hsv, Autobot Base, Snarl
Keepsake: *flails her arms and cackles* It's aliiiiive!
Snarl: *blink blink blink?*
Thundercracker: *Face. Palm*
Keepsake: *dancing around the lab*
Thundercracker: *moves to pick Keepsake up* Dr. Frankenstein, you are not.
Keepsake: I thought that was Igor's line. *grabs TC by the audios and kisses him good*
Snarl: ... *puzzled headtilt* *soft clicks as she tries to figure out what those two big people are doing*
Keepsake: *shutters optics and takes her arms from TC's audios so she can put her arms around his neck*
Thundercracker: *gentle nuzzles* C'mon... let's introduce Snarl to everyone else...
Keepsake: *nuzzles in return, and then looks down at their creation and grins* How're you feelin', kid?
Snarl: *blink blink, small grin* Me Snarl doing good...
Keepsake: *grin widens* That's good. That's real good. Do you know who we are?
Snarl: *headtilt* umm... Keepsake-Mama and 'Cracker-Daddy?
Keepsake: *massive hug on TC's neck* Yup!
Thundercracker: *grins, attention going to the door when it slides open* Um...
Sweep: *darts in, scrabbles up TC's back, and hides behind the Seeker's head as Ariel and Orion Pax run in after him*
Keepsake: Guys! Shhhhh. You're gonna scare Snarl.
Ariel: *Squeaks as Orion Pax runs into her after she stops suddenly*
Snarl: *attention going to the sparklets, headtilts and clicks*
Keepsake: You don't need to be afraid of those guys, Snarl. They're gonna be your friends once you're gettin' around.
Sweep: *Soft chirr from where he's peeking at Snarl from behind TC's head*
Snarl: *attention goes to Sweep, curious clicks*
Keepsake: Here, 'Cracker, put me down.
Thundercracker: *small nod as he does so, before he moves to remove Sweep from on his back*
Keepsake: *walks over to Snarl and scans her, then offers to help her sit up* You're a quiet one.
Snarl: *puzzled look as she sits up with Keepsake's help*
Keepsake: Most newbots are talking their heads off as soon as they're online, or looking around. You're just layin' here bein' quiet 'n good. *grins*
Ariel: *clicks and moves to try to climb up to the table to offer Snarl some of her Christmas charcoal*
Keepsake: *looks down at the tiny femme, and then helps her up* There ya go, kid.
Ariel: *grins, before she's focusing on talking to Snarl and offering the new femme some Christmas charcoal*
Snarl: *sniffs at the charcoal, curious* Is good for eating?
Keepsake: If you like sweet things it is. You don't wanna have too much though, or it'll gunk up your tank.
Snarl: *curious, thanks Ariel for the piece of charcoal that she's given, has a taste*
Sweep: *Chirrups, wants to meet the new 'bot*
Keepsake: *watching Snarl. She's not too sure what to do with her creation now that the Dinobot is finished and online*
Snarl: *makes a face at the charcoal* Is too sweet...
Keepsake: That's alright. You can give it back. But say thanks anyway.
Snarl: *nodnod as she gives Ariel the piece of charcoal back and thanks the smaller femme sparklet again*
Ariel: *patpat*
Keepsake: *cracks a slight grin, and then looks up at TC*
Thundercracker: *has a Sweep clinging to his hand* o.O;;
Sweep: *Dangling and having a merry time of it* :D
Keepsake: *blinks* Uh....
Snarl: *blink blink, clicks at Sweep*
Keepsake: Sweep... if you fall Eclipse is gonna be on TC like ugly on an ape.
Sweep: Not gonna fall!
Thundercracker: Yeah... right. *moves to set Sweep down on the table, finds himself being scaled by Ariel, sigh*
Keepsake: Guys! I think I hear Barney singing!
Orion Pax: *Clicks and chirps before he's pounced on by Ariel, and then the pair are hurrying out the door*
Sweep: *Chirrrr*
Snarl: *headtilt* Who Barney?
Keepsake: Some purple dinosaur they like. I was just trying to make it a little quieter in here.
