[audio, airborne]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

 [You know what Whirl doesn't like?  Okay, everything. You got him there, smarty bolts. But more topically, Whirl is not fond of waking up in strange places and being fed ridiculous stories about blah blah the First Forged blah. And the fraggin' Acolyte would not shut up. 

[At least, until Whirl had punched him in the face.  Just a little friendly feedback to stop being so damn boring.  So he's doing some information gathering, the old fashioned way--flying around looking for trouble. ]

So. Stupid mech was telling me something about a fresh start. 

I dunno. Maybe it wasn't 'fresh start.'. Maybe he meant like, fresh tar or  freeze tarts or something. Kinda hard to enunciate after some editorial knuckles. 

[Which are Whirl's favorite flavor of knuckles.]

Thing is ['scuse him while he shoots something.  Because...uh...reasons. It needed shooting. Damn piece of scrap metal ]   I've heard that before. And let me tell you:  there's always a price. 

Anyone figure out what it is yet?  

And don't give me any boo hoo slag about never going home again.

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[rotafortunae]

He absolutely meant freeze tarts. They're free with your arrival, after all. And as to going home, well, you can always take a gamble and walk straight for the ominous black shadowy place near the edge of the world. I hear that's a good way out.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Yeah, that's not suspicious at all. Sudden mystery free food.

[He would roll his optic but, you know, alt mode. ]

You think I give half a scrap about going back to those losers? Seriously? Do you know they wanted to call themselves Crusadercons? Who the frag wants such a lame name?

[Whirl does have his dignity. ]

[rotafortunae]

[snerk]

Good to know that I'm not the only one with little interest in returning home. And I've got to agree; "crusadercons" is just about the silliest name for an organization I've ever heard, and I've heard quite a few. Let me guess: they led you on some sort of mad wild goose chase in search of supposedly holy relics or some such? Or worse: a holy land?

[Voice]

[vandalization]

Tarts sound delicious. All I've eaten the past few days is twinkies and whiskey.

And no idea about getting out. We're pretty much fucked, but welcome to the party.

[Voice]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Yeah? You want me to bring some over for you?

[He will totally bring imaginary face punch tarts to an absolute stranger. He is that generous.]

[A snort.] 'Pretty much fucked' is like my [porn] middle name.

[Voice]

[vandalization]

I'll take anything, man. If I never see another twinkie in my life it will be too soon.

Well well. Looks like we've got a badass on our hands. What's your story?

[Voice]

[docbot]

Hmm... we should work on that. I may not be a complete expert on human physiology, but I do know that you are supposed to eat a more balanced diet. [ Don't try to argue, Vandal. He'll throw the food pyramid at you. ]

VIDEO;

[inferiordude]

Man, you got the info. Dunno what else you're expectin' to hear different.

VIDEO;

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Oh, yeah, because absolute strangers who kidnap you have a stellar reputation for telling the truth.

Maybe where you're from, ribbon-bot. I come from a place I call the 'real world'.

[Which sucks.]

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[ex_dishonestly997]

[he's been spying on other posts, and he didn't pore religiously over the Lost Light manifest, exactly. But he saw that mention of Wreckers and he's a little unsure.]

I'm guessing "nondescript and possibly outrageous favors" is the price from most of these FirstForged, but I only got here myself recently.

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[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Bumblebee would be an even bigger idiot than Whirl thought possible if he showed you the manifest. Not that Whirl was even on the official one, with that grand entrance he made.]

Yeah? Already thought of the obvious, thanks, Starscream.

[Video]

[docbot]

[ Someone is unimpressed here, and that someone is Ratchet. He is also a bit cranky, but that's par for the course. ]

If there's a price outside of being torn from your dimension and being tossed into a disorganized pit of mechs intent on destroying themselves, I wouldn't know. That said, none of us have been here for more than a few weeks, so who knows? Maybe a delightful surprise or two awaits us in the future.

[Video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Whirl will join you in 'unimpressed alley'. You can have a party!]

A disorganized pit of mechs intent on destroying themselves was pretty much every day with the Wreckers. Try again if you're trying to impress me.

[Video]

[raceme]

[Oh you sounds like a really charming fellow. Except not.]

Monsters.

[Video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

[Whirl keeps all his charm in his other optic.]

Yawn. That all they got?

[sparkless]

Oh, I don't know- maybe just the total lack of most civilized comforts?

[Not having any good wash racks is really starting to irritate him.]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Hey, ugly. Maybe you didn't get the memo over there in ugly-land, but, you know, four million years of war. Civilized comforts?

[vid]

[must_do_science]

...Whirl.

[He'd say it was good to see you online and functional but, well, that'd be a lie.

Cybertron had been easier to deal with after the psychocopter had disappeared and to now have him back here was an almost guarantee of future headaches.]

[vid]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Must have the wrong mech.

[Whirl? There's no Whirl here. This is not the Whirl you're looking for.]

[organ_pharming]

In my case, it was hands.

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Looks like you got a bad bargain, then.

[Yeah, uh no. No one gets the Whirl claws.]

audio SLOWLY TAGS THIS SUPER LATE

[percept]

[ Oh of all the mechs to end up here... ]

Hello, Whirl.

[ He doesn't sound particularly excited. ]

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[whirlybird_of_prey]

Don't know who you're talking to, Perceptor.

[Sounds even less excited because, well, Wreckers turn everything into a competition and old habits die hard.]

[Perma-Audio]

[my_own_trope]

Oh I imagine you'll like this one. But have you met any huge Cybertronians calling themselves memembers of the First Forged?

[Perma-Audio]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Yeah? You must have one hell of an imagination then.

[Because Whirl hates everything.]

Mmmmaybe. [Why should he tell you?]