pm *quietly busies herself trying to get comfortable. This is much harder when it is only herself* *no microns tonight* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:34 pm *Frenzy holds out a rust stick. She want any?* Whirl 8:34 pm Huh. He upgraded to a jacket. Rosie 8:34 pm *..she will take one. One can't hurt* Thank you ItsyBitsySpyers 8:35 pm [[It looks more appealing. Closer to armor layering.]] \\NO PROB. AIN'T -MY- FOOT SQUISHED NOTHIN'.\\ Rosie 8:36 pm *light frown. yes, she knows* Whirl 8:36 pm I like to keep it simple, myself. Obviously. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:36 pm [[As does he, for himself.]] \\I GOT MORE LAYERS'N A TARNIAN TORTE.\\ Whirl 8:37 pm MOST of the mecha from your dimension do. FakeProwl 8:37 pm *there. last treat pried up. ... although a couple might've gotten a little smooshed onto the couch.* Whirl 8:37 pm Lots of what you'd call "fiddly bits." ItsyBitsySpyers 8:38 pm \\HEH. I'M TALKIN' A *BUNCH*, MECH. MOST YA CAN'T EVEN SEE. BUT YEAH. KINDA COMMON, 'N ALL.\\ *Soundwave slithers a feeler over to the couch to inspect the work and flicks a bit of mooshed-in treat with a claw. He'll finish cleaning it later.* FakeProwl 8:39 pm *Picks out the staples and... hm. What does he do with...?* *... He'll set them back near the other treats, but not with them. Smooshed and stapled food shouldn't be wasted.* Bull 8:40 pm *watches curiously since he has not seen this show before* Ratchet 8:40 pm *boops over to take those smooshed and stapled treats* Magnum Ace 8:41 pm -it is an interesting show- Whirl 8:41 pm *he made it about fifteen minutes and now it's time to slink on over to the bar* Hey, Ravage. Got a proposition for ya. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:41 pm =Hm?= Ratchet 8:41 pm *he's certainly had worse. and the staples just add flavour.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:41 pm *At least SOMEONE'S willing to eat them.* Whirl 8:42 pm @R: So. How d'you feel about non-cybernetic aliens? Cos I've got one that I can spare about... half of. Or some legs. Whichever you like. Ratchet 8:42 pm *also he feels somewhat responsible for the state they're in* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:42 pm *Soundwave shakes his helm. He will terminate himself before he allows his memory to deteriorate so.* @W: =...Live? Dead?= Whirl 8:42 pm @R: Dead. The former owner of the ship that hit me the other day. FakeProwl 8:43 pm *Well, if Ratchet wants them, problem solved.* *Goes to sit next to Soundwave.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:43 pm ((RABBIT CAN YOU PLEASE.)) Whirl 8:43 pm ((RBABIT)) Rosie 8:43 pm ((RIP ItsyBitsySpyers 8:43 pm *Soundwave gently knee nudges.*

[[Thank you.]] Magnum Ace 8:43 pm ((RABBIT NO Rosie 8:43 pm ((I enjoy the frame it stuck on tho ItsyBitsySpyers 8:44 pm @W: =...What purpose?= Whirl 8:44 pm @R: Dinner purposes. FakeProwl 8:44 pm *Knee nudges back. You're welcome.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:45 pm ((oh ffs... )) Tarantulas 8:46 pm *tarantulas is wary of swoop from last time, reasonably so, so he's appearing in hand-sized spider form. warning pings to soundwave and prowl before he descends from the ceiling and attempts to find a place to settle on or near them* Ratchet 8:46 pm *munches smooshed and stapled treats whilst retreating to the emptiest and most out of the way corner that's still got a view* FakeProwl 8:47 pm *... What if Prowl catches him while he's descending.* Tarantulas 8:47 pm *surprised wiggles, but sure!* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:48 pm *Ravage looks over at Prowl and Soundwave before flexing his paws and digging into the counter slightly with his claws....*

@W: =I experiment. Send soon.= Bevel 8:48 pm *pulls staples methodically out of the treats she's gotten and makes a pile of them on the table* FakeProwl 8:49 pm *Good. He's going to hold Tarantulas.* Whirl 8:49 pm *salutes* @R: You got it! I'm guessing that there are going to be a LOT of dead aliens over the next few... uh. *pause* Foreseeable future, honestly. Want dibs? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:49 pm @W: =Slowly. Many optics.=

*Soundwave looks up at Prowl's hands. What...?* Tarantulas 8:49 pm *smol happy spider, that's what* Whirl 8:50 pm *nods; gotcha. Honestly keeping this on the down-low just makes it more fun* So, can you hit me with a gaugebuster? Feels like it's been forever since I tasted anything. Magnum Ace 8:50 pm -is tempted to try one, but remembers last time- ItsyBitsySpyers 8:50 pm ((ENHANCE)) =Two, eh? Yes.= *Soundwave won't stop them if they want to. It's their choice.* FakeProwl 8:51 pm *Gonna just. Surreptitiously hold Tarantulas in his hands in his lap. Secret spider.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:52 pm *Looks down at the lap hands. Up to face. Down. ... Oh, he can guess.*

@T: (txt): Greetings. Whirl 8:52 pm That'd be just prime. FakeProwl 8:52 pm *... Tries to hook his thumb under a pedipalp.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:53 pm =...No Primes.= *Sliiiiide cubes.* Tarantulas 8:53 pm *tarantulas is busy for a while playing around with prowl's fingers then, but eventually he'll remember to get back to sw* Whirl 8:53 pm *catches em and raises the first one at Ravage* I'll toast to THAT, mech. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm *Ravage chuckles and taps a claw against the cube. Toast met.* Bevel 8:54 pm Good toast. Whirl 8:55 pm *raises one cube to Bevel as he makes his way back to his table* Hell yeah, it is! FakeProwl 8:55 pm *Prowl's fingers play back with Tarantulas. It's nicer than he expected to be able to feel such tiny details.* Bevel 8:55 pm *has no cube but she'll raise a handful of energon treats* Whirl 8:55 pm *an acceptable substitute* Tarantulas 8:57 pm *prowl can probably feel the tiny claws on the tips of the legs too. you're welcome, heh* Bevel 8:57 pm The bed has lights. Cool. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:57 pm //Looks kinda comfy.// FakeProwl 8:58 pm *He can. It's impressive.* Whirl 8:58 pm Too close to the wall, if you ask me. I like a nice free-standing bed. Tarantulas 8:58 pm *ah, yes, soundwave gets another greeting ping back, as well. tarantulas seems to be a spider of few words today* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm //What's wrong wit' walls?// Bevel 8:59 pm Like a bed in the middle of the room? Whirl 8:59 pm Just a little inconvenient if you roll over. *taps his cockpit wryly* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm //...Ohhhhhh, heh.// ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm *So Tarantulas IS here. Very well.* Whirl 9:00 pm And yeah, Shovel. or just with the head part against the wall. Bevel 9:00 pm *giggles* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:00 pm *Soundwave 'laughs'.* Whirl 9:00 pm *snorts* I need to find me one of those. A scrapper. *points at the screen* FakeProwl 9:01 pm *sideways glance at Soundwave.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:01 pm @Prowl: [[Will that work on you?]] Whirl 9:01 pm ...*and he just endeared himself to Whirl with that eel story* FakeProwl 9:01 pm @Soundwave «Will what?» Ratchet 9:02 pm *yawns* *time for him to head back to the Ark. he'll just slip out the back, then.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:03 pm @Prowl: [[The alien. He said the humans were hoping the presence of someone attractive would make him more likely to assist them. He said they were probably right.]]

