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[planate]

Has anyone managed to leave the city yet? I've been trying to note down points of interest and figure out what part of the city is what but... not much luck beyond it.

[he rubs the back of his head a little awkwardly.]

I guess it makes sense to repopulate one city at a time, haha! [a beat. that wasn't funny, pipes.] Uh, anyway, if you arrived recently I hope it wasn't too rough. I know a medibay has been set up for sure.

[he gives the camera a thumbs up.]

Pipes out!

[and goes to turn it off BUT WAIT HE JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING.]

No idea how to encrypt these... Mayday! D'you wanna go on a date sometime?

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[scaredybot]

[Mayday doesn't use video, largely because he looks like he's about to faint. Which he really is close to doing.] D-d-di-duh-da-gah-nh-uh?! [Pause.] I, uh, guh, m-muh? [More pause.] I, me, you, date, what, me? [Longer pause, then finally squeaky voice] Wh-what kind of date?

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[planate]

[he just laughs slightly because HOLY SHIT SO CUTE.]

A date, date! Maybe Maccadam's or something?

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[scaredybot]

Um, um, um-!

[There's a weird sound. It's the sound of him flapping his hands wildly.]

Yes?! Okay?!

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[planate]

Great! Is tomorrow good for you?

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[rodders]

No. We're stuck here.

( HE'S SUPER UPSET ABOUT IT also hi pipes. )

You're going on a date?

( wow he sounds kind of... disbelieving... pipes... going on a date.. with someone... )

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[planate]

What about the guys who can fly? You have connections, right?

[YOU'RE COOL, RIGHT??]

I guess, seeing as he said yes! We're stuck here, right? Might as well break some new milestones.

[seeing as he FUCKING DIED before he got a chance before THANKS RODIMUS]

[rodders]

You do realize most of them are 'Cons, right. ( a beat ) I guess Brainstorm might be willing to do some surveys.

( IS HE IMPLYING THAT BRAINSTORM IS A CON? HE WOULD NEVER. )

That's-- ( come on rodimus, this is the guy that got squished because of you ) that's good? Yeah.

[planate]

Well, yeah, but Optimus said we all have to work together, right? It's not helping anyone if there's like twenty of us and we're still faction divided. I don't mean, like, accept and forgive but we have to make some sort of an effort.

[except tarn. fuck tarn.]


Good! Trying to be productive. Can only mope around for so long, right?

[ancillary]

[ RECORD SCRATCH ]

Your people date?

[planate]

Yeah, we're gonna spend the afternoon plugged into each other's heads and fondly reading old de-frag reports.

...

That... that's a joke.

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[ancillary]

You're...

[ Miranda's mouth pulls into a thin line and her immaculately trimmed eyebrows wrinkle close together. As though that joke had all but reached through the network and physically blew a foghorn in her face in an attempt at slapstick.

And then it happened. ]

[ancillary]

[ Miranda bows her head with one gloved hand pressing finger tips gingerly over her mouth in a failed attempt to stifle the shiver in her shoulders that than the course of her back and clenched around her stomach like a pulled muscle.

She was laughing. Honest to god not laced with contempt, genuinely seized by fit of giggles. However brief. ]

[planate]

[PIPES WINS THIS ROUND. he waits for her to finish, feeling a vague sense of accomplishment.]

I'll be here all week! And the foreseeable future!

[GUNFINGERS.]

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[officerjuicebox]

... we have a dating service now?

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[planate]

It was an afterthought! I'm really interested in the status of everyone after being magically pulled to a completely different Cybertron as well, you know.

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[officerjuicebox]

I'm stealing that.

... Oh uh. Fine, I guess. After we came back from Pa... ximus' field trip thing and put the fires out.

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[planate]

Hey! It's patented! And that was a while ago!

[tsunclonus]

There is an irresistible urge not to leave.

[planate]

[OH ITS CYCLONUS HI CYCLONus]

I found that too. What happens if you fly straight up above the city?

[tsunclonus]

The same limits apply.

[No chance of breaking orbit here. Yet.]

[planate]

That's-- huh. It's kinda weird we can't leave this one city. The energon won't last forever, right?

[quantumechanic]

I can show you how to set it to private, but. Uh. It won't necessarily keep everyone out.

[Brainstorm. She means Brainstorm.]

Anyway, in order [she ticks items--all two of them--off on her fingers] One, I haven't gone beyond the crater. Too much work to do in the city. Two, good luck on your date.

[Thumbs up!]

[planate]

I'd appreciate that! If you're busy, though, I don't actually have anything I really need to keep a secret. I can probably figure it out myself... eventually.

[HE GIVES A THUMBS UP BACK ugh nautica you're his favourite.]

Thanks! I was thinking maybe Maccadam's? There's no super secret important meeting going on there at the moment, right?

[quantumechanic]

Well, if there is and it's not Optimus running it, I'll kick 'em out.

[She feels like Rodimus would understand being shooed off for a date.]

[planate]

You're too kind!