Snarl: Oh... *puzzled, clicks when Sweep sticks his nose in her face*
Keepsake: Sweep, nobody did that ta you when you were new.
Sweep: *gentle nuzzles for Snarl, is busy greeting the new Dinobot*
Thundercracker: *Soft snerk*
Snarl: *clicks more and tries to scoot away from Sweep*
Keepsake: Yeah. *grabs Sweep and comms Solar Flare* //Flare, come get your kid outta my kid's face.//
Solar: //Since when is he my kid?//
Keepsake: //I can remember him callin' you Daddy.//
Solar: //...*Grumbles about bad timing*// *is soon poking his head into the lab*
Sweep: *Chirrs curiously, until Solar clears his throat, then the miniature Dinobot is climbing off the table to dart over to the larger mech, clicking and chirruping as he goes*
Keepsake: *lets him go, and then pat pats Snarl. She's still not too sure what to do with the kid.*
Snarl: *wants snuggles*
Thundercracker: *gently* C'mon... I bet she's hungry... And I'm betting Eclipse'll go on a glee-fit.
Keepsake: *startled blink* Hungry? But I filled 'er tank before I brought her online.
Snarl: *Curious chirp*
Thundercracker: *Quietly* C'mon... the sooner we get her out and about and socialized, the better... *Yes, he kind of also has a hidden agenda*
Keepsake: Okay.... Here, Snarl, can you get down? *offers her hands to help, forgetting the tall Seeker behind her*
Snarl: *clicks and moves to snuggle against Keepsake. Makes soft, happy noises when TC moves to pick both she and Keepsake up*
Keepsake: *too used to this to even meep. She just holds onto Snarl and then grins at TC*
Thundercracker: *can has family, will carry them out to the rec room of the base now, kthx*
Ironhide: *pauses as he comes out of the monitor room, his brow plates lifting as he sees the new little femme*
Snarl: *big optics, tries to hide against Keepsake and TC now, plz*
Keepsake: Shhhhh, kid. You don't gotta be afraid of Ironhide unless you make 'im smell like a flower.
Ironhide: *soft snerk, and then a shrewed look at Thundercracker* Your brother's in the Nexus right now.
Thundercracker: *nods* I know... He said he needed some time to think about something...
Ironhide: He's probably going to come back citrus scented, if what happened to the twins last year is going on again.
Thundercracker: ... I'm almost afraid to ask.
Snarl: *Blink blink, soft and curious chirr*
Ironhide: From what I managed to get out of them that female Blackout that lives there likes throwing small, soft oranges at people around this time of the year. *optics drop to the little femme, and he offers her his finger* Hello, little one. Welcome to the world.
Snarl: *reaching to grab Ironhide's finger* Me Snarl am dinobot. *nodnod*
Ironhide: *grins slightly, and then roots through a storage compartment for a bit of one of those cookies Carina hates so bad. Finds it, sniffs it, then offers it to Snarl* Want something to eat?
Snarl: *Sniffs at the bit of cookie* *chirrs curiously* Is not sweet like other stuff...
Ironhide: No. I like it better than the sweet stuff.
Keepsake: *sniffs herself* Ohhh, that's one of those good ones.
Thundercracker: *Raised brow ridge as he catches scent of the cookie* That's one of the pickle-flavored ones Lumen brought back that one time, right?
Ironhide: *shakes his head* It's one of the pickle-flavored ones I bribed Eclipse to get.
Thundercracker: *Snerk*
Snarl: *reaching for the cookie bit*
Ironhide: *gives it to her, making sure that she's got hold of it before he lets go*
Keepsake: *watching with a grin*
Snarl: *Thanks Ironhide and works on eating the cookie bit once she's got it in her hands*
Thundercracker: This is Snarl... Keepsake and I built her... *why yes, that's fatherly pride you're hearing, Ironhide.*
Ironhide: *looks up at the tall Seeker with amusement in his slightly faded optics* I'd heard about the project. She turned out pretty well.
