[Video! As usual!] Because I'm always late to the plot party!

[ichooseboth]

[Given all the accidental video plaguing the systems today, it's no surprise there is another one in the mix.  In this case, however, nothing seems to be happening until other people's screams start shrilling out from the comm.

It's only when a particularly loud one (Ironhide perhaps?) echos out into the seemingly empty room does a figure jump up

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[like_a_bossbot]

... Are you alright?

[ichooseboth]

[Another human he doesn't recognize. Frag, who else has been changed?]

...Not particularly. Who are you, then?

[like_a_bossbot]

Oh, sorry.

It's... me, Optarus. Sort of.

[ichooseboth]

[Blinks, surprised.] ...Oh frag. You too? This isn't good.

[like_a_bossbot]

It seems as though quite a few of us have been affected.

[ichooseboth]

So I've been hearing. And seeing. [A sigh, which makes his human body exhale a funny sound, and he gives himself a odd look. Organics: really.]

Is everyone else you've heard from safe?

[like_a_bossbot]

[He frowns. This entire situation is... bizarre.]

As far as I can tell. I've been stuck at the clinic, so I haven't seen any of them for myself.

... How do organics get around in this city?

[ichooseboth]

[Nods.] We should probably converge on the few of us who remain normal, for protection. Until we know the truth about what is going on, we should probably keep our human shells as healthy as possible. [Haha, yes he knows the irony in that phrase, coming from him.]

...And I do not know. Cybertronian friends, basic machines? Or simple organic locomotion?

[like_a_bossbot]

That sounds like the best idea.

Who do we have left who isn't-

[Wait, he hadn't heard anything from Sentinel. Surely he'd have been screaming at this point if he was human?]

Err... Who hasn't been affected by this?

[ichooseboth]

Ratchet, from my own universe. I have not heard from anyone else. I think someone mentioned the set of twins from your own universe are still intact. A worryingly low percentage of us, at any rate.

[He pauses, and pats the drone serving as his back rest.] Oh, and Roller, of course.

[like_a_bossbot]

I'm glad that the twins are safe, at least.

[ichooseboth]

[He nods in agreement.] As am I. They are young, but their ability to fly won't hurt our chances either.

Are you somewhere safe, or do you need a ride somewhere?