Sari isn't having a great day. Ratchet managed to wipe her cell phone's memory with his electromagnets before she had a chance to show off the photos and video she shot in Milliways. She came back into the Bar with the intention of sulking over a bowl of ice cream.
Her sulk, however, vanishes when she sees the change that's come over the Bar.
"Indeed I am. And you must be Sari. A pleasure to meet you." He tilts his head.
"On our Cybertron, life came from the Allspark, which was a giant cube that gave us the power to exist. Cubefall is the day we celebrate when it came to Cybertron, creating the Thirteen who founded our race. It's a day for contemplation and reflection, thinking about the past and the future. But also a day for celebration of our continuation, and sometimes taking up new places in society." He chuckles. "We only have one holiday, so we need to get as much into it as possible. The Bar decided to celebrate it as well, and redecorates for the occation."
"Well, back before the War, we had our designated work and maintenance periods. We were builders, in a way, building a new world, or new Cybertronians to replace those lost to age or accident." He sounds, now, very sad. "Until Megatron's desire for power rose up, none of us had died by violence."
"Bumblebee mentioned it, but I'd like to hear your words directly about it. I might have some questions you can answer, and it's easier than relaying through him. He'd put in musical commentary about all of it."
"...well, it's not a cube, for one thing," begins Sari after a moment's consideration. "It's sort of a flattened diamond thingy with handles, and it opens up and there's a big glowing ball inside. It opened up when I touched it, and it... I'm not sure what it did, but there were a bunch of pictures of robots and animals, and then it turned my security keycard into this."
Optimus doesn't touch it, but he looks at it. "Very interesting. There's only been one human we know to have touched the Allspark from our world, and he didn't have any reaction like that." Until, of course, the new movie comes out and we find out what DID happen.
"You've been given a great gift by your Allspark. Impressive indeed."
"Well, sometime people gather and talk and share refreshments, usually close friends gathering. Many others spend it alone, in contemplation, thinking about things. Others gather to read from the Codex Cybertronica, reciting the story of the coming of the Allspark and the inception of the Thirteen. And then you have a few who go out and wrap foil on smokestacks and put shock absorbing pads into mining crushers and little pranks like that. There are sometimes gifts, and there's also binary-bond ceremonies, when two of us become so close they want to share their existances until one ceases to operate."
"No, it takes about three Earth days for Cubefall. Er, took. We're machines, but we can't get everything done. And some of us do one thing, and some another, so it's not everyone doing everything."
"Oh, neat. We don't have any holidays that last three days." That Sari knows of, anyway.
She turns to look out at the room, and finally notices the translucent window of text that's been hovering next to her for the past ten minutes. "'Alternate config--configurations,'" she reads aloud. "What does that mean?"
"Ah, yes," he says. "The Bar gives people the opportunity to try out new forms during Cubefall. Usually there's a mechanical being and a small, cute, fuzzy creature on the list, but otherwise random. It was interesting last year to see what people chose. One person even chose, after it was over, to keep the form he had for Cubefall."
He leans back in the chair a little. "Give a look. you might want to try something."
Her sulk, however, vanishes when she sees the change that's come over the Bar.
"...cooooooool."
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He's building more out of legos, but he gives a pleasant wave as she enters.
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"On our Cybertron, life came from the Allspark, which was a giant cube that gave us the power to exist. Cubefall is the day we celebrate when it came to Cybertron, creating the Thirteen who founded our race. It's a day for contemplation and reflection, thinking about the past and the future. But also a day for celebration of our continuation, and sometimes taking up new places in society." He chuckles. "We only have one holiday, so we need to get as much into it as possible. The Bar decided to celebrate it as well, and redecorates for the occation."
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"There's an AllSpark in my world too," says Sari. "Did they tell you?"
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She holds up the Key for inspection.
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"You've been given a great gift by your Allspark. Impressive indeed."
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"So what happens on Cubefall? Do you get candy or give presents or what?"
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She turns to look out at the room, and finally notices the translucent window of text that's been hovering next to her for the past ten minutes. "'Alternate config--configurations,'" she reads aloud. "What does that mean?"
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He leans back in the chair a little. "Give a look. you might want to try something."
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