Dream and Nexus. Common area and Sign square. Blitzwing with a fourth head voice.

[random_xtras]

Jenn: I think there's a Swindle being snuggled.

Tam: Only one?

Jenn: Yah, right now.

Swindle: *rolling eyes*

Tam: XD Disturbia just bought hers a new box. Dusk bought hers a pretty leash.

aSwindle: ^^

Tam: XD It's all padded, and has room for both of them, and for Moonstruck.

Jenn: *giggle*

Tam: It's also got drawers for storing things underneath.

thatSwindle: *chasing brother. For no reason*

thisSwindle: Yeeeee! *laughing*

Tam: awww XD. And Dusk... has her sister on the leash. I think she just likes leading people around.

Jenn: Yah.

Tam: Silly kid.

Jenn: yep.

Tam: Dawn is plotting to put frills on her sister. And Zoe's mixing a big bowl of something, and won't let anybody look in it.

Jenn: HAH.

thisSwindle: *is... tied up now*

thatSwindle: Hehehe!

Krieg: *slarpa tied up Swindle*

thisSwindle: *EEP*

Swindle: *snerk*

Blitzwing: *gnaw on Swindle*

Raven: *sitting on her Swindle instead of her Blitzwing right now* *is helping him build stuff*

toSwindle: *making weapons.*

Columba: *busy molding botcorn balls, but then lifts her head* ...Primus says there's a lost Blitzwing in the Nexus.

Swindle: Oh?

Columba: Yes. Can you hear what he's saying?

Primus: -Blitzwing lost. Sad. Not alone anymore, but not sure he likes THAT.-

Swindle: ...I do now, that I'm listening to him, and not Blitz-teeth.

Blitzwing: THRRRPT... *but is worried*

Primus: -Someone go, please.-

Columba: *looks at her sticky hands*

Disturbia: Are you going? *looks at Swindle* I'll go too. *then looks at her Swindle, to see if he's going to go*

Swindle: *wishes self free* I'll go.

aSwindle: ...Would two Swindles be too confusing for him, or just to show him what's in store with Swindle-mania here?

Primus: -Maybe one at first, and then the next comes out.-

Disturbia: *sidesteps Swindles running past with inventory parts, her optics still on Swindle*

Swindle: One at a time, but both of us can go... *steps towards them*

Disturbia: *holds out hand to her mate* Moonstruck, stay with Aunty Columba, okay?

Moonstruck: *beeps happily from the botcorn bowl*

Tracks bunny and Prettyboy: *will take care of the family pet!*

Swindle: *nods, and teleports them all to the Nexus*

sign area: *question asking is pretty well done for the night, so the square's rather empty*

Disturbia: *has automatically looked up for whales, wondering if the lady Zoe got Spotty from is up there somewhere*

Swindle: *scanning for Blitzwings*

aSwindle: *backing up slightly*

Disturbia: *head snaps around as she hears the scuff of a rubber foot tread against the tiled floor/ground of the square*

Swindle: *looks that way as well*

Disturbia: o.o Oh slag, he's grabbing his head and growling. That can't be good.

Swindle: ... No... no it can't... *heads over slowly. He can teleport out of the way if need be, and besides, it's the Nexus...*

headSpazz: *singing along with a new friend!* -I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves, everybody's nerves!-

Swindle: *frown*

Disturbia: What's wrong, Boss?

Swindle: I'm hearing something I don't normally hear in a Blitzwing...

Disturbia: *worried expression* What's that?

Swindle: Sounds like... a Spazz

Disturbia: *mouth falls open* Aw slag, like his head isn't crowded already?

Swindle: Indeed...

aSwindle: ...What's happening?

Disturbia: *to mate* -He's picked up a headSpazz.-

aSwindle: O.O

Disturbia: ...Are you gonna talk to them, Boss?

Swindle: *nods, and goes over*

Disturbia: *goes with, walking at his shoulder. Her green eyes are friendly, but wary, and she's got a bag containing some of the candy Columba is making hidden in one hand*

hsBlitzwing: *has Hothead in control* ... *glare at Swindle* Go away. Ain't got no creds.... WILL YOU SHUT THE SLAG UP! BOTH OF YOU!

