dens_tf_den | hsv, Autobot Base, MMORPGs

Optimus: *wanders into the rec room and nabs a mug of energon, then goes over to where Showtime's looking at a human magazine and sees that she's looking at ads for games* I didn't know you were a gamer, Showtime.

Showtime: *looks up from her magazine* WakeJumper mentioned a couple of human games... He said they were pretty interesting... *absent patpat for Sunstreaker, whose feet are currently on her lap while he and the sparklets nap*

Optimus: *twists his head to look at the ads* Frenzy plays World of Warcraft. *points to that ad* I prefer this one. *points to a smaller, two colour ad that advertises 'Multiverse Warcraft' modules*

Showtime: *curiously studying the ad with the little eight-bit game sprite* Going by the name, I'm guessing it has roots in the Nexus?

Optimus: The world it's played in is a Nexus.

Showtime: ...Okay, now that's got me curious... *checking her bank account to see if she's got enough to purchase some of the modules*

Optimus: And it's also Multinet based. I've met people from several different realities there, including a young Optimus who works with the mech who sells the cookies.

Showtime: *Small, almost distracted nod as she completes the transactions* WakeJumper mentioned one of his friends in Adventure Quest Worlds said something about it...I didn't know it would be available here...

Optimus: *startled* WakeJumper plays Adventure Quest World?

Showtime: Apparently, he does... He was a bit distracted in keeping Sideburn and Hot Shot from wiggling out of his arms at the time... *amused, fond look for the sparklets sleeping on Sunstreaker's chest with their less-boisterous brother*

Optimus: Hmm. I wonder if he's met Soundwave there.

Showtime: *Small shrug, is going to work on registering and getting her character set up now* No clue... You could ask him...

Optimus: True. If you like, you can add me to your friend list. I'm Optimus Prime.

Showtime: ... *SNERK, doorwings perked with amusement*

Optimus: *shrug* You should see how high it is on the 'cool name' rating, and how many 'Optimus Prime 'number here' there are.

Showtime: Somehow, I'm not surprised... *chuckles*

Optimus: *turns his head at a distant sparklet shriek and then hurries out to see what's bothering the little one*

Showtime: *Frown, resists the urge to get up and investigate, instead focusing on choosing a race for her character, "Nijika"*

Optimus: *comes back in, Dion cuddled in his arms* Showtime, are you 'Nijika?'

Showtime: *nods, brow ridge going up when she sees Dion*

Dion: *trying to hide against Optimus, making little hiccups and whimpers*

Optimus: *adds her in return even as he explains the orange sparklet's distress* The sparklets and younglings are playing with Carina's bull. It licked Dion.

Showtime: ...Since when does Carina have a bull?

Optimus: She's had it for a few days now. Will gave it to her. *settles on the couch with the little guy and offers him a sip from his mug*

Showtime: ... *Snerk* Bet Ironhide was thrilled.... *amused, working on getting Nijika's appearance the way she wants*

Dion: *small sips, more interested in hiding, kthx*

Optimus: I've had to speak to him twice for 'accidentally' nearly stepping on Will.

Showtime: ... *soft snerk as she reads the little note in Nijika's weapons inventory about two fists, and five Lu males*

Optimus: *rubbing Dion's back* What is it?

Showtime: My character's weapons include both fists, and the five males that are under her command and care. *amused*

Optimus: *blinks and leans forward a little with interest* What race is she?

Showtime: Lu... I liked the stats of the females of that race best.

Optimus: Ahhh. One of the limited characters.

Dion: *snuggles, and thinks that the grown ups are weird*

Optimus: What colour is she? *drinks energon and rubs Dion's back as he continues to play the game in the back of his mind*

Showtime: *finishes getting Nijika's appearance set as she reaches for Sideburn so she can cuddle the fussy triplet* Grey with light purple eyes.

Optimus: Pretty. *smiles* And you got the box, too?

Showtime: *amused* One of the males under Nijika's command is wearing it as a hat.

Optimus: *laughs* Yes, they do like to sit on heads. Most people don't seem to keep them, but you can tell the ones that do.

