It's beginning to feel a lot like...

[go_endeavour]

Dev dwarfs the multitude of cardboard boxes that are littered about one corner of the main room of the hangar, but she works with a level of patience and precision that would probably surprise any of the other Autobots who might be watching

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[nottabeater]

Bumblebee glances over from where she and Rap are playing Halo3, her brow plates quirking curiously. Then she glances under the couch to see what Honey and Optimus are doing before returning to the game.

[go_endeavour]

Columbia notices that Bee's stealing a glance and stands up, grinning.

"Wanna help after you're done?" she asks, blue-white optics wide and very cute.

[nottabeater]

"I'm not sure I'd know what to do. I've never seen one of those things up close before, and all the video stuff's from a human perspective."

Rap winces as something blows up on the screen.

"It's okay, that's supposed to happen," she assures him.

[go_endeavour]

Columbia looks momentarily confused, but then brightens.

"We can do it our way."

[nottabeater]

Rap pauses the game and looks at his mother. "I wanna help, Mama."

Bumblebee blinks at the sudden lack of action on the screen, but then chuckles and sets her controller down. "Okay."

[go_endeavour]

Dev looks up from where she's attaching the last section of tree and smiles.

"Well," she says, "it's ready to be decorated, anyway."

Columbia smiles and runs over with the lights, which are now steadily burning. No more seizures. The youngling begins to wind the lights about the tree, but then stops, looking at Rap and Bee. "Well, come on," she says in a perfect adult-impression.

[nottabeater]

Bee glances through the front door as Arcee laughs at something that Starforge or one of the twins said, then gets to her feet and comes over, Rap at her side and Honey crawling over to investigate as well.

"Where's Op?" She looks under the couch to see him sprawled on his back. "Oh. Nap attack."

[go_endeavour]

Columbia holds the string of lights out to Rap, a grin on her face as she invites him to have a go putting them around the tree.

[nottabeater]

He grins back. "How 'bout I do this end, 'n you do that end?"

[go_endeavour]

She nods. "Okay."

And takes her end and begins.

[nottabeater]

Bee watches them, then chuckles and looks at Endeavour. "What do you want me to do?"

"Hrrmm," comes a sleepy voice from the hallway as Ironhide tiptoes into the living room with Elita in his arms, intent on putting her and her life support controls on the smaller couch so that she can be out with everyone else.

[go_endeavour]

Dev tilts her head. "Well, we do have all these decorations to put up..."

She holds one of them up by her string: a gaudy felt A&W Root Bear on skis.

[nottabeater]

Bee blinks at it and pokes it tentatively.

And Ironhide finishes with his task, then comes over to watch what the femmes and sparklings around the tree are doing.

[go_endeavour]

Dev chuckles. "Just put it on the tree, femme!" Then she looks over her shoulder and sees Ironhide.

"Afternoon," she says mildly, throwing a different Root Bear (this one on a toboggan) at him. "Care to join in the festivities?"