hsVerse, Autobot base, Wish-making
WJ: *taking a break from building the protoform for Desinex's and Hound's newspark, and playing with the sparklets*
Sunhalo: *cracks a lego block* Ow... fragging pit.
Dion: *Quiet click, checks to see if Sunhalo's hurt*
WJ: *Concerned, also moving to check on Sunhalo*
Dion: *Concerned click*
WJ: eesh...
WJ: *Gently pats Sunhalo's back* It's okay. You didn't mean to break the toy...
Sunhalo: No. *looks at it* Won't work now....
WJ: I bet we could get 'Jack or Eclipse to fix it...
Sunhalo: Really? *looks up again, leaning against Orion as she does*
Orion: *happily clicking away to a stuffed cheetah toy that Mrs. Lennox brought with her the last time she visited*
WJ: *nods* They're both good at fixing things...
Sunhalo: *nod nod* *then looks at Orion and back to WJ* I want a dolly.
WJ: *quiet chuckle* What do you have in mind?
Sunhalo: *shrugs* Dolly.
WJ: *beamused expression* Is that the name of the type of dolly?
Sunhalo: ...Type?
WJ: *nods* There's a lot of different dollies out there...some of them look like funny-looking humans...some are like the one Orion Pax has...
Sunhalo: *looks at Orion's kitty* Want a Seeker.
WJ: *nodding a bit, and frowning* I wonder if we could get one in the Nexus...
Sunhalo: :\ *hugs Dion instead*
Dion: *happy click, snuggaSunhalo*
bittyTC: *squeaks as Ariel tickles him*
Sunhalo: *click click sad face*
WJ: *gentle patpat for Sunhalo* I'm sure we'll find someone who makes Seeker dollies...
Sunhalo: *hides face on Dion* Want Lumen.
WJ: *comms Lumen and perks* He's almost back home, Sunhalo...he'll be here soon
Sunhalo: Still too big, though.
WJ: *small chuckle* It was his time to grow up...he would've started having processor problems down the road if he stayed little...
Sunhalo: *sighs and then pat pats Dion before flying away*
Dion: *Puzzled clicking, and getting up to follow Sunhalo*
WJ: Gah, hey! *gets up to give chase*
Sunhalo: *darts into Desinex's room and rumages through the hidey-hole she's not supposed to know about*
WJ: *hurries down the hall, looking for Sunhalo*
Dion: *peeks into Aunty's room, clicks to Sunhalo*
Sunhalo: *clicks back and then examines her find*
Dion: *comes into the room to see what Sunhalo found*
Sunhalo: *looks at him* You can't come, Dion.
Dion: *Pout* How come?
Sunhalo: You need to be little yet.
Dion: *frowning*
Sunhalo: *headtilts at him*
Dion: That's a PINpoint...Momma's got one kinda like that one...
Sunhalo: Yeah. I gotta go to the Nexus.
Dion: Why?
Sunhalo: To get big.
Dion: *Frowning* Thought Uncle Skywarp was s'posed to help with that...
Sunhalo: *shrug* I need to be big now. *pokes at the PINpoint*
Sunhalo: *stops* Oh. Not supposed to go by myself.
Dion: *frowny-frown, perks* I c'n go with you! Then you're not goin' by yourself!
Sunhalo: *doesn't look up* 'Kay.
Dion: *holds out his hand to Sunhalo* Let's go...
Sunhalo: *takes hand, and the two sparklets vanish just as WJ sticks his head in*
WJ: ...Oh, slag. Desi and Denver are going to KILL me. *getting his own PINpoint out*
*couple hours later*
WJ: *in a near panic now*
*PINpoint sound in Desinex's room, then a thump*
WJ: *RUNNING to Desi's room*
Sunhalo: *tall, slender Seeker femme sprawled across Desinex's bunk*
Dion: *still little, snuggled against Sunhalo*
WJ: ...*Hesitant* Sunhalo?
Sunhalo: Hmmm... sleepy.
