[Video]

[The drone didn’t catch much of anything, metal, upholstery worn and battered by dust before there was a sudden, almost sickening flurry of movement, the drone hitting the pavement noisily, the view of the sky obscured by a dusty boot-print. There was a loud creaking as a door swung shut, a moment passing before there was the noise of an engine, more a guttural snarl than anything sleek and speedy. By the time the drone righted itself the vehicle had started moving again.

It had a good view at least, to see the rig. A burly-looking sand-blasted thing, all dark metal and sharp jagged edges, from bumper to bumper. More alarming than the sheer size and intimidating nature of the thing was the decorations. Crowded along particular points on the rig itself and the tank it pulled were skulls, gaping eye sockets and grinning often gap-tooth grins from the running boards and along the wheel-wells, and along the back bumper as it drove along down the street, leaving the drone in the dust.

Definitely not Avon calling.]

[video]

This is just a heads-up; I'm not really going to be around for the next... while, so please don't think I've dropped off the face of the planet or went poking around the miasma or whatever. I'm still here. You can call me whenever; I just won't be out and about.

Or home for supper.

[Sam sighs. She looks well enough, if a little ill at ease; the room she's in is a hospital room, and possibly a contributing factor.]

I'd like to call on all my emergency contacts and ask you peek in on my apartment periodically, make sure it's not having any kind of crisis. Thanks!

[In her absence, the apartment is occupied solely by one noodley little nerd and four robots he's been expressly forbidden from modding more. May God, Primus, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or whoever can claim to be in charge of this gongshow have mercy on 'em all.]

[locked to Hiro]
I don't know when I will be home. Don't worry, I'm not hurt, but I'm at the hospital and I can't leave it until I get the greenlight.

[locked to Subzero]
Hey. D'you still want blood samples?

[locked to Knock Out]
Hey, Doc Knock, you working today? If you are, when you're off, you should swing by and visit me. To the extent that you're able, anyway, cause I'm kind of in quarantine. You're more than welcome to bring the big guy too.

[Video/action]

[This was not Braavos.

Arya stood quite still for a long moment, trying to assess what had happened. Was it a test of some sort? Was she dead? A bad dream?

Not even noticing the feed on her drone was active, not that she even knew what that meant anyways. She gave it an uncertain look, that frown she wore deepening into a suspicious scowl when the drone started piping up with helpful information, turning on her heel and stalking away once she realized that while it spoke a language she understood, she still didn’t understand what it was taking about.

She’d started to ignore her poor drone even as it hurried after her once she decided she was getting nowhere listening to it. Nothing it said made any sense to her, so she’d just as soon rather explore the area and find out what was going on for herself, find someone who could explain things in a way she could understand. Of course the ruins weren’t exactly the best place to be, especially once one finds the tunnels. And given they offered some shelter and relief from the heat, guess who was going to go edging into them? It was this kid with nothing but an oyster knife to defend herself with.

Arya Stark, making the best life choices.]

(no subject)

[Haveners who have been on Earth and inclined to trawl its internet may've come across the viral video of a cat going 'no no no no no...' This video isn't that video, but it sounds sort of similar.]

This is cruel and unusual punishment! I demand to-- to speak to a lawyer or-- or a youth representative! Put me down!

[Sam's calm amidst all these objections, carrying her housemate in both arms, like a bundle of branches. Twiggy thing that he is, it isn't unduly difficult; she's got his sleeves twisted tight in one fist and his pantlegs caught in the other to keep him from flailing as she limps through the apartment. Moving with definite purpose, she reaches what has to be Hiro's room and enters, pausing to prod at what's probably the bed (covered as it is in laundry) with one foot. Satisfied that the clothes aren't hiding anything hard, Sam steps back---once, twice, thrice---and then throws the teen onto the mound-topped mattress.]

Ow! [Yeah, he's overexaggerating, but still, this is very unfair, considering his crime was something so mild. Sam wasn't even going to USE all those ingredients in whatever delicious thing she was baking, right?]

Video the 1st || introducing little king trashmouth

[Since there aren't enough confused seekers around here already RIGHT. This here video starts up with THIS mostly red jet guy all up in his drone's grill trying to adjust the video or WHATEVER. To say he looks displeased would be an understatement, he looks positively livid, but he seems to chill out once he realizes he's gotten the droid to start recording. Now he just looks mildly annoyed, but deep down in his stupid little spark he really just wants to start slapping people let's be honest.]

