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JV and the Nexus, The Pit and The Black Dog, Meetings
Optimus: *laying quietly on his berth and watching as Mariposa follows Cat Scan across his chest* *gravely* Am I cleared to go, Doctor?
Cat Scan: *clicking to Mariposa for a few moments, before looking to Optimus* As long as you don't push yourself too hard.
Optimus: I will be careful. *big hand comes up to catch his daughter's ball as the little blind xeno-former baby drops it and it rolls away from her*
Mariposa: *lashes tail and sniffs for ball. Finds it in Daddy's hand! Snuggle hand and purrrrrrrrrrr, her ugly little blind head rubbing against his fingertips*
Cat Scan: *Soft chuckle as she moves to climb down* I've got some leftover fleece from the blankets... Do you think Mariposa would like a bunny?
Optimus: *cups his hand over the baby as he sits up* *head tilt to look down at the human woman* A bunny?
Cat Scan: A little fleece bunny to cuddle...
Optimus: *peeks under his hand at the tiny being snuggled there* She might like something like that. Having the blanket that you gave to her for Christmas as lining to her carry cubby comforts her.
Cat Scan: *soft chuckle* I figured she'd like that... And I know the rest of the kids love their blankets... If the clickstorm Carina did was anything to go by.
Optimus: We learn new things daily about these young sparks that have been brought into the world. Even the ones caused by Starscream's greed and lack of forethought. *thinks sadly of the waste of life caused by the Seeker's use of chemical X on his mate's spark*
Cat Scan: *Quiet for a few moments* *Softly* All we can do is take care of the little ones....
Optimus: Yes. One of the reasons that I wish to go to the Nexus today is to enquire after the health of the baby that Hormah took away with her after coming to help us understand what he and his siblings were.
Cat Scan: *Small nod* When you find out for certain, Docbot'll prolly want to know as well...
Optimus: Yes, he will. As will, Duke, I know. *stands carefully, then murmurs softly to Mariposa as he tucks her and her leash into the little storage compartment where she can hear his spark*
Cat Scan: I really don't need to give you the usual warnings, do I? *soft chuckle*
Optimus: *Gravely* I will not be doing anything of a risky nature while I have Mariposa with me, Cat Scan.
Cat Scan: I meant about some of the stuff Jazz and 'Bee have told us other people have encountered.
Optimus: I will be spending my time in the Nexus at the Black Dog, which should afford me safety from LOLs.
Cat Scan: Gotcha. *chuckle*
Optimus: *eyes twinkle slightly over his facemask* I am clear to go, then?
Cat Scan: Yeah. Just remember to keep an eye on your energy levels.
Optimus: *nod* I will. *examines the device that is adhered magnetically to his wrist, and then punches the button, which brings him and Mariposa directly to the porch of the Black Dog* *looks around, likes it here, and sits on the bench without realizing how many of his alternates have done so before him*
Skyfire: *Trying to rein in his son as they head for the Black Dog* We're almost there, Echeh...
Echeh: *Putting up a fight, doesn't like his leash and harness, since he can't melt them and escape*
Optimus: *turns his head toward the sound of hissing and perks, then checks his PINpoint. Starts* You are from my reality...
Skyfire: *Startles and looks to Optimus* Ah, excuse me... *Acks and moves to catch the little xeno-former baby*
Echeh: *Could almost taste freedom that time!*
Optimus: Though you are unfamiliar to me. The baby, however, I recognize. *hand out as he leans forward to assist the white man*
Skyfire: *Glad for the assistance* Echeh dislikes being harnessed, but he would escape and possibly harm others if he were not restrained....
Optimus: Yes. His propensity for violence is why the servant of Primus removed him from our base. *sits up again, his eyes trained on the violent infant*
Echeh: *Hissssss and snap at Skyfire's hand*
Skyfire: *Quick to get his hand out of the way of snapping teeth, is quicker to grab the back of the harness, which is out of Echeh's striking range* This is more because of the harness than anything....