*Small gesture to Prowl's hands with the feeler end.* *Soundwave nods to Ratchet on the way out. Rest well, boxy bot.* //Heh. The shelf.// ItsyBitsySpyers 9:05 pm *Ravage mutters something about "being in a room with Chimera".* Bevel 9:05 pm Does this happen to you, Soundwave? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:05 pm [[Not often.]] Pause. [[Usually he is the one standing there.]] FakeProwl 9:06 pm @Soundwave «... The traits which I find attractive positively correlate with the traits which are possessed by the sort of people I tend to find it logical to assist.» Whirl 9:06 pm *snickers and hunkers down over his drink like a horrible gargoyle, and gets enjoying that paint-stripping bouquet* Bevel 9:06 pm *so yes it does happen ha* FakeProwl 9:07 pm *Glances down at his hands, then back at Soundwave.* «I can't say I'm doing much to assist him right now.» *On the contrary, he's making it rather difficult for Tarantulas to see the show.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:07 pm @Prowl: [[He meant, would Tarantulas' presence convince you to share data with him. It was... a flirtatious joke.]] @Prowl: [[But noted.]] Tarantulas 9:08 pm *tarantulas doesn't mind not seeing, he's mostly here for the company anyhow* FakeProwl 9:08 pm @Soundwave «Ah.» @Soundwave «... I'm not certain why you think Tarantulas's presence is necessary for that.» *Smooth recovery.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:09 pm *Soft huff and tiny bobble. Very smooth. Well done.* Bevel 9:12 pm *makes a face at the licking line ew gross* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:12 pm [[He prefers the appearance of Cardassian architecture.]] Rosie 9:13 pm *all of the huge shoulder pads remind her of the boxy verse mechs. So angular* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:13 pm *She should meet an Ultra Magnus some time.* Rosie 9:14 pm *terrifying* Whirl 9:14 pm Suspicious lot. Rosie 9:14 pm ((monoformer smol vs HUGE BOT. rip)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:15 pm [[Very. They had no one more skilled for this work?]] Whirl 9:15 pm Apparently not. *snorts* Still, I guess as far as picking a spy goes, y'could do worse. *like yours truly, for instance* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm //So he DID skip sides? For real?// Whirl 9:17 pm Guess so. Unless he's a double agent, or something. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:18 pm ((screw it i'll just use dailymotions)) ((gimme a sec to find)) Rosie 9:19 pm ((o7 FakeProwl 9:19 pm We saw a whole episode about how he'd never switch sides, including to the Romulans. Whirl 9:20 pm I mean, I'm pretty sure we're going to find out that this whole situation isn't, y'know--something you can take at face value in part 2, if I'm any judge of how these things go. But I dunno--tv shows can surprise you. Bevel 9:21 pm Maybe he is a double agent then? Magnum Ace 9:22 pm ...? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:22 pm ((it's mirrored but what can you do)) Rosie 9:23 pm ((close enough)) FakeProwl 9:23 pm *... something's wrong with the image and it's Alarming prowl.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:25 pm [[He hopes you are both right.]] [[All three of you, pardon.]] FakeProwl 9:25 pm *... THE PICTURE IS BACKWARDS that's what's bothering prowl. everyone was standing on the wrong side.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:28 pm [[We should see those events some time. He has heard that Spock solves murders.]] FakeProwl 9:28 pm Does he? Once, or on a regular basis? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:29 pm [[On at least that occasion. There may be others. There may not.]] Magnum Ace 9:29 pm ...... -it really is all backwards- Bevel 9:30 pm Oh the words are backwards. *hasn't noticed until just now* FakeProwl 9:31 pm Everything is backwards. *And it's going to give Prowl a headache, mentally trying to picture them the other way around.* Whirl 9:31 pm Hmm. *starts to twist his neck, trying to turn his head upside-down* *he's actually getting close, it's quite the sight* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:32 pm [[Yes, it is. He will attempt to repair the signal before the third.]] Bevel 9:32 pm Oh. *wonders if she could change her eyes to make the image look right... doesn't know enough about how optics work to do this* Magnum Ace 9:32 pm -Whirl's neck bending trick is alarming, and this is going to give him a headache- ItsyBitsySpyers 9:32 pm [[...Whirl, is your neck...?]] FakeProwl 9:33 pm *What's this fuss over Whirl's neck? Glances over.* Whirl 9:33 pm Hm? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:33 pm [[Have you lost function in the support structure...?]] FakeProwl 9:33 pm *... Whirl's neck looks the way Prowl's brain feels.* Whirl 9:33 pm

((whirl rn)) ((only without the scritches)) Rosie 9:34 pm ((...I want to say "we could add some scritches" but uh. think somoene might lose a hand)) Whirl 9:34 pm Nope. Why would you say that? *attempts the most innocent expression possible. It looks exactly like all of his other expressions* Magnum Ace 9:34 pm How...? Whirl 9:35 pm ((PFFT. At least one person in the room is allowed but for the vast majority yep)) How what? Magnum Ace 9:35 pm -he is alarmed by this- Your neck Whirl 9:36 pm Damn! You got it in one! I do, in fact, have a neck. Sharp little guy. ...anyway the picture's backwards. Magnum Ace 9:36 pm No, I mean...well, yes, I see that, but how are you doing that to your neck ? Whirl 9:36 pm I'm very flexible. And I've got a long neck. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm *Soundwave's feeler wiggles. A pleasing form of negotiations.* FakeProwl 9:37 pm *... Watches the wiggles* Magnum Ace 9:38 pm -it still looks alarming and uncomfortable- Whirl 9:38 pm *whirl has discovered a flaw in his cunning plan. It's difficult to drink this way. He had to toss his head back to swallow* *DILEMMA* Rosie 9:39 pm *Don't choke* FakeProwl 9:40 pm *... Not sure he trusts that guy. It's too convenient.* Bevel 9:40 pm *just transform your intake so you can drink like that* FakeProwl 9:40 pm ... It's Proteus's Promise. Whirl 9:41 pm *optic narrows to a slit* Bevel 9:41 pm What promise? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:41 pm *He's a proconsul. A politician. Of course there should be a healthy feeling of distrust to everyth--*

