01 - Video;

[chatterbot]

[When the vid feed pops up on the Link, it starts with Swerve looking pretty confused, but this isn't exactly new to anyone who knows him.
To those who don't, welcome to Swerve-ville! Population: This boxy motherfucker and a whole lotta mouth.
He does perk up pretty quickly though, which again, isn't all that surprising. Swerve is pretty ace when it comes to looking like he's perpetually in a good mood.]

You know, I kind of thought we'd crashed through some kind of portal at first, 'cause this looks a lot like Cybertron. So I was thinking maybe there was some kind of massive surprise twist on the way and the Knights of Cybertron were actually on Cybertron the whole time, but it was an alternate version of Cybertron and the quest was actually supposed to teach us a lesson about perseverance and friendship.

Buuuut then some mech who was with me when I came out of recharge explained most of the actual situation to me. Kind of a disappointment, really.

[Though, if he thinks about it, this is actually pretty good. If there was a test on how everyone on the Lost Light was best friends, they would have failed it pretty quick. Because they're them.]

But, uh, just a note here? Waking up to a mech who was watching you during recharge just to explain the whole situation? Actually pretty creepy. So... might wanna get management on that.

((OOC: Tags forthcoming when I return from classes.))

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[video]

[sword_redemption]

Who says that's not what we're here to learn? The Acolytes don't know everything. Or don't tell us everything, at any rate.

[video]

[chatterbot]

Drift? What are you doing here? Stupid question. I guess you got here the same way I did. [And then moving on.]

Wait... is the whole crew here? I didn't actually go through the whole Link to find out who was. Seemed like a bit much. But I'll give the Acolytes this though, they know how to weird a mech out, even if they don't know everything.

[video]

[sword_redemption]

Pretty much. I woke up in the Junk Pile with the Red Rust. [So.....hopefully Swerve had a better start than that?]

Some. [He pauses to get them in order.] Ultra Magnus, Perceptor, Rung, me.

Also some refugees from Messatine. [He's not sure if that'll mean anything to Swerve.]

...and Whirl. [Yeah, he's here too. ]

Remember, though, Swerve. It must be just as weird for them to see us as it is for us to suddenly be here.

[Voice]

[vandalization]

Yeah... they are a little jarring at first.

Video;

[chatterbot]

[Wow that isn't a voice he recognizes at all. Weird.]

Who're you? And does it ever stop being jarring, or do they just sort of stop doing that thing they do? The one where they're kinda strange and ominous hooded vaguely cybertronian figures.

VIDEO;

[thehardway]

[WELL THAT'S JUST GREAT.]

Swerve.

VIDEO;

[chatterbot]

[WHOOPS he did not prepare for this. But really? Is that a surprise?]

Magnus! You're here! That's great! It's great to see you. How's the whole Duly Appointed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord thing been treating you lately? Good?

[So happy to see you Mags. So happy.]

voice;

[percept]

[ More of the crew. This places seems to attract them at a rather astonishing rate. ]

Was the explanation provided to you satisfactory?

Re: voice;

[chatterbot]

I might've missed some of it. Wasn't exactly up for listening to the Acolyte after waking up. Not that it's my first time waking up in a place I don't recognize. Well, it was the first time recently, but that isn't the point.

[There may or may not have been a mild flip out because IT WAS WATCHING HIM SLEEP HOW IS THAT NOT UNUSUAL]

Video

[rungout]

[There is visible surprise on Rung's face and an almost..hesitation of sorts there as well. Swerve is another bot that's connected to bad memories, like Whirl and Fort Max, and he almost doesn't respond..

But that wouldn't be too kind of him would it?]

Yes I suppose the acolytes are a bit creepy in a way..but they are very helpful when you're just arriving here.

Video;

[chatterbot]

[Oh Primus is that Rung He actually prepared for this but that was back on the ship and now they aren't on the ship anymore and he thought he had more time to make his apology suck less and now he doesn't

okay Swerve keep it cool you are ice you are so chill just have a normal conversation and then slowly ease your way into the apology in private.]

Yeah! I mean, yeah, they are. With the whole making everyone aware of the situation thing that they do. Yep.

[SMOOTH]

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

Well, I don't know about learning anything, except that not even having the finished materials to build what you need is rather annoying but if you want management...

[Elita shrugs, a faint grin around the corners of her lips.]

You're going to want to contact the Firstforged whose glyph you wear.

[Video]

[chatterbot]

You should talk to Drift or Magnus. They are all about learning and teaching things. Y'know. Respectively. [Except don't.]

Yeah, probably. I figure if a mech's gonna let me recharge in his temple and give me a brand for some reason, the least I could do is maybe give him a ping. Maybe he can explain the whole marking others up while they're unconscious train of thought they've got going on here.