Showtime: Well, I think it's cute. I'm keeping mine.

Optimus: I have two little robots called Moofies, a green one and a silver one.

Showtime: ...Moofies?

Optimus: Are you out of the selection chamber yet?

Showtime: Yeah... Just stepped out of it.

Optimus: *makes his sprite head that way, a black Minosian man with two little robots on his shoulders. Each little bot has a ^_^ emote over its head*

Showtime: Awww, they're cute!

Optimus: *smiles* They look like sparklets. When I saw the silver one after finishing the quest I went back and repeated it till I got the green one.

Showtime: What quest is it that lets you get them?

Optimus: One that opened up when I reached level 25. You need to hunt ten elasmasaurs.

Showtime: Ah... I'll have to do that when I get to that level... *chuckles and tries out some of the emotes available*

Optimus: *makes his Minosian flex*

Showtime: *amused* No offense, but your character seems like he'd be better suited for Ironhide.

Optimus: *sheepish chuckle* I liked the backstory, and the stats.

Showtime: *helping Sideburn dance on her lap, 'wings up in amusement* Are we the only ones who know about this game at the moment?

Optimus: Well, the two of us and perhaps whoever bought this gaming magazine. *smiling at Sidburn's antics as he continues to comfort Dion*

Sideburn: *Clicking and chattering as he dances on Mama's lap*

Dion: *clicking quietly, and making like he's about ready for a nap*

Optimus: *twists and looks behind the couch, then reaches over the back and pulls out an afghan, which he offers to Dion*

Dion: *clicks and snuggles after trying to wrap himself in the afghan as well as he's able*

Sideburn: *Clicks at Dion*

Optimus: *waits to see if Dion wants to do it himself, then offers to help*

Dion: *glad for the help, snuggles happily*

Optimus: *rocks the little guy and absently plays the game as he calls Elita to see if she has time to come and sit with him for awhile*

Elita: *responds, will be there shortly, with Diehard*

Ironhide: *walks past the rec room door, rumbling like a thunder storm as he takes the bull calf out to its pen*

Carina: *Clicking up a storm as Chromia carries her after Ironhide*

Optimus: *chuckles at that, and then starts to hum to Dion*

Elita: *arrives with not only Diehard, but Ariel and Orion as well*

Dion: *making soft, happy sounds*

Optimus: *smiles and holds out his free arm to Elita*

Elita: *quiet chuckle, moves to join Optimus, Diehard clicking quietly to the other little mech sharing couch space*

Ariel: *gonna climb up onto the couch and join the snugglepile that's forming*

Optimus: *clicking to the little ones and his mate, then snuggles Elita close*

Orion: *climbs onto Optimus' lap, snuggles Dion and Diehard*

Elita: *quietly* Optimus, work can wait....

Optimus: *blinks at her* Pardon?

Elita: You're worrying about something, and usually, it's work related. *giving him a Look*

Optimus: *laughs out loud* I'm playing a game.

Elita: ... *raised brow ridge, doesn't believe Optimus*

Optimus: *impulsively buys her a download and directs the system where to send it*

Elita: *Raised brow ridge* Is this the game?

Optimus: It is. I'm a Minosian man.

Elita: *chuckles and snuggles close while she works on setting up a character*

Optimus: *settles down to snuggles and finishing his quest so he can come to meet her*

Elita: *snerking about some of the available customization options*

Optimus: What is it? *looks down at her with a quizzical, relaxed smile*

Elita: Whoever created this game certainly put a lot of thought into providing players with plenty of character options...

Optimus: Really? More so than other games? *presses his bio page and looks at the image of his armor-clad character curiously*

Elita: *finishes customizing her female Minosian, still chuckling as she selects warrior for her character's class*

Optimus: *curious now. He'll have to ask WakeJumper or Soundwave about the customization for their games. Or ask Soundwave about the customization on Frenzy's* *is waiting to see Elita*

Elita: *names her character "Elita-1", and exits the character creation area*

Optimus: *offers her friendship*

Elita: *Accepts*

Optimus: *has a look at her bio picture*

Elita: *is average height and weight for Minosian females, reddish roan in color, modest bust, hair styled with beads, and has horns. She wears a loose-fitting brown croptop, and a modest loincloth that goes to her knees. She also carries a simple ax*

Optimus: *brawny default black Minosian man, except that he's hornless. He kinda looks like he's wearing a mohawk. He's got a gunax and is wearing some quite pretty blue and red armor. The moofies are sitting on his shoulders* ...Nice.

