shitposting rave 5: discount rejects from every genre

Do- do you feel better?

 

Mostly. Sorry, I can-- [he sits up properly; he's pretty much done sparking, even if his face is a mess of scorchmarks now. Playing with gummies remains the national sport, but he's just sort of ripping it apart instead of getting anything into his tanks.] Yeah.

 

-She digs around her subspace and comes out with a buffing cloth and polish.-

Here, let me-

 

[He ducks down a little so his face is easier to reach, awkward pointy bits and all. He doesn't really have it in him to protest more fussing right now.]

 

-She cleans up his face, sealing the scorch marks under soothing polish.-

There!

 

[He tilts his head this way and that, plenty familiar with which parts of his face are hard to reach from the front; sometime along the way his optics shut off, but he blinks back online when she's done to sit up. The smile he offers is still thin and a little shaky, but genuine.] Thank you. I mean it.

 

Now, want to tell me about your conjunxes?

 

I thought all the divinity were exempt from the alternate versions of yourself thing, because you existed in many dimensions at once.

 

You're right! I just like the terminology, it's funny. （‐＾▽＾‐）
That's why I could feel it!

 

[Aaaah no. No sad. She's trying to be helpful, stop that.]

...the current ones, at least? I could manage that...

...is there any one in particular you'd like to hear about? I probably shouldn't say much about their skills, we are still technically active-duty, but...

 

Unless by 'divinity' you just mean 'Primus and Unicron and the direct splinters thereof,' noooot quite! The Thirteen are technically divinity as well, but we're not Singularities anymore.

 

Well, I've met Thunderwing and Afterglow! Who else is there?

 

A kitten appears. On the ceiling which is totally a thing now. He falls but thankfully not very far, just onto @Primus -
! Eeek!

 

-yelps, then laughs-
Hi Soundy! What are you doing up there?

 

-embarrassed sorting out of paws- I was investigating a portal and suddenly I was very high up and landed on you. I didn´t know they could be up there. -stares at the portal like it personally offended him, which it did-

 

Quarrel and Slipstream. [A somewhat stronger smile! There we go!]

Quarrel was... one of my first partners; he was Altihexian too, a proper miner instead of... well, me. It was something of a sport back then in most mining polities to single out smaller frames for... well, it varied, of course, but Altihex ran more to "teasing and spoiling". We were tiny and adorable compared to all the big buff labor-caste, it was quite startling when I first arrived! [He laughs, optic band brightening.] 'Rel took me under his wing, not quite as my mentor but... eh, sort of also like that? Bodyguard, maybe? Someone on their scale who'd get in on my side if the roughhousing got too rough for me. He's r-- whoops, heh, I can't tell you what he does now, wow, I just said that didn't I? Way to go, me.
Anyway, we were partway through our Acts when the war kicked off, and, well... why not make Devotion a big damn heroes moment? [Wires laughs, shaking his head.] I could've killed him for it, and our commander nearly did because technically he left his position to do it, but how could I say no when we both came out alive?

 

Ah. I mostly have contact with those two and mine and my conjunx's children, these days - Voidborn, especially, likes to hop dimensions. Must have been where I got the impression.

 

Want a hand down? Or I could just do this... -shrinks down rapidly-

 

I don't think I'll remember this when I'm not in here. If that helps.

 

[Shrug!] Can't be too careful! It's not too much trouble to avoid actual modern combat specs, I'm just a chatterbox :P

Anyway! Slipstream, Slipstream... He's a flier, not quite as tiny as me but still pretty small! I think he was recon at first? He and 'Glow actually came in together when our squad first got pulled, they went through Intelligence, 'Rel was a frontliner and, well. [He gestures at his red-and-white paintjob.] Not the most talkative guy, but he's good at it! Best out of all of us probably, 'cept maybe 'Glow, but 'Glow doesn't count 'cause he gets slagged off so easy :P Feel kinda bad about how often he deals with the bosses for us, but honestly I think I'd still leak if I had to talk to Tarn, frag only knows how he doesn't. Not near so romantic as Quarrel's proposal, but that's a high bar! We just... kind of fell together. He's... I don't wanna say 'stable' 'cause we're all a little twitchy about some things, but. Not as high-strung as most of us?