Prompt fill: all six
Title: Forsaken lands
Author: rose0mary
Characters: Ratchet, unnamed NEST personal
Rating: K+
Continuity: Bayverse
Prompt #1 Glacier
“I hate the cold!”
“We could go back to the dessert.”
“That’s too hot!”
“A rainforest?”
“Too humid - I hate walking in a perpetual steam bath.”
“There is no pleasing you, is there?”
“When I get uncomfortable, I get cranky - and I am freezing!”
Ratchet interrupted the grumbling. “You are not freezing. The ambient temperature here is only thirty-five degrees. Not cold enough to freeze.”
Shivering in his warm thermals, Donnelly glared. “I don’t care what the thermometer says - I say, I am freezing!”
“None of the other humans are complaining about hypothermia.” Ratchet indicated, puzzled.
Jorge Figg laughed. “That’s cause I’m waiting until after I fall through the ice to say anything.”
“It’s a glacier up ahead! Not a frozen lake!”
“Packed snow is the same thing as solid water.”
Title: Live show
Characters: Spike, Blaster, Carly
Rating: K+
Continuity: Generation 1
Summary: Some events are too good not to share - and are impossible to remain as stiff-as-a-board while experiencing.
Prompt #2 Setting: at a concert
“Blaster!” Spike had to yell to be heard over the drums. “There’s no room for you to transform.”
The vibrating boom box shouted back, “Doesn’t the beat make you want to dance?”
“Yes! But not here - the place is packed solid!”
“Put me down so I won’t step on anyone then.”
Carly leaned forward. “Blaster - if you want to enjoy the show, stay put. If you’d rather be the center of attention, go ahead and announce your presence.”
Blaster the red boom box stopped twisting and turning. “That would ruin the show for everyone else, wouldn’t it?”
“It would.” Spike and Carly agreed.
“I’ll listen - and listen quietly.” Blaster promised, already streaming the songs the band was pounding out to Teletraan for a later replay.
Title: Distracted
Characters: Blurr
Rating: K
Continuity: IDW/G1
Summary: Blurr learns the hard way he needs to keep focused on his surroundings. And keep his optics at least five seconds ahead of where he is right now.
Prompt #3 Scenario: running into someone unexpected
CRASH
“Why don’t you watch where you’re going kid?”
“Sorry, Kup! Didn’t mean to run into you.”
Blurr shakes his helm, and stand up, before zooming off again.
Kup vents as the speedster appears to blur. “This is not going to end well.”
CRASH
“Bluestreak!”
“It wasn’t me!”
“Then who? Mirage!”
“Mirage doesn’t run in the corridors.” Bluestreak points out calmly.
While Bluestreak tries keeping Cliffjumper from jumping to conclusions, Blurr gets up from where he landed after slamming into them, and takes off, unnoticed.
CRASH
“Oy! Slow down, Bumblebee!”
‘Not Bumblebee,” Blurr mutters. “Can’t slow down.”
Trailbreaker helped Blurr up. “What’s the big rush, young one?”’
“This entire world travels too slow!”
Title: No-going-back
Characters: Bulkhead, Breakdown
Rating: Teens
Continuity: Prime (pre-series)
Summary: Some decisions, once made, cannot be undone. Breakdown and Bulkhead learn some lines cannot be crossed.
Prompt #4 Challenge: Choose a character, and write a fic set during their first experience of war.
“Heard the news, Bulkhead?”
The massive green Cybertronian stopped in his strut-breaking work. “Have I heard what news, Breakdown?”
His dark-blue jittery companion was literally vibrating with surprised excitement. “There’s a rally happening just over yonder - everyone who attends gets a cube just for showing up!”
“Whoa, Breakdown” Bulkhead grabbed Breakdown’s arm in an effort to keep him from running the entire way there. “I never head anything about Autobots setting up a recruiting station in this area.”
“It’s not the Autobots - It’s the Decepticons.” Breakdown tugged at the restraining hold. “I want to hear them talk.”
“After we finish with our work here.” Bulkhead refused to budge.
Breakdown looked at his crèche’ brother. “When we’re done with this orn’s stuff, then you’ll come listen?”
“Yes. I promise.”
The two laborers went back to work. It took six joors, but they finished - and the rally only appeared to be growing, as more and more mechs showed up for the rumored free energon.
Bulkhead stopped just before the city limits. “I don’t like this, Breakdown.”
“What’s not to like?” Breakdown started to shove his way through the crowds, expecting his friend-from-forever-ago, to walk right behind him. “They’ve got the energon right there!”
“Yeah -right after the branding table.”
Breakdown tore his eyes off the stack of energon cubes, and looked to the side. “So? Only a fool would insist someone join up before fueling them.”
“And that’s what is happening right now - I’m going home.”
“You can’t leave yet!” Breakdown protested, grabbing Bulkhead’s shoulders and hauling him back. “You haven’t even heard the mech speak!”
“I am not joining someone who refuses to let the undecided choose against his philosophies - and by branding everyone who comes, he’s removing their choice to remain neutral.”
“We earned this fuel! We deserve to be fed. It is our hard work that keeps those thieves in the Senate fat and happy.”
