First Wrecking Ball

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

[You probably think this is a pretty good-sized hallway here. You are also probably not a 20-some foot tall robot who is almost as wide as he is tall. You are also hopefully in no great hurry to get through said hallway, since there is a 20-some foot tall robot who is almost as wide as he is tall in your way. Looks like he slightly misjudged the size of the hallway, or, more accurately, his ability to squeeze through it.]

Um, hello? Could I get some help here? I think I'm kind of stuck.

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[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

[Incoming codec call! Press Select!]

Hey Bulkhead, you got a cycle? I need an extra pair of servos moving stuff around in the hangar.

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Oh, uh, hey, Bossbot. I, uh...

[Shift, shift. Nope, still stuck.]

Um, I'm kind of busy right now, maybe later?

[i-am-a-truck.livejournal.com]

Um...okay

[The sounds of metal groaning can be heard.]

How much later?

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Should be... about a megacycle, tops.

[A megacycle'll be long enough to figure out a way to get out of here without breaking one of the walls down... right?]

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

Haruka had been enjoying a fairly accident-free walk down the hallway, when of course she had to turn a corner into this of all hallways. She...didn't take it well.

"W-wha-wha-what?!"

Haruka started backing up as best she could, tripped, and ended up flat on her back staring up at the lumbering behemoth.

"W-who are you?!"

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was probably Bulkhead's least favorite reaction to get from people.

"Whoa, hey, I'm not gonna hurt you!" He held his free arm up in a gesture that he hoped came across as non-threatening.

"My name's Bulkhead, little human. What's yours?"

[bakaribbon.livejournal.com]

H-Haruka...Haruka Amami...

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

OK, Haruka, do you think you can find someone who can get me out of here?

[fermionprincess]

Oh my! There's two of you!

[Alessandra is staring, observing in awe, not even trying to get through. Not helping.]

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Two of me?

[It doesn't even occur to him that she's probably referring to Optimus. They don't really look much alike, after all.]

[fermionprincess]

Gigantic mechanic lifeforms, how exciting!

If your current position prevents from advancing forward, did you try to go backward? Backtracking should be the key to freedom.

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I tried that. It didn't work.

[saikyocivrobo]

[Werter was going to the toilet when suddenly a giant robot is blocking his way!]

Well, shoot.

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Sorry.

[At least there's probably more than one bathroom on the ship!]

[saikyocivrobo]

When Optimus said the other Autobot will be hard to miss, I didn't expect it to be this way...

Can you turn more compact in some way?

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd probably be shorter in vehicle mode, but I can't really transform when I'm stuck like this.

[aceshighgrope.livejournal.com]

Lucchini watches him a moment trying to figure out what's going on. "Hm... can you back up?"

The littlest pantsless witch is coming closer, oh look, she's got her tail and ears out as well.

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Bulkhead shakes his head wordlessly. If he's developed enough of a baseline of human normalcy to tell that Lucchini doesn't fit it, he doesn't show it.

[aceshighgrope.livejournal.com]

Hm... She's going to need someone with different shields...

"Yoshika might be able to help me. My shield is more of a drill... And I wouldn't want to scratch you or destroy the walls... Let me go find her and we'll get you loose okay?" She doesn't mind helping.

[faux-kiken.livejournal.com]

[You're in Rosie's way. Autobots have feelings right?]

What the hell is wrong with you, piloting a robot around the ship?

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

[They sure do! Right now, Bulkhead's mostly feeling shame and embarrassment over getting stuck like this.]

But I'm not piloting anything....

[faux-kiken.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh. Of course you aren't. Idiot.

Get out of that thing so I can punch you right in the kisser! [Ooh you can feel her anger. That's weird and new]

[guardian-lynx.livejournal.com]

[At least one person on this ship has learned to take things in stride and be helpful.]

Well...

[Or try.]

How precisely did you get to this point?

[kibble-chair.livejournal.com]

Well, I managed to squeeze through all the other hallways, so I thought maybe I could get through this one, too, and...

I can't.

[guardian-lynx.livejournal.com]

You're going to need to start with backing out. Can you move backwards at all?