Nexus, A Field and the Fangor Family Scoop, Accidents

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Aaron: *sitting in a field of dandelions, typing away on a datapad* *pause and make a funny face*

Marco: *currently tussling with/losing to Nyaan a short ways away*

Nyaan: *fighting cleanly, and still winning*

Aaron: *KER CHOO!* o.0 .>_<.

Marco: *startled, and then he's getting knocked aft over honesty*

Tobias: *gleefully nabs Nyaan's hat and swoops away*

Aaron: *KER CHOO!*

Nyaan: HEY! That's mine! *up into the trees to chase Tobias*

Tobias: *red tail hawk up circling above the meadow* Pheeer!

Marco: *getting to his feet and hurrying over to Aaron's side*

Aaron: .>__o

Marco: *worried* Let's get you to Al or Lauren....

Aaron: *CHOO!* No... I'm okay. *KERCHOO!* Ow...

Marco: That didn't seem like you were fine... *worry, worry, fret*

Aaron: *shy head duck and a sniffle* It... it's just mild hay fever.

Marco: *blink blink* Oh... Let's get you some benadryl or something then...

Aaron: *sheepishly* It wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't forgotten my hankie.

Tobias: *chooses that moment to drop Nyaan's hat on Marco, from sixteen foot up*

Marco: *surprised sound, will move to offer Aaron the hat*

Nyaan: *scaling the tallest tree she can find, intends to pounce on Tobias*

Tobias: *as he gains altitude again* -You going to let him give your hat to his girlfriend as a snot rag?-

Ax: *looks up from stuffing dandelion flowers into his mouth in the shade of Nyaan's tree* Tobias, that's gross.

Nyaan: *looks down, protests!* *then acks as the branch she just climbed onto breaks*

Ax: *aloud and mentally* ACK!

Aaron: *startled shriek and then curls up and turns turtle*

Tobias: -Ouch... You guys okay?-

Nyaan: *quietly* I think I bounced my head off of something this time...

Ax: *small squeak as he struggles to refill his lungs after having the wind knocked out of him*

Tobias: -Crud!- *dives, morphs, and comes to help*

Marco: *torn between wanting to comfort Aaron and wanting to help his friends*

Aaron: *not crying. It's clear she's been scared into her shell*

Marco: *will gently rub Aaron's back and try to make clicks like he's heard those little Autobots make*

Tobias: *as Ax finally sucks in a great draught of air* Nobody move. Just take it easy. -DAAAAD!-

Nyaan: *slight wince*

Al: -What are your coordinates?-

Marco: *relays the coordinates and continues to try and comfort Aaron*

Al: *pauses as he looks quickly at the screen of his wrist computer, then teleports to the location of the teens and hurries toward Ax and Nyaan* What happened?

Tobias: She fell on him.

Ax: *breath. Breath. Wince*

Al: *strong hands gently check Nyaan over for injury as he kneels next to her and Ax*

Nyaan: *mumbles something about chasing birds*

Al: *finds no broken bones in her body, will now look into her eyes*

Nyaan: *just a bit dazed*

Al: *soft mutter of thanks, and then lifts the girl away from his brother*

Tobias: *watching with dark eyes*

Nyaan: *puzzled blink blink*

Ax: *winces again, and then slowly and carefully morphs to Andalite* *sigh of relief as his ribs stop hurting* -That was so not fun.-

Tobias: *sarcastic* You think? *then frowns and turns to look at Marco and Aaron before going over* Need a hand?

Marco: *quietly* I might.... *worried for Aaron, Ax and Nyaan*

Tobias: Here, I'll get her computer. *picks up the datapad*

Al: *pauses by his son, Nyaan cradled carefully in his arms as he ignores Ax's resumption of human form*

Marco: *will gently try to lift Aaron, clicking softly to her*

Aaron: *curls against him, her expression blank and absent*

Al: *gruff gentleness* Bring her back to her room.