Optimus: He badly damaged our chief medical officer's hand, and made more than one attempt on the lives of our human allies, all within a few moments of his birth. *hand over the compartment that holds Mariposa* I am Optimus Prime. How are you known?
Skyfire: My designation is Skyfire. I was an explorer on Cybertron....
Optimus: *looks at the man's structure* A deep space exploration unit; from your wing shape one of the last ever produced.
Skyfire: *Small nod, eyes showing a very brief flash of sadness as he thinks about times long past* *Quietly* Did you ever work in the hangars? *Keeping a firm grip on Echeh's harness as the little guy throws a fit*
Optimus: No. I worked at the energon shipping docks across the shipping track from them. But that ended long ago, when Sentinel was Prime. The bot that I was then died with the docks and the hangers.
Skyfire: That may have been after I left the planet...
Optimus: *names the date*
Skyfire: *soft sound, nods* *Quietly* When I was on Cybertron last... Zeta was still Prime....
Optimus: *surprise* You're my contemporary, I think. When were you sparked?
Skyfire: *Names the date*
Optimus: *nods* You're a few cycles younger than me. *weary eyes brighten a bit in a smile, but then darken again as he thinks of what happened to Cybertron.*
Skyfire: *Quietly* I know what has happened to our homeworld... Powerglide told me....
Optimus: *looks up quickly* Powerglide? He's alive?
Skyfire: *Shakes his head sadly* He passed on while we were seeking others of our people....
Optimus: *eyes darken with grief as he bows his head* Ah...
Skyfire: *Quietly* His children are here, as are their children... *glances at the female that's approaching* Eclipse, is something wrong?
Eclipse: No... I was just looking for one of those currency converter thingies...
Optimus: *watches the tiny silvery, cat-like woman silently, his eyes still showing his sadness*
Eclipse: *Nods a greeting to the man* *reaches to gently patpat Skyfire's leg before she moves to head for the Nexus Mall*
Skyfire: *Quietly* That's one of Powerglide and Moonracer's children...
Optimus: *also quiet, his deep voice coming out rather blank of emotion* So they discovered the secret of creating new life.
Skyfire: Eclipse is adopted... But they had four children that have their coding....
Optimus: *looks up, his brow ridges drawing together slightly* Adopted?
Skyfire: *Nods* She is one of the natives of the world where Moonracer and Powerglide landed... Her people are known as the Mrrpt-Nyaah, and are shapeshifters of a felinoid nature.
Optimus: ...But I could hear the sounds of a mechanical body.
Skyfire: Eclipse has chosen to mimic our construction.... She and her family members were exiled from their tribe....
Optimus: *gravely* And her family members... Moonracer and Powerglide's children?
Skyfire: Yes... and their children.... Though the children of the children are Mrrpt-Nyaah as well...
Optimus: Native marriages.
Skyfire: *calmly, as he tries to distract Echeh with noms* That is their choice.
Optimus: *looks up, his eyes lightening slightly as he sees that the other man has misunderstood him* My wife is human.
Skyfire: *blink blink* Ah, my apologies for misunderstanding.... I have encountered humans since my arrival in the Nexus...
Kup: *Pauses and gives Skyfire a puzzled look as Echeh growls and hisses at him* The pit....
Optimus: *slight start and a hand over his spark as he feels a slight twinge* ...Kup?
Kup: *Attention going to Optimus* *Proper salute*
Optimus: *checks his PINpoint, and then stands to leap down the steps and pull the old security man into a rough hug* *Quietly* It's good to see you, old friend.
Kup: *Quietly and a bit gruffly* You too, kid....
Optimus: *rumbles a chuckle, but then steps back and feels behind himself for the rail before sitting on the steps* *winces a bit* Hrrrm.
Kup: *Concerned* You feeling okay?
Skyfire: *Attention on Optimus* Are you in need of a medic?
