Nexus and Linkverse. The Black Dog and Jumper's Wake. Second Chances

[dens_extra_pups]

Link: *highly pleased as he steps into the Black Dog. He doesn't know how or why, but today he managed to keep Lumen and Katana with him when he walked through the door where he sensed the portal to the nexus. This place might be slightly lacking when it comes to flavoured direct link energy, but it's going to be a blast introducing his brothers to the friends and fuels here*

Katana: *looking around with calm, alert curiosity, unconscious of the fact that he's put up his monocle and is scanning everything and everyone through it*

Lumen: *doorwings UP as he looks around with wide optics* Whoah. Who runs this place? It's bigger than WakeJumper's bar.

Vi: *cheerful vituperation from one of the tables as she and Denpup swap BS for BS*

Link: *zeros in on the happy cursing. Absently* This is Nemesis' place. She calls it the Black Dog, after that sparklet dancing in the pink petticoat on the bar.

Katana: *glances at the furry sparklet, then turns his attention to the bright coloured guy who is freaking out about the petticoat, and the tiny femme in a dress who is laughing at the bright coloured guy*

Lumen: *looking* Huh. Cute kid. *moves to catch a little green guy with a visor as said green guy trips over nothing* Careful, there.

Galeas: *sheepish grin as he's helped up* I'm okay. Table, booth, or bar?

Lumen: *blink* Er... *looks to Link*

Link: *slow grin as he points toward Vi* We'll just join those ladies.

Katana: *looks that way, his manner still calm and studious. Is going to have a murderous processor ache after all this data recording*

Galeas: *small grin* Okay. Den said she'd pay for whoever sits at her table. But I think Blackout's got her tab again.

tKriti: *soft snerk* And she keeps refusing when Den offers to do the same.

Lumen: *blink! Studies the visor on the green guy's head, surprised sound*

Link: Hi, Kriti. Are the renovations finished on your place?

tKriti: Getting close to being done, actually. *will transform and cling to Galeas' head*

Lumen: *boggles, careful nudge for Katana*

Katana: *intent on something in the rafters* I was aware of her when you saved the waiter, Lumen.

Lumen: Oh. Okay.

tKriti: Vi's not paying attention. You could totally make her squeak if you wanted to, Link. *brat grin*

Galeas: That's mean, Kriti...

Link: *considering tone* Not today. I've got a different surprise for her. *wide grin as he starts toward the table that holds his girlfriend and the factory owner*

Katana: *brow quirk and follows*

tKriti: *chuckles and leans forward a bit, watching as Link goes*

Lumen: *moving to follow, is recording data for Eclipse*

Link: *up behind Vi, and hugs her*

Vi: *surprised squeak, turns to see who hugged her* *squee* Link!

Lumen: *curious about the strange creature at the table with the femme*

Denpup: Hey, Link. It's been awhile. *grin*

Link: *grins at Den even as he cuddles the big eyed little lady in his arms* We were busy. Disturbances on the border.

Katana: *boyish smile of wonder as he looks from Vi to Den*

Denpup: Gotcha. *small nod*

Vi: *snuggles and makes happy sounds*

Lumen: *hesitantly reaching a finger*

Katana: *sword out, butt of sword on big blue friend's finger*

Link: *blinks and stares at that, then hides his face and sniggerfits*

Denpup: *looks, snerks* *to Lumen and Katana* Yes, I'm squishy. I'm a carbon-based lifeform from a planet called Earth.

Katana: *eyes flash with surprise and excitement* *quietly* I was born on Earth.

Denpup: Really? Cool. *grin*

Lumen: *reaching to poke again*

Katana: *crack!*

Lumen: oww!

Link: *sniggerfitdie*

Vi: Faaail. *snickerfit*

Link: Ahem. I'll go get our first drinks. I can see Nemesis has put them on the bar. *gentle squeeze for Vi, and a nod for Den, and off he goes around and between the tables, staff, and patrons*

Katana: *quiet politeness* Do you mind if I sit? *there's that boyish grin again*

Denpup: Go ahead. There's plenty of room.

