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[not_toothfairy]

[Out of Milliways: " I need to tell you a story."]

The door opens on a desert vista, in sharp contrast with the sudden onset of English choirboys in the air:

"-Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear- o, clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariot of-"The recording breaks off abruptly as the little yellow mech realizes where he is. He doesn't get

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[trustydriver]

Some habits just are hard to break, like sticking to the high ground when you're watching over a place.

Even if it's in the rafters at Milliways. Standing upside down from one of the higher rafters.

It's been some time since the Flying Squirrel last saw the yellow one, and the other guy from the shooting range.

[prob_japanese]

Bumblebee's just glad to be here. Ironhide, however, is glancing around the bar- and that includes up. He nudges Bumblebee with one elbow and points upwards. "Don't forget to do a full sweep," he mutters.

"(Take a picture) click click
(Check me out!) Yeah I know what I'm doin'-"

"Bumblebee," says Ironhide warningly, and the little yellow bot subsides.

[trustydriver]

"I take it someone's in a particularly cheerful mood, for a giant radio robot."

[prob_japanese]

"After all is said and done
You've never walked, you've never run,
You're a winner!"

... that'd be a yes.

[trustydriver]

...A 'yes' and whatever else those words meant is far beyond the measure of knowledge a superhero from 1936 has.

"Dare I ask, or should I just keep guessing at what those words are trying to say?"

[not_toothfairy]

"What he means," says Ironhide, "is that we just survived a war and came out on top. Got his throat capacitor crushed in the process. Don't think it's gonna be fixable this time."

Bumblebee makes a sad face and droops his door-wings in disappointment.

[trustydriver]

That's enough to get a wince and a hiss of sympathy.

"I'm sorry about your voice there, Bumblebee."

[prob_japanese]

Bumblebee dips his head. "It's all right, have a good time
'Cause it's all right, whoa, it's all right!"

He'll manage.

[trustydriver]

"How long has it been since you saw me last? I mean, from my standpoint, only about 6 months." And six months ago she had other things to worry about.

She won't ask what he's been up to. There was a War mentioned. It's kind of a moot point by now.

[not_toothfairy]

"Longer than that," says Ironhide. "A lot longer than that, believe me. Time gets strange sometimes, for us."

[trustydriver]

"Yeh, I recall the bit about you guys searching for 10,000 years for you whatmacalit..Spark-thingie."

[not_toothfairy]

"Allspark," Ironhide says. "Yeah. It's been... I dunno. More than a year. Haven't really kept track."

[trustydriver]

"Local calender says it's 2010 and.." There's a long glance at Bumblebee. "And 'Bee is awfully cheerful for a guy who just lost his voice. What gives?"

[prob_japanese]

"These are my people, this is my song
Dirty streets where I belong
This is my town, this is my city now
This is my city now..."

"Space bridge accident," Ironhide translates. "Part of Earth got transported to Cybertron. Part of Cybertron got transported to Earth. We now have a respectable piece of the city of Iacon to live in again."

[trustydriver]

"Aw well that's swell!" Cue one beaming girl in a catsuit. If there's one thing she understands about this, it's a love for the place you grew up in.

"How soon before you're all moved back in?"

[not_toothfairy]

"Already under way," says Ironhide. "Lot of stuff needs cleaning out. Cybertron was a war zone for a very long time, and most of Iacon was abandoned when we left to find the Allspark. The mechs back home are working on it. Some of the humans, too. I'll be doing construction work again when we go back."