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Den ([personal profile] dens_extra_pups) wrote in [community profile] dens_tf_den2016-05-30 12:22 am

bbnsverse. Spaceport Bar and Thetadrach Village. Living Fire



Ultra Magnus: *circles over the spaceport, studying the small cluster of cheap and battered buildings and remembering the times before that spaceport existed. Quick check on the white-crowned head that's peeking out from behind his breastplate, and then once more remembers when his people were alone in their solar system*

Old Lady Yau: *still a bit weary and easily tired from the day the Autobots brought in several Ifiri children, but she's awake and able to focus on her surroundings* *thinks that the spaceport could use some re-enforcement to some of the buildings, but so could the Autobot base. Her thoughts again turn to how safe she feels tucked into the space between Ultra Magnus' armor and his chest, and how warm he is*

Ultra Magnus: *deep rumble that will be more felt than heard over the rush of the wind* There's landing space next to the hostel.

Old Lady Yau: *will tap out her response in modified Morse code, since she knows she won't be heard over the wind* "Which one's the hostel?"

Ultra Magnus: *indicates the battered and rather rusty quonset with one hand* The one with the scrapped up starhopper parked in the roof.

Old Lady Yau: *looks* *tap* "They stink at parking."

Ultra Magnus: *grunts* I've seen worse. *slows his circling* Get down.

Old Lady Yau: *ducks down behind armor plating and goes silent*

Ultra Magnus: *flips up his wings and drops from a hundred and fifty feet. Lands in a crouch with a boom that shakes the entire spaceport*

Old Lady Yau: *trying to get back up to where she was before Ultra Magnus landed*

Ultra Magnus: *wince. Flinch. Quickly unfastens two straps so that he can reach underneath the plate and move her away from his belly*

Old Lady Yau: *tap tap* "Sorry. Slipped."

Ultra Magnus: *hunkers down to set her on his knee while he refastens the straps* You can talk now. *sharp eyes scan their surroundings as he notes wryly that his shockwave didn't even rouse any curiosity despite having knocked the starhopper down and busted an ageing freighter off its legs*

Old Lady Yau: *quietly* What'd ye spot?

Ultra Magnus: *gives her a quizzical glance, then shakes his head as he lifts her back up to the breastplate* Nothing. I didn't want you getting hurt as I landed.

Old Lady Yau: Ah. *small nod as she gets situated again. She'll probably fall asleep on the way back at this rate*

Ultra Magnus: *rises to his feet* I have enough gold to buy a drink your size. You'll probably like the stuff they serve here.

Old Lady Yau: *chuckles* Alright, t'en.

Ultra Magnus: *starts to warn her about the atmosphere inside as he moves around parked ships to get to the derelict bar, but then remembers catching her eating that ancient rubber tire the day before and shrugs off the thought*

Old Lady Yau: *absent hum as she studies each ship they pass*

Ultra Magnus: *pauses to look over at a slim and beautifully deadly little ship sitting over by itself under the eves of the forest* *frown*

Old Lady Yau: *frowns as she also spots that ship* T'at ain't one I's arter knowin'.

Ultra Magnus: *gruffly* Looks like Keylendar make. But they don't usually make landfall. *last frown for the ship, and then he's opening the door to the bar and letting out a blast of acrid smoke mixed with perfume and stink* Ugh.

Old Lady Yau: *wrinkles her nose at the scent* Aye.

Ultra Magnus: *holding his breath as he scans the interior and steps toward the larger of the two bars* "Aye" what?

Old Lady Yau: *softly* T'is place's scent.

Ultra Magnus: *absently* Smells like that tire.

Old Lady Yau: *snort* Wit' more perfume.

Ultra Magnus: *gives her a funny glance* You're complaining about that?

Old Lady Yau: Some 'o t'em perfumes is rank.

Ultra Magnus: *grunts his understanding, and then frowns as he spots a small form near the end of the bar* There he is.

