Look, a firefly! Firefly! Firefly! ... BAT!!!

[sanjuno]

Title: The Nine Rings of Vos: Rebellion
A Transformers G1 Fanfic
Author: Sanjuno Shori Niko
Summary: Count all your blessings twice.
Timeline: More fic here.

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[flybystardancer]

Whoo! Man, if it's a zoo with only six hatchlings, I can't imagine how the Creche is at full capacity! Glitterbind's three are fun. :D And Cassanova makes an appearance! And Starscream would be proud of the twins showing their smarts in trouble-making ways...

Hmm. I had assumed Sirencall was a femme in his last appearance (no gendered pronouns were used then, and "Siren" is a gendered word...), but ah well. :D Never hurts to be wrong. And speaking of his last appearance (which was in the chapter just before this, where the Winglords panic), the way it was written made it seem like Sirencall was an only child, but here he has two siblings... Just a little continuity thing you might want to go over when you do the massive edit before the "finished" posting.

[flybystardancer]

...Also, I'm now considering getting a betta fish thanks to you talking about yours in some of your posts. Dang you. ;) :P Though I need to do a lot of work on my room before I can even think of putting an aquarium in there...

[sanjuno]

Well, to be fair if the creche was at full capacity it would mean that the Seeker's were able to come out of hiding, which would mean that Glitterblind would have more helpers and that the creators would be shouldering the majority of the hatchling's care. As it stands, right now the only bitling's in 'Seeker Daycare' are the offspring of the Seeker's who live/work in the High Tower. (The sparklings in stasis/upgrading don't count.) I'm debating making Cassanova Twister's kid. (It's funny how people are all like, 'Ooo, look! Random OC!') Starscream is indeed very proud of his twins ingenuity.

Nope. Sirencall is a mech. (I like messing with your heads. XD) Please be aware that there may be time skips of varing lengths in between pieces, which is why Sirencall is a big brother now even if he wasn't before.

The wonderful thing about bettas though, is that you don't need an aquarium for them. All you need is a bowl. ^_^ (Of course, your room also has to stay at a stable temp or the fishie will get cold and die, but that's another story.

[flybystardancer]

Ooo, I like the idea of him being Twister's kid! :D

I thought there would be varying timeskips, but the Winglord's trine is carrying in both stories. How could Glitterbind's trine go from one hatchling to three (when the two younger ones seem older than newsparks) when the status of the Winglord's three are pretty much unchanged? Though, really, the idea of Sirencall as an only child was merely my perception of that chapter. There's nothing in it that actually states that he's an only child.

I've been doing my research! And yes, they can be in a bowl... but I don't want to be doing full water changes that often. What I'm leaning towards right now is getting a 5 gallon aquarium and putting in a divider, and growing some plants in it to take care of most of the ammonia. :D And I'll definitely need something more fancy to take care of the bowl temp... A stable temperature my room is not. It can get close to or above 100F in the summer and dip below 50F in the winter. Considering the fish do best between 76-82F...

[hemlockdalise]

Wow, this sounds like my Mondays (I have to herd fifteen 7-10 year olds around at Brownies) but with more danger.

I love how normal Glitterblind makes all this sound - there's just something about an exasperated parent going "How many times have I told you not to launch yourself off the roof?" that makes me giggle.

I must comment more frequently - I'm starting to become one of those creepy people who lurk on your comm without you knowing they're there.

[sanjuno]

I dunno what you're talking about. Anything that involves small, fast, curious juvenile creatures is inherently dangerous for the nominal adult-in-charge. XP

Well, when you're kids have wings I suppose it's something you'd need to get used to saying.

Aww, well I love hearing for you. I just hope I'm not becoming one of those people who lurk on my comm and never post anything. *frowny face*

[hemlockdalise]

Whoa, that is a ton of updates recently I need to look through, thanks for reminding me about your wonderful work. I must have lost the link a while ago.

Also, that comment was three years old!

[sanjuno]

That there have been! Glad to be the reminder type person. XP

Also: I can procrastinate that much. Yes.

[balrog_roike]

Wow, these kids are serious trouble. Makes me wonder how the government ever handled their stolen Seekerlets. Can't have been pretty but we did know that already...

I can't help it, whenever I read your Glitterblind I can't help but ask myself if the she would mutate into a freaking little warrior-twerp when threatened, like Yoda did when he was facing Count Dooku. I could really see that.
But I like her way to handle young ones much better than Yoda's. At least there's no "no attachements" nonsense with her.

You know, reading about her thoughts about her "charming, insane" Winglord, I can't help but notice that every single occupant of Vos seems utterly smitten with their leaders and ready to kill them out of exasperation at the same time. XD
Something tells me the Autobots will end up with that feeling as well. And Soundwave already fell into that trap.

BR

[sanjuno]

These bitlets are a bit spoiled and heavily indulged by their parents, simply because they've survived and there's no telling when they may get stolen/killed. As for the seekerlings taken by the government... have you ever read up on residential schools during the North American colonization period? Yeah. That.

... Oooh, hello there darling, what a lovely bunny you are, yesss...

Haha! We've mostly been seeing the Winglord's from the viewpoints of mechs and femmes who are close to their level of personal strength. If you recall Airwave's reaction to Starscream, the manifestation of adoration is different for every Seeker. XP
The Autobot's are... yeah. No comment. Poor Soundwave. He'll never escape now. XD

[rosieknight]

Yay for dinner reservations! So, the whole group is going?

About fic:

I now have this image of Seekerlings of all ages swarming a sitting Optimus Prime and begging for stories.

Also, Glitterblind is awesome, keeping everything under control like that.

[sanjuno]

Optimus is going to be quite the indulgent authority figure when it comes to any kind of sparkling, yes.

Glitterblind's attitude about 'sitting echoes my own. (FYI? I have six siblings. I know from crazy packs of rabid children, ok?)

[bookscrazygirl]

So nanites are like our cells ne? Cause our cells are alive and keep being replaced? Kinda?

Wish we could set the sparklings on the Senate, see how they like it.

"Ah... what did that pitspawn just do?"

"I think he placed a bomb under us..."

"And we're not removing it because?"

"Well, for one, we're welded to the ceiling, secondly, do you really want to go down there where the hyper, deadly, cute Seeker sparklings are?"

"Ah, good point."

[sanjuno]

Yep. I think there was a reference made to "CNA" at some point in canon but don't quote me on that.

There is a reason the Senate employs people to do their dirty work, and it's not because they feel any sort of shame over their actions.