Thundercracker: *small grin, moves to snuggle Keepsake*
Eclipse: *pings Keepsake's comm* //Is that who you were working on?//
Keepsake: *grinning as she's snuggled* //Yup!//
Eclipse: *D'awws over comms* //Mech or femme?//
Snarl: *making happy noises as she finishes the cookie bit*
Keepsake: //Femme. Can't you tell?//
Ironhide: You like that, hmm?
Eclipse: //Not with Thundercracker in the way! What's her name?//
Snarl: *nodnod* Is good. n_n
Keepsake: //Oh c'mon. I know I told you that. Or I told Wake.//
Ironhide: *chuckles* Better tell Thundercracker to get you some more.
Snarl: *tilts her head to give Thundercracker a curious look*
Thundercracker: *mock pout at Ironhide* Heeey. She's too young to be learning that look already!
Ironhide: *grins* Carina did it a few clicks after we got her back here the first time.
Eclipse: //Wake's in the Nexus... He's been in a bit of a mood lately...//
Keepsake: //Mood? Oh wait. 'Cause of Screamer?//
Eclipse: //I think so... He's not really been himself since... I think he's worried that this is all just a ruse...//
Keepsake: *deep frown and a glance up at TC*
Thundercracker: *notices the glance, curious brow raise, even as Snarl snuggles against him*
Ironhide: *nods to Keepsake, then steps past TC and heads for home*
Thundercracker: *Quietly* What's wrong, Keepsake?
Keepsake: 'Clipsie says Wake's all tied in knots about that new sparklet of Hound and Desi's.
Thundercracker: *small nod, frown* I hate to sound pessimistic.. but he's kinda got a reason to... as bad as it sounds... Granted, I wasn't on Earth when the situation with Denver and her friends happened... but still...
Keepsake: *quietly, optics darkening* Then why're we letting him out 'n about?
Thundercracker: *almost inaudiably* Everyone deserves a second chance... Even someone like him.
Keepsake: 'N if we wind up payin' for that second chance?
Thundercracker: Is it too much to hope for the best?
Keepsake: *silent for a moment* I guess not. I mean... my creator got his Pacer back. 'N Jazz came back in both these realities....
Thundercracker: *nod* And Skyfire's here in this one, when he was written off as dead according to some of the records...
Snarl: *blink blink, headtilt*
Keepsake: Yeah. Were we bringin' this kid to the rec room or what?
Thundercracker: *Grin* Yeah... let's go.
Keepsake: *chuckle*
Thundercracker: *in a better mood now, happily carries Keepsake and Snarl to the rec room*
Optimus: *looks up groggily from the bigger couch where he's napping with Elita and Diehard*
Thundercracker: *nods to Optimus, before setting Keepsake and Snarl down on the floor and settling down beside them*
Snarl: *looking around and clicking quietly, is also snuggling against Keepsake*
Keepsake: *arm around the kid as she checks to see who's here beside Op and family*
Dion: *Napping on Denver, who is also conked out in a chair*
Keepsake: *slight grin*
Snarl: *clicks quietly at Optimus*
Optimus: *smiles at the little one slightly, then looks at her creators* *quietly* Congratulations.
Thundercracker: *smile* Thank you, sir.. *chuckles as Snarl clicks at him*
Optimus: *winces as Elita smacks him, then obediently shutters his optics and goes into sleep mode*
Thundercracker: *Soft snerk*
Keepsake: *shakes her head, then pings her sister* //So come see her already.//
Eclipse: //Gimme a few minutes... gotta distract Red so I can slip out...//
Keepsake: //No prob.// *triggers a remote she left in Solar Flare's lab*
Eclipse: *as she approaches* Keepsake, do you know why Solar's now pink?
Keepsake: *gives TC a perfect quizzical look*
Thundercracker: ... Someone turned him pink? *totally innocent and clueless-looking*
Snarl: Him Sweep Daddy pink? *headtilt*
Keepsake: That's what your aunty just said, kid.
