dens_tf_den | Scatters-verse, Space Station, Stakeout!

mysterious black-colored femme: *haggling with a parts dealer, not paying attention to surroundings*

Mistfire: *focused on the faint thread of Scattershot's emotions as she walks beside him with her hand in his*

Scatters: *happily chattering about some of the dealers he knows in this quadrant, and how funny it was seeing the look on the last dealer's face when the dealer recognized him, nearly runs into someone haggling over parts* ! Whaoh! Sorry about that! ^^;;

mbcf: *Deep-ish voice* Hey! Watch it! *startled, whirls to glare at Scatters, brief flash of something visible in her optics, is quick to finish haggling and leave*

Scatters: ...*puzzled* Did you just get a sense of deja vu? *to Mistfire*

Mistfire: *watching the femme depart* Hmmm? No....

Scatters: *Frowning, also watching the femme depart* I know I've never seen her before, but there's something familiar about her at the same time...

Mistfire: *mental checks and crosschecks, then chuckles*

Scatters: *blink* What's so funny?

Mistfire: //Look how she steps with her right foot, that little tiny quirk of the knee joint.//

Scatters: *Watching, optics narrow a bit* //I see.//

Mistfire: //Remember complaining about how a certain Autobot tended to kick a little hard with their heel?//

Scatters: *pretending to be interested in something a peddler is selling, slight nod at Mistfire*//Yeah. Didn't the Docbot warn them about putting too much strain on that leg?//

Mistfire: //Mmmhmmm// *stretches eloquently, then looks around with her usual cool smirk*

Scatters: *Grins, picking up a collapsable stave* Hey Mistfire, think Wheelie'd like this? *Grinning like a dork* //Think our mystery-femme got told the same thing?//

Mistfire: //I... suspect she might have.// *looks at it, then takes it and lets go his hand to snap it out and go through part of a kata with it*

Scatters: *watching Mistfire's movements, considering, nods*//That'd explain why she seemed so familiar...//

Mistfire: *spins stave, then waps the tip against a piller*

stave: *crack*

Mistfire: Hmmmm cheap junk. *drops it back on the peddler's table*

Peddler: O_O *Cursing and causing a scene*

Scatters: *Rolls optics, snarks at the peddler and makes a suggestion that maybe he should quit hocking cheap crap to people, moves off to examine another peddler's table*

Second peddler: *headshake, already pulling out lighter-weight weaponry, as well as a few protoform upgrades that might be of interest*

Mistfire: *picks up a set of bolos and smiles lazily at the peddler* Wanna bet I can't get that Elit Guardsman up there on the mezzinine?

SPeddler: What, and lose out on income? *amused chuckle, nods at Scattershot* Been a long time since I saw you hanging around here, Scattershot. Going by the fact that the lovely lady is with you, I take it things are going well?

Scatters: *slow grin, arm around Mistfire's waist* Better than well, Jakai...I'd like you to meet the femme I'm lucky enough to be bonded to...Jakai, this is Mistfire.

Jakai: *nods at Mistfire* Keeping him outta trouble?

Mistfire: *smile widens a little* Now what would be the fun of that?

Jakai: *Laughs* Didn't think so! You two here on business or pleasure?

Mistfire: Honeymoon....

Jakai: *blink blink, not familiar with the term, one shoulder shrug* Alright....well, anything in particular catch your interest?

Scatters: *eyeing some of the weaponry, flutters 'wings* //Think he might know where to find the black femme?//

Mistfire: //Asking questions just makes other people curious too, gorgeous.// *still examining the bolas as she pulls his arm around her waist and leans back against him*

Scatters: *picks up a small stun-staff, similar to the one he has already* Hmmm...Hey Jakai, what're the limits on this?

Jakai: *comes over, briefly studies the staff, gives the specs and limits on the weapon, earning a bit of a headshake from Scatters*

Scatters: It's got too much of a charge even on the lowest setting for him...Too much of a risk of it shorting and frying his circuits...*puts the staff down gently* //I have an idea...//*eyes a simple-looking bow with curiosity. The bow is lightweight, and seems to have been recently stripped of paint. Whoever stripped the paint didn't do too good of a job on it, as there are still traces of blue paint in a shade that might be familiar* Hmm...

Mistfire: *looks at it* Well, I want that myself. *never uses a bow*

Jakai: *nods, gets the bow, offers it to Mistfire* Calix brought that in no more than twelve breems ago...said she found it in a compacter...it's not like anything I've seen before, so I'm not sure what it'll do...