Marco: *nod, moves to head for home*

Al: *goes with him, but goes into the living room to carefully lay Nyaan on the couch and cover her with a blanket*

Nyaan: *puzzled sound, before she curls up under the blanket and purrs*

Marco: *going to tuck Aaron into bed and cover her with a blanket*

Tobias: *quietly, from where he followed Marco* I'm sorry.

Marco: *quietly* It wasn't your fault... You didn't make Nyaan climb that tree...

Tobias: *shrug* I kind of did. *looks at Aaron, his face closed and his eyes slightly brooding*

Marco: *quietly* You haven't seen her trying to go after the whales yet.

Tobias: Yeah, I have. Redtail hawk, remember?

Marco: ...Oh... *absently* There are times I really wonder about her sanity...

Tobias: *shrug* She's a cat.

Marco: *soft snerk, attention going back to Aaron*

Tobias: She'll be okay. She's not as bad as she used to be.

Marco: *small nod* Even knowing that... I still worry about her...

Tobias: Just shows you're still alive. *attention going to the door, and then he's gone*

Marco: *another small nod, won't be leaving Aaron's bedside for now*


Living room


Al: *has dialed the number he managed to get Nyaan to give him. Is now waiting for someone to answer*

Ax: *is a lean blue form spread across the middle of the living room floor and serving as a bed for Blue and Jake* *soft snoring*

Al: *frowns as he gets an absent signal. Will now just dial the motel's old front desk phone number*

Nyaan: *manages to roll off of the couch and scoot towards Ax, Blue, and Jake* *soft chatter as she moves to join the snugglepile*

Al: *blinks as he presses the last number and then hits 'send'* Careful. You just fell and hit your head.

Nyaan: *more soft chatter, then contented purring as she snuggles close to Ax*

Blue: *wriggles over on her belly and gets Nyaan pillow!*

Eclipse: *answering on the third ring* //Metal Workers, this is Eclipse speaking.//

Al: Eclipse, I just tried calling Starchart and his commlink gave me an absent signal.

Eclipse: //Starchart's at Hormah's, with Skyfire... *quietly* We had a bit of an incident involving an LOL...//

Al: *eyes sharpen with concern* Who's hurt?

Eclipse: *quiet* //Skyfire... Echeh was frightened by the LOL and attacked...//

Al: *deep breath to quash instinct* *quiet and gruff* What kind of LOL was it?

Eclipse: //One that reversed time... Skyfire wound up in the shell...// *hesitates, then decides that Al needs to know about the flyer* //she used to have before her upgrade...//

Al: *startles* She?

Eclipse: //Yes... We only found out after she was attacked...//

Al: *slowly shaking his head* Is she going to be alright? And Echeh?

Eclipse: //She's got her brother with her, and Hormah repaired the damage... And Echeh's surrounded by family, so he's alright now...//

Al: *another deep breath* That's good. *hesitates* We've had a little incident here.

Eclipse: //... What did Nyaan do this time?//

Al: *brows lift* Fell out of a tree. Onto Aximili.

Ax: *slight movement at sound of his name, hugs Blue and murmurs mentally*

Eclipse: *if she were in the room, you'd get to see that even a Cybertronian-looking Mrrpt-Nyaah can look startled* //Oh, dear... Is he alright?//

Al: He heals pretty quickly. *glances at the youngsters* Nyaan's dazed though.

Eclipse: //How dazed?// *is going to send one of the other adults to help Al with the teen*

Al: She seems a little out of it, but I think she's aware of her surroundings.

Ax: -Like Tobias before he's had his orange juice?-

Al: *boots brother*

Nyaan: *blink blink* Orange juice?

Eclipse: //Alright... Beacon will be there soon. If he gets out of line, feel free to bap him.//

Ax: *lifts his stalk eyes* -Yes. He shares it. Do you want some?-

Al: Alright. Nyaan, please be careful.

