oo1 ★ VOICE

[electrowhipit]

[ there is a long silence, then a groggy groan-slash-yawn ]

Guys? Did- did it work? I- wait. This isn't right. Ratchet-? Hello? Ow. Primus, my head. Ratchet said I might be sore, but...

[ a yelp, followed by the distinct sounds of someone falling out of bed ]

Ow. W-what's going on?! Where- what- my body--

Okay, Jolt. Let's think about this for a second. One klik I'm in the desert. On my right, Optimus. On my left... that... one mech. I never got his name. Anyway, I'm positive I did everything right, so how did I wind up here?

Frag it, I better be dreaming. Dreaming that I'm a human. In a house.

...

Forget dreaming. Maybe this is really a nightmare.

...Guys? Autobots- tell me I'm not the only one here. Please tell me I'm not the only one here.

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[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

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[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

Jolt?

[electrowhipit]

... Sideswipe? [ he sounds one part confused, two parts utterly relieved ]

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

No, it's Optimus--yes, it's me!

Where are you?

[electrowhipit]

I- I don't know.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

... Easy. Me either. Some house with some... "drone woman" claiming she's my mate...

But I'm here too. Somewhere.

[electrowhipit]

Drone woman? I haven't... I haven't seen anyone else yet.

Wait. If you're in a house, does that mean you're--?

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid you've taken out of your home, or wherever you might have been like the rest of us.

[electrowhipit]

It's not my home I'm worried about right now. I've been taken clean out of my body.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

... Lucky you. I woke up and she was just... there.

[awkward silence]

Tragically, yes.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

Out of your body? Just how is that possible? Have you been made into a spirit of some kind?

[electrowhipit]

I mean, it looks like other people live here but...

...

How? Sideswipe, what's going on?

[electrowhipit]

No, no. I've got a body, but it's not mine.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Do you know whom the body belongs to?

[electrowhipit]

[ shakes his head... until he realizes she probably can't hear that ]

No. I... I'm sorry. You said that everyone's been taken away from their homes?

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

I see. I'm afraid I hadn't heard of someone loosing their entire body upon coming here before.

Yes, everyone who isn't a drone has been taken from their homes and held captive here.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

They do, trust me.

...

I have no idea. No one's told me anything, except this is "Mayfield, you're doomed, there's no going home, the mayor did it, you're an idiot Sideswipe!"

[electrowhipit]

Is this some kind of prison?

[electrowhipit]

... That's not reassuring.

And neither is that.

[if-she-hollers.livejournal.com]

So like, if you're not a human, then like, what are you supposed to be?

[electrowhipit]

Autobot. Uh. Autonomous robotic life form.

[eldest-hatter.livejournal.com]

In a manner of speaking. We're free to move about the town, but there is no escape from it.

[weaponsparked.livejournal.com]

... No, I know it isn't. But... you asked.

...

And yeah, it worked.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[Hey strang man in her house. Harley's just going to approuch you with her nice normal, weapon lamp]

Okay mister, who are you and what are ya' doing in my house?

[There is a lamp now raised at your head. Not going to hit yet though...get to talkin']