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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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[xamotomax]

Recognising Bumblebee but not Ironhide [for starters, he's not red and he's not dead], the Paoli brothers make their way over to the Autobot.

They have a request they'd like to make, now that everyone is here in the same place and time.

Pleasantries first.

"Greetings."

"Bumblebee, correct?"

Just making sure. They usually have very good memories, but still...

[prob_japanese]

"Say my name, say my name-"

That'd be a yes.

[xamotomax]

"Very good."

Pause.

"May we borrow a moment-"

"-Of your time?"

[prob_japanese]

"As you wish," says the voice of Westley, from the Princess Bride. Bumblebee cocks his head in curiosity.

[xamotomax]

"We have heard that-"

"-The Autobots are in-"

"-Possession of a-"

"-Technology that can detect-"

"-Life in cyberspace."

And together,

"Correct?"

[prob_japanese]

"YES." It's the voice of the Bit from Tron. And just in case, Bumblebee is also nodding.

[xamotomax]

Gosh that sounds like a lot of enthusiasm from a [relatively due to the bar] mech.

"We are interested in this program-"

"-And would like to use it-"

"-To search for possible life-"

Together,

"-Back home."

Pause.

Tomax: "Mostly to ensure there is none."

And then Xamot: "The people have enough trouble digesting the idea of alien robots living on their planet."

Together: "Adjusting to life in their computers might be asking too much of them."

Such concern for the common man!

[prob_japanese]

Bumblebee slants one optic shutter at that, then shrugs. Why not. ""Give us the disk and we'll give you your life back."

It's not like he brought blanks with him today.

[xamotomax]

I don't think he trusts our intentions, Tomax, even if we were being truthful. Mostly.

There isn't much he can do about it, Xamot.

Together: "Thank you, Bumblebee."

They'll just wait here, if Bumblebee has to get it from the bar or somewhere else that isn't here.