Nyaan: *considering look* Maybe later... *more interested in snuggles at the moment*

Ax: -Alright.- *back to sleep*

Nyaan: *snuggles and purrs*

Eclipse: *chuckles* //I'd better go rescue Mrrk from the cistern... Again... Beacon said he'd keep me updated.//

Al: *face palms* Alright. I'll see you later, Eclipse.

Eclipse: //Stay safe. Eclipse out.// *hangs up the phone*

Al: *also hangs up. Checks the youngsters, and then goes to check on Aaron* *peeks in slowly* Marco?

Marco: *looks up from sitting on the bed and rubbing Aaron's back* ?

Al: *quietly* How is she?

Marco: *quietly* Still spooked...

Al: *slight nod* It'll probably take her a little while to come out of it. *dark eyes full of concern and compassion study the teen, wondering just how well he's handling this on top of all the changes he's dealing with now*

Marco: *small nod, worry clear on his face*

Al: *gruff* How are you?

Marco: *quietly* Right now, I'm worried about Aaron, Ax, and Nyaan...

Al: *brows lift slightly* Ax healed when he morphed. He's sleeping in the middle of the living room floor again.

Marco: ... *slight smile* That dork...

Al: I'm guessing he's got a lot of something to sleep off. What was he eating this time?

Marco: *squints one eye shut as he thinks* Dandelion heads...

Al: *shakes his head* I don't even need to make the things into beer.

Marco: *pulls a face at the idea* Ew.

Al: *head shake becomes directed at Marco* You've never even tasted it, Marco.

Marco: *repeats himself* Ew.

Al: *shrugs* And Nyaan's just a little dazed. She's joined Ax and the babies on the floor. *ducks as a muffled boom comes from the direction of the neighbouring scoop*

Marco: ...Varek's as bad as Wheeljack.

Al: *looking over his shoulder and listening for Varekish cries for help* Wheeljack?

Marco: *nod* Yeah... Autobot inventor... Half the time, his inventions blow up in his face...

Al: *slight chuckle as Varek reports that he's alright, then lifts brows as the young inventor eeeks at sight of a visitor* It must go along with the job. *phone out and to ear* Beacon?

Beacon: //Speaking!// *sounds quite amused, with a hint of concern in the background*

Al: You'd better let Varek clean up after himself. He gets nervous about misplacing things if anyone tries to help. Especially when he can't talk to the person.

Beacon: //Aw... Okay... That was a pretty impressive boom though...//

Al: Actually, that was a pretty light one. *checks on Marco a last time*

Marco: *amused expression, but will stay by Aaron's side for now*

Beacon: //...That was a 'light' one? Wow.//

Al: *eyes promise Marco that he'll come back if needed, then turns and leaves the room, heading for the kitchen* There's a reason his scoop is deeper than ours.

Beacon: //Oh.// *seems to have forgotten why he came out this way in the first place*

Al: *up the steps and out of the scoop, looks toward Varek's* Yes, you're keeping Aidla from going and checking on her husband. You'd better come and check on the youngster you originally came to see.

Beacon: *sheepish expression is a go, will scoot towards Al*

Al: *looks up at the taller man as he closes his phone, a bit of a twinkle in his eyes*

Aidla: *watches the big cat go, and then SCOOTS over to see what Varek blew apart*

Beacon: So how many times did Nyaan bounce? *puzzled expression as he watches Aidla dart out of the trees*

Al: I don't know. I didn't actually see the accident myself. *down the steps* Come in.

Beacon: *slight frown, moves to follow Al, ducking slightly as he does so*

Al: *leads him across the kitchen, where Lauren is now working at the counter in her human form* Move slowly so you don't startle the babies?

