* Bitstream changes topic to "-=2002.019=- Eek, RP now!"
* Sunspot is hanging out in the observation deck playing with Moonstone.
* Roadkill is lounging around on the bridge, doing bridgy things.
* Avalanche is also in the obs deck looking out the window.
* Lifeblood is insane.
* Anchor tinkers with some doodads in an engineering duct
* Switchbox is on the obs deck, reading.
* Cirrus walks up behind Avalanche. "Whatcha lookin' at?" :)
<Anchor> *fiddlefiddlefiddle*
* Avalanche looks down and grins. "Outside."
<Cirrus> Hm. There's a lot of that.
<Sunspot> Hello, Cirrus!
<Cirrus> Sunny! Hi!
* Chameleon sits in the bar
* Ruse enters the bar
<Avalanche> So what brings you up here, now?
<Cirrus> Lookin' for you :)
* Avalanche sits down on the floor.
<Chameleon> Hey Ruse
<Avalanche> Is that so?
<Ruse> Hello Chameleon, trying to blend in?
<Ruse> heh, get it?
<Cirrus> yeah! thought maybe you might be doing something fun :)
* Avalanche grins.
<Avalanche> You must be awful disappointed, then, to see I'm not doing anything but looking out the window.
<Chameleon> yeah, I get it. And no, just waiting for something to happen around here
<Cirrus> Stargazing can be fun I guess
<Sunspot> Hey, Avalanche, I have an idea.
* Cirrus lays down on the floor and watches stars
<Avalanche> Hmm?  What's that?
<Sunspot> I just remembered, Waitstate could probably get into the Autobot files and find out what they have in there about you. Maybe it'd help you remember stuff!
* Ruse takes a sip of Chameleon's drink
<Avalanche> You think so?  I didn't realize you'd have access to that sorta stuff here...
<Chameleon> hey!
<Ruse> Not bad
<Ruse> Not bad at -
<Sunspot> I dunno if he's SUPPOSED to, but... ^.^
* Ruse starts twitching and falls on the floor
<Cirrus> The Captain's a wiz at pulling out hidden stuff :)
<Ruse> The - drink
<Ruse> something - wrong
<Avalanche> Wow.  I guess it couldn't hurt to ask what he could find.  Maybe it'll jar something.
* Chameleon watches Ruse on the floor. "Nothing wrong with it before you had some of it"
<Ruse> One - cure
<Ruse> Ten thousand- credits
<Ruse> Hurry!
<Ruse> Lights fading
<Chameleon> Won't be getting any amount of credits off me. Why don't you try asking someone else instead
<Ruse> Aw come on, you said you wanted something to happen
<Chameleon> Yeah, I did. Hoping for something slightly exciting at the least
<Avalanche> Well, it can't hurt to ask, if he's not too busy.  The captain seems to have an awful lot going on at any given moment.
<Sunspot> Have you seen Waitstate around much today, Cirrus?  You know if he's busy with anything?
<Cirrus> Nope. I think he's been off with Overwrite taking care of paperwork or something
* Switchbox looks up from his manuals
<Switchbox> Eh?  What's going on with the captain?
<Chameleon> Wouldn't be sitting around like this if I was still back with the Autobots
<Sunspot> We were thinking we moght go see if he can tell us anything about Avalanche!
<Switchbox> Waitstate's a heck of a guy, but what would he know?
<Cirrus> More than you!
<Sunspot> He can do all kinds of computer stuff.
<Switchbox> Oh, you're gonna hack into some Autobot systems?
<Cirrus> He could
<Sunspot> He's smart!
<Sunspot> I'll call him over the comm...
<Switchbox> Cirrus, I helped oversee the design of a bunch of their current security systems.  If he's busy, I could lend a hand.
<Sunspot> [comm] Waitstate?  It's Sunspot.  Are you busy with any big important stuff?
