VERY DISGRUNTLED HOUSEGUEST

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Message: 10/54                     Posted        Author
Rerun in Seattle...Humans Saved    Sat Aug 08    Ultra
Magnus
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Broadside and I encountered Rerun in Seattle later in the
day today. He had two humans with him, which we later 
found out to be the captives the Decepticons
had taken a month ago. Jackson O'Connor, who is now in the
infirmary, and another Terran woman who is among the 
marine camp. I haven't been able to get
her name. She's a bit testy, she doesn't seem to like us at
all, but we have to tolerate her. Earlier today Candice 
had told me that Rerun has some kind of a
'combat' computer not part of his neural net, or matrix. One
that dictates to him what to do in combat situations. I used this
to my advantage. Broadside snuck behind Rerun, and I was
able to talk Rerun down into running off, but not 
without tossing the humans, who Broadside saved.
We made a big scene with the media though arguing with the
other human woman who we saved who didn't like us, but 
it's all in a days work. I am proud to say
that Jackson O'Connor, a friend who has defended us and who
first alerted us of the Decepticons prescence is alive 
and well and back among us. My thanks go out
to Broadside. Today is a day to celebrate.

Ultra Magnus out.
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Mount St. Hillary -- Entrance Cavern

Bluestreak dryly remarks, "Sounds like maybe she don't need
savin' next time...", he grunts as he peers down at the 
human. "Fiesty little sprocket, ain't she?"

Candice enters from one of the ajoining caverns. She appears
somewhat bruised from her recent experiance...but 
otherwise alright. She makes her way down the
slope and soon here's some voices tempered with irritation.
Whoah boy...

Broadside hrmphs as he sees another human who he has a
mutual attitude with.
Brawn continues to observe the single human that appears to
have put everything in a complete uproar.
Shadowen is just kinda off to one side, watching everything
as usual.

Candice takes a few moments before being able to reach the
group. She moves herself over by the minibot...wondering 
what was the cause for the alarm. "Uh, hi..."
she greets with some uncertainty...

Amy looks up at the robot that addressed her, "You haven't
seen anything yet, robot. I'm just here making sure 
you don't disect that NASA guy."

Brawn takes the courageous plunge and waves slightly to Amy.
"Uh....hi. Name's Brawn."

Broadside says, "Jackson knows who we are, Lady."
Broadside says, "He doesn't let his ignorance cloud his
reasoning."

Candice blinkyblinks upon hearing the young woman's remark.
As she sees her she notes she looks familar. But she can't 
quite place the face to the name. "Er...hello Ms..."

Brawn frowns towards Broadside. "Awright...we get yer
point." he snaps irritably, then glances back towards Amy.

Amy notices Candice, but chooses to address to reply to
Brawn first, "Well, isn't that _niiiiiice_. Good for 
you, "Brawn"."

Bluestreak blinks his yellow optics, pretending to shiver,
"Ewwww? dissection?? like...as in dis-assembly? Awww, 
man...that's just nasty...turns my stomach to
see'em do it after I get whacked a good one by the Cons...I
can only imagine what a human dis-assembly would be 
like...", he rambles off
before noticing Candice, "Err...wait...you 
guys _can't_ be put back together, right?"

Broadside glances at Brawn, "Maybe you do, but she doesn't"

Brawn frowns slightly, but at least was forewarned ahead of
time so he isn't overly shocked by her response.

Candice narrows her eyes at Bluestreak...recalling her own
stay at Decepticon Headquarters once. "Trust me. It's 
somewhat more messier than dissassembly."
She appraoches the woman cautiously. "Uh...I'm Candice.
Candice Thompson. Have...we met before?"

Brawn dosen't say anything more..his form seeming to relax
somewhat from relief as Candi apparently takes over a 
situation that he's not suited for.

Amy looks at Candice, who doesn't seem that familiar to her.
"What, you're conspiring with them?" She quickly turns 
to Bluestreak and replies, "That's
what you robots do, don't you? Kill, main, destroy."

Broadside has had just about enough of Amy, "Lady, would you
shut up and think for a second."

Brawn frowns at Broadside, then makes a cutting motion
across his neck towards the triplechanger. 
Brawn speaks quietly into his radio.