Optimus: *to Kup* My excitement at seeing you has lowered my energy level considerably. *head on hands as he consults his systems readouts* But I do not think I'm in any danger.
Kup: *Reaches to gently pat Optimus' shoulder as Skyfire makes a soft, worried sound* Just take it easy....
Optimus: Yes. *lifts his head* Will you assist me to the interior of the Black Dog? I was just about to invite Skyfire to join me for some cookies. *yes, the mighty warrior that kept Megatron from wiping out the entire Autobot race likes cookies*
Kup: *Chuckles a bit and moves to help Optimus up, as does Skyfire*
Echeh: *Hiiiiiiiiiisssss* *Grump grump grump*
Optimus: *will lean on both men slightly as he mounts the steps and enters the bar*
Archiva: *over she comes* Oh, do you need a medibot?
Kup: No, just someplace to sit.
Archiva: A booth or table? *hovering a bit, worried for the big Optimus*
Kup: Booth.
Archiva: Alright, this way. *leads them over to a nice big booth by a center partition* Do you know what you'd like?
Optimus: A box of large cinnaSeekers, please.
Skyfire: Two gingerSwindles, please.
Echeh: *Growl, hisss, snaps jaws, is a hungry baby, feed please?*
Kup: CinnaSeeker for me too... 'N two for me to take back home.
Optimus: *to Kup* I had intended to share the box.
Kup: Oh... Never mind on mine then.
Optimus: *nods and reaches for the table as Archiva goes to grab the orders, and then slips himself into the seat before reaching for his chest*
Kup: *Concern grows* Are you sure you don't need a medibot?
Optimus: *chuckles, the sound a deep, soft rumble* I'm sure, Kup. Sit down so that I can turn on the security field. *also glances at Skyfire*
Kup: ... *moves to sit down, raising a brow ridge*
Skyfire: *Getting Echeh situated so the little xeno-former won't escape from his lap*
Optimus: *presses the button on his arm* Now no one can hear what we're saying while we're here. *opens the chest compartment and then gently sets a blanket-wrapped bundle on the table. From the bundle trails a soft purple leash* Mariposa, do you want to wake up and eat?
bundle: *wriggles and purrs softly, a jointed tail poking out of one side and waving around like a playful kitten's would*
Optimus: *chuckle*
Echeh: *Attention going to that tail, growl, hiss*
Skyfire: Echeh, that isn't very nice.
Optimus: *to Skyfire* Mariposa is Echeh's sister, the youngest of the litter and the least prone to violence.
Kup: *Silently wondering what the slag the little things are, since they don't look like anything he's ever seen*
Skyfire: Ah... And her name is a word in a human language?
Optimus: It's the Spanish word for butterfly. ...The first living thing she ate.
Skyfire: *coughs to hide his snerk* I see... Echeh's name means "teeth" in Mrrpt-Nyah... *A bit dryly* I think it should be obvious how he came by that name....
Optimus: *gravely* Indeed. And it's much tamer than what Ratchet and Ironhide were calling him before Hormah took him away.
Mariposa: *pops out of her bundle and then playfully noms on her blanket and shakes it*
Echeh: *Growl, hisssss*
Mariposa: *stops short and listens, then turns and darts toward Daddy's hands!*
Optimus: *covers her reassuringly, bringing her blanket over in the meantime*
Skyfire: I take it what Ratchet and Ironhide were calling him was far less polite?
Optimus: In Ratchet's defense, he sustained serious damage to his hand from the baby's acid spitting habit.
Skyfire: We have been working on that....
Optimus: So I see. Echeh isn't attacking you.
Skyfire: He's learned not to... Or at least, he's learned that I'm not palatable.
Optimus: *nods and holds up a hand, then takes the box and plate from Archiva* Thank you.
Archiva: *smiles and goes*
Mariposa: *is that teeny tiny muzzle that just bumped into your fingers, Kup*
Kup: *Clicks quietly and reaches for a cinnaSeeker to offer to Mariposa* So what exactly are these two?
