jv and the Nexus, Mrrpt-Nyaah Homeworld, Near the Sign, and the Sanctuary of Primus, New Beginnings

Nov 09, 2010 00:29



Sunracer: *makes an unhappy sound and catches Starchart as her older brother slips off her shoulder* Bubby?

Eclipse: *moving to see what's wrong* *Concerned* Starchart?

Moonglide: *arguing quietly with Beacon about some of the wood that he found*

Starchart: *rubs his eyes a little and feels glad she can't pick up on his energy levels* I'm alright. I just fell asleep. It gets old sitting still all day. *looks around the plain dotted with bushes and the remains of ancient buildings which surrounds the small family party* Especially in this place.

Sunracer: *frowns at him* You should drink more, Bubby.

Eclipse: *soft snort, moves to tell Beacon that the wood he found's only good for a fire, since it's a softer wood*

Beacon: Aww, come on! I've been looking most'a today... *Grumbles a bit, but moves to take Moonglide with him to try and find a different kind of wood so Eclipse can carve a replacement part for Starchart's leg, which was broken when he stepped in a hole three days previous*

Mrrk: What's this? *just kicked something sticking out of a little rain gully and is now digging, though he doesn't recognize the long reddish stick with the slight ridges on it*

Starchart: Ancient junk. Don't mess with it.

Eclipse: *soft snort* Yeah.... Wouldn't want to upset the spirits... *stretches a bit, wincing slightly as something protests the movement*

Mrrk: But they're sticking it out here. *hunkered and frowning as his brothers gather to look at his find, his conversation consisting of the same simple words and body gestures as the others'* Doesn't that mean they're giving it to us, like they give us the stuff for copper?

Eclipse: If Starchart says not to mess with it, that means don't mess with it, Mrrk. *frowns, earfins flicking back to lay flat against her head*

Mrrk: *sighs* Alright. Sorry, spirits. Thanks for letting me see it. *stands and looks around*

Sunracer: ...o.0 I want to eat it.

Starchart: *blinks*

Eclipse: ... *earfins up as she boggles a bit*

Sunracer: .>_<. Really bad.

Mrrrna: It does look something like what Sunracer's skin is made from. *perks her ears and pats her baby's back*

Eclipse: *small frown, looks to Starchart, since he's the elder here*

Starchart: *looking at younger sister with a concerned frown, then back down at the metal* Can you sense any spirits around it?

Sunracer: *remembers the one old city that she hadn't wanted to get near at all* ...No.

Starchart: *more considering* How bad is really bad?

Sunracer: I want it.

Eclipse: *more frown, one earfin flicking a bit as she thinks about this situation* Mrrrr....

Starchart: Okay, if you can get it go ahead.

Sunracer: *rips the ancient metal bar right out of the earth, her eyes widening as it breaks in the process*

Mrrk and Trrrl: *digging up the rest, and singing a happy and pretty song as they do, just in case there are spirits and they want a trade*

Eclipse: *Quietly, as she moves to check Starchart's injury over* So, what is it?

Sunracer: *munching* Iron.

Starchart: ...What's that?

Eclipse: ... *blink blink, shrugs. She's only ever seen copper and the very rare piece of gold or silver, so she's not entirely sure*

Sunracer: It's yummy. My body can use it to fix things. And it tastes good.

three brothers: *busy getting the rest of it for her*

Eclipse: Huh.... *considering look, before she decides against trying some. She's pretty sure it wouldn't hurt her in this form, but she'd rather not take the chance, since someone's gotta keep an eye on everyone...*

Sunracer: Maybe it will help you too, Starchart.

Starchart: No. You're old kind, because you're in Mother's body. My body's new kind. *pats her gently*

Sunracer: *pouts*

Eclipse: *Gently patpats Sunracer's foot*

Mrrrna: *looks around, but then remembers that the warmth of her back decided to stay behind when her brothers and family went into exile* *ears flatten sadly*

Eclipse: *chirrs softly to Mrrrna as Beacon and Moonglide return*

Mrrna: *sad look for the slightly younger woman* It's for the best. *nuzzles her baby as the little black guy wriggles and mewls*

Eclipse: Perhaps... *Attention goes to Beacon as he proudly presents her with a branch from a different type of tree. Earfins up* Ooooh, this will do nicely... *Sets to work on the branch, will soon have it stripped of its bark*

Moonglide: Beacon found it in an area that looks like the wind got angry....

Mrrrna: Better he show what kind of metal he was made from then. *offers baby to her older daughter and then comes over to see that branch* Wind got angry?

Starchart: Where did you find trees in this place?

Beacon: Yeah... There were trees knocked over and torn apart.... *Points off in the direction he and Moonglide came from* It looks like it was part'a this place once...

Starchart: Is it lower than the rest of the ground? *looking that way*

Tchee: Mama! Mama! Birds! *pointing*

Mrrrk: !!!! *cursing the loss of Eclipse and Hhhchee's hunting necklaces*

Beacon: Yeah... about the same level as this place, I think... *Attention going to the birds as well*

Eclipse: *string of not-curses after she reaches where her hunting necklace used to be out of habit*

Tchee: *ears flat and eyes huge with woe* Can't we get some? I'm hungry.