Bulkhead shook off the hand, and turned around, heading back, leaving Breakdown in the lurch.
“Why won’t you at least listen to Megatron speak?” Breakdown shouted, hoping to draw his brother back.
Title: Petty annoyances
Characters: Jazz, Wheeljack
Rating: K
Continuity: Generation 1/IDW
Summary: Not all beeping sounds are bad.
Prompt #5 Scenario: something in the building is beeping
‘Beep, beep’
Jazz online his optics. There is nothing moving in the room.
‘Beep, beep.’ There it was again!
The now-wide-awake-mech slid off the recharge berth, walked towards the vent, listening intently.
‘beep, beep’ Wasn’t there.
He walked towards the door. ‘beep, beep’
Jazz walked past the threshold, paused outside. He waited … nothing. He turned around and went back to his berth, looking at everything.
Ah, that was the source of the annoying beeps - and it wasn’t one of his devices.
“Wheeljack?” He called the inventor, knowing Wheeljack was probably online working on another project,
“What’s up Jazz?”
“Did someone ask you to build an alarm clock for me?”
Wheeljack chuckled nervously. “You weren’t supposed to find it yet.”
“It woke me.”
“Just now? Good to know it works.”
“Wheeljack - just get rid of the beep-beep noise.”
“ ‘Beep-beep’? Clocks are supposed to go ‘tick-tock’”
“That’s how I knew you made it.”
Title: Mechanical revolution
Characters: Isaac Sumdac, Sari Sumdac
Rating: K
Continuity: Animated
Summary: Isaac Sumdac doesn’t understand why he’s the only one enthusiastic about his world-changing robotic creations.
Prompt #6 Med-bot
Isaac Sumdac stepped back from his latest invention. “Sari! Come check out this brand-new robot!”
Sari sighed, walked over, and looked at the silver thing. “It looks … great dad. What’s it do?”
“Why, it’s your new med-bot!”
“Med-bot?” Sari asked. “What’s wrong with going to the doctors for check-ups and stuff?”
Isaac waved his hands expressively. “I worry every time you scrape your knees - this med-bot will follow you around everywhere, and bandage up every little injury, cut and scratch you might get everything you go outside.”
Sari crossed her arms. “Great, something else to chase everyone away.” She muttered, then raised her voice. “But, dad! I want to be normal - and normal kids don’t have robot guardians.”
“That’s why I am pleased to announce that my guardian robots - no longer a protytope - are being sold to the public nationwide. Now every concerned parent can buy a robot and keep track of their little ones, no matter what!”
Author: rose0mary
Characters: Ratchet, unnamed NEST personal
Rating: K+
Continuity: Bayverse
Prompt #1 Glacier
“I hate the cold!”
“We could go back to the dessert.”
“That’s too hot!”
“A rainforest?”
“Too humid - I hate walking in a perpetual steam bath.”
“There is no pleasing you, is there?”
“When I get uncomfortable, I get cranky - and I am freezing!”
Ratchet interrupted the grumbling. “You are not freezing. The ambient temperature here is only thirty-five degrees. Not cold enough to freeze.”
Shivering in his warm thermals, Donnelly glared. “I don’t care what the thermometer says - I say, I am freezing!”
“None of the other humans are complaining about hypothermia.” Ratchet indicated, puzzled.
Jorge Figg laughed. “That’s cause I’m waiting until after I fall through the ice to say anything.”
“It’s a glacier up ahead! Not a frozen lake!”
“Packed snow is the same thing as solid water.”
Title: Live show
Characters: Spike, Blaster, Carly
Rating: K+
Continuity: Generation 1
Summary: Some events are too good not to share - and are impossible to remain as stiff-as-a-board while experiencing.
Prompt #2 Setting: at a concert
“Blaster!” Spike had to yell to be heard over the drums. “There’s no room for you to transform.”
The vibrating boom box shouted back, “Doesn’t the beat make you want to dance?”
“Yes! But not here - the place is packed solid!”
“Put me down so I won’t step on anyone then.”
Carly leaned forward. “Blaster - if you want to enjoy the show, stay put. If you’d rather be the center of attention, go ahead and announce your presence.”
Blaster the red boom box stopped twisting and turning. “That would ruin the show for everyone else, wouldn’t it?”
“It would.” Spike and Carly agreed.
“I’ll listen - and listen quietly.” Blaster promised, already streaming the songs the band was pounding out to Teletraan for a later replay.
Title: Distracted
Characters: Blurr
Rating: K
Continuity: IDW/G1
Summary: Blurr learns the hard way he needs to keep focused on his surroundings. And keep his optics at least five seconds ahead of where he is right now.
Prompt #3 Scenario: running into someone unexpected
CRASH
“Why don’t you watch where you’re going kid?”
“Sorry, Kup! Didn’t mean to run into you.”
Blurr shakes his helm, and stand up, before zooming off again.
Kup vents as the speedster appears to blur. “This is not going to end well.”
CRASH
“Bluestreak!”
“It wasn’t me!”
“Then who? Mirage!”
