Nexus. Rhinox's Home. Family Reunion Part 2

[dens_extra_pups]

Continued from here



Dinobaby: ... Flaaaa. *dog food everywhere*

Barque: *facepalm*

Galeas: *muffled gigglefit!*

Emmy: *bounces up and down, beeps, and adds to the food on the floor*

Dinobaby: :/

tKriti: *having a hard time staying on her perch, she's giggling so hard*

Rhinox: *whistles*

Spazz: ... *watches the vacuum cleaner roll in* You know they're just gonna open that up and eat it. And all the dust bunnies.

Rhinox: At least I won't be flipping it out from between my toes.

Emmy: *vacuum rider!*

Dinobaby: *growling and trying to slurp the foods on the floor before the vacuum can*

Barque: ... *amused headshake* I never thought anything from the Quadriate sector could be cute.

Spazz: *surprised look* Yours must stink, then.

Emmy: *beeps and bounces as she rides the vacuum past*

vacuum: *groans under the weight of the turkey size critter*

Barque: Nobody can get close enough to tell. Most ships that try get the scrap blasted out of them...

Spazz: There a gal named Nightwish in your reality?

Barque: ... I honestly couldn't tell you. I've never heard of anyone by that name.

Spazz: Vern?

Rhinox: *absently, as he makes a call* He's not saying. But I know a Quadriate monoformer from there.

Barque: *puzzled* Monoformer?

Rhinox: She doesn't transform.

Barque: Ah...

Dropkick: //'S yer dime.//

Rhinox: //Slip out of your armour and come watch Dinobot and Emmy abuse the vacuum.//

Dropkick: //Sounds like fun, but I promised the old man I'd visit him 'n Ma.//

Rhinox: *snorts* //You know how to time as well as I do. Get up here. They're eating dog food.//

Dropkick: //Thrrpt.// *and then the femme's there, sans her armor*

Dinobaby: *crawls over to chomp her on the leg*

Dropkick: *startled yelp* Slaggit, Dinobot! Leggo of my leg!

Dinobaby: *lets go and grins up at her, waving a handful of once nommed dog food* Hrrrn. Kisses?

Dropkick: Fine, ya brat. *fond smile on her face as she sits down and gives Dinobaby a gentle kiss on the cheek*

Dinobaby: *happy growlings*

Spazz: Hey, floozy. Somebody here from your reality. *friendly grin for her friend*

Dropkick: *will stop kissing Dinobaby and cuddle him* Thrrpt. You're the cuddle junkie, not me.

Spazz: *soft snort* I've only kissed one jerk in my life.

Dropkick: Yeah, but everyone's seen ya bein' mushy on him.

Spazz: *chortles, and then points to Barque* Galeas's from your reality. That's his old captain.

Dropkick: *surprised* Huh. *looks to Barque* 'Sup?

Barque: Er... You're from the Quadriate region, right?

Dropkick: ... Yeah. What of it? *trying to figure out where this conversation's going to lead*

Spazz: See, Barque. The kid's cute.

Emmy: *beeps and bounces as she rides past*

Dropkick: *snorts at Spazz* You want cute, you should see my nieces.

Barque: *brat grin* I don't know... I think Galeas can give them a run for their money.

Spazz: *snerk* He's not Quadriate.

Barque: He's still cute.

Dropkick: She's got a point. *grin*

tKriti: Yeah, and he's mine, Dropkick.

Dropkick: Doesn't mean I can't look, *bleep*.

Galeas: *BLUSH* Dropkick, language!

Rhinox: *with finality* He's too young, Dropkick. Knock it off.

Dropkick: *snort, will cuddle Dinobaby* Seriously though. What's up? I know you didn't just call me here ta chit-chat.

Barque: What's your home world like? Nobody's been able to get close enough to find out.

Dropkick: 'Cause we don't want them ta, lady. We're happy enough without havin' ta deal with stuff from the old worlds.

Spazz: What if Barque had the exclusive right to sell softboils in your star systems?

Dropkick: ... Lemme call Jumpjet 'n Mythril.

Spazz: And Barque might have a market for a few samples of those artisan fuels you're always yapping about.

Dropkick: ... I know a lot'a bots who're gonna be happy ta hear that.