Eclipse: *going to look for rocks that she can throw, in that case!*

ground: *breaks open underneath her and lets her fall down down*

Eclipse: *panicked yowl*

Sunracer: Mama! *runs after, hits the thin ground, and falls too*

Starchart: *shouts as he falls with baby sister!*

Beacon: *Startled blurt of cursing, moves to try and rescue his siblings, as does Moonglider*

ground: *shuddering slightly as long cracks open all around the band*

Mrrk: *grabs two young children and curls around them as he falls*

Hhhchee: >\ *JUMPS in! Take that, earth mouth!*

Nyaan: *Does like Hhhchee, letting out a loud whoop as she drops*

Trrrl: *protecting little ones, hits hard*

Mrrna: *down she goes, calling for her baby*

Wrrml: *tries to escape, thinking that someone needs to be topside to help the others out of the hole once the ground has stopped opening. The escape doesn't work, and he goes down with his two brothers, his sister, and the others*

Ffffsa: *sees him fall and reaches for him*

earth: *shakes a little more, and then falls still. But no voices come from the hole. There is only the cries of startled birds and the sigh of wind over forgotten places*

Moments later

Mrrk: *peering out at a world stranger than anything he's ever imagined* 0_0

Wrrml: *arm around Fffsa and their youngest children, his brow furrowed as he watches the comings and goings of beings from dreams*

Hhhchee: *just you come too close, you monsters!*

Nyaan: *Chattering nervously as she looks around*

Beacon: *getting up off of Eclipse and trying to get the youngster to respond*

Eclipse: *Got knocked a bit stupid when Beacon landed on her* Mrrrrrpt?

Moonglide: *Fussing over Sunracer and Starchart now*

Sunracer: *crying and trying to get Starchart to respond to her*

Starchart: *quiet and still save for the soft song of his spark*

Eclipse: *trying to move towards Sunracer. Baby is crying, must fix...* *wobbles a bit and has to be helped by Beacon*

Moonglide: *worried clicks, even as she moves to see where Starchart's hurt the worst*

Mrrrna: What's wrong? *dazed and a tiny bit confused herself as she holds her children close*

Moonglide: Starchart's not responding... *Worried, even as Beacon brings Eclipse over* And it sounds like Eclipse is pretty rattled...

Hhhchee: *loud hiss at a massive black spiky thing that stops to look down at them with burning red eyes*

Mrrk: Oh spit!

Nyaan: *low growl, warning the monster to stay back or there'll be trouble!*

Deherree: *snorts and walks on*

Wrrml: *blinks as he feels the ground shake slightly under the creature's steps. Looks around quickly to see if things will crack again*

Mrrk: ...What was that? Wait... hey, this is wood. *distracted by the leg of the thing they're hiding under*

Beacon: I have no idea... *Frowns* Where did that hole drop us?

Trrrl: *steps out and looks up. YELP! Hands over eyes*

Moonglide: Trrrl! What happened?

Trrrl: It's like the sun!

Hhhchee: *steps out and also looks up* Hsssssssssssss!

Nyaan: ... *peeks out carefully, and then she's hissing as well*

Moonglide: ...What is? *concerned and feeling a bit protective of her family. If there's something out there that could hurt them, she wants to know so she can deal with it*

Trrrl: I don't know what it is. It's bright, like the sun. *rubbing eyes*

Hhhchee: *growling and cursing as he also rubs his eyes*

Nyaan: *making almost pitiful sounds as she rubs at her eyes*

Wrrml: *lets go of his family and walks out to put his arms around the distressed youngling, quick glance upward* There are runes on that bright thing.

Moonglide: *As she rubs Sunracer's back* Do they make any sense?

Beacon: *Will carefully deposit Eclipse in Sunracer's lap and go to have a look for himself*

Wrrml: *ears perked with concentration as he sounds out the marks* Oh! 'Ask a question'.

Fffsa: Question?

Wrrml: *nods in his calm way, then looks around thoughtfully as he rubs Nyaan's back*

Beacon: *blink blink* How about 'Where the heck are we?'

Trrrl: *looks at ancient uncle, then at the strange beings around them* Will someone answer, do you think?

Beacon: *Shrug* It's worth a shot....

Wrrml: You ask it, Uncle.

Beacon: Okay... *Turns to move a bit farther away from the thing his family is hiding under* *to the sign with the runes* Where the heck are we?

Sunracer: *purring softly as she cuddles Eclipse close*

Eclipse: *soft purr, is still pretty rattled*

Big, mostly white-colored mech: This is an inter-dimensional hub known as the Nexus...

Beacon: *Startles, wasn't expecting a person to answer!*

Wrrml: *eyes wide and ears flat* You're one of us!

Bmwcmech: *blink blink, slight headtilt as he studies Wrrml and Nyaan* How so?

Wrrml: *points to Beacon, and then to Sunracer* See? The man in Sunracer's lap is my father's father's father's father's great great grandfather's father.

