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wastelandcrown · 4 years

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logan lark’s adventures in trying to appease his parents

CHAPTER 6: don’t lose ur head (the terrifying tales of the grimm monarchy)

Summary: Logan Lark is a fairly average high school student. By all means, he should be impressing his parents on all grounds. Except...he doesn’t exactly have a social life. So after his parents give him puppy dog eyes, he decides to join the local theatre's youth production. Good grief...His life is about to get weird isn’t it?

Warnings: Potential ooc behavior, Roman is a teenager who makes bad choices EXTREME edition, Remus being Remus, Intrusive Thoughts, Minor Bad Parenting, so much swearing it’s insane (If I miss something please tell me!)

Notes: This fic is based off an idea from @under-the-blue-moonlight. If you wanna be tagged in chapters, please ask!! I love this freaking chapter SO much but I’m really scared of how it’s going to be received. All feedback is extremely welcome!!

Pairings: Intrulogical, Eventual Rociet, One-Sided Logicality, Platonic DRLAMP

Tagslist: @under-the-blue-moonlight @why-should-i-tell-youu2 @im-actually-ok @hauntedturkeycalzonedreamer @croftersjam15 @rainbowsixth @snaketho @wasinotwantedatthisexactsecond @a-soul-among-the-stars @sweet-razz-tea @the-cactus-lord

Over the course of the next month Logan learns that despite their reputations, Roman and Remus are the opposite of what everyone thinks of them.

Logan is the smartest person he knows, there is no way in hell he’d ever miss Roman’s multiple attempts to sabotage his role as Hamilton. Smart, and yet so oblivious. Each time Roman had tried to mess with Logan after he began cultivating a friendship with Remus he was miraculously saved from the torment at the last second. Remus is a hundred percent certain that Logan has no idea that he’s fighting off his brother at each and every turn. He’s not certain of much, so it’s saying a lot. There is a beautiful dichotomy in Logan’s logs of the events and the stories Remus tells about his brother’s scourge against his brand new ‘enemy’. On a page labeled ‘Roman Incidents’ in Logan’s succinct handwriting documents every incident through the month when Roman attempted to sabotage him.

July 20th - Roman tripped near my things in the drama room while holding coffee. When I went to check on my things, someone had removed the contents of my bag and filled it with around six pounds of glitter. If this happens again, throw the bag away. Glitter makes anything unsalvageable. You will keep finding it everywhere.

Remus knew Roman had been planning something. Of course he did. Though they didn’t share a room anymore, sneaking into it had never been exceptionally hard. Neither had eavesdropping, when it counted. It counted now more than ever because Remus had become unreasonably attached to Logan and when he heard Roman talking to himself and mentioning the name of his favourite little nerd badly he knew it was now or never. It took two excruciating hours of sitting still and listening to get the juicy stuff. He almost got caught by their mother twice. She’d only been home for three days and she’d checked on Roman twice in one night. If Remus told her about the amount of effort he was putting into something she might keel over dead from shock.

What a funny sight that would be to him. His mother, dead from the shock of his hard work to do something good, thumping onto the floor. He laughs a little, quiet enough to keep Roman from hearing. His brain supplies the rational next step of Roman running out of his room and distraughtly cradling their mother’s head in his lap. Roman sobbing. Roman blaming him. Roman screaming about how it was his fault. And it would be, if she died like that. Remus doesn’t think it’s all that funny anymore, but once the train of thought starts it can’t be stopped. He decides that eavesdropping isn’t fun anymore and makes his way to the kitchen, trying to shake the idea of his brother cursing him out for killing their mother out of his mind.

It doesn’t really work, but he tries anyway. The kitchen is full of distractions, good and bad. The knives in the block look so enticing to his self-proclaimed ‘shitty-dick-wad brain’, but the cookies he nabs from the cupboard are so easy to shove into his mouth that he figures it evens out. He sits at the kitchen island and doesn’t even bother to turn on the light. It takes six cookies in his mouth at once before he can direct his thoughts somewhere else momentarily. How in the hell is he going to combat Roman’s plan? He spits all the cookies onto the counter as his brother walks in, flicks on the light, and sighs deeply.

“You could at least do that onto a plate.”

Remus just shrugs, so Roman speaks again, “How’s your evening been?”

“Before like...five minutes ago I was really liking it.” Which was true, Roman slides into the seat next to him and picks a cookie from the box.

“What changed?”

“Shitty brain,” He replies, “Y’know how it gets.”

“I do indeed. Do you need anything?” His voice is surprisingly soft with him, to the point where Remus has to give him a confused look before deciding what to say next. He figures out how to fuck with Roman’s plan in that moment.

“I wanna go to Party City and terrorize the night staff.”

Roman only chuckles, Remus watches his twin put away the cookies and grab his car keys from the bowl on the counter.

“Come on then, we can buy some of those plastic babies you like so much.”

As Remus is falling asleep later that night, his chest feels warm. He attributes it to the upcoming scheme-ruining scheming. It’s easier than admitting that that was the first time Roman had willingly hung out with him alone since elementary school. He knows the next morning that Roman is most likely buttering up because he suspects Remus knows. Which is...fair. Even if it hurts a little. They get coffee on the way to the theatre and separate. They both have important things to do. The best part about their somewhat rocky-relationship is that they always know where the other is in order to avoid each other. Remus knows that Roman has gone to see Janus and probably make heart eyes and pine over him like a dumbass. Roman knows that Remus is off drooling over his arch nemesis. Today it is more imperative than ever. During practice Remus manages to steal Logan’s backpack while he’s busy.

He swaps the contents out with the six pounds of glitter he bought the night before and shoves Logan’s things into his bag for safe keeping. Nobody would dare look into Remus’ bag for fear of gore or weird pornography, even if he only has one in his bag at the moment. He’s shoving a small notebook in when he catches a title. “Hamilton Performance Experiment”. It takes literally all of his self-control not to immediately snoop. He makes it through, eventually meeting up with Logan and even carrying his bag to ‘be nice’ so Logan doesn’t pick up on the bag glitter. When Roman walks by with his coffee and “trips”, spilling his coffee all over Logan’s bag, Remus smiles.

“Oh! Logan I’m so sorry! What a terrible accident!” Roman cries, ever the actor.

Logan looks downright frantic as he lunges for his bag and rips it open. Glitter goes everywhere. Logan’s hair, Roman’s shoes, the entire dressing room floor. The look of distress fades from Logan’s face momentarily, returning full force when he realizes his things are missing.

Remus pulls them out of his bag in secret, walking to the corner of the room, walking back and exclaiming, “What a good prank Roman! You must be taking some tricks from my book!”

When he hands the things back to Logan, Logan smiles. He decides not to ask about the notebook.

July 27th - One of the props from the prop room was moved in with my things. I suspect Roman because of the look on his face when Remus took the fall for me.

Just because he didn’t ask about the notebook does not mean it left his memory. By the time he gets in the car alone with his brother he realizes that Roman is pissed off at him.

“Couldn’t you have left it alone? How did you even find out!?”

“I have my ways. Now shut up about it before I tell mom about that time in 8th grade-”

“Okay! Okay! I’m shutting up!”

And he did. However that included no longer voicing his plans out loud. Which meant Remus had to get creative. He was very very good at getting creative.

Dinner with their mother was much more quiet that week. Both twins brooding and not speaking with each other, their mother only prompting Roman to talk. It was too familiar in the worst possible ways. Remus despised his mother, but he knew how much his brother loved her. She was...well she was beautiful, intelligent, a very influential fashion designer, extremely supportive. Roman would go on about how perfect she was for hours. Sure, Remus could concede that their mother was beautiful, intelligent, and a very influential fashion designer, but whenever Roman talks about her he never says she’s at all a good mother. Especially not to him. He watches her laugh breathily at one of Roman’s shitty anecdotes from practice and decides he’s had enough of family dinner. He gets up and dutifully cleans his plate and places it in the dishwasher. The chef gives him a smile, and he smiles back.

“Remus, dear,” His mother begins in her shrill voice, “If you’re not going to eat with us, at least go and shower. Your smell is unbecoming.”

Then she turns back to her food like she didn’t just attempt to insult him. Jokes on her, it takes a lot more than that to hurt his feelings. He still ends up forcing himself into the shower for thirty-five minutes that night.

The rest of the week he’s more tired than usual, which the others notice. He makes an effort to not be, he really does. When his mom is in town, everything just sucks. He hangs out with Janus three times and Virgil once to get out of the house and away from his family. The other nights he spends sitting outside the convenience store with a monster or two. He ends up calling Logan one of those nights out of need for company. Logan chuckles when Remus makes up a silly reason for calling that he can’t even remember now, but he can remember Logan’s laugh. He listens to Logan talk about the book series he’s been reading and he feels a little lighter. He never ends up finding out what Roman has planned, but it’s so easy when it’s happening right in front of him. Despite his lethargy lately, he feels a fire lit in him when the missing prop is found with Logan’s bag.

Virgil and Janus are the only two teenagers with keys to the prop room. If Logan stole the missing prop, he would have had to steal the key. No one but the twins even knew Janus had a key, and Virgil was dead set on not letting a soul into the prop room. The idea that Logan, precious little innocent fucking lamb Logan, committed theft not once but twice enrages Remus. When they find it with his things, Logan is utterly baffled. Then he realizes the implications and his face pales. Roman calls for Thomas, spouting off about how Logan stole the prop and he should face consequences, when Remus laughs as loudly as he can.

“Hah! You guys are so funny! You think specs could ever!? Guess my prank worked out pretty damn good if you actually think Mr.Goody-Two-Shoes could commit such a heinous fucking crime!”

Thomas sighs, tells Remus to just ask next time, and leaves. Roman stares at his brother for a solid minute with his mouth slightly ajar. Janus and Virgil are both looking at him like he’s insane because it’s so obvious to them that Roman did it. Patton is looking not at him, but at Logan, with so much concern. And Logan...Logan stares up at Remus with the look of a small and confused animal.

“Did you really do that?”

“Of course I did! I’m the resident rat bastard, I have to cause a little recreational chaos.”

He’s pretty sure Logan believes him until they’re leaving for the day and Logan whispers a ‘Thank you’ to him as he walks by. He would have melted into the floor if Janus hadn’t put a hand on his shoulder and pulled him down to whisper to him.

“Why the hell did you let Roman get away with that?” Virgil is on his other side now with a scowl.

“Don’t know what you’re talking about JJ! I committed a very heinous crime!”

“Then why did Roman ask to borrow Janus’ key earlier?” Virgil asks, and Remus drops his smile to replace it with an annoyed look.

“He just fucking asked for it!? I can’t even believe I’m related to that half-witted twit.”

“Yeah,” Virgil scoffs, “Not really the sharpest sword in the armoury, is he?”

“Please, we’ve known that for years. What I’d like to know is what are we going to do about it?” This quieted Remus, but made Virgil smirk a little.

Janus continued, “After the backpack incident, and now the stealing incident, I’m half-convinced we have a brand new chaos demon in the group.”

“At least Remus’ chaos is fun sometimes,” Virgil mutters, “Roman’s just an ass.”

Remus gets away with being quiet as they talk until they get into Janus’ beat up old van. He doesn’t call shotgun, doesn’t slap the car's ‘ass’ as a joke, he just climbs into the back and sits there. He’s so quiet that Janus and Virgil are a little shell shocked.

“Remus?” Virgil asks quietly and pensively, it sounds just like that soft tone Roman used with him last week.

He’s quiet, Janus starts the car and clicks his tongue, “I’m going to shove Roman down a flight of stairs.”

“Don’t.” He manages, and the boys in the front seats go quiet. Virgil passes him the aux cord.

He plays “Call Them Brothers” by Regina Spektor and Janus and Virgil know that tonight will be a very quiet outing.

They’re sitting at IHOP drawing dicks on their pancakes in syrup when Remus’ phone rings. Janus and Virgil know who’s calling the second Remus sees the caller ID and smiles.

“Evening Logie-Bear, why do I get the pleasure of hearing your devilishly sexy voice in this IHOP tonight?” Remus says and Janus groans loudly.

“You’re at IHOP?” Is the first thing Logan says, which makes Remus smile even brighter.

“Yes, sir! I’m with Virge and Janny too, you wanna say hi?”

Logan sounds a bit contemplative when he mutters, “I was hoping you’d be alone...”

Eavesdropping Janus and Virgil make surprised faces, Remus smacks Janus in the arm, “Oh you were, were you? Why? Phone sex?”

“I wanted to ask for an opinion on a predicament.” Virgil smirks and Janus nabs his phone to speak for Remus.

“Remus would love to-Remus let me talk-You should come have some pancakes with us-Ow, watch the face!-and tell us all about how your science is going.” Janus can hear Logan hiding his laughter through the phone as Remus wrestles with him in the booth.

“It’s more of a philosophical predicament.”

Janus nearly sees red, eyes widening and making Remus cackle,“Why in the world would you ask Remus Grimm about phi-”

It’s silent for a few moments then Logan hears a familiar voice. “It’s Virgil, we’re at the IHOP on 81st and Green.”

Logan laughs brightly, “I’ll be there. Order something for me.”

They spend the evening with breakfast for dinner, and the four get into a fairly heated friendly debate about moral ethics. Janus isn’t sure he’s ever had more fun in his life. When he’s driving away from Virgil to drop Remus off at home, he can’t help but smile at Remus’ improved demeanor.

“Remus,” He starts after they’re alone, “I thought you and Roman were doing better, did something happen?”

“He tried to sabotage Logan twice for entirely selfish reasons, I wouldn’t care if he dies!” Remus dramatically cries.

“You and I both know that’s not true.”

They’re quiet the rest of the ride, and Janus gets out to give Remus a hug before he goes in. Remus ignores Roman’s questions about his whereabouts and locks himself in his room to try and keep his mood up. It doesn’t work, but he tries. He does.

August 3rd - Roman gave me a “peace offering” in the form of lunch. I am led to believe he was attempting to give me food poisoning, as Remus ate the lunch and has now come down with food poisoning.

His mother leaves for her office in Paris on August 1st. Roman cries and hugs her, says he’ll miss her, goes on and on about how it’s so terrible how she’s never home. He does this every time their mother and father leave, he has since they were young. Remus couldn’t give less of a shit. His plan now was finding out what Roman’s next move was. Which was hard because they were back to avoiding each other like the plague. They’d spent a few months getting better at being brothers, then one of their parents shows up and ruins it. This time it was great, Remus would never admit it, but it was. Roman made an effort when their parents weren’t around, a few months ago he started doing things like making dinner for them both and bringing it to him, offering to do a load of laundry for him while he was doing it, being mindful of his volume when practicing his singing and acting, all these little things.

He’d even started initiating physical contact again, which Remus couldn’t get enough of. Literally. An occasional pat on the back, a grab of his hand to pull him somewhere, a light slap to his knee or arm when he said something distasteful. Giving physical affection to Remus was something that seemed to be unique to Roman. It had always been like that when they were younger, and Remus didn’t think he wanted it to stop. Any time he thinks about it he always drifts back to his head against Roman’s knee a few weeks ago when Roman had carded a hand through his hair and then a few minutes later practically tackled him to douse him in perfume The shit smelled awful, but afterwards Roman had slung an arm over his shoulder and gave him a squeeze. That and the closeness with Logan kept him buzzing for the next two days.

Now there was nothing again. It was like Roman could turn off his affection for Remus and pretend he didn’t exist. Remus tried not to be angry about it, he really did, but he couldn’t stop the fire that he felt when the other people on stage got his praises and affection. Both of them were incredibly clingy, but Roman was so much worse at hiding it and it made Remus nearly scream. He piled all of his affectionate behavior onto Logan, and Logan never really minded. He’d place his head on Logan’s shoulder, hold his hand on stage, sit pressed up against him offstage. He loved it, he did. He loved protecting Logan, talking to Logan, existing in the same space as the dork was exhilarating. He hated having to protect Logan from his brother. There was no way in hell that Remus would let anything terrible happen to Logan, but there was no way he would ever let his brother’s stupid selfish decisions fall back on him. He knows he shouldn’t give a single shit, but he does.

His tiredness fades with his mother, but he’s still exhausted because Roman keeps trying to fuck with Logan when he knows damn well Remus won’t let him. The selfish ass. This time, Roman has the gall to pull his entire scheme in front of Remus.

“Logan,” He starts, his affected air is slightly dim today and his hands are hidden, “To apologize for my unkind actions, I have brought a peace offering.”

Roman hands Logan a little bag from a restaurant Remus swears he recognizes.

“Oh, thank you.” Logan says quietly, opening the bag and pulling out a wrapped burger.

Logan takes it out and inspects it as Remus wracks his brain trying to remember where he knows the packaging. It hits him right before Logan takes a bite. This burger is from the restaurant that gave Roman food poisoning a few months ago. It looks like the same burger too. At this point, Remus is half-convinced Roman is taunting him. He’s in a bit of a panic and doesn’t think before he snatches the burger and shoves it in his mouth.

“Remus!” Both call out, the wrapper is still on the end of the burger so he pulls it out then chews and swallows the thing whole.

He coughs and sputters for almost two minutes after, then shoots Roman an awful glare.

“What just happened?” Logan asks, extremely puzzled.

Roman is gawking at Remus again, “Why did you eat that!?”

“Fuck you that’s why, you horsefucking shiteating egomaniac bastard.”

Roman walks off in a huff, Remus lays on the floor.

“Are you alright?” Logan questions, handing him a water bottle.

Maneuvering onto his side, Remus takes a sip and his throat feels miles better, “I just straight up ate a burger whole like a fucking snake, how do you think I am dipshit?”

“Hm,” He pauses to think, “Bad.”

Both boys laugh, and Logan joins Remus on the ground.

“I am beginning to believe your brother has a vendetta against me.”

“No shit, Sherlock.”

Logan pauses, looking at Remus who is still occasionally wheezing.

“Are you alright...emotionally?” Remus wheezes and laughs at the same time, sounding something similar to a goose.

“‘Thought you didn’t know much about those, poindexter.”

“I do not. However, as your friend I feel like it’s important to ask.”

Remus just sighs, closes his eyes, and blows a raspberry at the ceiling.

“Me and Roman are complicated.”

“I can tell.” Remus laughs, Logan really is something else.

It’s quiet when Remus asks, “Do you hate him?”

“No,” Logan’s response is measured and confident like he’s asked himself this question a hundred times, “I don’t hate him. I think he’s got some things to work out, and is taking out his frustration on me as of late.”

He keeps talking, Remus covers his closed eyes with his arm, “More importantly, do you hate him?”

He almost rockets to his feet when Logan says curiously, “Or, more interestingly, do you love him?”

It takes him nearly two and a half minutes sat up and sipping water, watching Logan pack his things, to muster up the will to tell the truth.

“Of course I love him. Nobody else is gonna fucking do it.”

He could barely comprehend Logan’s response to his admission so he shoved it out of his mind with all the force he could muster, then waved a goodbye to him when he parted and left Remus with his mind.

He ends up going home early because his awful decision ended up actually giving him food poisoning. He takes a sick day the next day, and spends most of the time feeling like shit physically and emotionally. His brain has kept tabs on all the shitty feelings and thoughts he’s had and is now playing out a full length shitty horror movie about his life and his dumb brother and his shitty summer crush. Then there’s that conversation with Logan. The last sentence is running through him over and over again. He keeps coming back to it, though he’s sure Logan didn’t even mean anything by it. Seventeen words and his world was sent spinning.

“Ah, I understand, it’s hard to love somebody when they don’t act like they love you back.”

Logan doesn’t even know the half of it.

August 20th - Roman asked me directly to leave the production. Though I admire the effort, all it achieved was a quite awful night, and an angry lecture(?) of sorts from Janus. I do not believe Roman will be trying this tactic ever again.