[[Proteus's Promise. Proteus's Promise...]] Think. [[The Senator with the Decepticon list?]] Tarantulas 9:41 pm *tara's still just chillin in prowl's hands, now cleaning his tarsi, cute spood* FakeProwl 9:42 pm He's trying to expose the dissenters by pretending to support them. Whirl 9:42 pm He was a slimy little glitch of a politician. Dead, last I heard. *he rights his head at last to regard Prowl* He DID die, right? FakeProwl 9:42 pm Yes. With the Senate in Kaon. I haven't crossed paths with a live one yet. Bevel 9:43 pm Why would he do that? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:43 pm [[Then may this proconsul suffer for his deceit.]] Whirl 9:43 pm I mean, all things considered... it's possible. Won't be live for long, if he crosses paths with ME. Because the Senate was LIKE that. Anything and everything they could do to stay on top, and they made sure to screw over every person they possibly COULD on the way. Magnum Ace 9:44 pm . . . Bevel 9:44 pm Oh, he was that kind of jerk. Whirl 9:44 pm They all were. Bevel 9:45 pm All senators? Magnum Ace 9:45 pm -well all of that Senate history sounds horrible- Whirl 9:45 pm All of ours, at least. If there WERE any who weren't rotten to the core they were probably taken care of. Bevel 9:45 pm *this is amazing* Aw I wanted to listen to the rest of that. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:46 pm [[You may do so on your own time.]] Bevel 9:46 pm *she will* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm \\HEH HEH.\\ Windchill 9:47 pm *Appears, still covered in nearly obscene bite marks, and waddles in.* Magnum Ace 9:48 pm -WELL those are some negotiations he'd rather not deal with- Whirl 9:49 pm *bobs his head; Whirl's table is just him and his drinks tonight* Windchill 9:49 pm *You have no defenses this time, friend.* FakeProwl 9:49 pm ... 1400... When did Spock say he was going to meet with them? Whirl 9:49 pm *he accepts his fate* Windchill 9:50 pm *Good, 'cause he's waddling over like a curvaceous penguin.* FakeProwl 9:50 pm *Hah.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:50 pm *Nods. Clever Prowl.* Bevel 9:51 pm *Bevel's been sitting at Whirl's table for weeks of movie nights and would be very confused about Whirl thinking he's alone at the table with his drink* Windchill 9:51 pm *SQUAWKS a greeting to the room at large, and sits next to Whirl because...of course he does.* Whirl 9:51 pm Who used YOU as a chew toy? Windchill 9:51 pm *Blinks, looks down.* Swoop. Bevel 9:51 pm *did she accidentally blend into the wall?* Whirl 9:52 pm *oh whoops sorry. In that case Bevel and the twins are there to protect him* Bevel 9:52 pm *oh yes Rumble is still hiding in her shadow maybe?* Whirl 9:53 pm *goodness only knows where they are arranged, though* Did you meet him outside? He got bridged out. Windchill 9:53 pm *Double whoops she has to put up with Chill in her immediate vicinity now.* Whirl 9:53 pm He was stapling food to a couch. Like you do. Windchill 9:53 pm Eh? Rosie 9:53 pm *he doesn't really have to hide anymore. Rosie's all but passed out, half curled up* Windchill 9:53 pm No, I didn't see him. Rosie 9:53 pm *spying plots don't interest her. too close to home* Windchill 9:54 pm *Doesn't mean he's not there, but nobody said Chill DIDN'T simply appear in the doorway, beyond the realm of Swoop.* Whirl 9:54 pm ((nobody in the meeting's commenting on the fact that Romulan Tasha Yar is briefing them)) ((also brb)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:54 pm ((it always makes me laugh they reused her)) Bevel 9:55 pm ((they dealt with it in a previous episode and i love the convoluted backstory ItsyBitsySpyers 9:55 pm *By contrast, Soundwave loves spy plots.* Magnum Ace 9:55 pm -he'd poke at the pink mech nearby, but he doesn't know her- FakeProwl 9:56 pm *... Okay, he's played with the spide long enough. He sets Tarantulas on his chest.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:57 pm [[Clever.]] Windchill 9:57 pm Their shoulders are ridiculous. Bevel 9:57 pm Ha! Tarantulas 9:58 pm *tptptp, spider gets settled on prowl's bumper. what a good place to be, heh* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:59 pm *Soundwave nods to the spider. Good to see you out and about, as it were.* Whirl 9:59 pm *eyes Windchill sidelong, decides just not to ask, and tosses back his drink with a vengeance. He's still a little fired up* Windchill 9:59 pm *There's a dildo in the flower pot?* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:59 pm ((OH GOOD someone else thought so too)) Windchill 9:59 pm (( Ur welcome. )) FakeProwl 10:00 pm @Soundwave «I have concerns that, sooner or later, the same sort of tricks will be used with holomatter avatars. It's not hard to make holograms that look like other people.» ItsyBitsySpyers 10:00 pm @Prowl: [[Then it is good that you know a highly skilled telepath.]] Windchill 10:00 pm *Rubs at his bite marks self-consciously for a half second. He's spent exactly no time cleaning them up.* FakeProwl 10:01 pm @Soundwave «I suppose it is. You can't read the minds of prerecorded transmissions, though.» Bevel 10:01 pm *a little stunned at that conclusion there with the destruction of the invasion force* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:02 pm @Prowl: [[No. But perhaps he can find some other way to tell. He possesses the code now.]] Windchill 10:02 pm What. FakeProwl 10:02 pm ((git it, picard)) Whirl 10:02 pm Some kind of... mind link. Like. Y'know. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:03 pm ((all right lemme see if i can get the last one functioning or if i need to switch plans)) Windchill 10:03 pm I try to not know. Magnum Ace 10:03 pm ...and that's done Windchill 10:03 pm *LIES.* Magnum Ace 10:03 pm -rubs at eyes, ow- Whirl 10:04 pm Then you can go on not-knowing. *snorts* FakeProwl 10:04 pm @Soundwave «I'm sure there will ultimately be plenty of ways to see. But what damage could be wrought before those ways are found.» Windchill 10:04 pm Ignorance is bliss, they say. Bevel 10:04 pm *flicks a staple across the table at Frenzy* Rosie 10:06 pm ((netflix just isn't being very nice today, is it ItsyBitsySpyers 10:06 pm ((really isn't.)) @Prowl: [[A minimum of it, he hopes. There is enough trouble. Do you wish to make this a project?]] Windchill 10:08 pm Why does she have a...a Christmas ornament hanging off of her ear? Whirl 10:08 pm If I had to guess, I'd say, fashion. *moves on to drink number two* Windchill 10:09 pm Why does her nose look like an ootheca? Magnum Ace 10:09 pm Humans trying to visualize aliens FakeProwl 10:09 pm *... Project. A wave of exhaustion passes over him.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:09 pm *Slight shudder. Cockroaches.* Bevel 10:09 pm ((really glad i didn't google that Whirl 10:09 pm I don't even know what that is. And I probably don't wanna. ((it's a generic term for an egg case!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:10 pm [[Earth vermin reproduction vessels.]] Bevel 10:10 pm Gross! Windchill 10:10 pm *He was thinking mantids but okay.* Not that gross... ItsyBitsySpyers 10:10 pm [[She is an alien. That is why.]] Windchill 10:10 pm It's just an egg sac. ... Maybe her nose is an egg sac? Bevel 10:11 pm Bug alien. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:11 pm @Prowl: [[...You need not be involved, if you are busy. He has little to do now that Iacon is being properly monitored.]] Tarantulas 10:11 pm *is blissfully aware of this chatter, thankfully* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:11 pm [[He likes this human.]] Windchill 10:12 pm Doesn't really look like a bug, but what do I know? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm [[Or... shape-shifter.]] Windchill 10:13 pm Clever with his hands, he says. Bevel 10:13 pm Shapeshifter! Windchill 10:13 pm *Windchill stop right there criminal scum.* Whirl 10:13 pm Oh hey. Like you. *nods to Bevel* Bevel 10:13 pm *grins* Windchill 10:14 pm Neat. Mini-explosions. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:14 pm \\I NEED LIKE FIFTY BOTTLES 'N NOBODY ASKIN' WHY.\\ Bevel 10:14 pm Some kind of acid? Whirl 10:15 pm (9IS THAT....)() ((oh, seems not, nvm)) Windchill 10:16 pm *Raises a single eyebrow, as opposed to all of them.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:16 pm *He'll take that as a "no" and return to observing the shapeshifter* Windchill 10:17 pm Excuuuuuse me? Whirl 10:17 pm *SNRK* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:18 pm [[The Ferengi have unusual social rules.]] Windchill 10:18 pm I'm judging. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:18 pm [[Feel free. He does.]] Whirl 10:19 pm *perks up* Oh--okay. Rumble, Frenzy--it's not a SURE THING yet but I might be picking up Killer from you guys soon. Windchill 10:19 pm *GASPS.* Whirl 10:19 pm Hopefully before it releases ANOTHER brood. I still dunno what you guys did. Bevel 10:19 pm Flashback! Windchill 10:19 pm *Hand over spark.* I love Killer. What a barnacle. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:20 pm //We ain't done NOTHIN' 'n don't you dare talk about that again. 'S what happened last time.// FakeProwl 10:20 pm *Overly suspicious officer. He's decided he knows the crime that's been committed before an investigation. Prowl disapproves.* Whirl 10:21 pm Killer's the BEST barnacle. And, what, afraid I'll jinx it? *cheeky look* Maybe Cybertron's ecosystem could use a little jumpstart. Windchill 10:21 pm Whirl. That would be...IRRESPONSIBLE. Whirl 10:21 pm Windchill. Windchill 10:21 pm And Awesome. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:21 pm //Them space slugs're already poppin' up with barnacles on 'em. Think it's jumpstarted, heh.// Whirl 10:22 pm No kidding? Nice! *drapes a claw over his spark* It's nice to see my little guy's legacy living on. Windchill 10:22 pm Space slugs? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:23 pm \\YEAH, ALL GROSS 'N CRUSTY.\\