<Waitstate> [comm] Nothing I wouldnt want a break from *muffled grumbling heard over the line from someone else*
<Sunspot> [comm] Do you think there's any chance you could find out stuff about Avalanche in the computer files?
<Waitstate> [comm] THAT is an excellent idea. Something I probably should have tried already, really. You know how it's been though...
<Sunspot> [comm] Yeah, there's been an awful lot going on.  Do you want us to meet you somewhere?
<Waitstate> [comm] Well, it'll probably take a while to find anything, given how little we know about him. But I'll let you know when I find something
<Sunspot> [comm] Oh, you don't want us to come help?
<Sunspot> [comm] We're bored. :P
<Waitstate> [comm] Well... I'm not sure what you could do to help, to be honest
<Sunspot> [comm] Okay, maybe we'll just have to go hit the bar or something.  But let us know if you find anything!
<Waitstate> [comm] Instantly, heh 
* Switchbox returns to his tech geek datafiles, muttering to himself.
<Sunspot> [comm] Yay, thanks!
* Sunspot turns back to Avalanche.
<Sunspot> I bet he can find something, at least.
<Sunspot> So what do you guys wanna do?  We could go down to the bar and see if anybody's there to pester.
* Waitstate shoos OW away and jacks in to the terminal
* Moonstone runs over and chirps at Cirrus.
<Cirrus> Hi! *pats it*
* Cirrus sits up and picks up Moonstone, then sets him in his lap
* Moonstone chirps happily.
* Avalanche pats Moonstone carefully.
<Sunspot> So what are you up to, Switchbox?  Programming stuff?
<Waitstate> [comm] Sunspot?
<Sunspot> [comm] Found something already?
<Waitstate> [comm] Yeah. Suprisingly easy actually. It was on the central database where anyone could get it. Provided they had access to the Autobot DataNet of course, heh.
<Sunspot> [comm] Good!  Anything useful?
* Avalanche perks up.
<Waitstate> [comm] Perhaps. Names, mostly. A few pictures.
<Sunspot> [comm] That might jog something, at least.  What's it say about him?  Do they know what happened to him?
<Waitstate> [comm] He's simply listed as KIA
<Sunspot> [comm] So they do think he's dead, and not just missing...  Should I bring him down?
* Avalanche listens to the half of the conversation he can hear with interest.
<Waitstate> [comm] There isnt too much here. I could transfer it to you easily.
<Sunspot> [comm] Yeah, if you wanna just send it up.  We're in the obs deck right now.  With Cirrus and Switchbox.  I can say hi to them all for you!
<Waitstate> [comm] Heh, do that. :)
<Waitstate> [comm] I'm loading up the files on a terminal in there now.
<Sunspot> Waitstate says hi, everybody!
<Switchbox> Hi, Waitstate!
<Sunspot> He's sending what he found up to the terminal here, Avy.  Public files, sounds like.
* Avalanche stands back up and goes over to the little terminal in the corner.
<Avalanche> Hmm...
* Avalanche stares at it for a moment.
<Avalanche> I'm not entirely sure how to work this thing.
<Switchbox> There's a little red button, Av.
<Roadkill> *wanders into the obs deck* and the little red button makes things go boom. *grins*
<Switchbox> The file should be waiting, when it comes online.
* Avalanche finds a button and pokes it.
<Avalanche> Hullo, Killer.
<Roadkill> heya 'lanche :)
<Chameleon> You intending to stay down there on the ground, Ruse?
* Avalanche looks over the files.
* Moonstone stands up on his hind legs and chirps at Roadkill.
* Roadkill crouches down and pats Moonstone on the head. "heya li'l dragondude"
<Sunspot> Come to join the party, Killer?
<Roadkill> heh, y'could say that.
<Roadkill> it's downright boring on the bridge at the moment.
<Sunspot> Aw.  We should dock somewhere soon.  We need somewhere to run around!
<Sunspot> Right, Cirrus?  Run alllllll over the place!