Bmwcmech: *Blink blink, surprised* I see... *concerned expression when he sees how Sunracer is holding Eclipse* Is your friend alright?

Wrrml: *looks at Beacon to see if he'll reply, since he's older*

Beacon: *Sheepish* I kinda landed on Eclipse when we got here.... I didn't mean to...

Bmwcmech: *Small nod, concern growing as he takes in everything that he's seeing. There's something about Sunracer that's tugging at his memory banks a bit, and it shows in his expression somewhat* It seems that a medic is needed... I'm not very useful in that regard though....

Bbbrl: I'm hungry. *holds his belly and looks upset*

Wrrml: *looks over there, his ears flattening* We need to find copper.

Bmwcmech: *Small frown, checks his subspace*

Nyaan: Who the heck are you, anyways?

Bmwcmech: *pauses in his search* My name is Skyfire...

Wrrml: *quietly* I'm Wrrml, oldest of the metal workers. These are my brothers and my sister. This is my cousin Nyaan and her brother Hchee, who are hunters. And this is my uncle, Beacon, and my aunt, Moonglide. My father's many times great grandfather Starchart is laying in his baby sister Sunracer's lap.

Skyfire: It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance... *Attention lingering on Sunracer for a few moments* If I may ask, who are they related to?

Moonglide: *Slight look of surprise at the question* Our creators were Powerglide and Moonracer...

Skyfire: ... *Blink blink* *Quietly* Well, that explains why Sunracer looks familiar....

Wrrml: ...What do you mean?

Skyfire: Many vorns ago, I met Powerglide and traveled with him until he passed on... He showed me images of his bondmate, Moonracer....

Wrrml: *ears flat with sadness that's mirrored by the rest of the little band* Grandmother told us when he died.

Skyfire: *Quietly* He was a good man, and a good friend

Wrrml: None of us ever met him. He left before Grandfather was born.

Skyfire: *putting two and two together* *even quieter* I'm sorry for your losses....

Eclipse: *Murmurs nonsense as she snuggles Sunracer*

Wrrml: The loss was when Eee-chirr put Sunracer's spark back into Grandmother's body, and was exiled from the tribe for resurrecting the dead.

Skyfire: ... Was there no other shell available?

Wrrml: *makes a negatory gesture* Grandmother had been making parts from herself. They were all used up.

Skyfire: And what Ee-chirr did was taboo... *Frowns*

Nyaan: *Quietly* Grandma was gone... Sunracer was all that was left...

Wrrml: Bringing the dead back angers the spirits, the leaders said.

Beacon: *Frowning muchly* If the spirits had wanted two to come back to their realm, they would've taken Mother's body when she left.

Skyfire: *counting heads, and wondering something* Is Ee-chirr amongst you currently?

Wrrml: *points to the woman in Sunracer's arms*

Moonglide: She took on a form like ours as an act of defiance against the leaders... And she insists upon being called Eclipse....

Skyfire: *will scan the woman, wondering how he can call for help here in the Nexus, since it's pretty clear that this family unit is in dire need of medical assistance*

Mrrk: *ears go up and he turns his head as the sound of deedlebeeping reaches him*

Nyaan: *Ears perked as she too hears deedlebeeping*

Skyfire: *looks for the source of the sound*

Hhhchee: *low growl*

beeper: *a sixteen foot tall Cybertronian woman of strange construction and cheery yellow eyes. At her side walks a ten foot tall black and silver Cybertronian man who looks nearly like a Mrrpt-Nyaah*

Skyfire: *moves to approach the beeper* Excuse me, miss, but would you know where I'd be able to find a medic familiar with organic and Cybertronian repairs?

beeper: *chuckles* Yer lookin' at 'er, me son. I's Hormah, t' local Primus Servant, 'n a dab hand at patchin' bots 'n squishies.

Wrrml: *is now face to face with the black and silver man* *greets him politely* I'm Wrrml.

man: And I am Ravage. Does anyone need to be carried?

Moonglide: Eclipse and Starchart are pretty rattled.... *Will see if Sunracer can lift both of them on her own*

Nyaan: *Curious about the black and silver man, sniff, sniff, sniff the air around him!*

Sunracer: *doesn't want to get up. Wants to sit and hug Mama. So she cries*

Ravage: *distracted from sniffy youngling by the crying of the other youngling, and over he goes*

Skyfire: *indicates Starchart and his family* They are in need of assistance, and the femme in Sunracer's arms is not as she appears....

Hormah: I knows what she's after bein', b'y. *starts and looks over, and then two strides have brought her to Sunracer's side. Snatches up Starchart, and then vanishes with him in a flash of light and a slight swish of air*

Nyaan: *Startled squeak*

Beacon: *Cuss!*

Ravage: *doesn't even blink. Busy soft talking Sunracer, who wants none of him*

Moonglide: *elbows Beacon, will move to gently rub Sunracer's back*

Eclipse: Murrr? *confused and disoriented*

Mrrrna: *arms around her children as she tries to figure out what's going on*

Skyfire: *Boggling* What on Cybertron....