Beacon: *small nod* *is actually pretty good with kids, if the fact that he seems to be constantly buried in kidpiles at home is any sign*

Al: Andalites are on the opposite end of the predator/prey relationship to you, so we're naturally... er... paranoid. *across the hall and into the living room, where Ax is still being a sleeping mat*

Nyaan: *is that soft purr*

Beacon: *blink blink* *quietly* You mean Eclipse didn't tell you 'bout Starchart, Moonglide 'n me?

Al: I know. But you still look like a big cat. *sympathy and friendship in his glance as he hunkers down next to the youngsters* In this form I'm a predator myself, and you get my instincts jumping even though I know what you really are.

Beacon: *ears and tail droop* Oh... *doesn't want to be thought of as scary*

Al: *quietly* There are people who fear me even when I'm in my Andalite form. *thinks of the generations of yeerks for whom he's been the boogy man*

Beacon: *blink blink, slight headtilt*

Al: You can't let what people think of you worry you. *gentle hand on Nyaan's back*

Nyaan: *slight squirm*

Beacon: *quiet clicks*

Jake: *opens big eyes, and then hops up and hides his face against Al's back*

Al: *soft, soothing thought sounds as he rumbles aloud* *then looks at Beacon to see what he wants to do about Nyaan*

Beacon: *scanning Nyaan as well as he's able to* *soft chuckle as the teen snuggles closer to Ax*

Al: *as Ax squirms slightly and mentally murmurs about vinegar* How is she?

Beacon: She'll be alright once she rests...

Al: *relieved nod* You're taking her home now?

Beacon: *puzzled expression* Why? She's got someone to snuggle against...

Al: *surprised* I don't understand.

Beacon: Mrrpt-Nyaah like having people to snuggle against when they don't feel good... And there's a nap pile right here. Taking her away would be cruel.

Al: *blinks* Ahh. *looks at the kids again* Alright. *frowns* I can't remember, can you eat organic food?

Beacon: *nod* Hormah fixed our bodies so we could...

Al: Alright. Come have some sandwiches and beer. *rises to his feet slowly, a hand on Jake's shoulder as the baby continues to cling*

Beacon: *ears perked as he moves to follow, taking care to do so slowly*

Al: *stops in the hallway to listen for any sound from Marco and Aaron's room, and then continues to the kitchen, where he's chased away from the fridge by his wife and settles instead at the table*

Jake: *stands behind his chair and nervously stamps tiny hooves*

Beacon: *gentle clicks for Jake*

Lauren: *as she bustles to bring things from the fridge to the table* Grab a seat.

Beacon: *moves to sit down so he's not towering over everyone*

Lauren: *smoked meat, pickled veggies, condiments, beer bottles, all neatly on the table, along with half a round loaf of homemade sourdough bread and the utensils needed for lunching soon all spread out, and then she smiles at the two men and quickly whips up a sandwich to bring to Marco*

Al: *thanks his wife and watches her go, then reaches for the bamboo container of zucchini pickles*

Beacon: *ducks his head for a few moments before moving to start making a sandwich*

Al: *slight smile as he puts some of the pickle into a wide, flat dish. Then sets the dish on the floor for Jake before straightening up again and silently giving his own thanks not only for the food but also for the safety of the youngsters who were involved in the accident. Also asks for comfort for Aaron and Tobias* Mmm. Corned dino.

Beacon: *working out how to open the beer bottle he snagged*

Al: *reaches over and twists the top, releasing a lovely blueberry scent*

Beacon: *ears perk* Oooo

Al: *grin* That's my first batch of blueberry and concord grape beer. *starts preparing himself a sandwich as Jake's hooves make little tapping sounds against the dish on the floor*

Beacon: *having a taste now*

beer: *rich, sweet, with a pleasant sour edge*

Beacon: *pleased sounds*

Al: *chuckles* It's pretty mild, too. Low alcohol. *big bite of sandwich and sighs*

Beacon: *chuckles and proceeds to enjoy his meal*

Al: *also settles down to eating, and to listening to the sounds of his family*

((co-written with random_xtras))