Okay, in the interest of saving all of us a little time, I'll cut right to the point. My name is Starscream. That's Lord Starscream, ruler of Cybertron, just so we're all on the same page. I don't know why I've been brought here, I don't know how I was brought here, I don't even know where here is, but I'm sure I don't need to state how little I appreciate being brought here against my will. That said, if any of you would be so kind as to point me towards the nearest space bridge or transport, I'd be willing to forget this little incident ever took place. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[he decides to leave out the part about him ruining people should nobody help him out. no need to be too unpleasant right]

[Video]

[What was that? Oh nothing, just the feed flicking on to the sight of one big green eye, before a pink kitten nose was nudging at the lens of the drone’s camera. How did S’mores manage to turn that feature on? Who even knew? It wasn’t like she was telling, just starting in on nuzzling on the drone, her purr sending a nearby glass vibrating across the table it was sitting on. Other than the light filtering in through the partly-drawn curtains? The room being shown was dim, the mood entirely gloomy.

Which of course seemed to match the mood of the bot sitting in an armchair with a book in his lap, though he wasn’t paying the open text much mind, just frowning in the direction of the window, unaware that he was being filmed.]
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[Video/Locked and public parts]

[First there's a quick, brief, message sent off to one of the Guardians. A message he's been needing to send for a while.]

[Locked to Wheeljack]

Wheeljack, I'm sorry if this is is a bad time. But I wanted to find out the status with the issues with The Spine, and if you've made progress

[/Locked]

[Then there's a more public message. Because it's been far too quiet lately.]

Given the issues we have had recently, I wanted to give everyone a reminder. My name is Bumblebee, and I am currently the temporary leader of the police force in Haven. [If you can call holding the position for like a year 'temporary']

If you have any problems, concerns or conflicts that need resolving. Please let me or one of my officers know, so we can help resolve it.

Also, if anyone would like to help protect Haven, we're always open to new members on the force. Again you can contact me if you're interested.

Have a good day.

[Accidental Video]

[A lone drone seems to have found a wreck in the deep snows of the Northeast Sector. It's beaten to scrap, with spent energon and half-frozen cydraulic fluids smeared from a dozen places of damage. Part of the wreck looks like it was once black with a purple stripe paralleling one edge. The rest is blue but so faded, dented, and scuffed that the protective paint has all but worn off in many places.]

[There's a groan, and the wreck shifts . . . and sits up. Ah, so it's not a ship that got pummeled by a meteor shower or something. Actually, as the helm comes up, the face and torso will be familiar to many . . . at least to an extent. He looks like he's been ten rounds with Megatron who's ten factors of pissed off at Starscream, and he wasn't allowed to fight back. One edge of his helm is a little caved in, like he took one HELL of a backhand, the optic cracked and dark. His canopy is spiderwebbed. His wings . . . well, they're bent and dented badly - actually, before he sat up and turned to face towards the camera (without having noticed it yet), the backs could be seen covered in long scorched furrows. Also? They're not the same color scheme. His left wing is his, but the right . . . isn't. Also, there's something around his throat, a tight band with inscribed sigils and tiny indicators and controls.]

[Thundercracker seems to take a long moment to even really register being conscious, let alone where he is, but finally the cold - the cold WET - is sinking in. He shifts in confusion, then shifts some more, getting his knees under him as he flails a hand through the bizarre white stuff he's half-sunk into.]

W-what the frag? Where . . .

[He looks around and the comm drone immediately starts into the greeting and explanation that everyone here has heard.]

What? S-stop...stop talking. Whatever you are, stop talking!

[He makes a swipe at it with his hand - his arms are also devoid of rifles, leaving only roughly-patched holes in his shoulders - and it beeps and darts out of the way. It dodges easily, the once-proud Decepticon weak and off-balance from his injuries. Or...not Decepticon? No brands. On either wing.]

W-where am I? What the frag happ-!

[The comm drone, triggered by the "right" words, follows its programming and attempts to launch into its explanation again.]

I said SHUT UP!

[The video ends with the Seeker snarling and launching himself - okay, more like flailing himself - at the drone.]


((Heeeee's mostly just in reaction mode at the moment, but he'll calm down and be more reasonable shortly... Also, forgive the lack of icons, that's being remedied.))

[backdated video]

[Most of the announcements Sam makes are pretty jovial in tone. This one... isn't. Sam looks (and sounds) tired, and maybe a little worried; unsurprising, with what happened only hours earlier.]

So, uh. I haven't been able to find my moose. Anybody want to help me look before we lose the light? He was last seen in the air west of the warehouse, and having gone over the ground that way... I'm left concluding he's either on top or at least partway in a building, elevation unknown. So, yeah. Any tall dudes or people more mobile than me? I'd really appreciate helping out here.

[Video]

((ooc: Backdated to shortly after this.))


[A seriously disheveled looking doll comes on the screen. By his tone, Xan sounds as distressed as he looks.]