Spazz: *looks at Barque*

Barque: *small grin* I suppose I could convince the crew to come on an adventure.

Spazz: I can just imagine what Lockdown'll think of girls that big.

Rhinox: *absently* You don't need to imagine it. You're watching the feed from the bar.

Spazz: Thrrpt.

Barque: *one with her facepalm*

Dropkick: *cackle*

Dinobaby: *kibble thrrpt*

Galeas: Knew he was a big dummy. *huff*

Barque: I'll talk to him about it. Later. When he doesn't suspect a thing.

Spazz: Huh? *absently catches a flying Lucky as that bitty decides to stop watching his aunty get repaired and jumps from his dad to his mom*

Barque: *smirk* I might be a Neutral, but I come from a line of Predacons and Decepticons.

Spazz: *sniggerfit die*

Rhinox: It's hard to catch him off guard.

Barque: I'll think of something.

Dinobaby: *wicked little growl*

Dropkick: *reaches to poke Barque* Hey, what's your ship's calling sign? So we c'n tell the Macks not ta shoot you down.

Barque: Oh! *recites it*

Dropkick: *small nod, and a slight frown* 'Kay. The Macks might still try 'n take a warnin' shot, but ping 'em with your calling sign on this frequency *recites the frequency*. 'N if they try'n cause trouble, call for Flashpoint. That'll get 'em ta settle down.

Spazz: So she's bot there too. *cuddles Lucky*

Dropkick: *blink blink* *and now she's cracking up*

Barque: ... I think I missed the punchline.

Spazz: Flashpoint's human in some realities.

Dropkick: *gonna hurt herself if she keeps laughing like that*

Barque: ... *pokes Dropkick*

Spazz: *watches the slap fight that ensues* ...So it's "he", then?

Dropkick: *mid-slap* Yup. Nice shoulders fer a Mack. *awks as Barque makes her audials ring*

Rhinox: *snort*

Barque: *might look like a dainty lady, but she fights dirty and she fights mean*

tKriti: *from her cat tower* Why didn't you stay there and kiss him?

Dropkick: *scowl for the tiny femme* 'Cause he's a Mack. 'N I ain't.

tKriti: *leap that ends on Rhinox's head* So? What's that got to do with anything?

Spazz: *practically* Rhinox's Maximal. I'm Sewercon.

Dropkick: I don't like flyin'.

Spazz: And I don't like snuggling.

Dropkick: *quieter* You don't crash yer processor when yer snugglin.

Rhinox: *without looking up* Not anymore.

Dropkick: ... *frowning muchly at you now, Rhinox*

Rhinox: She used to nearly black out when Lucky wanted her to hold him or feed him.

tKriti: *drops a soft blanket where her sister can feel it, then makes a face at Spazz*

Dropkick: ...

Galeas: *moving to help Rhinox, clicking softly all the while*

Spazz: *acquires a Dinobaby* Lay off her, jerks.

tKriti: *soft snort*

Barque: I have no quarrel with her.

Spazz: You're good. *looks at Dropkick* Circulate, kid. *offers her bitties*

Dropkick: *hesitantly reaches for the offered bitties*

Lucky: *laugh and snuggle*

Dinobaby: *offers pet food with the snuggles*

Dropkick: *soft snerk* Nutbar... *snuggles Dinobaby and Lucky*

Dinobaby: Hrrn. Nutbar yucky. *stuffs petfood into his mouth*

Spazz: Besides. 'Kick's just a kid yet. And I'm pretty sure your Flashpoint's not.

Barque: I'll probably get to find out soon enough.

Dropkick: *very slight shrug* No idea there.

Mal: *shoves through the door and comes stalking across the floor*

Spazz: o.0?

Galeas: *puzzled chirp*

Mal: *right across to the couch where her husband is laying, then wriggles around till her dress and tiara are laying on the floor by her spats. Then she's up and crawling into the bundle of Scattershot*

divaShot: *relaxing all the more*

Spazz: *watches as her younger sister powers down and then shakes her head*

Rhinox: I'll check on her after I've finished Desinex.

tKriti: 'Shot bein' outta commission's been rough on her... Same with Hound 'n Desi. *sagely nod*

Spazz: She hasn't been charging. *glances at Dropkick's armload of bitties and then over to her eldest* Galeas, don't fuss. You know she'll just get cranky.

