ITEM DROP

[re_alignedmods]

A weak dawn breaks, the distant star beginning the slow rise that will take it across Cybertron's 32 hour day, offset by the brilliant lamp in Prima's sector.

Even with the minimal light that it exudes, however, it's enough to know that something is different.

Something has happened.

Something smells fresh, and new, and an awful lot like....lumber?



Yes, it's definitely lumber, and those with finer sensors might also detect a hint of freshly pressed metal sheeting next to it. In fact, there seem to be veritable piles of both, gleaming in the morning 'sun.' You can find steel girders, wooden planks, trusses, tools, and what looks like a good half of a bright orange Home Depot with a few, unglyphed employees still wandering around in a daze. There's almost anything you'd need to build any sort of establishment--doors, windows, roof shingles, concrete and duracrete powder in giant, Cybertronian-sized bags...

There's everything, of course, except for paint. Strangely (or not so strangely), that all ended up with Swindle.

Still, this is good luck! There might be a few plants in the home and garden department for the human types, and there's an entire steelyard for the robot types. That doesn't explain the human-sized hamster balls or the entire gingerbread cottage (complete with a very confused old woman), but surely there is something in here you could use? That very unassuming Sailor Moon wand, for instance...nothing could go wrong with that, now could it?

Of course not!

So go forth, dig for treasure, and build to your heart's content...


((So here are the item drop notes!

--Feel free to tag in below with action-spam of your character discovering the new items and trying to take them from each other/sharing them around!
--Your character may find and pick up anything that you'd expect to find in a standard hardware store (of the human OR Cybertronian variety).
--IF your character is claiming the entirety of any one item (EX: I HAVE ALL THE WRENCHES GUYS HAHAHAH) or claiming one of the specialty items (such as the Sailor Moon transformation wand) you MUST post below and say so in the post header. This time around, it is first-come, first snag. Next time, we'll change the process up to give everyone a chance!
--Yes, the Sailor Moon Wand DOES at least put you in the dress, regardless of size or species. That seems to be all it is capable of, though, so no moon prism power for you.
--All of the unglyphed arrivals will spend the first few days acting like normal. The Home Depot employees will either show you around or claim they aren't getting paid enough and leave. The old woman might yell at you to get off her 'lawn,' or, if you're a child, she'll invite you in for tea and cookies and try to bake you in her oven. Strangely, however, after a few days they all simply vanish. Observant folks might notice them heading straight for the badlands. Feel free to capture any that you wish before this though!))

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TOOLS TOOLS TOOLS, METAL, TOOLS, AND MORE TOOLS OKAY, with a side of dirt and seeds.

[megamind]

[ oh look it's Megamind's mad scientist DIY shop. Sure, it doesn't have a lot of the items he needs, but it has a lot of items he can use to create the things he needs, so he is gleefully jury rigging shit already from semi-functional engines he may in fact be ripping out of lawnmowers and other goods. ]

[ No, he's not sharing. Yes, he'll laser you if you look at his stuff sideways. It's his! HE FOUND IT HE KEEPS IT. And he's got the semi-functional DE-Gun to possibly back that statement up! ]

FINALLY! Grower lights! Ohh, ladders! Yes!

[ Gleefully taking off with the creme de la creme in power tools, yes. And everything else he can start carting off willy nilly. ]

Re: TOOLS TOOLS TOOLS, METAL, TOOLS, AND MORE TOOLS OKAY, with a side of dirt and seeds.

[not_halfbaked]

Korra's not looking where she's going, still rather entranced by the new place and clutching her potted tomato plant. She bumps into someone, but managed to keep her plant aloft.

"Hey, watch it!" She instinctively snapped.

He got the Sailor Moon Wand because people are enablers and humiliating our chars is fun /)_(\

[raceme]

[Blurr's face was pretty much this one upon finding this place. He was getting all the tools and materials he needed to build a huge building when he found the wand. He had no idea what it was, or what was it going to do when he grabbed it.]

SHAZAM!

...

WHAT!?

[ooc: Kitty!Ratchet not included, but Blurr's basically wearing this outfit now. Enjoy I just had that picture okay, plz don't judge.]

beat me to it! well, here's a Korra WTF

[not_halfbaked]

Korra was just passing by exploring all the items and checking out the strange newcomers when she saw Blurr...change.

"...Blurr, are you wearing a skirt?"

(Korra thought Cybertronians didn't wear clothes?)

[winged_knight]

[All Wing can see among all these building materials is a new Rec Center and Lounge. There's no way he knows exactly what they'd need or has the ability to cart it all away, but he tries to set aside what looks most useful while comming anyone and everyone he thinks could give a hand.]

