when you're a journalist bringing brass knuckles to a double knife fight

highlights of the toh nycc panel:

• just seeing the cast tgt was rly cool skfksld

• zeno came in wearing a golden guard mask

• alex pulled a hooty puppet out of his bag and wore it the entire time

• they showed some kind of sneak peek + a bunch of sketches that i couldn’t see bc they aren’t shown on livestream, BUT i could hear them talking and some stuff i remember hearing is “we love a halloween episode”, seeing more of gravesfield, everyone’s full outfits, etc

• they released the first six minutes of the episode (1, 2) and im not sure if it’s in the clips bc they won’t load for me rn, but there was what sounded like a halloween-y remix of the theme song

• dana would love to write a series of eda and raine at hexside

• we were robbed of full hooty backstory, but there is a subtle reference to it somewhere in s3

• a fan thanked them for an accurate animated portrayal of violin playing lmao

• raine was watching the petrification ceremony and was “very distraught”. the fan that asked said “ok i have an angst fic to write thank u”

• when ppl asked abt getting a wittebane flashback ep, wittebanes being related to the clawthornes, huntlow, and how camila would feel abt eda, cissy said “tune in next week”

• a fan used the “r u a triangle? bc ur acute” line on zeno lol

• one person’s question was just asking the crowd to give the cast a standing ovation

• there will definitely be more cool complex animation like the lumity kiss

• the cast all said eda’s “byyyyeee” as everyone left

how come it’s when i have a homework assignment that i haven’t started due in 3 hours. how come it’s right at this very moment that i am suddenly remembering all of my favourites of my own hcs that i posted so long ago and suddenly have the urge to go find them again. WHY.

(the main hc in question that is occupying my brain rn is the one where college student eddie stumbles upon this guy’s liveshow on instagram, it’s this dude named richie tozier, and he just does live streams of himself studying. eddie thinks its kinda weird at first but then he finds that actually the live streams help him focus as well...... so he tunes in to richie’s live streams and studies along and over time he and richie sort of become friends (and eventual crushes) through richie’s livestreams. does anyone know what im talking about. does anyone remember this.)

Happy new year and some updates :>

Hi guys! First, I wish you the best in this new year! I hope you had great Christmas and New Year, I also hope 2023 wasnt so bad for you hah So, as you know 2023 was super awful for me. Only reason I wont call it 'the worst' is fact I had a lot of support from my family and friends. But yeah, beside graduating college with bachelor's degree in Graphics everything was awful and failure. My health got awful, I was in unbearable pain and my mental health got worse too. Im slowly getting better, there are still some days which are living hell but its not nonstop pain and suffering anymore lolz Im still getting some shit diagnosed so there are still some issues. But last year showed me to focus both on my dreams and what is possible with my health and kind of personality I have. I decided to fully focus on creating content for internet as its one of few possibilities I have which both fullfils my special needs and is something I want. Obviously cause of my health issues I couldnt do much last year but I hope this year will be better ;) I hope to be fully back rn, Im gonna post missing requests and comms in upcoming days, for Patreon prints - yes, I failed with December too but I decided I gonna just make them this month and people who supported me in November and December will get them. You will just get nice thicc mail this month hahah >XD I hope to post photo of Patreon print for January on 8th. Btw, I moved my gore challenge - Gorenuary its called now haha and its for both January and February ;p one of lessons I got last year is that I need to fit to my body needs and to give myself more time. Perhaps later when I will go back to regular creating I will be able to draw ands post everyday but not now ;p I hope to actually start posting regularly on my YT too, I feel like this can be good thing I could do and I think it will work out ;) I wanna say already, Im unable to niche as Im someone who wanna do EVERYTHING >XD so yeah, expect art stuff, gaming and some more chill vlogs~ and I hope to start livestreaming :> I will make video + post on Patreon about my thoughts about 2023 and goals for 2024, stay tuned :> I really missed you guys <3 and Im super grateful for your support <3 btw, as only my husband makes money rn I made fundraising, if you wanna help here it is: https://pomagam.pl/nhg96m [its polish site but its aviable to international support and there is text both in polish and english. I gonna update how my recovery and such is going very soon too] My parents support me rn financially when it comes to health expenses, I also borrowed money for new graphic card [my GTX 1060 is outdated :/ bruh, its only 10 years old >XD] so I hope to buy new one very soon. I gonna pay them monthly those money back but I actually need this shit to work ;p Im super super grateful for all the support and patience you gave me last months <3 I went to Hell and back so I have a lot of stuff to talk about and many arts to share <3 I love ya <3

Every day you and another mutual of mine fill my dash with qsmp stuff and I stay tuned to everything that's happened without even know it how to watch it (very affectionate, ahdbsbbd, love the shenanigans, the only people I know are like the spanish guys. Cause I used to watch them. Jaiden and Phil, because I know who he is ig)

(no but actually how does watching it Work? I know they're streams but like, a lot of people are in it, do they just stream at the same hour or?? Do I have to watch multiple people's streams? I'm so curious wjbfbbfnne)

That post that says "an insane mutual does more than a million ad campaigns" is so true rn wjdnnsnd

Have a nice day, Mutual andnnsndnd /silly

ladies and gentlemen we got another one

There's livestreams pretty much at all times of the day now, it really depends on who you watch. You can watch however many streamers you can manage, but just one can be enough to get the bulk of the story. Also I'll be honest sometimes I watch things go down through liveblogs too if I'm just not in the mood to watch a stream. Besides if you miss something big while you're busy you WILL come back to your dash freaking out so it's hard to be out of the loop

My primary POV is Cellbit and in my timezone he streams between 10 pm and.. somewhere in the early morning. yes i have screwed over my sleep schedule just to watch my blorbo from my mcrp series go through the horrors (and also occasionally the joys). no i have no regrets. He's VERY involved in the main plot and he streams all week except mondays and tuesdays so obviously I know most of the stuff that happens on the server but! you don't have to do it like me! you can know just as much by watching however many streams you'd like and just. paying attention outside of streams.

There's also the a recap series on youtube if you wanna get up to date on the whole story but it only goes up to the end of may and there's been. A lot of things since! This is a very fast-paced server The wiki is more up to date and has translations, recaps and pretty much everything you need to know about most characters (the more active the streamer the more info there is on their character's page obviously)

Also qsmpblr has been doing an incredible job archiving clips with translations, so there's always that too. I have a friend who's been far too busy with finals to watch any streams, but I accidentally got them super invested in q!Cellbit when I infodumped to them and now I basically always catch them up on the lore the next day, and the clips, screenshots and translations have come in super handy.

