Meow (Re)Mix

[namesnotprowl]

WHO: Barricade and you
WHERE: Solus Prime and Alpha Trion's quadrants, and the Junk Pile
WHEN: Backdated and forward-dated a couple days from now
WHAT: A certain fuzzy feline is getting the lay of the land from a much shorter perspective.
WARNINGS: n/a, will update if necessary

Skids - or the thing that had been Skids - had been chasing him around the Junk Pile until something happened that Barricade just couldn't sort out. Not for a while, anyway, until he was able to get a look at himself. Not human, so...

Wait. Fur? Oh scrap.


[The Junk Pile]
First things first is finding some kind of food, and that means sticking around the Junk Pile for a while. So a little black and white cat might be visible, hopping and skittering gingerly along debris, occasionally tripping and yowling in protest. These legs don't work like any he's used to and there's too many of them and he can't get his tail to hold still to counterbalance. Why are there so many limbs.


[Solus's Quadrant]
Eventually he manages to dig out food that isn't in a can and figures out how to eat it. He even tumbles his way ungracefully out of the Junk Pile in his own FirstForged's quadrant. Good enough for him! He trots along through the area, carefully avoiding the hotter spots until he finds the crystal forest on the border. And then... for no reason he can sort out, up one of the trees he goes. Without any idea of how to get out of it.


[Alpha Trion's Quadrant]
One way or another, he extracts himself and continues on, finally having gotten the hang of his limbs and his ears. At least his senses aren't quite so diminished as when Barricade has been human; there was something comfortable about that. Still, even he gets thirsty, and the easiest place to find water is the lake. Once he gets across the quadrants to the lake, he crouches down and dabs a paw into the water cautiously, jerking it out and shaking it with a meow. Okay, that's not so awesome. Maybe there's some easier way to do it...

Comments

[deadlydoctor]

Consider yourself Lucky, theyr'e mindless, disgusting creatures. Very beast-like in nature, even if they're good fighters due to their brute force.

Uh hum...[She knows what cards to play to win.] You have many talents that could certainly be put to good used. And I believe that we work well together.

[namesnotprowl]

Well. Wouldn't be too difficult t'handle, probably. Once you know how to deal with them. [A few good murders.]

We have, haven't we? Mm, and I never have worked out of a clinic before. Could be interesting.

[deadlydoctor]

They're not as easy to defeat. One of them almost killed Megatron. [Oh she knows how you think.

Knock Out raises up the cat so they're face to face.] Is that a yes, then?

[namesnotprowl]

My. Pretty good for average troops. That'd require a bit of doing. [By which he means cataloguing their general fighting style and developing counters to them.

Barricade swishes his tail, hanging in Knock Out's grip.] It is.

[deadlydoctor]

I'm not sure if you can call them average either. If one shows up here you are free to have fun with it. [Knock Out dislikes those beast so much.]

[You get a kiss on your kitty nose now, Cade. Knock Out never had his own clinic before but she really wanted to try this.]

[namesnotprowl]

Good; I love a challenge. And I c'n fix myself afterwards if I have to, even.

[Barricade's whiskers flick back and then twitch, and after a moment... he leans forward and licks Knock Out's nose.]

[deadlydoctor]

Just don't die, I already told you I need a partner. [Really, is not like she cares or anything. >_>]

Ah...[She wasn't expecting that. it tickles and it makes her scrunch up her nose and laugh. Knock Out puts Barricades down and keeps scratching his head.]It's settled then.

[namesnotprowl]

Luckily for you, I'm incredibly difficult to kill. No one's managed it yet. [Maiming, on the other hand...]

[Hey. You kiss him, he licks you. It's close enough. Barricade settles back down, purring loudly.] Sounds like a deal. Should be fun.

[deadlydoctor]

I like resilient partners. [Same with Knock Out. But no dying is definitively a plus.]

[Fair enough.] Yes, sounds like it. I would like to have partner again. [One he doesn't want to kick on the head, unlike Starscream.]

[namesnotprowl]

Then you've just gotten the most resilient one from my dimension.

Been without one for a while, I take it? [Well, sometimes you have to kick your partner in the head. But if it's all the time...]

[deadlydoctor]

Excellent. We'll be unstoppable.

...[She doesn't answer intermediately but she keep scratching his ear.] Almost a year. Since March 31. [Having to do that all the time gets more annoying than fun.]

[namesnotprowl]

We'll be a terror to patients everywhere.

[He would really like to sit here and purr, but he can't. This is important. Cannot be distracted.] Mm. I'm sorry. Know how difficult it c'n be.

[deadlydoctor]

The real reason to be a being a medic, ladies and gentlemen.

[But distracting you is a must, otherwise you ask questions.] It's annoying. You..lose your partner too?

[namesnotprowl]

Absolutely. Who doesn't love terrifying the patients?

[Questions are so much fun! Though he pauses himself for a long moment.] I did. It'd be... about six years ago, July 5. And my latest one I lost here; he arrived Glyphless.

[deadlydoctor]

Ratched and Ambulon sure do with all their yelling. Perhaps First Aid? Is he a real medic, though?

[Unless they are too personal and he's not the one making them P:<]Si years isn't a long time, not for our kind. Ah, the Glyphless...do you want to tell me your partner's name?