Candice stiffins a little at the accusation. She's been
falsely accused enough as is...thank you. She bites back 
what she was about to state and instead says,
"Only when you give them a Sega Genesis."

Broadside hrmphs towards Brawn.

Brawn speaks quietly into his radio.

Amy eyes Candice quietly, as she seems familiar now.
Unfortunately, Amy is cursed with "Crappy memory", a 
condition where she doesn't remember what she
had for breakfast after she just ate. She snorts in reply to
what Candice just said.

Broadside says, "It doesn't matter what we say or how we say
it, she won't listen to us. Even if the President came 
here again and told her what we are and why we are here."

Bluestreak raises a hand to his chin in contemplation,
"Well...I suppose...err, well, come to think if it, 
that's all we've ever really done, though I guess if
we were any good at it, this war wouldna gone on for the
past millenia...err...no...wait...we don't just kill all the
time...why, Wheeljack is a fine scientist...", he 
then mutters, "tho after that time he nearly blew
me up, I admit I sorta wanted to kick him or something..."
He soon grins again. "But...uh...Seaspray does alot of 
oceanographic research, and Optimus is a heckuva leader, 
and I...erm..well, I shoot stuff...and Brawn over there can
make a decent cup of ener-juice when he sets his mind to
it..." He chuckles, gauging Brawn's reaction.

Shadowen says, "Heheh. She'd probably accuse him of
conspiracy as well."

Candice clears her throat somewhat. "Believe me...most of of
these guys are rather nice if you give them half a chance." She keeps from
darting a glance towads Broadside. "You haven't been stepped
on, mained, tortured, or interrogated yet have you?"

Brawn blinks. "What!?" irritably he grabs one of his small
stressballs and wings the soft object at Bluestreak's head. 
"Can it!" he dosen't even watch to see if he hit, 
just turns back to look at Candi and Amy.

Amy smirks, "Your other robot friends almost did that."

Brawn blinks. "Other robot friends? Whozzat?"

Broadside says, "They arn't our friends, Lady. We have been
fightin them ever since before your race has existed."

Candice blinks...still trying to remember from where she saw
Amy before. "The Autobots are *not* Decepticons."

Amy rolls her eyes, continuing to speak only to Candice,
"These robots must have brainwashed you or something."

Brawn snaps his fingers and suddenly reaches into subspace,
removing a certain trophy he kept. A shredded piece of armor 
plating off of Runabout, clearly showing the Decepticon 
symbol on it. He holds it down for Amy to see. "Did he
have this symbol?"

Candice folds her arms over her chest. "Personally, I
seriously doubt---" her
voice trails off as Brawn makes his inquiry.

Amy turns to Brawn, and takes her right hand, shaping it
like a mouth. "Hmm, Mr. Hand, have you seen that symbol 
before?" Her hand shakes horizontally, and
she looks up a Brawn again, "I think my hand said I don't
give a ****, but I'm not suuuuuure."

Brawn shrugs and sticks it back into his subspace pocket.
"Well...ain't nothin I can do if she ain't even gonna look."

Broadside says, "That is what I've been telling you all the
whole time."

Candice stares at the woman. "You don't have to be rude.
They haven't done anything to you...

Brawn arches an optic ridge. "Ya know....if ya got a problem
with bein here ya can leave. We ain't keepin ya here."

Broadside says, "Now think, Lady, if we would want you dead,
why would we save you from Rerun?"

Shadowen says, "Okay young one, is there a reason for your
hostility, or is this normal?"

Twin Twist stomps out of the corridor, from all appearances,
he's in a foul mood.

Amy replies to Shadowen, "Like I said before to one of your
robots, I was in a jar for who knows how long, and you'd 
be a tad miffed  if you were in one too."

Shadowen says, "Maybe, try being buried in an asteroid for
several millenia."

Brawn almost adds 'or being a slave for a couple million
years.' But he dosen't.

Candice refrains from rolling her eyes. She's dealt with
these types of people before. But it doesn't mean she 
knows *how* to deal with them. "Look, I know
you must have rough with the Decepticons. Believe me...I was
a science experiament too once. But you can't judge all Transformers
as if they're the same. Because they're not. It would be like 
them judging all human beings in the same light."

Twin Twist scowls at no one in particular, and heads over to
stand by Brawn. He studies Amy blatanly, then asks him. 
"Who's da whiney one?"