//Uh, like. Scrap-eaters. Biiiiig wrigglin' things with guns. Real fun for ridin', if they letcha.// FakeProwl 10:23 pm *... That's one way to get drafted into law enforcement.* Windchill 10:23 pm Another egg-sac nose person. Yeah. I've never seen one myself. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:23 pm //Mostly they ain't over here cause it's cleaned up good.// Windchill 10:24 pm *Snorts.* Whirl 10:24 pm And there's here? On my Cybertron? ... well. Not MY Cybertron, God only knows where that one is, but the Cybertron I'm sort-of... well I'm not living there, either. ...you know the one. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:24 pm //I get whatcha mean.// ItsyBitsySpyers 10:25 pm [[What a terrible liar.]] Whirl 10:25 pm But yeah. They're on that one? Windchill 10:25 pm I can at least fake some crying first. FakeProwl 10:26 pm He is an observer, but very poor at applying meanings to his observations. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm //Dunno 'bout that one. Ain't seen none there, but mostly they're real shy. We got 'em here, like, other areas 'n stuff. Jus' here with all the buildin's is too nice.// ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm [[In fairness, that was his past. Perhaps he was new to being humanoid.]] Whirl 10:27 pm Never been able to do that "crying" thing. Not even when I had REAL eyes. *shrugs* FakeProwl 10:27 pm He still does it, and the narration says this is five years later. Windchill 10:27 pm You're missing out, mech. Crying's tons of fun. I do it all the time. I can do it right now and prove it. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:27 pm ((OH LOOK THE THING I CAN'T DO)) FakeProwl 10:27 pm He was all but ready to convict this mech of murder based on circumstantial evidence, without an investigation. Whirl 10:27 pm Well there's no way in hell I'd be able to do it NOW. Windchill 10:28 pm That's okay. Whirl 10:28 pm And, huh... well. I guess it's just Killer's progeny out there, for now. Windchill 10:28 pm I, *he rests his hand on his chest again,* will cry for you. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:29 pm [[You do have a point.]] Whirl 10:29 pm Thank you, Windchill. And your special eyes. Windchill 10:29 pm What are friends for? *Blinks his special eyes.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[...Though the Ferengi are organic creatures, not mechs.]] Windchill 10:30 pm *Snorts.* FakeProwl 10:30 pm ......... You know what I meant. Windchill 10:31 pm I wanna see eggs explode out of her nose. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:31 pm *He does, but he was wondering if that was a slip there. If it was, sounds like Prowl's not gonna be cooperative, and if it wasn't, then no need to poke at it.* [[No nose eggs. Please.]] He's imagining a hum-- a Bajoran face spewing cockroaches. It's vile. FakeProwl 10:31 pm *A slip of what?* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:32 pm *Certainly not paper.* *Or latinum.* Whirl 10:32 pm You and your eggs, Windchill. Windchill 10:32 pm ME and MY eggs? *Crosses his arms in a huff.* I don't know what you mean. Whirl 10:32 pm It's always about the eggs with you. Windchill 10:33 pm Is not... FakeProwl 10:33 pm *Prowl's used to using "mechs" to mean "people." It's sometimes easy to forget that doesn't apply to organics.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:34 pm *Makes sense.* Windchill 10:35 pm Uhuh. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:36 pm *A full autopsy, you say.* FakeProwl 10:37 pm *NOW he's starting to sound like a proper investigator.* Tarantulas 10:37 pm *tarantulas tptptps at prowl's metal* ::...This has been pleasant, very much so - but I ought to be going.:: ItsyBitsySpyers 10:37 pm *Ravage laughs loudly from the bar* *Then quietly curls his tail around his mouth. Ahem.* Bevel 10:38 pm *giggles* Whirl 10:38 pm *snickers* Bevel 10:39 pm Ew. Windchill 10:39 pm *Gagging noise.* FakeProwl 10:39 pm @Tarantulas «Very well.» Windchill 10:39 pm Oopsie. Someone had a poopsie. FakeProwl 10:39 pm @Tarantulas «I'll see you later.» Windchill 10:40 pm *Just blinks.* Magnum Ace 10:42 pm -uhoh- Windchill 10:42 pm Baby bugs could crawl out of his nose at any moment. Imagine. Whirl 10:42 pm *and now his drinks are done; just hunkers down contentedly, letting his head clunk down on the table* Tarantulas 10:42 pm @Prowl: ::Most certainly.:: *little taps goodbye, then tarantulas uses a pedipalp to draw a spark on prowl's armor before he heads out* Windchill 10:43 pm *Turns to look sidelong at the clunk sound.* Bevel 10:43 pm Are you ok, Whirl? Windchill 10:43 pm Whirl's dead, guys. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:43 pm =Dibs.= Windchill 10:43 pm Drunk himself to death. Hey! Bevel 10:43 pm *laughs* Whirl 10:43 pm Ravage does legitimately have dibs on my corpse. And yes, I died. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:43 pm =See.= Windchill 10:43 pm I thought we were friends. I thought you liked me. Whirl 10:43 pm Ehh. *makes a so-so motion with his claw* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:43 pm [[And yet Whirl speaks. Rotor mortis, perhaps.]] Whirl 10:43 pm *SNRKS* Bevel 10:44 pm *nudges Whirl's chair a centimeter closer to Ravage with her foot for her own amusement* Windchill 10:44 pm Fine. *Turns up his flat face.* Whirl 10:44 pm But, nah, I just already said Ravage could eat me. And just throw the rest of me in the trash or something. Windchill 10:44 pm *Too late, he's gonna hold that pose.* Whirl 10:46 pm And 'm fine. Just tired. FakeProwl 10:46 pm *... A hard choice to make. But the correct one.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm *...Smothering Quark?* Whirl 10:46 pm (9ROM UR SCREAM)) Windchill 10:46 pm It's from partying too hard, Whirl. You need to calm down. FakeProwl 10:46 pm ... He's a living siren. Whirl 10:47 pm Obviously. Magnum Ace 10:47 pm Yeah Tarantulas 10:47 pm *pings both prowl and sw goodbye, and he's off* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:47 pm \\FLESHIE AFTER MY OWN SPARK.\\ Windchill 10:47 pm *Reaches over to pat-pat Whirl's head.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:47 pm *Soundwave pings Tarantulas goodnight* Whirl 10:47 pm Pfft! I'll bet. FakeProwl 10:47 pm *farewell ping* Whirl 10:47 pm *jerks a little, and giving him a look... but allows it* Windchill 10:48 pm *See, if you were 'eh' friends you wouldn't allow this. He's convinced.* Whirl 10:49 pm *well of COURSE you're better than an "eh" friend. Whirl's just an ass* Windchill 10:49 pm *He knows.* Windchill 10:50 pm I'm waiting for the bug boogers, lady. Whirl 10:51 pm Denied. Magnum Ace 10:51 pm ...... Windchill 10:51 pm *Returns his hand to his lap and stops pestering Whirl...For the moment.* Bevel 10:51 pm Poor Kira and Odo 😞 Windchill 10:51 pm How dare they not show me the boogers. I want a refund! Whirl 10:51 pm *stretches out his neck a little and does not lift it off the table. He's comfortable now* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[You didn't pay anything.]] Windchill 10:52 pm I want my time back! ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm [[Ask an outlier with that ability.]] Windchill 10:52 pm Why, do you know one? Whirl 10:52 pm Hey, you got to spend the time with me. And with my guests. *gestures grandly to the rest of the table* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm [[No. But if it's so important to you, he's sure you'll find one.]] Whirl 10:52 pm That's better than bug boogers. Windchill 10:52 pm Bah! Maybe. I will accept it, this time. *As if Windchill could find anything, please.* Bevel 10:53 pm *flicks a staple across the table at Whirl* Whirl 10:54 pm *swivels his helm to regard her, deadpan, after it bounces off his head* You need something, Shovel? FakeProwl 10:54 pm *dominos!* Bevel 10:54 pm Nope! *smirks* FakeProwl 10:54 pm *good. please. get the awful taste of trying to decide how much to trust lying criminals out of prowl's mouth.* Magnum Ace 10:54 pm -time for sleep! He and Bull need to be home now- Bevel 10:54 pm Ooh dominoes. Whirl 10:55 pm Dominos? *now he raises his head a bit* Bevel 10:55 pm Can we watch a Rube Goldberg machine too? Windchill 10:56 pm *Crosses his legs and steeples his fingers.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:56 pm [[Yes. As soon as he finds the ones he saw before.]]