Katana: *slides into the seat with quiet thanks, then lowers his head and magnifies his monocle as he realizes that there is a little black speck walking across the table*

hand: *clamps over Lumen's mouth as he goes to follow Link, and then a second hand has him by the scruffbar and is jerking him into the men's room!*

Lumen: *startled squawk* *will take a swing at the person who grabbed him, even as part of him notes that they're bigger than him, and strong* Let go!

hand on his mouth: *lets go*

hand on his scruffbar: *SHAKES HIM!*

Lumen: *makes funny sounds as he's shaken*

scruffbar hand: *sets him on his feet*

deep and rough, but familiar voice: Don't push your luck, punk.

Lumen: *wobbles a bit as he regains his balance* What the scrap?!

hbLumen: Scrap yourself. *scowls, and then pokes Lumen in a dent that he may not have noticed before*

Lumen: *wince* Hey! Hands off!

hbLumen: *gives him a narrow look* You realize a hit there could knock your spark out?

Lumen: *blink blink* Wait, what?!

hbLumen: You heard me. A direct hit there. *pokes it again* Can knock your spark out.

Lumen: *worried look is a go* But it didn't...

hbLumen: *quiet anger* It did.

Lumen: ... Huh?

hbLumen: You heard me. Your dumbaft stunt got you killed. And your brothers wouldn't be parted from you, so you dragged them along.

Lumen: ... *horrified, hand to mouth*

hbLumen: How many times has your Captain told you to look before you jump into a cluster formation?

Lumen: *quietly* I can't be dead. I have kids!

hbLumen: *quiet and firm* You think I don't?

Lumen: *starting to tremble a bit*

hbLumen: You three are the Heroes of your reality.

Lumen: *intakes hitching rapidly* *wings rattling*

hbLumen: So now your reality has no Heroes.

Lumen: *excuse him a moment. His processor just crashed*

hbLumen: *catches him by the scruffbar again and applies the same remedy as before*

Lumen: *rambling, trembling mess of a mech now*

hbLumen: You get another chance, because the reality needs Link.

Lumen: *processor stuck in a loop* *doesn't realize he's calling for Link and Katana*

hbLumen: *shakes him again and bonks his head on the wall a few times* They can't hear you.

lighter male voice: Here. Give him to me.

hbLumen: Huh? Okay. Don't mess him up.

voice: *wry amusement* I think you already did.

tentacles: *wrap around Lumen in a familiar scary/affectionate squish*

Lumen: *rambling, looping, and trembling. Optics are white*

hbLumen: Who are you, anyway?

slender mech: *slight smile as he takes Lumen's face in his hands and calls him over comms* Spider.

Lumen: *intakes hitch*

Spider: *fingers between plating* *POKE*

Lumen: *SQUEAL*

Spider: *very light taze where he used to do it just to slag you off, Lumen*

Lumen: *verbal keysmash, sags*

Spider: *pat pats his back as he used to do when Lumen was a brat kid and used to sneak high grade*

Lumen: *gonna hide his face against you now, Spider*

Spider: *braces his feet and thinks his friend has grown even since he saw him last, then nods to the older blue bot as he feels a hand support him against Lumen's weight* Come on, Lu. Where's your backbone?

Lumen: *rambling about not being dead, can't be dead*

Spider: He just said you aren't.

Lumen: *trying to process this*

Spider: Second chances happen sometimes for we bots. *slight smile*

Lumen: *intakes hitch*

hbLumen: But just second. Don't slaggin' do that again, you scrap processored punk!

Spider: *smirk*

Lumen: *small nod. Definitely needs time with his family right now*

hbLumen: *finally sees past his anger and realizes how frightened his young alternate is* *takes him from Spider and holds him up* *gruffly* You want a drink?

Lumen: *quietly* Y-yeah.

hbLumen: *purses his lips* I bet you're too young to know diddly about good drinks.

