[Voice]

[knightofdarkness]

[the voice...may be familiar, to some. if only because of the fact that it sounds like Optimus slagging Prime.

a somewhat deeper, drier, and utterly deadpan Optimus Prime, that is. who sounds more than a little...annoyed. we'll go with that. and maybe a little resigned?]

If I asked for the dimensional coordinates, would anyone have any idea what I was talking about.

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[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

Mm, don't you just hate when that happens? Someone gets a months-long jump on you in some weird new place.

Outta curiosity, you got a glowy tattoo-looking thing on one shoulder?

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

It can be disconcerting. [or not, depending on who you are. the Alternity did that thing once in a while.]

...not that I've noticed. Should I be looking for one?

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

It can be. You're lucky I like you, or I might gloat about it. [Not that he wouldn't gloat about it anyway... but just a little bit.]

Folks usually just come through with or without them. Though without them has only been happening recently.

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

You would anyway. [o u] And does it matter?

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

... Yeah I would. And I got no clue. Our keepers here are about as keen on telling us things as Hypatia was, without the excuse of being a broken AI.

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

Keepers?

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

Keep hearing 'em called FirstForged. It mean anything t'you?

[audio] 1/2

[knightofdarkness]

[it's like a slap in the face - and one that he can't just shrug off. there is white noise as the connection stays open and active, but Nemesis can't bring himself to respond, not yet, he's too- well.

mixed feelings is an understatement.]

[audio] 2/2 done

[knightofdarkness]

...perhaps.

[what else can he say?]

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

... Touchy subject?

[Woof. He never knows just what other mechs are familiar with.]

Supposedly we're here t'help them completing this Cybertron, or something.

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

[another long pause, but not quite as long, but-]

If they are who I think they are, then I met two, a very long time ago.

[and by the emphasis on the words, it was around /That Time/.]

But I am confused as to why they would need help.

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

Ah. I see.

[And he will leave that Long Time Ago as it is. The second part gets a more sardonic snort out of him.]

If I knew why they claimed t'need help, it would be the first thing they've said to me without prompting.

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

[so many thoughts. pit, he needs time to digest all of this info...]

And what have you prompted them for?

[the question's asked more to stall for time to think, than out of true interest]

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

'What is with the weird white noise in my processor'? 'Why did I spontaneously grow boosters in my legs that only work to haiku?' You know, the usual.

[Hey, you need time, he will let you have it.]

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

...haiku?

[bzuh-wut, Cade?]

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

... It's a long story that is only really hilarious in hindsight.

Short version is, one of them lost some pages out of a reality altering book and I may have doodled on one of them.

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

'May have'.

[why doesn't he believe that unspoken 'maybe'. BARRICADE, YOU...CADE.]

Is that sort of thing common?

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

What? I felt compelled to!

[HE TOTALLY MEANT TO GIVE HIMSELF HAIKU-ACTIVATED THRUSTERS.]

Not particularly, at least. Not as frequent as those teleporter malfunctions.

[audio]

[knightofdarkness]

At least that's one advantage, then. I won't have to worry about being someone other than myself again.

[audio]

[namesnotprowl]

Or being a cat or something. Really ain't so bad here, all things considered.