[Video/ Origin: Nexus Prime's Temple] ...Scribblenauts? (Backdated to earlier this week)

[sariexmachina]

[Sari laughs as she turns on the camera; briefly giving a closeup of her eye before deliberately setting the camera down on the floor.]

So, I got the cooooolest surprise this morning!

[Despite the scavenged nature of...pretty much everything in the Haven, what few second-hand items that are visible on the screen make it obvious this is the room of a little girl.

Patchy pink quilt.

Stuffed robo-teddy, minus some stuffing.

Scraggly purple plant in a cracked pot.

Dolls in mis-matched clothing.

Half used crayons...

Scribbly drawings of Autobots and Decepticons alike...that dance into view all on their own.

...What.]

Hehe! Check this out!

[Flat and partially transparent from where the crayon didn't quite fill them in, the two-dimensional creations still manage to caper around the three-dimensional world, brandishing bits of twigs or metal fragments or just their flat fists at one another. Optimus, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Prowl, Ratchet - the gang is all there and valiantly (and comically) fending off the equally comical attacks of the tiny Decepticons. They make no sounds of their own, aside from the sound of things being knocked over, but word bubbles appear over their heads as if drawn by an invisible hand, and weapon attacks create brightly colored BAMS and POWS and ZOWIES that dissipate into crayon-colored smoke. Scribble!Lugnut's P.O.K.E. attack makes a especially impressive cartoon boom, sending them all flying, much to Sari's gleeful amusement.]

Aren't they awesome!

[She beams, watching the fight and cheering on the appropriate side. It's the most amazing thing EVER!

...Too bad she can't help but be a little wistful, watching the messily-drawn shapes of her friends when most of the real ones aren't here.]

Comments

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

SLAVERY IS NOT AWESOME, criminal.

[Because that's what that is, right? You're keeping little robots slaves and making them fight for your own amusement.]

[video]

[sariexmachina]

...Uh. Say what?

[video]

[whirlybird_of_prey]

Don't get all monosyllabic on me.

You know what I'm talking about. Making mechs fight for your amusement?

...fraggin' sicko.

[video]

[sariexmachina]

-Hey!

I don't even know what you're talking about, you jerk! They've been fighting on their own since they showed up!

[Video]

[kingofthetvworld]

[...nope.

He gives up. He's put up with a lot of nonsense, but he draws the line here.]

What is even going on anymore?! This doesn't make any sense!

[Video]

[sariexmachina]

I don't know but they are awesome!

[And peering more closely at the screen...!

She jabs a finger toward the camera.]

They make about as much sense as you do!

[Video]

[kingofthetvworld]

[Well that's a good way to make him sputter.]

W-W-Wha?! How can you even say that! Bears are probably the most sensible creatures in the whole animal kingdom! This is just... craziness!

[Video]

[sariexmachina]

B-bear?!

[Wat.]

You don't even look like a bear! What are you?

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

. . . the frag is this?

[He can KIND OF? make out a few of the figures, who they're supposed to be (some of them being just too different in design and color...and then scribble-drawn on top of that), but he can at least figure out the Autobot-vs-Decepticon part. What IS this even? He doesn't know if he should be amused or just rather horrified.]

[Video]

[sariexmachina]

[[RED OPTICS, BEWARE]

I dunno? Magic? Crazy space robot science?

Who're you?

[Video]

[notyourblueangel]

Hmn. No science I've ever heard of.

Thundercracker. You?

[Video]

[sariexmachina]

Never heard of you.

Weird stuff like this happens all the time back home, though.

Video

[has_guts]

[Children? Okay... Ginrai does all right with children, though this girl seems younger than Shuta and the others.]

That's, ah, those are pretty nice.

Video

[sariexmachina]

[She perks up a bit at the compliment, even if this guy is a stranger.]

Aren't they? I drew 'em myself!

[Grinning, she pinches the tiny Optimus Prime between two fingers, like one might delicately hold a piece of paper. He squirms weakly, a bit put out to be scooped up, but largely seems used to the attention.]

Re: Video

[has_guts]

Very impressive!

How did you make those?

Video

[sariexmachina]

Weeeeell...

[She shrugs weakly, plopping the tiny Optimus onto her shoulder, grinning to herself at the sudden role reversal of it all.]

I just drew them. Not sure how they came to life!

[It wasn't even her key this time, either, she's sure.

...Well. Ninety percent sure. Mostly.]

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

[Yet another strange thing. On the other hand, hard not to be charmed, especially by the little girl's reaction.]

Cute. How did you do that, though?

[She smiles as she speaks, still sort of... confounded by the very strange look of what(ever)'s going on.]

[Video]

[sariexmachina]

I dunno! I just...drew them and they walked off the paper one day!

Totally cool!

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

I suppose it kind of is... having fun?

[Finding things to do around here, especially for young organics, was probably not the easiest. Still...]

They haven't done anything else, right?

[She had seen flashes of someone else chased by and fighting similar though yet different critters, so despite the cuteness, Elita was vaguely concerned.]

[raceme]

[Oh Primus.]Is that... Bumblebee?

[sariexmachina]

[Have a giggle as she picks up said yellow scribble-bot and shows him to the camera. Her amusement goes even more shrill as Toon-Bee flails comically in her grasp, complete with "#$%@#$%*" speech bubbles.]

Yep! I drew him pre-tty good, if I do say so myself!

[raceme]

[Blurr tries to suppress a smirk and fails.]

You are a real artist Sari. CON-GRA-TU-LA-TIONS.

But ^{how come} they're alive?

[Video]

[youhavebeenswindled]

Wow, I have to say that is impressive!

No doubt the product of whatever's going on with everyone right now, hm?

[Video]

[sariexmachina]

I guess so. Not that anyone else has anything as awesome as these guys!

[She laughs as the toons go tumbling, heels first over each other..before giving the mech on screen a startled second look.]

...Heeeeey wait a second. I remember you!

[Video]

[youhavebeenswindled]

Do you now?

[He recognizes you, hence why he's here.]

Y'know, if I were the type, I'd pay you back for ruining my sale~

And, I suppose, I could blame you for all that time I was in stasis lock~