Spider: *snorts and slips out of the room*

Lumen: W-WakeJumper owns a bar.

hbLumen: *snigger* I was right. Come on, kid. *arm around the young alter brother's shoulders* Let me introduce you to Chromia.

Lumen: ... *confused expression is a go*

hbLumen: *opens the men's room door and leads him through and over to the bar*


back at the table


Link: *chin on the table, hand on his drink, attention riveted firmly on that little walking puff of black as he cuddles the lady sitting on his knee* *absently* I hear Lu again.

Katana: *blink blinks and looks up from analyzing the little black creature* He's drunk?

Vi: *snuggles and snickers*

Denpup: Big surprise there.

Link: Actually, he hasn't really overcharged since that last time we had to pry him out of the cross current duct after he drank that stuff his dad was experimenting with. *tilts his head and studies the little black thing from another angle* I give up. I don't know what this is.

Denpup: ... Huh. As for the critter, it's a magically enchanted soot ball. *grin*

Link: I thought magic didn't work here.

Denpup: Thrrpt.

Link: *slight grin, and then looks up as someone stops by the table. Gasp* Spider??

Katana: *sits up and looks, then startles and looks like he's not sure whether to cry or be angry*

Vi: *blinks and looks*

Spider: *is of average height for G1 offshoot realities, but slender and angular. Has a lean face with a full mouth which is set in a slightly mocking but very glad smile, a horned helm, narrow blue eyes, and eight long legs rising from his back kibble* Hey. Miss me?

Link: Where have you been?? No one's heard of you for vorns!

Spider: *insouciant shrug* I fell out of the reality. Been working all over the Multiverse since then.

Link: *mouth open. Mouth shut*

Denpup: *chuckles* That can happen to people sometimes. The Nexus is notorious for ganking people.

Vi: Yup. *snuggles Link again* *quietly* How'd Lulu get that dent?

Link: *distracted from lost and found brother as he turns to look at his girlfriend* What dent?

Vi: *gives boyfriend a raised brow look* You didn't notice the big ol' dent in the middle of his chest?

Link: *sits up straight with alarm* No. How deep is it?

Katana: *also alarmed, is in the process of getting up to go check on Lumen when a dark blue tentacle gently catches his arm and stops him*

Spider: He's alright now.

Link: Now? *as close to fretting as Vi's ever seen him*

Vi: *soft, worried clicks*

Denpup: The old fart ganked him for a bit.

Spider: *nods to Denpup, smirking slightly* *then turns back to Link and Katana* Lu knocked you all out of the reality. But you're all getting a second chance.

Link: *droops with relief, his optic shutters dropping*

Katana: *also relieved, but curious* What about you?

Spider: *smirk grows slightly* I got my second chance a long time ago. I just haven't gone back to claim it yet.

Katana: *scowl*

Denpup: *blink blink* Huh.

Vi: *gonna fuss over you now, Link. And it actually is fussing, not just grouching*

Link: *has to lay his head down for a moment, Vi. Can he use your shoulder?*

Spider: *smirk fades as he looks at the reactions of his brothers* ...You didn't miss me that much.

Vi: *clicks and rubs Link's back, "bunny ears" back with concern*

soot: *squeaks and scampers around*

Denpup: *going to call for cookies for the bots*

Katana: *quietly* Of course we missed you that much, Spider. You're our friend. Sunhalo only stopped flying out to follow possible leads after the twins were born.

Spider: *smirk has totally vanished now* Oh. *lifts brows* You care that much for a jerk.

Katana: *lifts his own brows, plainly wondering what you're talking about*

Spider: *just got about the same reproof as Lumen did, only without the crashing* *quietly* Oh. *blink* Twins?

Vi: *from where she's comforting Link* Yup. Song and Dance.

Spider: He has them too now? *looks over his shoulder to where Lumen is sitting beside the older Lumen and both of them are roaring a song to the rafters*

Katana: *shaky intake as he looks over there too*

Denpup: *looks* Oh, great. They're both drunk.