But yeah you could totally jump in now if you're interested! Actually jumping in now might be good because we're right at the start of a new potentially massive arc with the elections

Follow Me snippet.

words: 7083. this is huge and has been a work in progress since November. snippet: 1748 player: antoine griezmann (enjoy the banner under the cut) posting to patreon: 25th Feb. posting to Tumblr: to be decided (see below) type: smut warnings: livestreams, amateur p*rn, OF subscriptions, masturbation and mutual masturbation, voyeurism, protected sex, dirty talk, strong language. tier available on: $2/$3/$5. Posted on the $2 tier which is “patreon only or to post to tumblr?” tier. Any that I’m not sure if I should bring to here, goes on this tier for the above tiers to view too. a/n: so i’ve been told that updates, while available on patreon, are not coming through as push notifications or emails. so when i update, i’ll include one of these so you know an update has gone live.

I have included my tag list because this is pretty much a whole ass one shot in itself just from the teaser. If you want it brought here, PLEASE let me know. 

to get ahead and get access to content not available for anywhere else, there’s patreon from $1 a month.

Antoine enjoyed sex and everything that went with it. He wasn’t selfish, he gave as much as he received. He loved being pleasured and to pleasure. There was nothing quite like feeling her, whoever she was, soften in his arms. He loved feeling the urgency in her kiss when he’d tweak her nipples or his fingers would push the full way in until the knuckles of his fist were pressed against her folds; the tattoos on his fingers no longer visible unless he was pulling them back out of her and even then, they’d be coated in a layer of slick. He loved feeling the wetness soak his hand, mouth or balls, depending on what he was using at that time. He loved hearing his name on her tongue, filling the room. Nothing turned him on more than knowing he was doing everything right, he was making her feel incredible and feeling her cum, her body trembling and knowing that he was the reason for her reaching her climax was just something else. 

His ex had been open minded and adventurous. She loved experimenting and though boundaries were prodded, pushed slightly, they were never overstepped. The two of them sexting, and playing while on video calls were normal occurrences. It was her who suggested filming the two of them while they had sex. It started out as innocently as it could; simply filming them giving each other oral. A POV shot as he bent her over and fucked her from behind. It wasn’t until they’d accumulated quite the collection that they decided to film more videos and one tester video being uploaded where you couldn’t see either of their faces was (nervously) uploaded to one of the most popular porn websites available. Their amateur section was quickly growing in popularity with more and more people wanting to see more homemade videos than those of a professional manner. 

Finally tired of seeing the usual fake scenes and sculptured bodies, more of the everyday  person was tuning into amateur  and their video quickly racked up the views with comments flooding in wanting more. 

One upload turned to two. 

Turned to three. 

Turned to ten. 

Their chemistry on “screen” was clear, their understanding of one another’s body was perfectly visible. They moved in perfect sync with one another and their pleasure brought thousands of others to their own climax. But it couldn’t save their relationship. They naturally fizzled out. Sex was never their issue, sex was the easy part. Their relationship was a little more difficult to hold together. 

Their channel remained up for everyone to view, he just created his own stream before creating an privatefansonly account after being urged. He was able to produce more content including photosets and more videos which could be filmed whenever he wanted. It was much easier being a solo content maker but it did also become a little lonelier too. 

He’d publicized the live show he was planning across his social media. He’s done a few previously, gaining more subscribers than he thought each time, all wanting to watch him stroke himself until he paints his stomach with cum. While he was nervous the first time they began uploading themselves to the internet, now he felt a sizzle knowing he was being watched and that others are pleasuring themselves at the same time. Though lately, while his hand was wrapped around his cock, his teeth bite down on his lip and his whimpers still sound, it’s the woman in the room next door that he thinks of. 

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She should never have been his roommate and yet, here she was stealing his food and drinking his drinks like she was meant to be here. Now she’s here, he can’t stand to think of her not being. He’s grown to like her being around, having that company once more and sharing flirty banter. He liked having someone he could interact with, who understood his sense of humour, got his jokes and would bounce back with something else just as funny. He appreciated who she was as a person. 

They’d share bottles of wine together, sometimes beer, sometimes spirits. He’d wait for her before ordering in, and they’d cook for one another. It was an easy friendship, with often days going between the two of them without anything being said. She’d leave notes that food was left on the stove or in the slow cooker. He’d leave notes saying he’d left packages on her bed that had been ordered and he’d done her laundry. 

He’d enjoyed her company in a strictly friends only way until he’d come home from work early, music pumping throughout the house and he’d walked into the kitchen to find her putting together a meal, a bottle of wine in her hand and dressed only in her underwear. She’d stopped for a moment, clearly caught off guard as the two of them had stood staring at one another awkwardly, before she continued dancing and wiggling her butt. It broke the ice, made him laugh hard before he’d returned to his room. 

With his day job being the thing that allows him to pay for the house and bills, anything else from his… second job is simply a bonus, allowing him to live whatever lifestyle he can with the extra cash. Clothes are one of his biggest weaknesses. He can’t resist buying new clothes or more filming equipment. He enjoyed gaming and wasted no time in buying and putting together a new computer fast enough to host many of his games without slowing down, with the first big payout he received. He tried not to go overboard, hadn’t wanted anyone to begin to ask questions about how his usual job allowed him to pay for such things, but it did help. 

It's why he didn’t need her here. He didn’t need her half of the rent, but she needed a place to stay and half of the rent she was paying to live with him was better than having no place at all. And while he may not need her here, he sure as hell liked having her here. 

But ever since seeing her in her underwear and watching the way her hips swayed, it had given him more than enough ideas and soon, he was stroking himself to another climax for his eager subscribers. 

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“Sooo… you’re a gamer, huh?” She asks, trailing her fingers over the top of his monitor and sinking down into the chair. She pulls a face as she declines, clearly impressed with the quality of it and gives the mouse a little wiggle. 

“That’s not new information,” Antoine replies, watching her cautiously with his arms crossed over his chest. 

“But, you don’t need all of this for gaming. Or do you?” She asks, tapping the side of his camera and gesturing to the lighting and mic. “I mean, I game, but I don’t stream, so I wouldn’t know. Are you on twitch or something?”

“Or something, yeah.” Antoine replies, trying to keep a straight face. “Yes, I have a twitch account.” He replies seriously when she raises her eyebrow. 

“Many subscribers?”

“A few.” He wasn’t lying, he just had considerably more subscribers on a different type of platform. 

“I’ll have to play with you some time.” She says, sitting back and swaying the chair. Her elbows are propped up on the arms of the chair. Her body posture is open, her leg is held up by her tiptoes as her other leg is bent, the ball of her other foot presses into the chair’s seat.

Mental images fill his mind of slipping between her thighs and tonguing at her cunt. He swallows and tries to avert his eyes as he pushes the thought out of his mind, but he can almost imagine how she’d taste. Considering how he spends his spare time, it’s been a while since he’s slept with someone and he misses it.

“You think you can take me on?” He asks after clearing his throat with a small cough. 

“I’m not too shabby. I can hold my own.” She says, lifting her chin to look at him, their eyes locking and it does nothing for him wanting her. He wills himself to think unsexy thoughts, distracts himself by thinking of anything else than sinking into her pussy and hearing her moan. 