Disturbia: *stirs the candy bag in her hand, releasing the scent of the sweetened cinna the botcorn balls are dusted in*

headSpazz: *sudden dead silence* -That's cinna.-

hsBlitzwing: Huh? *loses control enough that Icy defaults* ...What's cinna?

headSpazz: -Disturbia knows. So does that Swindle.-

hsBlitzwing: ...I don't have any credits... *sniff*

Swindle: *glances over at Disturbia* Free Sample?

Disturbia: *lifts her hand slowly, and then turns it over and opens it to show the full bag of big sweet goodies* *grin*

headSpazz: -Say yes! Random, tell him to say yes!-

hsBlitzwing: *SWITCH* Ooo, really really really REALLY free? No tricks? Please please please?

Swindle: Really free. Free samples are part of my advertisement budget.

Disturbia: *offers the baggie, grinning her grin that looks Randomish despite lack of points*

headSpazz: *happy squeal*

hsBlitzwing: *take happily, glance at Disturbia oddly for a second, then... NOM.* Ohhhhhh...

Disturbia: //Boss, he just ate them bag and all.//

Swindle: *frowns* ...Blitzwing, when was the last time you refueled?

hsBlitzwing: *FROWN* ...Can't remember. Hothead? Icy? *pause* ...They don't remember either...

headSpazz: -Don't look at me. I don't know either.-

Disturbia: *compassionate look and hauls out her sample box*

hsBlitzwing: *back away, whimpering* Can't... No credits. No credits. *WHIIIIIIIINE*

Disturbia: *automatically snaps into business mode* *friendly grin* This is the free stuff. We use it to show people what our products taste like. And if you need creds and a berth, Swindle co. has always got job opportunities available.

headSpazz: -And then it's free cinna forever.-

hsBlitzwing: Job? *to Icy* What can we do? *looks as pitiful as an Icy can look*

Swindle: We can figure that out later.

Disturbia: *opens the box and pulls out a cookie sample box, and a cracker sample box. Offers both to the Blitzwing*

hsBlitzwing: *takes gingerly, looking disbelievingly*

Disturbia: *points to one particular SeekerScout cookie, and a cracker* Try the pickle ones.

hsBlitzwing: *takes out the cookie, o.O at the shape* .... *nibble* o.o! *will not nom, will not... NOM!* *Hothead takes over soon after and noms another cookie*

Disturbia: That one's choccy chip.

hsBlitzwing: What's choccy? *noms more*

Disturbia: The brown spots. *points* *then points to a bluish cookie* This is choccy flavour too, and so is this sammich cookie. It's called an oh oh.

hsRandom: Why 'oh oh'? Mistake? *noms it.* Yuuuummmy!

Disturbia: I don't know. My baby sister in law named it.

hsRandom: What's a baby?

Disturbia: Itty bitty bot that can't talk right yet. Sparklet.

hsRandom: *headtilt* ...You have sparklets?

Disturbia: *grins* I just have one. But the boss here's got lots. *hand on Swindle's shoulder*

hsHothead: *take over. STARE*

Swindle: *facepalm*

aSwindle: *peeking out from behind the sign*

Disturbia: *glances over at her mate* *quietly, as she offers a bit of blitzcake with Blitzwing's image in it* Did you ever read those news reports about the other realities that'd been discovered?

hsBlitzwing: ...They're real?

Disturbia: *looks at Swindle. He's the boss. She'll let him explain*

Swindle: We're in an inter-reality hub. A Nexus, you can call it. And there are multiple realities, with alternates of many people. I'm not the Swindle you knew...

hsBlitzwing: *Hothead scowl* How can you be so sure?

Swindle: My Blitzwing is at home. And... *turns his head, and nods to aSwindle*

aSwindle: *comes out of hiding*

hsBlitzwing: ...You built a clone of yourself?

Disturbia: *cheerfully* Not yet, he hasn't.

headSpazz: *giggling to herself in the back of Blitzhead*

aSwindle: I'm from another reality. *snuggles against Disturbia*

hsRandom: *can't help it. Comments on the CUTE, then BLUSH and hides back in the head* *Icy blink*

Disturbia: *big grin* Yeah. He is cute. He's MY cute. *snuzzles her cute*

aSwindle: *purrrrr* It's okay, Blitzwing. Lots of other Blitzwings think Swindles are cute.

hsBlitzwing: O.O *then makes a face*

Swindle: *kinda heard the thought* ...Not that kind of cute.