<Cirrus> ooo, yeah! 
<Cirrus> maybe a nice big planet
<Sunspot> That sounds like fun!
<Roadkill> planets are good. especially ones with local traffic I can terrorise. *grins*
<Sunspot> You haven't been with us when we've docked, have you, Switchbox?
<Switchbox> Nope. you make it sound like something bad happens.
* Chameleon leaves the bar
<Cirrus> well, not ALWAYS...
<Sunspot> Just sometimes.
<Roadkill> Most the time, heh. *grins*
<Sunspot> Well...a lot of the time.
<Switchbox> Now I worry.
<Sunspot> It's not my fault!
<Roadkill> most the time. ;)
* Roadkill grins and quickly moves out of reach of Sunny.
<Switchbox> What do you do, Sunny?
<Cirrus> It IS -his- fault sometimes though. ;p
<Roadkill> MY fault? *looks innocent*
<Sunspot> Yeah!
<Roadkill> since when has it been my fault?
<Sunspot> I never do nuthin' bad.  Ask Wait!
<Cirrus> I dunno. But I bet it was!
<Roadkill> what'd I do t'deserve such blame? 
<Sunspot> Um...
* Sunspot thinks.
* Cirrus shrugs and lays back down on the floor
<Roadkill> see? Innocent! *grins and lounges on a couch*
<Sunspot> We don't always get in trouble, though.
<Switchbox> Do I want to ask what kind of trouble this is?
<Sunspot> It's not all our fault, either!  There are just people out there who don't like us...
<Cirrus> people like to shoot at us. random people we never met before.
<Sunspot> Yeah!
<Switchbox> uh huh.
<Sunspot> Well, sometimes we have met them...
<Switchbox> Find anything useful, Avalanche?
* Avalanche half-listens to the conversation while looking through the files.
<Avalanche> Yeah...some of it.  Some of this sorta rings a bell...
* Avalanche shakes his head.
<Avalanche> It's weird, reading about your life but not actually quite remembering how it felt to be there...
<Roadkill> heh, I can imagine...
<Switchbox> How'd you die?
* Cirrus laughs at that. It sounds kinda absurd
<Avalanche> Decepticon attack, according to the records...
<Switchbox> If nothing else, I reckon he can milk it for tax purposes.
* Avalanche shakes his head.
<Avalanche> That doesn't sound right.
<Roadkill> *rolls his optics* Everyone seems to die from decepticon attack these days... why can't it be something more original?
<Roadkill> why can't someone just die from being run over by a freighter? heh
<Switchbox> Makes sense, given your occupation.  Was it an actual battle?
<Avalanche> It doesn't say.
<Switchbox> I hate to ask, but were there any other casualties?
<Avalanche> Doesn't mention that either.  But the rest of my old team is listed as active.
<Switchbox> Hey, maybe we can find them.
<Roadkill> that's an idea.
<Roadkill> maybe seein' them will jog yer memory a bit more, aye?
<Sunspot> Yeah!  I bet they'd like to know you're alive.  I bet you had all kinds of friends.
<Switchbox> I do kind of wonder why you'd be listed as KIA, seeing as how you're here.  We.... er, they usually try to be certain about those things.
<Switchbox> Anything about a body?
<Roadkill> mmm... it would have made more sense for them to have listed ya as mia, given the circumstances.... *shrugs*
<Avalanche> Well, they're cross-referenced in my files, since I was assigned with them so recently.  We could probably find them.
<Avalanche> No mention of a body.  Maybe they just had what they felt were good eye-witness accounts.
<Switchbox> Your buddies must be pretty worked up over this.
<Cirrus> no-body knows the trouble you've seen... hehe
<Switchbox> Hey, wait.  You'd been lying in wreckage for a while when Sunspot found you, right?  When did you die?
* Avalanche looks.
<Avalanche> Not that much earlier.  A few weeks.
<Sunspot> I bet they'd be happy to know you're okay.
