Zoe 'verse 3. The Rock. Delivery.

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"Are you sure bringing the ship is a good idea?"

Blitzwing was frowning from where he sat, in front of the control panels, arms crossed. The controls and lights moved and flashed on their own, without any help from the unhappy triple-changer. He didn't need to help.

"It's the only way to bring that much metal at one time," Swindle's voice came from the com speaker, "Trust me on this..."

"If I had a cred for all the times you said 'trust me'..." Blitzwing said, though now there was a smirk on his face, as the ship started to head toward the island they knew as The Rock.

"I know, I know.." Swindle replied, his own unseen smirk evident in his voice, "Now do something productive and help me find a good place to land this thing..."

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Down below them people look up from the decks of little fishing boats, or from rafts made of rubbish that look to be permanent homes and which brave the waves that break against the base of the rock. Seen from the side and above it's very clear that the island is inhabited right to its innermost roots.

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"I dunno, Swindle, this place looks like there's people living everywhere..." Blitzwing frowned at the readings the ship's computer was giving him, "I see no place to land..."

"This ship is not that big..." Swindle replies. Indeed, it was made more for speed, sleek and streamlined, even the weapon systems were flush with the overall shape of the ship.

"Neither is The Rock..." Blitzwing counters, looking for some type of field or empty spot or something they could land on...

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Oh look! There's Dalla's palace! (and a lot of agitated tigerbats....) And look! Look at the roof!

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"Ooooo, target practice!" Blitzwing giggled as the tigerbats flew into the ship's view, "And...how about there?"

"That's Dalla's place..." Swindle remembered that much, but he'd be facepalming right now at Blitzwing if he had a face or a palm. "Think she'd mind us landing on her roof?"

"Seems sturdy enough..." Blitzwing said, "The bulk of the delivery is for her..."

"Fair enough," Swindle said, as the ship slowed to hovering, then placed itself neatly on the roof.

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There's a moment's pause, broken only by startled shouting and clamor from the streets below, and then Dalla herself appears on the roof, a wedge of menfolk at her back as she strides toward the strange thing that just landed on her home. The Lu woman's ears are perked with interest, but she is carrying an ornate spear that would have made Goliath's look like a toothpick.

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"Oh, we should have asked first..." Swindle said over the com. He's noticed the 'commotion' outside.

"She's curious," Blitzwing notes Dalla's pose, her ears, "Considering how we normally arrive...we best go and let her know it's us."

Swindle's a step ahead of that. He appears just outside the ship, as a hologram--not his hard light body, but a regular hologram. "Hello Dalla," Swindle says, the voice coming from the ship's outer speakers..

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The furry woman starts, but then grins. "Swindle! So this is your flying ship?"

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"Yes, yes it is," Swindle said, a wide grin on the hologram's faceplate, "I hope you don't mind us landing here--we couldn't find another clear spot.."

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Dalla hums and comes over to hunker down and talk to him. "You're welcome to land on my roof any time."

Then she sniffs and looks from him to the ship. "Your voice is strange...."

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"Oh, that.." Swindle says, "This..." and he motions to the hologram, "Is just a image of me. I'm speaking from the ship...techically...at this moment I am the ship."

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Puzzled mauve eyes go from the hologram to the ship and then back as her ears flick back slightly in a bit of a frown. "I don't understand."

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"Remember when we first met, and I had a different shell than what this one looked like?" Swindle asked, "Same thing. I'm using the ship as a shell..."

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"Ohhh." She nods. "Alright. I understand now."

Then she looks over her shoulder at her menfolk as one of them separates from the pack and steps forward; an older male with a grey muzzle.

The Lu woman smiles at him, then turns back to Swindle.

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"I've got a delivery..." Swindle started, "Zoe wanted me to drop off her gift for your wedding, and I brought mine. Blitzwing also told me you were interested in some gold I had?"

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"I am." Dalla brightens. "Did you bring the food for you that I ordered too?"

Then she looks at the man beside her again, and adds, "Swindle, this is Sky. Sky, this is my friend Swindle. He's from another world."

Skyblue eyes widen slightly and then sparkle with intelligent interest. "It's good to meet you, Swindle. Dalla's told me about you."

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"Yes, I did," Swindle said with a grin, "And it's a pleasure to meet you, Sky." He'd offer to shake, but he's just an image at this moment.

There's a hiss, and a door opens on the side of the ship. Out comes Blitzwing, a smirk on his Icy face. "You going to talk all day, or you going to help, and then talk?" Blitzwing asked Swndle with a smirk.

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"And that's Blitzwing." Dalla puts a hand against Sky's face, then turns back to the bots. "Do you need some hands, Swindle?"

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"I'd love some hands," Swindle says with a grin.

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She nods, then turns and barks rough orders to the rest of her men, who snap to attention and hurry over to present themselves in front of the Cybertronian. "There you go. If they do something stupid just tell me and I'll knock them into line."

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Swindle grins happily, and has the group follow Blitzwing into the ship. Having heard just how rare wood was here, Swindle had most of the stuff packed in such.

"Careful of those, they have glass in them," Swindle said, appearing inside the ship, "And energon..." The salesmech did not want to see what would happen if those crates broke.

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"Oh wow... is that wood? Oh fratz, we better be careful. Yes, sir!" come the various replies, and the men are careful indeed as they offload the cargo and carry it where Dalla tells them to.

"Hey...." One pauses and sniffs. "...I smell meat."

"Meat?" Dalla pauses in admiring the grain on a crate that someone left next to her and looks up.

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Swindle was removing one large crate from one of the larger Subspace areas--though it wasn't a true statis locker--oh, he needed one of those, it kept things in a close state to when they were put in. And this one held something large, mostly frozen and quite on the meat side. "That would be this..." Swindle said, as Blitzwing helped him on the other side, "Zoe's contribution..."

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Dalla's ears perk as they bring it out of the ship. "That... is all meat?"

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"Yes..." Icy drawled a bit, "Still mostly frozen to keep it fresh."

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"Can she afford to give that many slaughtered animals?" The ears are now flat with surprise and uncertainty as Dalla tries to comprehend just how much meat must be in the container. "I don't want to cause her any trouble."