Old Lady Yau: *looks, small nod as she spots Jazz*

Ultra Magnus: *watches the information trader as the smaller man sings a song from the Black Dog to a very large woman with an alien and wild beauty* *flat disbelief* He's been gone for over a week, and we find him courting a tribal woman.

Old Lady Yau: *snerk* T'at's Jazz fer ye.

Ultra Magnus: *watches the woman partly unfurl one wing and startles as he spots the reinforced holes in the flight membrane* A Thetadrach.

Old Lady Yau: T'etadrach?

Ultra Magnus: *starts to reply, but then stands there with his mouth open as a tiny form trots into sight on the bar next to the tribal woman* *gasp* A hexapod! Alive!

tiny woman: *coal black and hairless except for a tassel on the end of her fly switch of a tail. A sturdy body clothed in rough grey pants stands on four small, hoofed feet, and two-fingered hands are balled into fists as they rest on her upper hips. Huge dark eyes glare at Jazz from a rounded, pug-nosed face, and delicate fin-like ears are pressed back against the sides of her head*

Jazz: *he just keeps on grinning and singing 'Big Girls'*

Old Lady Yau: *puzzled frown* *softly* Hexapod?

Ultra Magnus: The first visitors from another world. They were refugees, and we thought they'd all been killed when the war started. *still watching the tiny woman on the bar* I've never seen a black one before.

Old Lady Yau: *quiet now as she studies the hexapod woman*

Thetadrach woman: Calm down, Shade. *turns her head to frown at Ultra Magnus*

Old Lady Yau: *frowns at the Thetadrach woman*

Jazz: *notices the woman's sudden alertness* Deherree, baby, whatchoo... ack!

Deherree: *shoved him off the bar as she got up. Is now striding toward Ultra Magnus as she scowls at his chest. She's a little less than a head shorter than him, too*

Ultra Magnus: *protective hand over his passenger* What do you want, Warlady?

Old Lady Yau: *sticks her chin out a bit. You've got your own pretty. Don't try to fight me for mine*

Deherree: *imperiously pulls Magnus' hand down so that she can see the tiny, white-haired woman* You are the fire we've been dreaming of.

Ultra Magnus: *other hand that had been coming up protectively freezes when he hears that*

Old Lady Yau: *blink blink* ... What?

Deherree: *shifts her other hand, which obviously holds Shade* My father sent me to look for you. Will you come to talk with him?

Old Lady Yau: *much frown* I ain't goin' 'lone. *leans back against Ultra Magnus*

Deherree: Of course not. *fist comes up and gently tucks Shade in beside Kae Yau*

Ultra Magnus: *stiffens with surprise and then bows his head* *formally* We appreciate your trust. We'll come with you.

Old Lady Yau: *making sure Shade won't fall*

Shade: *gives the old woman an amused little smirk* So the Broken carry little people around like dolls too.

Old Lady Yau: *raised brow* The Broken?

Shade: *tips her head toward the face of the man who is holding them* Like him.

Ultra Magnus: *has finished speaking to Deherree, and is now politely waiting till Kae Yau and Shade are through conversing*

Old Lady Yau: *small frown* T'ey's down, but t'ey ain't arter bein' broken.

Shade: *slight head shake* Not destroyed. Broken. Like the young one that usually travels with this guy.

Old Lady Yau: *more frown as she thinks this over*

Shade: We're the Changed.

Old Lady Yau: *soft hum. Still thinking things over*

Shade: *looks up as Ultra Magnus clears his throat*

Old Lady Yau: *looks up too* Aye?

Ultra Magnus: *voice a deep rumble in his chest as he speaks quietly* Do you want to buy a drink before we go? Like I said, there are things I think you'd like here.

Shade: *wrinkles that pug nose and looks at Kae Yau*

Old Lady Yau: *soft, considering hum*

Jazz: *black fingers holding a teeeeny antique dollhouse cup come up over the side of Ultra Magnus' hand*

Ultra Magnus: *gives the smaller man a pointed look of amusement*

Old Lady Yau: *curious* What's t'is arter bein'?

