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

[raceme]

How come? You had to deal with a problematic casetticon before? [All the fun of being free.]

Most animals aren't this small. I can hold you. [And put you in his lap so eh can scratch your belly.]

[namesnotprowl]

Not a casetticon, but the Frenzy from my world was... a handful. [Which he means in the warmest way possible.]

You'd be surp-prrrrrrrr... [Ooh, belly scratches are wonderful. He wiggles a bit and then leans his head back.]

[raceme]

Maybe being a handful is something that comes with being named Frenzy. [Like all the bad things that come with being named Starscream.] What was his alt mode?

[Who doesn't like a belly rub? Blurr enjoys the purring soudn for some reason. Scratch, scratch, scratch~]

[namesnotprowl]

Heh. Maybe it is. I haven't met anyone else named Frenzy until now. [He pauses.] A stereo. But he could change his configuration at will, if he needed to.

[Best bellyrub. And so much purring for Blurr. Even some wiggling because oh gosh this is great.]

[raceme]

I don't think this planet is ready for more than one. That's an unusual ability.

[And it reminds him of Shockwave. Blurr hands pauses for a few seconds. It starts moving again as eh hears the purring.]

[namesnotprowl]

He was an unusual bot. He had a dispersed spark; could survive any amount of critical damage.

[Not that it made it easier to cope with Frenzy being injured. Barricade's ears flick when he notices Blurr pausing, and he lets out a questioning 'mrrt?']

[raceme]

I've never heard of dispersed sparks before. I bet it comes in handy but it sounds a bit painful too.

[He pauses again for another moment.] I...was thinking of someone. From my world. It's nothing.

[namesnotprowl]

It was very handy. Though I'm pretty sure the only painful part was being occasionally dismembered.

[Barricade tilts his head.] Obviously they troubled you, though.

[raceme]

That sounds as bad as getting crushed. [And he knows how bad that can be.]

Someone I knew back in my world could change his looks and hide his true form. For a long time I thought he was a loyal friend and a fair boss. I was wrong.

[namesnotprowl]

He was still able to survive, though. Even as a head he was able to soldier on. [If Barricade sounds proud, it's because he is.]

Huh. Spies in the midst of Autobots and mechs that can fully change their base mode. Now that is a new one for me. [Fascinating.]

[raceme]

All mechs in my universe can survive as a head only too but we don't have dispersed sparks. [TFA universe: a new meaning of the word 'special'.]

You got it in one. He was the one who crushed me too.

[namesnotprowl]

Huh. In my dimension decapitation is a sure-fire way of removing a mech... barring extenuating circumstances. My Optimus is well-known for the tactic. [And Barricade hates him for it.]

Crushed you? How rude. Sure he paid for it.

[raceme]

In mine is a bit more complicated than that. [Tfa bots are tough like that, fuck yeah.] O..Optimus!? That was really unexpected.

Cheetor told me that Shockwave and the rest of the Decepticons were arrested but I don't know more than that.

[namesnotprowl]

Mm-hm. Optimus Prime. I'm certain that yours was slightly kinder in combat... but we're monsters in my dimension.

They'll probably go to trial for their war crimes, then. You'll be repaid. [Barricade wiggles to rub his back against Blurr's leg.]

[raceme]

My Optimus, as you say, wasn't really the one in charge in my world. That was Ultra Magnus. And the war ended ages ago it was really different for us. I only saw Optimus fight briefly. I discovered that Megatron was alive and there was a traitor among our ranks, that's what got me crushed.

I can only hopes so. [That makes him smile. And after a few seconds he also laugh.] T-that tickles.

[namesnotprowl]

Oh strange, t'think of an Optimus that wasn't in command of the Autobots. Though I suppose he has to start somewhere.

[Barricade splays his whiskers forward, flicking his tail.] Oh does it now? [Wiggle wiggle wiggle =^_^=]

[raceme]

Yes, a bit stran....ahaha..noooOOOOOooo, stop. [On you, mischievous kitty. That got him laughing out loud, enjoy. It's an unusual sound coming from Blurr.]

[namesnotprowl]

[Barricade practically cackles as he wiggles. The laughing sounds a bit odd from a mech that's normally so stoic, but he'll take it.] Now I've got you! The little guy wins again!

[raceme]

[What makes the laughing weird it's also the fact it comes from a cute cat.]

Oh yeah? [Very well then, Blurr will have to hug ya!] Aha!

[namesnotprowl]

[Oh noes, hugging! He meows in surprise and wiggles a little in Blurr's arms - mostly to get his paws into a comfortable position... and licks Blurr's cheek. Take that! 8D]

[raceme]

[He's nor squishing Cade too hard but he's definitely not letting him go. Blurr scratches Baricade's exposed belly and then...yep, he giggles.

Licking is not fair game! :U]