Eclipse: *attention off of the subject of her repainted twin, is now focusing on fussing over Snarl and talking about how adorable the little femme is*
Keepsake: *finds herself grinning broadly*
Snarl: *blink blink, trying to figure out what Aunty is saying*
Eclipse: *Gleeeee*
Thundercracker: *resisting the urge to facepalm*
Keepsake: //Just grin and nod, kid. She's lovin' on you.//
Snarl: *Chirrs, headtilt, clicks at Aunty, earning more excited gleeflails from the older femme*
Keepsake: *chuckles and looks up at TC*
Thundercracker: *mutter* I'm glad you're not like her, Keepsake... How Wake puts up with her rambling is beyond me...
Keepsake: *winks at him*
Thundercracker: *moves to gently nuzzle Keepsake's helm*
Keepsake: *reaches her arms up to put them around his neck*
Snarl: *happy sounds, snuggles against both creators*
Keepsake: *grins at the youngster, but then pursues her goal of TC kissage*
Thundercracker: *will gladly oblige*
Keepsake: *makes his head spin, then lets him go*
Thundercracker: *is having a bit of difficulty sitting upright now, due to how spinny his head is all of a sudden*
Keepsake: *grinning a little lopsidedly as she blinks at her sister*
Eclipse: ... *face.palm*
Snarl: *snuggling even more. Happy sparklet is happy*
Keepsake: *arms cautiously around the little one. It's pretty plain she's not sure yet what to do with her now that she's built*
Eclipse: *D'awws softly, why no, she's not snapping pictures, you can't prove anything*
Keepsake: ...Well, we got her bed all set up and everything. And I'm staying in our new quarters. *talking to self, yes. Blame the spinny head*
Thundercracker: *small nod, has a slightly doofy grin on his face*
Keepsake: But what if she doesn't like you not bein' there? *looks up at him*
Thundercracker: *blink blink* .... *clearly hadn't thought of that*
Eclipse: Yanno... we could always move you guys to one of the larger quarters...
Keepsake: *gives her a funny look* We've got a three bedroom, kid.
Eclipse: Who're you callin' 'Kid', Keepsake? *gives the younger femme as close to a Look as she can manage*
Keepsake: *smirks at her*
Eclipse: Yanno... you two could always word-bond. *going to get some energon for herself now*
Keepsake: *thinks about it. Looks up at TC again* We known each other long enough?
Thundercracker: Well... when did we meet?
Keepsake: Slag, I don't remember.
Snarl: *sleepy blink*
Optimus: *quietly, without unshuttering his optics* I'd say that was long enough. And there are sparklets present, Keepsake.
Thundercracker: *slightly wide-opticked, didn't realize Optimus was awake*
Optimus: Wouldn't you say so, Elita?
Elita: *not going to unshutter her optics, though she will nod* I think so.
Thundercracker: *Small mutter about needing witnesses*
Optimus: Do you have anyone in mind?
Keepsake: 'Clipsie, you, and Elita! :D
Denver: 'n 'f 'Clipse chickens out, y'all got me...
Eclipse: *Razzes Denver*
Thundercracker: *nuzzles Keepsake's helm* We've got enough witnesses...
Keepsake: *head tilts and grins at him* Snarl's gonna wanna sleep with us tonight.
Thundercracker: I think I can scoot the berths close enough together for that...
Keepsake: ....You dork. The master berthroom's got a big one in it. *looking a bit miffed that he missed her teasing*
Eclipse: *wings a nut at TC's head* Yeah, he's Wake's brother, alright... *chuckles and works on finishing her mid grade*
Thundercracker: *small yelp, glares at Eclipse*
Snarl: *Blink blink, yawwwwn, snuggle*
Keepsake: *puts her arms around him and shake her head, then grins* You're mine.
Thundercracker: *looks her in the optics* You're mine. Forever.
Optimus: It's done. I've seen it.
Eclipse: *blink blink at Optimus, didn't know this was part of the ceremony*
Elita: *remembering ancient words* I too, bear witness to this pair's word-bond.
Keepsake: There we go. *grins and looks at Snarl* Now your dad can come live with us, kid.
Snarl: n_n *happy snuggles, is wanting a nap now*
Keepsake: Aww. *looking a little more sure of herself as she hugs the mini Dinobot*
Thundercracker: *soft chuckle* Maybe we should follow her example and go get some rest...
