[video]

[maintenancehero]

Greetings, fellow, er, contestants. I am Optimus Prime, an Autobot from Cybertron, located in the, uh, Dozaro universe. Apparently. I don't entirely understand the reasoning behind this competition, but I promise to perform to the best of my ability to protect my homes and the people I care about from being downgraded

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[ghostshield]

Holy crap that's a big robot.

Er... I'm Nick Reeve. I, uh, talk to spirits.

...wow, that sounds dumb.

[maintenancehero]

Quite frankly, it sounds impossible, but I get the feeling I should get used to that.

[ghostshield]

I assure you, it's quite possible where I come from, at least. I'd say the same about meeting one of your ilk in my world, but mine tends to be a little "anything goes."

[maintenancehero]

Travel to organic-inhabited planets is strictly prohibited by Cybertron law, so I'd be pretty surprised if you had met another Transformer.

[awesomeoutof10]

Can we be best friends.

[maintenancehero]

Um. Excuse me?

[awesomeoutof10]

SO YEAH of course not, that would be weird and creepy because we totally just met.

I'm Scott.

[maintenancehero]

Er. Right. Hello, Scott. Where are you from?

[handyhistorian]

An information exchange, then. Optimus Prime of Cybertron, I am Nico Robin, of West Blue.

[maintenancehero]

Something like that, yes, Nico Robin of West Blue. What's your function--your profession?

[handyhistorian]

I'm a historian. I study that which has gone before.

And yours?

[maintenancehero]

There's a lot that can be learned from the past.

Personally, I'm a military officer. I think the closest translation of my rank might be Captain?

[apologybot]

I'm um. My name's Arcturus. I'm a cyborg from [INSERT HOMEWORLD HERE].

Also, I don't know if they've updated the pamphlets or anything, but the reasoning is uh. It's kind of complicated, but from what I understand, it's more about being interesting than scoring points. Not that points aren't important, because they are, but they might not matter long term? Or something like that, anyway.

[maintenancehero]

Could you elaborate on that?

And I'm sorry, my translation subroutine seems to have glitched slightly; where did you say you were from again?

[apologybot]

[INSERT HOMEWORLD HERE]? Weird, it doesn't seem like it'd catch up on anything...

Um. I guess the easiest way to put it is that this is... well, I can't really call it all staged, it's definitely real, it's just that the competition part is only a surface sort of thing, and it's not necessarily true that both of the multiverses can't function at maximum. Or isn't always going to be true. And personally, I don't really like the idea of letting Dogoda convert to cardboard, even if I don't live in it. There's just something unheroic about that.

Sorry, that wasn't the easiest way to put it at all. Um. This is a TV show.

[maintenancehero]

[There's a quick beedly-type noise as Optimus runs a quick diagnostic. Nope, everything's coming up clear. Weird.]

I'm definitely hearing "insert homeworld here"....

This is all being televised to raise funds? That's not something I would've thought of myself, but I hope it works. I don't like the idea of letting... Dogoda be downgraded, either.

[Video]

[electric_blt]

Hello!

[Video]

[maintenancehero]

Hello. And who might you be?

[electric_blt]

I'm Toaster! What's your name?

[maintenancehero]

I am Optimus Prime. Where are you from, Toaster?