Everyone, please be on the lookout for The Spine.  It's not his fault, he's not himself right now, but he's extremely dangerous right now.  He doesn't recognize his surroundings and seems to think he's in the middle of a war zone. And he's very well-equipped for it. If you come across him, please do not engage him in any way! He's likely to attack.

If you think you can stop him, please be careful. Again, it's not his fault. If you can knock him out without hurting him, that'd be great. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to, not without doing him serious harm.

[How in the hell would an 8-inch yarn poppet stop a 7-foot-plus-tall titanium robot? Well . . . you'd have to have just seen it to believe it, likely.]

If someone could get a hold of one of the Guardians, maybe one of them could help. Anyway . . . please be careful out there!

[Video/Action]

Video
[The feed comes on to show a bot who really has been rather quiet lately, offering a crooked half-smile.]

Hey folks.

[Did that seem like too much steam? He was just standing there, it didn’t look like he should be venting nearly that much steam in that case.]

Was just hopin’ someone c-could do me a favor, n-n- [Well that sudden malfunction of voice didn’t bode well. The titanium bot stopped dead, a tremor running through his frame as the sound of something grinding in his chassis was heard, the echo of something snapping accompanying the sudden jerk of his frame, steam billowing around him as his optics went dark and he suddenly sank on his feet as his systems simply forced a shutdown before something else went wrong.

The silence stretched a moment before there was another jerk of movement from the bot, steam hissing from vents as his gaze lifted, the light of his optics narrowed to pinpricks as there was a sudden tearing of fabric and he suddenly struck out at the drone. Not like anyone would know if the drone fared well after that; the feed cutting abruptly.]


Action
[Even if someone missed the video, it would be quite clear that something was not right with The Spine if they ran into him outside. His normal almost awkwardly smooth, practiced way of moving had been replaced by a heavy sort of gait that he hadn’t used since he was younger, the way he seemed to look through anyone that came near.

Sleeves shredded, fabric hanging in tatters around the weapons his arms had shifted to, the bot clearly on the hunt for something. Not seeing the city around him, seeing instead a bleak landscape, hearing the metallic trumpeting of the enemy. Whatever else might be happening, it was plain that he did not mean well for whoever crossed his path.]



((OOC: Warbot malfunction! There's some chance for some triggering mess- body horror, violence, death, things of that nature, so if you don't want that, just put an ooc note in your first reply and I'll make sure everything's a-ok. Also if you want your character and Spine to throw down let me know what the limits are/if you want to deal with them dying or not, serious injuries etc. His app has all the info on his warbot weapons but ask me if you need clarification!))
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[Video] Action welcome

[It's a bright day in Haven, despite the snow on the ground. Snow? In Haven? ...yep. People seem to expect "the normal" seasons, so somehow they tend to happen even on a planet where they shouldn't be possible as such. The chaos energies of the Miasma, maybe?]

[A figure walks the streets, black cloak a stark contrast to the white snow. More shifting shadows than solid matter, the lone walker seems almost ponderously heavy despite the bone-thin frame - "skeletal" frame, even. The robed figure seems half-skeleton, half-something mechanical and old, rusty and corroded. For those who know the entity, yes, it is Death - Haven's first Guardian - walking the streets of the city. Does he search for someone? Is he just making the rounds as he is wont to do semi-frequently? Maybe he's just enjoying the snow.]

[He pauses as something seems to catch his attention, the blackness in the skull's sockets seeming to deepen further as a focus. The entity stoops, blade-claws on the ends of bone-and-metal fingers delicately picking a pair of sunglasses out of a snow drift. The glasses are turned over, studied . . . and finally donned. Because why not?]

[Straightening and seeming quietly satisfied, Death continues on his way.]

[Accidental Video] Not entirely like the movies

[The feed comes on as Breakdown drives up to his and Knock Out's place. Knock Out is waiting out front, and it looks like Sam is sitting in Breakdown's cab. Instead of politely opening the door for Sam, Breakdown is a total aft and just transforms around her.]

[Knock Out had just been chillin' all chill and stuff, taking a sip from an energon cube when Breakdown rolled up. He started waving a greeting, but as soon as Breakdown transformed with A TINY PERSON inside of himself that wave turned into a kind of stupid looking flail and he choked on his energon for a second before just spitting it out. And then the yelling.]

PppPPTHHBREAKDOWN THERE'S SOMEONE IN YOU!!

[And some more yelling. Coming from inside Breakdown, it's a little muffled, but the words are clear enough, partially due to the volume with which Sam shouts.] What the shit!?

[Despite shouting, she doesn't sound distressed.  Surprised? Yes, but not distressed.]

