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[video] Enter the Fanboy

[The video feed pops on, to a slightly breathless sounding voice and a worried pair of blue optics.]

...must have gotten knocked out.

Perceptor? Verity? Springer? A-anyone?

[He tries to make his voice sound a little calmer, a little less unnerved. ]

I'm okay. Something must've, uh, hit me on the head or something.

[Not, you know, the passing out thing. Of course not]

Tell me it's over.

Tell me...we won.

...

Tell me I'm not alone.

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Was? I am a Wrecker.

[If he had a lower lip it might be wibbling. He's a Wrecker, darnit!!]

He's here? _{Oh that's bad. That's very bad.} Is that how Perceptor got hurt?

Well, the Wrecker lineup changes. Some people consider the Crest era to be formative, but to me, the Wreckers really take off under Impactor. You know, after Valve, uh, departed under mysterious circumstances.

[Oh, whoops. Nerdgasm.]

I, uh, I mean that a lot of mechs have rotated in the Wreckers. Lots of ways in, only three ways out.

[He'll be all right in a minute. Just...make like it's no big deal. Nothing to see here.]

[Nervous laugh.]

Uh. Wow, hey sorry. Got distracted there. By that thing. Over there. That I saw.

[Blurr's buying that, right?]

Ironfist..?

[ Oh. Oh dear. ]

[Palpable relief. ]

Perceptor! You're here! It's really you!

What happened to Verity? To Springer? I..you're doing audio because you're 'mid-repair' too, aren't you?

[Fweeeeeeeee that is his enthusiasm sputtering out.]

[Take your time.

Right...[No he's not buying that but he will drop it.] I know it's a lot to take all of sudden.

They are safe. Has anyone explained to you what is going on? [ He's just. Going to ignore that question about repairs. ]

[He's going to try to stare into the feed, as if he can make it turn into video. STARE.]

I, yeah, someone named Vandal tells me Overlord got you.

[Skillfully bringing it back on topic. Like a conversational ninja.]

He did.

Ironfist, what's the last thing you can remember before you woke up on the planet?

[Screaming 'don't come any closer' like a wuss?]

Springer had just, uh.

...he lost his face.

[That is so hard not to turn into a Fisitronism, you have no idea.]

And I was going to activate the chips and then everything hurt and then I was here.

I thought I must have failed.

[ There's a long pause, then Perceptor signs softly. ]

We completed our mission. [ That's all Ironfist needs to know. ]

We are currently on a version of Cybertron in another dimension. We were brought here through the anomaly known as the Lambda, which is located over the area referred to as the 'junk pile.' The Lambda connects a currently unknown number of universes and timelines. By your standard, I am from the future. You are from my past.

D-did I die?

[Because that sounds pretty ominous, not gonna lie.]

[Junk Pile: not really a poetic name. But fitting.]

So why are we here? And why is Overlord here?

Well then. You must be a badass.

Yeah. But we got him. It is. There were some... uh. Casualties, too. But it's. [Sigh.] It's over at least.

Anyways, Ironfist. If you need medical attention, I'm your human. I can also answer any questions you might have.

I'll discuss later. This-- is more important. Considering what you remember.

[Damn. So it's still active. That answers one question already.]

Then I will be sure it stays that way. But I'm aware of your condition. I wasn't before. Not in detail.

I had been after your mission was complete.

I try.

[That's not false modesty. He really does try.]

Overlord took out one of the better Wreckers lineups in generations. We had casualties, too. A lot dead.

[And one more with a clock ticking over his head.]

M-medical attention? Who said I needed that? [Suddenly just slightly alarmed.]

[Ha! Passed that one, Ironfist. Just like in a holovid.]

No one was supposed to know. Just Prowl.

But I didn't do what I was supposed to. Topspin did. I...kind of failed.

[Not really kind of. He'd choked when a real hero wouldn't have.]

See I like you already.

Uh, yeah. So I was told. What a fucker, to put it lightly: I hate that guy.

Well, nobody. I was just saying. If you do. Some people arrive here injured.

I know.

You did more than enough, Ironfist. You helped bring down Overlord. The issue is that he was freed upon arriving here.

I had to recapture him, hence my injuries. You did your service.

I...uh...thank you, sir.

You apparently did better, if you took him down yourself.

Hey, it's Ironfist. Or Fistitron. Whichever. You missed it! War's over. It's been over for a while. Least where I'm from. When I'm from. Time gets kinda weird when everyone remembers different points of it. Jist of the whole thing is that you're on an alternate Cybertron with no way back.

[Hmmmm. It would probably be a bad idea to mention the whole... Skyfall incident. Bad form, really.]

Yeah, you could say that.

[Conversational skills: zero. Lab skills: +100]

You do?

[There's not much to like, according to Ironfist.]

...I hate him for all the mechs he's killed.

[Stand down, Ironfist.] Oh. All right. No, I'm fine. I probably shouldn't be this fine. [He's going to scrub his hand over his helm, trying not to poke at the dent.]

Swerve?

[That's an almost pleasant surprise. At least he knows Swerve. From other times.]

Did we win?

And honestly I don't think I have much to go back to.

No. I had help.

I'm attempting to compliment you, Ironfist. [He's pretty bad at it, sure, but he's trying here okay.]

In the alloy!

[This may just be the first time Swerve surprising someone has been referred to as pleasant.]

Yep! It got kind of really weird for a while. There was this whole thing with a Heart of Darkness and Galvatron and a Dead Universe and something called the Devoid. Or D-void. There was a hyphen in there somewhere. We lost Kimia, but then we won the war and Cybertron got better! Except not really. It's complicated.

I guess you might have a point there though. [That whole being dead thing must put a damper on your social life.]

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