Jazz: Moonshine! Worse stuff they got. *voice is full of grin*

Shade: *looks down over Ultra Magnus' fingers to give Jazz a stink eye*

Old Lady Yau: *interested perk* What's the proof?

Ultra Magnus: *dryly* Corrosive.

Old Lady Yau: *SNORT*

Ultra Magnus: *takes the tiny glass and sniffs it* ...Yes. It's at least a hundred.

Old Lady Yau: *so much grin, will reach for the glass*

Ultra Magnus: *incredible delicacy as he hands it to her*

Shade: ...You're really going to drink that?

Old Lady Yau: Aye.

Shade: *wince wince*

Jazz: *chortle from below*

Old Lady Yau: *will happily sip from the glass, which is a good-sized glass to her*

Shade: 0.o

Ultra Magnus: *quietly* As the Warlady said, Kae Yau's fire. She likes things that burn.

Jazz: Hey, baby, you wanna light my fire?

Deherree: *SWAT without looking*

Jazz: *right out the door*

Old Lady Yau: *too busy getting her DRANK on to flip a rude hand gesture at Jazz*

Ultra Magnus: *head turned slightly toward the door*

Jazz: I *cackle wheeze* I REGRET NOTHIN'! *cackle*

Ultra Magnus: *attention back to the people in his hands*

Old Lady Yau: *starting to lean back, is nearly done with her drink*

Shade: Shouldn't you breathe?

Ultra Magnus: She breathes through her skin.

Shade: *blinks. Can't resist looking a little closer at the white-haired woman*

Deherree: *snort*

Old Lady Yau: *just finished her drink with a hiccough*

Ultra Magnus: Alright?

Old Lady Yau: *nod, grin* Aye.

Ultra Magnus: *fingers come up for the glass*

Deherree: She drunk?

Ultra Magnus: If she were, you'd know it.

Old Lady Yau: *gives the glass, nods in agreement to Ultra Magnus' words*

Ultra Magnus: *puts the glass on the bar and then looks at Deherree* We're ready.

Old Lady Yau: *getting comfortable now*

Deherree: *checks on Shade and gets snorted at. Snorts back and then turns and walks toward the door, her tail lashing with restrained thought*

Ultra Magnus: *turns and follows, carefully tucking Kae Yau back behind his breastplate as he goes*

Old Lady Yau: *relaxes a bit more once she's safely behind Ultra Magnus' breastplate* *will make sure Shade is safely tucked in, too*

Shade: *wide eyes* You really ride here?

Old Lady Yau: Aye. It's some cozy. *small smile*

Shade: *front knees braced against the inside of the breastplate* ...You look smug.

Old Lady Yau: *soft chuckle* I's got a reason t' be. I's got some'un pretty t' snuggle.

Shade: *snerk* He's kind of big.

Old Lady Yau: *grin* Aye, 'n 'e's nice 'n warm.

Shade: *snerks again, and then slides down slightly as Magnus launches*


Later, in the Thetadrach village square



Deherree: *rises from her landing crouch and then trumpets a whoop toward the sky*

Shade: *shrill shriek as she clings to the edge of the breastplate so she can see over it. Is grinning*

Old Lady Yau: *very slight twitch in response to the whoop and shriek. Fell asleep during the flight*

Ultra Magnus: *big fingers just scooped Shade out from behind his breastplate* Hush! You'll wake Kae Yau.

Shade: *scowly*

Deherree: *amused as she reaches to take the tiny girl* Do you want her to be rude? *amusement grows as the whole village echoes with whoops and roars*

Old Lady Yau: *another twitch and a soft sigh*

Ultra Magnus: *worried now, he tucks his chin against his chest to try and check on her*

Old Lady Yau: *looks so peaceful as she sleeps. And she just snuggled your chest, Ultra Magnus. She'll probably be waking up soon, and wanting something to eat, just like the last time she fell asleep against you. She's closer to her normal coloration, too, so she is getting better from before*

Ultra Magnus: *slight smile as he pulls a ration out of the pocket on his belt. Fiddles it open and then holds it where the smell of the fish oil will reach her*

Old Lady Yau: *eyelids twitch a bit as she catches the scent of the ration. She'll make a soft sound as she starts waking up*

Ultra Magnus: *waves the tiny package slightly*

Old Lady Yau: *groggily* I's awake...

