dens_tf_den | Scattersverse, Detroit, Dorking about

Ace: *standing and looking dowwwwwn into big hole on the express way* This makes me feel better.

Stiletto: *wondering what's so fascinating about looking into the big hole* And why is that?

Ace: Well, because Optimus and the others screwed up just as bad as you and me and our dads did.

Stiletto: *grumbling something about how she wouldn't have screwed up if not for the pink glitch*

Ace: Yeah, and Scattershot wasn't even on Earth to help cause this. Optimus and Bumblebee 'n everybody did it themselves. *feels better*

Stiletto: ...who? *Why no, she didn't bother paying attention to names*

Ace: *patiently* The pink guy.

Stiletto: Oh. well, who's the pink glitch who hangs with him?

Ace: You mean Mistfire? She's not just pink. She's got mauve and buttercream, too. And her pink is more a very pale rose.

Stiletto: ...*facepalms*

Ace: *still looking in the hole* Though I'm not sure what colour you'd call her optics. I haven't been able to find a name for that smoky sort of muddy purple colour.

Stiletto: *runs over a selection of colors online, before frowning* Argyle purple.

Ace: *head tilts* Yeah, that's it! :D

Stiletto: *amused mumble that sounds suspiciously like "dork" as she moves to inspect the hole as well* Wonder how badly that 'Ultra Magnus' guy will freak when he finds out about Megatron returning...

Ace: Dunno. *pokes a foot over the edge, then transforms and roars down the side of the pit with a rebel yell*

Stiletto: ! Hey! Wait for me! *Transforms and zips down after Ace*

Ace: *going around and around and around the sides of the big bowl* Yeeeehawwww!

Fanzone: *pauses where he just walked to the edge with Optimus* What the slaggin' heck does he t'ink he's doin'??

Optimus: *raised brow ridge is a go* I don't...know. To be honest...*facepalms as he hears Stiletto's joyous whoop*

Wheelie: :o *clinging to Optimus's back, and watching from over the mech's shoulder*

Fanzone: *facepalms himself, then looks up at the tall mech* So whatter youse gonna do about this?

Optimus: *slightly eeeebil look* I'll get their fathers. >3

Fanzone: >:\ I mean the hole.

Optimus: Oh. that....well, we've got more than enough able-bodied 'bots to help repair it.

Fanzone: *watches one of the guards set around the hole fall into it and facepalms again* This is why I hate machines.

Optimus: *sighs and calmly reaches into the hole to retrieve the guard*

Optimus: *quietly*Even with Showtime defecting.

Wheelie: *climbing down so he can help*

guard: *saying the wrong prerecorded message as it tries to roll up the side of the hole... gets sideswiped by Ace*

Ace: Whoop! Sorry! My bad!

Stiletto: *hits a piece of the roadway, ramps off of it, and transforms mid-air, before landing on Ace's alt mode* And she nails the dismount!

Ace: oof! *hits brakes a little too abruptly*

guard: *laying on its backand spinning its treads*

Stiletto: Whoah!*goes toppling over Ace's front end, lands face first in some rubble, skidplate in the air*

Optimus: *facepalming, uses his grappling hook to retrieve the guard*

Ace: *transforms and picks cousin up, his expression full of dismay*

Fanzone: *frowning at the pair in the pit* How old are dose two?

Stiletto: *giving Ace a minor glossa-lashing for stopping too soon, headshakes and pats the big mech's hand*

Optimus: I'm not sure, really...Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are remaining quiet about where they came from.

Fanzone: You mean you don't know? *gives him a look*

Optimus: *headshake* All I know is that Sunstreaker and Sideswipe came back from a place called the "Nexus" with them.

Fanzone: *more look, and then a long suffering sigh as Ace shoots out of the hole and lands on his car*

Optimus: *Facepalms*

((Co-written with

random_xtras))