Optimus: *looks up from taking a cinnaSeeker from the box* They're Cybertronian babies.
Mariposa: *nuzzling the cinnaSeeker Kup has offered her. Is smaller than it. Is also purring*
Kup: ... *blink blink*
Skyfire: *trying to interest his son in a gingerSwindle, gets growled and hissed at before the xeno-former settles down to maul the cookie*
Echeh: *Rolled onto his back to 'kill' his nom*
Optimus: *quietly* Their mother's spark was exposed to a very rare chemical which causes uncontrollable budding and a high percentage of birth defects in the infant sparks.
Kup: Slaaag....
Optimus: *gravely* My wife would have your head for saying that around Mariposa. *gentle finger rubs the lilac stripe that Gung Ho painted down the baby's back*
Kup: *Shaking his head a bit* Sorry... Not really a lot of people to talk to besides the Nroo, Perceptor, and Johnny....
Optimus: *eyes brighten toward a smiling shade as he looks up from his daughter* Does Perceptor let you curse around Johnny?
Kup: Er... *Ducking his head a bit now, sheepish*
Optimus: *rumbles that gentle chuckle and gives his friend a slight push on the shoulder, his eyes twinkling*
Kup: *Quieter* Never thought there'd be babies...
Optimus: *sobers and looks down at his adopted child* Neither did I, Kup. But Primus isn't through with us yet, it seems.
Kup: *Soft chuckle* No... I don't think he is...
Skyfire: *small nod of agreement, is watching Echeh 'kill' the gingerSwindle*
Optimus: *more quietly, as he breaks off a tiny bit of cinnaSeeker for Mariposa to eat* And it seems that God can use even Starscream's stupidity for good.
Kup: ... *Brow ridges up* How did Starscream come into our conversation?
Skyfire: *Quietly, as he makes sure Echeh won't topple off the table* Starscream is Mariposa and Echeh's father....
Optimus: *nods* He was. Yes.
Kup: ... *Small frown*
Optimus: But I am now Mariposa's father, and Archiva is her mother. *gently finger on the tiny back, and then his eyes brighten as Mariposa squeaks at him*
Kup: *Soft sound*
Echeh: *hiss and growl, is still 'killing' his nom!*
Skyfire: *Soft chuckle as he watches his son eat*
Optimus: *shakes himself slightly with a rattling of plating, and looks at Kup* I haven't asked how your family is doing.
Kup: *giving Skyfire a suspicious look. Something about the flyer is niggling at his processor* *Then his attention's going to Optimus and he's snorting a bit* Well, between Perceptor finding all manner of things to study back home, and Johnny trying to learn about his world and the people that inhabit it... We're doing pretty good, truth be told...
Optimus: Home? *then looks at the white flyer himself* Ah. My manners protocols are lacking. Kup, this is Skyfire. Skyfire, this is Kup, who once served as my chief security officer.
Skyfire: *Nods to Kup* It is a pleasure to meet you.
Kup: Likewise, kid... *To Optimus* The Nroo homeworld... *Chuckles as he considers how to bring up the fact that the family he's got the most connections to is the one he started many vorns ago*
Optimus: *remembers that chuckle and cocks his head* You have a story for us, old friend?
Kup: Well... *Chuckles more* The Nroo have a spawning season when they get new Nroo... Awhile back, on my first trip to that world to make a delivery, I hadn't known about that... And the new program that would become the first Torka of the family tried to settle in my shell... I found a piece of equipment that worked better... and started Torka's family.
Optimus: *interested and curious, sets a finger on Mariposa's leash so that he doesn't lose track of her* Tried to settle in your shell?
Kup: *Explains how the Nroo spawn and how new Nroo come into being* *Also, rather reluctantly, tells the story of the most recent Cron's settling into his body*
Optimus: *wince wince wince* That must have been a headache.
Kup: And how. *fond grumble grumble rassin-frassin-turborevvin' young punk*
Optimus: *recognizes those lines and chuckles* I see you're fond of the boy.
