[Video] Like a fish on dry land

[invisiblepinkboat]

[She hadn't really thought she'd need to consider this so soon after arriving, but she did, if nothing else, need lay the groundwork... and branch out of this got nothing concrete.

So here, have a brief image on the screen of what's clearly a reflection of Elita on a slab of metal somewhere in Solus' temple large enough to actually give a full-body view. This doesn't last more than a few seconds before the screen is turned back to face Elita again, however.]

Are there any others around of a similar height and mass as myself, who posseses an altmode?

[Two rows of short text gets added, which is basically just Elita's height and mass, because she does not possess more than limited size-changing capbility and can thus not take on an altmode that matches that.]

The recent situation made it clear I need to at least consider finding another altmode... and I'm not sure the Junk Pile would be helpful in that matter.

[But she might have to go looking there anyway, she's aware as her few most recent altmodes have all been boats for various reasons.]

((ooc: for the "ease" of comparison, I've set Elita as somewhere in the low-twenty feet range.))

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[invisiblepinkboat]

All right, all right. Not that that'd be necessary, but if that's what you want.

[She hums, optics narrowing in thought.]

If I could just alter the transformation scheme enough, a car-alt from someone of similar size and mass... or just a four-wheeled vehicle of similar measurements probably would be the simplest.

[raceme]

It's only fair and yes I would like to do that for you. [Have a smile, Elita. he's thankful for the help.]

You wouldn't like something with wings?

[invisiblepinkboat]

[She smiles back briefly and then shrugs.]

These aren't wings; I need them for my current function to let my alloys work the most effectively, they don't have any other function.

[She shifts both panels in something resembling a shrug.]

I'm not built for flight, Blurr, so if I got a flight-capable altmode, I wouldn't be able to use it other than rolling on the ground. Which is why I'd need a vehicle that can either easily fit these panels, or where I can alter the transformation to allow for them.

[There might be dimensions where a cybertronian could switch between ground and flight altmodes, but the one she came from wasn't one, so if she wanted to keep her hull-"wings" she'd need something that could accomodate them.]

[raceme]

I see...sorry for the confusion. [It's the first time he meets an autobot that has a bot as an alt mode :x]

[Blurr chuckles.] Wheelie thinks that rolling on the ground is fun he likes to do that but he's just a kid I GUESS that you will have to keep looking I will pay attention to any possible alt modes that might fit you.

[Sounds logical, yes.]

[invisiblepinkboat]

You don't have to apologize. I'm aware my alt isn't the most usual one. [Elita shrugs and nothing's really helped by her neither actually being very straightforward what her alt is, nor that it's not really... visible on her.]

If I transformed into a wheel, rolling on the ground would be acceptable.

[She says this with a smile, however, even if the "just a kid" comment is kind of... interesting.]

And thank you. If this takes a while, hopefully nothing like the monster attack will happen in the meantime.

[raceme]

Okaythankyou.

[Blurr chuckles.] No no no he turns into a small vehicle a really compact one though.

[The TF Animated word is all sort of special.] We will fight together if that happens.

[invisiblepinkboat]

[She just shakes her helm with a small smile; there'd been no reason for an apology or thanks really.]

... So why would he want to roll on the ground?

[This was... somewhat baffling to her, really. She nodded however, expression serious.]

In whatever capacity as needed.

[raceme]

[Blurr is forever the polite one.]

I honestly have no idea I think he picked up the habit when he was living alone in Zeotopia just like his habit of talking with rhymes all the time.

[Wheelies is a curious kid.]

That's correct.

[invisiblepinkboat]

Alone? [She grimaces and shakes her helm; that prospect seems rather unpleasant to her.]

[raceme]

Yes. Alone. [It was very unpleasant, Blurr knows it.] But he's much better now that he's living in Cyberton with us again.

[invisiblepinkboat]

That's good to hear. Being alone isn't something any of us should be.

[raceme]

I've been alone plenty of times and for many solar cycles it's not so bad once you get used to it. [Blurr pauses feeling like he said too much, then he shakes his head.] BUT he is a kid and no he shouldn't be alone.

[invisiblepinkboat]

[Elita tilts her helm, but merely nods. Yes, being alone isn't terrible, but being alone for a great length of time and not knowing when you're next going to talk to someone you know? Or even the same species?

That would be pretty unpleasant.]

... Blurr, I'm curious... What do you mean by Wheelie being a "kid"?

[They're both speaking cybertronian obviously, and yet that word sort of... is strange.]

[raceme]

[Not to mentions all the dangers and bizarre things that exist in the Quintessons' planet.]

I AM..... not sure how to explain it. I don't know how is that he comes from such a small protofrom in the first place and Wheelie isn't very good at explaining himself sometimes BUT he calls himself a kid so we went with that."

[invisiblepinkboat]

Ahh, so he's... [she frowns, and this isn't something she's ever considered to be possible of happening, but...] an immature protoform still, that's further anomalously small?