[poemssometimesrhyme]

It wasn't anybody he'd communicated, but someone did happen by. It was one perplexed-looking space shark.

"Excuse me," he said, not recognizing Wing quite yet, "but can you tell me what is going on here...?"

So you suckers want paint

[youhavebeenswindled]

[Well believe it or not, Swindle suddenly has this in stock, and is very willing to strike up some kind of deal if you want them! In the meantime, he'll just take these and continue his shopping!

Let's see...]

FFFFFFINE you hoarder of paint

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

[Ambulon wasn't quite sure he wanted to speak to Swindle, considering what he knows/heard of him. The guy's name is Swindle. C'mon. Nonetheless, the guy's got a load of paint, and, well... Clearing his throat, he approached Swindle, appearing casual but still on guard.]

Let's just cut to the chase: I need paint, you have paint, how can I pay you for said paint? [He touched at his sides, a type of humanesque expression of someone patting their pockets for money] I'm sort of hard on credits, but, if you need help otherwise, I may be able to provide it. [Help, he hoped Swindle knew, that didn't entail anything criminal tyvm.]

there is a cop car all over your store guys, better fix that

[namesnotprowl]

[Christmas.

Came.

Early.

This isn't the first time Barricade has had to construct his own interiors, and while his room at Solus's temple is acceptable... it's not acceptable enough. Besides, why shouldn't he improve? HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY OF THIS!

He immediately grabs as much sheetmetal as he can before dashing in the direction of lighting fixtures and then plumbing and sheets of glass. Who is going to re-build their best washrack ever? This mech.

And he's going to live in it for a week because FRAG YOU IT'S GOING TO BE THAT AWESOME.]

Home and Garden Dept.

[not_halfbaked]

Korra perked up at the sign that said 'garden.'

Sounded promising!

She went underneath the sign and through the door.

[herodecoded]

[Dinobot found little use in gardening but hey, the human girl was there. His honor code demanded he show some damn gratitude for her help during the invasion.]

You have fared well, it would seem.

Pretty much everywhere, it's gonna be Vandal.

[vandalization]

[This is everything she could have ever wanted and more. Vandal is just all over the place here, having already tracked down one of those flat, rolling carts, she's loading it up with various materials and whatever tools she finds.

This is engineer heaven.]

[percept]

[ Perceptor is tagging along with Vandal, gathering up the supplies that are too big for Vandal to deal with. He's mostly quiet, focusing on the task at hand, until he finds...

Something perfect.

It's neon pink. Fluffy. Zebra print.

It might also be a rug. ]

What about this?

[ He holds it up. ]

Tools!

[idle_time]

Wreck-Gar, meanwhile, was picking up Transformer-sized tools. Because they could be useful!

"I can do it! These can help!"

[whirlybird_of_prey]

"Do what?"

Hello, ugly, it is Stealth!Whirl sneaking up behind you. Just to be creepy.

[percept]

[ The sudden arrival of supplies has drawn Perceptor out of his self-imposed hermitage in Liege Maximo's temple, and currently the scientist can be found scrounging for wire and metal amongst the other searchers. It's much easier than digging through the junk pile, and Perceptor is rather grateful for the windfall. He's a little slower than most of the other scavengers, taking his time to select the exact items he requires before moving on, keeping his head down and on-task as he pretty much ignores the free-for-all going on around him. ]

[sword_redemption]

[Drift is rummaging down an aisle of power tools. He's not sure what he's looking for, but, well, dremel tools look useful. Why not?]

[And then he looks up and sees the familiar red armor and the handful of dremel bits he's been collecting fall through his fingers, clattering all over the floor.]

[So much for a great second impression.]

Home Depot NPCs BECAUSE I DAMN WELL CAN

[re_alignedmods]

"I for one welcome our robot overlords."

The comment earned Tim a set of dark glare from the other employees who were currently holed up in the remains of their break room. Key word, remains; it had literally been cut in half due to the....whole teleportation.

Thing.

And with only one lone cashier trying vainly to continue to do his job with the registers down, it made for a more than awkward working environment.

Whirl bc HE CAN

[whirlybird_of_prey]

"Awesome. BOW BEFORE ME, insect."

Whirl loves break rooms. Except this one needs to be a little more, you know, broken.