Scatters: *nods at Jakai* Add it to my ticket...*has picked up a sturdier-looking slingshot than the one Wheelie currently uses, along with the ammo for it*

Mistfire: Add the bolas. And those. *nods to another identical set*

Jakai: *nodding, and retrieving the weapons* Anything else?

Scatters: *frowning, until he spots an energy whip* Hey, what's the specs for this? *holds up the whip, listens as Jakai provides the specs, nods, smirking a bit* Think Wheelie'll like this one? I did promise to get him something special...

Mistfire: He had mine the other day. Was thinking of letting him have it, but it's way out of his league. *runs her hand over the whip* Dunno, you think it's him?

Scatters: *chuckles* I think, with practice, he'd get pretty good at it...like most stuff... //After this, we need to figure out whether this 'Calix' femme is the one who the bow belongs to or not.//

Mistfire: *takes bow and examines it lazily, though her optics... clear purple now... miss nothing*

Jakai: Ah, excuse me a moment...I'll get everything totaled up when you're ready...*heads over to assist another customer, who asks in hushed tones whether Calix has been by or not yet*

Mistfire: *listening as she leans her head back against Scattershot and rubs his arm, the bow seeming forgotten in her other hand*

Scatters: *pretending to be more interested in Mistfire, and the weapons, is listening as well, slight smirk when Jakai mentions to the other customer that Calix said she'd be stopping by later, after she got her usual order at the Dancing Turbofox*

Mistfire: *snuggles, smirking. Nothing here but a new bride being happy, folk.*

Other Customer: *nods, optics go to Mistfire and Scatters briefly, before the customer nods at the couple, and heads off*

Jakai: *headshake* I swear, if he'd just TELL Calix he likes her, that'd save him a lot of trouble...

Mistfire: So who's this Calix, anyway? *looks at the bow* Arms dealer?

Jakai: Something like that, I think...*shrug* I think she's more of a 'Sell whatever you can find' type, to be honest...but, she's found me some pretty interesting weaponry...*nods at a rather large rifle just above some of the other guns* Brought that with her the first time I met her...haven't been able to part with it though...

Scatters: *recognizes the rifle, frowns* Any idea what it's worth?

Jakai: *smirk* More than you make.

Mistfire: *names a price it's worth*

Jakai: *hides his surprise by tapping his chin thoughtfully* Hmm... *eyeing Mistfire, as though comparing her size to that of the rifle's*Normally, I couldn't possibly let it go for less than *Names much larger amount*...buuut...Seeing as you're with one of my best customers...how about *Names amount slightly higher than what Mistfire named*

Mistfire: It's too old to be worth that much.

Scatters: *Smirks, knows this game quite well, wait for it, wait for it...*

Jakai: *narrows optics* Oh really? Well, if it's so old, then how much was it worth new?

Scatters: *Hook, chain, counterweight* *names the exact price, which is actually a thousand credits less than the second price Jakai named off* You trying to cheat us, Jakai?

Jakai: *Sputters, grumbles something about 'Cheeky little mechs'*

Mistfire: *smirking* I think we have enough for that. Don't you, 'Shot?

Scatters: *nods, watching Jakai's shoulders slump in defeat* I think we do...

Mistfire: The fair price. Of course it's not worth what it was when it was new.

Jakai: *Scowling, names a price a couple of hundred of credits less than the price of the rifle when it was new* Final price. Any lower, go someplace else.

Mistfire: Considering the only other mech I know of that would even be interested in this is Lockdown, and you won't be seeing him here for a long time....

Jakai: *Frown* And why is that?

Mistfire: Didn't hear the news, huh?

Jakai: *starting to get worried. Lockdown is one of his best customers* No...what happened?

Mistfire: Someone brought him in. *picking at a paintspot on the bow, totally disinterested*

Jakai: *dismay! hides it well, keeps tone even* Really now? Who woulda thought it possible?

Scatters: *chuckles* Yeah, no kidding...so, Jakai...all the stuff we picked out, plus the rifle for *names amount*...Sound fair?

Mistfire: *smirk is pure Lockdown as she sets the bow with their other things*

Jakai: *frown* ... *Y HALO THAR DEJA VU, HOW YOU BEEN?* I think...I can knock another hundred credits off of that...

