[VIDEO accidentally on purpose]

[automobileenthusiast]

[Why hello there folks, I hope you like staring at the backs of people's heads because THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. It takes this little red mech a few seconds to realize that there's SOMETHING hovering behind him. he does this little half turn, lets out a SUPER MANLY (no) yelp and swats the thing out of the air, ending the recording.

But that's not all, folks. The camera blips on and off a few more times, catching Knock Out in various levels of annoyance, usually in the middle of either swearing or trying to shoo the thing away. Oh god little drone why are you here.

Finally Knock Out gives up and seems to have just accepted that he's made a new "friend". He looks exasperated as all hell when the little bugger starts recording him one last time.]

Fine, since this little drone seems hell bent on stalking me and recording it, I figured I might as well try to use this to my advantage. So, where am I and how do I leave? I was kind of in the middle of something.

[Knock Out pauses and glances slightly off camera, presumable at the drone itself.]

There, happy now? I swear, if someone come out here to blow me up because of you, I'm going to be very annoyed.

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[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[Dammit. Can he just smash you to bits and avoid the sparkache? As much as he wants to he can't bring himself to.]

That's how we got here. Apparently it's caused by Unicron.

[He vents a sigh] Yeah. I know where showers are.

[automobileenthusiast]

[I mean you can but Knock Out would be really really annoyed]

By Unicron? That doesn't make any sense. He shouldn't be able to cause anything anymore.

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

What do you mean "anymore"? [HE'S STARTING TO DOUBT YOU, KNOCK OUT!! In fact, that's a rather dangerous look in his one good optic...]

[Yeah, yeah, dark energon, blah, blah, blah, "blood of Unicron", blah, blah, blah. Doesn't mean it actually is the blood of Unicron. He wasn't sure he believed in Unicron at all until getting here. And Knock Out never struck him as a believer either...]

[automobileenthusiast]

[He hears that tone and he crosses his arms, looking all huffy.]

Okay, assuming I'm not going crazy and you're not some kind of disturbingly realistic hallucination, you've missed a lot, Breakdown. In fact, what is the last thing you remember before you ended up here?

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[Huffy is good...huffy is normal.]

MECH...

[It was all he said, his face twitched even and so did a hand like he wanted to reach up and touch the eye patch that Bulkhead of all people had given him...]

[automobileenthusiast]

Right, that was... that was kind of a while ago. So now we have weird time travel or something involved, that's nice.

[It's not nice. Not really.]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[Okay...for as strange as that is, the time travel thing isn't new for him.]

....Bulkhead said the same...said that was a long time ago...

[He sighs.] C'mon. We'll go to my place, you can clean up, and then I think we need to talk...

[automobileenthusiast]

Oh of course Bulkhead's here too. That's great, because I love it when nothing makes sense.

[Hello my name is Sarcasm. but ANYWAY, Knock Out hesitates for a moment. Sure, Breakdown sounded like Breakdown, and his plating wasn't all shat up, but Doc Knock over here couldn't help but be just a bit paranoid]

You've got a place, hm? You're moving up in the world, Breakdown.

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[He turns to start walking. You following, bro? Or is he leaving you behind?]

I've been here for months, okay? Which, I'm sure, makes even less sense to you.

[Stop being so pissy, Breakdown, you partner is here....if only he could believe that...]

[automobileenthusiast]

[damn you and your longer legs Knock Out has to trot a bit to catch up.]

Well you're right about that.

[He reaches for Breakdown's arm, mostly out of reflex. Slow the fuck dooooown Knock Out is still trying to make this make sense he doesn't have time for speed walking]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[Shit, did he just flinch? He totally just flinched and looked at Knock Out...but he does slow down.]

...Sorry...it's...be a rough couple weeks...

[He'll walk slower now, sorry about that...]

[automobileenthusiast]

[WELL Knock Out had never really known Breakdown to be flinchy. He awkwardly retracts his hand and clears his vocalizer.]

No, you don't have to apologize. Do you want to talk about it? I mean, it sounds like we're going to have a lot to catch up on anyway, so we might as well pick a starting point.

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

....No, I don't really want to talk about it.

[Not yet.]

Let's get you caught up on this place, and you tell me about what I missed, and then we'll see...

[automobileenthusiast]

[SHOT DOWN AGAIN Knock out you are on a ROLL.]

Mm, fair enough. Soooo, how far is your place?

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[HE DOESN'T WANT TO TELL YOU THAT HE JUST MURDERED YOU LAST WEEK, OKAY?!]

Not far. It'll be faster if we drive.

[That's something that should have tipped him off before...Knock Out didn't want to go driving around...would this one?]

[automobileenthusiast]

[THAT'S AWFUL. But anyway.]

Well, I suppose I can slow down enough to let you lead the way.

[You know Knock Out, always GOTTA GO FAST. He transforms and waits for Breakdown to do the same.]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[That actually puts a little smiles on his face before he transforms and leads the way. He'll slow and transform only to activate a Gateway and then will drive on through and continue on to his place. Welcome to the Hub, Knock Out.]

[automobileenthusiast]

[neat Hub you got here bro. Knock Out veers off just a bit while taking a look around.]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[Another encouraging detail he'd not realized was...missing until too late. He transforms and is already starting to look more relaxed.]

...Can you imagine our Cybertron looking like this? [Well...minus the organic touches here and there, but YOU KNOW WHAT HE MEANS!]

[automobileenthusiast]

[Knock Out transforms and immediately focuses on the weird organic touches because SCIENCE NERD.]

No, not at all! Who's been terraforming? Cybertron was never meant to sustain organic life, especially not something as small as a human, and I know I've seen at least one of those around. They'd be crushed by our gravity!

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

Some little bug femme thing.

And I don't know how to address the rest of that. There are a lot of organics here, not just humans either...lot of Cybertronians too, but some have some strange designs.

[automobileenthusiast]

Bug femme thing.

[He's only repeating it because it sounds funny ok. plus bugs are icky.]

I half really want to know how or why any of this is even possible, but I also half really don't care right now.

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

I'm sure you can ask one of the Guardians later. They probably have a good idea, since apparently they've been here for some five hundred years or so.

Anyway, what do you want to know?

[Here. Come into his apartment, Knock Out. Sorry for the mess, he smashed the place up about a week ago...it's mostly cleaned up...]

[automobileenthusiast]

[Oh Knock Out knows the signs of a Breakdown tantrum all too well at this point, even is the place is mostly cleaned up. He won't mention it yet.]

I don't even know where to start. In all honesty I still haven't decided if this is all real or some kind of dream. Maybe we should start with what all you've missed?

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

It's not a dream... [Sometimes he wishes it was, sometimes he's glad it isn't.] But all right.

What have I missed? [He'll motion Knock Out to the couch and will go get them some energon. And it's the good stuff. Good quality and abundant.]