Vi: ... They're Lulu and Sunhalo's kids. *not sure which twins you meant, Spider*

Spider: I know. I've met the old guy's daughters. *starts slightly as something explodes on the bar and both Lumens cackle*

Denpup: *facepalm* Anyone wanna bet which nutbar got the Chromia?

Vi: *looking* ... I think they both have 'em.

Spider: They're mixing them. *looks at Link* Hey...

Link: *lifts his head to look at Spider and tries to say something, but then hides again*

Spider: *jerkiness goes out like a candle, and his shoulders droop*

Vi: *thinks. Then she's reaching for Spider to add him to cuddle time*

Spider: *doesn't even resist, even though he's usually a proud and independent mech*


over at the bar


hbLumen: *as his drink explodes* BOOOM! *cackle*

Lumen: *cackle* That was great! Eclipse would like that.

hbLumen: You remember the recipe yet? *has a long drink of his, and then jostles so it explodes all the way down*

Lumen: *recites the recipe. Then hiccups*

hbLumen: Yup! BRAAAAAAAAAAAP! Now I'll teach you this thing that makes layers.

Lumen: *curious* Is it because of differing fluid densities?

hbLumen: *snerks and launches into an explanation that would do a Perceptor proud*

Nemesis: *stops to stare at him*

Lumen: *attentive listener*

hbLumen: *finishes and grins, then knocks back the rest of his Chromia and gleefully blows himself off his stool* Yahoo!

Nemesis: Yup, that's him. *walks off*

Lumen: *blink blink* *snerk*

Rhinox: *from under the corner of the bar* If Lucky and Dinobot weren't laughing I'd tell Tarantulus to throw them out.

DivaShot: *from where he's moving to get a drink order* I thought the guy from the yellow Ratchet's verse was bad enough...

Rhinox: The guy on the floor's about 100 times his age. *looks at laughing bitties*

DivaShot: More than that, Rhinox. I've heard his sister talk about how old she is, and he's older than her by a few years.

Rhinox: *does his glance into nowhere thing and then recites the exact age*

DivaShot: *boggles*

Mal: *throws down her playing cards and glares at Toku and Hinako in disgust* I give up. I can't teach you losers to cheat. *goes to mock the Lumens instead*

Toku: ... Is that really such a bad thing?

Hinako: I don't know. *looks at the cards* Wanna play Rummy?

Toku: *small smile* Sure.

hbLumen: *showing his young alterbrother how to make the stacked drink, and also a thick green one. Isn't getting the recipes mixed up either!* *does, however, stop to stare at that little bitty thing in the cute little dress and crown* ...The pit, woman?

Mal: *bronx cheer*

Lumen: *optics very bright now*

hbLumen: *looks at the drinks* ...What do I put in the green one next?

Mal: *promptly tells him one he's already put in*

hbLumen: Right. *puts in the next ingredient*

Mal: Loser.

hbLumen: Says the dame dressed like a frilly little doll.

Lumen: *small nod, looks a bit unsteady*

Mal: *rude gesture that she just picked up the other day*

hbLumen: *watches her walk off* Wow. I actually don't think I ever knew that one before.

Lumen: *blink* What's it mean?

hbLumen: No *beeeping* clue. *snorks*

Lumen: Oh.

hbLumen: So, did you get those recipes?

Lumen: *will recite the ingredients in order for each drink. And not get them jumbled together*

hbLumen: *cheers and knocks back both drinks*

Lumen: *reaching for where his drink should be*

Link: *hand on Lumen's back* *quietly* Let's go home.

hbLumen: *studying Link with an expression of trying to place where he's seen him before*

Lumen: *blink blink* 'Kay.

hbLumen: *waits till Link moves, and then gives his alterbrother a slug on the back* Keep yer intakes clean, kid. *more quietly and soberly* And cherish 'Halo and the kids while you can.

