Nexus, Near the 'Dog, ....

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mamaBee:  *sitting on a bench outside the safe house, chatting to Tarantulus as he holds Isaac*

Isaac:  *gazing at Tarantulus' mask.  Sooooo pretty!*

Tarantulus: *Looks a bit unsure about holding Isaac, but is cradling the young mech securely*

mamaBee:  So how's Showtime?  *looks over toward a whoop of laughter from the minefield*

Tarantulus: As long as things aren't too noisy, she's able to handle things... *a bit quieter* I'm wondering whether I should take her back to our reality of origin or not... Even with the AVF, she'd be better off with the Autobots...

Bee:  *frowns up at Tarantulus*  I don't think she'd like that.

Stiletto: *in panther mode, is padding her way across the roof, looking for someone*

Tarantulus: I just... I don't want her to be in the path of danger... And I have someone else I want to make sure is out of harm's way....

Bee:  *tilts her head and studies him*  Are those two thoughts connected somehow?

Isaac: *kissie!*

Tarantulus: *surprised sound at being kissie'd*

Stiletto: *Didn't just snerk, you can't prove it*

Bee:  *turns and looks up, her optics tracking and focusing on the source of that snerk.  Takes a guess at the identity of the being her scanners pick up, though the energy signature is different than the ones she knows*  ...Ravage?

Tarantulus: *looks that way as well, frowning a bit, since he can't get a good reading on the being*

Stiletto: *rolls her eyes and moves to jump down, transforming before she hits the ground*

Bee:  *mildly*  Nope.  Not a Ravage.  Hi.

Isaac:  *pat patting Tarantulus gently with his tiny hands* :D

Stiletto: Definitely not Ravage, whoever that is. Would either of you know where I might be able to find someone named Koko? She's a 'bot from a reality like mine... Same kinda tech and everything...

Tarantulus: *frowning more when he sees the badge the strange femme is wearing*

Isaac:  *crows with delight at his nice and pretty friend!*

Bee:  *shakes her head*  Sorry, I don't know her.  How important is it that you find her?

Stiletto: *optics go to Isaac for a moment and she chuckles, before returning her attention to mamaBee* Some of the femmes in the reality I'm from are going through something she experienced herself, and I was gonna ask her if she had any advice for the Docbot on how to best handle the situation...

Tarantulus: *is going to watch this strange femme until she's gone. Badge or not, she's not anything he's encountered before*

Bee:  What situation's that?

Stiletto: Well, awhile back, all of us got LOL'd human, and some of the older femmes're bonded. When the LOL hit, it translated 'Bonded femmespark' as 'pregnant'... and now Aunt 'Wish, 'n Aunt 'Cee 're carrying newsparks, but not where newsparks would normally grow.

Bee:  0_0  ...They're pregnant?

Tarantulus: ... *has noooooo clue what that means*

Stiletto: *nods* The newsparks have protoforms...

Bee:  So did Isaac.  *nods toward her chuckling tiny son*

Stiletto: *blink blink* ... Maybe you could help us out then... Docbot's not really familiar with what happened, and it's kinda freaked him out, because Aunt 'Cee is his mate...

Bee:  Well... Isaac got made in a slightly different way.  But I could try answering questions.  

Stiletto: *grins a very Sunstreaker-like grin, though there's no mischief in her optics* Great! Should I go get Docbot then?

Bee:  Sure.  Should I buy him a cube to calm him down?

Stiletto: Um... That might be a good idea... *tailswish as she considers something* Oh, should I also get Aunt 'Wish 'n Aunt 'Cee? They'll probably have questions too....

Bee:  Sure, but they can't have any high grade.

Stiletto: *nod* Meet at the Dog in a few minutes?

Bee:  Sure thing.  Hey, what flavor does your docbot like best?

Stiletto: Um... No clue... But it'll need to be strong...

Bee:  *exchanges a glance with Tarantulus, thinking of Nemesis' new brew*

Tarantulus: *nod* *Quietly* Nemesis also sells cookies...

Stiletto: *more grin* I know. =^.^= *Pinpoints home*

Bee:  *getting up with a chuckle*  Wonder if I should tell them I'm Swindle's mother in law.