WJ: *relieved, but also trying not to panic as he scans the femme* Where were you two? I looked everywhere I could think of...
Sunhalo: Sign nexus. Got a wish.
WJ: ...wish?
Sunhalo: Mmmhmmm.
WJ: ...*can guess what Sunhalo wished for* Your mother is going to kick my skidplate for this...I just know it...
Dion: *quiet click, is going to sleep, kthx*
Sunhalo: *moves her head slightly and uses her arm to draw Dion closer to her face* Be awhile before she can kick anything.
WJ: *sigh, nod* Still...I take it Dion didn't wish for the same thing you did?
Sunhalo: Nuhuh.
WJ: What did he wish for?
Sunhalo: *makes a sound that sorta sounds like it could be 'I don't know' without actual words*
WJ: *frowning a bit, even as the little orange sparklet snuggles close to his friend*
Sunhalo: *soft snory sound*
WJ: *Sighs and covers the pair with a tarp, before heading out to check on the rest of the sparklets, and on Denver, who is now keeping watch over them with Lumen and Ultra Magnus close by*
*Optimus' office*
Optimus: They did WHAT?
Sunstreaker: *Grumbling as Showtime hides behind both he and Sideswipe*
Sideswipe: Sunhalo and Dion went to the Nexus. Without an adult.
Optimus: *rubs the bridge of his nose* And?
Sunstreaker: Sunhalo's grown up. Dion looked alright to me...
Optimus: *gives his desk a soft thump with the side of his fist* Who was in charge of them?
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe: *Share a quick communication between themselves and Showtime* ...
Showtime: Promise you won't get mad at him...he went looking for them when they left...*'wings buzzing*
Optimus: *just looks at her*
Showtime: *ducks head, 'wings still buzzing* *Quietly* WakeJumper...
Optimus: *stops short* WakeJumper?
Showtime: *nods* he was taking a break from building the protoform for Desinex's and Hound's newspark to spend some time with the older sparklets, and he commed me to make sure they had someone keeping watch over them while he went looking for Sunhalo and Dion...
Optimus: *intakes deeply* Where's Sunhalo now?
Showtime: I don't know..*cycling air and fretting a bit*
Sunstreaker: *giving WJ slag over comms* The blue menace's quarters.
Optimus: Please tell her I want to talk to her.
Sunstreaker: ...who? Sunhalo?
Optimus: *patiently* Yes.
Sunstreaker: *nods, moves to herd sibling and mate out*
Optimus: *pings Ratchet*
Ratchet: *responds* //Sir?//
Optimus: //Will you come to my office please?//
Ratchet: *making sure Clarion will be alright with waiting for him to come back to the medbay* //I'll be there as soon as I can, Prime.//
Optimus: //Thank you. Optimus out.// *settles to wait, scanning for approaching bots as he does*
Ratchet: *is soon approaching Optimus' office*
Optimus: Just come in. *presses his thumb on the tiny foam basketball that Sam gave him a few weeks before*
Ratchet: *frowning as he enters the office*
Optimus: *looks up* Have you heard what's happened with Sunhalo and Dion?
Ratchet: WakeJumper commed me shortly before he went to check with Dreadnought to see if they were there....*Frown deepens* Why...did something happen to them?
Optimus: Apparently Sunhalo is now in a full protoform. She made a wish in the sign nexus. *squishes ball, then pokes it around*
Ratchet: ...*Facepalming* Desinex is going to do worse than a few scratches when she finds out.
Optimus: I've asked for her to be sent here. Will you scan her as I speak with her, and make sure she's alright?
Ratchet: *nods* Did Dion make a similar wish?
Optimus: He seems to be unchanged.
Ratchet: *nods, frowning a bit*
Optimus: *scans to see if Sunhalo's coming yet*
Sunhalo: *walking slowly, one hand on the wall, and Dion held to her chest with the other. Thinking that she might be big now... but she still wants a dolly*
Ratchet: *moving to sit down so he can observe and scan during the conversation*
Dion: *sleepy clicks, is kinda irked at Sunstreaker and Sideswipe*
Sunhalo: *enters and stops in front of the desk, where she stands to attention*
Optimus: *blinks, startled both by her resemblance to Starscream, and her beauty* At ease, Sunhalo.