A notification appears on his phone screen which is in front of her on the desk. 

“Oooo someone’s popular, you’ve got a notification from...” she begins to say as she goes to look but Antoine knows that notification sound and rushes forward. The look on her face tells her that she’s already seen it before he manages to swipe the phone and put it into his pocket. “New subscriber for there?” She says quietly, sucking her lips onwards and wets  them. “I know that site isn’t just for porn but I didn’t realise it had gamers too.” She tells him, trying to keep her tone light. 

“They don’t.” He admits and holds his own, waiting for her to mock or judge or say something negative. 

“Do you have a lot of followers?”

He nods as fear and excitement rushes through him. It’s out there, his secret is out and she’s not recoiling in horror. “Yeah.”

“Do you actually game?” She asks and he laughs.

“Yeah, yeah I do. The lights and microphone and camera are all for both. It’s not just for...that side of things.” 

“So I’m not going to walk in and you be doing your thing?”

“I can’t guarantee that but it won’t always be that that you walk in on.” 

Using the foot that anchors her to the floor, she sways in the chair as she observes him. “Who else knows?”

“Just you and my ex. I don’t want anyone else knowing.”

“Would they not see your face?” 

“I don’t show it. Tattoos get covered with makeup. No distinguishing features on show.”

“Oooo, I could have touched myself while watching you without knowing it was you.” She grins at him as he shifts from foot to foot, moving one hand to hang down in front of his crotch as it twitches at her words. 

“Would you have continued if you knew it was me?” 

He can’t stop the words from coming out and when she replies, “I’d have cum to each of the videos and pictures,” it takes all the strength he has to hold himself in place.

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I feel nothing but pain about Unus annus ending

(mental health cw) Okay so here’s the Thing, not to get deep but... I’m really grateful for the whole idea of Unus Annus honestly, and tuning into the livestream is only really bringing that home

The whole point of Unus Annus isn’t only making the most of the time you’ve got, but also learning to let go and stuff. And... lately, I’ve been HELLA struggling with depression and anxiety, and this channel really helped me through some tough times this year, Thaaaat being said... I also have a big trouble of letting go(maybe being stuck in my childhood home isnt helping?) and like- the constant anxiety of “IF I DONT DO THINGS RIGHT RIGHT NOW ILL BE FUCKED FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE”, and with a huuuge transitional period in my life happening rn(graduating, job hunting, probably MOVING) I’ve been like- constantly PARALYZED in fear. And that’s left me stuck and unable to take that next step

And watching what Mark and Ethan were able to do in one year? I think forcing me out of my comfort zone by taking the channel away is like... Kinda making me take that first step into the unknown? Idk fam I just- I think Unus Annus taught me something, as much as I don’t want it to go, I’ll be happy I was able to be there when it happened and I watched every video at least once

... SENTIMENTAL SHIT WOO

Fallin’ For Ya (Xisumbo)

Originally posted this to Ao3 but I got scared so i’m deleting that fic and reposting the chapters here (any future chapters will also be posted here!) Sorry if the formatting is weird, too tired to fix it rn

Redstone. The thing he was known for. Constantly expected to be good at. Surely these screw-ups wouldn’t mean anything. No one ever brought up his failures. They always paid attention to whatever silly machine he had made. He had never felt upset by these failures, not until recently.

Why did he feel so odd whenever he was around the kind-hearted admin? He always got butterflies in his stomach, and it felt like the thousands of ideas he wanted to talk about just wouldn’t come out.

He wanted so badly to just… talk to the other, yet whenever they were around each other, Mumbo just couldn’t get out sentences longer than a few words. He wanted to share all of his ideas, to get X’s approval and get X to talk about his own ideas, but whenever Mumbo got the chance, he clammed up.

And these mistakes. It felt like he was making more, but surely that wasn’t the case. He was being irrational. He was just paying more attention to his mistakes, and so it seemed there was more. That was definitely it. He most surely was not getting distracted thinking about X, and was not getting upset at the idea of X finding out about his utter failures.

He sighed quietly, and stared down at the scribbles he had made in his book after practically giving up at the sight of the half-exploded machine. The scribbles looked oddly Xisuma-shaped. He quickly closed the book and set it down on his desk. He needed a way to get his mind off of things. He looked around his clutter-filled room, and opened up his laptop. He blankly looked at an opened tab, not quite sure what to do. He could write, though he had never been very good at writing cohesive stories. He could watch videos, but that got him back to the idea of watching X’s videos, which he attempted to put out of his mind.

He failed. And so he moved his cursor towards the other’s icon, and clicked to see if there were any new videos. There was, though it was only 30 secounds long. Curiously, he opened it up in a new tab and played it on a low volume.

The video contained X’s armoured person sitting in front of a camera, with a couple shulker boxes in the background. He explained that he would be streaming soon, and decided to post a video to let his youtube viewers know.

Mumbo was tempted to watch the stream, but decided against it. The whole reason he had gotten on was to get his mind off of X. Watching a livestream would worsen those feelings. He instead went down to his task bar, and clicked on the small green Spotify icon. Music always made him feel at least a little bit better. He couldn’t decide on a song, so he simply clicked on a random song in his playlist (merely titled “AAAAAAAAAAA”).

An upbeat tune with an accompanying drum began, soon having claps alongside it.

“The day started ordinary, boys walking by!” A female singer sang with a cheery tone.

“It was the same old story, too fresh or too shy.”

This whole season had started just as normal. He had no romantic feelings towards X in any other season, and yet for some reason, his heart decided to torture him and randomly have a crush on the turtle loving guy.

“I’m not the kind, to fall for a guy, who flashes a smile- (It goes on for miles~)

Don’t usually swoon, but I’m over the moon! (Cuz’ he was just too cool for school~)”

Mumbo never got crushes easily. He couldn’t remember the last time he had liked someone the same way he liked X.

“And now I’m- Falling for ya! Falling for ya! I know I shouldn’t but I-

I just can’t stop myself from-”

He had tried to get over the crush. He tried to ignore X existed, he tried to find any flaw to make him dislike X, anything to just be able to function like a normal human being around him.

“Falling for ya! Falling for ya! Can’t hold on any longer, And now I’m falling for you~”

Mumbo pressed the spacebar roughly, before setting his laptop to the side and dejectedly laying down on his bed.

I love Supergirl 3x12

Ngl this episode was a real turn around for supergirl (not just bc of the supercorp gold) but i loved it. Melissa Benoist is so great as Kara it makes me cry. She balances the naivete (i dont know how to spell) of kara and her strength and dedication as well as her empathy and need to take care of those around her and damn is it just awesome. I relate to her and always have as a character whether you think she's gay or straight etc. She shows characteristics that anyone who's felt isolated,abandoned and without hope can relate to and shows that you can get through it even if it still lingers.