Kup: Yeah, but I'm still gonna duck and cover when it's his turn to be 'she' in the family...
Optimus: *brow ridges lift* His turn to be she?
Kup: *explains about Nroo family dynamics*
Optimus: I see. They sound like interesting people. And Torka and hers regard you as part of their family unit?
Kup: *nods* Considering I started her family all those vorns ago... *Soft chuckle* And baby Rala likes hearing stories about Cybertron....
Optimus: *eyes twinkle* You have no complaints against Rala, I see.
Kup: *Snort* Kid's giving Cron his just desserts.
Optimus: *chuckles* In what way?
Kup: *Dirty rotten chuckle as he recounts baby Rala's exploits that he's been witness to*
Optimus: *guffaws, and then has to lean back in the booth and circulate for a moment*
Skyfire: *Concerned, moves to get up* Are you certain you are not in need of a medic?
Optimus: *waves the other man down* I'm sure.
Kup: *Frown, remembers what Jazz said* *going to try and distract Optimus and Skyfire* How're the rest of the kids?
Optimus: *smiles* Healthy. And learning more every day.
Kup: *Soft chuckle* Good... Jazz mentioned he 'n his mate have three.... 'n that Ratchet's got one....
Optimus: Yes, Jazz has three, between them and his leadership duties he's kept very busy. And Ratchet has actually adopted Desinex as well.
Kup: ... Desinex?
Optimus: Do you remember Sharpshot?
Kup: *Tips his head back, thinking*
Skyfire: *Slight headtilt* Sharpshot?
Kup: She used t' be popular on the radiowaves....
Optimus: Yes. Desinex is her twin sister.
Kup: ... You're pulling my leg.... *Small frown*
Optimus: I am serious.
Kup: ... How the...
Optimus: *quietly* Fractured personality matrix followed by spark shattering.
Kup: *eyes flash with shock, before he's pinching the bridge of his nose and murmuring a soft prayer*
Optimus: Sharpshot is Hound's wife. Desinex married Showtime the same day.
Kup: *Quietly* Is Hound treating Sharpshot right? And is Showtime treating Desinex right?
Optimus: You know Hound. *then, gravely* And it might be more accurate to ask if Desinex is treating Showtime properly.
Kup: ... *Lifts his head to give you a puzzled look, Optimus*
Optimus: *eyes are twinkling*
Kup: ... What do you mean?
Optimus: *quietly plays the sound of someone humming, then a crash and a yelp followed by a female snicker*
Kup: ....
Skyfire: *Can't help it, snickers*
Kup: .... Is that....
Skyfire: Showtime got cat-pounced... *Chuckle*
Kup: ... *Facepalm*
Optimus: Indeed. *crumbles cookie and puts it in his tank*
Echeh: *Growl growl, splatsleep*
Skyfire: *Soft chuckle as he scoops his son up and gently cradles the little xeno-former baby*
Kup: *Attention going to Echeh* *Quietly* Just how many of those guys are there?
Optimus: *still eating cookie in between giving bits to Mariposa* We don't know how many the Decepticons took before we arrived at Starscream's base. But we found several baby sparks who had been born after they left. Three survived. Echeh, Mariposa, and another little girl named Cassidy.
Kup: *Small nod*
Mariposa: *Daddy hand is HOUSE*
Optimus: *looks down at her and trills, the sound soft and out of place coming from the blocky old soldier*
Kup: *Soft chuckle, reminded of when he plays music for Johnny*
Optimus: *looks up from his daughter, eyes smiling* Hmm?
Kup: Just reminds me of how Johnny likes it when I play music for him....
Optimus: Ah. Yes, all the babies like music. I'm told it is a trait of human babies as well.
Skyfire: ... I may have to try that sometime....
Optimus: *looks at him* Your people don't have a custom of singing to babies?
Skyfire: I hadn't tried it with Echeh....
