001 -- Audio

[heavyweaponsbot]

[The voice that suddenly booms over the journals should be familiar to some.  And, if not, it's certainly loud and attention-getting.  Someone is clearly unhappy.]

This... is a lie. It must be. It cannot be possible -- not again!

[A pause.  There's some mechanical shifting while the party in question tries to remain calm.  There is also a sound like... water dripping?]

Who is listening? Can anyone hear me! This is Ironhide -- stuck in some... room somewhere. With a talking book. And no frog. I had a frog on me a moment ago.

[Another pause -- and he's right back to being borderline frantic.]

... Ratchet! Do you read this? Answer me! ... Answer me. You must be here.

Comments

/gathers Ironhide up

[brynkitten]

[He sounds so upset, but Bryn can't help but ask.]

This has happened to you before?

sob

[heavyweaponsbot]

...

Bryn?

[Oh, he knows that voice. And there's a sudden hope in him. If she's here...]

;A; Sorry Ironhide

[brynkitten]

[Bryn blinks. How does he know her name already?]

Yes, I'm Bryn, but I'm afraid I don't recognize your voice. Your name is...?

sobs real tears

[heavyweaponsbot]

Ironhide. You know this.

Where are you? Where... is this?

Noooo don't cry D:

[brynkitten]

I'm sorry I...I'm quite sure I've never heard that name before.

[It's quite unique. She would remember it, wouldn't she?]

I'm in my room right now and well, this place is called Holloway's Keep. There's a note in the front of your records that explains somewhat.

[If Ironhide isn't too distracted, he might notice that Bryn doesn't exactly sound the same. Her tone seems more hesitant and wary, her words much less casual...]

/cries deeply

[heavyweaponsbot]

You must have. This is not funny. Where are the others? Ratchet? King?

[He'll probably realize it as soon as he... well. Calms down. Right now, he's agitated and not paying attention to much else besides his immediate surroundings.]

That note is a lie.

Nooooooo <333

[brynkitten]

No, I'm sorry, I really haven't. Or the other names either.

[She swallows, and sighs. Another person who doesn't believe the note. She's not going to argue it.]

I'm truly sorry. Hopefully your friends will arrive soon? People from the same worlds have shown up before after all.

/wibble

[heavyweaponsbot]

... Your name is Bryn? Right?

[Because she can't not know these things.]

*cuddles up and comforts*

[brynkitten]

...well yes it is, though I...I'm quite sure we've never met before. How do you know my name, if you don't mind my asking?

;o;

[heavyweaponsbot]

...

Met you before. On the Elegante.

<333

[brynkitten]

I'm sorry, the what?

[So confused right now!]

Perhaps my memory is faulty. Was it at a function? It's possible my parents introduced us and if so, I apologize for forgetting...

[Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[In a last-ditch effort to jog her memory, he accesses the video function.]

The Elegante. The ship. I never met your parents, woman.

[Video]

[brynkitten]

[Well that clinches it in more ways than one.]

I...I...I've never been on a ship........

[Oh god it's another robot. Oh no, not another one.]

I'm sure I would have remembered...another of your kind. Truly.

[Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

You... are the woman I met. You look like her.

[Near as he can tell, anyway.]

Another? What are you talking about? Who was it?

[Video]

[brynkitten]

I can say with certainty I've never met you before. I'm so sorry...

[This doesn't make sense, but Bryn shifts to the question he asks instead.]

There is...or perhaps was, another here. He was...I'm afraid he didn't like me very much. [So you may not want to be her friend because he certainly didn't.] I believe his name was...Sunstreaker?

[Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[He seems to sag in place, and looks away.]

Never heard of him. On either side.

[Video]

[brynkitten]

[Did she say something wrong? Oh dear. She hopes he doesn't think she doesn't want to know him, or maybe even possibly be friends!]

I...I'm very pleased to meet you though! You...you seem quite a bit nicer than the other one that I met.

[She looks a little uncomfortable here.]

He really...didn't like humans I think.

[Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

I am not... nice.

[He just sounds tired when he says it, though.]

... there are some of us who do not.

[Video]

[brynkitten]

Oh! I...I...you just don't...seem to loathe the very sight of me. Nicer. I'm sorry.

[She's apologizing a lot. Please don't shoot her like Sunstreaker tried, Ironhide.]

Did...did humans do something to give them a reason to not like us?

[Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[He almost says "we were friends" -- but something stops him. Maybe it's that he just doesn't have the spark to get into it right now.]

Not bothered.

[He falls silent for a while.]

... Yeah. They have. Sometimes.

[Video]

[brynkitten]

[Bryn looks relieved when he says he's not bothered.]

I suppose that explains his attitude then. There must have been something said or done to give him such a poor attitude toward us...

[She pauses a moment, then offers a shy smile.]

I hope your friends arrive soon, Ironhide.

[Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

Probably.

[Excuse his short responses, Bryn. He's just in the process of getting his spirit slowly crushed to a fine powder.]

... Unlikely.

[Video]

[brynkitten]

[Bryn would be horrified to learn that was happening, especially if she knew the reasons, although it would also confuse her so very much to know the full story.]

Well, still. I'll keep an ear out...

It was nice meeting you.

[Video]

[heavyweaponsbot]

If... you hear from Ratchet... tell me.

[Video]

[brynkitten]

[She nods immediately.]

Of course, I'll be sure to find you right away if it doesn't seem you've heard from them before me.