“Mirage doesn’t run in the corridors.” Bluestreak points out calmly.
While Bluestreak tries keeping Cliffjumper from jumping to conclusions, Blurr gets up from where he landed after slamming into them, and takes off, unnoticed.
CRASH
“Oy! Slow down, Bumblebee!”
‘Not Bumblebee,” Blurr mutters. “Can’t slow down.”
Trailbreaker helped Blurr up. “What’s the big rush, young one?”’
“This entire world travels too slow!”
Title: No-going-back
Characters: Bulkhead, Breakdown
Rating: Teens
Continuity: Prime (pre-series)
Summary: Some decisions, once made, cannot be undone. Breakdown and Bulkhead learn some lines cannot be crossed.
Prompt #4 Challenge: Choose a character, and write a fic set during their first experience of war.
“Heard the news, Bulkhead?”
The massive green Cybertronian stopped in his strut-breaking work. “Have I heard what news, Breakdown?”
His dark-blue jittery companion was literally vibrating with surprised excitement. “There’s a rally happening just over yonder - everyone who attends gets a cube just for showing up!”
“Whoa, Breakdown” Bulkhead grabbed Breakdown’s arm in an effort to keep him from running the entire way there. “I never head anything about Autobots setting up a recruiting station in this area.”
“It’s not the Autobots - It’s the Decepticons.” Breakdown tugged at the restraining hold. “I want to hear them talk.”
“After we finish with our work here.” Bulkhead refused to budge.
Breakdown looked at his crèche’ brother. “When we’re done with this orn’s stuff, then you’ll come listen?”
“Yes. I promise.”
The two laborers went back to work. It took six joors, but they finished - and the rally only appeared to be growing, as more and more mechs showed up for the rumored free energon.
Bulkhead stopped just before the city limits. “I don’t like this, Breakdown.”
“What’s not to like?” Breakdown started to shove his way through the crowds, expecting his friend-from-forever-ago, to walk right behind him. “They’ve got the energon right there!”
“Yeah -right after the branding table.”
Breakdown tore his eyes off the stack of energon cubes, and looked to the side. “So? Only a fool would insist someone join up before fueling them.”
“And that’s what is happening right now - I’m going home.”
“You can’t leave yet!” Breakdown protested, grabbing Bulkhead’s shoulders and hauling him back. “You haven’t even heard the mech speak!”
“I am not joining someone who refuses to let the undecided choose against his philosophies - and by branding everyone who comes, he’s removing their choice to remain neutral.”
“We earned this fuel! We deserve to be fed. It is our hard work that keeps those thieves in the Senate fat and happy.”
Bulkhead shook off the hand, and turned around, heading back, leaving Breakdown in the lurch.
“Why won’t you at least listen to Megatron speak?” Breakdown shouted, hoping to draw his brother back.
Title: Petty annoyances
Characters: Jazz, Wheeljack
Rating: K
Continuity: Generation 1/IDW
Summary: Not all beeping sounds are bad.
Prompt #5 Scenario: something in the building is beeping
‘Beep, beep’
Jazz online his optics. There is nothing moving in the room.
‘Beep, beep.’ There it was again!
The now-wide-awake-mech slid off the recharge berth, walked towards the vent, listening intently.
‘beep, beep’ Wasn’t there.
He walked towards the door. ‘beep, beep’
Jazz walked past the threshold, paused outside. He waited … nothing. He turned around and went back to his berth, looking at everything.
Ah, that was the source of the annoying beeps - and it wasn’t one of his devices.
“Wheeljack?” He called the inventor, knowing Wheeljack was probably online working on another project,
“What’s up Jazz?”
“Did someone ask you to build an alarm clock for me?”
Wheeljack chuckled nervously. “You weren’t supposed to find it yet.”
“It woke me.”
“Just now? Good to know it works.”
“Wheeljack - just get rid of the beep-beep noise.”
“ ‘Beep-beep’? Clocks are supposed to go ‘tick-tock’”
“That’s how I knew you made it.”
Title: Mechanical revolution
Characters: Isaac Sumdac, Sari Sumdac
Rating: K
Continuity: Animated
Summary: Isaac Sumdac doesn’t understand why he’s the only one enthusiastic about his world-changing robotic creations.
Prompt #6 Med-bot
Isaac Sumdac stepped back from his latest invention. “Sari! Come check out this brand-new robot!”
Sari sighed, walked over, and looked at the silver thing. “It looks … great dad. What’s it do?”
“Why, it’s your new med-bot!”
“Med-bot?” Sari asked. “What’s wrong with going to the doctors for check-ups and stuff?”
Isaac waved his hands expressively. “I worry every time you scrape your knees - this med-bot will follow you around everywhere, and bandage up every little injury, cut and scratch you might get everything you go outside.”
Sari crossed her arms. “Great, something else to chase everyone away.” She muttered, then raised her voice. “But, dad! I want to be normal - and normal kids don’t have robot guardians.”
“That’s why I am pleased to announce that my guardian robots - no longer a protytope - are being sold to the public nationwide. Now every concerned parent can buy a robot and keep track of their little ones, no matter what!”