[Video] One grumpy Seeker, coming up...

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Hello, Haven. Now appearing on your comms is a probably familiar form, though with a very unfamiliar paint job. Maybe Thundercracker or Starscream decided to try a new look?

Nope. Once this new Seeker speaks, it's clear that he's a stranger. A new arrival most likely. Whoever he is, though, he's clearly not very happy.]

Alright. I heard the story from the drone. Or Acolyte, or whatever the frag they're called. But can anybody out there tell me what the Pit is actually going on here? And why I've suddenly gained an extra, glowing brand that I don't recognize on my arm?

Because if this is all some kind of overly-elaborate joke or some Quintesson's latest idea on how to mess with us, someone is gonna get it...

Comments

[Video]

[im_wavin]

[Have a what appears to be a white Ravage with a bright red Decepticon symbol. Oh, and he's waving.]

Oooo. U're paint job is just as bright as teh TC from my universe.

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Jadewing just sort of... stares for a long moment. Because this really wasn't the sort of reply he was expecting. And also because what even...?]

Who're you? And what do you mean by the 'TC from your universe'?

[Video]

[im_wavin]

Lol, I mean teh Thundercracker in my universe. He totes has a bright paintjob like u!

O Hai! I'm Ravage!

[Video]

[originaldragoon]

"Quintesson?" [That's a strange name.] I have no idea what those are, but any "jokes" around here are most likely the result of Unicron and his monsters in the Badlands.

What the Acolyte said is true. The only thing they may have left out is some of the strange events that happen around here from time to time.

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Oh joy. First a weird cat-bot, now an organic. At least this one seems to make sense, though.]

Hmph... If you don't know what a Quintesson is, consider yourself lucky. Five-faced fraggers are nothing but trouble.

And I thought the Autobot's new Prime knocked Unicron out of commission.

[Granted, it turned out he wasn't quite as dead as everyone had thought, but still...]

Though if you're right and all that crazy slag they said was true... [facepalms and grumbles] Great... Abso-fraggin-lutely wonderful...

[Video]

[originaldragoon]

I assume you are talking about the Unicron in your home universe? [Which she finds him being killed a bit impressive, since she knows how difficult it is to kill a god.]

The situation is far from ideal, but we have to make due with it.

video;

[loyalflier]

I am going to have to agree with Ravage on this one. Very bright and almost obnoxiously loud.

Re: video;

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Oh thank Primus, someone who is neither obviously glitched nor organic. He just grumbles irritatedly at the comment about his paintjob, though.]

Hey, it's not like I got to pick it out; this is just what I got stuck with. Besides, you think mine's bad, you should see Cloudkicker's. Red and orange and gold... I swear, it looks like he's trying to impersonate the Autobots' new Prime...

video;

[loyalflier]

You could always pick a new one...

[ pffft. as if. at least he recognizes the 'seeker' frame. if that is fortunate or unfortunate, only time will tell. ]

A Decepticon, then.

[ oh boy won't CJ be pleased. ]

[video]

[badboybikerbot]

Wow. You really oughta demand a refund for that paint job. Highlighter green hasn't been cool since the 90's.

Re: [video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[irritated grumbling]

So I keep hearing. Maybe somebody should tell that to the Constructicons.

[video]

[badboybikerbot]

Don't know who that is, but if they're the same color as you, then you might be on to something there.

[deadlydoctor]

Primus, that shade of green...your finish is hurting mye yes.

That said, you are in Cybertron as they said, now linked to a Firstforged and there's no getting rid of that brand,. Trust me, many of us tried.

[the_other_green_seeker]

[facepalm]

Ugh... Is every mech I talk to here gonna make a crack about my paintjob? Yes, I know it's not the greatest, OK? But when you're a Seeker you have to distinguish yourself from every other bot with your body-type somehow. Trust me, I've seen worse.

So I'm coming to understand... [rubs at the blue Nexian brand on his upper arm a bit self-consciously.] So... do I have to report to whoever's brand I've got, or something?