Ravage: We are not on Cybertron, my friend. *makes a soft encouraging sound as Sunracer finally decides to listen to him and scootches out from under the table*

Moonglide: *Will follow baby sister and drag Beacon with her* *Quiet, reassuring sounds for Eclipse*

Skyfire: Where did Hormah take Starchart?

Ravage: To the Sanctuary. *still chirping softly to Sunracer* Which is where I want to bring the rest of you.

Wrrml: *looks to Beacon, who is eldest here*

Beacon: *moving to usher everyone towards Skyfire and Ravage. He's not sure why, but there's something about both men that makes them feel trustworthy*

family members: *are herded, though Hhhchee grumbles and spits under his breath*

Nyaan: *rubs against Wrrml's shoulder a bit as she's herded*

Wrrml: *soothing sounds for the young teen* *then perks ears as Ravage nods and tells everyone to touch everyone else and to brace themselves*

Moonglide: *hand on Sunracer's foot, holds out her hand to Hhhchee*

Hhhchee: *uneasily takes hand, muttering that he wants his hunting necklace back*

Ravage: Ready?

Beacon: I think so.... *Blinks as Skyfire puts a hand on his shoulder*

Eclipse: *more nonsensical murmurings as she tries to rub her cheek against Sunracer*

Ravage: *PINpoints everyone to the front room of the Sanctuary*

Wrrml: ...OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWL..... 0_0

Hhhchee: SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Nyaan: *ears flat, more low growl* .>_<.

Eclipse: *sound of dazed protest*

Moonglide: *aft, meet floor*

Sunracer: *nearly hysterical crying now. Wants Mama to comfort her!*

Mrrrna: *soothing sounds for every child in reach*

Trrrl: *retch* .>_<.

Beacon: *slow cuss*

Skyfire: *Looking a bit unsteady, but manages to move to check on everyone*

sixteen foot tall blue mech with pretty green optics: *deep cheery voice* Easy, folks. Anybody that needs ta lay down jes' come right over here. *gently picks Trrrl up and lays him on some soft mats on the floor by the back wall of the big white room* I'm Rap, 'n I'm your Major D.

Eclipse: *trying to comfort Sunracer, despite how spinny everything else is* *soft chirrr*

Mrrrna: *will herd the children and the other women toward the beds, making soft encouraging sounds to them as she goes*

Wrrml: *has noticed something else and is sniffing eagerly* There's food!

Moonglide: Huh? *Surprised by this, and then she's doing like Nyaan and sniffing the air*

Ravage: *over by one of the tall tables now* Yes. Many roast chickens.

Hhhchee: *starts to step forward a little territorially*

Wrrml: *elbows him in the gut*

Nyaan: *flicks her ears a bit, wouldn't mind some roast chicken...whatever a chicken is... It smells pretty good to her*

Rap: *chuckles as he passes out blankets* Jes give us a couple clicks, 'n we'll pass out the eats!

Tchee: Ohhhh! *wraps self in blanket and vanishes*

Moonglide: *headtilt, quiet clicks as she curiously feels one of the blankets*

blanket: *soft and warm. And on one corner is a pattern like the marking on Skyfire*

Rap: *helping Ravage bring over the chickens and some knives, tin plates, and forks* Careful now, these're hot. 'N full'a rice. Cybertronian folks jes' wait a click 'n we'll get yours.

Skyfire: *raised brow ridge when he sees the Autobrand on some of the blankets, before his attention goes to Rap and he nods*

Eclipse: Nnn.... *rubs her cheek on Sunracer a bit*

Nyaan: Mrrrrp? *headtilty as she examines the fork and knife she was given*

Mrrrna: Roasted birds. Look, Uncle Beacon. *rips one apart and is startled to find that 'rice' is very fragrant smelling seeds*

Mrrrna's baby: *will blow on that grain as hard as he can. Wants to eat!*

Beacon: *Curious as he pokes at some of the grain* Huh....

Skyfire: *moving to check on Eclipse* I am not sure what she is able to consume.....

Rap: We'll figure somethin' out. *soothing sounds for Sunracer as he offers her something that looks like hard chalk, but which smells wonderful* Baby wanna cinnaSeeker?

Moonglide: She's been taking in the same kind of fuel as us, when we could get it...

Rap: *as Sunracer shyly takes the chalk-thing* Then here, try 'er with this. *offers Moonglide two more of the chalk-things, only smaller than the one he gave to Sunracer*

Moonglide: *accepts the chalk-things, giving one a curious sniff-sniff before nibbling on it*

cinnaSeeker: *warm and spicy-sweet flavor*

Rap: *grins at her as he waits for her reaction. Gives a hungry Sunracer another cinnaSeeker as she demands one*

Moonglide: *makes the cinnaSeeker she nibbled on vanish before she tries to interest Eclipse in the other one*

Eclipse: *Not very interested in eating right now, even though she does seem intrigued by the scent of nom*

Rap: *grin changes to concern as he watches that and scans the injured woman* My lady'll be able ta look at her pretty soon.