Lots of things that could be used to fix robots

[docbot]

[ Yup. Ratchet's out here hunting for things to stock his medbay with. He never grabs all of anything, but he does take sizable amounts of whatever he knows he'll need, like sheet metal and glass for patching injuries, bolts and nuts and washers, super glue, and tubing. He has also grabbed several generators, an impact driver, a belt sander, and a buffer. Make of that what you will. He gives no fucks what you think. ]

let me know if I am pestering your muse too much ^^

[raceme]

[Ey, looks like Blurr wasn't the only one thinking about doing that. Not like he needed a excuse to go visit Ratchet in the med bay but he figured they could always use more medical tools that didn't come from the junk pile.

He was carrying a bunch of datapads when he noticed the orange bot.]Need any help there?

[sword_redemption]

[Drift is just wandering around at this point. Because, well, he's not really a builder. But it's nice to have plenty, for once and he is just sort of...enjoying that.]

[He wants something to remember this, so he's wandering toward the garden department. Maybe a plant?]

[raceme]

[Blurr was in that department too. He's been stocking in his room (that he didn't use) a few material to build the Rec Center, the Bar and Wheeljack's workshop. Now the only thing he wanted for himself was a garden parasol for when he recharged outside.

He was looking at a cream colored one and wondering it it was big enough to cover him in his car alt mode.]

this is horrible and I feel bad but Whirl GINGERBREAD HOUSE

[whirlybird_of_prey]

"YOU. Chop chop. Where's my fraggin' cake?"

Whirl is stomping around in front of the gaping side in the gingerbread house. Inside, the plump witch lady is fretting and giving him nasty looks.

"Yeah, don't try that wand slag on me again. I want my cake!"

EHEHEHEHEHEEE B/C I CAN??

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

You know, Ambulon probably would not have interfered with Whirl's merry-mayhem-making, but he's starting to worry about the little organic lady made up of wrinkles. So he stops fussing over how the paint he's found doesn't match the hue of red he's wearing to step in before things get too... messy.

"Whirl," he said, trying to sound calm despite the irritation, "Whirl, don't harass the human. You're probably scaring the scrap out of it." He hoped to Vector Sigma Whirl would recognize his voice; Ambulon had been out and about enough that, eh, to the heck with it. He wasn't gonna hide anymore. "How would you like it if some gigantic alien creature came stomping all over domain?"

Whirl would probably like it, for all Ambulon knew.

HOME & GARDEN: seeds, gardening, etc.

[elkmobile]

A little wagon has been snagged to attach to Yakul's saddle. From here, Ashitaka's just been piling in some gardening tools and materials into the back.

"Thanks, for carrying all this," he muses softly to his elk companion. "At the very least, I can do this for everyone."

Ashitaka pauses and stares down at his hand for a moment, then sighs softly before he hops onto Yakul's back.

Re: HOME & GARDEN: seeds, gardening, etc.

[not_halfbaked]

Korra was considering a potted tomato plant when she first saw the animal mount.

She edged closer to see the animal better, then jolted when she saw the rider, another human.

"Oh, hi! Haven't seen you before." She tilted her head. "Did you come with this place?"

[must_do_science]

[Okay, so it was more basic building materials than he necessarily needed. But you never, ever turn down free materials.

That being said, Wheeljack can't seem to go more than a few feet before something new catches his eye. Blender? Yup. Garden spades? Grabbed a few. Wiring? Miles of it. Seemingly pointless giant wire hamster balls? Got two.]

[Periodically something will pop into his head and he'll go speeding down the aisles in car mode. Hope people are paying attention!]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

[Beep beep. Guess who isn't paying attention!!

Wheeljack was just here looking for some supplies that...won't blow up in his face. And car mode is just an easier way to get around.

Except he was unaware that other-people-who-share-the-same-name might also share brain smarts.

Needless to say, there's a Ferrari/Ford thing heading towards you now.]

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

[Ratchet's getting supplies for medical necessities and the like, and yeah, Ambulon's gonna pick some of those up, too. Later. For now, he's too busy going for the paint, trying to find something that matches his scheme. Maybe, just maybe, he could finally get a proper paint job!]

[docbot]

[ Ratchet gives Ambulon a wave when they pass each other, tipping his head a bit when he realizes that they've met next to the (extremely empty) paint aisle. ]

Looking for something in particular, Ambulon?

[ Yes, he's noticed the paint-job. It's sort of hard not to. ]

human hamster balls, why not?

[tearsofsteel]

[Albert went out looking for some plants to help make a decent garden when he happened upon...these hamster balls. This place was bizarre enough, so why was it that he was completely weirded out by this? The cyborg gently pokes the ball, attempting to find out what exactly it was supposed to do...]

That isn't your standard hardware...

[kingofthetvworld]

[You know what goes good with giant hamster balls? Stalker bears. ...Okay, he's not really a stalker, but he's getting pretty darn close to it.