Roman tries to apologize multiple times, but something angry and petty in Remus doesn’t accept any of them. They’re both getting more and more frustrated by the minute. By the time the thirteenth of August rolls around they aren’t on speaking terms again and everyone can tell that it’s taking its toll on them both. Remus acts out more than usual against people he doesn’t usually target. He scared an ensemble girl one too many times, to the point where she ended up slapping him. He deserved it, but it still stung. Roman poured himself into his role more than ever, but it only ended up stressing him out even more than usual. When his voice so much as wavered on stage it shattered his confidence.

It affected their friends as well. Roman spent more time with Patton and Emile, avoiding Remus and Janus as much as he could possibly manage. Janus rolled his eyes but just resigned himself to the tech booth with Virgil, Remus, and Logan. The only good thing that was happening lately was Janus’ newfound attachment to Logan. The pair's insane intelligence and love of debate meant one was nearly guaranteed every other time they were in the same room. It was exhilarating to watch, and probably exhilarating to take part in. Remus didn’t much care for debates, but watching Janus and Logan go at each other with an occasional snarky comment or new suggestion from Virgil was making him grow a fondness for them. At this point there was barely anybody in the theatre who didn’t adore Logan.

The staff, the cast, the tech. Everyone adored him. He was smart, diligent, and hard-working. He asked questions, didn’t undermine others, and respected the entire cast's talent at what they did. It was magical to watch everyone in the auditorium drift under Logan’s thumb. Remus was included. They were saving Say No To This until near last because of the lack of dancing involved, but it didn’t even matter. Say No To This was not needed in Remus’ seduction plan because Logan seemed to gravitate towards him with ease. He is a damn good friend and Remus is determined to make that boy his bride.

Despite his growing lack of sleep and reliance on caffeine, Remus is skating by just fine without anything bad happening. Until his brother decides to fuck with his life again. He’s on the thin line between being shitty in secret and full-on breakdown, Roman really isn’t helping his case. Remus is lounging on the floor while Logan reads in a chair next to the makeup mirrors. He hears someone enter, but isn’t bothered enough to move.

Ever the polite, Logan greets the newcomer “Ah, Hello Roman, how are you?”

“I need to ask you something.” His brother asks, and Remus turns his head away from the noise.

“Alright, what is it?” Logan sounds so measured and calm.

There is a long pause, “What is it going to take for you to realize you should quit?”

The calmness in Logan’s voice wavers, and Remus can hear it wobble, “Excuse me?”

“You heard me! I mean, it’s obvious I've been trying to get you to leave, so what’s been keeping you!?” Roman raises his voice near instantly, that same childish selfishness burns from his tongue.

“It is none of your business.” There’s a dignified fire raging under his voice now, it’s like he’s been practicing for this.

“You’re not even a good actor! From what I can tell, you’re entirely uninteresting and way too intellectual to be here!” Roman continues, Remus feels the urge to get up but he can’t find the will to move.

“Roman, please think before you say something you regret.” Remus knows what Roman is going to say before it happens.

“No!” His brother is so typical, “You have no idea what this role means to me, why can’t you just leave!?”

That’s typical too, Remus opens his eyes and looks at the pair. Logan looks pissed off, Roman looks pissed off, and Janus is watching from the doorway.

“I try very hard to give you the benefit of the doubt in regards to your debilitating egomania, but it is beginning to appear as if your whole sense of stability and purpose is built upon some false reality where you need to be the star at every possible moment. Go to therapy about it, and leave me alone.” Logan spits this in Roman’s face, then turns back to his book.

Clenching his fists and staring at the ground, Roman looks almost defeated until he catches Remus staring and his face morphs into something so bitter he has to force himself to look away.

“No. I will not leave you alone until I get this part. None of you have any idea how much I need it.”

“Roman-” Janus speaks up daringly from his spot by the door, his tone is enough to warn him to stand down.

Roman’s eyes are squeezed shut, his fists are clenched, “I know we have the same face, but I’m not a failure like my brother.”

That sends Remus to his feet and out the door before anyone can say a word. As he passes Janus on the way out Janus tries to stop him but he pushes past him, past everyone, and out the front door of the theatre.

Janus turns on Roman in an instant, walking slowly into the room and shutting the door with purpose. Roman’s eyes are sewed shut and all the guilt he tries to push down floods him when he makes eye contact with his pissed off friend.

“Roman, we need to have a talk.”

#sanders sides #sanders sides fic #ts remus #ts logan #ts roman #ts janus #ts virgil #intrulogical #REMUS BABY IM SO SORRY-#this title could just be titled 'roman fucks up for 4k words straight' and it would fit #i genuinely loved writing this chapter and i hope it goes over well with yall #roman IS going to get kicked in the teeth with character development #the boy has been self-sabotaging himself so hard #Honestly after chapter 6 imma need to tag 'The Grimm Parents' A+ Parenting' like i'm on fucking ao3 or some shit #anyway!! theres the fic!! happy reading!!#Love you all and goodnight!!

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verdigrisprowl · 7 years

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July 24 Dancitron Movie Night - Titanic

Basically everyone hated the main characters. Most of the room was disappointed in how many of them survived. Swoop seems to have never figured out that they weren’t, in fact, watching Twister.

Prowl went to a dark place after the movie. It probably doesn’t help that, after the movie, he asked to see the entire real-time two hour and forty minute CGI reconstruction of the Titanic sinking. And then sat there and watched the entire thing.

ItsyBitsySpyers 7:35 pm *Soundwave sets a folded up tarp behind himself before he gets comfortable in his usual spot. It's gonna be a long night.* FakeProwl 7:35 pm *look who's here early tonight* Bevel 7:36 pm *trundles in and to what's become her usual seat* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:36 pm *Soundwave pings Prowl hello and nods.* *And then does the same to Bevel.* Bevel 7:36 pm *waves to Soundwave and Prowl* FakeProwl 7:36 pm *nods back. very polite and professional. and cool and calm.* boomtank 7:37 pm -and Blaster is just going to wander in now- Bevel 7:38 pm *waves to Blaster* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:38 pm *Is surprised by Blaster's early appearance. Hello bob, same's the others.* boomtank 7:38 pm -tired wave to both- ((mun has to pick up Primus in about half an hour, otherwise I'd be letting Unicron do it FakeProwl 7:41 pm *Prowl's not entirely sure, as he hasn't been playing the closest attention, but this MIGHT be the best pre-movie music channel Soundwave has played thus far.* ItsyBitsySpyers 7:41 pm *There are others he'd like to play, but silly Earthlings don't always make sure their channels are functional 24/7. This one IS good though.* ((is that a specsdragon i see)) ((and say hi to primus and unicron for me o/ )) Small Furry Dragon 7:42 pm ((hi it is me)) FakeProwl 7:43 pm ((*waves)) Small Furry Dragon 7:43 pm ((I finally get to sit in ur channel and pat ur zori)) boomtank 7:43 pm ((Unicron is over my shoulder and waved at the screen Bevel 7:44 pm *has shifted to a more modern train alt mode so she fits the uniend/aligned aesthetic a bit more than usual. she's still mostly purple with blue tho because those colors are awesome fight her* ((heya ooc peeps FakeProwl 7:45 pm ((*waves at unicron too*)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:45 pm ((starting in 15 so y'all get snacks or whatever you need)) FakeProwl 7:45 pm ((will brb with food)) FakeProwl 7:55 pm ((brb'ed with food)) Impact 7:56 pm ((Soooo, what's the movie? :3)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:56 pm ((Titanic)) Small Furry Dragon 7:57 pm *puts out some energon cookies for the movies* *retreats to a nice corner for the duration* Bevel 7:58 pm ((i saw titanic in theater when i was teeny Impact 7:58 pm ((i've never actually seen it!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm *Soundwave notices cookies he didn't add to the snacks have appeared on the bar. Knowing it's been a while since Zori's had any, he calls Zori down with the others. Poor big bug is gonna probably sit there nibbling on them most of the night.* FakeProwl 7:59 pm ((i saw it during a movie day in high school. i tuned out the whole thing. probably to write fic, im sure.)) Shockwave 7:59 pm ((Ah, found the right tab. Hello there.)) Impact 7:59 pm ((I don't know if i'll last the whole movie because sleeepy)) ((at least impact already knows the titanic sinks)) ItsyBitsySpyers 7:59 pm ((OKAY SO HERE'S THE WARNINGS: I don't really know. I adore y'all but I ain't watching a 3 hour movie twice in 24 hours to screen. There's partial nudity at some point, death, classist junk, and idk what else.)) Bevel 8:00 pm ((it's the titanic story but with random ocs as the stars instead of any of the awesome real life ppl basically Impact 8:00 pm *Is immediately distracted by Zori's presence when she comes in* Zori! 3:D ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm *Zori pauses with a cookie halfway to his mouth and blinks his visor. Oh! It is the Impact.* #hello FakeProwl 8:01 pm ((im not used to hearing this song without a recorder)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm ((LOL)) Bevel 8:01 pm ((lol Impact 8:01 pm *Holds up her arms. Hugs okay?* Hi! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm ((also, a belated hi to Shockbox!)) Impact 8:01 pm ((sis remembers seeing this in theater)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:01 pm *...Yeah, okay. He'll hug her. It's nice to still get hugs like this.* Impact 8:02 pm *hugs!* FakeProwl 8:02 pm ((ye, shockbox! it's been a while)) Small Furry Dragon 8:02 pm ((thank for subtitles! much appreciated!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:03 pm ((np, they're always there unless i forget - i use 'em too)) Shockwave 8:03 pm ((It has indeed! I suppose I should let you all know that I've sort of changed blogs-- I'm doing a shitposting thing now, with normal roleplaying in between.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 8:03 pm *Soundwave pulls his legs up onto the couch and prepares for what he's heard is a good cautionary tale.* Shockwave 8:04 pm *He makes an entrance, joining tonight for a reasons similar to Soundwave's motive.* Swoop 8:04 pm *RETURNS FROM THE GYM BOTH IC AND OOC FOR MAXIMUM DINO-SMELLINESS* Small Furry Dragon 8:04 pm *the dragon fluffs themselves and curls up, their snout poking out from between their paws. time to movie! and keep sneaking appreciative peeks at the Zori enjoying their cookies.* Shockwave 8:05 pm *Oh good, everything is pungent.* FakeProwl 8:05 pm *Gives considering look to Soundwave's pulled up legs. If HE can get away with it...* boomtank 8:05 pm -Blaster is on the OTHER side of the room when he spots Shockwave- FakeProwl 8:05 pm *... No. Better not. Slouches forward and chinhands.* Swoop 8:05 pm *literally rolls head over stupid ptero-butt in front of the screen* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:05 pm //Down in front!// Impact 8:05 pm *plops next to Zori* Bevel, come sit with us! Swoop 8:06 pm :V Shockwave 8:06 pm *Once again, that particular Blaster seems strongly dedicated to avoiding him. Shockwave has grown accustomed to this.* Swoop 8:06 pm *the crest doesn't go down???? that far??* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:06 pm *Soundwave nods at Shockwave, then huffs, amused by the tiny little swimming thing.* FakeProwl 8:06 pm *Oh. Swoop.* Shockwave 8:06 pm *Shockwave returns that nod and takes his place.* FakeProwl 8:06 pm *murmurs to Soundwave* How much combat is in this movie? *because it doesn't exactly look like a war movie* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:06 pm [[Claws to yourself today, Swoop, or you will go out again.]] Swoop 8:06 pm Me Swoop am better door than window :> boomtank 8:07 pm -May be a bit biased against Shockwaves- Bevel 8:07 pm *considers Impact and Zori a moment before getting up and moving as carefully as her bulky butt will allow, hope no one small is sitting behind them* Swoop 8:07 pm *rolls on his back and kicks his tiny stupid bird feet in the air* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:07 pm @Prowl: (txt): ...Not combat movie. That, next week. Impact 8:07 pm Spooky FakeProwl 8:07 pm *mutters* Which means Swoop is going to be insufferable. *quiet sigh* Shockwave 8:07 pm *Fairly biased, Shockwave would think. They are on opposing sides, though Shockwave can't imagine what another version of himself did to inspire a revulsion quite that intense.* Small Furry Dragon 8:07 pm *someone small is too busy having their vision blocked by Swoop. hope Impact and Bevel don't mind a furry friend coming to join them.* Swoop 8:07 pm This floaty movie. Us go OUT and do floaty thing instead 😃 😃 😃 Shockwave 8:07 pm *...Not that he's very motivated to find out.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:08 pm *Zori pats the dragon hello. It's nice to have company.* Bevel 8:08 pm *furry friends are definitely allowed* Swoop 8:08 pm in space "snoop vision" keheheh snoop boomtank 8:08 pm -Let's just say alot- ItsyBitsySpyers 8:08 pm @Prowl: (txt): Will call distraction tactic if needed later. Swoop 8:08 pm *is the distraction tactic bird? let it be bird. he wants to see bird* Shockwave 8:09 pm *Well, if drama needs to happen, the mun now knows who to direct attention to.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:09 pm *Maybe.* Small Furry Dragon 8:09 pm *the dragon purrs and curls back up again. this is much better!* FakeProwl 8:09 pm Appreciated. Impact 8:09 pm *Furry friends are great!* Swoop 8:09 pm *literally only puts up with these boring movies for the chance at making bird laugh with awful jokes* Bevel 8:09 pm *zori is big enough that petting him would not require her to be extremely careful hmmmm* Impact 8:09 pm eeeew wet stuff ItsyBitsySpyers 8:09 pm [[Disgusting.]] Swoop 8:10 pm Keheheh Sludge come back to cave, look like that! Sometimes :> Shockwave 8:10 pm *Shockwave finds himself quite intrigued by the small furry dragon, aware that one of his alternates specializes in dragon-esque creatures.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:10 pm [[As he said. Disgusting.]] Shockwave 8:10 pm *He just stares at it while listening to the movie.* Swoop 8:11 pm Sludge pretty gross Him name SLUDGE keheheh boomtank 8:11 pm ((annnnd I gotta go pick up Primus Swoop 8:11 pm Because Him dumb and also smelly gross keheheheh Small Furry Dragon 8:12 pm *the dragon gently ignores the staring. Shockwaves do what they do, but this dragon is much too small and much better at baking than battling.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:12 pm //Maybe they oughta spray 'im with a hose.// Swoop 8:12 pm TRIED! Him too big keheh You shoot one side, him roll other side into new puddle! Impact 8:13 pm Dun dun! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:13 pm [[...She must be ancient for a human.]] Swoop 8:13 pm OH! Me Swoop know that human. Actor human. Know him. Because. Him fight tornados and monsters :> Him pretty cool Him die a lot Soundwave, this fight movie? :> FakeProwl 8:14 pm She looks old. Older humans have extra baggy skin. It has a lot of folds. Impact 8:14 pm They get wrinkly! Swoop 8:15 pm Her in wheelchair Shockwave 8:15 pm *Lack of fighting ability does not quite inspire disinterest, but it may lead his curiosity to run out faster than usual.* Swoop 8:15 pm Him Chip have wheelchair Wheeljack say Him make BETTER one but, keheh, Chip say no no no thank you! Him say no exploding, thanks kehehehhehehh Shockwave 8:16 pm *Though he ponders the small dragon's origin, he turns his focus back to the film after not too long.* Impact 8:16 pm *giggles* a dish! Small Furry Dragon 8:17 pm *whispers* Well-plated food can be pretty. Prettier than naked humans. *preens* Swoop 8:17 pm When tornado attack, Soundwave? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:17 pm [[No tornadoes. It is a sea adventure.]] Impact 8:17 pm naked humans look weird Swoop 8:17 pm SEA tornato *tornado Impact 8:18 pm i like food better! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:18 pm [[-Why- does their skin fold?]] Small Furry Dragon 8:18 pm I don't understand why they have fur on their heads, but nowhere else. It's weird. *gapes in a dragon smile* I like food better too. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:18 pm [[Is it a protective measure?]] FakeProwl 8:19 pm *ooh. forensic reconstruction of a wreck.* Impact 8:19 pm I think it stops being stretchy so it wrinkles! Shockwave 8:20 pm *That part seemed actually educational, if a bit...crudely presented.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:20 pm [[Strange.]] Swoop 8:21 pm That a long time ItsyBitsySpyers 8:21 pm *Slow lean.* Bevel 8:21 pm Oh this is a human historical record. Impact 8:21 pm this movie has pretty music! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:22 pm *Leans forward. Is that a--* [[Old Earth vehicles. Fascinating.]] Swoop 8:22 pm When them fight each other for rock? Impact 8:22 pm It was red! Bevel 8:22 pm *watching the cars* Swoop 8:23 pm Swoop could sink :> Dinobots could sink :> FakeProwl 8:23 pm I'm so glad we didn't land on Earth back then. Swoop 8:23 pm That boat not so tough Shockwave 8:23 pm *"God himself could not sink this ship," Ah. Blatant irony.* Swoop 8:23 pm Seaspray boat. Him not tough. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:23 pm *Soundwave looks over at Prowl and resumes his slow tip in that direction.* [[Why?]] FakeProwl 8:24 pm Imagine me turning into one of those. Small Furry Dragon 8:24 pm *the dragon blinks at the "health inspection"* What an odd thing. Windchill 8:24 pm (( Jfc this film. )) Bevel 8:24 pm I went to an Earth before this. It was cool. Swoop 8:24 pm Her hat big FakeProwl 8:24 pm *cringes at the ship horn* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:24 pm //Y'know Seaspray useta be a Wrecker, right, Swoop?// Windchill 8:24 pm *Slinks in, late as usual.* Swoop 8:24 pm Seaspray sucks. Me Swoop could snap in half. No hands! Glub glub ItsyBitsySpyers 8:25 pm *Soundwave tries to imagine Prowl as one of those cars.* Swoop 8:25 pm *is here to do two things: impress Bird and murder fish* *sadly, neither are present* Windchill 8:25 pm *Takes a seat near the back.* *points* Horses. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:26 pm [[They may be outdated, but they have an appeal.]] Small Furry Dragon 8:27 pm *the dragon is more confused now* Lice? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:27 pm *Rumble waves over his shoulder at Windchill.* Bevel 8:27 pm Bugs. Impact 8:27 pm bugs that go on heads! FakeProwl 8:27 pm They're so hollow, though. All Earth vehicles are, of course, but these are even worse. Windchill 8:27 pm *Windchill appears to be thinking.* FakeProwl 8:28 pm The engine block is solid enough, but I feel like the rest of it would snap in half trying to transform. Bevel 8:28 pm You would need a really small bot to make a car like those. Windchill 8:28 pm *It's an illusion. He points at Rumble.* Not-horse. Swoop 8:28 pm Them run over little boat next time :V Bevel 8:28 pm *holds her hands up* Really thin. Windchill 8:28 pm *And that's that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:28 pm [[He manages well enough.]] Gestures to himself. Tags it as humor. FakeProwl 8:28 pm *glances at Soundwave. Manages to not quite smile.* ... Fair enough. Small Furry Dragon 8:28 pm Don't they have ways to clean their fur? We have sprays for that. But more ice too, I think. Impact 8:29 pm *giggles* Picasso! Windchill 8:29 pm Who gets out all of their paintings to decorate a ship cabin when it's so...temporary? Impact 8:29 pm he becomes a big thing! Windchill 8:29 pm *Rich people wtf.* Swoop 8:29 pm *tries to bite his own toes* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:29 pm [[A rich human, he supposes.]] Windchill 8:30 pm *Shakes his head.* Swoop 8:30 pm *is going to eat his own feet, just you wait* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:30 pm *He's not taking the blame if they have to send a footless Swoop back to Ratchet* Windchill 8:30 pm *Well THAT'S a spectacle.* Impact 8:30 pm oooh Windchill 8:30 pm *He'll bet Swoop has stinky feets anyway.* Shockwave 8:31 pm *Leaning forward at this display.* Swoop 8:31 pm *has a stinky everything* Small Furry Dragon 8:31 pm *gapes at the ship's workings* ...Wow ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm [[So this is how human ships work.]] Windchill 8:31 pm *A stinky BUTT too.* FakeProwl 8:31 pm *when's the ship crash. he wants to see the exact process of this beast going down.* Impact 8:31 pm cool! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm *Not for a while, sadly.* Swoop 8:31 pm JUMP! Bevel 8:31 pm I want to watch the ship work more. Impact 8:31 pm Me too! Small Furry Dragon 8:31 pm Me too! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm [[Primus, no, jumping would be terrible.]] [[It'd be COLD.]] Windchill 8:31 pm Don't get too attached. Swoop 8:31 pm Me Swoop fly by water before. It fun :> ItsyBitsySpyers 8:31 pm *Shudder.* Small Furry Dragon 8:31 pm *the dragon giggles a little* I guess we spoke at the same time. FakeProwl 8:32 pm They're high enough the impact with the water might kill them. Impact 8:32 pm hee! Swoop 8:32 pm Go low low close to water It IS fun :V Boat hit fish!!! keheheh dead Windchill 8:32 pm They're not fish! *OUTRAGE* Swoop 8:32 pm They fish ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm [[What are they?]] Windchill 8:32 pm Porpoises. Impact 8:32 pm dolphins? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:32 pm [[They're very sleek.]] FakeProwl 8:32 pm *those are obviously fish but Prowl is not getting in a fight with Windchill, of all people, about it* Swoop 8:32 pm You a porpoises keheh Windchill 8:33 pm They eat fish. Swoop 8:33 pm Fish dumb Windchill 8:33 pm Fine, I'll be a porpoise. Swoop 8:33 pm Kay! Windchill 8:33 pm *Squeaks.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:34 pm [[That... is a very large ship.]] Windchill 8:34 pm *He's watched too many documentaries about sea life okay. He had to say something. Not fish.* *snorts* Swoop 8:34 pm Me Swoop can do that :> Blow smoke ItsyBitsySpyers 8:35 pm *Dislikes the Cal human already.* Windchill 8:35 pm *Rolls his optics.* Impact 8:35 pm *giggles at the freud comment* Small Furry Dragon 8:35 pm Glaciers aren't stable, and they're very big. *the dragon fluffs a bit* Bevel 8:35 pm *laughs* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:35 pm *And more.* Whirl 8:35 pm