Eclipse: *is indeed pretty rattled, but doesn't really have a spark like the other Cybertronians. Rather, it's as though her life energy is flowing throughout her body*

Rap: Huh... she kinda looks like a Minicon on the inside.

Ravage: *glances up at him, and then resumes clicking to Mrrrna's baby son, who has both tiny fists full of squished rice and is eating happily*

Mrrrna: *making sure he doesn't choke, and that his brothers are sharing the chicken she took*

Nyaan: *purring quietly and having a good meal of chicken and rice*

Beacon: *curious now about what Moonglide and Sunracer were eating*

Moonglide: Minicon? *slight headtilt*

Rap: They're Transformers that're from a different beginnin' from me 'n Ravage.

Hhhchee: *tasting the contents of a drinking skin and making a pleased sound at the very very very faint flavor of catnip in the otherwise pleasantly bitter fortifying tea*

Nyaan: *ears perked, looks to her brother and chirps curiously*

Hhhchee: It's like celebration tea.

Nyaan: *Opens her mouth to have a taste*

Hhhchee: *squeezes the skin and give her a tiny bit, then gives some to Trrrl as the younger man chirps and opens his mouth*

Trrrl: *smacks his lips and sighs* I needed that.

Nyaan: *more purr, goes back to eating her meal*

Trrrl: *gets another drinking skin and shares the contents with his snuggle mate and their children*

Fffsa: *breaks up a quarrel between her twin daughters and boxes both girls upside the head before giving them more to eat*

Wrrml: *gentle words of reprimand for the girls*

Mrrk: *going to try and drink a whole skin of tea himself*

Moonglide: *Worried chirr when she sees that*

Rap: *looks over from Mrrrna's baby when he hears the chirr* What's wrong, lady?

Moonglide: *nods towards Mrrk* The contents of the drinking skin... Is it safe for him to drink that much?

Rap: *looks and frowns* What do your people think'a bein' drunk?

Mrrk: *sleepy blinkings, and then lays back on the mats and shuts his eyes. Much purr*

Nyaan: *Snickers. She's not quite old enough to be partaking of the traditional celebratory drinks yet, but she's getting close*

Beacon: There's a time 'n place for it... Usually after the harvest, or a really successful hunt, there's a big party....

Rap: *nods* Well I don't think you can get really drunk on that stuff without havin' ta pee a lot along the way. It's mostly for givin' ya stuff your bodies might'a run low on during your wanderin'.

Hhhchee: *driiiiiiiiiink* Ahhhhh! ^_^

Moonglide: *Relaxes, nodding* Alright.

Nyaan: *purring a bit louder as she eats. It's been awhile since the group's had a good hunt, and as a result, they haven't had nearly as much good food to eat... so the chicken suits her just fine*

Rap: *goes over to the table and comes back now with orange sweet potatoes roasted in their skins* Anybody want some veggies?

Nyaan: *headtilt, trying to remember if she's seen something like that at a harvest feast or not, will hold out her plate*

Rap: *cuts her a nice thick slice of the cooled tuber, then gives some to her brother and to the others. Chuckles as Mrrrna's baby gets his little hands full of that too*

Moonglide: *soft chuckle, moves to cuddle Sunracer and Eclipse*

Beacon: *curious* What are those?

Rap: They're called sweet potatoes. You see that vine growin' over in that pot on that stand under the skylight?

Beacon: *looks and nods* Yeah?

Rap: Well that's kinda what they look like. *turns his head as he senses someone coming, and then grins as a being similar to Ravage, only of tech similar to his own, enters the room from the hall and comes over as though uncertain* Hey, mech, how you feelin'?

Beacon: *Attention going that way now*

mech: *looks at Beacon* ...Don't you know me, brother? *that's Starchart's voice*

Beacon: *surprised cuss*

Mrrrna: *staaare*

Skyfire: *Blink blink, is a bit surprised* It would appear Starchart has been upgraded....

Moonglide: *Boggling a bit* Whoah....

Starchart: The healer said that my body was dying. *folds one leg and sits, his tail... yes, he has one now... twitching at the tip as he looks from face to face of his family with shining golden eyes*

Nyaan: *blink blink, distracted from noms by the twitching tail*

Beacon: *small frown* But Mother did the best she could.....

Starchart: *gently* Yes, but that was a long, long time ago, and she didn't have all the things she needed. The healer says that you and Moonglide can have new bodies too if you want them.

Rap: *gently taking Eclipse from the sleeping Sunracer now, and carrying her out of the room and down the hall*

Moonglide: *Blink blink, is a bit drowsy due to having good fuel* Huh... Might be a good thing... Could hunt better....

Beacon: Bodies like yours, Starchart?

Starchart: Yes. I saw them. One is slenderer, like a woman, but otherwise they're just like this one.

Beacon: ... That'd be Moonglide's then...

