[text posted mid-morning & updated after]

[10_20_15_5_50]

I think I'm lost.

ETA: Definitely lost. Send help.

ETA: Now lost long enough to be both hungry and thirsty

ETA: And lonely. :(

ETA: Found a live goldfish, bowl and all. This can solve 2 of 3 problems

ETA: Lonely again.

ETA: oh NOW I find gummy bears

ETA: 5 part finished packs!!! jeez hiro

ETA: SAVED MYSELF and I even have something to show for it. THIS, Jadewing, is something you should see. Anybody else interested...? Breakdown, I expect.

(ooc: feel free to reply to any of the updates! they ran from mid-morning to lunchtime)

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[10_20_15_5_50]

no. If I had the opportunity to do that a) I would know if the foot was properly prepared, rn I don't even know where it's from and b) I would've been able to catch blenderbot without resorting to throwing things at it

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[diagnosispuberty]

so basically ur carrying around a suspicious rabbit's foot of unknown origin?

also: not a good example; blenderbot was built to be as smart as the average adult.

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[10_20_15_5_50]

basically, but it was from a friend so its not so suspicious and it is at least authentic: bone showing in some spots

How NIMBLE was blenderbot built to be?

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[the_other_green_seeker]

OK, first where the Pit are you and what have you been up to?

[Seriously human, the things you get up to when he's not paying attention.]

And second, that thing looks uncomfortably like a Dweller. But you're on. Time and place?

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[10_20_15_5_50]

I am in my apartment. I've been in the apartment all day, but I spent the better part of it lost in Hiro's room because the mess he has accumulated already is incredible. Outside of today? Been busy setting up to have a second person at my place. Have you met the kid yet?

[You haven't even heard about half of it.]

What's a dweller? I'm open to suggestions since I'm not sure where would be best.

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Find anything useful? Aside from the movie, I mean.

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[knight_light]

So where did you get lost?

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[10_20_15_5_50]

Hiro's horribly messy room.

[that's her story and she's sticking to it]

[Text]

[10_20_15_5_50]

a roll of electrician's tape but, alas, not much more

might just help myself to some of Hiro's gummy bears after all

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[He’s chuckling over here.]

Gummy bears?

[What?]

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[10_20_15_5_50]

they're a sort of snack food. No real nourishment but sometimes a nice treat. No actual bears involved.

Probably gonna steal some for the show. Nobody needs five bags.

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[knight_light]

A rescue mission then?

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[10_20_15_5_50]

I was gonna call it an exploratory expedition, but 'search and rescue' is accurate too. I just didn't find the sort of screwdriver I was searching for and had to rescue myself, is all.

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[backgroundseeker]

[He just had time to check on the messages when the last one comes up with that... image... of that....... thing.]

I... What is... what is that... unpleasant looking creature? [Looks like a Cybertronian driller......]

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[10_20_15_5_50]

Well, if you really want, I can tell you... or you can come watch the movie with the rest of us and not have any of the surprises spoiled!

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[the_other_green_seeker]

No, the only organic kid I've met is staying with Lea. Though I take it 'Hiro' is the other person you're talking about?

A Dweller is a huge, ugly, half-organic, half-technological energy leech that turns anyone it drains into an energy vampire themselves. Thank Primus the Quints never got around to making more than one of the things.

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[10_20_15_5_50]

Yep! You'll know him if you talk to him; attitude hugely disproportionate to his size, but he seems like a good sort and is so fun to tease.

oh good god

that sounds like some seriously lovecraftian shit

The Quints?

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[the_other_green_seeker]

Yeah, that about covers a Dweller right there. All the trans-organics were like that from what I heard, but the Dweller was the worst of the bunch, and the biggest threat.

Quints is short for Quintessons. In my world, they originally built Cybertronians to be a slave race way back when before we turned on them and booted them off Cybertron. Now they're back and trying to reclaim Cybertron, and us, and don't care how they do it.

As for how they look, there are several varieties, but let's just say they fit with the aesthetics of the trans-organics. Lots of metal, tentacles, and usually multiple faces.

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[10_20_15_5_50]

[For the aftermath of an April Fool's joke, this exchange is proving educational... and now, surprisingly serious.]

wow

...I think 'well fuck that' to everything in order and Quintessons in particular is the best way to actually articulate my response.

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[10_20_15_5_50]

everything except you guys clearing the Quints from Cybertron. Props on that!

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[the_other_green_seeker]

Good response, actually.

Though, heh, the whole Quintesson-booting thing was way before my time. But thanks. Hopefully my ancestors kicked a bunch of Quintesson aft, though.

But getting back to things that aren't creepy as frag, I think an outdoor location would be best for the movie showing; that way everyone has easy access, no matter how big they are.

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[10_20_15_5_50]

consider it the most general 'you guys' and I expect they did

also now I'm curious: how old are you?

[Breakdown and Wing are, she knows, by Earth standards, ancient.]

Sounds good to me. :Db One more reason perpetual summer is a pretty big plus. Any area you might have in mind? I ask because hey you *have* seen more of the options.

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[the_other_green_seeker]

About 7.5 million years, give or take. We don't keep track of our ages quite as precisely as humans do.

[Most likely because they're all stupidly old.]

Well, that depends on what you want. You want a place with a built in projection surface? Or just an open space where a large screen or monitor of some kind could be set up?

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[10_20_15_5_50]

man oh man

and here I thought Breakdown was old. Thank you for not getting crotchety in your old age & yeah yeah I can see why you wouldn't.

[Even at the 'one century' mark, one would not light candles so much as the cake itself on fire.]

I feel like such a young punk.

The latter is tempting, if you don't mind being roped into setting some stuff up. As much as I'd like to save asking favours for emergencies, there's a lot of stuff I'm sort of short for.

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[knight_light]

[He meant Hiro, but that works too, and has him laughing on his end.]

Good, I don’t think I’d fit in Hiro’s room to come rescue you if you’d not managed to do so yourself.