Galeas: *squeaks as he gets caught edging toward the couch*

Mal: *vanishes further into the blanket wrap*

tKriti: Think a wish'd help any, Rhinox?

Rhinox: *without looking up* Not everything can be wished away.

tKriti: Aw. :/

Rhinox: This'll be good for 'em, in the long run. *carefully closes the panel on the tiny torso he's working on and then smiles down at tDesi* *carefully wakes her up*

tDesinex: *optics flicker a bit as she wakes up*

Rhinox: *gentle big hand slides under her and props her up* You're repaired. Now you just need to heal.

tDesinex: *quietly* Thanks, Rhinox.

Rhinox: Want me to call Hound? Or are you going to chase him off again?

tDesinex: Call him.

Rhinox: *taps his chest* Yeah. She's feeling better.

tDesinex: *going to lay still and rest while she waits for tHound to arrive*

Galeas: *little grin* I'm glad Desinex is feeling better.

Barque: Good luck getting her to rest.

Rhinox: *rumbles amusement as tHound comes in* That won't be a problem. Did you bring it?

tHound: *ties the lower straps of a mei-tai around his waist and holds out his hands*

Rhinox: *gives tiny lady* I've got some pain tabs for her.

tHound: *lays his wife sideways against his chest and then pulls the carrier up to cover her* Any news from the old reality?

Rhinox: Not yet.

tDesinex: *quiet little sigh as she settles against her husband's chest*

Galeas: Bunch'a dummies. *nods*

tHound: *carefully wraps and ties the straps, then gently smooths his wife's back* I got the afternoon off. You want to go home now, Sky?

tDesinex: *quietly* Yeah... Let's go.

Barque: *curiously* They don't live with the rest of the crew?

Spazz: Nah. They've got an apartment outside this complex.

Barque: This complex?

Spazz: Yeah. This apartment's got windows onto the bar. There's an empty under ours. 'Shot and Mal have a two room two story on the other side there. Galeas' has one a little smaller than ours tucked behind theirs. Toku and Hanako's is under his. And the spiral staircase along the wall of 'Shot and Mal's goes up to Mutt and Clipsie's one story up there. *points to the ceiling* 

tKriti: *points to the cat tower behind the couch Rhinox is on* And that's mine.

Barque: *surprised blinking is a go* There's more room here than on the Mirror!

Spazz: *brow ridges lift* Well, yeah. It used to be a room big enough for Blackout to walk around in.

tHound: *looks up as paws gallop overhead* *chuckle*

tDesinex: *sleepy snerk*

Barque: ... Seems like there's a lot of room for people to run around, too.

Spazz: *snerk* Mutt 'n 'Clipsie're engineers. They've got a workshop instead of a living room. *points* They have a little fuel dump there by the stairs, and sleeping rooms on the other end. In between there's nothing but textured metal flooring littered with parts, scraps, and Roundabout nests.

Barque: Good grief. *amused*

paws: *gallop over again*

divaShot: *sleepy mumble*

Rhinox: *gets up and leaves the room for a moment. Voice comes back down the hall* Kriti, where did you put the energy packs?

tKriti: They should still be in the cupboard! I didn't move 'em.

Rhinox: *sound of rummaging* Not seeing them.

Spazz: *looks over toward her eldest son* Galeas, weren't you dusting in the storeroom this morning?

Galeas: *blink. Blink. Squeak!* *scoots to try and retrace his steps from this morning*

Spazz: *chuckles and looks at tKriti, the communication wordless but clear. Go help him*

tKriti: *climbs down from her cat tree and hurries after her boyfriend*

Barque: *soft chuckle* Even with all the ways he's changed and grown, he's still Galeas, and still easy to distract with shiny.

Spazz: *looks back to the taller femme* It comes with Autism spectrum condition.

Barque: ... *blank look*

Spazz: *offers databurst*

Barque: *accepts the databurst, will look over the information*

Spazz: It's so rare among Cybertronians that we wouldn't have enough cases to study without access to the multiverse.

Barque: ...It doesn't affect his quality of life, does it?

Spazz: *snort as a gleeful squeal comes from the hall* Think about what you just asked.