Starchart: *nods* And look at this! *stands and transforms. Suddenly looks just like a normal Mrrpt-Nyaah*

Beacon: Coooool! How long before I can do that? *eager*

Starchart: Well the healer needs to help Eee-chirr, first. And I think she wants us to rest. *sits again, cuddling Bbbrl as the youngster comes to sprawl in his lap*

Beacon: *nod nod, moves to see if anyone's got any of the chalk-things Sunracer and Moonglide were eating*

Ravage: *giving Beacon a couple of the smaller cinnaSeekers*

Beacon: *Sits down after thanking Ravage, will proceed to nom cinnaSeekers*

Moonglide: *chuckles and snuggles Sunracer* We'll be able to take care of everyone better....

Starchart: Yes, and we'll be more normal, like Mother was. *looks at self* Actually, even more than Mother was. I wonder if she has a body for Sunracer.

Moonglide: *confused* Mother wasn't normal?

Starchart: *slowly* Well.... *looks at Skyfire* For her people I guess she was. But I've always felt that I was Mrrpt-Nyaah. *takes the piece of chicken that Bbbrl holds up to him and slowly nibbles on it*

Wrrml: *alarmed trill* Grandfather, you're eating meat!

Moonglide: ... *Boggling*

Beacon: *brow ridges up, cinnaSeeker sticking out of his mouth*

Nyaan: *Making her move now, will pounce on Grandfather's tail!*

Starchart: It's alright, Wrrml, this body can... yeow! *startles, but then laughs and moves his tail around* Nyaan, you're feeling better?

Nyaan: *chattering as she moves to try and nab Starchart's tail again*

Sunracer: *slept right through Brother's yell*

Wrrml: *quiet laughter at Nyaan's antics*

Beacon: *Laughs at that, then acks as his cookie falls*

Moonglide: *amused headshake*

Starchart: *snags Nyaan and pulls her close to his side, then turns back to his siblings* This body can eat Mrrpt-Nyaah food, or the food that we ate before. The healer says it will be easier for us this way. *ears forward* This tastes... interesting.

Nyaan: *Puuurrrrr, rubs her cheek against Grandfather happily*

Bbbrl: *will snuggle you too, Nyaan. Little guy wants snuggles and sleeps now*

Nyaan: *cuddles. Wouldn't object to sleeps*

Skyfire: *confused* Pardon me if this is rude... but I do not understand how you consider yourselves Mrrpt-Nyaah....

Beacon: *as he rescues his cookie from the floor* They're all we've ever known.

Moonglide: *absently, paying more attention to Starchart than Skyfire* Would be interesting, tasting Mrrpt-Nyaah food... *sleepy blinks*

Starchart: *agrees with sister, and then finishes his chicken and reaches to pull her close as well before he looks gravely up at Skyfire* Why is that so hard to understand?

Skyfire: ... I suppose it is something I have not ever encountered before....

Moonglide: *Snuggles close to Starchart, shuttering her optics and sighing contentedly*

Starchart: *quietly* These people, the ones who aren't my siblings, are the children of my snuggle mate's child's children's children's great great grandchildren. That makes them my grandchildren, too. Mother told us about her world, but we've never seen it. The World was all we knew, and the Mrrpt-Nyaah were our people. *looks down at his sister, still wearing her awkward and frail body of copper and wood*

Moonglide: *Close to slipping into recharge*

Beacon: *a bit bluntly* We prolly wouldn't know what to do or say if we ever met any more of Mother's people....

Skyfire: *Small nod, thinking to himself that they'd be lucky if they met any other Cybertronians* I see... *Attention going to the hallway as a loud yowling comes from that direction*

Starchart: *ears perked as he makes a small chirp of concern*

Mrrrna: *dumps her baby on him, and tells her older sons to stay put before she hurries to see what happened* *is soon back and laughing*

Nyaan: *ears flick a bit* *questioning chirr*

Mrrrna: The healer was resetting Eee-chirrr's frame so that everything could run in its right courses.

Nyaan: *Small nod, yawns*

Skyfire: That does not sound comfortable....

Eclipse: *Making her wobbly way to the room where everyone else is. She's got a bit more spring to her step than she's had in awhile as she moves to approach Starchart. It seems chiropractics have agreed with her*

Starchart: *perks his ears and looks at her* Eee-chirrr? How are you feeling?

Eclipse: Better... *moves to sit down next to Sunracer, even as she gently reminds Starchart of her new name*

Starchart: Sorry, little sister. *eyes twinkle in his dark face*

Mrrrna: Here, Eclipse. Eat some of this. *passes the slightly younger woman a plate with chicken, rice, and sweet potato on it*

Eclipse: *blink blink, will examine the sweet potato and rice curiously. She's never had anything like them before*

Mrrrna: This is a piece of a root. And this is seeds. They're very tasty. And there's celebration tea.

Starchart: She might not be able to eat them, Mrrrna. My being able to doesn't mean that Eclipse will be.

Mrrrna: Oh...

Eclipse: *reaches to gently patpat Mrrrna's shoulder*

Beacon: *tips over backwards, earning a startled squeak from Nyaan*

Ravage: *offers Eclipse a cookie instead. And a wink*

Starchart: *missed the wink. Is telling Nyaan that Uncle Beacon's just had some celebration tea*

Eclipse: *Slight headtilt, earfin flick* What is this?