Tarantulus: Couldn't hurt... But what was up with her? I couldn't get a reading.

Bee:  *blinks at him*  I thought it was just the stealth tech some of the bots around here have.

Tarantulus: Stealth tech... Sounds like something Lockdown'd know more about... *slight frown*

Bee:  The only Lockdown I know didn't know her head from her aft the last time I saw her.  *chuckles and reaches for Isaac*

Tarantulus: *Carefully transfers Isaac back to his mother* The one I know specializes in mods...

Bee:  Oh she had those.  She was just too sloshed to sit up straight.

Tarantulus: Still... Something about that femme... just seemed off...

Bee:  *cuddles Isaac as he laughs and waves bye bye to Tarantulus*  Huh.  I didn't really notice.

Tarantulus: ... *thinking of another Optimus* ... I wonder if she's techno-organic like Optimus Magnus is...

Bee:  Oh!  Yeah, she's a techno-org.  Is that what you meant about being off?

Tarantulus: *nods* That might be why I couldn't get a reading...

Bee:  *pats him on the arm, her mouthplate moving in her slight, shy grin*  She's just a kid, and a 'Bot.

Tarantulus: ... A kid? She didn't look like one....

Bee:  Yeah, didn't you hear it in her voice?

Tarantulus: ... I'm not exactly the best at gauging whether someone's an adult or not by their voice...

Bee:  It's the only way you can usually tell, in my reality.

Tarantulus: ... Huh. *seems a bit perplexed by this*

Bee:  *softly*  When my Zoe was born she was bigger than I was.  She still is, but she was bigger then.

Tarantulus: ... *about to comment when Stiletto returns*

Stiletto: *isn't alone. Has Ratchet, Arcee, Sideswipe, Mistfire, and Scattershot with her*

Bee:  Whoops!  I don't have your drinks yet.  *chuckles and walks more quickly toward the door of the Black Dog*  See you, Tarantulus.

Tarantulus: *nods and moves to head back to the warehouse*

Stiletto: *transforms and does her "Happy Kitty is Happy!" Dance, earning fond-sounding grousing from Ratchet*

Arcee: *curious, and wary, lest she get LOL'd again*

Scattershot: *Gently fussing over Mistfire*

Bee:  Come on in, guys.  *pause and looks back at them*  Mistfire?  You too?

Mistfire:  *holding her mate up*  Yup.  

Ratchet: *Helping Arcee, and warning Sideswipe that he'd better be on his best behavior*

Stiletto: *maaaaad, gleeful kitty dash into the tavern*

Ravage:  *pounces on the little girl panther!*

Stiletto: *Gleeee!!! Play tussles with Ravage!*

Bee: Woah. *brings expecting parents inside and over to the booth that's reserved for she and hers. Chuckles at the playing cats as she sits down, and then laughs out loud as Pooka runs over to join them*

Mistfire:  *pokes Scattershot into the booth and then settles next to him*  Guys, this's Bumblebee.  Swindle's mother in law.

Ratchet: *Soft snerk, before he's helping Arcee into the booth, and being gently reminded that he needs to sit down as well*

Sideswipe: *Watching Stiletto, Ravage, and Pooka play for a few moments, before he's moving to sit down as well*

Mistfire:  Hey, Swiper, you might wanna watch where yer aimin' yer aft.  *has a Sideswipe in her lap*

Scattershot: *Does not approve of this*

Sideswipe: Ack! Sorry! *Moves to sit elsewhere*

Bee:  *chuckling as Mistfire slides in and make room for the red and black mech*

Showtime: *brings the drinks, and a cookie for Isaac* Okay. Three cans of the house special, three mid grade soothers, and a cookie for the little one. Have I got it right? *doorwings perked hopefully*

Sideswipe: *boggling slightly*

Bee:  You do.  *grinning*

Showtime: *smiles and sets the tray down on the table* Alright then!

Ratchet: *Also boggling, at least until Arcee gently nudges him to remind him not to stare*

Scattershot: *mild curiosity about the blindfold-like coverings on this Showtime's optics, but he's actually more interested in fussing over Mistfire a bit more*

Bee:  Thanks, Showtime.  Watch out for the cat fight on your way back to the bar.