Keepsake: Sure. It's supposed to be good for 'em when they're new, right?
Thundercracker: *nods*
Eclipse: *snerks* Go, you two... before she falls asleep and puts up a fuss at being moved.
Keepsake: *expectant look to TC*
Thundercracker: *blink blink, oh wait, he knows what to do! Carefully scoops Keepsake and Snarl up again*
Keepsake: ^_^ See ya, 'Clipsie!
Eclipse: See ya later, Keepsake. And don't call me 'Clipsie! *Razz*
Keepsake: *razzes her right back* Sure, kid.
Thundercracker: *Snerks and moves to carry his family out of the room*
Eclipse: I'm older than you are, Keepsake! XP
Keepsake: Can see you're more mature too! XD
Eclipse: THRRRRPPPPPT!!! XP
Thundercracker: C'mon... She'll just get Wake even more worked up than he already is... *out of the rec room and into the hallway*
Keepsake: *watching the sleeping newbot* ...Y'know, I never thought'a this part when I started building her?
Thundercracker: Hmm?
Keepsake: I was just buildin' somethin'. I never thought about windin' up a mother.
Thundercracker: *Soft, rumbly chuckle* Well, don't the Dinobots where you're from consider Wheeljack their dad?
Keepsake: Yeah. But they were my older brothers 'n sister.
Thundercracker: He built 'em... right?
Keepsake: Yeah.
Thundercracker: *another soft chuckle* Well, we built Snarl... and she considers us her parents...
Keepsake: Yeah. *bit of a chuckle herself* Now I just gotta get used to it.
Thundercracker: *small smile* I bet I can help with that...
Keepsake: I can already tell she's not gonna be a rowdy like those guys. Well, Sludgie's only rowdy 'cause he's so big. But the other two.... *snerk*
Thundercracker: Grimlock is Grimlock, no matter the reality. *chuckle*
Keepsake: *brows lift* You been reading up on other realities?
Thundercracker: I figured I'd better... just in case the local 'Jack gets it into his head to make the rest of the Dinobots...
Keepsake: *laughs* We're the only ones that have Sweep.
Thundercracker: Yeah... and I still dunno who made him.
Keepsake: The Christmas Elves.
Thundercracker: ... Are you sure?
Keepsake: Well, they make all kinds of other stuff. And he came in one of their bags.
Thundercracker: True... *gets the door to quarters open*
Keepsake: *looks around the small main room, which is already cluttered with electronics and bits of metal* *cracks a grin* Hey, you did that human thing.
Thundercracker: Hmm?
Keepsake: The carry the bride over the threshold thing.
Thundercracker: ... *quickly googles it, snerks* So I did...
Keepsake: *chuckling* The furthest door's where we needta go.
Thundercracker: Alright... *Carries Keepsake and Snarl over in that direction*
Keepsake: Oh... just let me down 'n I'll get all that stuff cleared off the berth in a jiffy. *yes, this room's been being used as a workroom*
Thundercracker: Okay... *sets Keepsake down, and carefully transfers Snarl so the sparklet is snuggling against him*
Keepsake: *checks stuff, and then uses her arm to sweep it all on the floor* There we go!
Thundercracker: *Soft snerk, brings Snarl over to the berth*
Keepsake: *hops up herself and flops on her back, then grins at him and their creation*
Thundercracker: *carefully stretches out on the berth so that Snarl's laying between Keepsake and himself* *small grin*
Keepsake: *grins back* I kinda like this.
Thundercracker: Me too... *attention goes to Snarl as the sparklet curls up even more with a contented sigh*
Keepsake: *pats the little one, then shutters her optics* Yeah. I'm feelin' those all nighters we pulled gettin' her finished now.
Thundercracker: Get some rest, Keepsake...
Keepsake: Teach yer grandma to suck eggs. *slight movement and a sigh and she's out*
Thundercracker: *Soft snerk, puts his scanners on alert in case anyone approaches the quarters, and then he's settling down to rest as well*
((co-written with random_xtras))