FakeProwl 8:35 pm *grimaces. Who is this human Freud and why does his name sound like—* Impact 8:35 pm Hi whirl! Windchill 8:35 pm *GET OUT OF HERE WHIRL.* FakeProwl 8:35 pm *never mind it* Windchill 8:36 pm *STOP SPYING ON US* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:36 pm [[Do sit down, Whirl.]] Whirl 8:36 pm *bobs his head* Yo, Impact. Swoop 8:36 pm Him drawy bot Bevel 8:36 pm *waves to Whirl* Swoop 8:36 pm Like Sunstreaker Whirl 8:36 pm *time for more bobbin* And Shovel. Small Furry Dragon 8:36 pm *politely lifts paw and waves at Whirl* FakeProwl 8:36 pm *points* Those two are going to have a romance plot based on absolutely nothing but physical attraction to each other, and it's going to be annoying. Windchill 8:37 pm Ew. Impact 8:37 pm bluuuuh Windchill 8:37 pm Parties. I hate them. Whirl 8:37 pm ...*stares at the. Small furry... dragon? And, figuring it's just as well, bobs his helm back* FakeProwl 8:37 pm You can tell because he looked at her for three seconds and somebody said he won't be able to stand next to her. Swoop 8:37 pm Her have red hair ItsyBitsySpyers 8:37 pm *Counterpoints.* [[The Cal human is trying to control her. That is no better.]] Bevel 8:37 pm Ew. Swoop 8:37 pm Cool :> Small Furry Dragon 8:37 pm *the dragon laughs at prowl's comment* Impact 8:37 pm The Cal human is gross Whirl 8:37 pm *enters at last and makes his way for a seat near Windchill* Windchill 8:38 pm *Side eyes Whirl. He sees u.* FakeProwl 8:38 pm Oh, no, all of the people around her are atrociously annoying. Bevel 8:38 pm Sparkly dress. Whirl 8:38 pm *side eyes back* FakeProwl 8:38 pm But we're SUPPOSED to find them atrociously annoying, which makes it tolerable. Windchill 8:38 pm SHE'S atrociously annoying. Whirl 8:38 pm All of you are atrociously annoying. Swoop 8:38 pm JUMP :V Windchill 8:38 pm Thanks! We try. Whirl 8:38 pm I'M atrociously annoying. Bevel 8:38 pm Blowing smoke in people's face is rude. Windchill 8:38 pm Except me. Impact 8:38 pm Swoop! FakeProwl 8:38 pm Whereas we're going to be expected to enjoy the love story. Swoop 8:38 pm :> Windchill 8:38 pm *he leans back.* Whirl 8:38 pm The only creature free of guilt is Killer. Small Furry Dragon 8:38 pm Do humans make sequins out of insect carapace, too? Windchill 8:38 pm It comes naturally to me. Swoop 8:38 pm Cliff diving fun Her go Feel better ItsyBitsySpyers 8:39 pm //If they don't, they oughta.// Swoop 8:39 pm Because SPLASH FakeProwl 8:39 pm *... is she going to try to swim back to land* Swoop 8:39 pm Me Swoop push Snarl off cliff one time Whirl 8:39 pm Pfft. Yeah. Cliff diving. Swoop 8:39 pm it AWESOME SPLAAAAAASSHH!!! Keheh Both JUMP! Windchill 8:39 pm *Fakes a yawn.* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:39 pm [[He could have thrown that from where he was.]] Swoop 8:40 pm Yah, both jump Windchill 8:40 pm Short movie. Swoop 8:40 pm Pchoo FakeProwl 8:40 pm *... oh. that's why she's up there.* Windchill 8:40 pm *She's weak.* FakeProwl 8:40 pm *mumbles* If she's so determined to jump, let her. You don't know her reasons. Small Furry Dragon 8:40 pm *ah, yes. water is cold, water is wet. speaking the obvious, there.* Swoop 8:41 pm Her bad at jumping Him push Whirl 8:41 pm Pfft. That's the way to do it. Windchill 8:41 pm They keep talking about cold. *he drapes an arm over his forehead.* Small Furry Dragon 8:41 pm *the dragon yawns. cold water is a fact of life.* Whirl 8:41 pm Almost as cold as you. Windchill 8:41 pm Me? Impact 8:42 pm Even if it's a dumb love story I'm gonna be sad when the ship sinks 3:( Swoop 8:42 pm Her bad at jump. Him bad at grab. Small Furry Dragon 8:42 pm It's a pretty ship. Swoop 8:42 pm Everyone sucks. When tornado come, Soundwave? Windchill 8:42 pm I could be a lot warmer. Swoop 8:42 pm KAHAH! Small Furry Dragon 8:43 pm I suppose this is more dramatic for people without wings. Whirl 8:43 pm *nods* Or people who aren't waterproof. Swoop 8:43 pm What them mad for? 😕 Whirl 8:43 pm Pfft, way to stick up for the guy. Seems a bit too little, too late. Impact 8:44 pm *scoffs* Swoop 8:44 pm Her Carly beat Him up Windchill 8:44 pm *Whispers.* Impact 8:44 pm 'women and machinery" WHAT A DUMB ItsyBitsySpyers 8:44 pm *Catches the mumble and thinks back to Prowl 's request back when he had the pipe through his head. ... Not a thought for now. Saves that for later.* Small Furry Dragon 8:44 pm *the dragon just bares their teeth* Humans are weird. Windchill 8:44 pm Whirl. Sit on me. Bevel 8:44 pm Humans are dumb. Whirl 8:44 pm *whispers back* No. I'll put my feet on you, at best. I don't do the sitting. FakeProwl 8:45 pm Why did she wait until AFTER he'd been handcuffed to come up with the story? Whirl 8:45 pm Exactly! Windchill 8:45 pm I'll take what I can get. Whirl 8:45 pm You'd think she could've stopped them right away. Windchill 8:45 pm Because she's selfish and stupid. Bevel 8:45 pm Maybe she was upset about almost dying? Small Furry Dragon 8:45 pm She could have bitten someone. He could have bitten someone. Whirl 8:45 pm THAT's no big deal at all! FakeProwl 8:46 pm Ah. Of course. Shock. Impact 8:46 pm oh! the mirror! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:46 pm [[And there's no tornado, Swoop. There is something else.]] [[Be patient.]] Swoop 8:46 pm *transforms and rolls over onto his belly* FakeProwl 8:46 pm It EXPLAINED what there is at the start of the movie. Whirl 8:46 pm *scoots his chair back, lifts his legs, and settles his feet on Windchill* Swoop 8:46 pm Me Swoop want to see moo cow go flying keheheh Windchill 8:46 pm *Rumbles.* Thanks man, I feel so much warmer now. *Sarcasm? Who knows.* FakeProwl 8:47 pm *mutters* For the people who were paying attention. Impact 8:47 pm I was paying attention! ItsyBitsySpyers 8:47 pm [[Except the ability to make her own choices, apparently.]] Whirl 8:47 pm If my feet get cold, I'm taking them back. FakeProwl 8:47 pm If there's nothing he couldn't give her then why doesn't he give her a little bit of dignity. Windchill 8:47 pm Okay. I've been warned. Small Furry Dragon 8:47 pm Where I come from, girls eat men who try to control them. Whirl 8:48 pm That's a good way of handling that sort of thing. People who wanna control you. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:48 pm =I approve.= Whirl 8:48 pm I suppose maiming will do, if eating isn't an option? Bevel 8:48 pm Eat the rich jerk, Rose. Impact 8:49 pm *giggles madly because eating the rich* Whirl 8:49 pm Why the hell would she bring it up if she doesn't wanna talk to him about it? Small Furry Dragon 8:49 pm Our goddess did that, they say. Well, ate a god. I'm not sure he was rich. *wiggles wings in kind of a shrug* I guess we're not made to be controlled. Windchill 8:50 pm Crush her hand. Damn it. Whirl 8:50 pm Nice. I don't think my goddess ever ate anyone. Not really her schtick. What's yours called? Windchill 8:50 pm She's almost as bad as her beau. Whirl 8:50 pm *antenna pins back briefly and he shoots a Look at Windchill* FakeProwl 8:50 pm They're obnoxious and I can't stand either of them. Windchill 8:51 pm *Side eyes Whirl* *What.* Impact 8:51 pm boooooobs Small Furry Dragon 8:51 pm We only have the one. She's just the Goddess. I think the Cousins have a name for her, but my kind doesn't. Whirl 8:52 pm Huh. Interesting. Windchill 8:52 pm *Whatever, then.* Bevel 8:52 pm Rude. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:52 pm [[Two minutes ago she was insulting him.]] *Shakes his helm.* Swoop 8:53 pm Them hats big :> Like bird kehehehehh Bird with flowers Bevel 8:53 pm *giggles* Whirl 8:53 pm *peers* Is that the lady? From... hmm. Windchill 8:53 pm I think so. Misery? Was that it? Whirl 8:53 pm Yeah! Windchill 8:53 pm I forget. Bevel 8:53 pm Misery? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:53 pm [[Her voice print matches.]] Whirl 8:53 pm *nods* She sounds like her, yep. FakeProwl 8:54 pm ... Is it? Windchill 8:54 pm Eh. I recognize faces easier. Voices are easier to change. Whirl 8:54 pm *speaking of voices, he heard a familiar one earlier, and swivels his helm around; is Ravage at the bar?* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm [[A squid boat? A boat with squid?]] Whirl 8:54 pm Smell's the best way to do it. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm *Ravage is ON the bar.* Windchill 8:54 pm Smell? Impact 8:54 pm a boat for catching squid? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:54 pm [[...They are already making plans?]] Windchill 8:54 pm You should smell me. I might be stinky. Swoop 8:55 pm Kehehhehehheheh Small Furry Dragon 8:55 pm For catching squid, I think. We have them for the water worms. Whirl 8:55 pm I already have. I more or less always am. *withdraws his legs and stands up* You smell like ice and earth. Which is... kind of weird. But makes sense. 'Scuse me. Windchill 8:55 pm Lame. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:55 pm *Cringing so hard. Gross human fluids.* Swoop 8:55 pm KEHEHEHHHEHHH Windchill 8:55 pm You should sniff Swoop then. FakeProwl 8:55 pm She's switched out one man who tells her what not to do for another man who doesn't listen when she says she doesn't want to do something. Swoop 8:55 pm *loves this* Impact 8:55 pm eeeew Swoop 8:55 pm *best part of the movie* Whirl 8:56 pm I'm more or less always smelling everyone, Windchill. Shockwave 8:56 pm *Really did not enjoy that scene.* Windchill 8:56 pm I mean get in REAL CLOSE. Small Furry Dragon 8:56 pm No, you eat insects. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:56 pm [[She has terrible taste.]] Whirl 8:56 pm *and sliiides on up to the bar* Hey barkeep. I think I might owe you? FakeProwl 8:56 pm She doesn't have taste. The first man, I'm sure, was thrust upon her. The second one thrust himself upon her. Windchill 8:57 pm I like this lady the best, I think. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:57 pm *Ravage crosses his paws and stares at Whirl.* =Little bit. You have payment?= Swoop 8:57 pm Penguins Windchill 8:57 pm Nah, not penguins. Small Furry Dragon 8:57 pm Mealworms, I think, Swoop. They're tasteless. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:57 pm [[She would be best served abandoning them both and enjoying her time on the ship alone.]] Windchill 8:57 pm Penguins work for their dinner. FakeProwl 8:58 pm Taste has nothing to do with it. She's afforded no agency. The one thing in this entire movie she chose to do for herself, she was prevented from completing. Swoop 8:58 pm Yuh-huh penguins black and white ItsyBitsySpyers 8:58 pm [[A fair point.]] Swoop 8:58 pm waddle Windchill 8:58 pm ...So am I! Whirl 8:58 pm Nothing fancy this time. Just an exchange. *whispers* Swiped this from Swerve's. *and he procures a bottle of what passes for Cybertronian wine; nothing fancy, but fine enough* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:58 pm //Wooooow. Cold.// Windchill 8:58 pm Maybe I was a penguin all along. Swoop 8:58 pm Maybe! Windchill 8:59 pm I can waddle too, if I want. Swoop 8:59 pm DO it Bevel 8:59 pm She got another pretty dress. Windchill 8:59 pm Okay! Impact 8:59 pm *reads up on Molly Brown on her tablet instead of watching* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm *Ravage sniffs the bottle. He doesn't have Ratbat's nose for fuel - it's made for tracking other things - but he can smell it well enough.* Impact 8:59 pm Molly Brown was cool! Small Furry Dragon 8:59 pm His hair's even shiny like some sort of beetle! Doesn't he clean himself? Windchill 8:59 pm *He gets up, and sidles around behind the seats, waddling back and forth. Proof.* Bevel 9:00 pm *leans over to read over Impact's shoulder* Swoop 9:00 pm *EXPLODES laughing at Windchill, complete with random flailing* Impact 9:00 pm ((there was this titanic game we used to play)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:00 pm =Good.= *Grabs it in his tail claws and hops behind the bar* Windchill 9:00 pm *Honk honks.* Impact 9:00 pm ((it was in french, we sucked at it and kept getting shot)) Swoop 9:00 pm *chirps* Whirl 9:00 pm *nods* Good. Any chance I can get something tonight, and settle my tab next week? FakeProwl 9:00 pm ((> titanic > getting shot what kind of titanic)) Windchill 9:01 pm *Slows just enough to eye the film.* Gossip. My specialty. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:01 pm =Yes. You are good for it.= Whirl 9:01 pm Nice. The usual, if you don't mind. Impact 9:01 pm ((you're supposed to solve a mystery or something before it sinks, i think?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:01 pm *It'll be up in less than a minute.* Windchill 9:02 pm *Sits down, making a pained expression.* *What nonsense.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:03 pm [[...What is that goo.]] Windchill 9:03 pm Eggs. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:03 pm [[...They're very small.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:04 pm Are they bug's eggs? Windchill 9:04 pm I think they're fish? FakeProwl 9:04 pm *sounds like a miserable way to exist* Bevel 9:04 pm *sounds almost enjoyable to her, with less sleeping under bridges* Windchill 9:04 pm *An optic narrows. He's sure he has everything worth knowing about caviar in his Earth database somewhere, but he can't be bothered.* Small Furry Dragon 9:05 pm *wiggles wings in another shrug* We have bigger fish where I come from. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:05 pm *Is quite content having somewhere to stay now.* *Two somewheres, in fact.* Whirl 9:05 pm *has more or less had his fair share of sleeping in streets and under bridges. But. Well. He might have to get used to that again* *he's gonna take his drink as soon as it's done and return to his seat* Bevel 9:06 pm *technically has two places, but considers Blurr's ship her current address* Windchill 9:06 pm *Let's not start a conversation on horrible places we've all slept.* Impact 9:06 pm It's a party FakeProwl 9:08 pm *she says she can't do it and he straight-up ignores her and pulls her closer.* Windchill 9:08 pm That looks exhausting. Bevel 9:08 pm *nods her head along to the music* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:08 pm *And now she's said to stop and he hasn't.* Bevel 9:08 pm This looks fun. Whirl 9:08 pm *he likes his definition of a party more, at least; hunkers down over his drink like a horrid gargoyle* Swoop 9:08 pm Keheh them tap tap tap tap! Windchill 9:09 pm (( I'm sorry all I can think of atm is my coworker who got drunk, went hiking and decided to Irish tap dance when he got up there. Busted his ankle.)) FakeProwl 9:09 pm *had to turn his audials down to listen to this scene* Swoop 9:09 pm ((Sounds like a fun coworker)) Whirl 9:09 pm ((I REMEMBER THAT(( Windchill 9:09 pm (( My new favourite story. )) Swoop 9:09 pm Him Slag drink like that keheheh Bevel 9:10 pm ... Shockwave 9:10 pm *Being that this film is not historically accurate in any way, these scenes are quite boring to him.* Whirl 9:10 pm En pointe. Nice. Swoop 9:10 pm En pointe ItsyBitsySpyers 9:10 pm [[Impressive.]] Bevel 9:10 pm On point? Swoop 9:10 pm *is a little parrot* Shockwave 9:10 pm ((..I shouldn't say in /any way/, but you get what i mean.)) Whirl 9:10 pm The way she was standing, on the tips of her toes. Kind of difficult for most dancers to do. Impact 9:10 pm on tippy toes! FakeProwl 9:10 pm ((the boat eventually sinks. that's about where the similarities end.)) Bevel 9:10 pm Oh. Impact 9:10 pm humans can dance like that but it hurts Swoop 9:10 pm *immediately scrambles up to his feet to try* Impact 9:10 pm it looks pretty though ItsyBitsySpyers 9:11 pm ((some of the passengers in the latter parts are real people iirc)) Bevel 9:11 pm *watches Swoop* Small Furry Dragon 9:11 pm I think I prefer to dance on all four feet. Whirl 9:11 pm *also watches this* Swoop 9:11 pm *has borb feet for grabbing, not tippy toeing* Whirl 9:11 pm I don t dance, myself. Windchill 9:11 pm Me neither. FakeProwl 9:11 pm *dryly* How long until the tornado? Impact 9:11 pm 😮 Windchill 9:11 pm That was it. Bevel 9:11 pm Eat him. Small Furry Dragon 9:11 pm *hisses* Eat. Him. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:11 pm //Punch his fraggin' lights out.// Impact 9:12 pm eat him! Swoop 9:12 pm *still, he is athletic and mimics the way she slide up her feet until he is on the tips of his toes* Whirl 9:12 pm Hear, hear. *toasts* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:12 pm *Frenzy applauds Swoop* Swoop 9:12 pm *unfortunately, he gets excited and that turns into a wobble which gets hm back on the balls of his feet* aww keheh Bevel 9:12 pm 😞 Whirl 9:12 pm Hey! You did it, birdo. *toasts to that, as well* Windchill 9:12 pm *Claps.* Small Furry Dragon 9:12 pm Wow! Nice job, Swoop! Swoop 9:12 pm *hops to get up on his toes, stays there for a 1 2 3 count, then hops back flat footed* *TA DA!!!* Bevel 9:12 pm *claps for Swoop* Swoop 9:12 pm *poses* Impact 9:12 pm *claps for swoop!* Windchill 9:13 pm Boo hoo. Swoop 9:13 pm *is the weiner* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:13 pm [[...So that is why the mother is forcing her into this.]] Shockwave 9:13 pm *He's confused by the clapping, he was focusing on the film.* *Goes back to the film, though.* Swoop 9:13 pm *bends over to touch his toes, as if to check on them* Windchill 9:13 pm Maybe if they learned any real skills they wouldn't have to be dependent on other people. Bevel 9:13 pm Yes. Whirl 9:13 pm Yep. Impact 9:13 pm mmhmm Bevel 9:14 pm Sell everything but the pretty dresses. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:14 pm *Has like no sympathy.* Bevel 9:14 pm *she has priorities* Small Furry Dragon 9:14 pm Seamstresses are hard workers. I respect them more than I respect that mother. Swoop 9:14 pm *stands on his fingertips* FakeProwl 9:14 pm *zero sympathy* Impact 9:14 pm me too! Bevel 9:14 pm *sparkling dresses she could never wear being one of them* FakeProwl 9:14 pm *pities the girl who's surrounded by controlling people. her rescuer included.* Windchill 9:14 pm *Blows in Swoop's general direction, just in case it knocks him over.* FakeProwl 9:15 pm She should have jumped. Swoop 9:15 pm *is way too used to being body slammed for a gust of wind to matter* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:15 pm *She is selling her creation to keep her high caste things. He hopes the creator is first to drown.* Swoop 9:15 pm *turns this pretzel'd mess into a handstand instead* Windchill 9:15 pm *She doesn't deserve to have a creation.* Whirl 9:16 pm She should've. Swoop 9:16 pm *walks around on his hands* Whirl 9:16 pm *toasts Prowl, as well, and drinks yet again* Windchill 9:16 pm *Sniffs. Caste nonsense.* Impact 9:16 pm ((apparently my affronted noise when finding out the mother lives was funny)) FakeProwl 9:16 pm *wow, did he just get toasted by Whirl* Swoop 9:16 pm *can he grab a snack with his feet? we're about to find out* Windchill 9:16 pm *DO IT.* Small Furry Dragon 9:17 pm *ice warnings are normal, though? water gets cold, makes ice. such is the way of things.* Bevel 9:17 pm ((one hopes she becomes a seamstress and becomes a better person in this universe ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm [[Ah. Yes. A brilliant idea with ice warnings, putting on all speed.]] Windchill 9:17 pm Wow, thievery. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:17 pm [[...Half.]] [[Let him guess which half.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:17 pm *the dragon snorts* Swoop 9:17 pm *catches a treat with his birb toes and kartwheels away to victory* Windchill 9:17 pm Naturally. FakeProwl 9:17 pm Mhmm. Whirl 9:17 pm You sure, Soundwave? Sounds like a toughie to me. Impact 9:18 pm I think I'm gonna go to bed now. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:18 pm [[Rest well, Impact.]] Bevel 9:18 pm Night, Impact. Windchill 9:18 pm For the best. Impact 9:18 pm I don't wanna watch the boat sink. Small Furry Dragon 9:18 pm Good night! Whirl 9:18 pm Seeya, pipsqueak. Windchill 9:18 pm Bye, short stack. Bevel 9:18 pm Rude. Eat him too. Whirl 9:18 pm He's annoying, too. Impact 9:18 pm *gives Zori one more hug before leaving* Small Furry Dragon 9:18 pm *giggles* Eat them all. FakeProwl 9:18 pm He's known her two days, he insults her and then tries to confess love. Whirl 9:19 pm How come we never watch any DECENT romance movies? FakeProwl 9:19 pm If their relationship lasts two years, he'll become as condescending and controlling as her current fiance. Whirl 9:19 pm ...well, okay, we watched the one, with the aliens. Windchill 9:19 pm *scratches chin.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:19 pm [[He's not sure the humans make them.]] FakeProwl 9:19 pm He's already well on his way. Windchill 9:19 pm Strong, he says. Eh. Whirl 9:19 pm And also, that one about the fly. Swoop 9:19 pm It better after them put wings on the things Bevel 9:19 pm It is because she is supposed to be untouchable. Swoop 9:19 pm for tornado floating :> Windchill 9:19 pm I think I've seen a few decent ones. Whirl 9:19 pm There should b e more romance films with armed combat. Windchill 9:19 pm YEAH. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:19 pm \\PIT YEAH.\\ Bevel 9:19 pm There should be less romance and more combat. FakeProwl 9:20 pm He pretends to tell her that she has agency in choosing her future, when what he's doing is ordering her to choose him. Whirl 9:20 pm Romance AND combat. *points at Bevel* At the same time. Windchill 9:20 pm I like that idea. boomtank 9:20 pm ((back Bevel 9:20 pm Romance is boring. FakeProwl 9:20 pm Could we skip both and just have a solid mystery. Windchill 9:20 pm *shrugs.* I like romance fine. Swoop 9:21 pm Them steal ship and pirate movie next time :V Whirl 9:21 pm I'll take a decent film noir, if that's whatcha mean. We should watch The Maltese Falcon sometime. Swoop 9:21 pm Falcon is bird :> boomtank 9:21 pm -hasn't been paying attention- Windchill 9:21 pm Sure is. Swoop 9:21 pm Maltese is...... dog? JUMP!! Whirl 9:21 pm Damn, Swoop, you right. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:21 pm [[He will look for a mystery soon. And investigate the falcon movie.]] Swoop 9:21 pm Me Swoop am right lots of times :> Windchill 9:21 pm Didn't she have a traumatic experience on the railings of this damned boat already? Swoop 9:22 pm Him Grimlock say Me Swoop am smarty pants boomtank 9:22 pm -looks up at this part- Small Furry Dragon 9:22 pm That can't feel like flying. boomtank 9:22 pm -stares- Swoop 9:22 pm that not flying????????????????? JUUUUMMMPPP then fly boomtank 9:22 pm Isn't that dangerous? Whirl 9:22 pm It really can't. Swoop 9:22 pm jump THEN fly Bevel 9:22 pm No that is falling. Swoop 9:22 pm same thing keheheh Small Furry Dragon 9:22 pm Flying is gliding with more falling, but also more going up. At least, that's what the hatchling instructors claimed! Windchill 9:23 pm ...What? Whirl 9:23 pm Maybe for you lot it is. *preens* I'm a HELICOPTER. Bevel 9:23 pm *bored now* Windchill 9:23 pm *That doesn't sound right.* Bevel 9:23 pm I can fly! Swoop 9:23 pm whirlybird :> Windchill 9:23 pm Some of us have engines. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:23 pm *Soundwave places a :| on his screen. Then he rolls the eyes.* Swoop 9:23 pm NOW them rescue old lady from smashed house because tornado attack her Dog okay Whirl 9:23 pm I have an engine, too. I've got two rotors arrays and one jet turbine. Windchill 9:24 pm I know you do. Small Furry Dragon 9:24 pm I don't think I can go as fast as you all do. Whirl 9:24 pm ((SWOOP UR KILLING ME HAHAHA)) ((TWISTER)) FakeProwl 9:24 pm Finally. Talk about the wreck more. That part is interesting. Swoop 9:24 pm ((GOOD)) ((I'M KILLING ME TOO)) ((WE DIE TOGETHER)) Whirl 9:24 pm Well, in your defense, you use analogue flight, right? With the flapping? Windchill 9:24 pm Let's pretend to know a thing about art, it's in the script. boomtank 9:25 pm -huffs and goes back to reading. More interesting- ItsyBitsySpyers 9:25 pm [[That's not a heart. It's a triangle.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:25 pm With the flapping, yes. *extends a wing to demonstrate* Whirl 9:25 pm *nods* Yeah! You might not be fast, but analogue flight's pretty neat. Windchill 9:25 pm I can do that. Whirl 9:25 pm Second-best thing to rotors. Windchill 9:25 pm *shakes his head in slow motion.* *It looks even stupider when he does it.* FakeProwl 9:26 pm ... The picture of her was found inside the safe. Windchill 9:26 pm Was that a dime? FakeProwl 9:26 pm Which means her fiance is going to discover the picture. Small Furry Dragon 9:26 pm You think so? It seems so normal to- okay they're taking their clothes off, I'm not going to look. Windchill 9:26 pm I suppose it was worth more then. *points* Boobs. Small Furry Dragon 9:26 pm Zori, may I hide my eyes behind your legs? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:27 pm *Holds a claw up over the dragon's eyes.* Small Furry Dragon 9:27 pm Thank you, Zori. Swoop 9:27 pm Boobs? Whirl 9:27 pm *perks up and swivels his head around* Oh. Hey, Professor. Didn't see ya. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:27 pm #hi *He's hiding with the dragon and Bevel.* Windchill 9:27 pm *He gestures, as if cupping boobs on his own chassis.* Her chest. Swoop 9:27 pm *mimics the gesture with ZERO understanding on his face* Whirl 9:28 pm *stares at this display* Windchill 9:28 pm *Does it again. Make them bounce.* Swoop 9:28 pm *cocks head* Windchill 9:28 pm Boobs. Whirl 9:28 pm Do you have a point. Windchill 9:28 pm Me? Swoop 9:28 pm *looks at Windchill* *looks at Whirl* *looks at Windchill* ??? Bevel 9:29 pm *will be a good barrier between boobs and robots* Swoop 9:29 pm *nope he's got nothing* Whirl 9:29 pm *looks at Swoop, obviously just as confused* I don't know what to do with this creature. Windchill 9:29 pm I just like boobs. FakeProwl 9:29 pm She has lead a sad, sterile life, if that was the most erotic moment of it. I suppose that's not a terrible surprise, given her fiance. Whirl 9:29 pm Eroticism's overrated. Windchill 9:30 pm *snorts.* Small Furry Dragon 9:30 pm ...Is it safe? Whirl 9:30 pm You know you're living life when you've set yourself on fire, somehow. Windchill 9:30 pm It's not so bad. Bevel 9:30 pm Yeah. Swoop 9:30 pm When Wheeljack want to find Dinobots, him shake goodie box Whirl 9:30 pm I'm sure. *takes a nice long pull* Swoop 9:31 pm ME SWOOP on fire ALL THE TIME :V In face Windchill 9:31 pm You are? *Squints.* Swoop 9:31 pm YAH Me Swoop can do fire RIGHT NOW :V Small Furry Dragon 9:31 pm *peeks out from behind Zori's claw* Windchill 9:31 pm Not in Soundwave's place. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:31 pm [[No firebreathing.]] Swoop 9:31 pm Little fire *holds fingertips sooooo close together* FakeProwl 9:32 pm ... Where does she think she's running? This is a ship. Small Furry Dragon 9:32 pm Swoop, I am flammable. Windchill 9:32 pm Do it outside. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:32 pm [[No. There is an organic here.]] FakeProwl 9:32 pm She should have sent Jack out of the room alone and stayed in her room by herself. Whirl 9:32 pm It's probably more fun that way. Swoop 9:32 pm :< Windchill 9:32 pm She doesn't care about consequences. Like me. 'Cept I'm better at running away from them. boomtank 9:33 pm ..... Whirl 9:33 pm Poor thing's desperate to live a little. It's why she does dumb things, like try to run away on a ship. And fling herself at the first person to throw her a shred of sympathy. Small Furry Dragon 9:33 pm I don't think they should be running around fire in long clothes. Whirl 9:33 pm She's miserable. Miserable people do dumb stuff. Windchill 9:33 pm ...This is true. FakeProwl 9:33 pm Oh yes. Run around the pumping piston in a long, flowing dress. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:33 pm [[Her antics are endangering multiple people.]] [[And he is encouraging them.]] Whirl 9:33 pm I'm not defending them. I'm explaining them. Small Furry Dragon 9:33 pm I've got long fur, and the docents chastised me for running in the kitchens. Windchill 9:33 pm She's not smart enough to have thought about it nor care. Swoop 9:33 pm Them watch The Shining in car and then tornado attack tear up movie screen Windchill 9:34 pm ...Why The Shining? Whirl 9:34 pm I think they're just as annoying as you lot do. Swoop 9:34 pm Carly say Shining scary movie ItsyBitsySpyers 9:34 pm //That'd be a blessin' at this point, Swoop.// [[He knows you are explaining. He is just - irritated.]] Windchill 9:34 pm Oh, great Whirl 9:34 pm Have a drink. Soothe your nerves. I happen to know a good bartender. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:34 pm *Taps his visor.* Windchill 9:34 pm *Snorts.* Whirl 9:35 pm *a cheeky, sidelong look before he takes a deep drink* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm \\I'LL HAVE ONE.\\ Bevel 9:35 pm *bored with all this romance, especially since Jack is almost as bad as the Cal guy* FakeProwl 9:35 pm I can understand the desperation of misery. I'm not going to stop criticizing her for it. Windchill 9:35 pm I'm gonna remember that line. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm *Frenzy sticks his tongue out a the screen and goes to get something serious from Ravage* FakeProwl 9:35 pm *is quite sure he's JUST as bad as the Cal guy. It's just earlier in the relationship.* Windchill 9:35 pm I know a guy with a lot of hands. Whirl 9:35 pm Hell yeah, Frenzy. Swoop 9:35 pm Him kill her?? FakeProwl 9:35 pm *No controlling abusers are at their worst at the very start of a relationship. Otherwise how do you lure them in?* boomtank 9:35 pm -back to staring at the screen for a moment- Are you joking? Small Furry Dragon 9:36 pm *DUCKS BEHIND THE SAFE ZORI CLAW* Windchill 9:36 pm If only. Whirl 9:36 pm Okay. Now. I'm not an expert, but. There's no room in there for anything fun. boomtank 9:36 pm EW Windchill 9:36 pm Not really, no. Bevel 9:36 pm *gets up to go to the bar with Frenzy* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:36 pm //Yeah, that ain't noticeable or nothin'.// Swoop 9:36 pm ?? Windchill 9:36 pm And I'm an expert. FakeProwl 9:37 pm How long have they known each other, exactly? Is this the third day? Shockwave 9:37 pm ((I keep getting pulled away from the computer, hghghghfhfh.)) Windchill 9:37 pm Something like that. A few days. To be fair. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm [[...That is a beautiful burn of a letter, though.]] FakeProwl 9:37 pm ... It is. I'm impressed. Windchill 9:37 pm My mate and I only knew each other for a day. Small Furry Dragon 9:37 pm *peeks up from Zori's claw* I missed it. Drat. Windchill 9:37 pm So I can't talk. Bevel 9:38 pm What did it say? *was poking at the bar, not watching the movie whoops* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:38 pm [[She gave the Cal human the drawing and said that he could keep her locked in the safe now.]] boomtank 9:38 pm Oh no Bevel 9:38 pm *giggles* Whirl 9:38 pm Yeah, it was pretty decent. boomtank 9:38 pm distracting the lookout Windchill 9:38 pm Dead. Death by sex. Whirl 9:38 pm That's no way to go. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:39 pm \\BLAZE OF GLORY, THAT'S HOW.\\ Small Furry Dragon 9:39 pm Why are they surprised to see an iceberg in the ocean? Whirl 9:39 pm Amen! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:39 pm *Raises his glass* Whirl 9:39 pm *raises his, as well* Windchill 9:39 pm I think you can do both. Or, *he rests a hand on his chest.* I could. FakeProwl 9:39 pm I think it's more the fact that the iceberg is in FRONT of them that's surprised them. Whirl 9:39 pm Well, have at it. ...*tilts his head; this ship' Windchill 9:39 pm I would, but I don't see it going over too well. Whirl 9:39 pm s guts are fascinating, really* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:40 pm *And Soundwave pulls out his tarp. It'll be nice and toasty in exactly the way these fleshlings won't.* Whirl 9:40 pm Why couldn't the movie have been about these guys. Small Furry Dragon 9:40 pm Fair enough. I expected they'd have seen a few more, though. But I think Earth might be warmer than where I live. The poles are smaller, at least, but the planet's smaller too. Swoop 9:40 pm Flying better than swimming. Flying, you just go UP OVER thing. FakeProwl 9:40 pm The impression I got from earlier in the movie is that they're very used to seeing them; they only become a concern when they're on a collision course. Small Furry Dragon 9:41 pm True enough, Swoop! *the dragon would toast, but the dragon did not bring food or drink for dragons* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:41 pm //Ugh, my audials.// Swoop 9:41 pm KAHA Whirl 9:41 pm *sighs* Shame. Looked like an interesting piece of machinery. FakeProwl 9:41 pm They also mentioned that the weather conditions would make it harder to see icebergs earlier, so they have— *covers audials* —have too little time to try to steer out of their way. Bevel 9:41 pm Too loud. FakeProwl 9:41 pm Hence the manic scramble when they DO see an iceberg. Swoop 9:41 pm Maybe tornado drop it there :V Tornado drop a house on road and them DRIVE THOUGH Windchill 9:41 pm Well, if they weren't going so fast, they'd have more time. Swoop 9:42 pm it pretty cool Whirl 9:42 pm Tornados are fun, though. FakeProwl 9:42 pm That as well. Small Furry Dragon 9:42 pm Some people used to try to steer icebergs, in our history. That... failed. Very much so. Windchill 9:42 pm *He knows a thing or two about high speeds and lack of maneuverability.* FakeProwl 9:42 pm *looks at Soundwave and murmurs* Why is Swoop so preoccupied with tornados? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm @Prowl: (txt): ...Dinobot? Windchill 9:42 pm This is where it gets exciting, I suppose. Swoop 9:43 pm *why isn't EVERYONE preoccupied with tornadoes???* FakeProwl 9:43 pm *blank look. he doesn't see the correlation.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:43 pm @Prowl: (txt): Interest: destruction. FakeProwl 9:43 pm Icebergs are destructive. But he's still on about tornados even after the iceberg hit. boomtank 9:43 pm Oh no Windchill 9:44 pm *Icebergs are passively destructive, that's probably why.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:44 pm @Prowl: (txt): Swoop: flier. Iceberg not obstacle, threat. Small Furry Dragon 9:44 pm *cackles* I like that logic. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:44 pm [[...He wonders if Seaspray ever had rats.]] Swoop 9:44 pm *soundwave is right AND ALSO FUCKING TWISTER IS A MASTERPIECE* FakeProwl 9:44 pm Hm. *fair enough, he supposed.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:45 pm //Aw, c'mon.// Bevel 9:45 pm ... Small Furry Dragon 9:45 pm *squints* *planting evidence. nice.* Whirl 9:45 pm Yeah. That's low. Bevel 9:45 pm He should have felt that fall into his pocket. It is really heavy. Whirl 9:46 pm But then again, it's what I expect. Windchill 9:46 pm Yup. Not really. FakeProwl 9:47 pm She doesn't know him. She's known him three days. Whirl 9:47 pm Honestly, I don't care if she believes him, as long as she gets away. Swoop 9:47 pm Soundwave Windchill 9:47 pm Exactly. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm [[She should have been telling them about the ice. Not standing by while they did this.]] Whirl 9:47 pm Obviously, she lives. Small Furry Dragon 9:47 pm *amused huff* Well, that's a thing. Whirl 9:47 pm Maybe they'll both eat it and save her the trouble. Shockwave 9:47 pm ((...So, wait, if this is all flashback, how is she telling the guys about scenes where she isn't involved?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm [[What, Swoop?]] Swoop 9:47 pm This movie is movie where grandma get boiled? or that different movie? FakeProwl 9:47 pm ((she's psychic?)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:47 pm ((some of it's known, isn't it?)) Bevel 9:47 pm ((most of this is in logs and personal accounts yes ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm ((anyway, she's an actress. she embellishes.)) Small Furry Dragon 9:48 pm ((I think it's the guys' forensic analysis stuff, and other's knowledge)) FakeProwl 9:48 pm ((i guess these scenes aren't ones that she's telling them about, they're just showing them to us.)) Whirl 9:48 pm ((ye)) Windchill 9:48 pm (( There were survivors. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm [[...Where a grandmother gets boiled? What?]] Shockwave 9:48 pm ((Hm, alright.)) Swoop 9:48 pm Yah Bevel 9:48 pm ((including at least one person in the room during this scene Swoop 9:48 pm Grandma jump out of boat and boiled Sludge hate it Him spook ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm [[He does not know that film.]] Swoop 9:48 pm Because him giant aby Bevel 9:48 pm Eat him. Swoop 9:48 pm *baby Small Furry Dragon 9:48 pm *hisses* EAT HIM. Windchill 9:48 pm *raises eyebrows.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:48 pm //RIP HIS HEAD OFF 'N FEED IT TO HIM// Whirl 9:49 pm Yeah! *toast to that sentiment* Small Furry Dragon 9:49 pm Hear, hear! ItsyBitsySpyers 9:49 pm [[...There are newbuilds on this ship.]] boomtank 9:49 pm ...okay, I haven't been paying attention and I really don't like him ItsyBitsySpyers 9:49 pm [[In the low caste area.]] *...Oh.* Whirl 9:49 pm Yep. Windchill 9:50 pm 'Course there are. Swoop 9:50 pm what caste means? Whirl 9:50 pm I bet I can guess how well they're gonna do. Small Furry Dragon 9:50 pm Swoop, it's a ranking. High castes are the ones who tell everyone they're more important than low castes. FakeProwl 9:51 pm *leans forward. much more engaged now that the ship's sinking.* Swoop 9:51 pm Caste is rank Like commander? Windchill 9:51 pm Not really. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:51 pm [[A social ranking. Where you are placed in life.]] Windchill 9:52 pm Caste is your place in society, your purpose and your worth. It is assigned to you and you cannot leave. Swoop 9:52 pm That dumb. Beat up boss. Then you boss. Duh. FakeProwl 9:52 pm I know it's not going to happen. Whirl 9:52 pm You can definitely go down. Windchill 9:52 pm That's what we did. Whirl 9:52 pm Just never back up. FakeProwl 9:52 pm But I hope the pretentious ones keep hanging out in the ballroom while the poor ones go to the boats like they're told to. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:52 pm [[As does he.]] Windchill 9:52 pm Eh, that's mostly true. Small Furry Dragon 9:52 pm I hope the same. Windchill 9:53 pm I lied, I moved around a little bit. *A lot.* Whirl 9:53 pm We never had... I mean, the powerful were in power. There was no official system. Just an unofficial one. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:53 pm [[We did.]] Whirl 9:53 pm Cozy up to the powerful, and you're in. Do anything they don't like, and you're out. Windchill 9:54 pm Sounds gross. Whirl 9:54 pm Didn't even have to be done TO them. Swoop 9:54 pm *cocks his head at Whirl* Whirl 9:54 pm *drains his drink bitterly* Swoop 9:54 pm *doesn't even a little bit get it* Whirl 9:54 pm *that's for the best* FakeProwl 9:54 pm ... We absolutely had an official system. Based on shape. Swoop 9:55 pm Shape? Whirl 9:55 pm Well, eyah, that was... that wasn't a linear caste system, though. Not the same way these folks are talking about it. FakeProwl 9:55 pm It was fairly linear. Windchill 9:55 pm *Shakes his head.* boomtank 9:55 pm The higher castes were....abusive at the best ItsyBitsySpyers 9:55 pm *Soundwave pings his deployers for permission. The usual group give it.