Scatters: Wonder if that Calix femme'd be interested in a bit of info trading...That's getting to be pretty profitable...*paying for the weapons, gets Jakai's assistance with the rifle*

Mistfire: *transforms to the Sidekick, which is truck style* Can't hurt to ask. Maybe she'd like some drinks at that fancy place.

Scatters: *nods as he helps get the purchases secured* Definitely can't hurt...

Jakai: *Frowning* You two can afford that place?

Mistfire: Hmmm a little... gift from my creator. *chuckle*

Jakai: *thinking she means credit inheritance, nods* Well, if you two ever find any interesting weapons...I'm usually here...if not, Scattershot knows how to contact me.

Scatters: Gotcha. *transforms to the Ferrari, revvs engine a bit*

Mistfire: Will do. *cheery horn toot instead of a wink and then trundles toward their quarters*

Mistfire: //I bet Slugger's starting to wonder where we are.//

Scatters: *cracks up as he backfires, leaving Jakai coughing at the resulting smoke* //More than likely...I bet he's starting to get worried too...After this, what say you we head home?//

Mistfire: //Sounds good to me//*speeds up a little with a teasing little laugh*

Later that day, after dropping the purchases off at quarters, and having a bit of fun sight-seeing...

Scatters: *carefully scanning the crowd, 'wings moving up and down at random intervals* //Nope, that's a mech...nope, different femme...//

Mistfire: *turns her head and sure enough... there's their quarry* *snaps into alt and roars in that direction* Catch me if you can, gorgeous!

Scatters: *Surprised! transforms into alt and gives chase with a whoop*

Calix: *freezes upon hearing approaching engines* ...*bolts, transforming and peeling out*

Mistfire: //So much for that idea// *hits pillar and flops over onto side*

Scatters: //Relax...it's not a complete bust. When all else fails, there's always up...//*skids to a stop, transforms, and moves to help Mistfire up* Besides, that time, i was able to get a shot of her signature...

Mistfire: *transforms herself and rubs her head a little* //And?//

Scatters: *rubs Mistfire's back* We can track her...I also have a hunch where she might be...we ran into her at a parts dealer's booth...most 'bots, if they're smart, head for the medic's if they want a part fixed or attatched...but there's a few places that aren't medics, and they don't ask questions. There's only two I know of on this station, and one of 'em is a pay-as-you-upgrade. The other one is a charity-type...

Mistfire: *snugs, though she's actually not really bummed at missing 'Calix'* So at the one we'd be chopped liver, hmmm? *amused smirk*

Scatters: *sheepish expression* We would be shot at...I...kinda got myself into trouble with the pay-as-you-upgrade...I didn't know the owner had a bondmate...

Scatters: I'll never understand some femmes...I wasn't even flirting...

Mistfire: Gorgeous?

Scatters: Hmm?

Mistfire: *up on her toes to kiss him* You're flirting in motion.

Scatters: *Woo, buzzing head now* ^^ Only for you though.

Mistfire: *leaning against him with her hands on his chest* You think I'm gonna believe that?

Scatters: *pouts, tries to look cute*

Mistfire: *kisses the cute*

Scatters: *Whee! Happy! Hugs Mistfire and kisses her back*

Mistfire: *breaks it and leans again, dizzy and smirking*

Scatters: *fuzzy head, dorky grin* :3

Mistfire: *.... pokes in the ticklish*

Scatters: *Squeakflail* Gah! Hey! C'mon! Don't we have someone to track down?

Mistfire: No... I think I've found who I was looking for. *more kiss* //Shhhh, Gorgeous. The walls have ears.//

Scatters: *kissing back, whee, dizzy!*//I know...I know...sorry...//

Mistfire: *gently rubbing his sides, making the PDA good to distract people from his words*

Scatters: *engine revvs*

Mistfire: *chuckles, then stops kissing and tips her head back to look at a local law type* Yes... ah Torque Minor, wasn't it?

Scatters: *Head buzzing now, yay! dopey grin as he puts arms around Mistfire protectively*

Torque Minor: *amused headshake* You two wouldn't be out here causing trouble, would you?

Mistfire: *shocked innocence* Trouble? Since when is kissing your spark mate trouble?

Scatters: *scowl, clinging to Mistfire*

TM: *laughs* Relax, I was just trying to rattle your chain...There've been reports of Neutrals causing a ruckus in the area, and I wanted to make sure you two weren't behind it, if only to get my CO off my chassis about it..

