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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 10, 2008 0:05:56 GMT -5
OOC: Cross-posted from Autobrand Party.
Bluestreak watches the crowd go by for a few minutes -- Synapse, Skyfire, Pee-Dee, Botanica, both Xaarons, Grimlock, the new white Seeker femme (a bit of a double-take as always, but hey, he got used to Long Haul, he can get used to an Autobot Seeker), Slingshot... who's the blue guy again? Boondocker, he recalls. New guy, hadn't been around long...
"Hey Boondocker!" he calls out, waving. "Over here! How are you?"
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 10, 2008 0:33:51 GMT -5
After excusing himself from Skyfire, Boondocker wanders over to where Bluestreak is.
"Uh...ah reckon ah'm alright, how 'bout'cha'self? How y'all copin' with this hyar...sitchee-ayshun?"
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 10, 2008 13:38:09 GMT -5
"I'm doing pretty good," Bluestreak replies. "I guess I'm coping pretty well, considering... well, everything. It was a shock at first, but then, I guess it's not the first time I've woken up on a strange planet." That last is said with a chuckle. "I guess the hardest thing to get used to was seeing mechs with the same names as friends back home, but that look entirely different -- Jazz and Bumblebee, for example. That and people like Long Haul and Oracle who look like they should be Decepticons, but they're on our side. But after awhile you get used to it all.
"So, uh, tell me a little about yourself. Don't know much about you, Boondocker."
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 10, 2008 20:08:49 GMT -5
"Yeh, 'Bee an' Jazz shore are somthin' else..." he mumbles, scratching the back of his helm. He doesn't touch on the topic of the Not-Cons, instead catering to the question.
"Wail...uh. Reckon ah'm jus' a reg'a'lur mech in a not-so-reg'a'lur sitchee-ayshun. Doin' what I gotta do an' all, both hyar an' back home." He shrugs. "Reckon tha's th' gist of it, unless y'all wanna know stuff whut's more 'pacific."
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 10, 2008 23:36:35 GMT -5
"Yeah, kind of makes you wonder what we'd look like in that universe, huh?" Bluestreak chuckles. "Well, I hear you're from my universe, or one close to it. Were you ever on Earth, or did you just stay on Cybertron?"
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 11, 2008 22:35:24 GMT -5
Boondocker can't help but snicker a bit. "Ain't no tellin'..." Though, his creator has him looking like a blue Dropkick, theoretically.
"As far as ah kin remember, ah've been on Earth. Folks say I were on Cybertron, but I cain' remember it. Spendin' a few million years buried up in a swamp done went an' messed up muh memory core..." His face grows a bit long at this.
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 11, 2008 23:01:57 GMT -5
"Buried in a swamp?" And suddenly being in stasis in a volcano doesn't sound so bad. At least he was still inside the ship and not buried in swamp muck.
"Wow... so what happened when you got unburied? Who rescued you? Did you fight with the Autobots at all?"
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 13, 2008 20:41:00 GMT -5
"Yuh. Folks figger I musta fell outta th' Ark on th' way down in amid all the chaos." A faint shrug, indicative of 'stuff happens'.
"Some o' th' locals dug me up in th' 90's. Stuck around there fer a while after we started t' git along. Eventually, they seen y'all on th' tee-vee doin' heroic stuff, an' then we figgered ah musta been one-a y'all, thanks t' th' symbols." He smirks a bit, clanking a hand to his own loosely and then dropping it. "So I weren't really rescued. More lahk drove up an' told muh story. Ah've fought a lil' bit, helped out a lot 'round Autobot city..."
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 14, 2008 0:13:11 GMT -5
Bluestreak doesn't remember a Boondocker... but then, Autobot City was a pretty big place. It's possible Boondocker was around and he just didn't meet him.
"Well, I'm glad you found your way back to the Autobots, then." He looks up at the table, where the paraphenilia for the Autobrand ceremony has been set up. "What do you think of all this? Don't know what this rite stuff is about myself, but it must be pretty important..."
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 14, 2008 22:10:54 GMT -5
Boondocker scratched his helm a bit. "Ah dunno. Nevah heared'a any kinna stuff like this...all new t' me."
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Post by Kup on Feb 14, 2008 22:45:58 GMT -5
Kup strolls over towards Boondocker and Bluestreak, a big grin on his face. He's given the drinks a second thought, and has a cup of something moderate in his right hand. "Ah, Bluestreak!" He pauses a moment, searching for a name, then nods towards the other pick-up. "Boondocker. How're you two holding up?"
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 15, 2008 0:13:20 GMT -5
Bluestreak meets Kup's grin with a wide grin of his own. "Hey Kup! Pretty nice party we've got set up, huh? Okay, so it's not all a party, there's also the Autobrand business... oh yeah, the drinks, haven't had a chance to wander over there yet. Maybe I should grab something... Boondocker, want anything?"
One must wonder if Blue is a mellow drunk or a noisy one...
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Post by Boondocker on Feb 17, 2008 0:17:25 GMT -5
Boondocker turns to Kup and nods in greeting. "Ah reckon ah'm alright. Y'self?" He then turns to Blustreak. "Uh...ah s'pose. Nothin' too hard, awright? Don' wanna go embarrassin' m'self..."
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Post by Kup on Feb 17, 2008 1:00:10 GMT -5
Kup nods to the table of drinks. "Well, I suspect some toasts are planned, so you might wanna get something. I believe the fizzy stuff is intended for Holi, so it may not be as potent as the rest." Kup snorts faintly, not quite approving of coddling anyone because they happen to be small and have younger-seeming personalities. Energon serves as fuel for their species, and too much energon lead to the state over-energization. Attempting to shield someone from this side-effect leads to them not knowing their own limitations, something only learned through experience and generally that's important to know.
Besides, shouldn't they be restricting Slingshot to the fizzy stuff, too? He's younger than Holi.
The veteran shakes his way out of his thoughts and adds, "And yeah... for the situation we're in, this is nicer than we could have counted on, really. Good timing, though. Folks needed a bit of time to unwind after all that building, not to mention the transmission."
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Post by Bluestreak on Feb 17, 2008 23:10:48 GMT -5
It doesn't take long for Bluestreak to dash to the table and return with two glasses of the bubbly concoction. He hands one to Boondocker and claims the other for himself. "Heh, figured I'd better stick with the less potent stuff myself, Kup. Last time I got overcharged, I woke up repainted as Prowl... everyone was so confused, especially me..."
Though considering an overcharged Blue is rather quieter than a sober one, these two might wish he'd gone for the harder stuff.
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