*Ace and Bull will have a bridge as soon as they ask.* Bevel 10:57 pm Awesome. Windchill 10:57 pm You mean...we have to wait patiently? Whirl 10:59 pm *sits up and streeetches* Something I'm sure you're good at. Windchill 10:59 pm NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST. *More blatant lies.* *Points imperiously at Whirl.* Do something embarrassing. Entertain me. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:00 pm ((....welp the ones i liked best appear to have disappeared so we'll just throw random ones up and see what's good i guess)) Windchill 11:00 pm (( Curse you youtube, you fickle thing. )) Whirl 11:01 pm Sorry, I have far too much aplomb to embarrass anyone, even myself. Windchill 11:01 pm Fine. I'll do it for you. *Stands up.* Whirl 11:01 pm Somehow, I knew you would. Windchill 11:01 pm I hardly need an invitation. I'll invite myself. Whirl 11:01 pm *gives a deadpan look to Bevel and the twins. It seems to say, 'this is my life. these are the people I've chosen to befriend"* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:02 pm *Frenzy holds his hands up. You made that bed, you sleep in it.* Windchill 11:02 pm *Puts his knuckles on his chassis; the dreaded chicken wings.* Bevel 11:02 pm *flicks another staple at him, she can't help you here* Windchill 11:02 pm Buh! Buh-cuk! Whirl 11:02 pm ...*stops and stares in fascination at the screen* Windchill 11:03 pm *Starts slowly walking around the seated group in a bowlegged fashion.* Bawk! Bevel 11:03 pm *gives up on staples to watch the video* Whirl 11:03 pm *sorry Windchill, Whril is utterly engrossed. Zooping and all* Windchill 11:04 pm *Flaps his elbows. Being annoying is way more entertaining to him than dominoes are.* *He has priorities.* FakeProwl 11:04 pm *HFF* *dominos made out of dominos* Whirl 11:04 pm *this is one incredibly complicated and dynamic machine, can you blame him* Magnum Ace 11:04 pm -he'll ask once he's not distracted- Windchill 11:05 pm *Windchill is an incredibly complicated and dynamic machine, you rube!* *You country bumpkin!* Buk. *Step.* Buk. *Step.* Buk. Whirl 11:06 pm Shh, shh. *waves a claw absently* Windchill 11:06 pm Buk, buk, buckaw! *Has made his way behind the group.* Bevel 11:07 pm Awesome! Whirl 11:07 pm That little clicking noise they make is incredibly gratifying. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:07 pm [[It's soothing.]] Bevel 11:07 pm Yeah. *there's like little Rube Goldberg machines in here and she loves them* Whirl 11:09 pm *Whirl does, too. There's a tiny part of him that he likes to pretend doesn't exist anymore, and complicated mechanisms working in tandem like this tend to bring it out. It is... his inner... NERD* *I'm sorry all of you had to see this* Bevel 11:09 pm *nerd alert* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:10 pm *Blatant nerds and secret nerds abound in this room. It's okay.* Windchill 11:10 pm *Flaps his arms ominously.* Bevel 11:10 pm *blatant nerd, she is bouncing with anticipation* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:10 pm *Speaking of: Soundwave pings Prowl a shot of the bags and bags and bags of dominoes in the shed. They're still waiting for that calculator~* Whirl 11:11 pm *luckily it's very subtle; Whirl can just watch this without giving himself away* Magnum Ace 11:11 pm -and he's watching in fascination- ItsyBitsySpyers 11:11 pm //Heh, they even got sports in.// Whirl 11:11 pm *snrk* Magnum Ace 11:11 pm They did! Rosie 11:11 pm ((Eject muse is very !! rn. shoulda brought him Windchill 11:13 pm Buk, buk. *Wanders and hovers around behind Whirl's chair, waiting. Waiting for the opportune moment to strike.* Buk. Whirl 11:13 pm *he's utterly engrossed and defenseless. But also clearly enjoying himself* Windchill 11:14 pm *Defenseless isn't as fun.* Whirl 11:14 pm *be GOOD* Windchill 11:14 pm *NO.* *HE CAN ONLY BE BAD.* Whirl 11:14 pm The timing on all of this--each part... it's like. *waves a claw* Clockwork. Windchill 11:15 pm Cluckwork. Bevel 11:15 pm *throws arms up in the air and cheers* Windchill 11:15 pm *leans over and.* *PECKS* Magnum Ace 11:15 pm That was fun Whirl 11:15 pm Pfft. No, that'd be y--*recoils, arching his neck back* ...that was kind of pathetic, actually. Windchill 11:15 pm *Bares his teeth. He has no beak and so must make do.* Whirl 11:16 pm Not nearly as damaging without a beak. Windchill 11:16 pm I'm always pathetic, you know me. Whirl 11:16 pm True. ...but cut it out. Windchill 11:16 pm *PECKS at his shoulder.* Fine. Whirl 11:16 pm Cluck if you gotta. You've got my cluck blessing. Magnum Ace 11:17 pm Anyway...Soundwave? Bull and I kinda need to go home now FakeProwl 11:17 pm *And that, is the most peace Prowl has known in weeks.* Windchill 11:17 pm I see my chicken impression isn't good enough for you. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:17 pm [[As you wish. He looks forward to future visits. You'll find a bridge just outside the doors.]] Windchill 11:17 pm I suppose that's fair, you're more like a chicken than I am. Bevel 11:17 pm We should watch more videos like that. Magnum Ace 11:17 pm Thank you Whirl 11:18 pm Yeah. Takes a lot to impress me. ...though I've got no idea why people call me that. I'm not THAT chickenlike. Windchill 11:18 pm (( Is this really an hour long video. )) It's your delicious chicken legs, dude. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:18 pm ((y'all don't gotta watch it all i just don't wanna keep digging thru youtube)) Windchill 11:18 pm (( That's just a lotta dominoes. )) Whirl 11:18 pm ((it is probably a compilation)) Windchill 11:19 pm (( I assume so since their timer says 20 something minutes, I think. )) Whirl 11:19 pm I guess so. We'll never know if they're actually delicious until I die, though. Magnum Ace 11:19 pm -and he's going to prod Bull awake, and off they go- Windchill 11:19 pm I could eat your legs right now. We don't have to wait. Rosie 11:19 pm *whispers a quiet "bye bye" to the leaving mechs* Whirl 11:19 pm Nope. Not going to disrespect the power of dibs. Bull 11:19 pm [Night all *goes to passout before work tomorrow*] Windchill 11:20 pm Lame. Whirl 11:20 pm Seeya, pipsqueaks. Windchill 11:20 pm Fine, forget the chickens, since they're not GOOD ENOUGH for you. Magnum Ace 11:20 pm -waves to Rosie, and anyone else, before he's gone- Windchill 11:20 pm I can be a whole barnyard full of animals. Whirl 11:20 pm *perks up and ZOOPS again* Magnum Ace 11:21 pm ((because I have errands to do tomorrow! Thanks for the stream, g'night! FakeProwl 11:21 pm ((of course the american domino display has live flames)) Rosie 11:21 pm ((now it just needs a gun Whirl 11:21 pm ((and a borger)) Windchill 11:21 pm *Gets on his hands and pointy knees, disappearing, kinda, behind the chairs.* FakeProwl 11:22 pm ((and an eagle that's set free)) Whirl 11:22 pm ((FOOBAW HAS LANDED)) Y'know, honestly... seems like a good way to kill an afternoon. Just setting this all up, watching it go. Windchill 11:23 pm *Oinks.* You know what I would do? Whirl 11:23 pm What? Windchill 11:23 pm Roll on 'em. Whirl 11:23 pm ...yeah, I believe it. Windchill 11:23 pm I have no respect for anything. Whirl 11:24 pm I will be sure not to invite YOU, then. Well. Not that I'd probably be able to do this, anyway. Windchill 11:24 pm You probably could, if I wasn't there to ruin it. Whirl 11:24 pm Nah. Don't got the dexterity. Windchill 11:24 pm You could knock 'em over. *He's gonna crawl on the floor, back around to get in his seat, oinking and snorting the whole way.* FakeProwl 11:27 pm @Soundwave «... How do they score how many dominos are used? Do they count EVERY domino used? Because I think they shouldn't get points for, for instance, ones knocked over by a single large RC toy car.* Whirl 11:27 pm *snickers* Clever. *just serenely ignoring the huge mech shuffling around making snorting noises. This is what is normal, now* Windchill 11:28 pm *Look at your life, look at your choices.