[Video -> Text] [Transmission Originating From: Vectorian Sector]

[wakizashi_straight]

[The video is only on for a few moments - long enough to show a purple bot with wide shoulders, a samurai helmet, and glowing yellow optics - before shutting off. After that is a burst of text.]

Many of you exceed WRB height restrictions. You also violate a number of other WRB regulations, including illegal use of weapons and possession non-standard upgrades.

I am not where I should be.

[He would just like to let you all know YOU ARE SO ILLEGAL. SO. ILLEGAL now down to a few extra messages-]

If anyone happens to see Charlie Kenton I would like to be informed. He is a human with short, dark hair and brown eyes. He also has a son, Max. I do not wish them to be alone with unfamiliar bots if they come here.

Gunmax. Thank you for the ride, when we arrived. It was kind of you.

To the bot with the fins on his head: My name is Noisy Boy. 'Soundwave' is a terrible name.

And there was a red and white bot. I apologize if I fightened you somehow.

Comments

[wakizashi_straight]

I only heard of Cybertronians when I came here. I am a boxing robot from Japan.

[patokichi]

Oh! You're from Japan? So am I! I didn't know they made Super A.I. robots for boxing...

[wakizashi_straight]

You are?

[Wait a second.]

What is a Super A.I.? Is it similar to adaptive coding?

[patokichi]

Yes!

Ah... I wouldn't know. Super A.I. means that I am a fully self-aware robot who can feel... though I get the feeling we are still not from the same Japan.

However odd that sounds.

[wakizashi_straight]

I am getting that same feeling. But even if they are different, I am glad to not be the only one here from Japan.

[patokichi]

We have to stick together, right? Myself, Gunmax and McCrane all hail from Japan. Well- Gunmax less literally, but you know...

[wakizashi_straight]

There do not seem to be many of us from Earth here, so sticking together seems like the proper action. Who is McCrane?

[patokichi]

That's the spirit. A friend and teammate of myself and Gunmax. If you haven't spoken to him, you should! I'm sure you'd get along.

[wakizashi_straight]

I will have to remember to. It sounds as though many of your friends have arrived here with you.

[patokichi]

Well, just the two, actually. But it is nice. No friends from your own world are here?

[wakizashi_straight]

No. I did not have many friends. [Besides his handlers, really. Friends were, sadly, not a priority for him.]

[patokichi]

Really? I'm sorry... that's-

[Awful? Yeah.]

Well, you can count me as a friend. I mean- if you'd like.

[wakizashi_straight]

Bots like me rarely meet outside of the ring. It is just how things are.

[And in the ring they were... kind of busy with the fight. So yeah...]

I think I would like that. If you do not mind, of course.

[patokichi]

I wouldn't offer if I minded. You can never go wrong, having friends.

[wakizashi_straight]

[So many bafflingly friendly bots here. Toto, I don't think we're in the American Midwest anymore.]

That is good to hear. Then I would like to be your friend, yes.

[patokichi]

Great! You call on me if you need help or company, okay?

[wakizashi_straight]

I will. Thank you. You can do the same, if you like.

[patokichi]

I'll keep that in mind, thank you.

[wakizashi_straight]

I do not think I ever got your name.

[patokichi]

-Oh! Gosh, how horribly rude of me.

I'm Deckerd.

[wakizashi_straight]

Do not worry about it.

It is nice to meet you, Deckerd. I am Noisy Boy.

[patokichi]

A pleasure to meet you, Noisy Boy.

I know someone back home who would get a kick out of that name. A friend of mine: Drill Boy.

[wakizashi_straight]

You have a friend named Drill Boy? What is he like?

[patokichi]

I do. Hmm. He's-

Energetic, happy, fun-loving, caring, very... [Tactless] honest.

[wakizashi_straight]

Occasionally a little too honest? [He noticed that pause.] He sounds like an interesting bot to know.