Mistfire: Well... there was this pillar that came up on me a little unexpectedly. *charming Lockdown grin*

TM: *dismissive hand wave* That's nothing too terrible...There've been reports of parts dealers closing down for their recharge cycles, and coming back to find parts missing...*Serious* We've not been able to get a lead on it, so if you two happen to notice anything, would you let me know?

Mistfire: *glances at Scattershot and waits for him to speak*

Scatters: *expression serious for once, nods* We'll keep an optic out for that kind of trouble.

Mistfire: While we're here.

TM: Thanks...I appreciate the help guys.

Mistfire: No problem, officer.

TM: Have a nice night, you two. And try not to let any more pillars hit you, okay? *Smiles and transforms, heading off to check another area*

Scatters: *Rolls optics* What a dork.

Mistfire: *more kiss*

Scatters: *happy engine rumbles!*

Calix: *energy signature is nearby!*

Mistfire: //Don't look around.// *still kissing*

Scatters: //She's close.//*Wooo, dizzy, kissing back!*

Calix: *moves to raid a discard bin nearby, doesn't notice the pair, too focused on getting a specific part!*

Mistfire: //... did she think we'd leave that fast?// Hmmmm *ups the kisspower a little*

Scatters: //She seems pretty focused...//*knees wobble a bit as his intakes speed up*

Mistfire: *realizes what she's doing and stops, optics wide and a little zonked* Wow.

Scatters: *Down he goes! But geeze, he looks happy about it!* Wow is right... ^^

Mistfire: *tumbles down herself, since she was holding onto him*

Calix: *Freezes, upper half in the bin* O_O

Scatters: *pleased engine rumbles* C'mon...//If you trap her in the bin, I'll carry it...//

Mistfire: //We were going to offer her a drink, remember?// *stumbles to feet and staggers over to bang into the bin, by some trick as Calix comes out she goes in with a crash*

Calix: *Startled, tripping over her own feet*

Scatters: *'wings UP! Hurries to retrieve Mistfire, trips Calix*//Are you okay?//

Mistfire: //Never been better, Gorgeous. I don't think I'll be feeling any pain for awhile.// *groan of feigned pain* 'Shot? A hand here?

Scatters: *Carefully maneuvers so he doesn't fall in the bin as well, pulls Mistfire out*//Are you sure?//

Calix: *hesitates and sighs, grumbling about getting involved, goes to help Scatters and Mistfire*

Calix: *gruffly* You two fraggers'd better be worth wasting my time over...

Mistfire: *can't get her legs to really behave* Wow... think I kind of overdid it there....

Scatters: *Worried!*

Calix: ...*Sigh* Come on. I know a place that can get you two fixed up...

Mistfire: *sheepish chuckle* I'm not broken. Just went a little overboard there. But.... *pauses and looks at Scattershot* Oh slag.

Scatters: *Worried more now! gentle inspection of Mistfire, even if he's a bit wobbly from the kiss earlier*

Mistfire: *scowls in earnest as she points to a paint rub on him*

Scatters: *blink blink* Oh...*snuggles Mistfire* I was worried that you'd been hurt...

Calix: ...*facepalms, moves to head back to where she was originally going*

Mistfire: Wait. Can we buy you a drink? The synth's good at that fancy place.

Calix: As much as I'd like that, I don't have time...*quietly*someone needs this part badly...I'm amazed he survived what he did...

Scatters: *Frowning* //Think she's the one stealing parts?//

Mistfire: *concern* Well, why don't you let us buy you something better? wouldn't want to scrapbin parts, myself. I hear you can never trust 'em.

Calix: *hesitation, shoulders slump a little*

Calix: I don't have a choice...getting quality parts is expensive...and would raise suspicions.

Mistfire: *slight smile* Give us a list.

Calix: *frowning, headshake* Come with me...carrying a list is too risky.

Mistfire: *bit of surprise* You don't remember what you need?

Scatters: *Smirk* No more risky than going Neutral in the middle of a potential war...

Calix: *Flinches slightly*

Mistfire: *pats the other femme's arm to distract her from Scattershot's words.* Lead the way.

Scatters: *Chuckles a bit as he transforms* //I think that confirmed her ID...//

Mistfire: //Yeah, but saying that out loud was a bit risky.// *transforms and follows, senses on the alert*

Scatters: *sinks a little on his shocks* //sorry...processor couldn't keep up with the vocalizer...//

Calix: *leading the way, explaining how she found a bunch of junk from one of the incinerators on Cybertron that had malfunctioned and had been manually removed...and how among the debris was something that was decidedly not junk...*

Mistfire: ...So somebody actually got stuffed down the refuse shut.