* *Crawls back into his chair, eventually.* Are they showing the same stuff over? Boring. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:29 pm @Prowl: [[He... believes it is simply every domino that falls, regardless of method.]] FakeProwl 11:29 pm @Soundwave «In that case, why not get a high score by knocking over one domino that hits a button that activates a machine that vibrates the floor and knocks over every one at once?» ItsyBitsySpyers 11:30 pm @Prowl: [[That would be an inaccurate test of their spacing and placement skills. ... But amusing.]] FakeProwl 11:31 pm @Soundwave «Exactly. Which is why there needs to be stronger criteria than "every domino knocked over" for their scoring.» ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm @Prowl: [[What would you propose?]] Windchill 11:32 pm *Grunts.* FakeProwl 11:32 pm @Soundwave «Only dominos knocked over by dominos. Anything else is fine for showing off but isn't counted in the scoring.» ItsyBitsySpyers 11:33 pm @Prowl: [[Do you accept domino-like objects? Wooden slabs, cards, coins on their edge?]] ((i love the color changing projects so much)) Whirl 11:34 pm ((ME2)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:34 pm =Of course they miss the cat.= Huff. Whirl 11:34 pm Heh. Maybe it's bad luck to knock over a cat. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:34 pm =Should be.= Windchill 11:34 pm *Is gonna sit almost like a normal person and cross his legs again.* FakeProwl 11:35 pm «... Only if they're also domino-sized. Exact acceptable dimensions can be debated. A slab of wood large enough to knock over several hundred dominos at once requires no skill in placement.» ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm *Nods. That's acceptable. He did mean the smaller size pieces. Or the large ones that shrink down to tiny ones.* Windchill 11:37 pm Creepy. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:37 pm ((that IS)) Windchill 11:37 pm Make it stop. *He has an urge to reach out and CRUSH IT.* Whirl 11:37 pm Samba, huh? Windchill 11:38 pm Simba? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:39 pm [[That is a different video.]] @P: [[...How long would it take you to count these, do you think.]] Windchill 11:39 pm It has more singing and is, therefor, better in my opinion. FakeProwl 11:40 pm @Soundwave «I've been counting them as they fall.» Rosie 11:40 pm (prowl, the show off ItsyBitsySpyers 11:40 pm *Longish pause, and then a tiny fwoosh of light.* *He'll just sit up a tad straighter. Like you do.* FakeProwl 11:41 pm *... opens a second live comm line to Soundwave. Text only. all it says is "0"* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:41 pm [[He enjoys musical content himself, but there is something visually satisfying about this.]] *...Is this a live count. Is it.* Windchill 11:43 pm *Chinhands.* *Points.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:43 pm \\PRAISE\\ Windchill 11:43 pm Frog. I want to see more frog! Rosie 11:44 pm asdfghjhi)) ((I LOOK BACK> to that old friggin meme ((bless FakeProwl 11:44 pm *And... go.* Whirl 11:44 pm *solemnly* Praise. FakeProwl 11:45 pm *It is indeed a live count, with an additional ± count for the dominos he's pretty sure are falling off screen but can't actually see thanks to the camera angles.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:46 pm *Merciful Quintus' wriggling ribbons, he's -almost- successfully distracted away from the visuals themselves just by how fast Prowl is doing this.* FakeProwl 11:47 pm *even faster when it's whole sheets of dominos instead of just strands.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:48 pm ((this one's damn cool omg)) Whirl 11:48 pm THAT... is damn impressive. Windchill 11:49 pm *Isn't really paying attentio-* *POINTS* Egg. I saw it. Whirl 11:49 pm There's your egg. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:49 pm [[It looked unusually large for an Earth egg.]] Windchill 11:49 pm Ding dong, you're wrong! That's not my egg. Whirl 11:50 pm *he can't talk he's watching this literal whirl* *NOO THEY WENT AWAY FROM IT* Rosie 11:50 pm ( !! Windchill 11:50 pm *Goes back to not paying much attention, his brain is going to filter the images for anything he's already deemed interesting, which apparently means frogs and eggs.* The frog! It lords over all. *What the heck he wants to see the FROG not this other stuff.* I hope they put a seizure warning on that. FakeProwl 11:52 pm *squints at the flashing lights* Windchill 11:52 pm Rude. Windchill 11:53 pm Another one? Whirl 11:54 pm *streeetches* Damn, I don't... really wanna go. But I'm about to fall out. ... FakeProwl 11:54 pm @Soundwave «That fast.» Whirl 11:54 pm I'll go after this one. Windchill 11:54 pm I'll bet this one doesn't even have frogs or eggs. Whirl 11:54 pm ((I SAW THEM GEARS)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:54 pm [[Rest here if you wish. He will leave a file with several more for the future.]] Whirl 11:55 pm *bobs his head* Sure. I ain't about to turn down a place to sleep. Windchill 11:55 pm *Snorts.* Whirl 11:55 pm *actually he will, but this is a better-than-average place to sleep* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:55 pm @Prowl: [[...You may stay as well. In a different sense, and at his other location.]] Windchill 11:57 pm *Who even has time to do this.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:57 pm *Rumble glances at Whirl, curious about how he felt about the gears.* Whirl 11:57 pm *a little disappointed that half of them didn't go off, but overall positive; he was watching them move almost lovingly* Yesterday Windchill 11:58 pm *Stands.* Windchill 12:00 am I'm out. Got worms to feed. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:00 am [[Have fun.]] Rosie 12:00 am *waves* Whirl 12:00 am Say hi to the little terror for me. Windchill 12:00 am Yep. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:00 am ((i'm gonna let it run because i got nothin else doing tonight but if y'all wanna go you are perfectly free to, as i said, nobody's gotta see the whole thing)) Rosie 12:01 am ((I'm determined Whirl 12:01 am (9I actually like it! I just gotta be up in seven hours so, time to go XD)) Windchill 12:01 am (( Sorry I'm bored outta my wits. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:01 am ((yeah, no problem! sleep is important! and i'm sorry it's not to your tastes chill mun)) FakeProwl 12:01 am @Soundwave «Well. How can I say no to an offer like that?» Windchill 12:02 am (( I lose interest quickly when I can already see what the images are gonna be. *shrug.* )) Bevel 12:02 am *is entranced completely* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:02 am ((throw suggestions some time?)) Whirl 12:02 am *streetches again, hopping up* All right. Catch you later, 'Chill, Shovel. *bobs his helm* Someone lead me to the guest room. Or point me there, or whatever. FakeProwl 12:03 am @Soundwave «... Why do they keep setting up the last stage of their presentation while it's going.» Rosie 12:03 am ((wow, look at that poor girl's hands shake tho)) Windchill 12:03 am *Points down, to hell.* Bevel 12:03 am *waves vaguely at the sound of her nickname* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:03 am =I will. Nap is good.= FakeProwl 12:03 am *this is a thoroughly unenjoyable display of suspense.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:03 am *Ravage leaps over the bar and trots toward the stairs.* @Prowl: [[A speed test of their skills. They hope to be faster than their dominoes. This time they were not.]] FakeProwl 12:04 am @Soundwave «It's not fun.» Whirl 12:04 am Thanks, barkeep. *starts to trot after, and pauses, glancing very subtly over his shoulder; he pings Rumble. The basic gist of the message is a simple question: you good?