Ravage: Food for people who can't eat the organic kind. *waves it just slightly to let the smell reach her*

Eclipse: *earfins perk up as she catches the scent* I see... Thank you.

Ravage: *chuckles* You are most welcome.

Starchart: Hey. *ears back* Are you flirting with my little sister?

Ravage: *handsome innocence personified!*

Eclipse: *Chuckles and shakes her head. If she weren't more interested in eating, she'd be flirting right back*

Starchart: *soft growl interrupted by a yawn* Don't.

Ravage: I don't know what you're talking about.

Hormah: *just walked up behind him silently* Yeah, right, b'y.

Ravage: *JUMP!*

Eclipse: *Snickers before turning her attention to the cookie in her hand*

Hormah: *looks over the little band, scanning them gently. Then turns to Skyfire* Yer turn, b'y.

Skyfire: *A bit surprised because he thought he was taking relatively good care of himself, but nods and moves to approach Hormah* Very well...

Hormah: *indicates that he should follow her down the hall* When's t' last time ye were after seein' a medic?

Skyfire: *As he moves to follow* It has been quite some time... Until I encountered Powerglide, I was not even aware that there was a war going on....

Hormah: *shoots him an incredulous look over her shoulder, and then slaps Rap on the caboose as the blue mech passes her*

Skyfire: I had been away from Cybertron for several thousand vorns...

Hormah: *sobers and leads the way into the berth room she's using for a medi lab, deedling something at her assistant as she enters* *quietly* So ye don't know t' world's after bein' dead?

Pi: *same orange as Hormah, but with Rap's bright green eyes. Deedles back in a slightly different pattern, and then goes to get things from a box on the far berth*

Skyfire: ... *Quietly* Powerglide had said something similar, but I wasn't certain he was speaking the truth....

Hormah: *pats the berth she's stopped beside* Primus' spark ain' even t'ere no more.

Skyfire: *somber nod as he moves to lay on the berth*

Hormah: *scans him carefully* Ye knows 'bout any ot'er survivors?

Pi: *tries to taser her in the skidplate, gets backhanded*

Skyfire: *Even though he is in better shape than the rest of the Cybertronians he was with, he is starting to show signs of wear and tear from many vorns of deep-space exploration* If there are any others, I have not found them yet....

Hormah: *sets to work on getting him all straightened out* Relax, me son. T'ere's plenty. 'N t' number's growin'.

Skyfire: *intrigued* Really? *Winces as something protests being poked*

Hormah: *busy working, deedling to herself softly as she does* Moonracer ain't t' only one as 's budded.

Skyfire: *curious sound*

Hormah: *swaps out a part and sets the new one in place* Ye ever hears 'O a bot named Starscream?

Skyfire: ... Yes... Though it has been far longer than I've been away that I have spoken to him...

Hormah: Was Megatron in power yet?

Skyfire: *puzzled look* Who is Megatron?

Hormah: T' bot as took Tyrannous out.

Skyfire: *Small frown, remembers Tyrannous, vaugely* That may have been after I had left....

Hormah: So t' purges happened after ye were gone. *examines a filter and beeps at it thoughtfully*

Skyfire: Purges?

Hormah: *sighs* Tyrannous come t' power on t' Decepticon side, 'n t' first t'ing 'e done was order t' destruction 'o all t' femmes.

Skyfire: ... *Much frowning now* That seems quite counterproductive....

Hormah: He figured t'ere wasn' no use fer 'em. Wasn' till lately as somebody figured out ye kin' use us as mini Vector Sigmas. Pi, I seen t'at, put it back.

Skyfire: ... *has a bad feeling about where this conversation may lead*

Hormah: Pi, hand me t' little box.

Pi: *hands box, eyes suddenly bright with interest*

Hormah: *sets the box on the edge of Skyfire's chest* Anyways. A femme named Megatron cleaned Tyrannous' clock fer 'im. But instead'a racial purity she's wantin' t' rule t' whole slaggin' universe. *sober glance at Skyfire* T'ere's only mebe five hunnerd 'o ye left, not countin' t' new models. 'N most 'o what's left is 'Con.

Skyfire: ... *quiet curse in a long-dead language, then he's shuttering his optics*

Hormah: Open t' box. But don't scare 'im.

Skyfire: *moves to slowly open the box, curious about what could be in it*

box: *hissss!* *rustle!*

Skyfire: *Brow ridge up, quiet clicks*

box: *rustles and hisses again, and then makes a couple very tiny clicks*

Skyfire: *more clicks, moves to try and sit up so he can see what's in the box a bit better*

Hormah: *pokes him. Is still working* Turn on yer side, ye stunned aft.

Skyfire: *complies, carefully turning onto his side as he studies the strange-looking creature in the box. He's curious about the lack of optics, the sharp teeth, and the strangely-shaped head*

Hormah: *says the name of a mineral found only in one or two places in the known universe*

Skyfire: *Slight headtilt* I've heard of it, though only in rumors and speculation....

Hormah: Starscream figured on doin' more'n speculatin'. T'at t'ere's one 'o 'is sons.