[Video]

[raceme]

[Oh you want to talk fast? Bring I, babe! This bot is happy to see someone that seems to be able to keep a conversation at his same speed.]

The Knights of Cybertron oohhh you must be from Rugn and Drift's world And ultra Magnus Overlord Fort Max Whirl First Aid Ambulon Wing Perceptor Phrama Wheelj...you know what I think the Lambda just loves to throw mechs from your universe here.

I'm BLurr nice to meet you.

[Video]

[chatterbot]

Woah! You do not look like the Blurr I know. Well, not totally. Same color scheme and antenna and you do talk pretty fast but you're not as tall. Or bulky. I wonder what kind of alloys you ended up with. [Gonna gently touch your face eventually, just you watch Blurr 2.]

Didn't actually recognize all those names though. Well, not by knowing them. More like knowing of them. Kinda hoping you're joking about the whole Overlord thing, since the guy's a nasty piece of work. Forgot it was called the Lambda, but I didn't thing facy inter-dimensional space-time portals had a preference but this is also my first so maybe they do. Who knows?

I'm Swerve, and likewise.

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

I hear there's a portal you can use as a way out in the Badlands.

[video]

[chatterbot]

Okay, can I just get a list of how many other Cybertroinians are here that I don't know? This is getting kind of strange. And really, the Badlands? That's what it's called? That doesn't sound very inviting.

[You look like Starscream but not Exactly Exactly. It's like Groundhog Day except for the part where Swerve has not seen that movie and also the part where it isn't like Groundhog Day at all.]

[video]

[glacius_passio]

What are "Knights of Cyberton"?

Video; WALL OF TEXT ALERT

[chatterbot]

Not 'what' but 'who'. Maybe it's whom. Never got the hang of that. But oh, do I have a story for you! Or a really vague approximation anyway.

See there were these guys, right? First cybetronians in a way, called the Guiding Hand. There was Primus, Adaptus, Mortilus and I forgot the other two but Mortilus is the important one, sort of. He ends up being this huge exahust port and seriously messes up all the other four so they were basically kind of stripped bare structurally. They decided to still contribute and basically made the cybertronian race as we know it, and the first few that came out became the Knights Of Cybertron. They are basically these mysticall immortal paragons of virtue that went out into the universe to do a ton of good things for no real reason I guess that's just the way they were made but no one really knows where they went after that.

Well, not until we found the map they may or may not have left us in the Matrix of Leadership after it, y'know, stopped being a Matrix. Well, a working one anyway.

[He has given up on knowing everyone in this place. Just. F o r g e t it.]

[winged_knight]

[Wow...that's quite a story, theory, or something. But there are words in there he recognizes so this triggers his curiosity.]

The Knights of Cybertron? Are you from the Lost Light as well? [He smiles.] And quests about perseverance and friendship? That sounds like a worthy goal.

[Don't mind him, he does have manners, really.]

I'm Wing by the way. Welcome. I know it's jarring, arriving here, and the Acolytes are not the friendliest of caretakers. If you have questions feel free to ask.

[chatterbot]

[What if it's both? What if it's a theostory?]

Well, technically I'm from Cybertron, but I was on the Lost Light before all of... [Just gesturing to everywhere.] this. So yeah, I guess that works too. The Acolyte answered most of my questions. Actually he just kind of talked a lot and I listened to whatever I didn't miss. And I missed a bit since the whole thing was kinda weird. So the only question I think I've got is...

Do you know Drift? 'Cause I didn't think anyone could out angle him in the pointy armor department but I guess I was wrong, because wow.

[Triangles for miles.]

video

[ex_dishonestly997]

Management has plenty to do.

Welcome to Cybertron, enjoy your stay or don't.

Video

[chatterbot]

And there's the one I recognize. Nice to know you're all accounted for. [He doesn't even say that with malice. It's more like an interesting discovery to him.]

And we're just gonna call it Cybertron again? I figured we'd go with something with more pizzaz. Cybertopia. Robopolis. Even just New Cybertron would work, but that already happened back in the home dimension, so I guess this would be New New Cybertron. New squared.

[audio]

[rstlsslegsyndrm]

I can "assure" you that waking up to a stranger watching you recharge and welcoming you to an alternate dimensional Cybertron will probably be the least creepiest thing you may experience here in the future.

[audio]

[chatterbot]

That doesn't sound very assuring, actually, but good job on that emphasis. I think I could actually hear the scare quotes. Pretty impressive. So what makes you say all that anyway? Experience? C'mon, you can't just let me walk in blind. It's probably against your code or something.

[He already knows who this is, so at least we're all spared a gamut of pointless questions. It's part of being gregarious and kind of nosy.]