[Breakdown just looks smugly amused.] She's fine, Doc Knock. Right, Sam?

Yeah. [There's a pause, and then Sam speaks again, her grin unseen but audible.] Hey... you ever see that movie Alien?

[Since it sounds like Sam isn't squished, Knock Out relaxes. Well first he rubs at his face because GodDAMN you guys are going to give him a heart attack. Spark attack. Whatever. But then he relaxes.]

Alien? I think I made Breakdown watch that one with me. Why?


[Oh, Breakdown gets an ornery grin on his face then, shifting his chestplates, he makes an opening in his chest for Sam to see out. He even puts a hand up so she can crawl out.]

[Rather than climb out of the cavity in Breakdown's chest, Sam pops out partway, holding her hands clawed at shoulder height and hissing. It's her best imitation of a chestburster---and ought've been expected.]

[Oooh Sam, this is why you're Knock Out's favorite human. It takes him a second to get it, but when he does, HOOO BOY. He starts laughing his shiny little ass off. BRAVO, he is quite impressed]

[Breakdown cracks up too, doubling over and dumping Sam into his waiting hand.  Yup, this is why he likes this human.]

[There's an inarticulate noise of dismay from Sam as she tumbles onto that hand, but she rolls onto her back to give the bots a thumbs-up.] I couldn't not, y'know?

[And so the feed ends, leaving the three of them laughing together.]


((ooc: Knock Out, Breakdown, Sam.  Responses open to all.))

[video]

What the hell.

[Sam's laughing a little as she speaks. The reason why is clear as soon as her drone shows her, standing as she is beside the doorway of her bedroom... which is almost entirely blocked by furry masses. She presses a hand against the pile, testing its give, and there's a gritty shifting sound as her hand sinks a couple of inches. The noise should be familiar to a few of her fellow Haveners, if not telltale until---]

Got some bigass beanbags over here. And since I'm assuming someone did this---since nobody's talking about a beanbag invasion---I've gotta say, I'm kind of impressed. Check this out.

[She moves out of frame to take hold of her drone, pointing it up to and then pushing it through the little 'window' left open, near the top of the doorway. The short hall that leads to the rest of the apartment? FURRY BEANBAGS. It's furry beanbags as far as the eye can see---which isn't far, because, again, beanbags.]

Am I ever glad we made the moose door open out.

[random video because]

[Have Jetstorm here, nunchucks out, swinging them like the tiny professional that he is. There's no anger on his face, no joy. He's simply concentrating. Very hard. And not at all paying attention to the shiny dragon that's watching his feet work.]

[Very closely.]

[And suddenly, without warning, the dragon leaps forward to pat at the minicon's feet. Jetstorm, taken by surprise, lets out a little cry and stumbles, dropping like a rock to the ground with a thud. His dragon peers up at him, eyes big and round and this is totally the look of 'I DID NOT DO THAT!']

[Jetstorm groans, pushes himself to his side and stares down at his chirping buddy, and vents a sigh. This isn't the first time they've gone through this drill.]


I need to find something else for you to play with.

[video: on the eve]

[Once again, Sam's addressing her fellow Haveners through an open broadcast; this time, from her own apartment. She's sitting on the couch, rolling a glass back and forth between her hands.]

Okay, so! The clock's rolling over in just five more minutes, so I need to know: who's at home and awake? If you're a friend of ours and not awake, I'll apologize now because we might be waking you up in the next couple of hours. Depends on your door.

[video] Backdated, to late Christmas morning

 Hey, Merry Christmas, Haven! 

Just sending out an open invitation to any of my friends to stop by for a non-traditional Christmas dinner this afternoon. I know it's pretty short notice, but it'll be fun and there might even be a few games and a bit of carol singing if anyone's interested.

[video: forward-dated to the 24th]

Hey. [Sam grins at her drone---and thus, Haven in general---as she strides (a bit unevenly, as always) down the hall her apartment is in.] If we've talked a lot, or you've done me a favour, I need to know where you are, cause I've got something to give you. If you're at home? Great. If not? Say something, don't make me hunt. I got too much ground to cover today.

[Video]

[Well that was unexpected. The dominantly purple mech had been shifted out of his jet form into bipedal mech. The mist wafted around him as he tried to get what bearings he could of his surroundings.]

Where in the world am I?

[This was obviously not Japan, let alone where he'd been before. Before he'd been patrolling in jet form after a culprit. He'd gone through a cloud and ended up here. A little drone rolled up to him and seemed to be looking up at him, which had him looking right back in wary confusion.]

Hello?

[voice | private to Knock Out]

I just thought of something, and I'm a idiot for not thinking of it sooner. You got a minute to talk?