Ultra Magnus: *quietly* Chili oilfish?

Old Lady Yau: *will rub at her eyes and nod before moving to cover her mouth with her hand as she yawns* Aye.

Ultra Magnus: Are you coming out of there?

Old Lady Yau: Aye. *moving to climb out from behind the breastplate*

Ultra Magnus: *has a hand ready for her to come out onto*

Old Lady Yau: *glad for the hand, looks around owlishly*

Ultra Magnus: *sets her meal down beside her, then touches her hair with one finger*

Old Lady Yau: *small smile as she leans into the touch to her hair*

Ultra Magnus: *gruffly* Eat your fish.

Old Lady Yau: Aye. *will work on that, scooping out small amounts of the fish and its surrounding oil, which gets burned in her hands*

Ultra Magnus: Is it hot enough?

Old Lady Yau: *nods* Aye.

Ultra Magnus: *looks up as one of the people watching them moves, and then looks up further, his brow ridges raising with surprise as he realizes that this tawny golden woman is taller than him by half a head despite being clearly much younger*

woman: *friendly smile* I am Mouse. I vill bring you to Megatron.

Old Lady Yau: *curious, nods even as she continues to eat*

Ultra Magnus: *looks at Mouse's wings as he steps forward to show that he's ready to follow* You're not Theta.

Mouse: *shakes her head* Changed but not Theta. Mother left when I came, so Father gave me to the Thetas.

Old Lady Yau: *small frown, continues to burn small amounts of fish and oil in her hands, pausing only to stick a large and meaty bit of fish in her mouth*

Mouse: *walks swiftly, one hand going out to slap the shoulder of a navy coloured man with tan markings as she passes him*

Ultra Magnus: *knows the man and nods to him* Torque.

Torque: *big grin, and then a quizzical look over his shoulder as someone kicks his tail and a cheerful laugh as he leaps to pounce on the kicker*

Ultra Magnus: *actually gives a barely audible chuckle as he continues after his guide*

Old Lady Yau: *softly* Ye know the lad?

Ultra Magnus: He visits the bunker at times. *nods to a big-eyed child who just hissed at him sassily* To keep me in form.

Old Lady Yau: *amused snerk*

Ultra Magnus: He tries to knock me over. It's a sign of respect.

Old Lady Yau: *nods her understanding* *has a bit of a distant look to her eyes now, due to remembering*

Ultra Magnus: *stops in front of a low, covered cave mouth* *quietly* Brace yourself for noise.

Old Lady Yau: *deep breath and a small nod*

Ultra Magnus: *deep breath, and then lets out a truly awe-inspiring roar skyward*

Old Lady Yau: *even with bracing herself, she still startles badly, dropping what's left of her ration*

Ultra Magnus: *covers her with his hand as another roar and a high and piercing shriek join his roar*

Old Lady Yau: *shivering just a bit*

Ultra Magnus: *sound cuts off sharply and leaves a ringing silence*

Old Lady Yau: *quietly and a little meekly* I dropped me lunch.

Ultra Magnus: It's on my hand. *gently* Roar.

