[TEXT][encrypted: to Autobots][URGENT]

[astoldinsong]

I just spent the last 23.5 Earth hours filling out questionnaires, had a tag bolted on me, and been booted to 'Zone 3', whatever that is.

I just have one question: what the frag is going on!?

Actually, I have one other question: anybody got a place I can recharge? I need to defrag after that nightmare.

Comments

[Video]

[sciencebuttrfly]

Near as I can tell, you're a guest as a result of a TransTech mistake. Not that they admit to making such.

[Jetfire doesn't get why everyone's always so irate after inprocessing. He found the paperwork to be quite soothing.]

I believe other Tyran Autobots may be able to shelter you.

[He lives in a tiny apartment above his workshop.]

[TEXT]

[astoldinsong]

You're an Autobot!?

[He hasn't met Jetfire in his universe.]

(let's presume J videos B texts just to stay sane y/y?)

[sciencebuttrfly]

....[He is surprised that you are surprised.]

Yes. Is that unusual? [He is, of course, more than a little interested in the alternate universes and how they operate.]

I am always up for this solution :)

[astoldinsong]

I don't know if it's unusual, but you're not one where I come from.

[Huh. A flying Autobot!]

[Text --> Video]

[derpjack_ftw]

Hello? Do you have video? Well...here....

[Wheeljack turns his on, but continues to text as he speaks in case the other end just plain doesn't have video or audio for some reason.]

Hi . . . I'm Wheeljack. [He's really hoping you're either an Autobot, a Neutral, or an organic. Anything but a Decepticon, oy.] I'm just one zone below ya. I could come meetcha if ya'd like. Friendly face ta help get oriented?

[Text --> Video]

[astoldinsong]

I have video ...

[Flips his on as well. Unfortunately there won't be any talking from him. Have a slightly battered-looking yellow bot.]

I'm Bumblebee. Nice to meet you! [He pulls his faceplates up to a smile-like expression.] Audio on your end is fine if you don't want to text.

If you could meet up with me, that would be helpful!

[Lock]

Before I transmit my coordinates, how secure is this encryption?

[Video --> Locked]

[derpjack_ftw]

['Bumble-??' - the engineer's optics flare a bit in mild surprise, but he manages to catch himself from embarrassing himself by commenting. Of course just because the Cliffjumper who's here is so very like his creation from back home doesn't mean a Bumblebee will be anything like. At least not in appearance (personality has proven time and again to be another matter). His optics are light with the grin his immobile face can't express.]

Nice ta meet you too! An' whatever works for ya, pal.

[He pauses at the lock and the question, kicks up the encryption as high as he's capable of unless Bumblebee's was already higher . . . then huffs in mild annoyance.]Between the TransTechs an' however many Soundwaves we got in the city? Reasonably, but not a hundred percent. Doubt anyone'll hassle ya, though, ta be honest. Hard as I'm sure that is ta believe

[Video --> Locked]

[astoldinsong]

[What's that excited light in your eyes?]

Unfortunately, not my vocalization processors.

[Lock]

Oh good, Soundwave. My favorite.

[Takes stock of his appearance. Oh yeah, he looks a little beaten. Forgot about that.]

Most of this is just superficial. Deep undercover stuff. Still, I could use a little tune-up; I'll take any Ratchet for that. Which one is the least abusive?

[He's joking. Kind of.]

[video]

[rednotyellow]

... Considerin' you've encrypted it to Autobots, I'll assume you're one too. [Cliffjumper sounds pretty suspicious, though. Text only helps nothing, here.]

Got just one question for ya... Can you show me your Autobrand?

[Because if that's thing's purple, he's not going to help you for love nor credits.]

[TEXT --> Video]

[astoldinsong]

Cliffjumper? It's Bumblebee! Hang on.

[He sets up the audio, although you're still getting texts. Hey, Cliffjumper, sup? Have a wave.]

Sorry. Not synced up with the new communicator quite. My name should have popped up on your HUD specs?

[And there's his Autobrand for you.]

[TEXT --> Video]

[rednotyellow]

Bumble-- [Oh, hey, huh. A (positive polarity) Tyran Bumblebee. First actual/normal Bumblebee he's seen in... yeah, like most of the other Autobots here, in way too long.]

Ah, sure. It did. I've just been in a place before I got here to th' Nexus where bein' an "Autobot" wouldn't mean what it probably means to you an' me.

[Aaand then he sees the red Autobrand. There's a visible relaxing in Cliffjumper's stance as he catches that; it says more than the name or even the (correct) colouring, really.]

Hey, 'Bee. You okay? [He looks pretty scrapped, all told. And why the text only?]

[TEXT --> Video]

[astoldinsong]

That sounds unpleasant. What kind of a place was that? [Yay, Cliffjumper! You don't look exactly like the one he knows but he'd know that accent anywhere.]

I'm fine, more or less. Pretty fragged, though. I swear that questionnaire ate half my RAM. [Completely missing the point, dude.]

How about you? Where are you?

[video]

[show_my_cannons]

... Bumblebee!

[Oh how excited Ironhide sounds. This is great!]

((ooc: on hiatus until Sunday, but I couldn't resist hitting this!))

[text]

[astoldinsong]

[when your name pops up on his HUD you make his day.]

Ironhide! Am I glad to hear from you! [Wait.] That is, if you've slipped dimensions as well that's not good but thank Primus! What is going on here!?

((<333333! IRONHIDE <3 So glad you poked me :) ))

[Audio]

[show_my_cannons]

Yeah. I know the feeling.

Transtechs keep dragging us in here, no reason to it. You okay?

[Audio] sorry so late augh RL

[astoldinsong]

There has to be a reason, or the Transtechs are illogical and they don't strike me as such.

I'm pretty fragged in the processor right now but overall, a few dings and nothing much. How about you?

[Video]

[dayglo_cmo]

[Well, you might not have said it, but your ID bolt pings as Bumblebee... should Ratchet dare to hope/start to worry?]

[Have a slightly perplexed Hummer staring at his comm.]

Are you alright? Bumblebee, is that you?

[Text-->Video] Bee is from really early in the first movie so yeah :)

[astoldinsong]

Ratchet?

[Hang on a sec, he's still syncing to this comm thing. His RAM memory is so fragged right now. And hey, video! He looks exactly like he's been on Earth for 4 years with Barricade and Sector 7 for company.]

[He's still texting you. You look a bit different from last time he saw you, buddy, what with the Hummer body.]

Ratchet! Aren't you a sight for sore optics!

[Video] *laughs* Ok, Ratchet's from through the end of RotF, so, time warp!

[dayglo_cmo]

[Ouch, poor rattletrap Camaro.]

Sore everything, from the looks of you.

[Disapproving medic disapproves, but at least he sort of understands the rules around here and that individuals can be from anywhere and anywhen.]

What happened to you before you were brought here?

[Video] s-so happy to be here playing this =D

[astoldinsong]

[Oh crap. Right. He kind of looks awful. Why did he set up video?]

A 'custom-faded' paint job, a little Barricade, a little hostile human interaction, and four years of recon, to be nonspecific on limited encryption, sir.

I'm on my way to get some repairs done now, though!