Broadside says, "Some human I saved."

OOC: Candice  . o o(Some human Broad's sorry he saved...?)
OOC: Shadowen groans
OOC: Amy grins.
OOC: Broadside says, "Right."

Amy shrugs slightly and turns to Candice, "Collectively, the
Human Race really *****. But these robots are just screwed up."

Shadowen says, "How so, Child?"

Twin Twist snorts loudly. "WE is screwed up? Look who's
talkin'."

Brawn scratches his head slightly.......still wondering -why-
Magnus would bring her here......

Candice hmphs. "And you meet *enough* to be able to make
that sort of judgement on their entire *race* I gather?"

Shadowen says, "Sure why not, isn't that what americans are
famous for?"

Twin Twist glances at Shad. "I 'ear 'umans is good on dat
all over da world."

Amy defiantly replies to Candince, "No one here is proving
me wrong."

Broadside says, "Cause you won't listen to us."

Twin Twist says, "Cause yer a squishie"

Brawn facepalms and leans in towards Twin Twist to say
something.

Candice arches an eyebrow. "Some have tried being nice and
you shoved it in their face. If you don't like it there's the cave
enterance," she states, pointing. "None of us are stopping 
you from leaving if that's what you want."

Twin Twist says, "Squishie 'eads got squishie brains, I
'ear."

+radio tt=Huh...use 'huamns' instead of 'squishies'...kay?
RADIO: Message Sent.

Twin Twist growls. "Magnus can kiss my aft."

Candice lowers her radio after unhooking it from her belt
and sending of a message...

Brawn shrugs helplessly to Twin Twist, "Just tryin ta stay
outta trouble ya know?"

Amy simply ignores the two 'Autobots' and replies, "I'm here
to keep an eye on Jackson, and I guess being nice means 
creating havoc in civillian cities like
NYC and Seattle? At least the USN doens't engage in combat in
Civie areas."

Shadowen says, "Nah, you just target them from afar."

Broadside says, "Jackson is safer with us then with you
lady, you're crazy."

Candice is about to say something but is suddenly jarred
into silence...something clicking. "You! I *knew* 
I met you from somewhere before!You were in New York 
City when Skydive and Air Raid got shot
down by that Russian missle several months ago!"
Candice blurts, "We shared the same cell!"

OOC: Brawn wonders if Candi is gonna slap her again.... :)

Twin Twist grunts. "Dis 'uman's a, uhh, ravin' nutbar. Dat's
it.

Shadowen looks upwards, "And people wonder why I prefer to
stay in orbit."

Amy raises an eyebrow, "What *are* you talking about?"

Twin Twist looks at Candice. "Is dere a lot o' 'umans like
dis around?"

Shadowen says, "I suggest we don't get started on that
topic, TT."

Candice takes a moment to gather her thoughts. "Last
September an Autobot shuttle, the one that returned 
me to Earth from Cybertron, was shot down by a
Russian missle and crashed in Time's Square. You were
arrested and so was I. We were thrown into the same cell!"
Candice takes a moment to answer the Jumpstarter. 
"I...don't think you want to know. Let's hope not..."

Twin Twist looks at Shad. "Why not?"

Shadowen says, "Just trust me on this, I've been awake here
much longer than you have -- just trust me."

Amy throws her arms in the air in exaperation. "You're the
one that told them to come here and blow up the city, or 
something like that."

Twin Twist snorts. "An' Magnus says we gotta be nice ta dis
squishie?"

Candice drops her mouth open agahst. "I did not! They had
permission to take me back from the UN!"

Amy says, "Yeah right! 'Coincidentally' they end up in the
heart of NYC, causing havoc and destrustion."

Shadowen says, "After being shot down by a missile from
another friggin' country."

Broadside says, "You are kinda narrow minded aren't you?"

Candice says, "Even the Russians take responsibility for the
missile being wrongfully fired. The Aerials 
didn't do anything to deserve it! It was people
with your kind of mindset that helped caused that 
fiasco, ya know!"

Amy rolls her eyes, "Right, right. I'm soooooo sure."