Old Lady Yau: *silent for a few moments, then she's shouting something in her native tongue*

shriek: *joins the shout. It is high and utterly toneless*

Old Lady Yau: *looking around to try and locate the source of the shriek*

Ultra Magnus: *hand over her to let her know she can stop the noise*

Old Lady Yau: *small nod*

shriek: *stops at the same time*

Ultra Magnus: *moves his upper hand in time for Kae Yau to see the hanging on the cave door twitch to one side slightly* *uses that hand to sign to the small white being who is looking out at them. Speaks at the same time* Hello, Miss. The War Lady asked us to come.

white woman: *spitting image of Shade except for her colour and expression, which is quiet and serene* *nods and holds her corner of the curtain up to the visitors*

Ultra Magnus: *reaches with a wing hand and pulls the door open*

Old Lady Yau: *small smile and a polite nod of greeting*

Ultra Magnus: *softly* Let me put you down. Then she'll be able to see you.

Old Lady Yau: *nods* Aye. *will grab her lunch again*

Ultra Magnus: *steps inside, and then settles down to sit across from a massive elderly man*

Megatron: *is laying on his side, watching his visitors with a calm but sharp expression that seems to see everything about them*

Ultra Magnus: *sets his Yau-bearing hand on the floor*

Old Lady Yau: *polite bow in greeting to the elder*

Ultra Magnus: *jiggles his hand slightly, asking her to go down*

Old Lady Yau: *embarrassed squeak, will climb down*

white woman: *is a friendly little back under her foot so she doesn't have to slide down so far*

Old Lady Yau: *grateful for the assist*

white woman: *small hand pats her hip once she's down, and then joins its mate in flying into speech, telling the alien woman where to sit, near the smoldering coals laying on a cast-iron plate*

Old Lady Yau: *perks when she sees that nice place to sit, will sign her thanks and move to sit where indicated*

white woman: *finger into the ration tray, and then to her mouth* *serious taste taste*

Megatron: *deep old voice sounds full of boulders* We lit a fire for you, Living Fire.

Old Lady Yau: *bows again* T'ank ye, kindleh.

white woman: "Sit on it if you want." *finger in Yau's food again*

Ultra Magnus: This is your daughter, Megatron?

Megatron: Yes. She's the politer one. Shade won't share a visitor's food. Her name's Mist.

Ultra Magnus: So you have three daughters.

Megatron: Yes. Shade and Mist's mother and father gave them to me because of Mist's ears and her skin. *to Kae Yau* It's the custom to give children who were born in a troubled way to other parents.

Old Lady Yau: *small nod of understanding. Has gotten comfortably seated near the coals* Ye make t'em honorary Clan, so t'ey c'n Belong.

Megatron: *gravely* They belong. *then looks toward the door* Ah, here's the meal. We can talk soon.

Ultra Magnus: *turns and looks*

Old Lady Yau: *curious looking*

Deherree: *has backed into the room. Turns now and sets a huge platter next to the fire. The platter is stacked high with small rounded things the size of two average human fists put together on their flat sides. A delicious, fatty, seafood smell comes from the things, which are smoking slightly in some places*

Old Lady Yau: *surprised glance to Ultra Magnus*

Ultra Magnus: *quizzical look to their senior host*

Megatron: *lifts his brow ridges* Are flash seared momp pods acceptable?

Ultra Magnus: *gruffly* They smell acceptable. ...But what are they?

Megatron: A crustacean that lives in the rivers. When the females have mated they die, and the eggs grow inside them. After the eggs are ripe we harvest the pods for special occasion meals.

Old Lady Yau: *has never heard of anything like that before* Huh.

Ultra Magnus: *carefully picks up one of the pods, and then offers it carefully to Kae Yau*

Megatron: *rumble of approval at the younger man's manners*

Old Lady Yau: Ye'll have t' show me how t' eat t'is.

Ultra Magnus: *uncertain look to each of their three hosts*

Mist: *perks* "Here. We little people do this." *trots over and grabs a pod, then come back and bangs it on the iron plate to break it open. Rips a piece of shell back, and then pries intently till she gets one of the closely packed eggs out. Meeps soundlessly and puts this on the plate, then waves her hands. It's hot!*

Deherree: *quiet laughter*

Shade: *stomps over impatiently and grabs the egg, then blows on it till her sister can take it back*

Mist: "Thank you." *stuffs that lump of delicious cooked fat and meat into her mouth, then looks at Kae Yau. Like that!*

Old Lady Yau: *smiles and nods, will work on getting the pod open. Isn't bothered by the heat* *will eat one of the eggs and close her eyes, making a pleased hum at the rich flavor*

Shade: *slap fight with sister because Mist is trying to get her to share the stuff in the white paper tray*

Mist: *slap slap slap slap!*

Megatron: *scoops up several of the pods and drops them into his mouth* Mmmm.

