Kismet Loop

[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.))

[Breakdown seems to be just poking around, exploring a bit...it’s better than thinking about that...that...imposter that looked like Knock Out.  He’d pounded the interloper to scrap just before he...it...whatever...vanished entirely.  That was strange, but whatever, it wasn’t Knock Out.  Now he was just poking around to try to distract himself.]

[And this...wasn’t what he was expecting to find.  He was being nosy and peeking in random doors he passed in whatever building he was currently in.  And he’d found something in this one.]

[He steps up to the green and white bot slumped on the floor.  Anyone who knows Gunmax will know that the biker cop isn’t doing so well.]

[And now people will get to see the “gentle nurse” side of Breakdown as he steps over to check the guy out.  In the end he just ends up lifting Gunmax up a bit and pouring some energon into him.  Just enough to put a little fuel in his tanks.  Once he’s done that he’s gonna pick Gunmax up and sling the bot over his shoulder.]

[The drone bounces after the two as and cuts the feed as Breakdown heads down the hall.]