[namesnotprowl]

I don't know him well enough to say. He seems awfully polite f'r medical work.

[Well, naturally.] Long time when you've been symbiotically attached to them for millennia. First one was Frenzy. The one I lost here... went by Convoy Super Black.

[deadlydoctor]

He was a Decepticon, like you. Sadly, he doesn't has your taste. Have you seen his paintjob? It's peeling off! [So disgusting.]

[HMPH! Knock Out makes a face.] That's a whole different thing, yes.

[Knock Out caresses the cat's back, more slowly this time. She's trying to be as comforting as a Decepticon can be. It's not easy, Decepticons shouldn't have this sort of feelings or empathy.] I think I remember him, but I arrived during the middle of that whole Glyphless mess. He looked similar to sweet rims but with dark finish, right?

[namesnotprowl]

Well that's an easy fix. Met a lot of medics that neglect themselves, though.

[Barricade shifts a bit to rest his head on his paws, purring lightly still. Really, he doesn't expect empathy or emotions at all over it - from anyone - but he'd told himself if it came up he'd talk about it.] If 'sweet rims' is Optimus Prime, yes. Black and teal color scheme. He was a good mech; knew when to be violent and when to reign himself in.

[deadlydoctor]

He's one of those. He doesn't let me fix his paintjob. [Ambulon would look so pretty if Knock Out had his way with him.]

[No Decepticon or ex Decepticon expects those. That sort of things get you in trouble. But they're alone now.]The one and only, yes. The one in my world was killed by Megatron, it's almost surreal. [Knock Out can't quite believe they won.]

I wish I had met your friend. Then again, maybe you would want me near him, kitty.[Since, you know, Knock Out flirt with any attractive big mech that walks by.]

[namesnotprowl]

Mm, let me try, one of these days. [Barricade is a very persuasive sort... and gets away with so much garbage.]

[They're alone and the information is hardly important. It's not like anyone can hurt Barricade with it. It's already hurt.] He'll probably be back. My Prime doesn't know how to stay dead.

He could be pretty stodgy, but I think you might've liked him. I wasn't too possessive of him. [Besides, he liked seeing how other mechs flirting with Convoy went. It was usually pretty fun~]

[deadlydoctor]

Maybe we could find a way to convince him. Or you can distract him and I can knock him out with my prod. And then we can repaint him. [Pink. With a giant Hello Kitty sticker on his back.

Very good points, although Arcee takes great pleasure on bothering Knock Out from time to time and bring up Breakdown. As well as telling him that he will die alone.] Your Prime, uhm? [Have more pettings while she smiles.] Once he arrives I want to meet him.

Being possessive is not bad, as long as you don't get to Starscream's level of possessive. [Knock Out has so much fun flirting with Jetfire in front of the seeker just to see him irritated.]

[namesnotprowl]

That might be a bit aggressive for something like a repaint. Don't get me wrong, I've done that t'patients but usually only because they wouldn't stop whining.

[Anyone that tried that with Barricade would probably end up flayed open on a berth. Barricade doesn't handle insults to his partners well.] Keh. No you don't. [PrrrrrrRRRRRRRrrrrr] All Decepticons that face Optimus Prime perish, save Megatron. And Starscream, because he knows when to leave.

The one here is that touchy about his mate, is he? How embarrassing. [Though admittedly, he'd been the same way with Bonecrusher. And Bonecrusher was that way with him, too.]

[deadlydoctor]

He looks lie he's infectious and he refuses to fix himself. I think we should run some scans on his processor, something might be damaged.

[The only reason why Knock Out didn't try to slag her it was because the exchange happened via the comm link. And he was mostly wasted too, but that's neither here nor there.] You like that, uh? [If she had more hands to scratch you she would use them. She gets serious again, though.]

The Autobots killed many of us in my universe too, specially vehicons. Smokescreen used the spark extractor against us and killed dozens. And they call us monsters. [There was a frustrated huff coming from her.]

You tell Jetfire. [It's fun to hit on the big guy just to see Starscream get mad.]

[namesnotprowl]

Believe me, I've seen worse paintjobs. Ambulon's is no big deal in comparison.

[See that's when you get the location data for later. Not everyone is smart enough to taunt from a location that they don't normally visit. Unless you're drunk that is.] Mm, I do. 'S very nice~

[He blinks briefly, whiskers splaying forward.] A spark extractor? Well, you don't waste time in your dimension, do you? Here we do it the old-fashioned way back home. Mm, but I understand your frustration. Still, surprised your Optimus would condone that.

[He was one of the few Optimii that Barricade could tolerate. He'd seemed... decent.]

[deadlydoctor]

By the allspark...I pity you. [She's also going to pet your head. Pat pst pat pat pat...]

All good points. Knock Out should take notes. And not get drunk anymore.] You make funny sounds, I like that too.

It was one the Iacon Relics, don't ask. At least it's gone now, Megatron destroyed it. [For good.]

The old fashioned way, we did that too. [Megatron did that to Dreeadwing, more exaclty.] It's a war, I don't expect the Autobots to be any less than ruthless. Although, the hypocrisy of the so called pace keepers surprise me too.

[Knock Out also seems like a easy going guy, but everyone has a dark side.]