Trauma can be so subtle and then just weigh down on u at the drop of a hat and the idea of supergirl in general and this season shows that. It makes me so happy to see complex emotions played on screen especially for a female character. We never get to see how anger really affects women. Maybe in terms of a fight with a love interest but the anger at being oppressed and undermined as well as anger from trauma are never touched upon. Women aren't allowed to show realistic responses to trauma a lot of the time in media and supergirl has always shown that.

I know supergirl has made ppl irritated (trust me, i never wanna watch an interview again) and pissed off but i really don't want to see it get cancelled.

If it gets cancelled then what does that do? We got angry abt mon el so they cut his screen time and made him less irritating, lema gets to have a complex story and episodes centred around her, winn is getting a centric ep, alex and sam are gonna have something happen (probably) or we get to see alex be there for ruby which will be interesting as fuck. Mehacad gets to play chraming and james gets to be giardian more recently (still more improvememt needed there).

When theres a group of dudes directing and writing a show abt strong women or different sexualities and races (ik sg isnt very diverse at all and that should change) then they will make mistakes. "For good " had a female director.

A step in the right direction.

Telling writers to die and calling misunderstanding male writers terrible or misogynistic bc they wrote a shitty dude in a cw show isn't the way to go. We just look insane. It's a cw show, they want teen girls who cant get their boyfriends to shave their neck beards to drool over mon el and tune in every week with their mums. That's why he's there! He's bait and somehow turned into an annoying love interest. They could have done so many things differently ! And they are. There are improvements to be made but with the success of black lightning hopefully the cw's other shows will follow. We can hope and compliment progress and be fans who promote the good shit rather than nit picking. Draw guardian fan art and tweet the shit abt it as much as we do supercorp. Even if they wont acknowledge subtext the increased screen time for it shows they know the relationship (even as friends) is important. We're spending more time on shit thats never gonna happen rather promoting more of what we got. Tweet abt the lena centric eps so much (with less of calling katie mcgrath a dyke), tweet abt how cool guradian is and the stunts, how great kara's reactiom to lena being poisoned was

Tell the world that you think agent reign is cute as shit .

We need to build up rather than break down bc ship wars are always gonna be seen as insane.

Becausee they are.

Everyone ends up thinking the lesbians are crazy bc of a bad few and rampant homophobia on the other side gets ignored bc someone tweets at married actresses that they should raw their female costars in an instagram livestream.

It happens in every fucking fandom and i get it dont get me wrong, i'll look at anti-mon el memes til my lungs give out ( bc they're hilarious ) but damn we need to quell some of the hatred bc it won't get us anywhere.

It's not everyone and i'm not innocent but progress breeds progress and progress rn now would be to chill.

(Also can we stop calling actresses dykes bc even if they were out as lesbians that's not a cool word like we aren't throwing fag around abt male actors we think r gay)

Feb 15 Blurr’s Horror Stream - Children of the Corn

An Insecticon showed up. Prowl panicked and left. He forced himself to come back. He had to keep a hand on his neck the whole time to keep himself from panicking, but he successfully managed not to panic. He’s getting better at handling Insecticons.

It helped that the Insecticon talked like Ben Stein.