Ultra Magnus: *enlightened!* *follows the lead of his eldest host* ...That's delicious.

Old Lady Yau: *sound of agreement. Is working on eating another egg*

Shade: *squeal!* *just got her face smeared with Kae Yau's oilfish*

Mist: *folds arms and gives a silent "HMMPH!"*

Old Lady Yau: *snickerfit*

Ultra Magnus: *as he chews* Please tell me what I need to do to be polite.

Deherree: Eat till you're full. If you want more I can get it. We'll talk afterward.

Ultra Magnus: Alright. *takes another handful of food*


A while later



Old Lady Yau: *trying so hard to stay awake. She's stuffed full of good food, and feeling almost like one of the momp pods at this point*

Mist: *BURP* 0_0 *soundless giggle*

Shade: *swats at her, but doesn't seem to have the energy to move*

Ultra Magnus: *bracing his elbows on his knees so he can stay seated upright. He's never eaten this much in his life*

Old Lady Yau: *making herself sit up straight so she doesn't fall asleep*

Ultra Magnus: Kae Yau. Noise warning.

Old Lady Yau: *braces and covers her ears*

Ultra Magnus: *tries to keep it quiet, but the brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp makes his vision vibrate* *at least he kept his mouth shut*

Old Lady Yau: *snickerfit. She could feel the vibrations*

Megatron: *amused* Do you have room for more now?

Ultra Magnus: I'm not sure I had room for what I've eaten.

Megatron: *laughter*

Deherree: *snort*

Old Lady Yau: 'T least it came out t'at end 'n not the ot'er.

Megatron: *contains his mirth and agrees. Then* Do you have room for more?

Old Lady Yau: If I et anot'er bite, ye'd need t' roll me outta 'ere.

Megatron: Good. Now we can talk.

Ultra Magnus: Noise alert.

Old Lady Yau: *braces*

Mist: BURAAP!

Ultra Magnus: *so startled that his own air pocket escapes silently*

Old Lady Yau: *cracking up now*

Shade: *signs as she speaks* Gas vent.

Mist: *lifts hairless brows and pokes sister in the solar plexus*

Shade: *yeah. What she said* *yell of embarrassment and runs out of the cave with Mist in pursuit*

Deherree: *waves a wing to blow smell away*

Old Lady Yau: *has the hiccoughs now*

Ultra Magnus: *stoically not reacting*

Megatron: *to Kae Yau* Will you survive?

Old Lady Yau: *nod. Just give her a moment!* *she'll bend over and sit with her head between her knees for a few moments*

Ultra Magnus: *gentle big finger taps her back*

Old Lady Yau: *BRAAAP!!!*

Ultra Magnus: *snatches his hand back*

Megatron: *laughing again*

Old Lady Yau: *sitting up now* T'at felt better.

Megatron: *sighs to catch his breath* *looks down at her* You're the fire we've been dreaming about.

Old Lady Yau: *nod* Deherree said the same t'ing.

Megatron: *searches her face with his eyes* You're a lot smaller than I expected.

Old Lady Yau: *calmly* T'at don't mean the hottest wildfires start wit' a big spark.

Megatron: True. *thoughtful frown*

Old Lady Yau: *serious now* What did the fire in yer dreams do?

Deherree: It ended the war.

Megatron: Nods. I saw a crater that smoked around the edges, and at first I thought it was some mass sharing of life. But then I knew in the dream that a fire had come and burned there.