Whirl hasn't drawn attention to it but he has noticed certain things about the night's crowd* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:05 am *Rumble glances up from his hiding spot by Bevel and nods. He'll be escaping his past and heading up there soon too.* @Prowl: [[Because they failed?]] Windchill 12:05 am Bye, suckers. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:05 am [[Goodnight.]] Windchill 12:06 am *Best to leave now, people getting emotional over dominoes is too much for him.* Whirl 12:06 am *as long as he's good, Whirl's good. And bless Shovel and her shadow. Now, off to follow the cat* FakeProwl 12:06 am @Soundwave «Because they failed and now they're being recorded crying for everyone to see. Even if they'd succeeded, it wouldn't have been fun.» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:08 am *He'd considered it part of the game, like a sport of some kind - there are going to be errors and failures and losers - but he supposes he can see how some people might not enjoy that. The last bit still confuses him though.*

@P: [[Why even if they'd succeeded?]] FakeProwl 12:09 am @Soundwave «Because I'm here to watch successfully set-up dominos fall over, not to watch them set up and not to worry if they're going to make it.» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:10 am @Prowl: [[Ah. You want a complete demonstration rather than a competition?]] ItsyBitsySpyers 12:13 am ((THAT DAMN THING IS STILL GOING)) FakeProwl 12:14 am @Soundwave «More or less. I'm interested in skill in the arrangement of the dominos, not in the physical act of setting them down.» FakeProwl 12:18 am *hey it's a boat moving through a sea full of glaciers, GUESS WHAT PROWL'S THINKING OF* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:18 am @Prowl: [[To each their own tastes, he supposes. He enjoys seeing whether they retain that skill under pressure. It is good that yours outweighs those incidents, though. He prefers it when you enjoy this.]] *...What an interesting perspective that was* FakeProwl 12:19 am *Prowl doesn't actually have any idea what that perspective was.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:19 am *It looked like flying through snow, to him.* FakeProwl 12:20 am *well, Prowl would rather see the dominos.* Rosie 12:20 am Pretty.. FakeProwl 12:20 am *... this display is evoking a lot of ice.* *...... wraps a useless room-temperature arm around soundwave's shoulders.* *sorta. kinda. it's a stretch.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:23 am *Soundwave will scoot in and get cozy. He's not going to turn away a representation of a gesture of offered warmth in the middle of an ice demo. Or an embrace from Prowl in general.* FakeProwl 12:24 am *fake warmth for the fake ice.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:24 am *He'll take it.* \\BOSS. BOSS, I'M HEADIN' OUT.\\ All this toppling makes Frenzy wanna destroy something. \\HAVE FUN, HUH, ROSIE?\\ FakeProwl 12:25 am *oh, another of these.* ... You don't have to skip it. Rosie 12:25 am Oh, yeah--! You, too ItsyBitsySpyers 12:25 am [[Are you certain?]] FakeProwl 12:26 am I'm certain. You like them, don't you? ((i like how their strategy when one falls over is FUCK IT, IT'S GONE FOREVER)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:27 am [[He does. He can also rewatch them on his own time.]] Settles in a bit more. [[But he will enjoy them now.]] Rosie 12:27 am ((I feel like it must be a rule or something. can't use toppled ones)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:27 am [[Ah. So close.]] FakeProwl 12:28 am *THIS SONG. WHERE DOES IT COME FROM.* Rosie 12:28 am *glances over at Rumble briefly--assuming he's still in the same spot* *did she miss him leave* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:29 am *Nope. He's still tucked up against Bevel.* Rosie 12:29 am *good* FakeProwl 12:29 am @Soundwave «... What is this song.» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:30 am [[Down Under.]] FakeProwl 12:31 am @Soundwave «Hm.» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:31 am [[There is a version with lyrics. He can send it later.]] FakeProwl 12:31 am @Soundwave «No!» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:31 am ((WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE ON THE GRILL)) FakeProwl 12:31 am @Soundwave «... I already know it. Thanks.» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:31 am ((oh wait those are towels nm)) FakeProwl 12:32 am ((put another barbie on the barbie)) Rosie 12:32 am ((no, it's a grill. clearly. towel grill)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:32 am [[Ah! That is different.]] Pause. [[And that was amusing.]] *Surfboard dominoes. That's the kind of thing he meant about objects.* FakeProwl 12:33 am *Prowl would consider them under special circumstances.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:35 am [[...Why is Phantom of the -- Oh.]] [[He really must show that, too.]] FakeProwl 12:35 am @Soundwave «Show what?» ItsyBitsySpyers 12:35 am [[Phantom of the Opera.]] Rosie 12:35 am ((tbh, slendy's reaction was the same as mine tho)) FakeProwl 12:36 am @Soundwave «What is it?» Bevel 12:37 am ((oh man the australian version of poto is awesome, apparently the chandelier scene is legitimately frightening because it swings down so quickly over the audience FakeProwl 12:37 am ((oh dang, sounds cool)) Bevel 12:37 am ((i know right? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:38 am [[A masked being with unwelcome features lives within an opera house in secret and has trained someone to take over for the present star. He l.........]] Is that FIRE? FakeProwl 12:38 am .... How the hell...? Rosie 12:38 am *and to think Frenzy left before he could see this* FakeProwl 12:38 am ... Oh. I get it. Earth, air, water, and fire. Rosie 12:40 am *cheers quietly* Bevel 12:40 am *fist pump* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:40 am *Frenzy will get the highlights of it.*