Brawn growls. "Awright........that's it!" 
Gently he picks up Candice and sets
her aside. "Scuse me...." he leans down so he can look at
Amy. "Now lookit here, Lady. Ya said yer only here 
cause ya wanna watch Jackson.......well that's fine
and dandy. But I ain't gonna stand fer you insultin' the lot
of us here when we're -tryin- ta be civilized. Well....if 
yer not gonna co-operate then I'm gonna have no choice 
but to ask a couple `o the marines back
there to 'escort' you outta here. So it's yer choice. 
Either shut up.....orship out! Yer
choice....make it now or forever hold yer peace."

Twin Twist frowns. "Wat's dis stupid squishie accusin' us of
now?"

Broadside says, "You aren't following orders there, Brawn."

Candice acks softly as she's gently moved to the side. It
was definetly not what she was expecting from Brawn...or 
his warning to the female instigator
within their midst. She falls silent, merely watching right
now. Wide-eyed.

Brawn ignores Broadside for now. Still staring at Amy.
Besides.....he's got rank here if push comes to shove.....
unless of course Shadowen has a say......but even 
he's of equal rank.

Amy glares into one of Brawn's optics. "You know what? I
don't even know the guy, so fine, you give me a car or 
something, and I'll get out of this
hole."

Shadowen says, "I'll give her a lift if no one objects, and
you don't get a vote, Child."

Candice snorts softly from behind. "She has legs..."

Twin Twist suddenly grins, a not so nice grin at that.
"She's got a car?"

Broadside says, "No."

Brawn nods. "Awright. Yer choice has been made." he pulls
out his radio and speaks into it for a moment, then 
raises a hand towards
Shadowen. "We'll get the marines ta drive her."

Shadowen shrugs and nods

It dosen't take long for a green jeep to pull up into the
cavern, one soldier seated in the driver's side, the 
other in the back. They wait patiently as they
idle the engine.

Candice continues watching, kicking her foor into the ground
and prodding the small pebbles there with the toe of her shoe.

Brawn motions to the vehicle that just pulled up. "There ya
go. They'll take ya outta here."

Candice gestures dramatically to the jeep. "You're ride
awaits..."

Brawn simply sits back next to Candice, watching Amy
critically, shaking his head slightly.

Broadside hrmphs. "Thats enough, Candice."

Brawn dosen't say anything.......mainly cause he knows fully
well Candi's gotten into the practice of ignoring Broadside.

Candice  . o O(Shuddup, Broadside...).

Brawn watches as the jeep drives off into the distance, then
blinks and rubs his face. "Oh man.....I'm gonna get it."

Twin Twist says, "Dat was da least pleasantest 'uman I ever
met."

Broadside hrmphs, "Yeah, I would think so."

Candice lets out a breath she wasn't aware of holding as the
jeep. "Get what, Brawn?"

Brawn glares at Broadside. "Clam up. I'm gonna have to make
a report `bout this. And..." he shrugs. "To ****  with 
Magnus' orders. I wasn't gonna let her
sit there and insult us like we're Cons."

Candice looks down to the floor. "I'm glad you did what you
did. I already slapped her once when we shared a 
squad car...I was kinda...almost ready to do
it again..."

Broadside says, "She doesn't know any better."

Brawn shakes his head at Broadside. "Your point bein? She's
too thick-headed...and I ain't gonna sit for that."

Broadside says, "Think about her position, she has only been
with Decepticons for an extended period of time and that 
time was as a captive."

Twin Twist grunts. "If'n she was MY size, den she wouldn't
'ave no teeth left."

Brawn grunts at Broadside, "Hey! I made the decision, and
that's the way it's gonna be!" It's only once in a 
complete blue moon that he ever does something
like this......but it just happened.

Candice looks at Braodside. "So? You didn't see me heading
off half-cocked insulting hosts in their own home 
who were trying to be nice when I was first
brought ot the Ark!"

Broadside hrmphs, "Some people are differen't. You don't
expect everyone to act like you."

Candice says, "Of course not...just expect a little
civillity is all."

Twin Twist says, "We ain't be expectin' ta be insulted where
we lives, either."

Broadside hrmphs, "From what I have learned about humans in
my years on Earth is that they love their 
individuality, now you are saying she should 
be like other people. You don't make any sense, 
I'm getting a recharg."

Brawn nods to Broadside. "Yeah, you do that."