Lumen: *squeaks at the slug on the back* *small nod* *quietly* Love 'Halo 'n Song 'n Dance... *wobble*

Link: *quietly* Come on, Lu. Can you make it back to the table?

hbLumen: *already halfway over the bar and getting flipped in the face with Nemesis' bar towel*

Lumen: ... Think so?

Vi: *calls over* Do I need to come over and help?

Link: No, Vi. *nods to Katana and Spider, who hurry over and shore Lumen up on each side as he comes off the stool* Just come hold my arm. *seems to take it for granted he can bring his girlfriend home today, or he just hopes she'll come*

Vi: *will move to do so* Sure you don't need my arm around your waist? *gently teasing, yes*

Link: *gives her a smile in which shock still shows strongly* Let's just get Lu back to 'Halo.

Vi: *blink* When'd he move in with 'Halo?

Lumen: *names the date*

Link: Yeah. Right after their word bonding. *props friend carefully and makes sure nobody else is holding onto them*

Vi: *boggles* They're wordmates now?

Link: Yup. *smiles that shaky smile again, and then brings everyone home to the quiet hanger where Lumen and his lady have their berth*

two little Seekers: *are snoozing inside a big net bag hanging on the wall*

Sunhalo: *hurries in from her lab, which adjoins the hanger*

Lumen: *sags as the drinks finish kicking back*

Vi: *meep*

Sunhalo: What happened? *hand going to her mate's chest as she takes him from the boys. And then she's freezing and staring at the slender dark blue and gold mech who'd been propping up Lumen's right side*

Spider: *quietly* Hi. I'm back.

Sunhalo: *stares at him for a moment, but then turns away and brings her mate over to the berth*

Link: *quietly* Let's go to the Wake.

Vi: *nods*

Katana: *just lays a gentle hand on Vi's shoulder*

Spider: *doesn't look up from the floor as Link takes his arm*

Link: *brings everyone to WakeJumper's cheerful little bar by the garden*

Vi: *looking around like she did the first time she came here*

Dropkick: *sissyslap fight with Eclipse*

WakeJumper: *wiping down glasses*

Link: *watches the family for a moment, then walks over to the bar. Doesn't realize that he's black from the explosion that had knocked him and his brothers out of the reality, because he doesn't remember the explosion*

WakeJumper: *looks up, boggles. Then he's moving to scan Link and make him sit down*

Dropkick: Awk!!! *just got pushed backwards a few steps*

Eclipse: *hurrying over to fuss over kids*

Katana: *looks down and realizes that he's black too* Oh. I need a bath.

Link: Wait. Wake. *squirms* Wait a click.

Eclipse: *soundless fussing*

WakeJumper: *SO much frown* What happened? Is Lumen hurt?

Link: Lumen's with 'Halo. He's just drunk. And slightly dented. She'll take care of him. But look. *points over to the shadows near Dropkick, where Spider is lurking in his old familiar fashion*

WakeJumper: *looks* *jaw drops* Spider!

Dropkick: *looks up* ... *raised brow ridge*

Eclipse: *flail, hands ramble*

Vi: He's been lurking around where I live.

Katana: Yes. We found him at the bar that we stumbled across. *looks at Link to make sure he's got the story right. Poor young scientist is still a bit confused*

Link: *green optics weary* He blew himself out of the reality awhile ago and decided to go exploring before he came home.

Spider: *trying to figure out who this plump little compact model lady is who's looking at him*

Dropkick: *sudden, wicked grin*

WakeJumper: *sees the grin a few seconds too late* Dropkick, no.

Dropkick: *GRABS Spider. SNOG*

Link: *tired and sobby sniggerfitdie*

Katana: *facepalm!*

Spider: *surprised spreading out of slender fingers and arms, and then the arms go around Dropkick as he returns the kiss* *over comms to WakeJumper* //Am I going to die now?//

Dropkick: *pleased engine rev*

WakeJumper: *to Spider* //No. Not this time.// *scanning Link and Katana*

Eclipse: *RAMBLING wordlessly*

Link and Katana: *tired and upset, but unharmed*

Spider: *reluctantly stops the kiss, and then looks disbelievingly at the lady in his arms* ...You used to sit on my shoulder and kick me in the chest.