Welcome to the 'speedxstealer' room. The chat room has been cleared by the moderator. Dart: [ Running late. Skids into the room and slams down a tray of treats. Phew. Not so late. ] ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave shows up with only Frenzy in tow. Rumble stayed home and the others are busy working right now. He'll peer closely at Dart before taking his usual seat.* Dart: [ waves with a slight smile. ] ItsyBitsySpyers: *Wonders if that new mod made Blurr ill. Hmm.* Dart: [ u will find out because tonight is the reveal all night ] N O S: [ comes skidding in on a cart. He has a CART of snacks] Airachnid: [is just going to flick her glossa in and out and following the cart] Airachnid: [so much for sneaking in like normal] N O S: [ presents the cart ] Snacks for the guests! Airachnid: [happily helps herself, she didn't eat before coming here] Whirl: *trots in, looks around; he tilts his head at his new hosts questioningly, but doesn't say anything* Dart: [ waves at Whirl and Airachnid ] Airachnid: [gives a wave in response before climbing into the hammock] Whirl: *steps further in and just talks to Dart as if he DIDN'T threaten to burn him to death last week* What's the news? ANY news? ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave tilts his helm in Whirl and Dart's direction. Listening again.* Dart: Uh, well... [ looks around ] We'll wait til everyone's settled, all right? Whirl: *arrows his optic, briefly considering throwing his weight around again, before he finally nods; turning away, he bobs his helm cordially at Airachnid* Airachnid: [waves at Whirl before getting more comfortable in the hammock] Whirl: *he does not sit down, but instead, begins pacing* N O S: ... You want something to drink or somethin'? Dart: (( lemme know when you guys are ready. )) Whirl: Nah. Whirl: ((I am!)) ItsyBitsySpyers: ((gimme like 3 min plz)) ItsyBitsySpyers: ((then i will be ready if others are)) Dart: (( mhm! )) N O S: If you say so. Prowl: *belated arrival. sits, dims optics, tunes out world until show starts* N O S: (( and we're back )) Whirl: ((i have, the black screen)) Dart: (( try it now )) Dart: (( It just reset itself again )) Whirl: ((lemme refresh)) N O S: ((mkay )) Whirl: ((THERE we go)) Dart: (anyway. y'all lemme know when you're ready again )) Whirl: ((i am!)) Airachnid: I am)) boomtank: ((ready! ItsyBitsySpyers: ((yup)) Dart: [ looking around at everyone. He hasn't really formally met anyone. ] Dart: [ But, he'll be friendly. For the moment ] Whirl: *has not stopped pacing* Dart: ... You okay? [frowns a little ] Airachnid: [may or may not be watching Whirl] Whirl: What do you THINK? Dart: (( ANYWAY. )) N O S: (( okay are people ready yet? )) Whirl: **yep!)) Airachnid: ye)) Dart: (( everyone else, too? )) Sideswipe: ((yep Dart: (( before my net crashes AGAIN )) Dart: (( anyway im starting ) ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave cautiously taps the avatar. Thing's starting.* Whirl: *leans on the wall by the door and STARES at Dart* FakeProwl: *several seconds of silence; then optics flicker and brighten. small nod of thanks.* Dart: ... What? Dart: [ SIGH ] ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Corn children. ... Seeds?]] ItsyBitsySpyers: *Nods back.* Whirl: What do you mean, what, you idiot? How is he? Any better? Any WORSE? Dart: ... [sighs] Not better. Not worse. Dart: He's just the same. Whirl: *IT'S HIS TURN TO SIGH* Whirl: ((whops all caps)) Airachnid: [since Whirl is preoccupied with other things, she's just going to take up the whole hammock] Sideswipe: -he's here now- Whirl: Any words on your plans? N O S: ... Uh, we're gonna keep working? N O S: We can't stop just because he decided to take a head vacation. Airachnid: [that got violent quickly, she likes it] Whirl: Mmhmm. Whirl: Well. *pings his frequency over* Whirl: Comm me if anything changes, one way or the other. Sideswipe: ....that's an interesting start to a movie N O S: ... I guess. Dart: He means we will. Whirl: ((!! i didn;'t know Linda Hamilton was in this!)) Whirl: ((danny elfman is that u in the ost i hear)) Whirl: (OH NO, IT WAS NOT)) Whirl: You'd BETTER, because if I find out you held out on me, you'll regret it. Dart: We're not sure what to do, honestly. Dart: We should probably tell his friends, though. Whirl: Yeah. There's a few people back home. I'll let 'em know. Dart: (( oh come on internet.. )) Dart: I don't really know who his friends are. Dart: [ looking around ] Other than Drift and you. ItsyBitsySpyers: ((i have audio and no video)) Airachnid: same)) Dart: (( I paused it. )) Sideswipe: ((black screeeeen Dart: (( fuckiing comcast. )) ItsyBitsySpyers: ((there we go)) Whirl: ((goddammit livestream pls)) Whirl: ((and/or internet)) Dart: [ maybe soundwave, but he's never mentioned soundwave. Ravage, yes ] Dart: [ But, he doesn't know what to say so. Shift. Sits down. ] ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave will tell Ravage himself soon.* Whirl: All right. Well. *just sort of trails off* Dart: Axis figured out some things, though. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Also: a serenade. How lucky.* Whirl: I'm out. I'll check with you guys later. *he doesn't feel like sticking around with Blurr half-dead; he can't relax* ItsyBitsySpyers: *Frenzy waves Whirl goodbye* Dart: [ waves a servo ] Whirl: *bobs his helm to Frenzy, and then Airachnid* Airachnid: [oh is he leaving? she waves from the hammock] Whirl: *and then, he is gone* ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Gruesome.]] Dart: [ chin hands. ] Whirl: ((ok, OC incoming, lemme post y'al a ref: Whirl: http://68.media.tumblr.com/54e294d05cac7a4a53a93276f14bafde/tumblr_newh7bf4Vr1qgwdbco1_r1_1280.png FakeProwl: ((is it paused rn?)) Dart: (( no )) ItsyBitsySpyers: ((i don't think so)) FakeProwl: ((NOPE. I WAS JUST FROZEN)) Whirl: ((nah linda hamilton and A Dude are in a car)) Airachnid: A BUGGER??)) Dart: (( want me to pause? )) FakeProwl: ((no i restarted)) Whirl: ((A BIG BUGGER)) Airachnid: YE)) Whirl changed their nickname to Fiasco. Dart: (( okie )) FakeProwl: ((it's going now. a child is running in corn. how far behind am i)) FakeProwl: ((and now there's creepy laughter and a spider)) Dart: (( not that far )) Fiasco: ((CORN LOOMS MENACINGLY)) ItsyBitsySpyers: ((i'm behind you as a matter of fact)) FakeProwl: ((good enough)) Airachnid: I was about to say are you talking about Airachnid cause)) FakeProwl: ((the spider in question was just a wee bit smaller than airachnid)) FakeProwl: *prowl suddenly realizes he has absolutely no idea what's going on* Dart: [ glances at Frenzy ] Hey. Frenzy. [Waves a servo  ] Can I ask you somethin'? FakeProwl: *a diner got massacred while a sick child doodled, and another child got attacked in the plants and then got hit by a car. that's it. he hasn't paid attention to anything else.* ItsyBitsySpyers: \\SUP?\\ FakeProwl: *what the happ is fuckening* Fiasco: *there is a mech standing in your doorway. He's holding what looks to be a screen that was reconstituted into a data pad, and he is one-third again as tall as a average IDW mech* Airachnid: Oh just bury the body and keep going. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Prowl may ask for a recap if he needs one.* Sideswipe: ...I don't think humans do that Dart: [ tilts helm ] Did Blurr say anything while you guys were working on Thundertron's demise? ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave glances at the newbie. Who...?* ItsyBitsySpyers: \\LOTSA STUFF WHAT AIN'T FIT FOR POLITE COMPANY.\\ N O S: [ glances at the door. Double takes. Draws out swivel pistols] Whoa whoa, whoa. Who's this clown? FakeProwl: *... he's gonna.