Brawn plunks himself back on the ground near the wall as he
pulls out his datapad and gets ready to make his.........report.

Candice lets out deep, deep breath and totally ingores
Broadside on that one. Whatever's wrong with asking for 
common curtesy once in while?

Candice brushes a hand through her locks of hair, taking
another deep breath and trying to calm herself down.
Candice looks over to Brawn in the corner. "You ok over
there?"

Brawn puts his chin on his hand as he finishes up his
report. "I never countermanded Magnus' wishes before....
so's I dunno what's gonna happen."

Candice makes her way over to the minobot and plops by him.
"Well...you couldn't keep her here if she didn't want to stay. She
choose to leave. What were Mags' orders anyway?"

Brawn shrugs. "Well......I guess it wasn't exactly an
order.....but he won't be happy."

Candice blinks, looking at Brawn. "Answer me...honestly.
When is Magnus *ever* happy?"

Brawn smirks, "Yeah......I guess yer right. All work, no play
huh?"

Candice chuckles but it sounds a bit forced. "If it helps
any I think you did the right thing and I'll stand 
beside you."

Brawn smiles slightly, "Thanks....hope it helps out."

Candice gives a shrug. "Uh...if it doen't maybe we can...set
up Amy and Magnus on a blind date."

Brawn facepalms, then can't help but snicker. "Can ya
imagnine.....her in an evening dress...and him all 
dressed up for a date?"

Candice hehs somewhat at the minibot's reaction. "Can you
imagine the date being reduced to a bar brawl?"

Brawn chuckles. "Yeah.....it'd be......unique."

Twin Twist watches this conversation curiously, looking back
and forth between Candice and Brawn.

Candice becomes serious after a few moments. She furrows her
brows. "She was one of the ones who yelled for Diver and 
Raid she be finished off during that scene in Time's Square."

OOC: Twin Twist was about to yell something like: 'I'll
finish 'er off!' ;)
OOC: Candice smirks

Twin Twist says, "Dis is confusin'."

Candice shakes her head softly and stands to her feet. 
"No one ever said it wasn't, Twist." She sighs slighty. 
"What a night. I probably should be getting
to be...or doing something else productive I guess."

Brawn nods. "Yeah.....I gotta few things to do......."

Twin Twist says, "'ow'd she git 'ere, anyways?"

You whisper, "G'Luck" to Brawn.

Brawn whispers, "Thanks........."
Brawn motions. "Magnus brought her. -Why- I have no
clue....."

Twin Twist says, "An' 'e took dat abuse da whole way? Wat is
'e, a sadist?"

Brawn can't help it....he chuckles. "I dunno......maybe we
oughta ask him what he was thinkin."

Candice pats Brawn's arm once and then starts making 
her way towrads one of the adjoining tunnels which 
eventually leads to the Ark itself. "Uh, night you two.
And try to remember: A waste is a terrible thing to mind."

Twin Twist blinks. "Wat?"

Brawn scratches his head at Candice's statement. "Uh...yeah,
night."


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Message: 10/55                     Posted        Author
Lady sent home                     Sat Aug 08    Brawn
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Awright.....Magnus, ya ain't gonna like this...
but I'm gonna say it anyway. As fer that woman ya 
brought in......when ya said she was
testy, ya kinda understated it. Now I know ya 
said to be nice to her....and that's just what we
were doin, treatin her all civilized like. Well.....seems
she still kept into the insultin us and such no matter 
what we tried to say to her. That's about
when Candi came along and started tryin to talk some sense
into her.....but she started insultin Candi 
too. Seems they met awhile back somewhere. Anyway.....it
finally got to the point that I couldn't stand by while she
continued to hammer `way at us......so as rankin 
Autobot on the scene, I told her could either shut
up or ship out. She chose to ship out so I got a couple of
the marines to take her home. So....that's it. I ordered 
her outta here. Sorry bout that, but I
felt it had ta be done.

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Message: 10/56                     Posted        Author
RE: Brawn                          Sat Aug 08    Ultra
Magnus
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I stand by your decision one hundred percent. The only
reason I brought her along in the first place was 
because she didn't take to kindly to Broadside and
I taking off with Jackson. There will always be those who
fear us and hate us, and we will all have to come to accept that.
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