[deadlydoctor]

It's not everyday that we meet someone who leaves such impression on us. [Knock Out smirks devilish and then shrugs.] Consider it a new universal greeting. I can not blame you for not wanting to look like the others,specially if that others have Starscream's face. I am almost afraid to ask. [Worse than neon green...]

No, don't worry about that. The FirstForged left and even if they were they are not cruel masters. I'm Knock Out.

[Video]

[angleofscience]

What they told you is precisely what's going on, so we have a wide range of individuals from different realities, some that you may think you know because they look exactly like you remember them doing, and some you don't recognise at all.

[Sweeping a hand out in front of him, Jetfire shakes his helm.]

So unless these... ah, quintessons have anything to do with chaos energy and... [SIGH] Unicron, they aren't involved.

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

I've been seeing that, yeah.

[Like you, for example. Though he never really met you personally, he does recognize the face.]

You are Skyfire, right?

As for Quintessons being associated with Unicron, I've got no idea. Wouldn't surprise me if the fraggers were, though; 'Bots first ran into both around the same time, or so I hear.

[Video]

[angleofscience]

[Have a slightly lopsided, dry smile.]

No, though Skyfire, if he's the one from your reality, is here. I'm an alternate of his, Jetfire.

[Fun times, playing the name game most people don't have to do.]

Mmhm, perhaps, then. But we've seen none here - the creatures mostly used have been insectiod, so unless the quintessons look like that..?

[Voice]

[0perator]

Welcome to crazytown. What's a quintesson?

Re: [Voice]

[the_other_green_seeker]

Sounds like a good name for it.

As for Quintessons there's a couple different kinds. The most common one though is metal, egg-shaped, and gets around on a repulser beam. They have five faces, all of them ugly; which one does the talking seems to depend on their mood.

And you can't trust any of the fraggers as far as you can throw a space cruiser.

[0perator]

Wow.. sounds like some kind of comic book villain. I'll keep your warning in mind.

[It probably won't even rate as the weirdest thing she saw that week if she did see one. This place was crazy.]

Anyway.. the Acolytes are telling the truth, or at least as much as I've been able to work out. If there's anything else to the whole primordial world and god of chaos overhead thing I haven't figured it out yet.

[Video]

[sariexmachina]

It's the mark of your Firstforged, of course!

[Like it's that obvious.]

So what's a Quintesson?

Re: [Video]

[the_other_green_seeker]

[Oh look, it one of those organic younglings, or whatever they're called.]

So I've heard.

[Grumbling. You think someone wouldn't have told him already, kid?]

And a Quintesson is an egg-shaped thing with tentacles and five ugly faces. And you can't trust a word that comes out of any of them.

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

Aci-no . . . Jadewing?

[HOLY MATRIX, someone from his own reality!? Who probably /wasn't/ going to make him want to pound the other mech's face in with a sledgehammer? To be fair, he sometimes missed Rumble JUST A TINY BIT just because the little glitch was someone from home - however fragged up it was - but...not really.]

Where are you?

[His fellow Seeker and former-fellow Decepticon had a few things to be caught up on, and suddenly Thundercracker's feeling just a liiiiiitle bit responsible.]

"I SEE DEAD SEEKERS! D:" XD

[the_other_green_seeker]

[The automatic correction as to his name dies before his vocalizer fully forms it, the other mech doing it for him. And as if the fact that the other actually remembered his name- when variations of 'hey, you' or 'the green one' seemed to suffice for most outside his trine- wasn't surprising enough, the realization of who it was on the other end of the commline made him freeze for a split second.

Yes, he'd been told that Thundercracker, a Thundercracker, was around, but actually seeing him? And one who actually knew him and thus stood an extremely good chance of actually being the one from his universe (or one so similar as to make no difference)? Yeah, that was something else entirely.]

Thundercracker?! Sir?

[The 'Sir' was hastily tacked on to help cover both his aft and his surprise. He wasn't sure how well it worked. He did howver straighten back to attention and attempt a salute.]

I mean, uh... yes Sir. I am Jadewing. And I'm on the roof of Nexus Prime's temple, Sir, waiting for Starscream. The red and white one.