Just like he got pretty darn close behind Albert, silently sneaking up like some sort of bear ninja.]

Whatcha looking at?

Action spam!

[heuristical]

[Hal is commandeering most of the bathroom section, if only so he can find flawless matches for tiling, faucets and fixtures before everyone else stampedes into the area. God dammit, he is going to have a perfect bathroom if it kills anyone who isn't him.]

[sparkless]

[Don't mind him, he'll just be grabbing stuff that looks like it might build a nice throne.]

Y'all can have your tools and stuff, STARSCREAM NEEDS THE DAMN BUILDING. DON'T MIND HIM.

[my_own_trope]

Starscream was really, really starting to feel how horrible it was to be condemned to WALKING everywhere. And for a species that was one-half vehicle, walking long distances was beyond a pain. He'd seen the Link chatter and excitement about the sudden appearance of useful!things and had waffled with himself whether it would be worth having gto CLIMB DOWN THIS STUPID MOUNTAIN and then WALK ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE JUNKPILE only to have to CARRY EVERYTHING BACK BY HAND and walk BACK FROM THE JUNKPILE AGAIN and then SCALE THAT DAMN MOUNTAIN AGAIN BUT THIS TIME WITH HIS ARMS FULL.

Eventually he'd decided it was a good idea and worth the risk of meeting someone(s) who might try to beat him to death. So, off he went for a little adventure of jogging in heels. Spoiler: it went about as well as it sounds like it should.

By the time he got to where he was going, it was already quite late and the spoils had been pretty well picked through. This wasn't necessarily a bad thing since Starscream honestly didn't want to meet anyone. He hoped, quite fervently, that no one would notice him dismantling the long steel rafters that made up a portion of the roof. He further hoped no one would see his ungainly snail pace walk back while his arms were full of box store roof supports. Especially since he could barely see where he was going escape.

He had important Starscream shit to do, and didn't relish the idea of an interruption. ... Also, it looked like he was going to have to make 3 more trips at least. FHM.

[sparkless]

Unfortunately for you, trip number two is going to involve an interruption. And that interruption is Starscream. The better one.

He's just casually gripping one end of your armful of steel rafters with a smirk that promises plenty of harassment.

"I'm surprised you haven't snapped in half yet from trying to carry these."

[littlecrowgirl]

[A ninja thief must be stealthy. A ninja thief must not be noticed. A ninja thief must not be angry that there is no paint but plenty of paintbrushes.

WHO.
PLANNED.
THAT.

There's a very pouty girl atop the very-VERY steep aisle blocks, a paintbrush in her hand and her chin resting on the other. In a pout. If you see her up there, please tell her to come down before she falls.]

[docbot]

[ Ah, here's a mature adult. ]

Kay?

[ It might be high up for her, but for Ratchet, Kay's only just above optic height. ]

Kay, that's very high up. Perhaps you'd like to come down from there?

[ He offers a hand out, nervous about what might happen if she falls. Humans aren't very impact resistant. ]

[kingofthetvworld]

[While some people do their best to gather things they might actually need to be productive citizens, other people (mainly bears) are going to play with the carts. Working in a store for a long time, Teddie's always wanted to ride in one, and now that there's no Yosuke to tell him no, weeeelll...

STOP HIM BEFORE HE MAKES A MESS? Y/N?

He will try to keep this cart, it his his faithful companion now.]

[perfavore]

[Oh look, it's the fun police. He sees you doing that.

You shouldn't be doing that.]

Don't do that.

[herodecoded]

[Dinobot hurriedly collects large metal sheets, rivets, wrenches, whatever he deemed necessary. Was he doing a project or was he building a fort? The answer seemed to lean on the later.]

[raceme]

[Blurr was walking around the store when he stepped into an aisle lined floor to ceiling with nothing but magazines. He never saw anything like that before and he was curious about why humans had magazines with cars in them. He grabbed a random one with a pretty red sport cars in the cover and gave it a look...

...he was suddenly very glad that he had no nose and he was not an anime, character because otherwise he would be nosebleeding right now. Flustered, he tried to put back the magazine when he found it.]

[tearsofsteel]

[HEY GUYS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE--Albert has no concept of robot porn and thusly has no idea what's going on. He just passes by to pause and stare. Sorry, Blurr.]

...this place sells car magazines too?

Late post is late =[

[energy_tanked]

[Samus doesn't need anything that this 'hardware store' could supply, and she certainly won't be getting there fast, having to get about everywhere on foot.

But on the other hand, she might find something useful. If nothing else, it'll be a chance to scan and get a bit more info on the other residents here.

So, have an orange-armored bounty hunter slowly wandering around the building]