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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Except for him. ((MWHAHAHAHAHAHA--*mun is hit on the head* Ow!))

He glances at the new femme as she sits down, and then he takes another drink.

Hmm, that is new.

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Snerrrrk.

She takes a cautious sip, then brightens and drinks eagerly before setting the cube back down and looking up at Sheol with a smile. "Oh, that is good. Thank you."

The bigger femme shrugs. "What's your name?"

This makes the silver one blink and consider. Then she looks herself over, feeling the name niggling at the edge of her processor before she spots something written on a wall across the room. "Why, I'm Kia. What's yours?"

"Sheol. You realize 'Kia' is the name of a kind of Earth car?"

"...Yes?" Kia tilts her head curiously, wondering what the taller femme's point is.

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He takes a drink at the wrong time.

"PFIIIIIIIIIIIIIISH!" he involuntarily spurts his drink out of his mouth, and he quickly covers his mouth and makes a sound not unlike a human cough. Whether he actually needed to do so or if he's just learned that from them is up to debate.

Alternate, alternate! She's just an alternate!

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There's a moment's silence, and then both Sheol and Kia speak at the same time.

"Dude... you just spit on the bartender...."

"Oh dear! Are you alright?"

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". . . Slag."

He coughs a bit before he looks at said bartender, blushing. "Um, sorry?"

He adds a few more coughs for good measure. "Yeah. Probably just a slight glitch . . ."

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It's the spiky green, broad bodied Decepticon femme from the booth in the corner who looks back at him with raised brow ridge as she wipes herself off. "Yeah... sure."

Shaking her head, she turns toward another customer, one hand going out to pat the big black dog who is now laying on the bar as she passes him.

"I don't see any glitches..." says Sheol.

Kia just reaches over and pat pats him, hoping that it will help somehow.

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Am too sure! Messing with 'Cons is suicide . . .

His embarrassment is still apparent when he corrects her assumption. "The glitch that's not a jerk."

He gives her a small smile to try to convince her it's all right, but in reality it doesn't really help.