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Ladies and gentlemen, the race track design is almost ready. [Knock Out looks rather cheerful for once. On rare occasions he enjoys creating things more than destroying them. This is one of those times.

The video changes to show a 3D design of a race track. It’s big, complicated and it has all the things any cybertronian who enjoys speed would love in a race track. There’s even a little animation of two cars racing, one is blue and white and the other is cherry red.]

Maybe the loop d loop's are a bit too much. [Knock Out mutters after seeing the white car crash and burst into flames.]

Oh well, no great project goes without casualties…Who’s the lucky Firstforged who’s going to get a premium view of hyper excited mechs that might most likely end with a broken limb or two? Only if they don’t know how to race properly, of course. Drift never really told me what quadrant we’ll build this in and I need to adjust the design to the terrain.

Now, changing the subject…

Saber, my Little Lady, your boy’s ready for a ride. [Knock Out grins, pausing for a moment.] I mean, your bike is fixed.

Gunmax, how are those upgrades going? Perhaps your boyfriend would like one too. I’ll be more than happy to assist him.

Most of the brave Police members are lacking in the weapons department, you should get that fixed.

[ooc: Imagine a mix of this, this, this and this race tracks and you’ll get a vague idea of what Knock Out designed.]

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I couldn't agree more. [That's why the vehicons were useful too.]They are not here so, as much as it pains me to be away for my liege...[All the sarcasm.]...I have to do something with my free time.

[Knock tilts his head.] I already have claws so...who knows can happen in the future. [Such an interesting thing, the future. Always open to new opportunities.]

You miss him that much, huh? [He can hear that sarcasm, and can sympathize, at least. Barricade had been fond of his Megatron and Starscream on some level.] Better to keep your claws busy, definitely. Otherwise who knows what trouble you might get into~

Oh, believe me. Being a feline isn't all it's cracked up to be. Mm... Though you might not look bad as a technorganic.

Every day of my life. I don't know how my spark can take it. [Knock Out's Megatron is special. Dark-energon-addict-Optimus-Prime-Obsessed- sort of special. He chose messing up with OP and Earth before restoring their home planet because he could. He loses focus sometimes, but he's also a scary bad boss and Knock Out wasn't going to antagonize him.] Me? Getting in trouble? Why would I do that, Cade?

If I turn into a lion, would you scratch my belly? I think a panther would suit me better, thought. Uhm, technorganic?

Truly you are the strongest of us. [Yeah, Barricade wouldn't stand with a Megatron that was more interested in his foe than his own planet. Quietly vanishing was always an option for him, though; he generally wasn't important enough to track down, anymore... but he'd be on his own.] Because I get the feeling you're dangerous when you get bored enough.

[Like Barricade 88D]

A panther or a tiger would suit you better, yes. And of course I'd scratch your belly. Behind your ears, too~ Mm, technorganics are what they sound like; partially organic, partially mechanical. Most take the alt modes of animals. I've only seen a handful... and worked on less.

It takes practice. [Knock out's the medic and tech advisor, he couldn't leave. And he wouldn't dare to piss off his Megatron like that, he's many things but not suicidal. He gives Barricade a mischievous smile.]I can be many things when I'm bored.

[Yeah! 83]

You are such a good friend, so thoughtful. I promise I wouldn't scratch you. Alt modes of animals, then they're like Blakarachnia.

[Without something to pilot, Barricade had basically been yet another grunt. That and everyone that knew and might have missed him was mostly dead. He chuckles.] Somehow I don't doubt that at all.

They are. They mostly originate from the same dimension, too, with some exceptions.

[Clearly they need to start building ships here. Poor Barricade. Knock Out's smile grows.] I bet you are the same.

The insections in my universe are totally mechanical even if their alt mode looks like a giant bug.

[Only if he can jack into them with his data uplink cables. Flying just isn't the same when it's - ugh - manual. Barricade chuckles.] Oh, I am. Almost unbearable, I hear.

That's not surprising, really. We had at least one fully-mechanical human for a while on our side.

[Knock Out is not sure that sort of activities are good for your health, Barricade. Cables that go near your head are bad ju ju, at least in his opinion.] That only means you haven't found someone that can hale your properly. Shame on all those people who didn't try hard enough.

How did that work? [So curious now.] Who made it?

[Hey, he owns those cables and it's how he always pilots ships. There is something comfortable about being in that space.] Oh, they try quite hard. But in prickly in more ways than one.

Soundwave made her, Allspark only knows how. I never ask where his experiments and drones come from and I'm better off not knowing.

[Ey, don't blame KO, the only cables in his world that go into places are Soundwave's or the cortical patches Shockwave invented. And NONE of those do nice things.] I can be like that too, I understand.

Soundwave? Not Shockwave? Are you sure?

Absolutely certain. Shockwave was... indisposed in Chernobyl at the time. No one had heard from him in over 15,000 years. To my knowledge we didn't even locate him until maybe... two years ago?

And Soundwave, in spite of my misgivings, was a scientist and a keeper of many useful pets.

For one reason or another he always seems to disappear.

Pets. [Do tell, he's curious now.]

Oh, Soundwave had loads of them. The human-formed one, Alice. Then Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble... he might have been slated to be Frenzy's partner if I hadn't shown up. He probably kept any of the soldiers he reduced to drones, too.

The one in my world has Laserbeak too, but he's not much more then a drone. I'm surprised to know he could tolerate Frenzy.

Yeah, I met your Laserbeak. Mostly wings, that fella. Mine looked like a vulture and rarely shut up. As for Frenzy... well. Pretty sure if Soundwave had emotions, he deleted them a long time ago. And Frenzy wasn't so bad if you knew him.

That's him. Not exactly a conversationalist so that new bit of information is amusing to me. I don't think I want to get the one here further, honestly. Yours...well that's a different story. I bet you kept him in line if he tried to do idiot things.

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Yours never talks and mine talks too much. Of course, I'd wager mine was better at spying and assassination. As for Frenzy... From what I've seen, they all just need a firm enough hand from a mech willing to deliver it.

I wonder what could happy if both meet. Maybe the universe would implode. I'm sure your was better, my Laserbeack isn't much more tan a drone and thus not all that bright. [But boy, hurt him and Soudnwave will kick yo ass.]

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don't you hate it when you notice a typo right after you clicked the 'reply' button? >B/

good heavens yes. that's so annoying DX

Stupid typos/)_(\ I'm so sorry.