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[stickshiftittotheman]

[The camera cuts in on Mike, hands on the wheel and foot on the gas. It's kind of loud in here, too! Which, if you look at the merrily neon-green holo-speedometer, is because he's coasting along at 250 miles per gatdamn hour.]

Okay, so half an hour into total barren wasteland and the Duke pulling some wacko "Mike Chilton versus Aliens on the Moon" prank is looking way less likely. Which means I ammmmm... on another planet, talking to whoever's on the other end of this Link thing.

Right. I have no idea how I managed to fall through dimensions in the middle of the night. That is... kind of a new one for me. Anybody out there in radioland want to give me some layman's term answers? The welcoming party here was kind of chilly.

I really hope you guys have gas here. Getting Mutt here down the mountain was kinda rough drivi--

[He cuts off mid-sentence, having just blasted the car right over the top of one of the spires of rock jutting out of the ground.]

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[littlecrowgirl]

[Where does she even begin to start with you, mister. Speeding...reckless driving...]

NO TALKING ON THE PHONE WHILE DRIVING!!

[Or that.]

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[stickshiftittotheman]

[WELL THAT WASN'T REALLY WHAT HE EXPECTED TO BE CALLED ON]

Dude, it's handsfree! Swear!

[littlecrowgirl]

It better be! If you hit someone's dog I am going to smack you SO hard.

[Wait. Car.]

Is that your car...?

[stickshiftittotheman]

[See Mike. See Mike light up at the chance to brag on Mutt.]

I only built her myself, I should sure hope she is.

[littlecrowgirl]

[Instant 180 with this girl.]

Whoa...

[stickshiftittotheman]

Man, I'm just glad she was here. I'm not seeing any spare frames lying around.

Or... much of anything lying around. Is there anything to see out here besides rocks, rocks, and more rocks?

[littlecrowgirl]

Oh ho ho~

This is Cybertron! Home of the giant shapeshifting-into-vehicle-robots!

[She'll just let you take that all in.]

[stickshiftittotheman]

[GASP

He looks... pretty okay with that, actually.]

I'm gonna guess the giant robots live in the giant temples?

[He eyes the outside terrain. See again: rocks, rocks, and more rocks.] Might be time for me to head back and say hi, then.

[littlecrowgirl]

You could put some money on it. I would.

[There's a slight giggle.]

What temple did you wake up in, anyway?

[stickshiftittotheman]

I think the guy there said it was... Prima? The big bright one. Mountains. Can't miss it.

[littlecrowgirl]

Oh wow, that one's really pretty!

I'm in Mr. Alpha Trion's.

[stickshiftittotheman]

Mister Alpha Trion, huh. Do we ever get to talk to the guys in charge, or just more of those monk types?

[littlecrowgirl]

Sometimes we can, but usually, we're left to our own devices.