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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The big building holds the same scattered assortment of Transformers and their friends, and buzzes with the same sort of gossip, but the booth over in the corner now holds a large dark green spiky bayformer femme with optics the colour of dried blood. She's intent on the furry sparklet in her arms, talking to him seriously as she shares energon with him from her tank.

Two drones are working the floor, and a white bayformer femme with bright blue optics is manning the bar, at which sits another dark green spiky femme just a little smaller than Blackout. Speaking of Blackout, the dark warlady is conspicuously absent today.

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Sheol swirls her energon again, then pushes over the plate that holds half a blue energon stick. "It tastes like that, only fizzy."

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"Would you like a straw?" The bartender stops to look at him on her way past.

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Sheol blinks, then gives a soft chuckle as Kia offers him her drink, because it's not 'coming out of its container' and might 'help his tubes settle down'.

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"Oh," she says in acknowledgment of Random's remark, and then she tilts her head again as she studies the holo.

"Yes. I recognize that place. But I was afraid and ran away from it. And arrived here... though I don't know how. Nor do I remember anything before that."

"That's alright." Ratchet shuts the holo off. "You didn't have anything before that. The Key let off a random beam and activated you right about then."

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She thinks for a moment more, and then sighs and hugs Random.

"Maybe I'll be able to come back to visit," she says softly.

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"Not bother." The sparklet lays down and tilts his head, bright blue optics curious and friendly. Then he looks toward the door. "Frien's go 'way?"

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A small cube of something red is set before him in passing, and then Nemesis is over talking to a slightly scorched looking Wheeljack of her own tech who wants to ask questions about Pooka.