Barque: *soft chuckle* Yeah... You're right.

Galeas: *excited chatter as he chases after the glowing raven pet that Rhinox and tKriti just gave him*

Spazz: *snerks and looks at her husband* You got him the raven.

Rhinox: Kriti's idea. *goes to dig Mal out of blankets and hook an energy pack to her*

tKriti: I figured that'd be better, 'cause it can alert someone when Galeas needs help 'n I'm not there to help him.

Spazz: *brows up* You got it aid programmed.

tKriti: Yeah... It'll alert you, Rhinox, or Tarantulus if Galeas needs help or it's something I'm too little to help with. *watching out for her boyfriend*

Galeas: *so much excited rambling as he hugs the ID bracelet that goes with the pet to his chest*

Spazz: *more chuckle* That goes on your wrist.

Galeas: *squeak, click, pop!*

Rhinox: *finishes tucking Mal back in, then goes over and gets the kid in a gentle, one-armed headlock* Count to twenty and tell me what Spazz just said.

Galeas: *more squeak, circulates as he counts* *then he'll hold up the bracelet* On wrist!

Rhinox: Yup. Can you do it yourself?

Galeas: *going to try!*

Rhinox: *supportive headlock as he watches*

Barque: *blinks at the headlock, looks to Spazz for clarification*

Spazz: *amusement dancing in her eyes as she glances toward the movement* What?

Barque: The headlocks help?

Spazz: *snerk* It's a manhug.

tKriti: *softly* It anchors him.

Galeas: *click, pop, frustrated whine as he fumbles with the bracelet catch. Is trying his best to fasten it on his own, but he's a little too jittery to manipulate the catch*

Rhinox: *straightens the boy up and watches him. Is ready to offer help, but will respect Galeas by waiting till he asks*

Galeas: *more frustrated clicks, will ask by holding his wrist out*

Rhinox: Nevermore, bracelet.

Nevermore: *hops down from the perch he's found on Rhinox's back, will tilt his head one way, then the other, studying the catch for a few moments. Then he's using one foot and his beak to get the catch fastened*

Galeas: *so much happy clickstorm!*

Barque: *quietly, a small smile on her face* Looks like Nevermore's a good match for Galeas.

Nevermore: *cheeky croak for the lady in the dress!*

Rhinox: *tosses Barque a jewelled gauntlet*

Barque: *surprised sound as she catches the gauntlet*

Rhinox: Galeas got you that for Christmas.

Barque: Awww. *attention going to where Galeas just pulled a blanket over his head* ... *soft snerk*

Rhinox: Put it on. *slight smile as he watches tKriti go and sit on that blanket-covered head*

tKriti: *having quiet clickytime with Galeas*

Nevermore: *snuggled on blanket-covered master shoulder*

Barque: *will turn her attention to putting the gauntlet on*

gauntlet: *small indicator lights flash twice, and then there's a soft, sparkling sheen accenting her armour and clothing*

Barque: ... *amused laugh*

Spazz: He didn't know you already had some bling when he bought it. *tweeks Barque's skirt*

Barque: *soft chuckle*

Spazz: Speaking of pets, where's Kouji? Never mind, he's on Billy's bed again.

Rhinox: *has turned and is straightening the passed out Dropkick out on the floor* So how long are you here for?

Barque: However long it takes Knockout, Desinex, and Lockdown to pass out.

Rhinox: Knockout and Desinex have gone to the rat pits. Lockdown's gone to do a quick job with his alter sister.

Barque: ... *facepalming*

Rhinox: Stay a few days. *more quietly* I know where your Rhinox is.

Barque: *intakes hitch softly* Is he alright?

Rhinox: *gruffly* He's fine. Married and settled down.

Barque: *relaxes* That's good.

Spazz: Stay a few days. You can always go back to when you started.

Rhinox: *nods* You can use that empty apartment.

Emmy: *sing sing*

Barque: *quietly* Thanks.

Rhinox: *hand on her shoulder and then offers her a key* Get some rest.

Barque: *small nod as she accepts the offered key*

Rhinox: *glances at his wife and nods, then goes to take Barque to the empty apartment and get the leather-clad woman a soft pad to sleep on. Later, after she's up and her crew's cleaned up, he and Spazz will take them to the amusement park*

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