* FakeProwl 9:55 pm The lowest microscope was always going to be above the highest miner. Swoop 9:55 pm Fireworks :V Cool Windchill 9:55 pm Where I come from, your shape was the excuse, but it was arbitrated on what was deemed useful at the time. Whirl 9:56 pm *tilts his head* Fair. FakeProwl 9:56 pm Excepting the few who were legally permitted to move up or forced to move down. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:56 pm [[Rumble and Frenzy were construction. Buzzsaw was an artist. He was a spy. And they refused Ravage one.]] Windchill 9:56 pm So people with the same shapes might end up in very different places. Whirl 9:56 pm Yeah, see, there were plenty of folks who were exempt. Swoop 9:56 pm Bird? :> ItsyBitsySpyers 9:56 pm *Truthfully.* [[He does not know.]] Bevel 9:56 pm Why did they refuse Ravage? FakeProwl 9:56 pm The exemptions were a small minority. Whirl 9:56 pm *tilts his head at Soundwave* Swoop 9:56 pm Mystery bird :> Sneaky kehheh Windchill 9:57 pm ...Oh, I get it. FakeProwl 9:57 pm And there's a parallel to the exemptions in this film. They talked about "new money." Windchill 9:57 pm Dead artist joke. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:57 pm [[Because he happened to be created with four legs.]] Small Furry Dragon 9:57 pm *bares teeth in a snarl* Disgusting. Whirl 9:58 pm Did you ever get a chance to pay 'em back, Ravage? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:58 pm *Glances at Whirl. Yes?* *Slow blink.* Whirl 9:58 pm And--all right, all right. You'd know better than I would, Prowl. Made your point. i'll take that as a yes. Shockwave 9:59 pm ((Whoop, bed time, goodnight all.)) Whirl 9:59 pm ((night!)) Windchill 9:59 pm (( night! )) Small Furry Dragon 9:59 pm ((goodnight shockwave!)) Bevel 9:59 pm ((night boomtank 9:59 pm ((g'night FakeProwl 9:59 pm *slight nod* It was more rigid in Petrex than most places. Whirl 9:59 pm And you had the dubious honor of having them breathe down your damn neck. It's a wonder you made it this far sane. Windchill 10:00 pm *Snorts.* Small Furry Dragon 10:00 pm Bite your wrists, Jack. Blood helps. FakeProwl 10:00 pm *flat look* Would you believe it KEPT me sane. Whirl 10:00 pm *SNORTS* Whatever it takes, I guess. FakeProwl 10:00 pm Didn't think so. Whirl 10:01 pm Y'know. She's an idiot, but she's a brave idiot, at least. Windchill 10:01 pm They tend to go hand in hand. FakeProwl 10:01 pm She was going to kill herself three days ago. What does she have to lose? Swoop 10:01 pm ((JASON!!!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:01 pm =I was named nothing of worth remaining.= He bares his fangs. =It was true, when I found them.= Whirl 10:01 pm ...yeah, you're right. I get that. Heh! Bevel 10:02 pm Cybertron sucked. FakeProwl 10:02 pm Could've been worse. Could've been led by Starscream. Windchill 10:02 pm It got worse. Or, did where I'm from. FakeProwl 10:02 pm It did everywhere, I think. Whirl 10:02 pm *heaves a sigh and stares into his empty glass* Why'd you have to bust that out when I'm out of booze, Prowl? Bevel 10:02 pm Maybe your Starscream. *likes her Starscream just fine thank you* Whirl 10:03 pm *looks to Ravage* Y'know, I think I get why you ate them. It must be pretty satisfying to just EAT someone who treated you like that. But maybe... I've been spending to much time with Blurr. Windchill 10:03 pm *He's not going to say anything to that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:03 pm =Mm.= No denying that. He crosses his paws. =And I was hungry.= FakeProwl 10:03 pm You should have drank slower. Windchill 10:04 pm *Points* Small Furry Dragon 10:04 pm *the dragon smiles at Ravage's comment* Windchill 10:04 pm Don't tell Whirl what to do. FakeProwl 10:04 pm Finally! ItsyBitsySpyers 10:04 pm [[About time.]] FakeProwl 10:04 pm It's about time she punches somebody dragging her around. Whirl 10:04 pm I need a lot of liquor. Amen to that! Swoop 10:04 pm Her cut off him hand :> Small Furry Dragon 10:04 pm That could happen, Swoop. Whirl 10:05 pm I--y'know, I bet. She won't. Swoop. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm =Come, come. I will serve more.= *Hops back off the bar and fixes another.* Swoop 10:05 pm Why won't???? FakeProwl 10:05 pm He'll bleed to death if she does. ... Not a great loss, I think. Swoop 10:05 pm Nuh huh Small Furry Dragon 10:05 pm Better than drowning. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:05 pm *Least he can do for someone who didn't judge him for what he did when he tracked his namers down.* FakeProwl 10:05 pm Is it? Whirl 10:05 pm It's really not. Swoop 10:05 pm Cauterize Whirl 10:05 pm *hops up and trots over to the bar* FakeProwl 10:05 pm She has no heat source to cauterize him with. Windchill 10:05 pm They don't have fire, Swoop. Swoop 10:05 pm There lots of wood For fires Small Furry Dragon 10:06 pm Well, for my kind? Yes. Some of the Cousins lack fur, but when you have fur and you sink, you keep going down. Windchill 10:06 pm No ignition. Plus it's wet. Small Furry Dragon 10:06 pm That was not enough practice. Bevel 10:06 pm *laughs* Whirl 10:06 pm *he's going to very pointedly turn his back to the screen he is not watching this, no thank you* boomtank 10:06 pm Oh.... Whirl 10:06 pm *Ravage you saved his goddamn life tonight* boomtank 10:06 pm wow She got it Small Furry Dragon 10:07 pm Well, I wouldn't have gambled on that. Windchill 10:07 pm She could have hit the pipe and broken it instead. Maybe. Swoop 10:07 pm Her suck at axe Her need different weapon Or her get beat up Windchill 10:07 pm Not sure what it's made of and I'm not looking it up right now. Whirl 10:07 pm https://68.media.tumblr.com/b618887d827a2226ea756daa216510c1/tumblr_inline_odjz8eaac91spllu4_540.jpg ((whirl and ravage)) Windchill 10:07 pm (( Oh my god. )) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:07 pm ((LOL)) Small Furry Dragon 10:07 pm ((well I just laughed like swoop)) Bevel 10:07 pm ((bwahaha Whirl 10:07 pm (( 😎 )) Windchill 10:08 pm The whole ship is sinking and he's fussing over one door. Amazing show of denial. Bevel 10:09 pm ...these humans are stupid. Small Furry Dragon 10:09 pm Is that news? Bevel 10:09 pm No. boomtank 10:09 pm ............. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:09 pm *Rubs his crest. How did any of this come to pass. Who vetted these crew members.* FakeProwl 10:09 pm This movie's much better now that the ship's sinking. Windchill 10:09 pm *High caste people, that's who* boomtank 10:10 pm I....I am not surprised Windchill 10:10 pm Don't need a gun for luck. But it helps. Bevel 10:11 pm *covers her face with her hands* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:11 pm [[It is interesting to watch how people behave in situations like these. But this should never have been necessary.]] FakeProwl 10:11 pm No, it shouldn't. Whirl 10:11 pm *looks over his shoulder* Nice. Swoop 10:11 pm *cheers for breaking things* FakeProwl 10:11 pm But watching it go down is far better than watching three different people telling the girl what to do. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm [[And these humans blocking the escape. They deserve to be locked behind one.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:12 pm When the Goddess ate the Eaten One, they say that the largest of the Cousins threw their bodies at his walls to break them down. It's fun to see how mythos transfers through universes. boomtank 10:12 pm -back to reading. Ignoring the movie now- ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm [[He will not argue that. It is much better now.]] \\YOU GOT SOME COOL MYTHS FOR FLESHIES.\\ Whirl 10:13 pm Yeah. You dragons are all right. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:13 pm [[...And he admires these musicians.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:13 pm I suppose we do. I was raised on it, it seems so normal to me. Whirl 10:13 pm Oh, damn, I've still got to fight that one guy. I know a dragon who's mechanical. We've gotta beat each other up. Small Furry Dragon 10:13 pm Then again, I keep being surprised to see stars. Windchill 10:13 pm (( Hi Winston. )) Whirl 10:14 pm ((IKR?)) Windchill 10:14 pm (( Also the hunter/dad from Jumanji. Amazing. )) *Nods* Dragons are for fighting. Whirl 10:15 pm Oh boy. He might bite it after all. Small Furry Dragon 10:15 pm Not me! I bake. Some of my kind sing, or we so, or spin wool. The other Cousins are better fighters. More claws. Armor-like scales. Windchill 10:16 pm That's cool. *Like, it's cool but it doesn't fit his Skyrim narrative.* *Which is honestly the extent of his dragon knowledge.* Small Furry Dragon 10:17 pm *the dragon isn't exactly skyrim either. fuzzy, not prone to shouting, more insectivore than carnivore* FakeProwl 10:18 pm *is far more invested in the father who's trying to comfort his daughter than in the main characters* Windchill 10:18 pm *Same.* Whirl 10:19 pm *takes his drink back to his table* oh, sod off, movie. Nobody cares. Bevel 10:19 pm *uncovers her face at the shouting* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:19 pm *Facepalms.* Bevel 10:19 pm Noooo boomtank 10:19 pm -doesn't look up and STILL feels the urge to facepalm- Small Furry Dragon 10:20 pm *doesn't have palms and still facepalms. facepaws* boomtank 10:20 pm -the main characters are so stupid- Windchill 10:20 pm *Contorts his face a little.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:20 pm [[Really.]] [[-Really.-]] Bevel 10:20 pm Go back to the other passengers please. FakeProwl 10:20 pm ... I'm actually hoping he hits. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:20 pm [[So is he.]] FakeProwl 10:21 pm Not that I can stand him. But I'd really like them dead. Small Furry Dragon 10:21 pm Why are they going back to the water? boomtank 10:21 pm Save one of them from their stupidity ItsyBitsySpyers 10:21 pm [[But this is hardly the time.]] Windchill 10:21 pm It'd be cooler if they had guns too. FakeProwl 10:21 pm Maybe he'll follow them into the water and freeze to death too. Whirl 10:21 pm Oh, he's about to eat it! ...damn. Wait...... Windchill 10:21 pm Eh. Seen this film before. FakeProwl 10:21 pm ... Is this where the ship splits? Small Furry Dragon 10:21 pm *shivers* That's a terrible sound. Whirl 10:22 pm It SPLITS? Bevel 10:22 pm Yeah. FakeProwl 10:22 pm Oh. You missed the first ten minutes. Bevel 10:22 pm ...he thought about leaving the newbuild. FakeProwl 10:22 pm Yes, they had a little CGI presentation about how the ship's going to sink. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:22 pm *Who left without their creation?* Whirl 10:22 pm Oh. Neat. Windchill 10:22 pm *Shakes his head.* What were they doing down there? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:22 pm *Oh, good. Only separated. ... Not that it will help.* Bevel 10:23 pm No! boomtank 10:23 pm AH! Small Furry Dragon 10:23 pm Oh. Whirl 10:23 pm Well. It's not like they would've been able to save the kid anyway. No more boats. boomtank 10:23 pm The...the child Whirl 10:23 pm Might as well go quick. Windchill 10:23 pm *Time for his best stone cold expression.* FakeProwl 10:23 pm The front of the ship fills with water first, so that end sinks first. When the rear lifts into the air, the strain breaks it in half. boomtank 10:23 pm Oh... Small Furry Dragon 10:23 pm *accidentally clinging to Zori without asking. the dragon's fur is all puffed out* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:24 pm *Zori gently paps her with claws and offers her a cookie.* FakeProwl 10:24 pm ... He could have given them the keys. Small Furry Dragon 10:25 pm Th-thank you... But I made those for you... *still clinging* *floods of water = bad* Windchill 10:25 pm People act stupid when they're scared. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:25 pm ((i'm sorry if anyone else doesn't do well with flashing, i didn't remember that it got like this)) boomtank 10:25 pm Oh...Primus this isn't good Windchill 10:25 pm (( I forgot too and I saw this recently. )) Bevel 10:25 pm ((it'll stop in a moment ItsyBitsySpyers 10:26 pm [[So much for that boat.]] [[Did he just--]] boomtank 10:27 pm He did FakeProwl 10:27 pm ... You know, if the movie had started with... I don't know, maybe the sex scene, solely to establish that the two characters are attracted to each other. And skipped EVERYTHING before that—the movie would have been much better. Windchill 10:27 pm Much shorter. Whirl 10:27 pm Yep. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:27 pm *...Oh. He's going to--* Small Furry Dragon 10:27 pm Oh no. Bevel 10:27 pm *jumps* boomtank 10:28 pm ................. Windchill 10:28 pm *No reaction.* Small Furry Dragon 10:28 pm *snarls* That's awful. Bevel 10:28 pm He only saved her to save himself. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:28 pm [[At least he saved her.]] FakeProwl 10:29 pm On the bright side, the child's just been adopted into the upper class. Small Furry Dragon 10:29 pm For now. FakeProwl 10:29 pm Awful controlling father, though. boomtank 10:29 pm He's going to drop her the moment he's safe Windchill 10:30 pm So many babies. Small Furry Dragon 10:30 pm Is there something about not laying eggs that make people terrible parents? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[Shock, he assumes.]] [[The captain.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:30 pm Or, at least, not care for their young. Windchill 10:30 pm No. FakeProwl 10:30 pm Appears to be. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[He does not know about the question.]] Windchill 10:30 pm Pretty sure. I don't lay eggs. Whirl 10:30 pm *shrugs* Windchill 10:30 pm I take offense to that. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm *Admires this musician. Still playing alone.* Whirl 10:30 pm Maybe some of them just don't have the instinct. We don't. Not in my dimension, anyway. FakeProwl 10:31 pm At least the musicians are acting like decent, civilized people. Bevel 10:31 pm They are still playing. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:31 pm *Tiny thread of warmth in his broke-aft spark.* Whirl 10:31 pm ... *a toast to them, at least* Bevel 10:31 pm *would cry if she were physically capable of doing so* Whirl 10:31 pm *he can respect artists dying doing what they loved* Small Furry Dragon 10:31 pm *bows head. the dragon can respect this, too* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:32 pm ((this scene gets me so bad)) boomtank 10:32 pm ((noooo FakeProwl 10:32 pm ... In moments of crisis, people do not rise to the occasion. They fall back to their level of training. If the whole ship had been trained the way those musicians were, many more lives could have been saved. Bevel 10:32 pm *whines* The newbuilds. Small Furry Dragon 10:32 pm *gently pats Bevel with a paw* Windchill 10:32 pm *He'd argue with Prowl, but he's too busy not emoting.* boomtank 10:33 pm -once again, buries face in datapad- Windchill 10:33 pm (( Captions always crack me up holy hell. )) FakeProwl 10:33 pm ... Did that man JUST figure out the boat is sinking? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:34 pm [[There is a difference between knowing something and seeing it before you.]] FakeProwl 10:34 pm Pfff. Windchill 10:34 pm Dead. Small Furry Dragon 10:34 pm *sorry Zori, you get the cling again* Swoop 10:34 pm DEAD ItsyBitsySpyers 10:34 pm *Zori hums for the dragon. For once, it is nice to be big. He can protect them.* FakeProwl 10:34 pm Oh, is this where it breaks? Windchill 10:35 pm Close to it, I think. Small Furry Dragon 10:35 pm ((d'awww Zori you are the precious scorpion childe)) FakeProwl 10:35 pm *oh, damn. the main characters are back.* boomtank 10:35 pm -not looking up, not looking up SO not looking up- Windchill 10:35 pm I barely remember anything. 'Sides the lyrics to that damned song. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:35 pm [[...Wait.]] [[If the ship is going to go straight up, then all of these people are...]] Tilts head. [[Well then.]] Whirl 10:36 pm Yep. Last time I checked, they couldn't fly. Swoop 10:36 pm sucks for them Flying the best Windchill 10:36 pm Dead. Swoop 10:36 pm DEAD Windchill 10:36 pm *Dammit SWOOP* boomtank 10:36 pm -Hasn't looked up and still curls up in seat- Whirl 10:37 pm *snickers* Swoop 10:37 pm Soundwave ItsyBitsySpyers 10:37 pm [[Yes?]] Small Furry Dragon 10:37 pm Zori, did you know that you're the best? *don't mind the poofing* Swoop 10:37 pm When them get tied to the pipe? And tornado suck up Whirl 10:37 pm I don't think your tornado is gonna show. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:37 pm #thank you #you are good too #:) Windchill 10:37 pm *Yeah baby show them propellers.* Small Furry Dragon 10:38 pm ((wINDCHILL NO)) Whirl 10:38 pm ((djeskjf)) Windchill 10:38 pm (( She's aft up he can't help it. )) FakeProwl 10:38 pm ((draw me like one of your french boats)) Windchill 10:38 pm (( I mean if you're gonna die, might as well go aft up. )) Small Furry Dragon 10:38 pm ((oh no soundwave died)) Windchill 10:39 pm (( Bevel, you have the remote. )) FakeProwl 10:39 pm ((bevel can u pause it)) Bevel 10:39 pm ((she can Whirl 10:39 pm ((bevel HAS THE POWER)) Small Furry Dragon 10:39 pm ((SOUNDWAVE LIVES)) Swoop 10:39 pm There ... like..... four tornados Bevel 10:39 pm ((Soundwave now has the power again Swoop 10:39 pm One kills a dad ItsyBitsySpyers 10:40 pm ((sorry y'all. my laptop likes to forget how to noise sometimes.)) FakeProwl 10:40 pm Oh look, it's all that china that was never used. Windchill 10:40 pm Why are we killing dads with tornadoes? Swoop 10:40 pm dunno fun boomtank 10:40 pm Ohno ItsyBitsySpyers 10:41 pm *Cringe.* Swoop 10:41 pm KAHHAHAHAHAHAH Whirl 10:41 pm Ouch. Swoop 10:41 pm THUNK!! Small Furry Dragon 10:41 pm Why would you jump off the- oh. That's. Ouch. FakeProwl 10:41 pm She's going to get her chance to jump after all. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:41 pm *LOUD HUFF* Bevel 10:41 pm Chip the glasses and crack the plates. *hums to self* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:41 pm *He doesn't know if he should have laughed at that but he did. Can't take it back now.* Whirl 10:41 pm That guy got it easy. Small Furry Dragon 10:42 pm Agreed. Whirl 10:42 pm A nice quick zap and he's done. Bevel 10:42 pm Now it breaks. FakeProwl 10:42 pm There we go. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:42 pm [[There it goes.]] Swoop 10:42 pm ZAP dead Windchill 10:42 pm There we go. Swoop 10:42 pm COOL boomtank 10:42 pm Ooooohno Small Furry Dragon 10:42 pm *winces* Poor ship. She tried her best. Whirl 10:42 pm Run by idiots. boomtank 10:42 pm all the people that fell off... Swoop 10:42 pm SMASH dead FakeProwl 10:43 pm ... The special effects on that crash could have been better. A more impressive splash. boomtank 10:43 pm Yes, Swoop, they're all dead Bevel 10:43 pm *giggles* FakeProwl 10:43 pm Oh, NOW he wants her to climb over the rail. Windchill 10:43 pm Man. Bevel 10:43 pm *all these people dead and Prowl's talking about special effects on splashes* boomtank 10:43 pm Oh no ItsyBitsySpyers 10:43 pm [[It is an impressive sight.]] Windchill 10:43 pm Even I can't get my butt up that far. Small Furry Dragon 10:43 pm The splash was impressive enough for me. I drown in water. Whirl 10:43 pm You're just inflexible. Windchill 10:44 pm *Gasps in offense.* That's true. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm //My everythin' hurts lookin' at this.// FakeProwl 10:44 pm *he's trying not to think about how much of this could have been prevented by an adequately trained crew.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm *That's ALL he keeps thinking about.