Showtime: *chuckles* I can hear Pooka laughing... Is he playing there?

Bee:  Yeah, he's pretending to snap at them.  I think he'll take off if that curly rotor goes any faster.

Stiletto: *can has Ravage tail to tug on?*

Ravage:  *laughing now himself as his tail gets tugged*

Showtime: *nods* Then I'll be able to avoid the cat fight. *more grin, before she heads back to the bar*

Ratchet: ....

Mistfire:  Whatsa matter, Doc, ya never see an alternate before?

Ratchet: *gives Mistfire a mild stinkeye*

Scattershot: When'd she get the blindfold?

Bee:  A few days ago.  *looks after the femme with a motherly look*

Mistfire:  Hey, Doc.  Speakin' of alts....  *nods toward a table near the back, where Optimus Magna has her arms around her mate as he bows his head and sighs about something*

Ratchet: ... o_o

Mistfire:  *ebil smirk*

Optimus Magna:  *doesn't know anyone's watching.  Kisses her mate on the helmet*

Ratchet: ... *Facepalming now*

Arcee: *soothing sounds as she gently rubs his back*

Sideswipe: *looks up, SNERK*

Bee:  So you guys have questions?  *settles Isaac on the table so he can talk to and love on his cinnaSeeker while she drinks*

Mistfire:  *drinking soother and enjoying it*

Ratchet: *From behind his hand, is trying to pretend he doesn't see Optimus Magna and the mech she's with* Is there anything I need to know regarding how soon the sparklets could be born?

Bumblebee:  If they started out human they might grow for nine months.  Isaac did.

Scattershot, Sideswipe, and Ratchet: ....

Arcee: *after she has a sip of her soother* Is there anything that Nightwish, Mistfire, and myself need to be concerned about while the sparklets are growing?

Bumblebee:  No high grade.  No high grade type additives.  A lot of calcien and metals.  As little stress and as much rest as you can get.  And once they get older get ready to be used for a drum from the inside.

Arcee: *small nod*

Bumblebee:  *glances at the mechs and lowers her voice*  And be prepared to have your mate stuck to your stomach the moment they hear the first tap.

Mistfire:  *snerks and glances at Scattershot*

Scattershot: *Blink blink*

Arcee: *quiet chuckle* *just as quietly as Bee* I suspect Mistfire and I will also have curious youngsters to contend with as well...

Bumblebee:  Right.  You guys start out like kids sometimes.  *grins*

Arcee: *more chuckling* That, and Mistfire and I both care for youngsters... though Mistfire only has Rumrunner and Wheelie currently.

Bumblebee:  They're probably going to be just as fascinated by what's happening in your belly as your mates are.

Mistfire:  *more snerk*

Sideswipe: ....

Scattershot: *clueless expression*

Mistfire:  Drink yer energon, Gorgeous.

Scattershot: *small nod, sets to work on that*

Sideswipe: *Quietly* Um... Is it gonna hurt the kids if we link up and snuggle with our mates? *if he has to give that up, he's not gonna be happy for awhile*

Bee:  *pause*  Um.  I don't know.  Human Sam was still alive when I was carrying Isaac.

Ratchet: ... *raised brow ridge*

Bee:  *notices the look*  *quietly*  He died fighting the Fallen, and now there's an Autobot Sam with all his memories.

Ratchet: ...

Mistfire:  What's up, Doc?

Ratchet: ... How is that possible?

Bee:  *face plates heating*  Sam... well.  I got LOL'd human.  *ducks head to hide her face*

Ratchet: ...On second thought, I don't want to know. *having a drink now, kthx*

Mistfire:  He finally quit bein' embarrassed about lookin' older'n you?  *smirks and has a drink of her own*

Bee:  *slight chuckle*  His holoform still looks older than mine.

Mistfire:  Root mode's all nice 'n shiny.

Bee:  *going to blush and hide again*

Scattershot: *quiet chuckle*

Mistfire:  *looks at Scattershot from under her optic shutters*

Bee:  *softly to Arcee*  Do you know what you're having?

Arcee: A femme...

Bee:  Aww.  Will she be your first?

((Co-written with random_xtras))