Disturbia: No. Only the girl Blitzwings think that. Oh, and the guy Blitzwing from the that one mirror reality. But his Swindle's a girl. Oh yeah! And the big tough Blitzwing from the place where everyone flies... But his is a girl too.

hsRandom: *peeks out* Get whomped when I say that. No whomping?

Disturbia: Dude, our Magnus says it all the time.

hsRandom: *frooooowwwwwn of confusion*

Disturbia: *slight meep* *looks at Swindle* Did I say too much?

Swindle: He's trying to picture Ultra Magnus saying it...

hsHothead: *comes out* HEY! ...How'd you know? You're not in here too? *shakes head*

Disturbia: Ohhh! *giggle* No. We have Blitzwing Magnus.

headSpazz: -Ask the Swindle with the purple eyes to transform to his root mode. It's AWESOME!-

hsBlitzwing: *too busy picking jaw off the ground to do what headSpazz asks*

Disturbia: *looks at Swindle as she absently sets her sample box on the back of a couch and picks aSwindle up to teddy bear cuddle him* I think I broke him, Boss.

aSwindle: *PURRRR*

Swindle: He'll be fixed. We'll make sure of it.

Disturbia: *shifts mate to one arm. Reaches into sample box and pulls out... JUMBO CINNA BUN* *waves it in front of hsBlitzwing*

hsBlitzwing: *Shake head, Random OOOOOOOOOOO*

Disturbia: *grins and offers it to him*

hsBlitzwing: *take, Nom a third, look of pure bliss*

Disturbia: *once more the big Randomy grin as she cuddles her mate*

hsBlitzwing: *is now Blinking at Disturbia* ...Do I know you? Or someone else? You look familiar...

Disturbia: *looks at Swindle* //Should I tell him?//

Swindle: //I'm not sure if we can break him any more...//

Disturbia: It's... another alternate reality thing. *quietly, as she looks down at her Swindle* The Bitzwing of my original reality was my mech creator.

hsBlitzwing: *blink blink blink* ...And you're not crazy?

hsIcy: -Maybe her Blitzwing was normal.-

Disturbia: *sudden WIDE grin* Who says I'm not?

headSpazz: *laughing*

hsBlitzwing: *switch to Icy* ...Like us?

Disturbia: No. Just kinda like Random. My mother was a Screamer clone, so kinda like him too.

hsBlitzwing: *step back. Starscream is scary!*

Disturbia: *smirk* Not always. Sometimes he's just dumb. Or dead. *pause* Wait. Yours was scary?

hsBlitzwing: Yah. Was... Now offline. Autobots finally got him. *and he's thinking "Thank Primus" at that*

Disturbia: :p Ewww. Makes me want to go knock down our annoying one's house again.

Swindle: the Pita has been quiet lately...

Disturbia: *blinks as she realizes this* ...Is he still there?

Swindle: Yes, he is. I do check sometimes.

hsBlitzwing: Pita?

Disturbia: *grinning again* Pain In The Aft!

hsBlitzwing: o.o o.o o.o... *LAUGH*

headSpazz: *laughing too* -Ask them to take you home and keep you. Seriously. You haven't seen HALF what they have to eat.-

hsBlitzwing: ...Have a home?

Disturbia: *looks at Swindle, wondering what hsBlitz means*

headSpazz: -Yup! They'll give you a good one.-

hsBlitzwing: New voice says to take me home?

Disturbia: Ohhh. *griiinns at her boss*

Floofy: *just followed Daddy and Mama into the Nexus. Romps up to them* Rooooooo.

Disturbia: *blinks, grin fading* Ooops. Who left a PINpoint where the furball could get it?

hsBlitzwing: Ahhhh!... *blink* ...What is that? A Drone?

aSwindle: A pet... And mine's on my arm.

Disturbia: *looks at her arm* ...Oops.