* Whirl 10:44 pm Getcha a drink, Rumble. Windchill 10:44 pm I'm more flexible than I was, though. Swoop 10:44 pm glub glub glub KAHAHA boomtank 10:45 pm Wouldn't the force of the water going down with the ship suck things down with it? Small Furry Dragon 10:45 pm *winces* Bevel 10:45 pm *all she can think about is if they'd have just had enough lifeboats and filled them right* Let go. FakeProwl 10:45 pm ... They could have both saved themselves a lot of trouble if they'd jumped three days ago. Windchill 10:45 pm *He's convinced that the whole thing amounts to hubris.* FakeProwl 10:45 pm I mean. They've ended up in the same place. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:45 pm [[Well. She wouldn't be there to tell them the story.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:46 pm That is fair, but the docents would have scrubbed my mouth for saying such a thing. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm [[But everyone else would.]] FakeProwl 10:46 pm No great loss. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm *Fair.* Swoop 10:46 pm that lots of scream ItsyBitsySpyers 10:46 pm *Pulls his tarp tight. You know what? Swoop's right. It's nice to be a flier. No icebergs. No icy water.* Windchill 10:46 pm I've heard more. Swoop 10:47 pm just keep swimming, swimming, swimming :> boomtank 10:47 pm -swoop no- Small Furry Dragon 10:47 pm *poofy and shivering* I wouldn't be screaming that long. It's horrible to drown, it must be. Whirl 10:47 pm Well, at least the jerk she cozied up with knows enough to keep her alive. FakeProwl 10:47 pm *at some point some time ago, laced his hands together to prop his chin on.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:47 pm *...Ice in the air, if he's not careful, but y'know. Still better.* Small Furry Dragon 10:48 pm ((where the fuck is the game of thrones soundtrack coming from)) FakeProwl 10:48 pm *they've been squeezing tighter since.* Small Furry Dragon 10:48 pm ((oh it's my dad. why is he still awake.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 10:48 pm ((pffff)) Windchill 10:48 pm I like their use of the blue filter, letting us know it's really cold. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:49 pm [[Her. He likes her.]] FakeProwl 10:49 pm Mm. Windchill 10:49 pm I picked her out pretty early. Small Furry Dragon 10:49 pm Eat him, Molly. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:50 pm [[...Though he would have liked her more if she decked him.]] Windchill 10:50 pm *Nods.* Whirl 10:50 pm Yeah. Small Furry Dragon 10:50 pm Yep. Windchill 10:50 pm Dead. FakeProwl 10:50 pm ... He's helping. He's good. Bevel 10:50 pm Good guy. Swoop 10:50 pm them ice Like SKyfire FakeProwl 10:50 pm Empty the half-filled boats into a single boat and take the empty ones back for rescue. Whirl 10:50 pm *takes a long drink* Did we ever see her jerk fiancee get it? Small Furry Dragon 10:50 pm We did not. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[Good.]] Whirl 10:51 pm Damn. FakeProwl 10:51 pm If they'd all done that... Bevel 10:51 pm Hero. Windchill 10:51 pm I got some bad news, bub. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:51 pm [[They said something about an insurance claim on the necklace being filed. He assumes the fiancee lives.]] Small Furry Dragon 10:51 pm I can't believe they aren't dead. FakeProwl 10:51 pm Mm. That's right. Windchill 10:51 pm You're gonna make... Lots of babies. Small Furry Dragon 10:51 pm Not exactly romantic, there. Windchill 10:52 pm *Keep it together something about that is awful and hilarious.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm [[Really? Because it looks pretty miserable.]] Swoop 10:52 pm Her Carly make a baby Whirl 10:52 pm Yeah. Some lucky hand of poker. Swoop 10:52 pm Him Daniel :> boomtank 10:52 pm He's trying to be romantic ...kinda stupid ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm //...Why ain't he on the door?// FakeProwl 10:52 pm ... Somewhere on the east side of the Atlantic is a very relieved Swede. Whirl 10:52 pm Well he was incapable of being romantic the whole movie so far. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:52 pm \\HA!\\ Small Furry Dragon 10:52 pm Heh. boomtank 10:52 pm -snorts- Windchill 10:52 pm Sven, that was his name. Lucky Loser Sven. Whirl 10:53 pm I mean... if they can do it without sinking, it'd be easier for them to keep warm. boomtank 10:53 pm And if he gets on the door it'll sink...I think Bevel 10:53 pm Let go. Small Furry Dragon 10:53 pm They might be able to make it work, if they thought. But thinking is hard when you're freezing and drowning. Swoop 10:53 pm There lots of floaty dead people Him can climb them ItsyBitsySpyers 10:53 pm *That's unnerving.* FakeProwl 10:53 pm ... God. boomtank 10:54 pm Primus... Bevel 10:54 pm Noooo Windchill 10:54 pm That's pretty grim. Small Furry Dragon 10:54 pm *hides eyes behind the Most Valued Scorpion* boomtank 10:54 pm No..... ItsyBitsySpyers 10:54 pm *Pet pet.* FakeProwl 10:54 pm *turns off his optics, bows his head, and presses his laced hands to his crest.* Bevel 10:54 pm *covers her face again* Whirl 10:54 pm Reminds me of Maelstrom VI, actually. *nods and takes adeep drink* boomtank 10:55 pm -staring at screen in horror- FakeProwl 10:55 pm *just for a second. then looks up again.* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:55 pm @Prowl: (txt): ...Status? Windchill 10:55 pm *He can't believe he's sitting through this awful dead baby movie again.* Swoop 10:55 pm *hasn't seen whole corpse filled battlefields like some folks so this is neither here nor there for the murder baby* Small Furry Dragon 10:55 pm It must be weird, to be dying and see lights staring down at you. FakeProwl 10:55 pm *affirmative ping.* Whirl 10:55 pm 'Cept we're the ones who filled the ocean up. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:55 pm @Prowl: (txt): Not glass. ... Curious. FakeProwl 10:55 pm *which doesn't really mean anything, since soundwave didn't ask a yes/no question. but he gets an affirmative ping all the same.* Windchill 10:56 pm (( U know my fave thing is people making lighthearted fantasy Titanic cartoons. As in I hate it. )) (( Like show some goddamned respect. It'll always be too soon. )) Swoop 10:56 pm her bad at waking up Small Furry Dragon 10:56 pm ((there was a good animated one, I think the guy who made Gertie the Dinosaur did it? we watched it in Animation History.)) FakeProwl 10:57 pm ((make up a different giant boat to have your lighthearted fantasies on)) Windchill 10:57 pm (( Good. I've only heard of the terrible ones. )) Swoop 10:57 pm Me Swoop really really REALLY good at waking up keheheheh Windchill 10:57 pm Can you wake the dead, Swoop? Swoop 10:57 pm YAH Whirl 10:57 pm I came pretty near it, once. Swoop 10:57 pm Me Swoop am pterodactyl Whirl 10:57 pm But that's a long story. Swoop 10:57 pm Awesome for screaming Windchill 10:57 pm I can scream too. Small Furry Dragon 10:58 pm *HISSES* *have a poof Zori* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:58 pm *...Is vaguely uncomfortable. And thinking of asteroids.* Windchill 10:58 pm Mostly it's for killing people though. Swoop 10:58 pm Scream killing Windchill 10:58 pm Yeah. You get people in tight quarters with a dense enough atmosphere...And scream loud enough. Bevel 10:59 pm No screaming. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:59 pm *...Offers Prowl a bit of tarp?* Swoop 10:59 pm Why her whistle her SPLASH that better Windchill 10:59 pm I wasn't planning to demonstrate. *He's not here to murder organics, even if they are dragons.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:00 pm [[Seven hundred. Of potentially eleven hundred. Which should have been twenty-two hundred.]] Small Furry Dragon 11:00 pm *the dragon much appreciates it* boomtank 11:00 pm So few survived Windchill 11:00 pm It shouldn't have sunk at all. Swoop 11:00 pm When is tornado going to throw truck at them? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:00 pm [[There is that.]] FakeProwl 11:00 pm ... It's disgusting. Whirl 11:00 pm Keep watching, Swoop. It's bound to happen. Swoop 11:01 pm Kay Windchill 11:01 pm *Whirl u liar.* Whirl 11:01 pm Ugh, this guy. Small Furry Dragon 11:01 pm *hisses* FakeProwl 11:01 pm *Nearly shouts at Swoop. Just grits his dentae.* Swoop 11:01 pm *is happy to be here* :? *:> Whirl 11:02 pm Honestly? Probably a good thing for her. Small Furry Dragon 11:02 pm *pats Zori* I hope I didn't scratch you up... Whirl 11:02 pm Maybe she learned a few things from it all. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:02 pm #I am okay #do not worry Windchill 11:02 pm Maybe. Small Furry Dragon 11:02 pm I owe you some more cookies. Whirl 11:03 pm She seemed to have had a good life. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:03 pm [[If he was so important, why did she not talk about him?]] FakeProwl 11:03 pm ... She's so lucky he died. Whirl 11:03 pm Yeah. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:03 pm [[And yes, she is.]] Bevel 11:03 pm She had a good life without him. Windchill 11:03 pm *Nods.** Whirl 11:03 pm Ugh. Romance. Or, I guess I should say--bad romance. *shakes his head in disgust and drinks* Windchill 11:04 pm Yeah. *He's not sure how anyone here defines bad romance though so shhh.* Oh man, this part. Why not just give it to the guy. FakeProwl 11:04 pm ... Does she have the diamond. Is she going to throw it in the damn water. Windchill 11:05 pm Yup. Whirl 11:05 pm What's he want it for? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:05 pm //For real!?// Small Furry Dragon 11:05 pm Oh no. Swoop 11:05 pm JUMP FakeProwl 11:05 pm If you don't want it, give it to someone who does. Windchill 11:05 pm Right? Ticks me off. Swoop 11:05 pm JUMP JUMP JUMP JUMP Bevel 11:05 pm Shiny. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:05 pm //Boss. Boss, y'better have somethin' real good next week.// Windchill 11:05 pm *No more dead babies.* Whirl 11:05 pm I second this notion. Cos wow, what a turd. boomtank 11:05 pm REALLY?! Windchill 11:05 pm *Snorts.* Small Furry Dragon 11:05 pm Amazing. FakeProwl 11:06 pm Pointless. Windchill 11:06 pm I told you she was selfish. And none too bright. Swoop 11:06 pm No one jump? :< Windchill 11:06 pm No, they just shot themselves. Whirl 11:06 pm What the HELL, movie. You show us that godawful story Windchill 11:06 pm What beautiful photo editing. Whirl 11:06 pm and then show us pictures of her going deep sea fishing and LEARNING TO FLY A PLANE. boomtank 11:06 pm -nope. Facepalms. Drops reading to do this too- FakeProwl 11:06 pm Who cares about her stupid life! Whirl 11:06 pm And you don't tell us THAT instead? FakeProwl 11:06 pm Over a thousand died! ItsyBitsySpyers 11:07 pm [[...Well. He -did- say it was a cautionary tale.]] Bevel 11:07 pm *whines* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:07 pm [[It just happened to be at least a dozen of them.]] Whirl 11:07 pm I'm saying that would have been a MUCH better movie! Swoop 11:07 pm wait where was can? so guy can uhhh figure out how to beat up tornado *is so confused* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:07 pm [[Swoop, for the love of Primus.]] Whirl 11:07 pm Just keep watching, Swoop. FakeProwl 11:07 pm Oh, would you—DROP the damn tornado. Windchill 11:07 pm The problem with this is up until the final act it romanticizes the entire thing. Then goes back to romanticizing it. Whirl 11:08 pm Dumb. Small Furry Dragon 11:08 pm *facepaw* Bevel 11:08 pm Stupid romance. Whirl 11:08 pm D on't listen to him, Swoop. The tornado's right about to show up Windchill 11:08 pm Let's just forget the tragedy to make the audiences feel better. Bleh. Swoop 11:08 pm ???? Windchill 11:08 pm *Oh no.* *OH GOOD.* Whirl 11:08 pm Thank you, Soundwave. Windchill 11:08 pm *We'RE SAVED.* Whirl 11:08 pm I owe you my goddamned life. Windchill 11:09 pm *He knows that song.* Whirl 11:09 pm *well. technically he already does actually* Windchill 11:09 pm *Y'all were THIS CLOSE.* Swoop 11:09 pm ???????????????????? Windchill 11:09 pm *Crosses his arms.* Whirl 11:09 pm Oh, damn. Look at it go! TYhere it is. Worth the wait, right? Look at that tornado. Windchill 11:09 pm *He was denied.* boomtank 11:09 pm Titanic. Not Twister Bevel 11:09 pm Better movie next week. Swoop 11:09 pm YAH twister awesome????? that not awesome????? ???????? Whirl 11:10 pm You see it, Swoop? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:10 pm ((...I completely blanked on what i was going to YT)) boomtank 11:10 pm Yes, but this wasn't Twister. No tornados only icebergs Swoop 11:10 pm ((TWISTER)) Whirl 11:10 pm ((st elmo's fire obv)) Windchill 11:10 pm (( THE ELMO SONG. )) Swoop 11:10 pm But tornadoes BETTER????? Whirl 11:10 pm They are. You're missing it, too. FakeProwl 11:10 pm ... Really? Icebergs? boomtank 11:11 pm Yes ItsyBitsySpyers 11:11 pm [[He wants to know more about them.]] boomtank 11:11 pm But none in that movie FakeProwl 11:11 pm ... *yeah, all right* Windchill 11:11 pm That's fair. Small Furry Dragon 11:11 pm They're big, they're cold, and you cannot use them for sea travel. Swoop 11:11 pm Soundwave, you show cow get thrown around PCHOOO tornado!! Small Furry Dragon 11:11 pm Also once someone found a giant insect in one. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:11 pm [[No. He is not showing tornadoes.]] Small Furry Dragon 11:11 pm That was fun. I think they actually tried to eat it. Swoop 11:11 pm this guy sound like A TOOL FakeProwl 11:12 pm ... Can we watch the CGI of the Titanic sinking next. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:12 pm [[He will look for something on that.]] FakeProwl 11:12 pm It's on the right. Second video. boomtank 11:12 pm -sighs- ItsyBitsySpyers 11:12 pm [[...So it is. Thank you.]] FakeProwl 11:12 pm *nod* Swoop 11:13 pm Me Swoop find Bird. Us go see tornado. Way way cooler than boring talky video. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:13 pm [[Very well. Try not to get caught in it.]] FakeProwl 11:13 pm Then leave. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:13 pm [[...There was more beneath the water?]] Swoop 11:13 pm *WILL ABSOLUTELY GET CAUGHT IN IT, PCHOOOOOOO, swoop out* FakeProwl 11:13 pm ... "It's BELIEVED that the iceberg that sank the Titanic"? They never caught the culprit? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:14 pm *Looks at Prowl* Whirl 11:14 pm The culprit was the dumbass crew. FakeProwl 11:14 pm You know what I mean. Whirl 11:14 pm Iceberg was just... iceberging around. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:14 pm [[...Where would they get stasis cuffs that BIG?]] Whirl 11:14 pm Doing what iceberg's do. Wasn't its fault. Bevel 11:14 pm *laughs* FakeProwl 11:14 pm Oh, shut— I'm a cop, I called it a culprit, get over it. Small Furry Dragon 11:15 pm I would pay to see someone arrest an iceberg. Whirl 11:15 pm SOMEone's prickly tonight. You need a drink. FakeProwl 11:15 pm The— murder weapon, then. ... Dammit. *that's not better* Small Furry Dragon 11:15 pm Well, pay in baked goods, but that's what I have. Whirl 11:15 pm The murder weapon was the controls for the ship. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:15 pm *Sits up slightly. He was only going along with what he thought was a tiny joke.* FakeProwl 11:15 pm The guilty— mmph. Whirl 11:15 pm The iceberg was merely landscape. FakeProwl 11:16 pm *just. jams a hand over his mouth and angrily chinhands.* Whirl 11:16 pm *takes a nice long drink* Windchill 11:17 pm "That looks good," he says. Small Furry Dragon 11:17 pm He's an artist, explaining his art. It just so happens that his art is reconstructing disasters. Windchill 11:18 pm I know what he means. Still poor choice of words. Small Furry Dragon 11:18 pm Fair enough. Whirl 11:18 pm Also--couldn't help but notice your tense, there. You decided to go on and do it, Prowl? *looks over* Bevel 11:18 pm 😞 FakeProwl 11:18 pm ... Do what? *his first thought is "jump off the boat?"* Whirl 11:19 pm You know. FakeProwl 11:19 pm What? Whirl 11:19 pm ...@P: The cop thing. @P: That you asked me about forever ago. FakeProwl 11:19 pm @W «... I turned down the job offer. Immediately after we spoke.» Whirl 11:20 pm @P: All right then. FakeProwl 11:20 pm @W «What's it matter?» Bevel 11:20 pm Play something happy. Windchill 11:20 pm Like. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:20 pm [[Hmm.]] Windchill 11:20 pm Penguins Whirl 11:20 pm @P: Just curious. You said you ARE a cop. Windchill 11:20 pm or Kittens. Whirl 11:20 pm @P: Thought it meant something. Windchill 11:20 pm Not the Madagascar ones. *Points* Eggs hatching. FakeProwl 11:20 pm @W «Well, I also said the iceberg is a culprit. Clearly I misspoke.» Whirl 11:21 pm How about... sea life. Underneath the ice. Maybe barnacles. Windchill 11:21 pm Hmm, barnacles are cool. Small Furry Dragon 11:21 pm Sea life has hard shells, lots of jaws, and will eat you. Whirl 11:21 pm *aloud, he snickers* @P: That IS true., Windchill 11:21 pm All of the other animals are like. Small Furry Dragon 11:21 pm That's the important part. Windchill 11:21 pm Vicious predators. Whirl 11:21 pm That's what I like about it! I've got a pet barnacle that dismembered someone, once. Windchill 11:21 pm Orca whales...which are porpoises, leopard seals...Penguins. Small Furry Dragon 11:21 pm ...You do what makes you happy. Whirl 11:22 pm ...and speaking of which--damn, good thing you reminded me. *looks over to the twins* Oi! You two. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:22 pm //Huh? What?// Whirl 11:22 pm I might need you to watch Killer again soon. Y'good? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:22 pm //It ain't knocked up again, is it?// Whirl 11:22 pm Not that I know of. Windchill 11:22 pm *Suspicious eyeballing Whirl's way, but he'll say nothing.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:23 pm //Cause I ain't handlin' barnapocalypse 2.0.// Whirl 11:23 pm Well, you're welcome to come and ask Killer, if you want. But I've got no idea what makes it get... frisky. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:23 pm //Pfff.// //How 'bout I take your word for it?// Whirl 11:23 pm *salutes* FakeProwl 11:23 pm *Has stopped watching the screen. Is just glaring at the floor, now.* Whirl 11:24 pm I'll bring it by next movie night? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:24 pm //Sure.// Whirl 11:24 pm And I'll comm you if I need it watched sooner. ..I like that sound, they make. Small Furry Dragon 11:24 pm *yawns* Organics have to sleep. Sorry. Thanks for letting me join, Soundwave. I'll send by something tomorrow. I'll make it first thing in the morning. Whirl 11:24 pm *peers at the scren* Small Furry Dragon 11:24 pm Night everyone! ItsyBitsySpyers 11:24 pm [[Goodnight, dragon.]] Whirl 11:24 pm Seeya, dragon. Bevel 11:24 pm Night Windchill 11:24 pm Bye... Whirl 11:25 pm *begins to mimic that penguin noise* Windchill 11:25 pm Sounds about right. Babies eat a lot. An outrageous amount, in fact. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:25 pm *Soundwave is still mostly looking at Prowl, trying to figure out how to help. Or if he should. ... Well, he can say one thing, at least. And hope it doesn't go wrong.* Windchill 11:25 pm Damn. Probably best that Swoop wasn't here for that display. Eheheh. Whirl 11:26 pm How far do you have to fly to feed the grub? Windchill 11:26 pm Depends. boomtank 11:27 pm -and he's standing up to leave- Thanks for the movie, I gotta go now. G'night ItsyBitsySpyers 11:27 pm [[Goodnight.]] Whirl 11:27 pm Seeya, Windchill 11:27 pm But I'll have to expand my range eventually. