[video - open to all - originating from Nexic Quadrant]

[dontasktrix]

[It's Slipstream, Cybertronian Seeker with a light-teal and violet deco. Thruster repaired, she's hovering within the void of a crater. She attempts to sound pleasant, though whether she's successful is arguable.]

First off, any of you big bots or fellow refugees seen parts of this planet not littered with piles of scrap or marked with so many stellar craters. [Sarcasm: it is thick here.]

No offense to the big bot. The neighborhood looks to be undergoing some urban renewal, and offers all kinds of nostalgia for bots with experience in mining or demolitions. There's even attractions for the organics, like the ice hockey rinks. [Meaning the icy surfaces in the depths of the craters, images of which she's broadcasting.] And there's plenty of available residences in secure, well-shielded excavations.

And, second, since it's been established we weren't collected one from each universe, anyone noticed an exceptionally charming, handsome, egotistical, suck-up of a Seeker skulking around? If he's not in a pile of scrap waiting to be recycled, he's probably making a nuisance of himself!

You might say he looks something like me. [She gestures to those parts of her own body corresponding to her description.] Extra-broad shoulders. Strong- jaw. Amber canopy.

[Slipstream crosses her arms over her cockpit canopy. Lip components press together in something near a frown.]

It's not like I need to find him, or he's some great leader, or useful. But, I might not mind knowing if he's around.

Comments

[Video]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

Demolitions, ya say?

[That caught his attention. If it involved grenades, he was all on board. Maybe he could even take Raf to the 'ice' to skate or whatever. The kid needed to get out more anyway.]

I'm not sure if you're complimenting or insulting this Seeker of yours.

[Video]

[dontasktrix]

Yeah, probably. [It's a pretty quick, casual answer; she hasn't been there long.] Craters, ejecta.

Let's just say you can punch him, if you find him, Jackie.

[Video]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

[That last part causes him to chuckle.]

Already met that quota. Do I get an award?

[Autobot Commline]

[docbot]

[ Ratchet is very audibly going to smack his hand against his face and growl. ]

Don't even think about it, Wheeljack. I know what happens when you get too happy with your grenades.

[Autobot Commline]

[wheeljackofalltrades]

[THANKS MOM. HE'LL BE HOME FOR DINNER AT FIVE.]

Easy, Doc. Ya can trust me.

I never blew you up, did I?

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

I fit a few of those qualities. Mostly the charming and handsome ones.

I don't know you, but you're perfectly welcome to come home with me.

[video]

[dontasktrix]

[So much dull surprise. What even is this bot?]

Apparently.

Fast, too. Where is it you're calling home?

[video]

[aerospacecommander]

With some weird mech who, for some reason, has Megatron's name.

-- Well it's slightly different. I assume if I were to translate it into the Earth-based language english, it'd be like the Canadian spelling or something.

[Video]

[nexicpolarity]

None taken.

[Video]

[dontasktrix]

[Eep.]

Gentrification only makes sense, right? Automaton plant closed? Workers left? Grab the land while it's cheap. Give everything an upgrade. Attract the bots who find towers so passe. They open trendy oil houses and shops for fashionable mods. Suddenly, you've got equity!

It'll be nice, when you're finished.

[Video]

[nexicpolarity]

'Equity'?

[what is economy]

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

Well, there's always this, as well.

[Elita's voice is seemingly disembodied, dryly amused as she lets the video record right from her visual feed, which happens to be at the Haven-end of the approach to Solus' temple. It's a large expanse of mostly flat ground, with large, craggy outcroppings thrusting up as if pushed from the inside... which they probably have been, due to the earthquakes in the area.

The temple on the other end looks rather stark, but surely it can't be all that bad, right? She then switches the feed back to th inbuilte computer/comm unit on her arm, so the view is of her upper body instead of what she's seeing.]

I think everything around looks different. Can't say I've seen the mech you're talking about, though.

[She shrugs as she starts to walk again, privately hoping that inside won't quite look like this... Though, she doubts it would, considering their "hosts" has to live here too.]

[Video]

[dontasktrix]

That's- different. [Her tone says 'not really'.]

[Is that a Solian glyph? Slipstream's seen at least one of those.]

Guess all those sorta- vents make it a good place for forging. You met your host, yet?

[Video]

[invisiblepinkboat]

[Elita just chuckles, the panels on her back shifting slightly instead of a "proper" shrug. And it is, indeed, a Solian glyph, even if it's... harder to see against Elita's pink colouring.]

Probably. Some of them seem more like natural features. Earthquakes, probably.

[She nods, paying more attention to where she's walking now rather than Slipstream... and no matter if she takes this over-ground path or the underground tunnels... this walking is going to get annoying fast.]

At the junk pile, yes.

[She still wasn't sure what to think, except for "impressive" and "left an impression".]

[voice]

[docbot]

[ Sorry Slipstream, Ratchet isn't going to let a Seeker know what he looks like if he can help it. Maybe later if he finds out you're an Autobot (or, at least, a neutral) ]

Everything thus far seems to be scrapped or cratered, except for the Temples of the Firstforged. With that said, I've met a few Seekers, but you all look alike so it's hard to tell which one you're looking for. What's his designation?

[voice/audio]

[dontasktrix]

[Oh touché; go for the obvious knock on the popular body type.]

Right?! We only have completely different decos! Are you processing in grayscale?!

If you'd met him, he'd tell you his name; he's kinda full of himself!

You seen many of the temples? Any apart from the ones forged out of the ground, or dug into the side of a crater?

[voice/audio]

[docbot]

You're all full of yourselves. And I'm not processing in gray-scale, but if I tell you I've met a seeker in, oh, shades of red, blue and white, does that really tell you anything at all? [ Because he has met Starscream, albeit, one from another universe... ]

And I've not done that much exploring yet. Leaving that to my ... partner.

[ He doesn't really want to refer to Wheeljack as that, but there aren't that many other good terms. ]

[Video]

[raceme]

[Blurr never got to interact much with this particularly clone of Starscream but it's easy for him to tell

Arentyouacharmingone? No I haven't seen Starscream IS THERE a particularly reason why you want him around em>or is that you clones are attracted to the original somehow?

[Video]

[dontasktrix]

[Oh, great, it's Agent Zippy who so cleverly put together how Starscream had put his AllSpark fragment to use, and got thrown through a spacebridge with two of her fellow clones. Look how thrilled she is.]

Never mind my reasons!

And, speaking of clones, what happened to the two you sailed through that spacebridge with?

[video]

[automobile_enthusiast]

Seeker, eh? Can't say I've run across any Seekers myself, much less ones as, ah, robust as you seem to be.

[video]

[dontasktrix]

[Didn't someone describe a red grounder to her? Oh, Korra. So, potentially this is Knock Out.]

Robust? You got a problem with big bots?

[Huff. She's the smallest Seeker; Skywarp just looks smaller because he cowers all the time.]

video

[not_halfbaked]

[Korra snickers.]

Ha! You did know where water was!

[She gives a slight lopsided smirk.]

I'm afraid I haven't seen your Seeker guy. I'll keep an eye out though. Though...it would help if I could get a name...?

video

[dontasktrix]

And now you do as well.

His designation is Starscream, though he probably will tell you how he's Air Commander or Supreme Leader of all Decepticons. Others say he's here, somewhere.

[Audio]

[my_own_trope]

And now that you know he's around, what are you going to do about it?

[He's been reading through these posts, you better believe it.]

[Audio]

[dontasktrix]

What's it to you?