Skyfire: ... *Shocked speechless*

Hormah: *quietly* T' scraplet's an orphan.

Skyfire: .... *cycles air quietly*

Hormah: *finishes replacing the last of the worn components, and then hands him a handful of hard silver disks* Eat t'em.

Skyfire: *Trying to keep his hand from shaking as he proceeds to do so. The news that Starscream is gone has hit him hard, even moreso than the sparklet's appearance* *then he's blinking a bit and eyeing one of the disks curiously*

Hormah: *firmly, as she closes his chest panels* Eat it.

Skyfire: *will not argue with the medic, proceeds to do as instructed* *then blinks and makes a slight face at the flavor*

monster baby: *jumps up and tries to scrabble out of the box, his clawed hands scraping at the cardboard as his tail lashes*

Skyfire: *Will help the little one out of the box, clicking quietly all the while*

monster baby: *hisses and wriggles and snaps. But he heard eating, and he wants it, precious!*

Skyfire: *scans one of the few remaining disks, wondering if they'd be safe for the little one to consume or not*

Hormah: *gives him a Look, and another disk*

Pi: *snigger*

Skyfire: *Slightly abashed*

monster baby: *BITES HIM* *WANT*

Skyfire: *Yelp!*

Hormah: Eh, should 'o mentioned t'at un's t' one nobody could keep track 'o. Tain't so feral as some. But 'e's tricky 'n mean.

Skyfire: >.o I see... *Going to try and offer one of the disks to the sparklet now, kthx*

monster baby: *little hiss, but then perks and noses the disk before snapping at it*

Hormah: Should also be mentionin' t'at he proly sees ye as more t' snack on.

Skyfire: .... *soft sigh as he lets the sparklet have the disk*

Hormah: So... ye wants 'im?

monster baby: *drools acid*

Skyfire: *nods, even as he realizes just what it is the sparklet's drooling*

Hormah: Good. Anymore questions 'bout what ye were after missin'?

Skyfire: *headshake, is more concerned with finding something to counteract the acid*

Pi: *dusts him with a big handful of white powder*

monster baby: *sneezes it out of his intakes and hisses viciously, tail lashing*

Skyfire: *Soothing clicks, will try gently rubbing the little mech's back*

monster baby: *snaps, but then realizes that feels okay and goes back to worrying the mineral disk*

Skyfire: *Will continue to gently rub the little mech's back, even as he eats another couple of mineral disks and fights off the sleepiness that's crept upon him*

Hormah: Ye after wantin' t' sleep here, or go back t' yer family?

Skyfire: *blinks a bit* Should probably return to them....

Hormah: *offers him a hand up, despite her size*

Skyfire: *Will carefully hold the little mech as he accepts Hormah's offer of help*

Hormah: *surprisingly strong as she braces her sturdy legs and helps him sit up*

Skyfire: *Thanks her, carefully cradling the little mech that he's starting to think of as his son*

Hormah: Don't let t' monster baby eat nobody else now. *steps out of his way so he can stand, shoving Pi aside as she does and getting beeped at creatively*

Skyfire: *Soft sound that might almost be a chuckle*

Hormah: *looks up at him, optics twinkling* I's after t'inkin' somebody wished me a kid jes' like me.

Pi: Thrrpt.

Skyfire: *snerks and moves to head back to where the others are*

others: *massive purring snuggle pile*

Beacon: *foot twitches a bit from where he's at in the snuggle pile*

Mrrk: *totally plastered and drooling a bit in his sleep*

Starchart: *protectively curled around the youngest ones*

Moonglide: *using Beacon as a pillow*

Nyaan: *snuggled close to Starchart*

Rap: *watching all this and softly playing music. Looks up as Skyfire comes over*

Skyfire: *looking for a place to lay down so his son won't be able to bite anyone*

Rap: *points to the end of the mats* They saved you a spot.

Skyfire: *small nod, moves to lay down there, being careful not to accidentally squish his son*

monster baby: *drooling with the force of his disk nomming*

Rap: Oh maaan. She give ya that lil' monster?

Skyfire: *nods* I have to think of a suitable name for him...

Rap: *scans the mutant sparklet* Sneaky lil' goober.

Skyfire: Hm?

Rap: That kid. He's his daddy all over again. Only hopefully without the stupid.

Skyfire: *Quietly* Starscream wasn't stupid... he just made stupid choices.

Rap: Yeah, 'n that last one was a doozy.

Skyfire: *Quiet sigh*

Rap: *pat pats him and offers him a massive afghan with a few Autobot badges knit into it*

Skyfire: Thank you... *Will carefully wrap both himself and his son in the blanket, is a bit too tired to wonder who made the blanket*

monster baby: *senses the sudden muffled warmth and hisses about it*

Skyfire: *Soothing clicks and more backrub*

monster baby: *hiss grump... falter... nap attack*

Skyfire: *Soft chuckle, continues to rub the little one's back until he too is having a nap attack*

Rap: *chuckles and settles down to watch over them, is soon joined by his lady and the two snuggle together in a chair and wait out the night*

((Co-written with random_xtras))
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