Dropkick: That was ages ago. *smirk*

WakeJumper: *moving to get drinks made* *will also scan Vi, just to make sure she's adjusted well to her new shell*

Vi: *gonna cuddle Link now*

Link: *tired realization as he looks down at himself while holding out his arms to bring her to his knee* I'm filthy.

Spider: *looks around with quiet bemusement* No one's yelling at me.

Katana: *wearily* They don't think you're a jerk either.

Eclipse: *going to come over and hug you now, Spider*

Spider: *quirks a brow, and then there is a smile for the only mother he's ever known*

Eclipse: *intakes hitch softly, echoing the hiccup her spark just did*

Dropkick: *going to grouch and pester her femme batch-initiator* *doesn't like how Eclipse's spark sounds*

Spider: *offers a hug to Eclipse*

Eclipse: *hugs Spider, sighing softly*

Spider: *blue optics widen with surprise as the unhappy sputter of Eclipse's spark suddenly smooths out*

Link: *teeters and drops his drink as he nods off*

Vi: *meep*

WakeJumper: *coming around the bar again, scanning!

Katana: He's exhausted. *jumped up and is now propping his brother up* *looks pretty tired himself*

Spider: *gently pushes Dropkick away, and then goes to lift Link*

Eclipse: *fretting now*

Vi: *quiet for a few moments* I know where to go.

Dropkick: *moving to help with Link* Let's get him and 'Tana layin' down.

WakeJumper: Eclipse, keep an optic on things here.

Eclipse: *soundless fussing!*

WakeJumper: *moving to help support Katana and Link* I'll be back soon, and the rush doesn't start for three hours.

Spider: Do they have the same berth? Opposite side of the garden from yours?

Katana: *rubs his eyes and lets his foster father reply*

WakeJumper: Same one. Bit less cramped now that Lu's living with 'Halo.

Spider: *bit of a chuckle* It never felt cramped. The whole ceiling was mine.

WakeJumper: *chuckles* I remember that.

Spider: *lets his foster father take Link, and then transforms and rests on those eight slender legs*

Katana: *slight smile as he remembers the day a slender dark blue youngling sent the mighty Mountain King to flight*

Dropkick: *snerk* I remember the time Lu refused to enter the house because of that stupid vid he watched... And then, someone dropped down on him from above and he leaked oil and ran.

Spider: *there's the smirk, it's come back*

Katana: And ran right through the experiment that Sunhalo and I had nearly finished.

Vi: Did it blow up?

Katana: *sadly* No. But we've never been able to get more of that catalyst.

Vi: *small frown as she thinks this over*

Spider: *as they reach the house he transforms back to root and puts a hand on the lock pad, wondering if his signature is still in the memory*

door: *unlocks with a beep*

Spider: *smirk is faint as he turns to help Katana inside and over to the young scientist's berth* This place still doesn't look lived in.

Katana: *sighs as he settles on his side* We leave the cluttered house to WakeJumper and Eclipse.

WakeJumper: It still takes some doing to convince her to go through every deci-vorn and clear out what she hasn't worked on in awhile. *will get Link situated on the berth the younger mech claimed for himself*

Vi: *moves to sit down next to Link*

Link: *stirs as he's set down, then puts an arm around Vi's waist and hides his face against her leg before going back to sleep*

Dropkick: Eclipse just moves stuff around anymore... *small, absent frown*

Spider: She sounded better today. *turns back from contemplating the fact that his hammock's still hanging from the far corner of the ceiling*

WakeJumper: *surprised by this news* *as he absently watches Vi lay down and snuggle Link* She's got her good days...

Dropkick: *quietly* Wish they'd happen more often.

Spider: No. Go back and look. I think she's alright.