Floofy: *bounce bounce, happy pet!*

Swindle: And you can come home with us...

headSpazz: -He says yes! Yayyyy!-

hsBlitzwing: No whoping, though?

Swindle: No whoping.

hsBlitzwing: ^^

Disturbia: *looks over her shoulder then, and turns back to hsBlitzwing* What do you think of Optimus?

headSpazz: -We love Optimus. Seriously, guys. Ask where he is so we can get pizza!-

hsBlitzwing: Optimus?

Disturbia: Yeah. Optimus.

hsBlitzwing: ...New voice loves him...

Swindle: You've never met one?

hsBlitzwing: ...Dunno.

Disturbia: *hand up and waves it in a 'come here'*

yOp: *comes striding over* Hi, guys. I just got off and stopped to see what was going on at the Dog. *grins at hsBlitzwing too*

hsBlitzwing: o.o... *will not back up. This one seems friendly...*

headSpazz: *pleading* -Ask him for pizza and botbeer!-

hsBlitzwing: Pizza? Botbeer? ...Can you taste this too, voice?

headSpazz: -I tasted those cookies and crackers.-

yOp: Okay! *sparkles the goodies into existence and offers them*

hsBlitzwing: *flail and almost fall over at the sparkles. Was SOO not expecting that*

Disturbia: *ack* *turns to protect her Swindle with her body*

yOp: *winces and looks at his dad*

Swindle: It's okay, it's okay...

hsBlitzwing: I'm offline, I'm offline...

yOp: 0.0 *checks to see if hsBlitzwing IS offline*

headSpazz: -No. You're alive. I can't infect ghosts.-

hsBlitzwing: ...Other realities. Other realities... Okay...

headSpazz: -Yup! Other realities. ...Smell what Optimus is holding?-

hsBlitzwing: *sniffs* ...Oooooo

yOp: *grins his gentle grin and offers the folded and breaded treat* Lots of pickles.

hsHothead: *takes over, takes... And there's a look of bliss on his face.*

yOp: *grin widens a bit as he offers the botbeer too*

hsBlitzwing: *take, sniff, drink* Ohhhh...

yOp: *grins and looks at his dad*

Swindle: So, you want to come home with us? We'll have food, and a doctor...

hsBlitzwing: *FROWN*

Swindle: ...Who won't mess with your processor unless you want him to. You have some old injuries...

hsBlitzwing: ...Of course.

yOp: *quietly* His name is Glit. He was 'Con built. But we can call a Ratchet in instead, if you want.

Swindle: And he's a pacifist.

hsBlitzwing: ...Safe?

yOp: From everything except getting tied up by Blitzwing, or offered to be put on a leash by Dusk.

hsBlitzwing: Other Blitzwings?

yOp: *nods* There are three that live in the dream full time.

Floofy: *sitting on 'Turby foot*

hsBlitzwing: Dream?

Swindle: What we call the area we live in.

yOp and Disturbia: *nod*

headSpazz: -Piiiizzzzaaaa.-

yOp: *surprised expression* That sounded like a Spazz.

Swindle: It is. He's got one.

hsBlitzwing: ...Home...

yOp: *surprise fades to compassion* *gently* That sounded like a wish. Is it?

Swindle: I think he does want a place he'll belong...

yOp: *offers hsBlitzwing his hand* There's a spare berth in the apartment where my mate and son and I live. Would you like to recharge there tonight?

hsBlitzwing: Will be safe?

yOp: *quietly* My mate and I are Guardian Fae. Even if we didn't live in the Dream, you'd be safe in our home. *his words ring with truth, and his optics are steady*

Disturbia: Safe from everything except getting a ton of pizza to eat. *giggle*

hsBlitzwing: .... *isn't truly trusting, but Optimus... and Swindle... would probably sense he's not felt he's had reason to trust anyone in the longest time...*

yOp: *concerned frown* I think you need a hug.