Calix: More than shoved...he was crushed...

Scatters: *Swerves slightly* C-Crushed?!

Mistfire: *drives close to him* Easy, Gorgeous.

Calix: We're almost there. *transforms and skids to a stop outside an unmarked door, knocks on the door in a set pattern and steps back as a large-ish mech opens the door* I couldn't find all the parts...How is he?

Random Mech: He's still not responding, but his spark and other systems have stabilized...

Calix: *nods, before gesturing to Mistfire and Scattershot that they're to follow her inside*

Mistfire: *still offering her mate support as she shifts and does so*

Scatters: *Transforms and follows Calix, entwining his fingers with Mistfire's*

Mistfire: *isn't looking around as she goes, instead is focused on their guide's back*

Calix: *heads to a repair berth where a very patchwork-looking mech is apparently recharging. Calix trails gentle fingers over the re-constructed face* I have no idea who this is...or why he was crushed...

Mistfire: *perks, frowning*

Scatters: *Frowning as well, studying the mech and making a mental inventory of what he'd need, based on what Scattershot is seeing*

Calix: *jumps a bit as the mech makes a soft noise of distress, before quietly talking to him and reassuring him that he's safe, that he's among friends who are trying to help him*

Mistfire: ...You tried going to the Nexus for those parts?

Calix: ...*feigning confusion* Nexus?

Scatters: *Small smirk, engine rumbles*

Mistfire: *weaves fingers through her mate's and drops her voice* I've got a handy little gadget built in. It detects the presence of another handy little gadget called a PINpoint. *she's lying through her denta*

Calix: *Cycling air rapidly*

Scatters: *Gently squeezes Mistfire's hand* *quietly*You might as well drop the ruse...

Mistfire: There's a femme there, name of Blackout. I hear she's big in the parts department.

Calix: *drops head, shoulders shaking* I'm...I'm not going back home...if that's what you're wanting in the end...

Scatters: //You know, if she goes and asks about that device, she's gonna be mad that you tricked her...// *Gently* Nobody's asking you to...

Mistfire: *smirk*

Calix: *shaking more*...*mumble mumble*

Mistfire: *reaches out and puts her free hand on the other femme's back*

Mistfire: How bout we just think about parts for now?

Calix: *nods a bit, before something occurs to her* ...We'd be safe in the Nexus...wouldn't we?

Mistfire: Mmmmhmmm

Calix: *cycles air momentarily, before lifting her head to meet Mistfire's optics* I need to know where it's safe for me to take him.

Mistfire: Remember that place you and 'Shot found me when I caught that missile?

Calix: *nods* I remember...it's near the bar...

Mistfire: That's a safehouse. And Nemesis is good at guarding her turf.

Calix: *moves to grab the mech, as well as her PINpoint* I'll see what I can do for him there...

Mistfire: Ratchet comes through there regularly. And Blackout frequents the bar.

Calix: *nods* The Ratchet with the dog?

Mistfire: *smirk* That's the one.

Calix: *moves out of range of Mistfire and Scatters* I'll keep in touch...*PINpoints to the safehouse, the mech in tow*

Mistfire: *looking at the place where she'd been, a slightly sad look in her optics*

Scatters: *rubs Mistfire's back* C'mon...let's get our stuff and PIN home...we can get Wheelie in the morning...

Mistfire: *headtilt to look up at him, trying to look amused* I'm not goin' anywhere till you get that paint rub fixed.

Scatters: That can wait till we get home...right? *trying to be cute*

Mistfire: It goes right through your undercoat. Besides, if we all just disappear they'll get suspicious.

Scatters: *pout* Alright...

Mistfire: *gentle fingers touch the rub and smooth the edges of it*

Scatters: *intakes hitch a bit, engine rumbles*

Mistfire: *little smile, and then she leads him away from the berth and back toward the door, her fingers still firmly laced in his*

Scatters: *happily lets Mistfire lead him out*

Mech that greeted the group: *Watching, chuckles* Newly-bonded...*amused headshake as he holds the door open for Mistfire and Scattershot*

Mistfire: *most femmes would give a demure little smile. Mistfire gives him the full smirk as she thanks him and passes through the door*

((Co-written with

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