* @Soundwave «I faded out. What happened between the diner massacre and the child getting killed in the plants?» Fiasco: *and when he speaks, his voice is an utterly monotone, lifeless drone. Imagine Ben Srtein, if he were a robot* Excuse me. Is this, in fact, the Emp--*looks up* Sideswipe: Or this one does? Maybe? Airachnid: [who is everyone looking at? she turns and.. oh] FakeProwl: ((insectistein)) Airachnid: [chirps at the newcomer] FakeProwl: ((... bensectistein)) Fiasco: *stares at the drawn pistols; his expression, which is one that is either weariness or boredom, does not changfe* Is this the Emperor. Dart: No, not like... not his usual talk. [ frowns ] I mean, did he do anything weird? Fiasco: ((WIN BENSECTSTEIN'S MONEY)) N O S: Yeah, who's askin'? Fiasco: I am N O S: Who's I? ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Little. Human pair celebrated birthday, began job location transfer. Human child attempted departure, stated dislike of environment. Two other children assisted, stayed behind. Fiasco: *looks at his "datapad" and then back up* Is this the movie room. N O S: Yeah... FakeProwl: @Soundwave «Has there been any explanation of the massacre?» Sideswipe: Yep Sideswipe: -points- Movie. There. Fiasco: *his antenna perk up a bit at the chirp and he glances her way, but his expression does not change* ... *looks back to NOS* Then I think I'm in the right place. I'm here to view the film. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Only explanation: Malachi, Isaac perhaps ringleaders. Whole town affected. Nothing else. Fiasco: Are you going to point your guns at me the whole time. N O S: ... Right. [ lets his pistols swivel back ] Not unless you give me reason. N O S: I'm NOS. [points ] That's Dart. We're in charge right now. FakeProwl: *hm. acknowledging ping.* Fiasco: NOS. Dart. *nods* Fiasco. Fiasco: *and now he will duck so he can get through this door and take a seat* ItsyBitsySpyers: *"Fiasco" has a file now.* Airachnid: [she'll watch him now, she hasn't met an Insecticon froma  diffrent reality before] N O S: Fiasco... [ hums and just leans back against the wall ] Fiasco: I don't believe thirteen-thousand-hundred is a number. *abruptly looks to Airachnid* Who are you, and why have you made a sound at me. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Music, games, crayons, drawings forbidden. This, against Malachi, Isaac human rules. Dead child suggested unpleasant end if discovered. FakeProwl: @Soundwave «Is this a new change, or some sort of cult that's been long established?» Airachnid: I'm Airachnid. I sometimes greet mecha like that. Fiasco: Hello, Airachnid. Airachnid: And, I like to see Insecticons, even if they aren't from my home reality. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Initial murders, three years ago. Nothing else known. FakeProwl: @Soundwave «The one in the pinstripes is Isaac?» Fiasco: *his antenna perk up again* Oh? That's not the typical reaction. *he sets his datapad in his lap, aand pauses, eyeing her over* Are you an insecticon? ItsyBitsySpyers: *Tiny nod.* FakeProwl: *there's a new voice. glances toward it?* N O S: What in the pit is an Insecticon? Airachnid: Part Insecticon. ItsyBitsySpyers: \\HIM.\\ FakeProwl: *WHEN DID BOMBSHELL-- avatar spazzes and glitches.* N O S: I see that, obviously. But, what's the special name for? FakeProwl: *goodbye prowl is gone* Fiasco: *pauses and considers the question; he just sits there in silence for a few long moments* If I were to define it, I would say any and all mecha who have the potential to transform into a cyber-insect Fiasco: or retains cyber-insectoid characterstics. But I'm not an expert. N O S: Yeah, well, we've never seen one that looks like you. ItsyBitsySpyers: *What-- oh. Yes. Prowl's thing about Insecticons. He'll ping after to see if Prowl needs anything.* ItsyBitsySpyers: *Frenzy finally remembers he got asked a question* Airachnid: [notices what happened with Prowl] Fiasco: *if he noticed, he gives no sign* ItsyBitsySpyers: \\DON'T THINK SO? AFTER HE GOT THAT THING IN HE WAS LIKE. RUBBIN' HIS HELM 'N STUFF A WHOLE BUNCH.\\ FakeProwl: *pings back. the ping does not say anything. at least he's alive.* ItsyBitsySpyers: \\DUNNO 'BOUT NOTHIN' ELSE.\\ Fiasco: I am a unique specimen. *pause* In a manner of speaking. Fiasco: If we're talking in plain terms, I'm a failed science experiment, but "insecticon" has less syllables. Dart: He was getting a lot of migraines after that thing was installed. That's because his processor can't handle all these upgrades. FakeProwl: ((god i'm remembering cabin in the woods. what was the dude's name--the harbinger?)) Airachnid: I'm more along the lines of "a Allspark abnormality". Dart: [[ yeah ]] ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave acknowledges. He trusts Prowl to message him if he needs something the Constructicons can't offer.* ItsyBitsySpyers: \\SO MAYBE HE BUSTED HISSELF. I AIN'T LEARNED HEAD STUFF.\\ Dart: If he'd busted himself, he'd be offline at least. Dart: The upgrade probably didn't help, but he was picking himself apart before that. Dart: Ever since he came through the bridge in a hurry and threw that tantrum. ItsyBitsySpyers: \\DUNNO 'BOUT NO TANTRUM.\\ ItsyBitsySpyers: \\HE BEEN PICKIN STUFF A LONG TIME THOUGH.\\ Dart: He came home one day and was furious... He almost broke the bridge. ItsyBitsySpyers: \\'N AIN'T NOBODY ASKED HIM HOW COME?\\ FakeProwl: @Soundwave «... Who's the Insecticon?» Fiasco: What is the name of this film? Airachnid: Children of the Corn. Airachnid: Whatever "corn" is. Fiasco: Hm. *fires up his datapad and starts typing carefully* Dart: We asked him. Well, I did. He didn't tell me. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Self-identification: failed science experiment. Designation: Fiasco. Unrecognized. Dart: Right after he came back and calmed down, he said for us to find a ship. So... we found a ship. Airachnid: I hate religous zealots. Fiasco: It's a large grain plant, apparently. FakeProwl: *well. fiasco isn't bombshell.* Fiasco: I believe it's--*points at the screen* the stalks behind them. *holds his datapad up and looks between the two, verifying his identification* Fiasco: I can confirm that that is, in fact, corn. ItsyBitsySpyers: \\HE AIN'T SAID WHY A SHIP?\\ Airachnid: So it's a plant? [that would explain some things] Fiasco: *looks to her and nods* ItsyBitsySpyers: \\HOW COME THERE'S SO MUCH?\\ FakeProwl: *hesitantly flickers back on. hello, prowl is back.* Dart: Pit, I don't know. Fiasco: *looks back to his datapad. Scolls. After a few moments he speaks in that same, dull monotone*Corns are grown in great abundance because they';re used for food. Dart: We went onto the ship and he went ... he just went to town. Killed everyone. Dart: It was fun, but... well, he seemed angry.  Or something. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Ping hello. Quietly moves his fingers until they're bumping Prowl's hand. Hold needed?* FakeProwl: *hold accepted* Fiasco: *does more typing, and falls quiet as he reads* FakeProwl: *warily looks around for fias-- there he is. prowl's gonna keep him in the corner of his optic.* ItsyBitsySpyers: *Good. Laces their fingers tight and shifts his other arm as if he's getting comfortable. Mostly he's just putting it a little more in the way between them.* N O S: So, what are you researching? [breaks apart and reforms by Fiasco ] And how'd you get a hold of us? ItsyBitsySpyers: \\THAT'S A LOTTA FOOD FOR A LIL BUNCHA MINIMEATS.\\ N O S: Ugh, humans eat too much. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave glances at Dart.