Old Lady Yau: *so much thoughtful frown now*

Ultra Magnus: *watches her and wonders why he feels such misgivings about what the Thetadrachs have said*

Deherree: *after several moments of silence* Can you burn like that, Living Fire?

Old Lady Yau: Might be able t... Once.

Megatron: What do you mean?

Old Lady Yau: I's old, even by me people's pace, 'n we lasts long.

Megatron: *silently waits for understanding*

Ultra Magnus: *frowns*

Old Lady Yau: I's like an old star. I burn 'ot, but I's gonna burn out soon.

Ultra Magnus: *sucks in his breath*

Megatron: I understand. You came here to die.

Old Lady Yau: I promised me first husband I'd love somebody else arter he died. Never found nobody till now. *glances up at Ultra Magnus* I's some sorry I didn' find 'im sooner.

Ultra Magnus: *deep frown as he looks back at her*

Old Lady Yau: *squares her shoulders and turns her attention back to the conversation at hand*

Megatron: *quietly* We'll remember you.

Ultra Magnus: *sudden movement* No. *quiet and firm* You won't. Because she's not doing this.

Old Lady Yau: *SO much frown for you now, Ultra Magnus*

Megatron: *looks at Ultra Magnus calmly, gentle sympathy in his eyes* Two hundred and ninety years ago the Decepticons were pushing into these mountains. They had a weapon shaped like a huge stingclaw, and it wiped out two whole tribes before we felt it coming.

Ultra Magnus: *silent scowl from where he's crouching and listening*

Deherree: *tense as she watches her father speak*

Old Lady Yau: *quietly* I may love ye, Ultra Magnus, but t'at doesn't mean ye c'n speak fer me.

Megatron: *continues as though there had been no interruption* My wife was our Warlady, she'd been given to me right after she came of age. She was the strongest of us, and the wild blood ran strong in her. She settled accounts with me one day after the second tribe was annihilated, and then went out. *looks at his birth daughter* She shared all her life to destroy the thing and make it so that the Decepticons were afraid to come up here anymore.

Deherree: If it wasn't what was supposed to happen, it wouldn't have.

Ultra Magnus: *clenches his jaw and stares at them, then looks down at Kae Yau again*

Old Lady Yau: *quietly* I can't jes' sit on me *butt* if t'ere's somet'in' I c'n do t' help.

Ultra Magnus: This isn't even your world. We can't ask you to give so much for it.

Old Lady Yau: *quiet, sad chuckle* I's got no world anymore. I chose t' Exile meself when Yau Fei came o' age 'n took over leadin' th' Yasu Clan.

Ultra Magnus: You still have your life.

Old Lady Yau: Aye, 'n I's arter choosin' t' spend the last o' me days helpin' t'is world. *seriously* If I c'n 'elp protect Kriti 'n Mei, 'n all the ot'er kinder, t'en it ain't arter bein' a waste.

Ultra Magnus: *sucks in a deep breath that shudders slightly*

Old Lady Yau: *quietly* Let's go home, Ultra Magnus.

Ultra Magnus: *looks at Megatron*

Megatron: *nods* It's not rude. Don't step on the twins on your way out. They're passed out in front of the door.

Old Lady Yau: *small nod* *quietly* Good rest.

Megatron: The same to you, Living Fire. Now, and then.

Old Lady Yau: *nods and moves to get up so she can bow politely*

Megatron: *slightly confused expression for a moment, but then bows his head*

Deherree: *also bows her head*

Old Lady Yau: *moves to climb Ultra Magnus' armor once she comes out of her bow*

Ultra Magnus: *hand comes up and lifts her gently to the top of his breastplate*

Old Lady Yau: *will get situated behind the breastplate, snuggling against his chest a bit*

Ultra Magnus: *sighs as he rises to his feet, then carefully steps over the two little sisters sleeping in the sun in front of the door and walks several paces more before socking Torque tip over teakettle and launching himself into the air. He needs to see his daughters and son and assure himself that they're safe*

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