* Cirrus counts the dots on the ceiling. I mean the stars.
<Avalanche> It's given me a lot to think about, at least.
<Switchbox> Maybe you should try and send word to them.
<Avalanche> Maybe I will.  Not just yet, though.  I wanna let this all settle for a bit.
* Avalanche grins.
<Avalanche> And I'm not in *that* big a hurry to get back.  I'm having a nice vacation here.
<Cirrus> yeah! you might be an evil clone, anyway, hehe
<Avalanche> Yeah, wouldn't it be a mess if I got back and my latent evil programming kicked in and I killed them all?
* Avalanche snickers.
* Roadkill has fallen asleep on the couch
* Moonstone jumps up on Roadkill's chest.
<Cirrus> would definitely put a damper on the welcome back party, hehe
<Switchbox> I dunno.  The fact that your comrades are still cross-referenced means you didn't kill them all.
* Roadkill snoozes more
* Moonstone curls up and goes to sleep there.
<Avalanche> Not YET, anyway.
<Cirrus> maybe the dead one was the clone!
<Avalanche> And I'm the real one? Well, *I* like to think I'm real, but I don't have any silly little anecdotes to prove it!
<Avalanche> I do want to let all this sink in before I try to get in touch with anyone, though.
<Cirrus> prolly a good idea
<Sunspot> See, I knew Waitstate could help!
<Sunspot> He's smart.
<Cirrus> All hail the Captain! *giggles* *is dozing off*
* Sunspot pokes Cirrus.
<Cirrus> *squirm* watch it
* Roadkill rolls over and falls off the couch
* Cirrus startles awake at the sound
* Moonstone jumps onto the back of the couch and chirps loudly.
* Roadkill is jolted awake.
<Roadkill> gah.
* Sunspot giggles.
<Sunspot> You have to be careful sleeping on the couch.
<Roadkill> yeah, I noticed.
* Roadkill stretches out on the floor instead.
<Roadkill> can't fall off the floor now, can I? heh.
<Cirrus> I think you could manage it ;)
<Roadkill> hey now, I ain't that bad!
* Roadkill reaches over and pokes Cirrus in the side
<Roadkill> which reminds me, I owe you a tickle attack... *grins*
<Sunspot> Do you guys wanna go find something to do?  I could use some snacks.
<Switchbox> sounds good.
* Chameleon heads towards the bridge
* Sunspot gets up.
<Sunspot> So where do we wanna go?
<Avalanche> Well, I don't know about everybody else, but I could stand a trip to the bar.
<Switchbox> The bar!
* Cirrus moves slowly away from RK
* Roadkill sits up and grins more at Cirrus
* Chameleon arrives outside the bridge and pushes buttons
<Sunspot> So the bar it is, then?  Well, let's go!
* Sunspot leads the way out the door.
* Sunspot comes back and picks Moonstone up off the back of the couch, and THEN leads the way out the door.
* Roadkill gets up and wanders out after Sunny
* Switchbox follows
* Avalanche stares at the monitor for a moment, then pokes at buttons on the terminal until it seems to shut off.
* Avalanche then follows everyone else.
<Avalanche> Are you coming, Cirrus?
* Chameleon pushes more buttons before wondering if the place is empty and the ship is going on autopilot
<Cirrus> I don't like the bar as much as most of 'em seem to
<Avalanche> Sunspot never seems to really have anyting to actually drink.  I think she mostly goes to taunt Splitwit. :)
<Cirrus> hehe
<Avalanche> You could come watch her feed Moonstone.
* Chameleon hits the door instead
<Avalanche> He does tricks sometimes, too.  Has she shown you that?
<Chameleon> [comm to bridge] Anyone alive in there?
<Avalanche> Well, I'm gonna go on down, at any rate.  I don't want them thinking I got lost.
<Cirrus> heh, ok. Seeya Avy!
* Cirrus changes topic to "-=2002.019=- No more RP. "