* ItsyBitsySpyers: [[What will you do if you cannot bring him around?]] Airachnid: Because they are not efficent enough to get much energy out of the things they consume. Fiasco: *looks up* There was a broadcast, on the multiversal data-net. Dart: [ blinks and looks over at Soundwave ] We... we don't know. Fiasco: I've never seen a film before, so I figured I would do that. N O S: Well, we do this once a week. N O S: I mean, /we/ don't, but Blurr does. He's our Captain. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Soundwave's free hand taps his leg twice while he thinks. He nods. For now.* Fiasco: *silently looks around* Fiasco: Which one of you ius Blurr? Airachnid: He's not here. Dart: He's... out right now. FakeProwl: *tries to refocus on the movie. free hand slides up to cover the back of his neck* Fiasco: Oh. Dart: But, he should be back soon. Dart: We hope. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Hand. Unnecessary. Others will not touch in his presence. FakeProwl: @Soundwave «It helps.» Fiasco: At any rate, I think I am caught up. This is Burt and Vicky, and they are in Gatlin, correct? N O S: Yep. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): ...Understood. Other needs? Fiasco: *nods and sets his datapad down again* ItsyBitsySpyers: *He doesn't want others to figure out Prowl's thing but... if Prowl knows and wants his hand there still, he won't argue.* Dart: [ looks at Soundwave, then Frenzy ] Are you sure he didn't tell you anything? FakeProwl: *he slouches forward so his elbow's on his knee. looks more like he's rubbing a crick in his neck than anything.* FakeProwl: *... that's what he's going for, at least.* FakeProwl: @Soundwave «No needs now.» ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Nothing.]] ItsyBitsySpyers: \\SORRY.\\ Dart: [ frowns ] It's all right... Dart: [ rubs helm ] I just thought we could use some key words to snap him out of it. Fiasco: *tilts his head anc glances back Airachnid's way* You say you're part insecticon...? How did you manage to do that? Airachnid: I came out of the Allspark this way. Fiasco: "Allpsark"? ItsyBitsySpyers: *Catching up on the movie's a good distraction, right?* @Prowl: (txt): Murderous corn god cult confirmed. Corn deity guided initial murders. No human adults seen. ItsyBitsySpyers: Human assisting outsiders killed. Outsiders assigned death sentence. Airachnid: The Well of Allsparks, the source of all life on our Cybertron. Fiasco: Oh. Hmm. ...*pulls the datapad right up again* Airachnid: Our sparks rise from our planet's core and we eventually form our frames. ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Perhaps if you knew what put him there to start with. If you do not... then he does not know.]] FakeProwl: @Soundwave «Is there evidence that the "corn deity" actual exists? Or do we only know of its whims through its prophet? Fiasco: *nods absently; for the first time his masked has something close to an expression: he squints as he reads* Dart: He didn't say anything... He just locked himself in his room after the movies that night. Airachnid: To be quite honest, no one really knows why mecha like myself are formed. Some say it's what happens when an Insecticon spark and a normal spark merge while rising in the Well. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Corn deity - [][][]He Who Walks Behind the Rows[][][] - known only through prophet, rapid cloud movement. Fiasco: *sets the datapad down again* I don't think we have one of those, where I'm from. That's interesting. N O S: We don't , either. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Records that bit Airachnid just said. He's never heard that. Fascinating* FakeProwl: *half-listening to the Insecticon's conversation. great, there's a universe where Insecticons occur naturally.* ItsyBitsySpyers: *Of course they do.* FakeProwl: *sounds awful* ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Room logs checked?]] Airachnid: [she's happy to inform] Dart: He never left his room after that night. Dart: And the history of the bridge only showed two destinations. ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Negative. Voice logs.]] Fiasco: *holds his datapad with one primary hand and starts to type with his secondary limbs* Thank you for sharing that. Dart: His comm was disconnected. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Shakes helm. Damn it, Blurr.* Dart: [ frowns ] He didn't visit or call anyone. But, Roadbuster came over one night. Dart: That was it, though. That was before he really locked himself up. ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Question Roadbuster.]] Dart: He didn't do anything. ItsyBitsySpyers: [[For what he heard.]] Dart: That Blurr was just feeling down. Dart: Sometimes he gets in these moods. I thought it was just one of his moods. Fiasco: ...do corns do that? ItsyBitsySpyers: @Fiasco: [[You are... a scientist? A historian?]] N O S: Do what, make fuel? ItsyBitsySpyers: \\DUNNO. I NEVER BEEN IN CORNS.\\ Fiasco: *blinks and swivels his helm about, looking for the source of the comm* @Soundwave: I am just me, for now. Fiasco: ((THE C O R N   B O W L )) FakeProwl: *he's looking this way. hand tightens on neck.* ItsyBitsySpyers: *Tugs slightly closer. The Insecticon does not approach.* Airachnid: So it's a youngling cult that involve the corn plant? Fiasco: @Soundwave: What about you? ItsyBitsySpyers: [[It would seem so. They do not allow themselves to live past their youngling years.]] FakeProwl: *prowl knows. he still doesn't like those beady yellow optics on him* Airachnid: Then how do they repopulate? Fiasco: ((ofg that last kid)) ItsyBitsySpyers: [[They are younglings. Perhaps they have not thought that far ahead.]] N O S: Maybe they don't. N O S: Better for us, really. Humans shouldn't reproduce. Airachnid: That is true. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Fiasco: [[An observer. That is his only question for now.]] N O S: How stupid of a system, though. N O S: They kill them when they get older? But, then there's no point- sooner or later, no one will be alive. Airachnid: It is indeed foolish. ItsyBitsySpyers: [[The eldest seemed content to perish. They may not care.]] Airachnid: They are most likely conditioned to think that way, doesn't make it any less foolish. Fiasco: *nods to Soundwave ad returns his attention to the screen, still typing, even as he speaks* I would guess they do not care if they all die; they believe that something is waiting for them in the corn. Fiasco: It's possible they don't think they die--or also, possible something IS waiting for them. Airachnid: Something is waiting for them: the buzzards. Fiasco: ... *immediately begins to look up the word "buzzard"* N O S: That runt is annoying Airachnid: He is indeed irksome. N O S: All of them are, honestly. Fiasco: *approximately two minutes after she makes the joke, he gives a little laugh* Airachnid: But, he is getting what he deserves. Airachnid: [preening] Airachnid: It's like listening to Starscream. ItsyBitsySpyers: \\HA!\\ FakeProwl: *snorts* N O S: It's like listening to anyone. ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Not everyone.]] Fiasco: I don't sound like that. FakeProwl: ((did it go black?)) Airachnid: yeah)) N O S: (( yep. LS dropped )) Sideswipe: ((yup Fiasco: ((DURN)) Fiasco: ((wait i hear a thing)) FakeProwl: ((i hear wind)) N O S: (( its paused now so. )) N O S: back for anyone? )) FakeProwl: ((clearly LS didn't drop, it's just nighttime 0u0)) FakeProwl: ((there it is!)) N O S: [[ mmm nope its still dropping ]] Airachnid: ye)) Fiasco: ((I see a paused screen!)) FakeProwl: ((same)) N O S: (( is it working?) Airachnid: same)) N O S: (( SIGH its not is it? ) Fiasco: ((sound is running, video is choppy, but that;s probably me)) FakeProwl: ((same here)) N O S: (( no it's LS. )) N O S: (( It's dropping. )) FakeProwl: ... Hm. So there IS something out there. N O S: (( LS come the fuuck on. )) Fiasco: *nods* Airachnid: Hmm, strange. N O S: omfg it won't stop dropping. ]] Fiasco: ((LIVESTREAM)) N O S: [[ dude tthere's only20 minutes left come on ]] Airachnid: LS you nugget work)) N O S: is it back for you guys? ] Airachnid: no)) N O S: (( refresh. )) FakeProwl: ((there it is)) Airachnid: I see it!)) Fiasco: ((I see it!)) N O S: ((... wow. ) Sideswipe: there it is)) N O S: (( I hit play and it starts dropping )) Airachnid: I... Fiasco: ...this is significantly less menacing than I think the filmmakers perhaps intended. *points* Airachnid: Well then. FakeProwl: *the hand that was on his neck is now over his mouth* FakeProwl: *it just—it took off. fwoosh. corn rocket.* ItsyBitsySpyers: \\HUH. THEY SAID THEY WAS TURNIN' THE CORN INTO FUEL.\\ ItsyBitsySpyers: \\GUESS THEY MUSTA FIGURED OUT HOW.\\ Fiasco: *another very little laugh* FakeProwl: ((oh so THAT'S why his voice was so high. so you could tell when it dropped.)) Airachnid: That certainly is... something. Sideswipe: -hasn't been paying attention- So...that was...? Fiasco: Again *points* I am not an expert on films, but that seems humorous rather than horrific. I do not feel particularly horrified, in this moment. Airachnid: It does seem silly. Airachnid: But it is indeed humorous. FakeProwl: *slides hand back to his neck* ItsyBitsySpyers: *Tiny squeeze.* FakeProwl: *squeezes back* FakeProwl: ((rude, tearing off that kid's clothes)) FakeProwl: ((tear your OWN clothes, lady)) FakeProwl: ((corn stalks: *gently whap*)) Fiasco: ((PFFF)) Airachnid: ...can plants move on their own like that? Fiasco: ...again. Airachnid: it is very silly but so f*cking funny)) FakeProwl: ... Perhaps they should get out of the field before setting it on fire? N O S: They're horrible at making explosives. Fiasco: That would be wise. Airachnid: Humans are not that bright... Fiasco: Especially given prior evidence that the corns can and will grab them, and retrain them. Fiasco: *restrain ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Perhaps He Who Walks Behind the Rows should have chosen a less flammable manifestation.]] Airachnid: Even human MONSTERS are dim. Sideswipe: -snorts- N O S: Not all of them are that dumb. N O S: humans just like to make themselves the heroes N O S: [ SNORT ] Whirl: F-for a moment I thought the music was for the corn stalk inside the vehicle. Fiasco: And it was going to get them. FakeProwl: ((whirl returns)) ItsyBitsySpyers: [[What a strange film.]] Fiasco: ((WHIRL BACK)) Sideswipe: -more snorting laughter- Airachnid: "Strange" is one way to describe it. Fiasco: I have very little basis for comparison, but I must agree. N O S: Well, that was weird. ItsyBitsySpyers: [[Evil fue...]] Considers that. [[No. He supposes that part makes sense.]] ItsyBitsySpyers: [[The rest is odd.]] Fiasco: Are all "horror" films this strange? *looks to NOS and Dart* N O S: No, some are really good. Dart: I'm afraid the Captain makes the best choices. Fiasco: You said your Captain was sick, didn't you? Dart: He's... ah. I mean, he's... - N O S: He's brain dead. [ huffs] How was that hard to say? Dart: [ B( ] Fiasco: Oh. My condolences. FakeProwl: *oh. good news.* Dart: He's gonna get better. Airachnid: [that was a very blunt delivery] N O S: Unfortunately. He'll come out of it. Fiasco: ...I wasn't aware brain deat was a condition one could recover from. N O S: It's a skill. He's a roach. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Ugh. Roaches.* Fiasco: *antennae perk up* He's an Insecticon? ItsyBitsySpyers: *Shakes his helm slightly. For Primus' sake.* N O S: No, he's... well. He looks like a monster, if that helps. Fiasco: *considers this* Hm. It does not. FakeProwl: *... hand squeeze. no reason.* Dart: Maybe you can meet him next time. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Oh? Returns it. Almost imperceptible glance in Prowl's direction.* Fiasco: Perhaps. I don't know that I'll be able to come back anytime soon; it was convenient, for now. But I appreciate your implied invitation to return. N O S: He's all stitched up in the face. N O S: And he has sharp teeth. He's a weird one. Dart: Not that we're normal. FakeProwl: *except for the hand on his neck, looks pretty much neutral* Fiasco: My teeth, when I had them, were sharp; I don't see the point of flat teeth. N O S: You know, I bet I could look like a bug... ItsyBitsySpyers: *Doesn't know what's weird about sharp teeth, hmph.* Airachnid: [likewise] N O S: [ studying Fiasco ] N O S: Can't be that hard. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): ...Avatar time in safer place wanted after business concluded? Should not attend site disturbed. Fiasco: *stares back with that same, flat, Permanently Bored expression* ItsyBitsySpyers: *He doesn't know how long Prowl has before the shift starts. If he has to go straight from this to more discomfort...* N O S: When we combine, we have four arms. Dart: Combining is not fun for me when it's with YOU. FakeProwl: @Soundwave «I'll only have a few minutes.» ItsyBitsySpyers: *Quick thoughts. Many of them.* Fiasco: I have a minimum of six limbs, a maximum of eight, actually. Abnd... you're a comibiner? Fiasco: (COMIBINER) N O S: Not... naturally. N O S: Probably doesn't work like normal. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Dart: [[-Certify- brain module death. If any signs visible, contact.]] ItsyBitsySpyers: *Tugs Prowl's hand up. Come on. He'll give you those few minutes, at least.* Dart: @Soundwave: :: Uh, you mean comm you? Uhm, we'll try? :: Fiasco: *folds his hands on top of his datapad, which is in his lap* Allow me to assure you that I don't have a terribly firm preconceived notion for what is and isn't "normal." N O S: Well, good. [smirks and leans on the couch ]  We don't like normal. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Dart: [[Correct. Frenzy and Ravage will find him if he is unavailable.]] Dart: @Soundwave: :: Uhm, all right. :: FakeProwl: *small nod* @Soundwave «I'll see you at the bar?» Airachnid: I never liked the word "normal" to be fair. ItsyBitsySpyers: @Prowl: (txt): Affirmative. N O S: That's what Blurr's all about. Throwing aside what's normal and working with everything that isn't N O S: Normal is an ugly word. FakeProwl: *nod. flickers and disappears* Fiasco: I have no strong feelings regarding it, one way or the other. N O S: [ shrugs ] Good. Fiasco: But, it is good to know that, in case I come to visit again. Thank you for the interesting film. ItsyBitsySpyers: *Taps Frenzy, docks, and nods to the others. Excuses himself quietly.* N O S: Oh, sure. We aim to please. Airachnid: Oh do come by again sometime. Dart: For our Captain's sake. I'm sure he'd like you to come back. Sideswipe: ...Right. I gotta go now. But thanks for the film. Dart: [ wave ] Fiasco: *stands and nods to Airachnid* It was nice to meet you. There are very few of my kind left, so it's always... somewhat refreshing, to see another. Sideswipe: ((thanks for the stream, scooting off now Airachnid: [a smile and nod] Airachnid: Farewell. Dart: (( welcome! )) Fiasco: *bows at the waist to her, and then addresses the room* Goodbye. Fiasco: *and he is gone* Dart: [ waves] Airachnid: [she looks around before climbing out of the hammock] N O S: Well, let's shut down, yeah? We gotta go check on the carrot. Dart: ... [ embarrassed noise ] Don't call him that. Airachnid: I need to get going as well. Until next time. Dart: Goodbye! [ wave ] Airachnid: [nods before sneaking off]