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!))

Comments

[lifepersists]

[ Yep, too late. First Aid just happens to flip open to a two-page spread of a sports car's under the hood components. ]

O-Oh.

[ He doesn't close it. ]

Humans look at these things?

[raceme]

[Oh god, someone kill BLurr right now and right there.]

Apparently. I think they made that thing in the first place.....whyareyoustilllooking?

[lifepersists]

It's interesting! I've seen hundreds of engines, but nothing quite like this.

[ He waves it off, then turns his head to Blurr. It seems to dawn on him then. ]

Were you looking at these?

[raceme]

You did? I never took you for a Casanova no offense. [He heard that word when he was in earth, don't mind Blurr.]

NO. [A quick reply, even for him.]

[lifepersists]

A what? [ The word feels weird. He's not really sure his translation routines are processing that right. ] Mmn, I'm a nurse, Blurr! There's nothing about a cybertronian's anatomy I haven't seen before. I even invented a new form of Spark resussitation.

[ BLURR. You are cute. That particularly makes First Aid grin behind his mask. His optics squint a little. ]

It's perfectly fine to be curious.

[raceme]

It means that you are very successful when it comes to intimate relationships. [He realizes that First Aid is right, the medical staff is used to see those things. He feels even more foolish now.]..ah..of course. Spark resuscitation is that even possible?

[At least First Aid doesn't think he's an idiot.] C-curious?

[lifepersists]

Oh. Um. I'm definitely not that then. [ fjfdkjfsjd First Aid is pretty sure he's the opposite of that. In any case... ] Oh, yes! It's very possible. You use a healthy Spark to boost a fading one.

[ He closes the magazine now. ]

You know, curious. It's good to have a healthy interest.

[raceme]

But you said..oh right..nurse and all that my bad. [Blurr looks interested.] And it doesn't waste away the healthy spark?

Healthy...in-te-rest? WHat..no I was just..I found them by accident. WHAT would I do with those?

[lifepersists]

Definitely not. It's perfectly safe! I think. I designed a clamp that can safely transfer the energy from the healthy spark to the weakened one. I've used it, soooo...

[ He shrugs a little. ]

Personal time.

[raceme]

A clamp. [Well what does Blurr know about medicine, anyway.] That's very inventive of you. You wouldn't happen to know how to intercept the specific frequency of a device that might or might not be a bomb and it might be or might not be attached to a mech's spark chamber? Hypothetically speaking of course.

[Blurr still doesn't get it. Mostly because he is working unless he's offlined and 'personal time' is a foreign concept for him.] I don't think I ever had that.

[lifepersists]

Yes. [ Perfectly normal, right? That very specific question has First Aid narrowing his eyes slightly, though. ] That seems like an awfully specific... 'hypothetical' question. I imagine I could... possibly? I've done a lot of research on Sparks. It likely would have to come down to canceling out the frequency without disrupting the Spark's.

[ Oh, First Aid is practically oozing with shock at that. ]

You can't be serious! Why not?

[raceme]

I like to be very specific even when I am being very hypothetical. [Would that puppy face lie?] Those are great knew and I would like you to meet Soundwave one day in the near future if possible. Not hipotentially this time.

I was always working I never had much time to myself. And I still don't quite understand what the magazines have to do with me making good use or not of my very scarce free time.

[lifepersists]

Err. [ Alright then. ] Soundwave? I've already treated him before. Oh no! I didn't think to look there.

[ Oh, Blurr. First Aid's expression is pitying. ]

Working all the time? That's not healthy! You need enough rest to keep functioning.

[ He holds out the magazine to Blurr. ]

Ah. I didn't think you'd be this... [ Um. Words. Blurr, you can't be a very young mech. ] Anyway. Are you actively interfacing?

1/idk

[raceme]

Prism put something inside him We didn't discover that until a few days ago If you could check again that would be great but if you are not sure I'll understand.

I rest from time to time I promise. [But he has nightmares about Shockwave and his death so yeah not resting ALL that much actually.]

2/idk

[raceme]

[He holds his hands up. No really he doesn't want the magazine.]N-no you can keep tha...

3

[raceme]

[Wait.



What


Did


You


Ask


Him?]

4

[raceme]

...

5

[raceme]

[AKMSALSGJKASHJSKA]

6

[raceme]

F-First Aid...!

7

[raceme]

[UGHHHHH]

8/DONE!

[raceme]

[No.

Just. No.]

why are you asking me that DO you really think it's appropriate This is the weirdest conversation I had in my life AND trust me I've met Bumblebee Amechpersonallifeissomethingprivatewhywouldyouevenaskthatwhywhywhywell if you really are curious the answer is no canwemoveonwihtourlivesnowplease.

HAHAHA

[lifepersists]

Mmn. I'll be sure to ask if I can examine it.

[ Wow, that's quite a reaction. First Aid stills and waits for Blurr to calm down, taking a moment to try and decipher that rush of mumbled words. He maybe gets half of it. He deducts the answer is 'no' though. ]

It's nothing to be ashamed of! Overloads are good for you, though. If you're not with someone, you should take care of yourself. It helps relieve stress too.

:'D 1/3

[raceme]

T..thank you.

[He's still brain broken, don't mind him.]

[First Aid you aren't helping.]

[AT ALL.]

[In the middle of his previous fit his hands moved to cover his face, now he glances a look at First Aid.] Over..lo..ad...s...

2/3

[raceme]

[ASLKHASHASJKAHSLKAJSBHASAJKSBAJSHA]

[NOPE. Still not ready for this conversation.]

3/3

[raceme]

AreyoutryingtomakefunofmeFirstAaid? I don't...I mean..I might be stressed..but I don't..think... THAT would help....r-ight?