Optimus: Ah. *looks at the sleeping baby* I'm sure you have other things on your mind when you're caring for him.
Skyfire: *small nod* And it's not always Echeh I have to be concerned with... *Sigh* Eclipse's niece, Nyaan, likes to try and hunt the whales that swim in the sky.... Even after she's been told how big they are....
Optimus: ... *slow blink and then he facepalms* My sympathies.
Kup: *Snort* Kid's got guts....
Optimus: ...That's not what you called it in Hot Rod. *contemplates the last two cookies in the box, and then activates his comm as it beeps* Yes, Ratchet?
Ratchet: *Slightly teasing* //Are you planning on coming home sometime soon, or do I need to send a search party?//
Optimus: I'm on my way, though I've met Kup and another survivor while I was here.
Ratchet: //...Kup is there with you?// *Sounds quite surprised*
Optimus: *eyes smiling* He is. Would you like to speak to him?
Ratchet: //I would.... And who's the other survivor?//
Optimus: The man who adopted that baby that the Servant took. His name is Skyfire.
Ratchet: //Hmm... Not anyone I'm familiar with, but maybe Ironhide'd know him...//
Optimus: Kup doesn't seem familiar with him.
Kup: Never said that....
Optimus: *pauses and looks at him* You didn't?
Kup: No.... There's something kinda familiar though...
Skyfire: *Slight headtilt, considering something* Perhaps we met on Cybertron at some point prior to my last mission.....
Ratchet: *is asking Ironhide if he knows anyone by the name of Skyfire*
Optimus: *As something occurs to him.* Is Skyfire the name you've always used? Even before you were upgraded into this body?
Skyfire: ... *Quietly* No... *looking a bit uneasy now* *Even quieter* Before I upgraded... I was known as Repair Tech 67398....
Kup: *And now something clicks and makes sense* *Soft snort*
Optimus: *blinks* Star-eyes?
Skyfire: *Hunkering down a bit in his seat*
Kup: No wonder you upgraded... *Can guess the real reason, but won't delve into it* *Gently teasing* Must be nice, being bigger than everyone else...
Optimus: *softly* You knew Ariel.
Skyfire: *Small nod*
Optimus: She became Elita-One the same day that Orion Pax became Optimus Prime.
Skyfire: *lifts his head to boggle at Optimus* You...You're...
Optimus: *nods* Our dreams have come true in ways we never thought of.
Skyfire: *quiet, nods a bit* In more ways than we could have ever imagined...
Optimus: *deep voice rough* Elita is dead.
Skyfire: ... *shocked into silence*
Kup: *Reaches to gently patpat Optimus' arm*
Optimus: *quietly* We were bonded before her spark was extinguished. *and now you know what's wrong with him, Skyfire*
Skyfire: *stalls for a few seconds, and then he's quietly excusing himself. The news that one of his dear friends is no longer on this side of the veil has him rattled and upset*
Optimus: *watches him go and then lays his head back* Ratchet, are you there?
Ratchet: //I'm here, Optimus... Ironhide confirmed Skyfire's identity...//
Optimus: I'm... going to require assistance getting home.
Ratchet: //I'll be there as soon as Cat Scan quits using my PINpoint as a hockey puck.//
Kup: *Soft snerk* *leans over and tells Ratchet where to stick it, gets told off in a creative, non-cussing way*
Optimus: *blink blink* o.0 *then shuts his eyes off and rests as he waits for his CMO*
Kup: *Will stay until Ratchet arrives*
Optimus: Hrrm. Must... care for... Mariposa.... *sleeps*
Kup: *Tells Ratchet to hustle his rusty aft, gets minor snark in return as the CMO arrives*
Optimus: *sleeping with his head back and with Mariposa curled up and purring innocently under the hand that rests on the table*
Kup: *Will help Ratchet get Optimus and Mariposa situated and sent home. Then, he's heading home himself after paying the tab. Needs some quiet snuggles with his family.*
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