Elita: *amused grin* I could've easily made the bust bigger...

Optimus: ...Why?

Elita: It was an option... *chuckles*

Optimus: I think she looks very pretty. *clicks away from the bio page* //I'll show you where to go for your quest.//

Elita: //Sounds like a plan...// *Will follow Optimus*

Optimus: *brings her to the NPC armor shop to borrow her first armor, and then to the forest to hunt peccaries*

Showtime: *notices a pair of Minosians run past her in the game, and gives Optimus and Elita a knowing look, is now feeding Sideburn since the little mechlet decided he was hungry more than tired*

Nijika: *doing her first quests currently*

Optimus: *makes his sprite wave to the big wolf woman who is working in the midst of her five men* //That's Showtime.//

Elita: *also waves to the big wolf woman* //For once in her life, she's not amongst the smallest of us...// *chuckles*

Optimus: //.... I don't doubt that that was an influence on her choice.//

Elita: //...One of the males with her is wearing the box on his head...//

Optimus: *makes his character chuckle* //It won't fit on hers.//

Elita: //...I doubt I'd be able to get mine on my head either...//

Optimus: *looks at her horns and agrees*

Elita: *gets her box out to look at it, decides to keep it out for battles*

Elita's box: ?!?

Optimus: *points his Moofies at a peccary*

Elita: *moves to attack, being careful not to accidentally hit Optimus' Moofies*

peccary: *dies and turns into leather, meat, and bones*

Elita: //...Is that supposed to happen?//

Optimus: //That's what always happens.//

Elita: //...//

Optimus: //It's strange. But all these things can be sold.//

Elita: //...This game is strange.//

Optimus: //Perhaps its because the features are too small for most people to see, so actually skinning the animal and removing the bones would be too hard.//

Elita: //... That may be possible...//

Optimus: *presses an emote he noticed earlier* *his character now has a *kiss* over his head*

Elita: *notices the *kiss* over Optimus' character's head* *pokes her emote list, is amused, selects 'kiss Optimus Prime' from her emote list*

Optimus: *surprised chuckle as he sees the two little sprites now standing face to face with their arms around each other and a heart over their heads*

Elita: //D'awww...//

Optimus: *leans down to offer her a real kiss*

Elita: *likes this kind of kiss too*

Optimus: *happy rumble, and then looks back at the game and is amused to see that both little sprites are now saying '^_^'*

Elita: *notices this as well, chuckles*

Showtime: *small headshake, and Optimus will have a message from Nijika proclaiming "You two are such dorks... XD"*

Optimus: *sees this and chuckles again, then shares it with Elita*

Elita: *laughs, giving Showtime an amused look*

Showtime: HEY!!! *razzes Elita for the message she recieved after friending Elita-1 in the game*

Optimus: *proposes a work party after both femmes have finished their starter quest and thus reached level three*

Elita: *Is agreeable to this*

Showtime: *works harder at finishing the quest*

Optimus: *then hrrrms as he discovers something else. Comments on it over the common chat.* //You can make families too.//

Showtime: //...Seriously?//

Elita: //That's interesting...// *looks into that when she has a moment to do so*

Optimus: *pulls up the game guide and reads that section* //Yes. A binding agreement in which some of our resources will be shared, and special quests will be made available to us.//

Showtime: //...That sounds like it'd be pretty cool...//

Optimus: //It does. And since I'm level twentyfive we have the requirements to do it.//

Elita: //I think it would be interesting...//

Optimus: //Alright. After this we'll go to town and find the family planner.//

Nijika: *does a victory dance*

Optimus Prime: *goes ^_^;;*

Elita-1: *laughs*

Optimus: *then makes his little sprite help those of his mate and his friend*

((Co-written with

random_xtras))