WakeJumper: ... *will go to do so*

Dropkick: *moves to lean against the wall* *quietly, seriousness in her optics* Spider, Eclipse isn't gonna get better. WakeJumper said once that he knew that when he set out fer this place. After Keepsake went, Eclipse nearly went, too. Took all of what WakeJumper knew ta keep her goin'.

Spider: *shakes his head and smirks, though those narrow blue optics are wondering* I heard her sparkbeat change.

Katana: *murmurs that he needs a bath. But he's asleep*

Dropkick: ... *so much frown now as she glances at Katana*

Spider: *looks at the two tawny mechs, and then turns toward the door* Let's go back to the Wake.

Dropkick: *nod*

Vi: *quietly* Then get goin'. *snuggaLink*

Spider: *quick check of Link and Katana, and then heads for the door in his long legged, gliding way* *pauses once he's through it to look for Dropkick*

Dropkick: *out the door behind you, Spider. Will lock the door behind her, out of habit*

Spider: *snerks when he sees that* 'Tana doesn't walk into locked doors anymore?

Dropkick: He still does, but this'll keep him someplace where WakeJumper won't have to track him down.

Spider: *head goes back slightly in enquiry as his brows lift* What do you mean?

Dropkick: He'll try'n wander off to his lab.

Spider: *incredulous head tilt as he starts across the garden toward Jumper's Wake* You're pulling my chain.

Dropkick: No, I'm not. Seen him do it 'nough times growin' up. 'S jes' like how Lu'll sing if ya give him enough green energy.

Spider: That I knew. Though I hadn't seen him falling down drunk since that time he drank that one energon experiment of Wake's. *pauses and frowns quizzically into a grove of greatleafs*

Dropkick: Lu's been drunk since then. *looks toward where Spider's looking* ... 'Sup?

Spider: *frowns* There's a light moving around in these weeds. *reaches to push aside one big, thin, circuit emblazoned leaf*

Dropkick: ... *moves to help, though she suspects she knows what they'll find*

Spider: *pushes aside another leaf, and then raises both brows slightly* That's a bright one.

Dropkick: *scanning array out and fired up* *startled obscenity*

Spider: *frowns at her quizzically*

Dropkick: *databursts him the scan results. The newborn is a femme, very strong, and her coding means she's related to Dropkick... and to Spider*

Spider: *bemused* We didn't kiss that hard.

Dropkick: We need to get her a protoform.

Spider: *watches the sparklet dart upward and then to one side* Do you even know how to catch these things?

Dropkick: ... Feed 'em energy. *focuses and tries to generate static through her fingertips*

Spider: *pulls a gadget out of a pocket and holds it up on the end of one tentacle*

newspark: *zips around, trying to find... something. She's not sure what she's looking for, but she'll know it when she finds...ooo, what's this?* *darts closer to Spider*

Spider: *carefully aims the snack emitter toward the new spark, his expression intent though he's smirking again*

Dropkick: ... What is that?

newspark: *darts back for a few moments, then zips closer again*

Spider: The gadget? A snack emitter I bought in the Backwater. *doesn't turn as he speaks. Is focused on his daughter*

newspark: *gonna stick close to the energy*

Dropkick: ... Backwater? You'll have to tell me about it later. Let's get to the shop. We've got protoforms that might work for her there.

Spider: *as he gently leads the little spark closer to himself* Uh huh. How do I transport the kid?

Dropkick: ... Scrap. We don't have a sparkpot.

Spider: *huffs at her, partly amused*

WakeJumper: *sticks head out of the bar door* Dropkick, go to the shop and grab as many sparklet protoforms as you can carry. We've had a surge of newsparks all over the station.

Dropkick: *looks over* Do you have a sparkpot we could borrow first, WakeJumper?

WakeJumper: ... *blink. BLINK!*

Spider: What is she looking for on my armour?

WakeJumper: ... *cautiously* What is who looking for?

Spider: I'd tell you, but then you'd probably have to kill me. *tries to distract the newspark from his armour by showing her the snack emitter again*

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