Nexus. The Black Dog. Adjusting to Change

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It has been a few weeks in his universe's time since he's been back to the Nexus. Having met with Blue a short time after the incident, he already knew that Blue and the others were no longer here.

Curse that blasted Decepticon.

He has various reasons for not returning to the Nexus until now. The one he'll most likely admit is the fact that the Ark's become a bit hectic as his reality's Earth 'Cons have kicked things up a notch and are taking full advantage of their turn on the 'boom' side of the war's boom and bust cycle. Okay, they haven't taken over the world or anything like that yet, but only at a heavy price for the Autobots stationed on Earth:

A busy medbay.

And when the medbay is busy, someone's gotta make sure technical stuff in the Ark gets checked over and fixed, which would be him.

On top of that, at some point, Random ate the last Sunrise Hormah gave him.

No, he can't remember when, and that bothers him.

He arrives in the part of the Nexus near the bar via his PINpoint. He takes in all of the sights of it, picking out what has changed and what has stayed the same. A moment's hesitation delays him before he walks through the door for the first time since he learned of the eventual change . . .

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It's the tall green femme, and she's looking down at him with quizzical crimson optics from under a helm that bears some resemblance to someone he already knows.

She nods at his affirmation. "Hormah told us about you. I'm her sister Sheol."

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Hmm. Now he sees why she seems familiar.

"Ah. Nice ta meet you," he nods in return.

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She answers with a quiet smile, then looks at the cube in her hands before looking at his hands. Visible thought and consideration happens. Clearly, this femme is no master of small talk.

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That makes the two of them then. His hands fiddle away at the stylus as he gazes at the menu again. He'll probably get the barfemme's attention the next time she walks by and make an order.

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Sheol looks at the menu herself. "The fizzers are good."

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"Sound good, too," he agrees.

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"The blue's tangy." She swirls her cube gently.

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"Hmm." It was difficult enough to make up his mind when so many options other than military standard issue is here, and now he might fall into indecision again.