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:27 pm @Prowl: (txt): Soundwave liked descriptions. Not untrue. Windchill 11:27 pm It helps that I know where all of the old 'con mines are. boomtank 11:27 pm ((thanks for the stream, and g'night! Whirl 11:27 pm Hmm. Hey, Windchill? Windchill 11:27 pm Eh? Whirl 11:27 pm *makes a penguin noise right at him* Windchill 11:28 pm *Makes a gross dolphin noise right back.* FakeProwl 11:28 pm ((and now whirl and windchill are making the noises that mated birds use to locate each other)) Whirl 11:28 pm *recoils* Don't you spit on me you disgusting creature. (9JHDHK)) FakeProwl 11:28 pm ((you will never, ever be able to convince prowl you aren't in a relationship)) Windchill 11:28 pm *Sticks his tongue out. You summoned it.* Whirl 11:28 pm ((the legend LIVES ON)) Windchill 11:28 pm I am disgusting. The...Most Disgusting, even. Whirl 11:29 pm Keep THAT thing away from me, too. *he's pulling his legs back* Nah, not the most. FakeProwl 11:29 pm *acknowledging ping. prowl's indifferent to the comment.* Windchill 11:29 pm *Sucks it back into his head like a noodle.* Whirl 11:29 pm So. ...we're watching videos about animals. Windchill 11:29 pm Not the worst? I'll have to try harder. Whirl 11:29 pm What about frogs? Windchill 11:29 pm *Whispers.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:29 pm *...All right. He'll just. Let Prowl be. For now.* Windchill 11:29 pm Or True Facts about the Echidna. Or the uh. Bevel 11:29 pm ... Whirl 11:29 pm ... Windchill 11:30 pm Sea cucumber. Good stuff. Whirl 11:30 pm Damn. I'm glad we don't have to do this. Windchill 11:30 pm ...I suppose I'm lucky Riot hasn't absorbed me yet. Bevel 11:30 pm *impressed with this anglerfish's shifting abilities* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:30 pm *Wiggles a feeler to try to amuse himself.* Windchill 11:30 pm It sounds like something he might do. Whirl 11:30 pm Me too, honestly. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:30 pm *Doesn't quite manage.* Whirl 11:31 pm Watch out, Soundwave. You might catch something. Windchill 11:31 pm This one is good too. *He's seen it.* FakeProwl 11:31 pm *... stretches to reach under his back kibble.* Windchill 11:31 pm FROG! *points* We gotta. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm *Curious look* Windchill 11:31 pm ...After the owls. FakeProwl 11:31 pm *give him a moment to rummage.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm [[We will.]] Whirl 11:31 pm *points* That's my whole situation. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:31 pm *Rumble tries* Windchill 11:31 pm *Does it.* *Bobs his head.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:32 pm //HEY!// FakeProwl 11:32 pm *got it* Windchill 11:32 pm Like me. Bevel 11:32 pm Apes of hamburger. Windchill 11:32 pm Specialized. FakeProwl 11:32 pm *offers soundwave sham-wow* Windchill 11:32 pm Hunting machine. Whirl 11:33 pm Neat. Windchill 11:33 pm *Well, that reminds him of SOMEBODY.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:33 pm *...Looks at the sham-wow. Looks at Prowl. Then back to the sham-wow. ............. T...akes?* Windchill 11:33 pm *Somebody sitting next to him, in fact.* FakeProwl 11:33 pm *there, you anglerfish. Now you've got your bait.* Whirl 11:33 pm *excuse you he cannot eat anything. He can only drink* *he can, regrettably, vomit* ((he's gonna catch a Pipes)0 Huh. I... ItsyBitsySpyers 11:34 pm *Wiggles it around for a second, trying to understand what he's supposed to do with this. Wiggle. Wiggle. What is--? Wiggle. OH.* Whirl 11:34 pm They use sonar? Windchill 11:34 pm *The difference in appearance is minimal, sadly.* Yeah, kinda. Whirl 11:34 pm *stares. Since when did he and owls have so much in common* Whirl 11:35 pm ((I LOVE THAT ONE)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:35 pm *Maybe Prowl isn't quite that mad at him after all?* Windchill 11:35 pm Frog... Whirl 11:35 pm *perks up* Look at 'em. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:35 pm *...Wiggles the shamwow at Prowl.* Whirl 11:35 pm PRAISE. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:35 pm //Praise!// Windchill 11:36 pm Sexy winking. Whirl 11:36 pm *holds his drink aloft* FakeProwl 11:36 pm *looks at it.* Windchill 11:36 pm Look at its fingers. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm //Oh, gross.// FakeProwl 11:36 pm *... bats at it.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:36 pm //It's eating it!?// Whirl 11:36 pm Neat! Windchill 11:37 pm Amazing. Whirl 11:37 pm Brutal creatures. Wonderful. Windchill 11:37 pm Am I...a frog? Bevel 11:37 pm *giggles* Whirl 11:37 pm I am not a frog. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:37 pm *Ravage abruptly laughs himself off the bar and thunks* Windchill 11:37 pm *Leans over and whispers.* I might be a frog. Whirl 11:38 pm Well. You'd better tell Riot. Windchill 11:38 pm He knows. Whirl 11:38 pm ((oh hey NEDDLES)) ((IF ANYONE HAS A PHOBIA OF HOLES)) (9THERE IS A SURINAM TOAD IN THIS)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:38 pm ((OH GOD okay i won't look)) FakeProwl 11:38 pm ((oh right, the nasty frog)) ((yeah don't look)) Windchill 11:38 pm (( Ahaha here we go.)) (( I AM STRONG. )) Whirl 11:39 pm ((it's done!)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:39 pm ((i accidentally looked and my skin is crawling)) Whirl 11:39 pm Glad that we don't have to do THAT, either. (9OH NO NEDDLES IM SORRY)) ((I didn't think about it till we were partway through)) FakeProwl 11:39 pm ((i don't have a phobia of holes but THAT FROG almost makes me have one)) Windchill 11:39 pm I heard in some universes...it's similar. (( I am only bothered by holes in skin. Like that. )) FakeProwl 11:40 pm *oh hey there's a two hour and forty minute video of the titanic sinking in real time* Windchill 11:40 pm (( But I looked anyway because this is me we're talking about it. )) Whirl 11:40 pm ((i fine with that stuff)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:40 pm *Soundwave's feeler catches the hand batting at it and coils around the wrist. This is his now. ... He'll bite later. And not fuse.* *combined apology and affection ping. thank you.* Bevel 11:40 pm *loves them* FakeProwl 11:41 pm *all right. successfully played the part of the prey.* Whirl 11:41 pm These guys are pretty cool, too. Windchill 11:41 pm Fart ink. I can only aspire to such. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:41 pm [[They are smarter than many vertebrates as well.]] FakeProwl 11:41 pm *... affection ping* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:41 pm [[..."Head hole"?]] FakeProwl 11:41 pm ... There was a suggested video for a real-time collapse of the Titanic. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:42 pm [[There was?]] FakeProwl 11:42 pm Yes. On the last video, it was a suggestion on the side. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:42 pm [[Allow him to do two more and then he will look at it.]] Windchill 11:42 pm Hmmm. Whirl 11:42 pm Those are pretty cool. FakeProwl 11:42 pm *nods* Windchill 11:42 pm Mantis shrimp! The punching shrimp. Whirl 11:42 pm *looks down at his claws and extrudes his deedly-boppers. Horrible writhing things. They are not like suckers* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:43 pm *IF HE COULD DO THAT... if only* Windchill 11:43 pm My favourite, too. Bevel 11:43 pm I love them. Windchill 11:44 pm The pee pee arm. Whirl 11:44 pm *snrk* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:44 pm *He's suddenly glad his feeler was busy being an anglerfish and not an octopus arm.* Windchill 11:44 pm Looks like a fight. Egg. Whirl 11:45 pm Which is how fragging SHOULD look. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:45 pm [[...They're so tiny.]] Bevel 11:45 pm Itty bitty Windchill 11:46 pm I like the colours. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:46 pm //It looks kinda angry.// Whirl 11:47 pm It looks neat. Windchill 11:48 pm *Claps eagerly.* The fastest punch... Bevel 11:48 pm *it looks like a Soundwave she met once...* *also definitely a couple of Thundercrackers* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:49 pm *Isn't afraid of shrimp.* Windchill 11:49 pm I love them. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:49 pm *Is surrounded by seven of them most of the time* Whirl 11:50 pm ((PFFT)) FakeProwl 11:50 pm *one of them even has punchy arms* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:50 pm ((last one and then i'mma poke that other link)) Windchill 11:50 pm (( The kinkiest animal )) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:50 pm ((i've never seen this one but it was asked for so bear with me)) FakeProwl 11:50 pm ((if u mean prowl's suggestion it's literally 2 hours and 40 minutes u don't wanna see that)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:50 pm ((how do you know)) Bevel 11:50 pm ((i love snails i'm not sorry FakeProwl 11:50 pm ((because the youtube timestamp says so)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:51 pm ((no i mean that i wouldn't watch that)) FakeProwl 11:51 pm ((also because that's how long it took for the titanic to sink)) ((OH.)) ((well, for starters, it's midnight.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 11:51 pm ((...true)) Whirl 11:51 pm ((if pipes were here he would be having flashbacks) Bevel 11:51 pm ((sorry pipes Whirl 11:51 pm ((they're not bad flashbacks) FakeProwl 11:51 pm ((was he impaled with majesty's love darts)) Bevel 11:51 pm ((oh well Whirl 11:51 pm ((ONLY HE KNOWS)) Bevel 11:51 pm ((not sorry pipes Whirl 11:51 pm (( 😎 )) hUH. That's. Hm. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:52 pm [[This is going nowhere he thought this would.]] Windchill 11:52 pm Oddly familiar. Whirl 11:52 pm *drains his drink* Windchill 11:52 pm Dung beetle. Oh man. *He's had to endure many a dung beetle joke.* Whirl 11:52 pm I think I'd admire that kinda chutzpah, myself. FakeProwl 11:53 pm Search "real time titanic." It'll be the first result. Windchill 11:53 pm What, sex darts in your head? ItsyBitsySpyers 11:53 pm ((...true facts about morgan freeman?? what???)) FakeProwl 11:53 pm ((wh.)) Whirl 11:53 pm AT my head, at least. Windchill 11:53 pm Well...I can't argue. Whirl 11:54 pm Ok, well, if you lot are going to watch this, I'll leave you morbid weirdos to it. FakeProwl 11:54 pm ... We can mute the narration, probably. Windchill 11:54 pm Yeah. No thanks. Whirl 11:54 pm *stands up and streetches* Windchill 11:54 pm You're leaving me? Whirl 11:54 pm All right, I will be here next week, for sure. And I'll try and bring Killer. Yep. Abandoning you to your fate. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:54 pm //An' a jar. Jus' in case.// Windchill 11:54 pm My just desserts. Bevel 11:55 pm Night, Whirl Whirl 11:55 pm I'll see if I can scare one up. Windchill 11:55 pm I'm gonna go, too. Whirl 11:55 pm Seeya, Bevel. *bobs his head to the rest of the room* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:55 pm *For a moment, Soundwave feels like someone was imitating him. But he didn't hear it. Weird.* [[Goodnight, Whirl.]] Bevel 11:56 pm *for once it wasn't her* FakeProwl 11:56 pm *slouches forward to re-chinhand and watch the video* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:56 pm *What do you mean, "for once". It shouldn't be an ever.* Bevel 11:56 pm *it's definitely a not ever yep yep >_>* Windchill 11:56 pm Bye, suckers. ItsyBitsySpyers 11:57 pm //Seeya!// Windchill 11:57 pm *Waves.* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:57 pm *Curiously watches the chinhandsing. Prowl is oddly interested in this story. Is it the forensics thing? It's the forensics thing, isn't it?* Bevel 11:58 pm *interested in the broke ass mechanics that completely fucked this ship over, why would the water tight bulkheads only go partway up the ship?* ItsyBitsySpyers 11:59 pm *Because humans have a lot to learn about how to make things that aren't constructed out of meat?* Yesterday Bevel 11:59 pm *apparently but it was a flaw they knew about, surely that means they could have built a better way* FakeProwl 12:00 am *they're actually better at making things out of metal than they are at making things out of meat* Bevel 12:00 am *idk sentient life in nine months is pretty impressive* FakeProwl 12:00 am *well they don't TRY to make it. it's an automated process. they're incapable of DELIBERATELY constructing a new sentient life.* *giving humans credit for that would be like giving cybertronians credit for a new hot spot firing. ... or whatever goes on in bevel's universe.* Bevel 12:01 am *in most universes anyway. point made in this imaginary conversation* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:01 am *Bevel is a special case. And why are they not all saying these things out loud?* Bevel 12:02 am *well you see, when the well loves itself...* FakeProwl 12:02 am *... no reason* Bevel 12:02 am *too busy watching the ship sink in real time* FakeProwl 12:02 am *yeah, that. same.* ... Do you think the annoying narration is still going? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:03 am *Good. That means neither of them will notice him pulling the shamwow out of his feeler and inspecting it. He's going to test it on his vis--!* Bevel 12:03 am Maybe? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:03 am [[...We can check.]] Said while holding it to the glass. FakeProwl 12:04 am *... whose glass?* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:04 am *His face.* FakeProwl 12:04 am *then prowl doesn't notice yet* Bevel 12:04 am *Bevel hasn't noticed anything or she'd be in hysterics like the mun* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:05 am *...Seems to be in the clear. Clean clean.* Bevel 12:05 am ((omg i'm dying FakeProwl 12:05 am *soundwave may be pleased to discover that the sham-wow is EXTREMELY realistic* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:05 am *You bet your aft he is. How do we know this?* *Because he sits up a little and starts testing it on a bunch of other self surfaces too* *...This is really soft. How did Prowl's tires get leather and his face not have an internal structure for a so long but this is like a real thing?* *Who was in charge of priorities?* FakeProwl 12:07 am *hey, the upgraded version was designed to blend in among humans* *they added in textures for textiles and skins before they added in textures for facial mesh.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:08 am *...Rub rub. Whoever they were, his hand appreciates them.* FakeProwl 12:08 am *humans wear a lot more leather jackets than rubber tires* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:09 am [[He doesn't remember drumming in the movie. Did the musicians have a secret drummer?]] FakeProwl 12:10 am I think that's the engine. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:10 am [[...That's impressive.]] [[But he is grateful his engine doesn't get that loud.]] [[It'd be Pit for stealth.]] Bevel 12:11 am That would be bad. FakeProwl 12:11 am You're also not that large. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:11 am [[Well, he's not perfect.]] This message has been removed. FakeProwl 12:12 am ... You don't need to be that large. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:12 am [[No, he doesn't. But he would easily get more observation done.]] FakeProwl 12:13 am Hm. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:13 am [[Instead of flying over a city he could simply look down on it and watch several portions at once.]] *Rub rub.* [{Of course, he'd also be seen.]] Bevel 12:14 am Less stealthy yeah. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:14 am [[And his spark would give out in a nanosecond. So. He'll stay as he is.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 12:15 am *On the plus side, if he was that big, Prowl wouldn't have to worry about following in Ice Cube's footsteps.* FakeProwl 12:20 am ... It doesn't look like they've rendered the people on the Titanic, have they? Bevel 12:20 am I do not see anyone. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:20 am [[They'd be too small to really be seen, wouldn't they?]] FakeProwl 12:20 am At this resolution they might be too small to see, but at least it would be possible to see if there were a mass of them. Maybe it's too early for crowds to have formed. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:21 am [[Ah, yes. There - it said they were only beginning the evacuation.]] FakeProwl 12:21 am Mm. They're still indoors. Bevel 12:21 am The lights on the side are only just starting to sink. FakeProwl 12:22 am *... watches as the lights disappear under the water, one by one.* Bevel 12:22 am *finds this depressing and interesting and not sure if she should feel bad for the latter* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:24 am *It IS depressing and interesting. It's also pushing him to unwanted thoughts now and again, which is why he keeps distracting himself with the shamwow and the occasional bit of chatter.* *But he is mostly watching.* FakeProwl 12:24 am *that's one row completely gone.* FakeProwl 12:26 am *it is depressing. he's not distracting himself from it.* Bevel 12:27 am ((i'm actually kind of fascinated grimly by this but i'm also thinking i should probably lay down like a responsible adult. boo FakeProwl 12:30 am ((go. be an adult.)) ((damn i missed the last message)) ((they need to like, ding when they've got a status update.)) Bevel 12:31 am ((that would be really nice Bevel 12:32 am ((only problem with being an adult is that bevel would watch the next two hours FakeProwl 12:32 am ((im gonna go get rid of my dirty dishes but im not gonna be an adult for another half an hour.)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:32 am ((I looked away to catch up on dash and there's a whole row of lights gone again)) FakeProwl 12:32 am ((brb)) Bevel 12:33 am ((it's faster than you realize, which is terrifying ((ok, gonna be an adult. assume bevel is well and truly way too involved in this video FakeProwl 12:36 am ((back)) ItsyBitsySpyers 12:36 am *Rumble's just. Gonna slowly make his way over to Soundwave. And curl up against his arm.* ((wb)) FakeProwl 12:37 am *Heard a sound, glances over at the— Is Soundwave using Prowl's sham-wow* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:38 am *...................Maybe. He might be quietly scrubbing at his leg with it.* FakeProwl 12:38 am *... stares.* *... all righty then. gonna. look back at the video.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:39 am *Feel free.* FakeProwl 12:40 am *there goes another row of lights.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:40 am [[The -first-?]] FakeProwl 12:40 am ... They made the decision to evacuate the ship—what—twenty minutes ago? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:41 am *Particularly rough swipe with the cloth.* [[It's been most of an hour.]] FakeProwl 12:41 am Why did they only send a distress call now? ItsyBitsySpyers 12:41 am [[Because they're idiots.]] [{Or were.]] [[The humans still would not have survived in the sea, but at least the rescue ship would have arrived quicker.]] FakeProwl 12:42 am That's an unacceptable answer. It's a dismissive answer that allows the real causes—preventable causes—to be ignored. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:43 am [[They were clearly untrained, unprepared, and uncontrolled.]] FakeProwl 12:43 am "It happened because they're idiots" is no more useful than "it happened because of an act of gods." Acts of god can no more be prevented than idiocy. Chalking the situation up to idiocy is as good as saying that nothing could have been done. WHICH idiocy, specifically, made them take the better part of an hour to send out a call—even twenty minutes after they chose to evacuate? Were they understaffed and couldn't spare someone to man the radio? Did they need to get their radio operator out of bed? Did they disagree on which distress signal to send out? Specific things—preventable things—things that can be addressed. Things that can be changed so that the same idiocy doesn't happen in the future. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:45 am [[He expects hubris played a role.]] [[And a desire not to upset the precious, fragile little high caste humans.]] FakeProwl 12:46 am Hubris doesn't explain why it took another twenty minutes after they got over their hubris and admitted they had to abandon ship. They were willing to disturb their fragile little high caste humans from their beds twenty minutes before they called for help, and a call for help needn't be heard by the high caste humans. If THAT were their motive, the call for help would have come twenty minutes before they worked up the nerve to wake their passengers. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:48 am [[He doesn't know why. Perhaps nobody knows why. If the movie is to be believed, much of the crew went down with it.]] [[The narration isn't telling us.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 12:49 am *Look at the gap. There could have been boats in that gap.* FakeProwl 12:49 am ... Things could have been different. Things could have been done differently. They could have been trained differently. They could have been trained better. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:50 am *The hesitation and the repetition catch his attention. He stops scrubbing at his leg and stares at Prowl.* FakeProwl 12:50 am Even once it was too late to load up the ship with more lifeboats and too late to avoid a collision—they could have reacted differently. They only had enough boats to save half the passengers, but half the passengers COULD have been saved. Roughly. Barring unavoidable accidents, broken boats, an inability to lower them properly due to the ship's listing... FakeProwl 12:53 am If someone clever enough was on board they could have started tearing up the tables and benches to make rafts. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:53 am [[...They should have had someone like you.]] *Scrub scrub.* FakeProwl 12:54 am ... I— I would have... *falls silent* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:55 am [[Protected them?]] FakeProwl 12:56 am ... I would have been the one locking poor passengers behind gates to prevent riots around the lifeboats. ItsyBitsySpyers 12:56 am *Oh.* FakeProwl 12:58 am ... When there's only enough room for half the passengers to survive, the other half need to be prevented from fighting for a place on boats that can't fit them. Fighting reduces survivors. It would be the only... *falls silent again.* ItsyBitsySpyers 12:58 am *And he said he would see the people locking them behind doors locked up themselves.* *Way to go, self.* [[It is not the only way.]] FakeProwl 1:01 am *doors were opened that were never used. murmurs,* So disorganized. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:02 am [[They waited far too long. For everything. Passengers were noticing the water before they were told. They were not brought up until there was barely time left to board. People panic when there is no time.]] FakeProwl 1:02 am People panic when the boats are full and there's no room left for them, too. People panic when ships are sinking. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:04 am [[Then that's the real problem. The boats.]] FakeProwl 1:05 am In the proposed scenario it's too late to do anything about the boats. The number is the number and there should have been enough for everyone, but there aren't. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:05 am [[There would be if someone attentive enough insisted on having them and not catering to delicate visual sensibilities.]] FakeProwl 1:06 am And when there aren't enough boats for everyone, someone has to choose who's to die. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:06 am [[And did not bow before policymakers who do not care about those lower than themselves.]] FakeProwl 1:06 am *nods at the notice that just came on the screen* Lightoller chose men. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:09 am [[Organics often choose that. The newbuilds will grow to be the new adults.]] FakeProwl 1:09 am Who they chose isn't important. What's important is a choice had to be made. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:10 am [[Who they choose -is- important.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 1:12 am [[You do not think it would be possible to allow only some of the rich and some of the poor? There was no other place they could have gathered the rich to allow the crew to separate them into groups? Only this fancy dining hall that, again, would not offend them?]] [[They could not have lied and said women and children to the left side boats, men to the right, and then locked the men away?]] FakeProwl 1:13 am No, they couldn't have. The couples and families would have objected and insisted that they stay together. They would have furiously protested their separation. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:13 am [[Then simply separate the group as a whole.]] [[Half here, half there.]] FakeProwl 1:14 am There was a notice on the screen earlier about a couple that refused to part, so they both stayed on the ship and put their maid on the lifeboat instead. That would have happened en masse. They would have followed their mates to the wrong sides of the ship. That's what locking up half of them does. Half here, half there. Which half doesn't matter—whichever half is EASIEST to lock up is the half that SHOULD be locked up, because time was short and elaborate gimmicks waste precious minutes. Getting the passengers together en masse and splitting them into two would have taken half an hour. If the ship's already segregated in half, it takes five minutes to lock one half away and ensure there won't be hundreds of doomed lives milling on the top deck when they find out there aren't enough boats. Which half is saved doesn't matter. Just that it's the EASIEST half. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:16 am [[That condemns the poor for circumstances beyond their control, often to the point of their birth. They are placed in a position where they are beneath everyone, and then when lives are at stake, they are confirmed as worthless.]] [[And the rich were no better. They were corrupt. Selling their creations, abusing each other.]] FakeProwl 1:17 am And that's damn tragic and should never have to happen. But I would rather save a thousand rich lives than five hundred mixed lives. Not because the rich deserve it any more than the poor, but because there's five hundred more survivors. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:18 am [[Then you should be the person in charge of designing the ship so that -nobody- needs to perish.]] FakeProwl 1:18 am That's not the POINT! We're talking about what happens when it's ALREADY too late! I'm not the person who designs ships, I'm the person who has to choose who dies! I'm ALWAYS the person who has to choose who dies! ItsyBitsySpyers 1:19 am [[And his point is that you do not have to be.]] [[At least not only when it is too late.]] FakeProwl 1:20 am *face screws up. forcibly smooths it. looks away.* ... We're never going to have a world so perfect that there won't have to be choices between who lives and who dies. It's an impossibility. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:23 am [[Of course it is. We are fallible creatures. There are probably entire universes dying every day, and he cannot fulfill his oath and help save them all. But we can try to minimize the need.]] FakeProwl 1:24 am I can't save all the idiots from themselves. I spent four million years trying. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:25 am [[So did he. Not quite to your extent. Our faction beliefs were too different. But near enough.]] FakeProwl 1:25 am How'd that work out for you. ... I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. ItsyBitsySpyers 1:31 am [[It was.]] [[And it didn't. Our population is smaller than yours and mostly comprised of Vehicons and Insecticons, he lost everyone but Laserbeak, and the Decepticons tore themselves apart.]] [[Lately, he has been trying something new. Abandoning all the weak results in losses he cannot accept. Nor will he continue catering only to those who are already powerful.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 1:34 am [[And he is certain he will fail more often than not. But he is tired of doing the same thing.]] FakeProwl 1:35 am *... if that's a moral Soundwave considers relevant to the conversation, then he's missed Prowl's point completely.* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:35 am [[He understands the desire for maximum efficiency.]] FakeProwl 1:36 am *prowl doesn't think it's worth correcting. doesn't matter.* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:41 am *He pauses. His words aren't working. He knows what Prowl's trying to get at. He knows what he's trying to get at. He can't quite make them meet in the middle. Trying anyway.* FakeProwl 1:45 am *returns to watching the video* ItsyBitsySpyers 1:57 am [[But perfection is not possible for imperfect creatures. Mechs will die or be hurt. He may lose one of his deployers again, or himself, or you. He would rather not, but he might. And it might be him choosing. If it is, he will try to get as close to his ideal as he can.]] [[But he would prefer to put himself in a position where he can learn and guide and ensure that he rarely has to do it, until his interference is not needed.]] *Tiny vent. This isn't right. He hates his head for limiting him out loud when it's so powerful inside.* [[We aren't filling boats anymore. Those ships sank, and we cannot recover the lives we lost. He is trying to help design a new one so that you do not -have- to make those choices.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 1:59 am [[Primus knows Starscream will only choose himself. You, at least, will try to get as many as you can, and he can sneak others into the spaces left behind.]] FakeProwl 2:02 am *watches silently as one lifeboat almost lands on another* *he doesn't want to load lifeboats anymore. he wants to sit on the ship and watch it sink. he's not going to say that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:03 am *Soundwave kind of already knows.* *Not the extent of it, that it goes past Prowl to encompass the whole planet. But the idea that Prowl, at least, would like to jump the rails.* FakeProwl 2:05 am *dully* I'm glad the orchestra kept playing. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:08 am [[As is he.]] Another tiny vent. [[Sentimental beings, music lovers.]] FakeProwl 2:09 am Well-trained. They did their jobs properly when many others did not. No one would have blamed them or remembered if they hadn't. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:13 am [[No, they wouldn't. And he does not think they would be considered responsible for anything, unlike the other crew members.]] [[But it likely gave some of the escapees and the doomed a few more moments of comfort.]] [[He would not like to die to silence, himself.]] FakeProwl 2:15 am ... I think I would. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:15 am [[...Why?]] *Realizing that might sound judgmental, he quickly tags it as curiosity.* FakeProwl 2:16 am ... I don't know. FakeProwl 2:18 am ... I don't want to be distracted, I suppose. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:18 am [[From the experience?]] FakeProwl 2:18 am From my own death. It seems like the sort of thing I shouldn't only be paying half attention to. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:19 am [[He supposes not. There wouldn't be a do-over.]] Pauses to look down at Rumble, who is sleeping with his arms locked around Soundwave's forearm. [[Usually.]] FakeProwl 2:20 am Hopefully. *... shouldn't have said that.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:26 am [[...You asked him to extinguish you if you were badly damaged. When - after the pipe. He didn't listen then.]] *Thinking about Rose on the rails and what Prowl said during the movie.* [[He apologizes for that. If it is ever his duty, he will do what he promised when he became your ally. And he will try to keep the area quiet.]] [[But he would--]] Long silence. [[He would talk about you.]] FakeProwl 2:27 am *goes very still* ... It doesn't matter. The pipe DIDN'T cause permanent damage. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:31 am [[No. It didn't. He is thankful for that.]] [[He would rather talk -to- you.]] FakeProwl 2:32 am I know. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:32 am *The big pipes falling reminds him of Tyran Ratchet. He turns away from the screen for a second.* *And just nods.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:34 am *Pulls his tarp tighter.* FakeProwl 2:34 am ... It sank so fast at the end. ItsyBitsySpyers 2:36 am [[It did. He assumes it was because there was nothing to block the water.]] FakeProwl 2:38 am Yes, it was very streamlined like that. But it's still just... Two and a half hours. And then, seconds. Not streamlined. aerodynamic. ... Aquadynamic? ItsyBitsySpyers 2:40 am [[...He likes that one. Use that one.]] [[It still surprises you that things move so quickly.]] Not quite a question, not quite a statement. FakeProwl 2:40 am It's not surprise. It's... *he doesn't know what it is. shakes his head.* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:41 am *...Kind of wondering if Prowl is wondering if it's like that to die.* FakeProwl 2:42 am ... What's that video? The six unexplainable mysteries. *oh. premonitions and conspiracy theories. he'd been hoping for forensic mysteries.* FakeProwl 2:48 am *... those were all horrible* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:49 am *He wouldn't know. His mind was very much elsewhere. Like here:* [[It's only over in seconds in reality, you know.]] FakeProwl 2:49 am *wasn't the loss terrible enough without conspiracy theories that it was deliberate?* *gives Soundwave a baffled look* ... Well, yes, I suppose so. *they dragged it out for, what, 15, 20 minutes in the movie?* ItsyBitsySpyers 2:52 am [[No. No. The--]] He rubs his crest with his free hand. [[In reality, it only takes seconds. Sometimes. But in your spark, in your mind, it's hours. Days. Longer. Sometimes he feels twice his age.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 2:59 am [[He wouldn't want silence. He's already dealt with it five times without distraction. Ten, with the copies. It's--]] His hand drops and covers his visor, then slides to his lap. [[For all that he would willingly take for himself, he would never ask to feel that again.]] FakeProwl 3:00 am *... oh. Soundwave's not talking about the ship sinking.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:00 am [[The ones in the water, the ones falling, all of them - it was not seconds to them.]] FakeProwl 3:01 am *well, NOW he's talking about the ship sinking, but.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:02 am *Sometimes he wonders what it did to Starscream. He'll try not to think about that too.* FakeProwl 3:02 am *glances at soundwave, then looks at the screen. what does he say to that? what does he possibly say to that.* FakeProwl 3:04 am ... If you're dying in front of me, I'll sing for you. I mean—no, obviously, if you're dying in front of me, I'll try to stop it. That's the first priority. I just mean—hypothetically—if I can't— *he's going to stop before he makes it worse.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:07 am *He can't turn his whole self without waking Rumble, so he just pulls the hand he never let go of to his face and presses it against his visor.* *And nods.* FakeProwl 3:08 am ... *scoots next to Soundwave* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:10 am *Curls an arm and a feeler around Prowl and is quiet.* FakeProwl 3:11 am ... I probably, just—strike you as profoundly spoiled and ungrateful. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:15 am [[No. More fortunate, overall. Angry. Depressed. Lost. Mistreated.]] FakeProwl 3:16 am Never had a near death experience. ... Or a vicarious death experience. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:16 am [[Knock Out is profoundly spoiled and Starscreams are ungrateful. You are neither.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 3:17 am [[More fortunate overall, as he said. And you cannot have the second. He is built for something you are not. He will not blame you for that.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 3:19 am [[But he will - did - tell you.]] FakeProwl 3:19 am *... has to stop and think a few comments back.* *"depressed"? "lost"?* *... yeah. maybe so.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:23 am *He is qualified to recognize both on a personal-experience basis and is certain it's more than a maybe.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:26 am [[His apologies. His glossa has run away with him.]] FakeProwl 3:26 am *shakes head* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:26 am *Pulls the tarp off himself with free feeler and drapes it over Rumble instead.* FakeProwl 3:27 am *... is prowl's hand still on soundwave's face. runs thumb along the edge of his visor.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:30 am *Still is. He presses against it and into the thumb, then returns the gesture, though his thumb strokes the bottom of a chevron instead. There's no visor. Yet.* [[You will need rest soon. Tonight has been...]] Rough? Depressing? Frightening? Sentimental? Awkward? Frustrating? [[...A night.]] FakeProwl 3:34 am Mm. *he doesn't want to leave yet.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:38 am *Lets his arm drift down to Prowl's shoulder and pulls. If Prowl's going to insist on staying, Soundwave doesn't mind being a pillow. He's used to sleeping in piles anyway.* FakeProwl 3:39 am *leans on Soundwave. optics don't dim. he isn't tired.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:41 am *Someone Prowl hates would probably say Soundwave was projecting. Soundwave would probably throw them under the nearest steamroller.* FakeProwl 3:42 am *Soundwave would have Prowl's eternal gratitude.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:44 am *That, and telling himself the flickering out is for work or recharge keeps him from worrying too much.* *He'd wear that proudly. If secretly. Nobody else would need to know why he had it.* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:46 am [[Sing before that happens.]] Pause. That's rude, isn't it? [[Please.]] FakeProwl 3:46 am ... Before what happens? *lost the train of conversation somewhere* ItsyBitsySpyers 3:48 am [[What you said earlier. So it is associated with something pleasant.]] Another pause. [[Not now, necessarily. But some time. He likes hearing your voice.]] And a third. [[Now it -is- running away.]] FakeProwl 3:49 am ... Which thing I said earlier? Oh. *it took him a moment to work it out* Yes. Right. Sure. Just—don't die, and we won't have to worry about it. ItsyBitsySpyers 3:50 am [[He isn't planning to. Though he would like to eventually hear it anyway.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 3:52 am *Primus, he needs to block himself from being able to write text messages before he says or does something he can't take back or smooth over.* *...Some more.* FakeProwl 3:54 am *small nod*

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