Sunhalo: Yes, sir. *still at attention*
Optimus: Do you know why I asked you to come here?
Sunhalo: Because I wished to be big.
Optimus: Because you left the base without permission.
Sunhalo: No one would have said yes.
Optimus: No, we wouldn't have. And you shouldn't have gone.
Sunhalo: I needed to be big. *cuddles Dion*
Ratchet: *Frowning and scanning Sunhalo*
Dion: *Clicks at Optimus, snuggles close to Sunhalo*
Optimus: WakeJumper and Ratchet were scheduled to start building your adult protoform in a few months.
Sunhalo: *healthy, lacking even the slight weakness that had shown in her spark when she was smaller* I needed to be big now, sir. *quietly adamant*
Ratchet: *letting Optimus know the results of the scans, is still frowning*
Optimus: *slight headshake of disaproval* How did you do it? A LOL?
Sunhalo: No, sir. A wish. There was a mech named Scattor, and he gave it to me. I wished I were a full grown femme, and this happened.
Dion: *click* gotta wish too..
Ratchet: *frowns, as the name Scattor rings a bell* Desinex had an encounter with a mech by the same designation shortly after she was LOL'd in the Nexus at one point...
Optimus: I'll speak to you later, Dion. *optics to Ratchet* Did she?
Ratchet: *nods* Remember her warning about a mirror in the Nexus?
Optimus: Ah. Yes, I do. *nodding*
Ratchet: The mech who granted Sunhalo's wish...was the one who helped Desinex after she was LOL'd..
Optimus: Did Desinex say anything else about him? What's his affiliation?
Ratchet: *nods* Apparently, he is able to change his appearance at will...and when she was able to see, he was in the form of a rabbit...as for his affiliation, Desinex had no idea...
Optimus: ...A rabbit?
Ratchet: That is what Desinex said...
Optimus: I see. *turns back to Sunhalo* Report to Kup for KP duty. Dion, stay here, please.
Sunhalo: *hugs her little friend and sets him on the desk, then turns and leaves the room*
Dion: *hugs Sunhalo and clicks a bit*
Optimus: Dion, would you like to tell me about your wish?
Dion: *quiet click* Wished Mama would stay the same...
Optimus: *slight frown* What do you mean?
Dion: Don't like Mama gettin' hurt 'cause she's softer...Wished she'd stay the same as she is now...
Optimus: *alarmed* Did you ask Denver if she wanted to stay a Transformer?
Dion: *quiet click, small headshake* Mama's been sayin' stuff 'bout how now she doesn't hafta keep turnin' Mr. Simmons down 'n stuff...
Optimus: .... //Denver?//
Denver: *moment of silence while she gets help with her comm, then* //Yeah?//
Optimus: //Will you come to my office, please?//
Denver: //Gimme a few minutes t' git th'r'//
Optimus: //Alright. Optimus out.//
*A few minutes later, Denver makes her way to the office, while being fussed over by Lumen and Ultra Magnus*
Optimus: Thank you, Lumen; Magnus. Please wait outside?
Lumen: *Salutes, and heads out, after giving Denver a worried look*
Magnus: *Frowning* After this, I'm taking her back to quarters to rest. *also heads out*
Denver: *Frowning when she spots Dion* Jes' wh't's goin' on 'ere?
Optimus: Dion, will you tell Denver what you've done?
Dion: *ducking his head a bit, quiet clicks, earning him a slightly stern look from Denver*
Optimus: Dion...?
Dion: *Quiet* went to th' Nexus with Sunhalo 'n made a wish...
Denver: *frowning, and thinking about going to have words with Sunhalo* 's'at all?
Optimus: *stern and encouraging look for the sparklet*
Dion: ...Wished f'r you t' stay like you are now...