Disturbia: Oh yeah. Lazerwave thinks Swindle's cute, too.

yOp: o.0? *at sister*

aSwindle: *facepalm*

hsBlitzwing: Hug?

yOp: *gives hug. It is a good hug*

headSpazz: -EEEEEEEE!-

hsBlitzwing: *o.o at headSpazz, but does hug back.*

yOp: I think you have an Optimus fangirl in your head, sir.

headSpazz: -Thrrpt thrrp!-

hsBlitzwing: New voice likes you?

yOp: Yes. *lets go the hug and looks at hsBlitzwing with a rueful grin*

hsBlitzwing: Voice trusts you?

yOp: *tilts his head and seems to listen* *nods* Yes. She trusts me. And wants more pizza. *shakes head slightly as Disturbia laughs*

hsBlitzwing: Pizza is good... *yawn*

yOp: Let's get you home. *glances at Swindle* Right, Dad?

Swindle: Right, Optimus... *smile*

yOp: *holds out hands to hsBlitzwing and to Bubby and Turby* Okay, here we go. *knows Dad can bring himself*

Floofy: Rooo?

aSwindle: *picks up a Floofy* *take hand*

hsBlitzwing: *take hand too* o.o

yOp: *brings them home. Meaning that Bubby and Turby and Floofy wind up in their own apartment*

Columba: *looks up from where she's sitting on the couch, and smiles at hsBlitzwing* Hello.

hsBlitzwing: ...Uh... Hello...

yOp: *gently* This is my mate, Columba. She makes a lot of our hand molded candies. Do you want to eat more now, or go to bed?

hsBlitzwing: ...Am... tired.

yOp: Alright. This way. *turns toward one of two doors on one wall* Pipes shares this room, but he's quiet. He's not very old.

Pipes: *looks up from where he's sitting on the floor reading a book as the door opens* *shy grin of greeting for the Blitzwing*

hsBlitzwing: *shy Random*

yOp: *quietly* Pipes, Blitzwing will be staying here tonight.

Pipes: *perks* Okay. Do you want the top bunk or the bottom one? *points to the bunk beds against the wall*

hsBlitzwing: *looks over at the bed* ...Uhh...

Pipes: *helpfully, as he thinks of how most winged bots think* The top one's higher up.

hsBlitzwing: ...Okay

Pipes: But the bottom one's easier to get into. *stands up and goes to look, then grins at hsBlitzwing* And it has the fuzzy blanket.

hsBlitzwing: ...Which one you like?

Pipes: *sheepish*

yOp: He still winds up sleeping with his mother and me a lot of the time.

hsBlitzwing: Maybe... bottom.

Pipes: Okay! Dad, I wish for a plushie for him.

yOp: *just takes a rag Seeker out of his storage and offers it to hsBlitzwing* *doesn't want to scare the guy with sparkles again*

hsBlitzwing: *take. Hug.*

yOp: *smiles, and then offers to help the weary triple changer into bed*

hsBlitzwing: *small smile* *is soon snuggled in a bed*

yOp: *nods and looks around for his son. Finds the youngling already conked out in the top bunk. Slight smile as he senses Pipe's desire to be there if this poor Blitzwing needs a friend, or just somebody there* Good night, Blitzwing.

hsBlitzwing: ...G'night... *is now Icy*

yOp: *smiles, and then goes to check on Bubby and Turby*

Disturbia: *cuddled with her mate and bitty and kitty in the new box she bought today*

aSwindle" *smug*

yOp: *grins and goes home*


meanwhile


Zoe: *is in the pillow pit when Swindle comes home. Looks up* -How is he?-

Swindle: He needs work...

Zoe: He's hurt? *concern*

Swindle: Old injuries, but... I think he may have been abused. He thinks Starscream is scary...

Zoe: 0.0 Oh dear.

Swindle: We'll fix him.

Zoe: *nod nod* *holds out her arms to ask him to come to bed* Oh, and Dusk's wearing her leash herself now.

Swindle: *facepalm*

Zoe: *chuckles* If I didn't know better I'd think she was part Blitzwing. *gentle lovebomb* Are you coming to bed?

Swindle: Of course, of course...

Zoe: *offers him pillow case*

Swindle: *wishes self in*

Zoe: *grins and snuggles* *has three bitties in her cockpit tonight*

Swindle: *purrrrrrrr*

Zoe: *happily tells God thanks as she cuddles her mate and listens to her babies' little bitty purrs*


((Co-written with swindle_blitz))