[[Their old 'elements'? Hm. Odd, for a world tour.]] *Small nod.* [[But satisfying.]] FakeProwl 12:41 am Perhaps because they used to think that was what the world was made of? Bevel 12:42 am They tried really hard and got through the fire part which must have been really hard. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:47 am [[A reasonable assumption. And the fire humans were rather brave, given the fragility of their shells.]]

*Shakes his helm then. Where was he?*

[[In any case. The Phantom wants the singer. He should not spoil it beyond that.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 12:48 am *Streeeetch the legs.* Rosie 12:48 am *..ping Rumble* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:49 am *Rumble tries to squish himself more into Bevel's side. But she'll get a ping back.* Bevel 12:49 am *will allow this but she'll ping Rumble to makes sure he's ok* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:51 am *Yeah. Yeah, of course he's fine. Why wouldn't he be fine? It's all fine.* Rosie 12:51 am *she stands, wincing a little at the exertion but what else is new.* @Rumble: Good night... Bevel 12:52 am *says the bot using her as a shield* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:52 am *There is a rather long delay but Rosie eventually gets a "Night." And don't you question him, Bevel, he's your elder.* Rosie 12:53 am *....she wants to ask him to help her up the steps, but also. does she dare? Glit is probably sleeping by now and--hm* Bevel 12:53 am *she'd stick her tongue out but this conversation isn't really happening* Rosie 12:55 am *So, instead she will walk to the steps and sort of ponder in front of them like they were the most foreboding thing in existence* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:55 am *Rumble quickly prods Bevel in the side and whispers "Stairs."* *He'll totally owe her.* Bevel 12:56 am *stairs...? oh! she pushes herself up quickly and moves to offer Rosie a hand* Do you need any help? Rosie 12:58 am A little... it's kind of embarrassing. *some days it was fine--she was fine coming down them, but may have gotten a little stiff from sitting around* Bevel 1:00 am It is ok. *smiles reassuringly* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:01 am *Rumble makes his escape while they talk, motioning for the Boss to give him a bridge to his room so he can get to the Whirl snooze pile without bumping into Rosie. He gets one.* *Soundwave will ping Prowl. Perhaps it is time they made their own?* FakeProwl 1:03 am *Time to go? Please.* Bevel 1:04 am *whenever she is done helping Rosie, Bevel will make her way back downstairs* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:04 am *Very much so. If Bevel doesn't mind temporarily averting her optics and behaves herself, she may stay down here to be first response in case Whirl goes glass bananas while they're away.* Bevel 1:06 am *definitely finds the glasses behind the bar more interesting to look at than whatever Prowl and Soundwave are doing* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:06 am *In that case... hey, Prowl?*

*sCOOP up and away with him you go; time for some Fun.* FakeProwl 1:07 am *CLINGS TO.* *And away they go.*