Denver: ...
Optimus: *sighs and looks up at the femme*
Denver: *Cycling air* Th't 'splains th' weird feelin' Ah had earlier...
Dion: *Quiet* 'm I in trouble?
Optimus: As a sparklet Dion is not yet under my command, so I'll leave it up to you to decide on any punishment, Denver.
Denver: *still cycling air, nods*
Optimus: *scoops the little guy up and offers him to her*
Denver: *holds Dion, and quietly clicks to him, getting almost inaudiable clicks in response as she moves to head out of the office*
Optimus: *watches her go, then rubs the bridge of his nose*
Ratchet: I know this probably isn't going to be of much comfort...but physically...she's as sound as any of the active duty roster...
Optimus: *quietly* Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. ...And Denver just had that right taken from her.
Ratchet: *nods, sighing* All we can do now...is try to help her adapt...and pray for the best...
Optimus: Yes. And do a better job of teaching values to the sparklets.
Ratchet: *nods* I'd hate to see what Ophi'd be going through if she were in that scenario...*quiet*
Optimus: *shudders and hides his face in his hands at the thought*
Ratchet: *moves to pat Optimus on the shoulder* Even the best of us cannot prepare for everything...but it's how we react to the unexpected that determines the outcome each and every time...*leaves, and heads for the medbay*
*in the isolation ward of the medbay*
Sunhalo: *tired and head spinny, but obeying Kup as she walks softly into the room where Desinex is sleeping next to Hound* Mama?
Desi: *unshutters her optics partially to give Sunhalo a sleepy look*
Sunhalo: *uncertain, gives a little click despite her size* How're you feeling?
Desi: *quiet* loopier than Show when she's overcharged...
Sunhalo: *sighs and kneels by the berth* Mama... do you know who I am?
Desi: *blinking a bit, trying to figure this out* ...not the screech-monster...that's for sure...you're way too pretty to be that glitch-head...
Sunhalo: *shakes her head* *quietly* I'm Sunhalo.
Desi: *blink blink, smiles a little and reaches for Sunhalo's hand, but doesn't quite make it* lookit you...all grown up and pretty....*is looking a bit more out of it than she was earlier*
Sunhalo: *takes the hand, careful of her claws* I went to the Nexus without permission and made a wish, because you're going to need to be able to take care of the new spark, and I didn't want to be in the way.
Desi: *clicks a bit to Sunhalo* you...are never...in my way.... *gently squeezes Sunhalo's hand*
Sunhalo: I know I'm not really yours.... :\
Desi: *starting to slip into recharge again* Still...my daughter...
Sunhalo: ;_; *leans forehead on table, still holding Desinex's hand. And falls into recharge herself*
Kup: //Hey, Ratchet. I sent Sunhalo down there to 'fess up to Desinex. Where'd she go?//
Ratchet: //She's still in the Isolation ward...//
Kup: //The kid's not answering her comm.//
Ratchet: *sighs* //I'll go check on her...//
Kup: //Chop chop.//
Ratchet: *heads to the Isolation ward, after threatening to turn Kup into a segwey if he continues to be an aft-head*
Sunhalo: *sleeping with head by Mama and holding Mama's hand*
Ratchet: //She's recharging...and I'm not about to try to disturb her, in case Desinex sees that as a threatening action.//
Kup: //Recharging? She alright?//
Ratchet: //She was alright when I scanned her before Prime sent her to you for KP duty...and apparently, she was trying to recharge when Sunstreaker and Sideswipe let her know that she was to report to Optimus...//
Kup: //*grumbles* Whatever. Send her back when she wakes up. Kup out. No, you fragging slagger, Sideswipe, I did NOT say 'copout'!.....//
Ratchet: *Snerk* //Will do. Ratchet out.//
Ratchet: *Sighs a bit, before bringing a spare tarp in from the store room, and drapes it over Sunhalo* Pleasant dreams, Sunhalo. *returns to his office to finish signing off on the inventory sheets*
((co-written with random_xtras))